Shi Juexin played with the bandages wrapping his knuckles as he ran after Shi Daoan towards the main prayer hall. Shi Juexin had mid-range martial arts talent. He was not over talented, nor was he over trashy, he was in-between. He was the strongest of his peers yet remained humble, this got him the favour of the head monks of the temple, and also the enmity of some other martial disciples.
"Juexin hurry, the lecture is about to start,"
"I'm almost there, hold up a bit!"
And as if showcasing his martial prowess, Shi Juexin jumped a little and reached the main prayer hall again. Raion watched on silently and, not intending to watch any longer, planted a mind seed inside the youth, and dispersed the mirror.
Meanwhile, Shi Juexin felt a weight boring down on him removed, he just assumed the weight to be a cramp from training too hard and entered the main prayer hall hurriedly.
. . .
From then on, Raion sent his consciousness into various countries in Asia and planted seeds in the minds of various talented individuals; when he scouted, he made sure to make a web of conspiracies and plans within all, for example. In Japan, he planted mind seeds within the minds of two men that had bad blood with each other, one a practitioner of Shinobi no Jutsu and the other a practitioner of Karate.
He did this to every person whom he planted mind seeds within, they either had bad blood with each other or just found the other a big pain in the ass. This elaborate scheme was set up by Raion just to see some action take place when he would bring them to him.
This was astounding all because he formed the elaborate scheme in a few hours.
"Sigh, Chris and Nyx are wasting quite a bit of my time, they better come soon or I'll have no choice but to bring them here myself,"
And as if Raion's words summoned them, Chris and Nyx appeared at the door of the room, and with company.
"Oh, good, you're here, or else I might have headed to get you,"
"Ah, no need for that Lord Raion, we were fine!" Chris and Nyx frantically spoke simultaneously, knowing well that once he set out to do something, he made sure to accomplish it at all costs.
"Okay, let me see just who you got to join my Deadman Unit, Chris, you start,"
"Yes, of course, Lord Raion. Hmm, the first one is Dorian. He came from England and is practices the Military Martial Arts taught there. He retired and lived in China to study more martial arts."
Chris starts by introducing a blond middle-aged man that wore a military uniform. The man had a sharp and chiselled look on his face; it was the face of someone who had weathered countless storms.
Chris continued excitedly.
"Over his stay in China, he has studied Five Animals, Five Ancestors fist, and Eagle Claw, and he has reached Familiar Proficiency with them. He is a combat genius."
"The next is Hou (1). He trains both in the Drunken Boxing technique and the elusive Monkey Kung Fu, he is perfect for missions that require impressive agility."
Chris then pointed towards a slender fellow in a jester mask that covered his eyes down to his nose. The fellow wore a small smile on his face and bowed a little.
"I Hou, am at your command, Lord Raion,"
Raion ignored his act and looked towards Nyx. Apart from Huxian, she also had another girl with her, this girl was a little older by Nyx by about three years, so she was probably sixteen years old, she looked pretty average, so it was kind of odd that Nyx would bring her.
But on the contrary, she probably had the most talent out of all the new recruits. And all this was because she was an Inheritor.
Not the inheritor of Ancient One like Nyx, but the inheritor of a Seraphim.
"Hoho, Little girl, what's your name, and who gave you your power?"
The girl was irritated. 'He looks a few years older than me, what gives him the right to call me a little girl?!'
"Little girl don't look at me like that, I'm even older than your great-great-great grandparents, and if you don't believe me, why don't you ask Nyx?"
"It's quite true, Lord Raion has centuries of knowledge that he shared with Chris and me, he certainly is even older than he makes it out to be"
"Enough of that Nyx, now, little girl, do you mind telling me your name and abilities now?"
"Hmph, fine. I am Isis, and I specialize in protection and magic. My inherited ability is known as Guardian. I can cast the ability on a person and no matter where they are, I can come to protect them. But this skill is limited to things like periods in time and space zones."
"Oh, I know that Seraphim, to think she was trapped here along with the Ancient Ones. But anyway, this is good. Chris and Nyx good job. Go meditate while I spruce them up a bit."
Receiving Raion's praise, Chris and Nyx beamed with excitement and did as he told. And as for Raion, he immediately came to a decision.
"Hmm, Dorian, Hou, and Huxian shall receive the Deadman gene inheritance and Isis shall begin meditation."
Although he muttered, the people in question heard him very clearly, and before they could question, he had already started the procedure. For the first three, he sent a Deadman cell each into their bodies and waited for their evolution to complete.
He did not want to waste any more time and sent knowledge on meditation into Isis's mind. She immediately started meditating.
"Hmm, I can't wait to see the result. When I gather the heroes and villains. I shall unleash the leaking energies on the entire Universe, and the evolution process shall begin, keke this boring Universe is about to become a lot more fun."
1. Hou in mandarin means monkey. When placed in this story it might not necessarily be a real name, but merely a nickname or an alias given to him.