"Brat, I think I told you to explore the village, not to take a walk around it."
Hearing this gave Abel a scare, after all, who wouldn't be scared if a man appeared out of nowhere in front of you? Not to mention that old Ben's shrill voice didn't help either ...
Also, from old Ben's tone, he didn't seem very happy with Abel's "excursion" during the day, so, scratching his head with a somewhat embarrassed expression, he could only reply:
"Umm, I don't have any excuses old Ben, but if he still allows me to defend myself, I'll say I did it so as not to cause him trouble."
Seeing the amused expression on Abel's face, old Ben calmed down a bit, after all, Abel was still a child and wanting to explore the place out of curiosity was inevitable, so hearing what he said, some curiosity filled it out and decided to ask:
"Eh, so you went out of the village for a walk so as not to cause me problems, now you really piqued my curiosity, brat, so tell me, how would you cause me problems?"
Seeing the amused look old Ben had on him, Abel calmed down a bit and responded after a moment.
"Well, I realized that everyone in the village was cultivators, besides that where I walked everyone saw me with strange expressions, I even ran into a boy my age who told me that the village did not accept mortals without cultivation..., so that, to avoid problems, I decided better to wait for their arrival. "
Hearing this disappointed old Ben a bit, but he didn't show any emotion on his face as he thought to himself.
"Just a few days ago he faced a first rank beast with no problem, it could even be said that he only played with her, beast that would even give fifth-tier cultivators problems of body refinement, and yet does he back down when faces a boy of his age, even if he was the son of the current village chief, I'm sure he could still fight him, with such a shy mentality, he won't get very far on the cultivation path."
Old Ben thought that Abel felt inferior, so, in his shyness and fear, he decided to escape from the village and wait for his arrival, with which he would not have to worry about others.
Something that should be noted was that, from a young age, children from powerful families were taught that strength is everything, so if your opponent is weak, the result was, of course, his humiliation, and, although this It did not apply to all families or clans, it was taught in this way so that they did not develop a shy mentality, after all, on the path of cultivation, only with a strong and resistant mentality could he go far.
What old Ben did not know was that Abel reacted in this way not because he cowered, on the contrary, without knowing the situation he was in, Abel did not want to screw up and become an enemy of someone important for no reason, since He had read many cases of dominant and unreasonable protagonists who, due to a small dispute, ended up making enemies of the local family or powerful sect, which while it was a good stimulus to strengthen and grow, Abel saw it as nonsense, he knew how strong he was and his limits, but that was not why he was going to be unreasonable and get into any trouble just for a minor matter.
Thus, old Ben could only hide his disappointment before addressing the boy once more, although his somewhat irritated tone was evident.
"Forget it boy, I am here for 2 things, firstly, to tell you that you will stay in this village, I already spoke with the chief and you will be allowed to stay in a cabin not far from here, plus access will be granted to the 2nd floor of the library, where you will be able to select 1 cultivation manual and 2 martial techniques, although these last ones I would recommend that you pick them up when you reach the 4th level of refinement of the body."
Hearing this moved Abel, although he had a feeling that he would stay in the village, the confirmation from the old man still made him happy, not to mention that the fact that they let him learn martial techniques was a great surprise for him.
"It seems that the great structure was a library, I really did not expect it, after all, in a small village like this to have such a base is rare as far as I know, well it is not that I care, although I am not interested in the manual of cultivation since I have a much better one in my possession, learning martial techniques, especially one regarding the sword would be great for me."
While it is true that he learned some techniques in Kunlun from the librarian, which are of a much higher rank than what the village could provide him, it is also true that these could only be used in a martial master cultivation stage onwards, to It is no problem for someone who cultivates in a family or sect in Kunlun to reach that stage of cultivation, but for Abel it was a big problem.
It was no mystery to know that a lower realm had a very meager amount of spiritual qi compared to Kunlun, so "leveling up" was much more complicated, that's where human-ranked martial techniques for levels like martial disciple or soldier Martial techniques were necessary, techniques that, in a family like Aegis, would be considered trash and unnecessary, after all, for them, those cultivation stages are transitory and quick to overcome.
"I was afraid that the only cultivation technique I could use to defend myself would be my double sword technique, but apparently that won't be the case, so that would resolve another of my concerns."
Seeing the happiness on the boy's face, old Ben just sighed before interrupting his joy and continuing where he left off.
"That is the first brat point, as for the second point, as you will get an idea, is that I am leaving the village, although I have already discussed that aspect with the village chief who will take care of you, it is better not to you get in trouble."
Hearing this did not surprise Abel, since his conversations while traveling to the village, he had already suspected that this would be the case, so he quickly decided to add:
"Don't worry about that, I'm not one to look for trouble, so you can rest easy, what if I would like to know is when he is coming back."
Although he had not expressed it clearly, Abel knew that there must be a reason why the old man saved him on that occasion, so he was sure that this trip he would make would be to find information about him, or at least he would take the opportunity to do it while He was traveling, so if he didn't find anything relevant, he should go back and do something about his memory.
Hearing this, old Ben thought for a moment before replying:
"I will not go very far from the mainland, so maybe it will be 2 years, unless of course your memory recovers, in which case you should tell the village head, he has a way to contact me in that case, but if not yet You remember nothing and I have not returned yet, I would recommend that you join one of the 3 sects of this county, so you will not get stuck on your cultivation path."
After hearing this, Abel pondered for a moment before nodding his head.
Old Ben, seeing that Abel had no more doubts, thought for a moment before taking something out of his pocket and passing it to Abel.
Abel was a bit surprised when he saw it, after all, he was no stranger to the object that the old man had given him.
"This is an information crystal; I didn't think there were any of these here in this lower realm!"
Seeing the surprise on the boy's face, old Ben thought that he didn't know what it was, so he quickly decided to add:
"Brat, do not think it is a shiny stone, the crystal you hold is known as a jade slip, and it is capable of storing certain information, especially the one I gave you contains different maps of areas of this county, and one that another about the neighboring ones, although they are not very rare and can be obtained in the city, I think they will be of help to you for the moment."
And without waiting for the boy's response, old Ben turned towards the north, while he waved his hand away from Abel.
"Well that's all, I hope that for our next meeting you will be much stronger, and above all that you will remember something of your origin."
And so the old man walked away, leaving Abel alone in that open field very close to the village.
"*Sigh*, and so on, another goodbye, this is the fourth in recent months."
Abel couldn't help thinking about how fleeting his encounters have so far, beginning with that librarian and ending with this strange old man who saved him from certain death.
Now that I think about it, I didn't even get to say goodbye to Daniel and Fillia correctly, I wonder what happened after I left, I don't doubt that they managed to get out of that collapsing space, but has my disappearance attracted anyone's attention? "
Abel thought about this for a moment before shaking his head with a helpless smile.
"Well, even if that was the case, I can't do more either, for the moment I should focus on improving my cultivation level, everything else is irrelevant for now."
With this thought Abel headed towards the village, it was only when he was almost at the entrance that he remembered a small detail.
"Now that I think about it, that old man didn't tell me where exactly the cabin where I'm going to live was located."
Realizing that he didn't know where exactly to go, Abel stopped to think, but he couldn't find any solution.
"I hope the village chief has advised someone to receive me and take me to my place of residence, *sigh*, you damn old man."
Thus, while he cursed old Ben in silence, he headed towards the village, where, apparently, he would live the next 2 years of his life.