Bai Jingshen talked a bit more with Ra before they exchanged contact details and Ra bid his goodbye. The former emperor was pleasantly surprised about their conversation just now and let himself sink a bit back again, just when Bennet made his way over.
"You seem to be… getting along pretty well?"
Noticing the questioning look on the instructor's face, Bai Jangsheng was perplexed. Did he do something wrong? Was the relationship between their companies that bad? Well, not that he would such external circumstances dictate his life, but he also didn't want trouble with his new boss. But Bai Jingshen also preferred to be honest, so he just answered directly:
"Sure. We well be sparring sometime these days. Hope that's no problem for you."
"Sparring hmm? Well, I just hope Ra is sincere."
"Sincere?", somehow Bai Jingshen felt something off about this conversation.
"Sure, he seemed alright."
"Alright. I trust you."
Bai Jingshen really couldn't follow Bennet's train of thought, so he quickly changed their topic:
"Of course. You should know I'm on your side. I got you a date after all."
"Hmph I could have gotten a date by myself. I've known Dahlia for so long already, we are basically a couple."
Although Bennet said so, he still couldn't stop his shyness from showing on his face.
"Of course. You know what, Bennet? You should go over there and directly propose! Just don't forget to invite me to your marriage."
"You little… Are you making fun of me? Hmph. You know what? I will take over your training for tomorrow."
"Haha, but only if you can keep up old man. Well, we shouldn't talk to long, your wife is getting lonely."
Bennet quickly threw a glance back over his shoulder, just in time to see another man making his way over to Dahlia. The brawny instructor jumped as if stung by a bee and quickly wade over to his rightful place. Bai Jingshen was afraid Bennet wouldn't make it in time and used his mighty armor's kick technique to send Bennet off.
The instructor let out a yelp, swiftly flying over towards Dahlia, while holding his butt. Fortunately, he arrived before the other man and even landed perfectly in Dahlia's lap. To say that the mature woman was surprised would be an understatement, as she scrambled to catch Bennet.
The brawny man slowly got back in a sitting position, throwing angry glares at Bai Jingshen. The former emperor was sure Bennet would come over to beat him up, if he weren't so busy with holding Dahlia's hand under the water.
Bai Jingshen was still laughing, when Kayleen made her way over towards him, dragging her boyfriend along. Bai Jingshen had to smile when he saw Kayleen giving him a thumbs up, but the gloomy look on Thomas' face quickly dampened his mood.
Nonetheless Bai Jingshen tried to initiate a conversation:
"Haa, are you coming over to flaunt your love in front of me too? I really should have looked for a girl to bring here."
Kayleen laughed at Bai Jingshen acting melancholic, and even Thomas tried to smile. However, it didn't suit his face in Bai Jingshen's opinion.
"So, how did you two get to know each other?"
This time it was Thomas who answered quickly:
"We've known each other since forever. Right, Kayleen? This time I especially came back from the New World because I got assigned as Kayleen's guard."
Kayleen blushed at his words, just like a young girl in love does. Bai Jingshen could see that Kayleen was really happy. He just couldn't bring himself to like someone, who had obvious hostility towards him upon their first meeting. Still, he politely asked:
"Good for you. You seem like the perfect pair. Can you tell me, what you mean by guard though?"
Thomas felt great with Bai Jingshen's flattery, so he readily answered:
"The first time you enter the New World, you will be teleported to the position which corresponds to your position in the Rising Force World. The Scholar's made huge advancements with calculating corresponding positions, but that's way to advanced for us normal people. However, because of the scholar's hard work we are able to build devices, which can influence the transportation to the New World. In order to arrive at a desired place, you need a transmitter- receiver pair. The transmitter will be a big tower in the New World. It is every organization's most important device, fulfilling a lot of tasks. The receiver will be placed in the Rising Force World. It can interfere with the monument's transportation, sending people close to the transmitter.
However, as I said it will only send groups of people close to the transmitter, not directly to it. Therefore, every group's first test will be, to arrive at the organization's base safely. Normally the immediate surroundings of any base will be safe, but since you can never be sure, each group of newcomers will be assigned a guard just an in case."
Bai Jingshen once again got a better understanding of the New World. By now his curiosity already peaked. He really hoped the newcomer competition would end fast, so he could finally see the fabled New World.
At this point Thomas' seemed to realize that actually explained so much to his rival. His face tuner gloomy again and he dragged Kayleen away. The young woman also wouldn't reject a bit alone time with her boyfriend, so she smiled apologetically and quickly followed. Bai Jingshen didn't mind them and closed his eyes again.
In this way a relaxing day soon came to an end. Bai Jingshen's injuries were cured completely. Although they had to leave in the evening, Bai Jingshen was sure he would come back to these hot springs in the future. Maybe he might even visit high-class springs one day.
Leaving the Gentle Water Inn, Kayleen and Thomas quickly said their goodbyes and Bai Jingshen followed behind Bennet and Dahlia. He smirked, when he noticed how they were still holding hands. Their previous observers also didn't show themselves again, although Bai Jingshen assumed they probably belonged to Ra anyways.
When the trio made their way back towards the training grounds, Bennet and Dahlia seemed inseparable, so Bai Jingshen just got back to training. Although he felt confident about fighting in the newcomer competition, he still wanted to prepare for it. Furthermore, in order to reach his lofty goals, Bai Jingshen had to give it his best at all times. In the future his enemies wouldn't just be some inexperienced brats.
Bai Jingshen was certain he would see his old enemies again, as well as gaining new ones. All those sect leaders, old monsters, and rising geniuses he had known in the Great Cultivation World surely worked hard on changing their cultivation into immortal Qi. So far he didn't even know how long this would take, or if someone already succeeded and reached the legendary immortal realm.
He could only hope that his family was amongst the first to ascend, so they could be safe. However, he wasn't really too worried about them. His father even built the White Illusion Sect from scratch, so Bai Jingshen was sure, that his father was extraordinary as well.
Thinking about his future really got Bai Jingshen's blood to boil, so he told General Mao to resume their training, as soon as he entered his room. And like this Bai Jingshen got beat up all throughout the night.
When it was already almost noon the next day, Bai Jingshen had to pause again, as General Mao told him Bennet was here. After the door opened and both men saw each other, they simultaneously began to laugh out loud. Both of them looked like they hadn't closed their eyes the whole night. And surprisingly this was the case for both men, although they had different reasons. Bai Jingshen didn't forget to joke around with Bennet while laughing though:
"Morning Bennet. Seems like life has been good to you. How is Miss Dahlia?"
Bennet on the other hand was way to happy to get annoyed, so he smilingly answered:
"Morning kid. Obviously, she is great today. Don't think I forget my promise from yesterday though. I told you I would train you today. From the way your body looks however, I'm not sure if you can take it."
"Don't worry, I've been through worse. Just come in and show me what you got."
Bennet thus came in and started to help Bai Jingshen in his training. Although he disapproved strongly when Bai Jingshen mentioned he wanted to learn all weapons, but Bai Jingshen stayed really stubborn on this point. The former emperor felt a bit apologetic, but before he new about the White Illusion Sect's situation he didn't want to explain his Illusion Arts. Therefore, Bennet tried to tell Bai Jingshen to specialize in one weapon more than once, but in the end, he just had to give up. Like this the two men had a fruitful training for a whole day, before exhaustedly sitting down on the couch.