The Sixteen of them dumbfound by the scene going in front of them, they brought the ancestor's clone to their staying area but who know it would plan to do something unexpected in a split second they didn't paying attention to it.
The sixteen guardians impression of this clone was very good, they thought the clone was a fickle, curious and naive one as he was asking all kind of curious.and weird question about simply everything related to them and he had a certain naivety about him.
They thought back and recalling lord's exact words they thought it was plausible to act like this the consciousness was still young not act with maturity they can tell it was very knowledgeable from the questions it's ask them, the questions are always about their cultural, political and philosophical changes, some of them even they couldn't understand.
So avoiding any further problems they decided to brought him to their side of settlement, where the sixteen guardians currently staying this was their unique privilege as a guardians and large tribe leaders they were extremely nervous witnessing the quirkiness and unpredictability of the clone.
The only conclusion they come to was when the ancestor modifying this thing somehow made a mistake like a screw or bolt definitely gone missing with his clone they were very sure of it, but what stressed them most was the consequences they were afraid of it; if it was like what they guessed he would be certainly embarrassed in front of his juniors and also furious with them letting the clone do as it please.
So they whole heatedly decided to educate the clone to best of their ability and discreetly alert the lord about quirkiness, the point is they also had to take in to consideration of how to go about this matter with his clone what if he get angry and decided to beat them up None of them could hold up a candle to him in power.
They could only complained it in their heart very quietly about this unfairness wasn't the clone supposed to help them out and stabilize the tribe not to cause any trouble for them from the look of it they had to take care of it every day from doing something extreme.
"Lord This is your tent we newly built it for you this afternoon please " the Old Man spoke, his face was little flustered he was slightly nervous because they were built the tent little grand, they just wanted to use this opportunity to warn some good points for them, because of that they completely ignoring several point of it.
First as he explained to them before hand was going to appear as a genius and staying low for some time observe things before revealing his shocking talent and got appointed as a first youth guardian in tens of thousands years.
He clearly mentioned that he wouldn't want attention and order them to show any preferential treatment this was clearly show of such they were the guardians were nervous as hell seeing him Stand there and dazed they couldn't tell what he was thinking this made them very fidgety.
The clone pointed the tent in front of him and asked at them with comical face " Are you talking about giving this tent to me?" his incredulous expression was every one to see clearly as bright as day.
They were all kind of froze seeing this reaction could only looking helplessly at him, The Old Man did something no one expected he pushed Balli to the front line as he made retreat "Err..." Balli's brain just seemed short circuited in he stuttered but seeing his ancestor's eyes were on him he started to sweat.
He was very furious with his old friend, he never thought such a ridiculous thing happened to him he still cursed his friend in his heart, he was extremely nervous as he suffered by his ancestor's hand not long ago which was very traumatic experience for him.
Balli was quite nervous but he know he had to do something seeing that person looking at him with a frown he shuddered when in his scalpe has the ghostly feeling of pain he tentatively said "Y- yes, was there any problem my lord?"
The clone stared at him with emotionless eyes scaring him so much his hands started to tremble " Should I?" his tone suddenly took one eighty turn.
The clone shook his head deceively and turned back walked towards the way they come early, the guardians face changed and hurriedly jogged back him calling him back "Don't follow me, I know what to do"
"Sir please wait, let us talk through thing" Aadhi called out his face was flustered he doesn't know about the cunning gleam and subtle smile on the clone's face.
"I said stop following me, how can you guys do this to me I'm offended I have my own honor to defend" the clone said in prideful tone, didn't slow down his pace even little bit continue to the path they were come.
The guardians were felt like ants on the frying pan, they started to notice the people nearby started to pay attention to them 'If it's go on like that people started to pay more attention to the commotion'
The guardians face paled they were afraid as they have no clue what was he referring, everyone felt like they were thrown in to ice lake 'Could it be they were overstepped their boundary gave him the tent somehow offended ' Inaam thought to himself doubtfully.
"A-ance.... ahem! sir please stop is there a missundersting can we talk? " The old man quicken his pacea slowly closing up to the leading figure.
"What's there to talk, as a rule abiding tribe member I would follow the ancestral teaching challenge a tent for my own I'm sorry I wouldn't tempted by anything else." the clone said this in very righteous tone the sixteen of them almost tripped by their own feet and feel like breathing fire in frustration and anger.
'Are you for real? This was the reason you come up with? And you want to believe this' they screamed In their hearts ' There was indeed such a custom and it was still somewhat followed by the tribe but not necessarily for all the time, as they steadily developed and fighting for resources this customs were not followed on everywhere and anywhere to special occasion like this ceremony of visiting ancestors they would at such a place Could show their talent and power by challenging powerful cultivators of their own level or higher.
The winner would have the right to stay in that tent the loser would have to leave empty hand but importantly why was he going there in the first place 'Little Ancestor please don't play your joke with us ' they felt like crying their hearts out this clone had a power level of special realm existence what is he going to the tent of mystic realm warriors for, they would turn blind eye if it was qi realm warriors even if he wanted to challenge them they obediently lie down take a beating but what is this?
Balli's face twitched fiercely 'Why is their ancestor clone acting like this, was they have to continue with babysit the little ancestor' his expression was very complicated.
"Sir! you were going in wrong direction let me show you the way" Inaam spoke trying to stop the clone he has some bad feeling for some reason so he decided to intervene in this matter 'This old guys were all useless, what's with the trembling and stuttering shouldn't they do something about quickly?' he scolded the previous generations guardian angrily.
The clone waved his arms at him and the rest in a very familiar way and a voice transmission enter their mind "Don't interfere no matter what happens next half an hour" they paused to see was it him who talked his indifferent gaze looking at them.
"L-lo.. Sir! what do you....." the Old Man trying to ask a question about this but he was cut off when he saw the intense gaze of little ancestor he fell silent immeadiately.
"Don't ask too many questions do as I ask, didn't I made it clear I have my reason just support me in this don't interfere got it " a very familiar cold voice rang in their mind they numbly nodding their head hurriedly.
The strange scene already started to attract everyone the guardians schooled their facial features to calm and serene look, they indeed become little calm they boldly guessed something in their hearts so they felt relieved.
They felt a very familiar overbearing feeling washed over them when they heard this commanding tone just now and come to conclusion the ancestor was controlling the clone for some reason.
If they were right then there was nothing wrong would be happen as they already know their ancestor was very meticulous person to begin with he, wouldn't do anything wrong in their heart and this calmed them down.
But was that really happen? of course not they couldn't clearly understand what was going on here or why he was doing this the sixteen if them had different thoughts about this sudden behavior of the clone the fifteen of the guardians have no problem with this thrashing aside from the one who was the tribe leader of this person who was beaten to black and blue.
Kaari was at last to what should he do he was very uncomfortable with everything going on the person was his personal Deciple, the one he was very proud of, the person was someone from his tribe and he still cared about lot for the life of him; he couldn't understand why the clone was doing this in a situation like this besides didn't it see...
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Twenty minutes before,
Vaanavan's clone take a step forward standing in front of a certain tent of mystical realm warrior and called out "Come out! who is In this tent?"
The clone could hear a rustling sounds and groaning of someone get up and after a few minutes the tent screen was swept away a man walked out of the tent behind him a pregnant woman and a four or five year old kid with big eyes and curiosity as he looked at the clone attire with wonder.
The man after stunned seeing a handsome youth in strange attire was about to ask him what does he want from the corner of his eyes noticed a gathering crowd he frowned ' What are they all doing here.... was that teacher and the rest' he was stumped by the scene why would they all come here at this time'
The only conclusion he could come up to was the weirdo in front of him was the reason, he noticed the weirdo had an awkward expression as he look at his wife and kid "Who are you? what do you want if you want talk to me or another purpose come back tomorrow we are about to retire for the night"
He was just telling story to his son trying to get him sleep but interrupted, the sudden strange atmosphere and the people eyes bother him in fact he was freaking out when he notice his teacher had a troubled expression so he quickly told him some excuse the more he didn't understand the situation the more the unnerved he became.
The looked at him smilingly and said "I'm afraid that wouldn't do my visit here to challenge you are you ready?" his face was calm and composed the onlookers doubted their ears what they were hearing.
The silence was oppressive and intimidating, the man once again discreetly glanced at everyone before carefully asked "Have we meet before, did I offend you somehow?" he decided to take cautious way out of this.
The clone cheerfully smiled as he shooked his head "Don't misunderstood me, it's nothing like that the answer to your both questions were no! but I did know of you from somewhere it's just genuine challenge I wouldn't make thing difficult for you" the smile on his was little strange "It's not my intention to humiliate you I gave you a way out how about it, if you are afraid of the challenge you can decline I wouldn't pursue this matter but..." his expression turned cold " You and your little have to get out of my family In few breaths understand?"
The Man's face was flushed in red he tried to keep his anger under control he kept another look at his teacher then sighed his eyes locked on to the weirdo he glared at him "I, Yuhan accept this challenge state your name weirdo?" he still couldn't keep his calm hearing such a hypocritical statement he know there is something off he could tell from his teacher vacant expression but he wasn't going to tolerate this.
The clone chuckled before arrogantly saying "It's good that you are not a coward, I acknowledge your courage so listen carefully they call me White Robed Sage "