A large explosion resounded through Thatch Village as the cultivator landed on the Sun platform.
His eyes were burning with rage as he felt the energy emanating from Benjamin's body. He could sense a treasure was inside of Benjamin that made his blood boil, however, at the same time he could sense five cultivators traveling quickly to his location to check out the source of his energy. For that reason the cultivator with red hair, Henri, realized it was probably best to take a more tactful approach. Henri did a slight bow and walked over to Elder Lora with graceful steps.
The stadium beneath him shook, as the tiles in all directions slightly cracked from Henri's approach. As Henri stood in front of Elder Lora's face, however, everyone realized how huge him bowing was. By bowing, it meant that he was showing respect to their small village.
In Thatch Village, getting a cultivator that could fly to bow to them was a dream. There were several ranks for sun cultivators, [mortal rank], [sacred rank], [foundation rank], [awakening rank], [soul rank], and then the [star rank], which was followed by more ranks.
To fly, you had to be in the [foundation rank], which meant that his cultivator was much stronger than even Elder Lora! Elder Lora was only in the 5th stage of the Sacred rank, which meant that even a hundred of him could be killed by Henri. However, he was bowing? He either really wanted something really bad, or was showing respect for Thatch Village!
"I… I've taken interest in this boy…" Henri said as he rubbed his nose, pushing back his red hair as he stood there in a gold regal armor with a smile. "I want him to come visit me in West Mountain every Sunday so that I may train him… Would that be alright with you?"
"There is no way I can refuse!" Elder Lora kowtowed several times, hitting his head against the stage recklessly to the surprise of Benjamin behind him. Benjamin had started to snore to the surprise of Henri, causing him to raise his brows in surprise… "I… I will make sure he's there at exactly 11 am on Sunday!"
"No need… I will pick him up every Sunday…" Henri smiled before he dissapeared, leaving behind a cloud of dust. Elder Lora almost didn't know how to respond, however, a second later there was another three cultivators that requested to see Benjamin on a day of the week…
By 5 PM, it seemed that Benjamin had already gotten under the tutelage of 4 [Foundation Stage] cultivators. It was absolutely insane! He nearly puked at the odds of that happening even for a nine crystal cultivator! Elder Lora nearly forgot he was standing in his boxers as a few carriages started to enter into their village.
Elder Lora had forgotten that today was the first day of the star competition! Whomever won the most fights in the star competition would gain the most resources from the mountains. Lora brushed back his white hair and looked at the forests, sensing for any Marred Beasts that might be lingering in the darkness…
Luckily, it seemed that today luck was on their side and none of the villages were up to know good. However, now Elder Lora just had one thought on his mind, and that was if Benjamin could participate in the competition! If he really had a nine crystal body, he should have no trouble dealing with people with his cultivation!
However, he wasn't even sure how strong Benjamin was at this point. Elder Lora only knew that he'd been seen running sixty miles an hour at night a few years ago!
The way the [mortal rank] worked was that every stage you went up, out of the nine stages, you'd gain a slight increase in speed and power. Benjamin had to be in at least the 3rd stage of the moral rank if the tales of his speed were true! However, he unfortunately, didn't have time to test it as two village elders brazenly jumped onto their sun platform, which was an extreme sign of disrespect…
What was worse, still, was that he realized he'd forgotten to get dressed! How was he supposed to ever have any face again with his body being revealed to such powerful cultivators! He tried not to puke on himself as Benjamin started snoring louder and louder! Wait, was Benjamin even going to be awake for the competition?
"So… if it isn't Elder Lora… I see you're as pathetic down there as ever…" A lady in a red dress said as she walked onto the stage… "Look at your legs, they are so thin… What have you been eating since the last time you saw me?"
"Grand Elder Reese… Nice to know you can still distinguish my legs…" Elder Lora took a slight jab at Reese's reputation as he began to put on his clothes… "Anyways, just so you know, we just got the backing of five [foundation stage] cultivators… If you think you can bully us with your beautiful body, think again…"
"I'm not here to bully you… I'm here to destroy your precious students… My best warrior, Alex, had just reached the 5th rank of the mortal rank… You might as well just hand over your 3rd place position to me now, and… maybe I'll even give you a kiss…" The Grand Elder said, which referred to her position in her village.
There were grand elders, elders, and then vice elders in that order in all eight of the villages in Light Province… This meant that she was the most important leader in her village.
Elder Lora, on the other hand, was only an elder even though he was the strongest because of his promiscuity… He'd in fact one time even dated the Grand Elder standing across from him, but that was besides the point… He just realized that his strongest warriors had been sent on a mission by the mountain… Who could he send to fight this Alex that she'd brought…
Because of what happened with Benjamin, he'd forgotten to recall his best warriors for the sun meeting… Due to the strange way time worked in the region, he had to alert them when to return… Time in Black Mountain Forest could seem four times longer than time in the village… What kind of horrible mistake had he made?
Regardless, he had already seen James on the stage several minutes ago! He was just the right person to participate in the competition…
"James… James will fight for us today… Isn't that right, James?" Elder Lora sent a smile his way, causing James' face to only scrunch up in surprise… "Come up on the stage and make our village proud!"