Chapter 801 - Meeting The Family
Six people entered the bustling town near the harbor. Behind the town stood tall a huge gate, covering the mountain, a huge flower garden, and a forest.
Letizia guided Alex carefully as not to draw any unnecessary attention, leading him toward the gate of the sect. Alex also asked the girls to wear a veil.
As soon as they arrived there, Alex saw a curved gate with many flowers in different colors as decorations. It perfectly fit and looked elegant with the white pole.
Next to the gate, a middle-aged woman was sitting in front of a long queue, writing down their names and other things.
Letizia"s lips curved as soon as she saw her face. "Ah. It"s Elder Min."
Alex didn"t say anything because he actually wasn"t curious about the latter"s ident.i.ty. So, he said, "Let"s go then."
"Yes. This will be easy since Elder Min often took care of me." She nodded with a smile, walking toward the elder.
In the wannabe disciples" perspective, what she did was a kind of cutting the line. One of them seemed to be a bit hateful when she saw this as she immediately stopped her by standing in front of her.
"Ah… Here we go again." Alex whispered to the girls, wondering if they wanted to see something interesting or not. However, he soon realized that the girls had been watching intensely.
Letizia, on the other hand, only looked at the woman in front of her and ignored her, making her way to her elder.
"Hey. You can"t cut the line!" She shouted while gnas.h.i.+ng her teeth. "Even I, the daughter of Sunri, can"t even cut the line!"
The shout indeed gathered a commotion as many people began to look at Letizia. However, they gasped upon the sight of her as if there was something pulling them in.
Letizia had changed. Her temperament, her appearance, her maturity, everything. After getting so many treatments, she had changed to the point that not many could recognize her from the first glance.
"…" Letizia looked at Alex, apologizing for this commotion.
At that time, another shout imbued with Spiritual Energy shook the entire line. "Who dares to cause a ruckus in my Rainbow Flower Sect?!"
The shout came from Elder Min, who was a top Martial Lord in this continent, so it surely gave a certain impact to everyone in the line as many of them stumbled and fell to the ground.
"So strong!"
"She is this strong with a shout alone."
"So, this is the top Martial Lord."
"Rainbow Flower Sect is so cool."
"That girl who cut the line will get trouble no matter how beautiful she is."
As one would expect, the elder immediately appeared right before them. She first looked at the girl who stopped someone and recognized her.
"Greetings, Elder. I am Rina, the daughter of Sunri. I am just stopping someone who dares to cut the line." After getting the impact, the girl politely introduced herself to the elder.
Elder Min didn"t say anything and immediately turned her vision to the person behind her.
Suddenly, tears appeared on the corner of her eyes, streaming down on her cheek. The people were in utter shock, never expecting someone that strong to suddenly cry in front of them.
"Is that you?"
Letizia was surprised at first as she never expected Elder Min to recognize her, but it wasn"t important. She smiled at her and nodded. "It"s been a few years, Elder Min."
And yet, their shock only intensified as the elder walked toward that person and fell on her knees, clasping her hands to greet her. "Young… Young Mistress Letizia, I am glad that I see you again."
Letizia gently smiled, lifted her finger to control the Spiritual Energy to help the elder up, and said. "Letizia has come home, Elder."
"Young… Young Miss…" Elder Min was overwhelmed with emotions. Her appearance, her voice, her temperament, nothing resembled Letizia in her memory, but the feeling of someone who took care of her since young was still accurate. There was no doubt the person in front of her was Letizia. She couldn"t help but smile, even with tears flowing out. "Please let me be the first to say this. Welcome home, Young Miss."
"Yes, I am home." Letizia gently nodded.
The scene was breathtaking… For a different reason. The wannabe disciples began to realize who Letizia was.
"She… She is the daughter of the sect master?"
"Didn"t she go to the Northern Continent to pursue cultivation?!"
"No way, doesn"t this mean she came home with a strong strength? What is her strength?"
"There are rumors about the Northern Continent having many Martial Kings and even the one above them, Martial Emperor… What is her cultivation base now?"
Everyone was stunned, especially the girl who stopped her. She just thought she could stop her as to get a good grace from the elder, and yet, it was nothing but a ticket to h.e.l.l for her.
Elder Min wiped the tears on her face, closed her eyes for a few seconds, and took out her sword, heading toward the girl who stopped Letizia.
Seeing this, Letizia only shook her head. "I just want to go peacefully, so there is no need for bloodshed."
Suddenly, Anna and Anya clicked their tongues as they expected that the elder would kill that girl.
"Anna… Shouldn"t she kill them? Not only did she stop Letizia, she even dared to shout at her." Anya asked with her bloodthirsty comment.
"No, no. It"s just trash trying to act cool. There is nothing wrong with that."
"Well, let"s throw her out of this city… Oh wait, there is a sea nearby. We can throw them there." Anya grinned.
"But we can"t throw trash to the sea, or else what happened to Alex"s planet will occur again in this world." Anna shook her head.
"But humans are biodegradable according to the knowledge there." Anya smirked.
"Ah! That is true. Alright, let"s throw her out." Anna nodded in agreement.
"Gah!" A chop suddenly fell down upon their heads. Alex knew that these two were only joking, but he saw the girl had fallen on her b.u.t.t with a pale face.
Letizia chuckled when she heard the joke and grabbed the girl"s hand. The latter thought she was just saved before a strong force pulled her in and launched her to the air.
Letizia threw her toward another direction, opposite the sea direction, with her Martial Saint Strength. As a result, Letizia completely launched her like a bullet. "Let"s settle it like that. Even if she somehow stops, she will have some broken bones due to the wind pressure. And she won"t be able to partic.i.p.ate in the test anyway since I throw her far away. She can"t go back here for a short period of time."
"As… As expected of Young Miss… Even the sect master doesn"t have a power like that despite being a Martial King. Does this mean Young Miss has reached the Martial Emperor Stage?"
Letizia shook her head.
"What?!" Elder Min dropped her jaw, not believing she had this kind of strength with Martial King"s cultivation… Unless she wasn"t… "!!!"
It was at this time, she realized and looked at Letizia with a shocked expression. "Young Miss. You have reached the stage higher than the Martial Emperor, a Martial Monarch?"
Letizia smiled and shook her head again, but this time, she added. "One level higher."
"!!!" Her legs went limp as she fell on her b.u.t.t, pointing her finger at Letizia and exclaiming. "Mar… Martial Saint? The one that is rumored to be the peak cultivators in this world?"
"Everything thanks to Master. Not only did he save me from the brink of death, she even gave me this power."
"Master?" Elder Min almost fell unconscious before she found something wrong. "But why did you say Master as in Master and Servant instead of Master and Disciple?"
"Didn"t Elder Min see it in the past?"
"Wait. What?!" The memory of Nelson appeared and threatened Letizia to make a full loyalty contract flashed in her mind before her vision turned to a young man not far behind her. "He… He…"
"Yes. That is my Master, Alexander Sirius. If not because of him, I might have died without being able to do anything like coming home. Well, I think we have gathered too much attention here, so I want to go back and meet my mother. Can I trouble you to guide me?"
"But with young miss"s strength, you won"t have the problem to go there. And Sect Master will surely recognize you."
"But I need to deal with many people first before I can meet my mother. I just want to have a peaceful return here." Letizia shook her head.
"I… I understand. I will have Elder Ni to take over this place as well." Elder Min tried to run or even fly with her staggering body. She hadn"t recovered from the shock that Letizia brought but still forced her to fly as quickly as possible.
Not long after, Elder Min had arrived at the testing site and asked the elder to take over her position. She also told the news about Letizia, and the elder immediately overjoyed and took over the position.
At that time, Letizia and the others appeared right behind Elder Min, who was about to fly back to the entrance site.
"We are here. Let"s go inside first." Letizia smiled.
"Ye-yes." Elder Min immediately guided them inside. Now that she had a calmer mind, she realized that for Letizia to have accepted her status like that and even showed it to the people around, Alex must be one of a kind. It was no doubt that Alex had reached a higher state than her, especially with the kind of progress he showed in the early days.
Still, to think that Rainbow Flower Sect would have a Martial Saint, Elder Min couldn"t stop smiling. She led the Letizia toward the main building where her mother often held a meeting.
Many disciples greeted Elder Min along the way but not recognized Letizia. However, the latter didn"t care. Whether she would be exposed or not, she only hoped that it would happen after Alex left the Rainbow Flower Sect so as to not bother him.
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Meanwhile, in the meeting room, Letizia"s mother, Cecilia, sighed while reading the paper in her hand.
"Is there any astounding disciple this time around?" She asked.
"We hope there is one. The hole of Young Miss Letizia left is too big for us to cover." The elder shook her head.
"Yeah… At first, some people think they can"t touch us because Letizia is going to the Northern Continent. However, some travelers don"t know any Letizia. There is even a rumor of her death without getting a name for herself."
"That"s right. Pure Ice Element is very tempting but also very dangerous."
"Are you implying that my daughter is dead?" Cecilia narrowed her eyes and released her killing intent.
"No…" The elders started panicking. Cecilia was still their Martial King after all, so no one dared to say something against her.
"Besides, that person brought her there… So, there should be nothing wrong." She remembered the Martial King that brought Letizia there. That was why she believed that Letizia was still fighting to increase her cultivation.
However, the door was suddenly pushed open by Elder Min.
"Sect Master! Letizia… Letizia is…" Elder Min had a complex emotion. Although it was all related to happiness, she was too excited to the point she stuttered.
This created a misunderstanding in Cecilia"s mind. Emptiness and pain struck her heart as if the world just got destroyed.
She stood up as tears came out of her eyes.
Looking at this misunderstanding, Letizia decided to appear without waiting for Elder Min to give her the news about her coming.
Cecilia saw a woman appear. Her eyes and hair were slightly different due to her cultivation, and her aura looked gentle and calm. However, the most important thing was the fact there was a sudden familiar feeling creeping inside her heart as she realized. "You… You…"
Letizia smiled. "It"s been a few years, Mother."
"Letizia!"