I notice the girl named Lulu leave as well as the guy named Mael, the ones who were born in the sect and the one who was raised in the sect can't be wrong about wanting to leave. I stand, and move towards the exit. I notice an appraising smile from the elder who noticed my leap of logic. I hear a voice in my ear.
"My name is Elder Fu Ga, and you have impressed me, it's not often you find those who can avoid the allure of overpaying for knowledge. Everything I was going to tell you next is in that book artifact that you picked up at the library. Study well, and cultivate even harder. You are not a scholar but a cultivator, and therefore you must weigh your time and use it well. I have checked your bone age and noticed you started cultivation 2 years late, but your talent is good. I wish you luck in the sect." The sound cuts off and the elder acts as if nothing is happening. I bow to him, giving him a cultivator's salute, and exit. Everyone else seems to have stayed, besides the one named Mael and the girl named Lulu.
I approach them. "Umm, Hi, My name is Alex Regis, recently rescued from the Cosmic blood sect." Mael nods at me, and Lulu seems to gain some interest on her face, we exit the door together, and she starts to speak, Mael just looking stoic,
"So, Alex, how did you even survive that cult? I heard they are rather harsh on traitors, If they had an even small indication you were a traitor,"
She motions at her throat,
I frown, and Mael interrupts. "Don't scare away the new sect brother, Lulu, it's not often we see someone with the will to avoid becoming a monster in such an environment it would be good to make connections.."
Lulu just looks away trying to hide her embarrassment at the faux pas. She shrugs, and just says, "Fine, I deeply apologize for my rudeness, Junior brother Alex." she looks genuinely guilty for trying to scare me away, and I feel a little bad for some reason. Even if she tried to pry open my trauma.
"No problem, I hated the Cosmic blood sect with all of my heart, they basically tortured me for weeks with their constant suspicion and tests using Illusions. I had to act like an entirely different person if i wanted to live at all." I say, pulling at the scab of my trauma, while explaining my circumstances.
Mael is silent, and Lulu is blushing for some reason, I can see the curiosity in her eyes.
We walk to the training grounds, talking about a few things, and I see that the sun has started to set, "How about a spar before it's time to return to our villas?"
Lulu smiles, like the cat who just ate 6 canaries.
I nod, and Decide to use my 600 points at the Celestial palace to buy a low profound fist technique, I can always replace it with something better later.
I buy the one priced at 600 exactly, not wanting to use my 10% coupon yet. I Immediately learn it and get into a stance that I now know only slightly.
If it's possible Lulu's smile widens more. She also gets into a stance. She begins to step closer, and then launches a kick.
I dodge it, and counter with a punch, but she dodges that too.
She steps in and throws a roundhouse, but I block it with a forearm.
I throw a jab, and she blocks that with a palm strike, grabs my hand, only for me to open it into a palm, and release a small shock-wave from it.
+palm of the hundred hand buddha has reached first understanding.+
I move forward and push forward with a palm, she tried to block it with her foot, but decides against it sensing danger. She is right to retract her leg and dodge, because a shock-wave is released, pushing her back.
She grins, and then Disappears with a twist of her legs. She's already in front of me and her Leg is set to hit me square in the jaw.
the sound of leg meeting unprotected flesh echoes throughout the clearing.
***
I wake up in the infirmary of the sect, I hear Lulu sitting next to me, snoring incredibly loudly.
The pain in my head is gone, and the headache is no longer there.
"Oh, hey, you're awake. How are you feeling?"
The girl is wearing a white robe with the symbol of the sect embroidered in gold. I notice that gold is an Inner sect color, and see that she has a cultivation level far above mine, I get up to bow, but she pushes me back down into the bed.
"I'm fine, thank you for assisting in healing my broken face. How bad was it?"
Her hair is black, and long, and is tied into a 2 buns on each side of her head, the rest of her hair trails down her back. She seems annoyed. she also has very large assets.
"I understand that you were sparring, but did you have to break his jaw and give him a concussion, Pills for concussions are annoying to concoct, and bone-setting pills are just as irritating." Lulu stops pretending to sleep, and says, "It's fine, Milk cow, He's fine after all."
"MILK COW?!" she screeches. "I am an INNER disciple I will have some RESPECT!" the woman with the hair bun hairstyle is clearly enraged.
"My father is a core elder, so I don't really care. You are dismissed." Lulu goes for the Legendary 'My background is better than your background.' skill, it's super effective and the inner sect disciple storms off.
"Let's go before we have to pay. She's distracted enough."
I grin, and nod, and we book it.
Mael is waiting for us outside the infirmary and as soon as Mael hears what we did he facepalms. "Let's get out of here." and we do so.
"I gave her the name of a rival faction, so it's fine." Lulu says, smiling brightly, "She'll never figure it out! That dumb Milk cow has all her calories in her chest, so there's no room for brain growth." She smirks.