The next day, alen appeared in an open field outside of the city preparing to practice the void step technique, closing his eyes he visualize the process in his head as suddenly he opens them and took a step forward.
"Vroom!!","bang!".
Alen moved with uncontrollable speed as he crashed into the floor a few meters away.
"Damn!" Alen cursed as he spite out some sand and grass.
Alen sat down and contemplated
"The void step technique is a space type technique as it locates a path in space then fold it shortening the distance between two points, although I can't do that yet since am to weak, right now I can only slightly accelerate myself through space"he analyzed.
" I just need to get used to the speed and this will become one of my trump cards"I thought
Standing up again alen began practicing his technique.
Half a day passed like this as alen could be seen lieing down on the open field with dirt all over his body.
"Huff,Huff", panting alen stood up straight circulate his qi and took a step, appearing almost instantly ten meters away perfectly without falling down.
"Finally, I have grasps the basics, this was way harder and painful than practicing the phantom blade technique" I said as I nursed the bruises that are healing rapidly due to my physique.
" Although these are just two martial techniques they are very rare in this region, even my dad the city lord only has one three low ranked ones, I should be careful and keep it hidden for now if not I can bring danger not only to me but to my family also"alen said
Feeling confident Alan turns his gaze to the evergreen forest" I guess I should try practicing in a real situation" he smirks as he headed to the inner area of the evergreen forest feeling really confident.
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Eden city, city lord mansion,
John's office
John could be seen with a frown and a worried expression on his face sitting behind his desk as he appears to be deep in thought
"It's been a couple of weeks since the spring flow city lord was assassinated and the kingdom didn't bother to investigate and just sent a replacement",
" Sigh", John sighed as he massage his forehead" this isn't how the kingdom supposed to respond, if the matter is not taken seriously am afraid they will be serious consequences and my family will be in danger"John thought as he racked his brain for a solution,
"And I can't even act since I do have evidence that it's the cult and if I relay my thoughts to the king he will most likely disagree saying that am trying to create panic in his kingdom".
"Sigh"....
"Forget it, since the kingdom is unreliable I will just have to ask for help from an old friend, I hope he still remembers the favour he owes me", John concluded he took out a pen wrote something on a parchment before folding it and fixing it on a messenger eagle and sending it flying away,
"Then next I have to make the necessary plans", John said as he stood up and left his office.
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Core area of the evergreen forest
In a hidden cave that is difficult to find, a man with a powerful aura in black robe could be seen sitting in a lotus position, pondering
"I have successfully killed the spring flow city lord and his family, and judging from the lack of response from the kingdom they didn't pay much attention to it anyway which is good for me and it makes it easier for my next move" he pondered
" No, I should first breakthrough to the nascent soul realm before I proceed that will take about two and half months and since the preparations are already completed we can start the operation immediately after I breakthrough, that will make it easier. Soon the new horizon kingdom shall pay for what they did to us two hundred years ago" he said with undisguised hatred.
Calming down his emotions, he conveyed his plans and progress to his comrades through a strange device he held in his hands.
After they all agreed he starts to prepare for his breakthrough.