'What luck… another Ling Feng' Wu Xiaotian thought as he looks towards Wang Sheng, before taking back his previous remarks, 'I take it back, you lose to this guy in terms of shamelessness, Ling Feng'.
Getting out of Wang Sheng's grasp, Wu Xiaotian looks with questioning gaze towards Huo Chen, as if asking how he could even manage to endure being with this guy.
Seeing his eyes and knowing the intent behind it, Huo Chen merely shows an apologetic smile as he raises her hands, almost as if telling him to just give it up.
The trio decided to stay here for a while to get to know each other, and Wu Xiaotian pretty much blends and understand the two quite well just withing an hour of speaking. Well, technically not only talking with each other as they sparred against each other, testing themselves with their body, as each of them also thinks that this is the most effective way for fighters to comprehend each other.
From all of this, he also began to develop an idea of their characters, Huo Chen with his explosive temper yet still being able to think rationally, given how direct he fights yet still having that feeling of being lured into a trap. Wang Sheng on the other hand fights in quite the sneaky way, taking advantage of his opponent's blind spot to appear and disappear anywhere, sending in strikes from complicated angle making it difficult to dodge. He is not to be mistaken as an assassin type though as the guy is so talkative that he always declares where he will hit next, mixing lies with truth, causing him to be an uncertain factor in the battlefield that can play both a supporting and attacking role.
"Hah… hah… damn!! Old Tian, you're a monster!! If that Leng girl saw how you fight, her jaws might fall of her head!!" Wang Sheng berated as he lay like a starfish on the ground, breathing so hard as he tries to recover from the absurd fight.
Nearby, Huo Chen can also be seen, his appearance quite disheveled but still sitting in an upright posture as he recovers himself, thinking just how absurd this new brother of them was.
"I've heard from Ling Feng when we met previously, but who would've guessed that you're that absurd. Normally, rumors of someone were exaggerated but yours was like meant to hide your strength" he said before trying to stand up, his body still aching from all the hits he received, despite Wu Xiaotian's weapon being only a hastily made wooden sword.
"You met Ling Feng here?"
"Ah that's right, we were sent to the same area when we entered, our communication artifact senses each other so we decided to meet and travel together, we explored some areas and decided to part ways to find more treasures for ourselves, them me and Wang Sheng met here again, so we decided to combine our groups" Huo Chen said as he pulls Wang Sheng up abruptly, causing the young man to wail in agony as all the parts of his body that was hit starts aching once again.
"Ah right, thank you for the gift, we just met but you're truly a good brother, Su Tian" he added before letting Wang Sheng go, causing the young man to fall on his butt.
"What do you mean gift Ah Chen? Brother Tian here doesn't even do anything apart from beating us, where's the gift? And you… you really did not hold back don't you Old Tian? damn, my entire body is hurts" Wang Sheng complained as he circulates his qi to recover the wound, surprising him when a warm current flows across his body smoothly, the flow of his qi far better than before.
"Dumb people truly are oblivious of everything. While you might be acting like that, we both know that I'm more cowardly than you, you think I will stand that kind of beating for nothing?" Huo Chen proclaimed as if he was extremely proud of being a coward.
After circulating his qi for a while, Wang Sheng stood up with a serious and grateful look on his face, if someone were to observe carefully, even this guy has his own unique charm, quite handsome as well, one could even say that he's on the same level as Ling Feng and Huo Chen, but this image immediately collapsed when a playful smile appears on his face, bootlicking Wu Xiaotian causing Huo Chen to stare at him dumbfoundedly.
"Forget about that Brother Wang, how's the gift?" Wu Xiaotian asked with a smile.
"This is really good Old Tian, there's quite a significant increase in my qi circulation, I feel like blockages and impurities that I never knew existed were forced out of my body" Wang Sheng smiled as he clenches his fist, a newfound strength circulating on his body.
"It's already quite a while when we left the camp, let's return for now and see the progress of breaking through the barrier" Huo Chen interrupted as he was quite worried that they will be discovered by others if they stay here any longer.
"Oh right, I can break that barrier" Wu Xiaotian said nonchalantly as they move towards the encampment.
"What?! Are you serious?!" the two of them said in sync as they stare towards Wu Xiaotian as if he's some kind of different breed. After all, if he's capable of solving that barrier, wouldn't that mean that he's an inscription master? Forget about being extremely talented in the martial path, being an inscription master requires a lot of talent, and for him to be both kind of people is just…
'Ling Feng really found us one hell of a brother' they both unknowingly thought as they stare towards Wu Xiaotian, finding themselves more and more numb to normal surprises as they uncover things about him.
"Is there something wrong? Brother Wang, Brother Huo" Wu Xiaotian asked as the two falls in silence, thinking that there might be a problem for them to act like that.
"Nothing nothing, Old Tian, are you really sure you can break the barrier?" Huo Chen, snapping out of his daze asks as he looks towards Wu Xiaotian hopefully.
"There's no problem with that, that barrier is an array that I encountered one time, and I already studied it so I can solve it pretty easily" he replied, completely solidifying the fact that he's also an inscription master in the two's mind.
"You're really a monster Old Tian" Wang Sheng said once again as he looks at him before continuing, "Not only do you have an extreme talent towards martial arts, you're also an inscription master huh, and to top it all off, look at your face!! Damn, I'm so jealous" while biting on his sleeves as if to let his frustration off.
'If they found out that I'm an alchemist as well, I wonder how they will react' Wu Xiaotian thought to himself as he sighed in relief, thanking Ling Feng in his mind for not notifying them of the fact.
"With the inscription master profession, you're bound to be rich!! Hehehe… Old Tian, how about you draw some runic talisman for me and Ah Chen" Wang Sheng requested as he rubs his palms together, looking like an old scammer ready to steal a treasure for a low price.
"How much?" Wu Xiaotian asked as they continue their way towards the camp.
"How much what? Not much, we only need a few for protection, oh and maybe few offensive ones as well" in his excitement, Wang Sheng replies without thinking much, he was still talking when he was shut down by Wu Xiaotian's next words.
"How much would you pay?" he ruthlessly said, silencing the talkative bastard and making Huo Chen laugh.
"Fuck you Old Tian!!! How dare you make me expect!! This is breaking my heart!!" Wang Sheng dramatically said, causing the other two guys to laugh even harder.