After Xavier finished his practice inside the training room, he came out and hit into the bath. While he was issued the training room, the system created an exact clone of himself and put it in his place and made it seem like he was meditating.
This was the reason why he would not be doubted when if he were to enter the training room in the middle of a crowd.
Xavier washed up inside the shower and came out and found that Sheila was still in deep cultivation. He was getting a little annoyed. He has taken her as a slave but she didn't do anything except cultivating.
He was about to go and wake her up with he recieved a transmission from Sam.
He closed his eyes and concentrated on the message.
He soon saw a big hall and inside this hall, there was a long dinner table which could provide dinner for more than 10 people. In the centre was a man who Xavier had seen before. It was the Vice Dean Reginald.
He was sitting in the main seat and was leisurely eating whatever was on his plate. There were 2 others sitting beside him. One of them was someone Xavier knew, his new enemy, Roger.
And the other one was a well built man who looked ripped. His mucles were bulging out through his armour and he had a boorish face but anyone who looked clearly into his eyes could see that he was a sly old fox. He was a Great Elder of the Wade family branch in the South Star City.
He was already close to 70 years old but due to him being a Great Elder and having martial lord level cultivation, he had a long lifespan of 300 years at the very least.
This was one of the things which changed when Earth changed. The average lifespan increased from a measly 80 to me than a 100 for a normal human.
For cultivators, this number increased further. A foundation stage can live upto 120 years on average and a matter could live upto 150 years.
A grandmaster could live upto 200 years and this was an average. There were stories of Grandmasters living upto 230 years floating around.
And finally Martial Lord stage, the lifespan increased to about 350 years. But the Martial lord stage was special. With each substage, a lifespan of 50 years was added to the person.
So a mid level Lord could live for 400 years and a high level of could live for 450 years and finally a peak level could live for 500 years.
This was one of the reasons why the Martial Lord stage was so sought after. But there were also drawbacks. The stage was r very difficult to reach. It was one if the toughest stages to advance into and also exponentially tougher to reach higher levels within the Martial Lord stage itself.
That was why it was said that even though there were many Grandmasters, there exponentially less Martial Lord level experts.
Xavier not only could see them but at the same time, he could feel their aura as well. And what surprised the most was that the aura of the Martial Lord was strong, it was not as strong as he had expected.
'There must be something going on here with this Martial Lord expert!' Xavier thought.
Reginald on the other hand had a rather weak aura. Though he was a peak Grandmaster, his aura was even weaker than a mid stage grandmaster. He has bags under his eyes like he had not solely for a long time and Xavier, who was very sensitive to Yang energy found out that Reginald also had a very feeble Yang energy, like it was drained to the max.
While he was wearing, Roger who was beside him opened his mouth," Uncle, what about that matter?"
"What matter? Speak clearly. I don't have enough time for your puzzles."
"Uncle, this matter is of the utmost importance. You should know about it and not only or family but also the other families are putting in their best to try to get benefits from that place. As the head of the branch in the South Star City, you must be well aware of what I'm talking about."
Reginald looked at Roger for a moment and said," Oh, you're taking about that Spirit Stone Mine?"
"Uncle! Please don't mention those words again. You know that even the walls have ears and we don't want anything it anyone knowing about that. Even though many families have discovered the cavern, they are still searching for benefits but only we have found out the Spirit Crystal Mine inside it. If others know of it, there will be a huge loss for the family."
Roger was saying this with a frustrated look on his face.
But Reginald seemed to not see this look and continued eating his dinner. He then waves his fork and said," Don't worry about it. We are in the centre of the Wade Family Mansion. Nobody will be able to find out about this even if I shout till my voice reached the heavens. And even if they come to know, they will take a long time to navigate through the cavern and won't find out before we squeeze it dry "
Reginald turned his head and looked at the Martial Lord and asked," Isn't that right Arnold?"
The Martial Lord was called Arnold and a Great Elder of the Wade family branch in the South Star City.
Arnold looked at the carefree attitude of Reginald and knitted his brows. He wanted to rebuke Reginald as he had a higher cultivation level than him but he soon remembered how backing and shut his mouth.
He nodded and gave a look to Roger with a helpless expression.
Reginald did but see this exchange. He just say there eating his meal. After a few minutes, he finished it and stood up.
"Ok, you two discuss whatever you need to do and don't bother me. I'm going to need.. And Roger, send those dancers you have picked up today from the City Lord mansion. I want to have some fun with them." he said while drinking a bottle of wine. He was stumbling forward like his legs and hips had no strength.
He was just about to cross the door but his pants got caught up beneath his foot and he tripped and fell down.
The bottle he was holding in his hand also shattered, wine storage splashed all over the floor.
Arnold and Roger were both caught off guard. Arnold and Roger quickly got up to help Reginald but as they were about to lift their butts off the chair, Roger slipped and fell down and Arnold in an attempt to save Roger also tripped and fell down.
Arnold quickly got up and wanted to lift Roger but he washed his hand indicating that he didn't need any help. So Arnold went to pick up Reginald.
Reginald took some time to get to his senses. When he realised what had happened, he looked at Arnold in rage and slapped his face. He shouted," What are you doing? Do you but know that you have been assigned to protect this Family Head? If something like this happens to me again, I'll behead you!"
After this outburst, Reginald staggered into his room.
Meanwhile Roger was also getting his teeth in frustration. Today was really the bane of his life.
From the moment he stepped out of the house today, he had been encountering unfortunate events. The moment he stepped out of the house, he stepped into a puddle.
Then while going to the academy, his convertible car hit an animal on the road and is good splashed all over his face. After that, some bird pooped on his head.
Then he went to the academy and found out that somehow, something had spilled all potions he had stored inside his locker. He had kept some important potions inside them and his gut hurt seeing this.
Then, during training, his pants always feel down the moment he jumped. This resulted in an embarrassing spectacle in front of his whole class. Even the usually for Alice laughed her gut out.
They when coming back, he stepped onto some dog sit. SOME DOG SHIT! Does anyone know how many centuries have passed since someone had stepped onto dog shit the last time.
Today, his luck was dogshit.
Xavier, who was watching all of this unfold was trying to make sense of what had happened. It was not normal for cultivate to trip and fall for no reason.
And from looking at Roger's excursion, he didn't have a good day at all. He asked the system,' System, do you know why they are having such a bad day?'
[That's because their karmic Luck is low host. It had been drained by you through the skill 'Friendly Fire'. Initially, it was just slightly troublesome for them and as time goes on, their luck will be completely drained and they will suffer misfortune.]
'Oh, it's from that skill?' Xavier raised his brows.
He didn't think that the skill would have such an effect. While he knew that things would happen, it had only been slightly more than a week since the skill had activated and it was already showing such effects. If it's for a month then to what extent will this be taken to, he didn't know.
'Is alright if only Roger and Reginald are affected but it's even that Martial Lord being affected?'
[That's because the Karmic Luck of those who are closely associated with the target also get affected. Their luck doesn't get drained but they will be affected by some bad luck every once in a while.]
Xavier raised his eyebrows. He didn't think that there was such a thing in this skill. He could make use of this quite well in the future.
He then after his attention to the scene taking place in the Wade family mansion.
....
River was sitting on his chair grumbling about his bad luck.. The days, he had been through to much and his cold attitude had completely broken down.
He looked at Arnold and asked," Great Wider, what are we going to do about the mine?"
"Young Master, the family had already dispensed some Martial Lord experts to guard the mine. So when if others discussed it, it won't be easy to take them."
"And according to what I've heard, the Snow Clan and the City lord mansion have also found out about this and searched the cavern and they have also found some benefits. We may not know what those are but from their attitudes, they also do not want others to know and don't want to get into conflict with us."
Roger nodded," Then, what about the Star Academy?"
"There is no movement from the and Academy. They have been keeping awfully quiet about this." Arnold frowned.
Roger also went into deep thought. He turned his head and said," Be careful of the academy. I know that bitch who has become the Dean for the past 5 years. She will not stand by seeing such a great opportunity. Be careful not to fall into any of her plots. She is easy more trying than people realise."
Arnold nodded but he didn't understand much. He didn't know why his young master feared the Dean of the Star Academy in such a backwater place but he knew that he wasn't in a position to ask such questions.
"How is the progress on the mining going "
"It's going on without any hitches,young master. We just got the news about this5 days back and we took 3 days to explore the place. After that only we found out about the Spirit stone mine. So it will take some time to get it extracted and brought here."
"But after mining for a while day yesterday, we find out that there are some dial-in like crystal deep within the mine. After doing some research we found out that these were the legendary spirit crystals!"
"Spirit crystals?!" Roger stood up in shock.
"Yes sir. The shipment is coming her tonight and we can see it for ourselves. Due to this, I have already sent other Martial Lord riders to guard the shipment and also sent around 20 Grandmasters and 5 shadow guards."
"Hmm, it's good that you sent the elders. Make sure that they are brought there safely. If it's really the legendary Spirit crystals, we could get immense benefits of we can find the right person to give it to."
Arnold's eyes also shone. He also wanted to get some benefits and this was the best chance he would receive.
"Then what about the Blood Mercenary group? Do you know what happen to them and who was it that kind them?" Roger asked as his face turned cold." And did you get any information about Sheila?" Though the group was just like a piece of tissue paper to Roger, something which can be thrown away after use, he still hasn't used them enough and there had all died and the strongest one washing them, Sheila also had disappeared."
"Young master, I personally went to the site and confirmed that all of those who died were of the Mercenary group. I also got to know that there was a fight between a man and a woman who were both masked 3 blocks away from the site of the attack. Many people also saw that at the man defeated Sheila and picked her up and disappeared. I use my influence and checked the surveillance cameras. It was like the man was a host and disappeared easily. It must be because of the cloak he was wearing as after he put it on Sheila, she also vanished."
Roger nodded. "The man must be very strong then. At least a Grandmaster expert. But I think that he is also not that strong. That distusting sheman Sheila is always hiding things. Hmph, does she think she can guide her true strength from me? She must have deliberately got caught to escape my surveillance and escape from here."
"Yes young master. After all, she was exiled from that family and came to refuge insude the Wade family but the others are suspecting if her being a spy so they sent her inner you so that you can keep a watch on her, but now, she has vanished from our sight. We must be careful."
Roger nodded. "What about that other matter? Any new developments in that?"
Arnold put on a difficult expression. He squeezed out a smile and said," Young master, you have started here for the past 10 years searching for that. It had appeared first 16 years ago and from that time, many families have sent people to the southern border to look for it."
"You have been get for almost 10 years and have found nothing. It's the same for Young Miss Alice as well. It wise she would have already returned. And from the news we are getting, the situation and to be getting worse and we need to go out within a month so we only have few more day left before we need to evacuate."
Roger sighed. He has been searching for that since the last 10 years and he hasn't found a clue. It seemed that nobody who came to the Southern border found that thing.
"Ok, investigate further into who took away Sheila and also make sure that the spirit stones and crystals arrive safely." Roger said this and went away.
Xavier who was watching all this was a little surprised. A spirit stone mine with spirit crystals? And they had found it in a cavern? Maybe it was the one where he got the inheritance?
He thought and something and asked,' System, did I create any disturbance while receiving the inheritance?'
[Yes host, you created a intense energy wave which spread across the whole land and attached many people. ]
'Then how did I not meet anyone while I was returning?'
[That's because of your increased luck host. If anybody saw you coming from the same direction, they would have joined you to suit to up about the information. The luck which you stole from the 3 people helped you so that you don't meet anybody and safely reach the academy host.]
Xavier understood now. It seemed like this Luck is very good indeed.