Finally, the day arrived when Yang Zhai and the others received sets of kas as rewards for defending the area for an entire month.
Everyone had their time and days they worked for written on scrolls. So, the ones who worked for the whole month could receive a complete set of kas as a reward.
Jaen Fen, along with Jun Yi and others arrived at the location for their reward. They all received a token and could obtain a set of kas from any ka stores or the sect's ka repository in exchange for this token.
Each one of these tokens had the receiver's name on them. They were made from a special material that was only available in the Luo Sect, so there were no worries of someone stealing and exchanging them.
Yang Zhai obtained his token and decided to choose from the sect's ka repository.
The sect's ka repository was underground. Jane Fen walked down the stairs with the sect's elder. The door opened and he entered the repository.
He had already decided the path he wanted to develop for now.
Even though the Luo Sect didn't have kas of all the paths, they did possess kas of the major ones.
"Which path do you want?" Asked the elder.
"Mastery Path,"
"Mastery Path, that's an interesting one, come with me."
Jaen Fen followed the elder.
Even though the mastery path was not as dangerous as the body path, it was not as easy as other paths as well.
It was also the only path for which Jaen Fen didn't dare to store many of the path's kas without enslaving them in his body, like Ophio Unila.
He looked around and only found two sets of this path.
He chose a better one among them.
For attack was Deep Grip Ka, for defense was Deep Skin Ka, for healing was Deep Heal Ka, for speed was Deep Legs Ka, for observation was Deep Control Ka, for storage was Deep Store Ka and for the buff was Deep Root Ka.
It wasn't that every set in this world had the same names, not at all. If he wanted to, he could replace any of this ka for another ka with the same ability and his set would still be complete. For now, at least, he didn't replace any ka, even the Deep Store Ka.
All of these were sealed in sealing jades of air.
He took them and left. After that, he came to his room and started enslaving them.
…..
Meanwhile,
Inside a room,
There are four people sitting, having a feast when suddenly there is a knock on the door.
"Wait, we are occupied."
Wang Lei ordered,
However, there is another knock.
"I said, wait."
Wang Lei's eyes narrowed when there was another knock,
"Come in!" He said annoyingly.
A servant entered the room,
"It should better be important, or you know what will happen, right?"
"Yes, sect leader. We found out how the beast onslaught happened!"
"What do you mean?" Elder Tian looked at the servant and asked.
"Elder, we found that the scent that spread before the onslaught was the reason for this attack!"
"Hmm," Wang Lei was in deep contemplation.
"There's another thing…" the servant hesitated.
"What do you mean by that?" Ming Hao inquired.
"This scent is also emanating from Elder Tian's daughter and also Elder Ming's son." Replied the servant,
"What?!"
"What?!"
Both Tian Yu and Ming Hao stood up in shock.
"Are you serious?!"
"Yes, elder, as it involved both Elder Ming's son and Elder Tian's daughter, we thoroughly checked it."
Tian Yu and Ming Hao sat down, deep in thought and worried.
"Also, Elder Tian's daughter had been attacked two times by the hounds that managed to cross the wall in the past two weeks…"
"What?! How come I didn't know about this?!"
Elder Tian punched the table, shattering it. The food splattered on everyone in the room, including Wang Lei.
However, Wang Lei and the others didn't say anything. They simply wiped their faces and looked at Tian Yu. If it were them, they might have also done this.
"Call Jaen Fen, right away." Tian Yu ordered the servant.
"Yes, elder."
…..
After a while,
"No, that's something new to me as well."
"Are you sure you didn't know that there was a scent very attractive to the water hounds?"
"No, if I knew about it, do you think I would have stayed here even after smelling it?" Jaen Fen shook his head and replied, shocked.
"We would believe you then. How much more time do you need? We can't delay it anymore. I am sure more hounds must be gathering outside."
"For about two more weeks at least."
"Two more weeks?"
"We can't wait this long."
"Why is that?"
Jaen Fen asked.
"The next time water hounds manage to break into the village, it would put Ji Woo and Min Jae in extreme danger. We need to deal with their leader right now." Tian Yu was getting anxious just from thinking about it.
"I have a method that can help me locate rank 5 Water Hound's position in a week, but… that puts my health in an extremely critical condition. I might even die. Why do you think I would do that…"
Jaen Fen slowed down at the end of his speech, indicating something.
"We would give you two million more essence stones!" Wang Lei said calmly.
"Oh," Jaen Fen was impressed.
Even one million would have been enough. These guys are desperate: Jaen Fen thought.
"Well, if you want, I can even reduce… the days to four…"
"We will give you one more million!" This time, it was Ming Hao.
Jaen Fen didn't even finish speaking when he was interrupted by Ming Hao.
These guys are extremely well off. They definitely know the location of a mountain or a mine of essence stones. Or at least something of extreme value that they have been selling. I don't think they would be needing this many, so I should help them: Yang Zhai thought with a smile.
"What if I try even harder and reduce the days to three…"
"One more million!"
"What about two days…"
"One more!
After that, Jaen Fen stopped.
"Can't you try even harder?" Asked Ming Hao.
"I would die if I did." Jaen Fen answered.
If I go even down, they would get suspicious. It's better to stop here. Five million is enough: Jaen Fen considered.
This was the disadvantage of worldly affections. Even though they could serve as solace, they also held people back. If it were Jaen Fen in their stead, he would not care about his worldly affairs.
Even though what Jaen Fen did put his life in danger, he still went through with it.
I am sure they are thinking of killing me after the rank 5 water hound is dealt with. Even if they are extremely well off, they aren't so foolish as to give out so many essence stones to a single person. Then there is a fear of their wealth secret getting out.
They increased the essence stones like it was nothing just to make me work harder. Even if worldly affections are involved, nobody would go ahead and increase the number this quickly. Let's secure these essence stones first.
These were his thoughts.
"Fine, give me fifty thousand mid-grade essence stones."
"Mid-grade? But aren't you fond of low-grade essence stones?"
"That habit of mine changed last night. I can't just go around carrying low grades, now can I?" Jaen Fen shook his head.
He is messing with us! Just wait till we get rid of that rank 5 water hound: the four thought.
"Fine,"
There was only one thing that was making them take such steps: Jaen Fen was a rank 4 cultivator and they were rank 5. They could easily deal with him.
If he was a rank 5, they wouldn't have dared to do that.
This was the reason they offered him millions, hoping to make him greedy so that he would end up taking more and have no way out but to reveal the location in a day. Even if it endangered his life, he would have to try his hardest to find the hound in that time. After all, deals like these don't appear every day.
This is a typical example of offering more to get your work done, as money can buy everything, Jaen Fen reflected.
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