Lu Yao turned her head to where she heard a noise, and what surprised her was the small Man coming towards her. He was powerful, the most powerful she had ever seen in her life. She could feel the overwhelming power and energy coming out of him.
The shorty stared at Lu Yao with intense eyes as he approached her, but instead of the mad look Lu Yao thought he would have, he had an excited look in his eyes as if he was looking at a god.
Lu Yao ignored how powerful he seemed and the look in the man's eyes for a moment, and was confused by the words that came out of his mouth, "Miss!! It's you, Miss. We have been searching everywhere for you. After hearing what that weakling did to you, the Master annihilated him to oblivion. Now, Miss, that I've found you we need to go back, the Master is so excited to see you. The Old Master and the Ole Miss, too, they are complaining all the time." The shorty rambled about things she didn't know about or understand.
Seeing the blank look in Lu Yao's eyes made the shorty consider the reason, thinking that he said too many incomprehensible things the Man chuckled lightly before straightening himself and saying: "I Delvin greet the young Miss. I was sent by Master Lu to recover the Miss after finding out what happened to the venerable last Miss." Delvin's tone became sad at the end, showing how painful.
Lu Yao knew that he was talking about her mother, which made her guard raise; even if she can't beat him, she might run if she tries her best.
Seeing Lu Yao put her guard up even after he explained the situation made Delvin smile bitterly, ' it won't be that easy. What was I even thinking? Those three made the situation even worse by fighting the young Miss.' Delvin knew that Lu Yao must be thinking of ways to get away after seeing the look in her eyes.
In Lu Yao's eyes, Delvin was just someone who says that he came as a proxy by her father, but without evidence, there is no reason for her to believe him.
Lu Yao, after all, was doing all this for her father. She didn't display and even suppressed her feeling for Xue Mo because she wanted to at first save her father. Now someone comes and tells her that the father she wanted to become as strong as possible so she can rescue him was looking for her and that he was fine. This would make anyone suspicious, not to mention Lu Yao, who wasn't a highly trusting person in the first place.
Even if Delvin brought evidence to support his claim, there are many ways to fabricate lies, and Lu Yao wouldn't believe just anything that comes in front of her. Many skills can help someone lie or make up a fake story to fool people, and Lu Yao had seen many of those. Of course, she wouldn't believe what Delvin said just because he said so.
Delvin, of course, knew what Lu Yao was thinking but also had no evidence to support his claim putting him in an awkward position.
"Are you the Oracle?" Lu Yao suddenly asked a question after several minutes of being silent, though she was sure she knew the answer.
Hearing Lu Yao strike up a conversation with him, made Delvin happy as he quickly nodded his head and answered enthusiastically, "Yes, Miss, I am the one, these barbarians that attacked you call the Oracle." Delvin replied while pointing at the three unconscious people that he just labeled as barbarians.
Hearing Delvin confirm her suspicion didn't ease Lu Yao's heart, but instead made her even more worried and baffled.
Although Lu Yao had lost the system and didn't have Appraisal anymore, she could now after going through the Tru Qi (Arch) sensing realm and forming her 'Heart Core' sense the overflowing energy and power that emanates from Delvin's body. The result shocked her to no end. As the seemingly small-statured Man in front of her had more power than when Lu Yao or Xue Mo combined their energies to make the Dark Blue Mana and the Grey-blue Mana, that has a raw power that equals a Divine Celestial Stage Cultivator.
'If he is that strong, how strong can his Master be?' Lu Yao's heart skipped a beat at that second, what if the man was lying and her assumption of his words were wrong? What if he figured her identity somehow and wanted to take her and use her as Exp pots just like her father?
Lu Yao got into the conclusion that she couldn't do anything in retaliation, which made her smile bitterly.
Power
It's all about power. Even if the man was telling the truth and he was just a lackey of her father, it doesn't change the fact that she was powerless in front of him.
If he were indeed someone who just came to find her as he proclaimed, and wasn't after her blood, then it wouldn't matter to Lu Yao much as she can deal with him that way. However, what if he was someone who came to take her for the same reasons her father was tricked and imprisoned for; For his precious blood that can be used as Exp potions and converted into Exp that will allow people to level up.
Although Lu Yao got rid of the system, she was still herself. Who knows if people can even use her blood as a resource just like what happened to her father? Lu Yao certainly didn't want to take any chances and was careful in her way of doing things.
Seeing the look in Lu Yao's eyes, even when she tried to hide it, Delvin found himself in a dilemma. 'It seems only the Master can make the young Miss believe the truth... But the situation the Master in... won't allow him to meet her.'
Delvin tried thinking of other ways to let Lu Yao believe him when he suddenly remembered something that made his eyes shine. Lu Yao, who was keeping a close eye on Delvin less he tried something with her, didn't miss the bright look that suddenly flashed in Delvin's eyes.
'What's he so happy about?' Lu Yao's heart missed a beat, 'Did he give up on trying to talk me into going with him willingly and now want to capture me?!!' Lu Yao's mind went into overdrive as she thought of the worst possible outcome.
'I won't let him.' A brilliant light flashed through Lu Yao's eyes as she ruthlessly decided. 'My only regret would be not seeing my father and spending more time with Mo…' Lu Yao suddenly just realized how the man that she had only known for less than two years had unknowingly left such a big impression on her.
Even when she knew she had feelings for him and sometimes acted shy when thinking about him, Lu Yao only now knew just how serious she felt towards Xue Mo.
'As they say only at the brink of death and survival will people notice what the most precious thing to them is.' Lu Yao sighed. Xue Mo had slowly crept into her closed out and frozen heart and found himself a place she thought no one could ever enter.
Lu Yao was about to commence her plan of committing suicide when Delvin suddenly reached into his pocket and took out a weird looking circular but also flat device.
Before Lu Yao can inquire and say anything, Delvin spoke first: "Young Miss from the looks of it, you don't believe me at all. So I have no other choice but to use this." Delvin's words put a grim expression on Lu Yao's face as she thought it was a weapon.
Unknown to Delvin, Lu Yao already completely mistook him as a bad guy who came to trick her into believing his story and lead her away from her. Now that he said he has no choice but to use this made Lu Yao think he got a weapon out to restrain her and take her away with him, forcibly.
Before Lu Yao can commence her plan to suicide not to let Delvin kidnap her away, Delvin continued what he was talking about.
"Miss, this is a device from a higher grade world. It can communicate and record messages and save them in it. With this device's help, I hope you can believe me and agree to come with me to see Master as he is now busy and couldn't come to see you himself." Delvin's words stopped Lu Yao from slashing her throat with her claws and roused her curiosity.
'What is it is my mother? After all, many things could have been when I was missing? Maybe my grandparents found him after finding some fault the kidnappers did? Maybe he even was able to free himself by himself somehow?' Lu Yao's mind was suddenly flooded with ideas and assumptions, with an emotion that she hadn't felt for a long time starting to surface.
Lu Yao, for the first time in a long time, started feeling faith.
Faith that she would finally be able to glimpse at the father she had never seen before, but wanted to free.
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Xue Mo and Lu Yao's current new shortened stats
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Infinite Darkness
Name: Xue Mo
Points 1690 SSP energy points
Cultivation:
Energy:
Realm: [Foundation Opening, early Phase, level 1]
Technique: Ultimate Fundamental Racial Technique
Soul:
Realm: [Rank 1, level 3, (Soul Understanding)]
Technique: Boundless Soul Control
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Infinite darkness
Name: Lu Yao
Points 4000 points Chaos energy (New)
Cultivation:
Energy:
Realm: [Qi (Arch) Foundation Opening, early phase, level 1]
Technique: Nephilim Void Sacred Sense
Soul:
Realm: [Rank 1, level 3, (Soul Understanding)
Technique: Boundless Soul Control
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