" so what do you have for me ?" the short baldheaded man asked Lin Jin who was now walking behind him through a narrow passage way.
" well a bag filled with third-clack fling rope spiders and their yang pearls , and to top it up I also have a yin Pearl from one of them ". Lin Jin said.
at this point the turned around in surprise looking at Lin Jin in the eyes for one second before turning back and continuing his walk. " I thought you were only two clacks a day ago, how come you can suddenly kill a ' fling rope spider of three clacks in such high numbers ?". the man said.
" well I have evolved lately and I've been working really hard towards the upcoming bout" Lin Jin lied, actually this were the weakest amongst the several fling rope spiders he killed on his hunt.
" don't think you have a chance at even qualifying for it, but since you have the goods to spend , why would I say no ". the man said as they got to the entrance of a door.
he opened the door revealing a range of several shelves filled with tons of books. it was like an indoor library.
" you only have forty minutes, and you wouldn't be taking anything out from here with you,and also you'll only get two Kung Fu monument so you better choose wisely " the short bald headed man said.
" okay" Lin Jin went onwards checking out different books from the shelves he ransacked them checking the skills involved in the skill set and the requirements for getting a hang of it.
he was looking for a defensive Kung Fu skill and a one which could increase his stamina.
after a while of searching he had a pile of Kung Fu monuments he had gathered, he was going to check them and find the best amongst them.
" well I don't think I'll be leaving here soon. ". Lin Jin said as he walks to another shelve close by to check for what he wanted. " huh...what is that ?. ". Lin Jin had a weird feeling as he got closer to the shelve, he looked around for any sign of danger but saw nothing. he proceeded going forward to the shelve, when he was now close to the shelve he had that feeling again.
he saw himself going upwards and picking a book from the upper area of this shelve. he could already feel it happening as he stretched out his hands towards the shelve " huh.". he realized he was just in a trance and he hadn't gone upwards to pick a book.
he looked up and saw a book positioned in the middle of a shelve where no other book was. he saw the same book he had just seen in his dream. he couldn't see the name from the distance he was from the book but he already knew it was a unique book.
he climbed upwards and when he got to the top he picked up the book. holding it in his hands he climbed down through the ladder with which he had gone up.
when he was down and ready to open up the book he noticed it was only nearly half the original book size, it had a lot of burns on it. a part of the cover was burnt up removing the name of the book. it has a lot of burns on it and at the least it could only offer half the original content.
". hmm, you found 'the other side ' , it's a book I collected, a substantial part of it was lost so I couldn't repair it ". Lin Jin turned around as he heard the voice of someone, it was the old bald headed man standing behind him.
" really?" ! Lin Jin was now interested in this book.
" yes, your crazy grandfather was a very misterious man, he was indeed powerful but he didn't evolve through the normal body quenching. he once said there is another world aside from ours and he claimed to have been there before. he brought this book with him one time"
" wow that's interesting, can I take it for free since it's incomplete?" Lin Jin asked.
" no !, if you want it then it'll be one of your picks " the man said out loud.
" ok what If I give you double what I just gave and you let me take this one and two others with me " Lin Jin said
" no !" the man refused the proposal without even a second thought. " I'll be closing the place soon and I don't want anymore bribes, if you want more than you already got then you'll have to go get it the right way " the man sternly said.
" please !!"
" your time ends in twenty minutes time, and I'll be leaving then so you better be fast" the bald headed man said turning round to walk away.
Lin Jim looked round the book with interest, he went from the cover to the inside content searching for anything significant about this book.
the truth is that the book was absolutely a normal one,it had symbols crossing the outer part of its cover and when he turned through the page he could see all he could see were writings. but there's writings weren't in words he understood.
" what kind of language is this, maybe it could contain the monument grand father trained with, guess I'd just have to study it a little to get a hang on the language, but how can I translate it ? ". Lin Jin looked round with the book in hand, he had settled on one pick which was this book and he was going to look for another.
after about fifteen minutes of search he found nothing suitable for what he wanted until he found a book with the name, ' drain ' , he first expected the book to work on the art of draining opponents ont the battle ground but it didn't work like that .
this Kung Fu monument worked both as a defensive skill and also partly energy conservante. while in battle ground the skill could make his body stronger and able to take a lot of hit from an opponent and on the other side it gathered momentum from the hits given by the opponent, and at the end the user would have enough energy to give a deadly strike which contained energy drained from the previous strikes of the opponent.
though it was not exactly what he wanted this could still work for him he thought. now with the two books in hand he walked up to the bald headed man who was now sitting on a chair looking directly at him.
" I'm done and these are the books I chose ". Lin Jin said putting down the books in a table in front of the man.
" ok I'd have to check you for any extra copy, you know how it happens ". the man said standing up .
" sure " Lin Jin hadn't taken any book and he wasn't afraid of the check, he had long time before taken books from here and he knew of the check ups.
after a while Lin Jin said his goodbye and was on his way home, it wasn't a long distance from his house to the library and within a few minutes he was already home.
( hey thought I told you to always stay around your sister ?").
gizmo from inside of Lin jin's head said.
" do you think it's that easy, you saying stay around your sister always and I'll just do it, well if it works so wherever you come from it doesn't work the same here, ok? I have a life and plans of my own and I've got to go on. "
(" well your life is miserable so staying around her would make things far more better for you ").
" says the cloud guy living inside of me cause he has no home "
(" pft.. says the guy talking to himself in front of his mama ").
Lin Jin now realized he was now in front of his mother " Lin Jin where have you been ?" she asked looking round Lin Jin for any sign of trouble.
" I went to the monument shop to purchase a few.."
" oh yes, your usual lies, now get in the time is very late and you'll have to go to the mountains tomorrow.".
Lin Jin got in without arguing and after a glance outside, his mother locked the door and was on her way out of the living room.
" oh you're back, mom and I have been waiting for you "
it was Quingtan,. Lin Jin already knew Quingtan was around since he could already speak to gizmo. he had figured that as long as he was at least ten metres close to Quingtan he would be able to speak to gizmo.
" sorry I'm late, I went to go get some Kung Fu skill set " Lin Jin said walking closer.
" well don't tell me it's for the upcoming bout " Quingtan said .
" ok I won't "
" is it " Quingtan asked .
" yes , believe me I won't get into any trouble, nothing would happen to me" Lin Jin tried to assure Quingtan.
" but.... "
pang.... pang...
they heard a noise from the outside, it was someone knocking on the door. pang.. pang ..
" who's there "
" it's me wind blade!" they heard a voice from the other end of the door.
without him saying the name, Lin Jin would have figured it was wind blade through the deep manly voice.
he opened up the door pushing them in two both ways . it revealed wind blade standing in front of the door with both hands behind his back.