Since the day he had participated in the clan's competition, it had already been more than two months.
During that time, the clamour caused by Tianlong had died down a lot. Only a few among the younger generation remembered him.
In these past few months, he didn't stay holed up in his room like usual. He would spend his time meeting with his old friends, even those who were mortals.
He spent very little time in cultivation or studying.
It was as if he wanted to engrave this place in his memories. For he didn't know when might come back, and whether they'd still be alive at that point.
The date for Grand Xia's competition was fast approaching. They would set out for the competition two weeks before it started.
Three weeks before the examination, his parents decided to finally leave the clan. His mother had fully recuperated.
Staying in this place, she wouldn't be able to progress her cultivation.
That day, both his parents were clothed in purple robes and looked extraordinarily majestic.
"Father is leaving for Suzaku… The trip should take us four to six months." Yun Dingxing said looking at his son.
"Un." He nodded.
"When you reach Xia Country, don't act like a country bumpkin. Otherwise, people would laugh at me!" He harshly reprimanded.
"Un."
"After you join their academy, sleep with all the girls from their Harmonious Melody Palace. Otherwise, people would doubt if you are my son!" His voice was more serious than ever before.
"Un…wait, what?"
"Don't 'uhh' me! Brat, you have been given one of the Extreme Yang Physiques. It would be a shame if you don't use it to your benefit. For whatever reasons that Lotus gave it to you unless you use it, you won't be able to find out."
Tianlong pondered for a moment and found that his words were pretty logical.
His father gathered some of the spatial energy in his fingers and pointed at several places in his chest. "This should hide the nature of your physique from others. So, no more problems while entering that place."
Even though Yun Dingxing's words were quite logical, for him to discuss such things during their farewell… Tianlong felt that it was quite inappropriate.
But looking at his mother's expression, he felt that she approved of everything that Yun Dingxing said.
"When I said about making those two girls your maid, I wasn't joking. The royal bloodline of Grand Xia gives them terrifying cultivation talent. Despite being cursed, both of these girls are almost unmatched in the same realm. If you can take them as your maids, you would have immensely powerful helpers. If not for the fact that their aunt is an old acquaintance of mine, I would've forcefully enslaved them for you!"
She was even more ruthless than her husband.
With a serious gaze, she continued, "Do you know why no woman approaches your father despite being infatuated with him? It's because I've killed everyone who dares to come close to him!"
Tianlong's mind was shaken. But looking at his father's expression, he understood that even he was helpless against her.
So even the overbearing and lawless Yun Dingxing was helpless before his wife?
Yup, marriage was a bad idea!
"How many were with him when we first met? It was only after I butchered almost half of them that the others learnt a lesson!"
"Hmph, You need to be dominant in these matters. If a girl catches your fancy just seize her! Especially these two girls, after the deed is done, what can they do?"
With a few simple words, she showcased her evil path ideals which were even more extreme than Yun Dingxing's own.
In her eyes, morality was a joke; strength overruled everything!
"Alright! It's time for us to leave. But before that, I'd leave you with two more things."
On his left hand, there was a silver amulet with black gen in its centre.
Tianlong couldn't sense any magical fluctuations from it. The thing looked like an ordinary amulet necklace people wore.
"Don't be fooled by its ordinary appearance. This amulet is an Immortal's Dwelling Space Treasure! Unlike Interspatial Rings and Bag of holdings which have a convoluted space inside them, this treasure can act as a Cultivation Cave for you where you can enter and stay indefinitely. However, don't think that just because you have entered this, others can't detect you! This is only a low-grade dwelling and Soul Transformation cultivators would be able to sense you even if you hide inside there!"
On his right hand, he held a black silver feather that looked as if it was made of refined steel. When he passed the feather to him, there was a pained expression on his face. It was as if the thing was even more precious than the Immortal's Dwelling.
"Brat, that feather was one of my True Feathers that I created by sacrificing some of my cultivation! With this in your hand, you should be able to perform a long-distance teleportation a few times!" Even until the end, the pained expression on his face didn't go away.
Upon receiving the two treasures, Tianlong understood that he had just extra lives. He couldn't even imagine how much these two treasures cost, or whether these could even be bought with spirit stones.
Sacrificing his own cultivation for him, Tianlong knew that what his father said was definitely not that simple.
Under his toughness, Yun Dingxing was hiding a soft heart.
"No need to get all emotional." He seemed to have guessed some of Tianlong's thoughts. "If you somehow manage to get killed, it'll be too troublesome to take revenge for you. I'm too lazy for all that! Not to mention, I have absolutely no desire to raise another stinky brat!"
For all that the two of them were worried, they didn't take him with themselves. If he wanted to grow up as a cultivator, he needed to walk his path alone.
Tianlong had prepared a long speech for their parting, but when the time of parting actually came, all of it was stuck in his chest.
"Old man, take care of mom and don't get yourself killed! You can get a new child but I can't get a new set of parents!" In the end, he was incensed by Yun Dingxing's words.
"You should worry about yourself!" Yun Dingxing harrumphed and let out a punch.
Tianlong clenched his fists and met the punch with an equally explosive force.
Boom!
As their fists connected, a huge gust of wind exploded that sent Tianlong tumbling back tens of metres away.
By the time the dust subsided, he was the only one left in the place.
"We'll meet again…"
From now on, he wouldn't have them to rely on anymore.
Heaving a sigh, he continued to watch them becoming streaks of light into the distance.
He had no idea when the next time they would meet.
What would be his cultivation level then?
Now except for him, only the two sisters were living here. Ever since they had arrived here, they seldom moved out of their rooms.
Today, when they sensed the departure of the couple, they finally came out.
"Prince Yun, have the two seniors departed?" Xia Mengyi, the eldest among the two sisters asked.
"Un. They have just left." He replied.
"I thought we'll leave along with them..." Xia Jingyi said with a confused tone. After few days of staying here, she no longer felt any anger towards him. However, she had no positive impression either.
"We'll leave alongside the others in the clan who'll be participating in the competition. Just wait for one more week." His eyes were fixed into the horizon the entire time he spoke.
"Why don't we fly in my Immortal crane? It would be much faster to travel that way!" Xia Jingyi suggested.
The spiritual aura in the clan was really too thin. She wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.
Tianlong shook his head and denied her. "Go if you want to, but I'm leaving with everyone else."
She pouted and stomped her feet in annoyance.
Once she left the scene, Tianlong's lips curled up into a smile as he softly mumbled, "Qingxue, you are going to have some very interesting friends."
...…
One week after Long Qianmei and Yun Dingxing had left the clan, a small group of people left for the nearby country of Clear Water where the Grand Xia's competition was going to be held.
Due to the large distance that needed to be travelled, they couldn't go there on foot. Even flying would require a lot of time.
Hence, the patriarch took out some of the clan's Dragonhorses that they used for long-distance transportation. All of these horses were more than 5 metres tall and had ferocious-looking faces. Their entire body was covered in purple scales which gave them a reptilian appearance. Their looks fairly matched them because all of them were carnivorous by nature.
The Dragonhorses countless times faster than the strongest horse. If one considered them as demonic beasts, then all of them would be peak rank 2 beasts.
With them charging forward the golden carriage, no one dared to come within a thousand metres of their carriage.
After all, if only the beasts were so powerful, how strong would the persons sitting inside be?
With a speed that could match Jade Core experts, their carriage became a blur.
However, there was someone who wasn't satisfied with the speed.
"My Immortal Crane is so much faster than these horses. If we travelled on her, we'd have already reached our destination!" Xia Jingyi was looking at the passing scenery with displeasure.
"Hmm, if her highness doesn't like it, she can always leave the carriage and fly on her own. With one less person, I'm sure that the carriage would go even faster." Another voice lazily replied to her. This person wasn't else other than Long Qingxue.
"Are you implying that I'm fat?!" Xia Jingyi was enraged.
"What, don't believe me? Brother Tianlong tell me if I am right?" She looked at Tianlong who was calmly studying a book. No matter how much they clamoured, he wasn't disturbed.
However, whenever they would mention him, he would instantly give them his reply.
Hearing the question, he didn't even raise his head and directly said, "The momentum shall be conserved. Figure out the rest yourself."
His indirect reply caused them to shut up. Although the two of them weren't that well versed in physics, they both intuitively felt that he had agreed with Long Qingxue.
Seeing the gloating smile on Qingxue's face, her mood flared up. Her impression of Tianlong went down again.
"Hmph, aren't you a doctor?" She angrily asked.
"Not exactly, but pretty close." He calmly answered.
She pointed at the book and asked, "Why are you reading a book on higher mathematics then?"
Tianlong put down the book and looked at her with a questioning gaze.
"Why can't I?"