Finally having made a tour around all the shop, only qi gathering core were being sold. Apparently higher cultivation core were scarce and already reserved for powerful figures and sects.
After his time in the forest the not so confident Jule figured out that he had the ability to defeat easily qi gathering beast, and now that he's in the foundation stage he's confident that he will be able to hunt down a foundation building beast.
'There's actually my cultivation technique problem, i can't advance through the foundation building stage without the second part..'
Finally taking his cores from his scrolls, he handed them to a clerk and sold them for 32 gold marks, Jule figured out that keeping his cores in the scroll seems like the best moves he didn't want to use the kamui in a public place.
Just after exiting the shop, Jule was surprised by a system message.
'* New Quest !
Quest title : Claim back your home !
Briefing : The host has forsaken his home for a better place, but that doesn't mean that his home doesn't belong to him anymore ! Return to your home and investigate what is happening
Goal: Investigate what is happening in your old home in the slums
Reward : One random Offensive Skills *'
'Someone is in my old place ? hm that strange i didn't leave anything there didn't i ? I guess i will check what happening there'
Starting to stroll around he walked toward the cloth shop where he bought his first set of cloth, with his original cloth in a bad condition he decided to buy two other set one classy but not flashy set of dark red tunic, and a set of more sturdy jacket and pant, made in some kind of beast leather, he spend ten gold marks and left the shop.
With his actual breakthrough in the foundation stage his speed and strength are no joke, with his actual level he finally belong to the middle tier f the practitioner in this city, if he were to join a small sect he would become on of the most prized disciple because of his young age of sixteen, and he could without to much trouble join the ranks of the blue heaven sect if he wanted to.
And even if at start he was still a little bit suspicious of his real abilities it seems that the mangekyou alone gave him a huge advantage in fights he haven't met a lot of practitioner in the course of his stay in this world it seems that most of them truly seclude themselves for a long time training and cultivating. And that's another advantage of Jule his cultivation technique and his bloodline made his talent and speed top notch, his actual cultivation speed certainly would put a lot of genius to shame.
While thinking about he was happening in his old house he started to walk through the street directing himself toward his old house.
The night was nearing and some weeks ago jule would have been against the idea of walking there at this time.
Nearing the house he find the same desolate look, with a lot of beggar and sickly figure walking around, the scene was really shocking compared to the other part of town, all the houses were badly damaged by the time, and the street were full of holes and trash.
Keeping his focus Jule inspected the surrounding with caution strangely the fifteen days that he passed in the forest training and fighting beast changed him a lot making him a much more calm and seasoned fighter, the thing is that training for fifteen day even in life or death situation shouldn't have changed him so much. The actual reason was that the uchiha bloodline was being more and more fused with his body and the recent fight managed to awaken more of the hidden aspect of it.
'I see no one around, i don't think someone is trying to ambush me. I have scanned the area several time and i haven't discover a thing that leave me with two possibilities either, the house is just being occupied by someone with no place to go or someone is trying to scavenge some stuff'
After walking up to the door, Jule used his kamui to pass through knowing that his old door would make a horrendous sound if he were to open it.
Staying alert as he phased though the door he is welcomed by the sight of his old house with numerous missing plank in the floor and the broken bed lying on the corner.
In addition to this however was a slender figure near the old furnace, the figure had long dark purple like hair reaching his waist the hair seemed covered in dust and had a dirty look ,and he was incomparably skinny his skin was mostly showing due to the rags that he was wearing and his back was only hidden by his long hair.
"why..w-hy....want the fire start.." as the figure was mumbling Jule was full of question.
'He seems like a beggar but those hair are strange i've never seen this color before..'
Deciding to advance stealthy to look more closely what the figure was doing, after walking with silents step he finally was just behind the figure who was crouching near the old furnace.
Jule could then see the hand of the visibly man rubbing some twigs together trying to start a fire in the furnace, maybe by pity or for curiosity Jule decided to help him out.
Making some seals he then pointed at the leaves and twigs inside the furnace and shot a finger scaled fire ball.
Visibly scared and surprised the figure turned instantly and face jule, jumping in it feet and with a panicked look on it face.
Jule was mostly harboring an interested look as he studied the look of the beggar, he was actually pretty sure of the cultivation level of the man in front of him he was in the Qi gathering third stage. And was then not really threatened but mostly curious. Finally raising one of his arme as a "coming in peace sign" he spoke
"Sorry to have surprised you, but i was actually finding this place a little cold don't you think ?"
As the world was coming from the mouth of jule the expression of the man changed drastically as his eyes became moist and with a broken voice said
"Ma..Master !!"
'What is he calling me ?!'
Jule cleared his throat and said " You seem to be mistaken i'm not the master of anything"
At this point the relatively young but skinny person was crying tears as he spoke
"No you are definitely my master ! Ah this illness that afflicted you must have troubled your mind ! how sad how sad !"
Clearly surprised jule thought 'Maybe..Just maybe he knew the past body owner ?'
"So it may be right but where were you when i woke up ? If you are truly a servant of mine you should have stayed by my side no ?'
The servant have an expression filled with guilt and snot as he replies
"This...This l-lowly servant went to your father...I wanted him to send help....I thought that maybe knowing that his son was in his deathbed that he will find the goodness to at least help master.."
'Hum i guess the past owner of this body had a tragic story i actually didn't expect this at all..'
"And what did my father say ?"
The servant now seemed to try to recall the exact same word
"H-he said.. I have no son of mine..if this person dies than i couldn't be happier."
Jule shrugged his shoulder and just sat next to the furnace he wasn't particularly sad and wasn't cold but all of the sudden a huge emptiness drown him. As he sat he then lightly tapped ton floor near him, and the servant understandingly nodded and sat beside him.
*Plop plop*
"Hm ? i'm..crying ?"