The next morning Chen Kai woke very early, he stood from the simple bed and walked towards the door, he slept fully clothed, so he didn't need to gather them or change, he checked his injured shoulder by removing the small cloth he put there ' It looks fine now ' he thought then he burned the cloth with a tiny Ki ball after that he walked to the exit
Chen Kai was standing at the door and when he opened he saw a woman standing outside the room looking at him with a surprised expression
" Hello? " Said Chen Kai seeing the attractive woman in front of him
The girl was none other than Lang Lin, she wore a white dress, and her hair was tied in a ponytail, looking at Chen Kai standing a few inches in front of her she raised her head to see him right in the eyes, she turns a little bit red by how close they were, and she says " G-Good morning, I wanted to invite you to dinner before you left, that only if you like? "
Lang Lin took a few steps back when she talked, Chen Kai only smiled at her and said " Of course, thank you for the offer "
Chen Kai got out of the room and closed it, then both of them walked to the courtyard where they had previously eaten, on the way both of them were very silent, Chen Kai because he didn't know what to talk about, hadn't had any interaction with a woman since he talked with Ying Yue a few years ago, and Lang Lin because the shyness she is feeling right now
But then Lang Lin speaks " I-I heard from Teacher Shen that you are going to participate in the Sects' tournament in Xuixin Empire, is that true? "
Chen Kai grins and says " Yes, I have to " Then he makes a serious expression ' If I don't participate I could become a cripple again, or worse they could kill me "
Lang Lin noticed the seriousness on Chen Kai's face, so she couldn't help herself and asked " Is something wrong, you don't sound so eager to participate "
Chen Kai sees her and says with a smile " No, I am eager, of course, I'm eager, I'm just thinking about something else "
Lang Lin sees Chen Kai with doubt but as much as she wants to ask what is worrying him the words don't come out, so she just stays silent
After a few minutes, they arrived at the restaurant in which Teacher Shen and Yuan Ning were waiting for them, Chen Kai and Lang Lin greeted them with smiling faces, and after a few minutes of eating Yuan Ning said " So Chen Kai, how is your sect? Looking at your strength and how you kill the Brown Scorpion I'm guessing that your master is outstanding "
Chen Kai makes a wry smile seeing he doesn't know if he should say anything about his sect, Shallot didn't forbid them anything about that after all, but still, he was very reluctant to say too much, so he says " Well, yes, I guess he is the strongest man I have ever met, yet I never saw him fight seriously, so I don't know the limits of his strength "
Yuan Ning just like Lang Lin made a surprised expression, but Teacher Shen made a curious face to say " Interesting, I would like to meet that teacher of yours, but I'm sure that I will meet him in the tournament, right? "
Chen Kai smiled and said " Yes, I will reunite with him there, so I think it's possible "
Chen Kai smiles wryly at Yuan Ning's enthusiasm, he knows that maybe she wants to meet someone to be with her but instead of that Chen Kai remembered Callion's face, a face full of anger and disdain, someone who will kill everyone who will dare stay on his way to fulfill his goals, so he says " Only I and what you can call my martial brother will participate as far as I know but he... well he isn't the right person to establish a friendship, so when the time came I advise you to stay away from him "
The three of them saw the seriousness on Chen Kai's face and couldn't help to wonder why he was telling them that, Teacher Shen turned to see Yuan Ning and nodded, and then she nodded and calmed herself a little
Chen Kai stands and says with an awkward smile " Sorry for ruining the mood, I better take my leave, the food was delicious thanks for inviting me " Then he turns around
Chen Kai stands and says with an awkward smile " Sorry for ruining the mood, I better take my leave, the food was delicious thanks for inviting me " Then he turns around, but before he can walk Teacher Shen says " Wait, Kid " Chen Kai turns to see him with a face of doubt then Teacher Shen throws a small bag full of coins at him
Chen Kai saw the bag with surprise and turned to see Teacher Shen who was smiling and said " Take that, It's not much, but it's enough to let you buy a horse, you can even buy some food for the travel with that "
Chen Kai smiles a little and ties the small bag of coins in his pants then he sees Teacher Shen and says " Thank you for your kindness, Elder Shen "
Teacher Shen nods and says " It's the last thing I can do for you after you didn't accept the previous reward, kid, now hurry up you have a long way to go "
Chen Kai nods and says " Thank you " and finally walks out but Lang Lin and Yuan Ning stick with him to guide him to the exit
On the way to the exit, Lang Lin spoke " Alright, you have to pass over Dongqiu city, it isn't too far from the sect, you can buy a horse and some supplies for the trip "
Chen Kai nods as he says " OK " Then he thinks ' I have the map with me, so I can't get lost ' but then Lang Lin says " I-If you don't mind can I accompany you? "
Chen Kai turns to see her and Lang Lin turns a little nervous then she says " I-I have to buy some supplies from the city as well, so what you say, can I? "
Chen Kai nodded with a smile as he said " It's okay, besides, you can guide me there that way I would need to use my map " Lang Lin smiled brightly, but then she noticed a sight on her, and that sight came from none other than Yuan Ning that was seeing her with a teasing smile at which Lang Lin turn a little bit red
Of course, Chen Kai knew about her feelings, he isn't a dense guy, but still, he decided to play the oblivious guy, he doesn't want to hurt Lang Lin's feelings at least until she declares she likes him then he won't have another choice
Finally, they left the Sect, Yuan Ning stayed behind while Chen Kai and Lang Lin arrived and walked to the city on the way they had short conversations nothing too notable
The city was smaller than Zhihao City but still, it was quite big, they didn't need to enter the city because, outside the city, they bought what they needed, Lang Lin bought some alchemy ingredients and Chen Kai bought a horse a black and brown horse as well some bags for the horse have he put the supplies he bought
Just before departure Lang Lin says " Take care, Chen Kai, we will see each other in the tournament "
Chen Kai above the horse nods and says " You too Sister Lin, I hope that you progress even more when we see each other in the tournament "
Then Chen Kai leaves leaving Lang Lin behind who watches his departing back with a sad smile as she whispers ' Have a safe trip ' Then she begins to walk towards her sect again
Chan Kai was riding his horse while he was looking at the map " First I have to cross those mountains with a lot of beasts in them " Chen Kai pats his horse and said " You have to be brave pal, the journey will be rough "
Chen Kai rode the horse while being observed in the sky by Shallot, Shallot saw him like he was seeing the most stupid person in the world, so he couldn't help to say " What the hell is this fool doing? "
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Meanwhile, in the snowy mountain where Callion fought the previous night
A group of men in black clothes arrived near the crater where Lord Yang's corpse lies, There were 5 men in total, and one of them was Yun Hai
They were in horses, each one of them, then the one leading them gets down from his horse followed by the others, the man was the tallest of them all, with a strong body, long red hair, and a short beard
" What a freak " Said one of the men, the craters and the body parts covered with snow scattered all over the place were enough to shock him and a couple of his companies but not their leader who walked to the edge of the crater, and when he sees Lord Yang's corpse slightly covered in snow he frowns, then he turns to see Yun Hai and says " Yun Hai, the kid you said did all of this? "
Yun Hai walked next to him and saw Lord Yang's corpse with visible surprise, he said that despite Lord Yang's words he would beat the brat, but it wasn't the case, Yun Hai stayed silent for a few seconds to then say " Yes, Lord Wu, as I told you before, after being beaten one time by Lord Yang he escaped and killed all of our men, Lord Yang force me to leave to send you the message it seems that he had foreseen this result "
Lord Wu frowns deeper and says " The brat was part of the Trade Union? "
Yun Hai shakes his head and says " No my Lord, he appeared from nowhere and attacked us without reason, to our men and the Trade Union men per equal, we don't know anything more about him, besides his weird looks "
Lord Wu turns to see his brother's corpse once more and says " Bring his corpse, I want every one of our men searching for that little bastard, no matter what it takes, find him! "
" Yes, my Lord! " The men yelled and a couple of them went down to the crater to carry Lord Yang's corpse, while Lord Wu made an angered expression as he thought ' No matter what I will find you! '