Nan Heng finally arrived at Changdu Prefecture.
"Things will get tough from here."
***
"Hao don't disappoint me, win this year tournament."
A woman standing with her arm crossed. Her long black hair cascading behind her back. Wearing a black long dress reaching her feet, with a dragon pattern on it. And a black coat.
"I won't, mother."
And a boy bowing his head behind her. A boy with a black hair, wearing a black coat and a white shirt. With a bandage wrapped around his left arm.
"Good."
***
Nan Heng walking by the street, while wearing a bamboo hat.
"I should not attract any attention."
He kept walking, while remembering the path to go to Hengdan Province. As he kept walking, something piqued his interest. An old man, sitting on the ground beside the street.
"Come get some! Each manual only for 3 Bantz!"
Some people came to the old man, they tried reading the book.
"Old man, are you trying to scam people?!"
"These manual are fake!"
"Go get a real job! Stop scamming people!"
One by one they left the old man. The old man sighed.
"Old man is it really only for 3 Bantz?"
"Yes, young man! Each manual only cost 3 Bantz!"
"Can i take a look?"
"Sure!"
Nan Heng opened each book, checking the content.
'The content, some are fake and some are real.'
Nan Heng knew this, since he was a diehard fan of the novel. Back then, he opened the wiki about the novel, reading all type of manual that exist in the novel.
'Right now, i only have 20 Bantz.'
He took out 3 Bantz from his pocket. Specifically selecting which manual he wanted to buy.
'The most helpful right now... is this.'
He picked up one of the manual.
"I'll buy this."
"Oooh! Qi body control! Great choice young man!"
Nan Heng stretch his hand, giving the old man 3 Bantz.
'Although there were a few good manual there. I should focus on controlling my body Qi.'
"Wait young man!"
As Nan Heng was about to leave, he stopped his footstep. Turning around looking at the old man
"?"
The old man quickly gave him another manual.
"But i didn't buy it?"
"Think of it as a bonus from me, for being the first customer!"
The old man smiled.
"Then, i'll accept it gratefully."
Nan Heng waved his hand, saying his goodbye to the old man.
As he walked away, he bumped into a person.
"Watch your step."
Nan Heng instinctly apologized.
"Sorry."
He then walked away, after apologizing.
'I should rest here tonight, i will continue my journey tommorow.'
Nan Heng walked around, searching for an inn. He soon found one.
***
"Boss, all preparation are complete."
"Good."
"We are waiting for your next command."
"Initiate the plan tommorow night."
"Understood."
The man quickly disappeared.
"I can't wait for bloodbathe tommorow. Kekekeke!"
A man wearing a black eyepatch laughed in the dark.
***
Nan Heng sat on the bed, with his leg crossed. Nan Heng stayed up all night, meditating. Trying to control the Qi in his body.
"Kugh!"
Nan Heng spat out blood from his mouth, and quickly woke up.
"Huft! Huft!"
He wiped the blood in his mouth. Nan Heng looked at the blood in his hand.
"I overdid it, haaa."
Nan Heng looked outside the window.
"Its morning already?"
Nan Heng walked out of the inn, after paying the innkeeper.
"Time to go now. Wait what is that?"
There were crowd of people gathering together, standing in line.
"How could i forgot.. Changdu yearly martial tournament. So today is the day."
The time, where talented martial artist below 17 years old gathered.
"I.. really wanted to see it. Martial art fight.."
Nan Heng was trembling, he was excited. Because he could only imagine it when he was reading the novel. but now, he can experience it himself. The sensation of happiness watching an martial artist fight each other.
"I could delay my journey tommorow."
Nan Heng quickly joined the line of people. After a while, he was finally at the front.
"That would be 7 Bantz."
'That would leave me with 6 Bantz left.. alright, I'll only experience it one time. After this, no more.'
He handed out 7 Bantz to the man infront of him. The man quickly gave him the pass to the arena. Nan Heng quickly search for an empty seat. He finally found one. Even though it was a bit far from the arena place, he still can see the arena clearly.
Nan Heng sat down, waiting for the tournament to start. His heart was beating really fast. Excited about what will happend. Finally, the tournament started. The participant start walking into the arena.
The other spectator screamed.
"Isn't that the prodigy from the Gan Clan?"
"Its true!"
"I heard even his little sister is as good as him."
"Long live the Gan Clan!"
Nan Heng expression slowly changed.
'Gan Clan?'
He looked around the spectator seat, there he noticed.
A woman in black dress with a black coat, start to slowly approach Wang Yuanhao.
'No way, how is she here?! Is it because her son is participating?'
"How can you be so blind Yuanhao?" The Death Mistress, Gan Heilin crossed her arm, while tapping her finger.
'The Death Mistress, the one character i really don't want to meet beside the protagonist.'
'The second deadliest person in the novel is sitting in the same row as me. Dang it.'
Nan Heng were sweating, he thought since this tournament was far away from her place she would've never came here. Nan Heng predicted that the main character would have offspring already.. and he already anticipated the protagonist coming. But not her, not The Death Mistress.
'If i knew she was here i would have just gone to Hengdan Province already. Dang it!'
'Whatever i should never make any contact with her.'
'Making contact with her would be an instant kill for me. Yes, an instant kills, or a death flag.'
Nan Heng nodded to himself, strengthening his resolve to stay away from Gan Heilin.