Jen woke up, because she don"t want another wind gale to toss her around, it would only increase her pain. The pillars that supported the shelter were still there, the only difference was the absence of snowflakes.
Surprisingly, someone piled up her storage items there and the storage bracelet was placed at the top, Jen picked and cl.u.s.tered her storage bracelet stuffing the items inside, not a single item was missing.
"A colorless flower is growing at the outer edges of the Swan Lake, you have to nourish this flower for two days, here is the map and don"t forget to bring it back after two days," the expert voiced and a map fell at her feet.
"This senior, may I ask where can I find private room, my armor is broken and my dress is tattered badly, I need to change in to another dress," Jen respectfully asked.
Her habit was to keep herself representable and clean and at this time her hair was not combed especially wrecked battle was responsible for her present condition.
Yongjei himself was much careful about his appearance and keep himself always well to do, he was not thinking that this girl would ask.
He cannot tell her that the core prohibited any girl Cultivator so the abodes were built only for males, the abodes were two types, the first one for five experts and second for respected members.
"I am not sure if a male member would allow his abode for you to use," he was hesitant.
"Oh, then I need to turn this shelter in to abode," she lack time, her dominion layered around then her Attribute of Dark Sight fixed her territory, her insights followed the last task to secure her within shelter.
Sensing this, the expert immediately retracted his aura and locked the whole region for her to be safe place for any wandering eye and he was guarding the strong locking barrier.
Jen has collected some water in her storage, she cleaned her face with wet cloth and then changed her dress, after combing and fixing her hair, she wore the small necklace which was a gift from the elder of Tong Ban first ranker, now she was satisfy with her looks and outer bearing.
She wrapped extra clothe on her wounds, these were not bleeding but a direct attack can cause them open and bleed.
She saved the broken armor in her storage and retracted her insights and dominion, as soon as she stepped out and starting follow the map to reach colorless flower, the expert Yongjei felt his locked barrier was being interrupted, he angrily turned and saw the girl who was trying to understand the map and making her way toward the outer region of Swan Lake.
He forgot that he was angry.
Jen saw a man standing there, "This senior, if I didn"t disturb you can I ask how far is this place?" Jen was ready to face her punishment with her demeanor and manners and don"t want to get angry at useless things.
Yongjei was standing speechless, he don"t know why he was not getting angry at her, but she was speaking with complete manners, how can he get angry?
No, he was thinking something else.
He was reputed for his well bearings and he make sure that he outs.h.i.+ne always in his choice of bearings, he specially care for the choice of fine clothing.
He had seen many female Cultivators and they usually choice dresses carelessly and usually little open to lure the males and used them as a cradle to cater sources for their advancement.
For Yongjei, this was incompetent and abusive but the girl standing in front of him was wearing the most complete and elegant dress, and simply fixed her hair without much a do.
He had to admit that she don"t need to wear outrageous clothing, she was extremely beautiful to get attention of any man but she was harsh usually at least it was what he has witnessed.
"Mm, this is the only path to reach your destination and it is filled with danger especially the outer region is dangerous," Yongjei explained but kept a distance.
He don"t trust females, they can trape any man.
Jen bowed slightly and went on her way with a sharp and fast pace, she don"t want that arrogant expert to cause ruckus again and find a chance to whip her.
The expert saw her dissipate, he clicked his finger and the shelter disappeared from it"s place, he went back to rest.
He walked though he disliked to walk around but today he was walking with ease and in no hurry to return back in his abode, one would think that he always look this harmless but it would be a serious misunderstanding, his pure energy keep seeping around and where he went, the surroundings come into life.
It was because of his learning of Nature, his understanding far exceed than a Golden Legend Expert, this was the reason he was addressed as the Expert of Nature.
He chose to stay in the core because Core was his center of interest, he wanted to study nature more closely and support Celestial Sphere which let him reach to this level and nourish his advancement now he wanted to give back to Celestial Sphere by protecting it"s core.
He walked with slow pace, and entered in the first lair. "Is everything alright Yongjei?" the third expert ascended beside him, he was surprised to see him walking here.
"Nothing, walking is good for legs," he waved his hand.
"Don"t make me laugh, are you learning humor these days?" third expert would have spurted blood at his words but thanks to his control over his actions, they were acquainted for many years and better understand each other.
A Cultivator who was stronger than Golden Legend Realm expert heed his legs, did the world turned upside down already?
"Oh, by the way if the girl is dead, just remove her body from West region as I have my task there today," this thought was not limited to third expert, almost whoever have seen her condition and pitied, they were sure she would die and this night was end of her life because of Yongjei has been cruel and cold, well it was his normal self so they can"t help with it.
"So third brother started learning mocking?" Yongjei cleared previous words of this brother, he knew that third brother was pointing at his cruel and cold nature.
"She went to protect colorless Wild Halcyon this morning," he simply answered and entered in the second lair.
The third expert was more than surprised, she is alive, how? he asked to himself.
Jen was moving according to the map and following Swan Lake route, the nearer the better because she might lost her way but it was only her concern, Yongjei was not here to confuse her path.
It was dangerous though.
Swan Lake was habitat of many unseen beasts, many hidden figures were also living around to find a chance to break the core barrier and ruin the inner core since five experts were there to make sure the safety of the core, they were helpless to fulfill their aims.
Still they chose to live around in case they find chance they won"t let go.
If it was normal, no member was allowed to wander here without core Expert but because Jen was facing her punishment, she was given this task to complete alone.
Jen was careful, she kept her aura within and moved through the bushes, here the woods were surrounding thickly this area.
Jen felt very slow movements and concluded as if someone preparing for sneak attack through thick bushes.
How could this task of protecting something simple? What about this path? she kept her guard high and sneaked around, a weapon was aimed at her, without giving any move, she checked whether she can use her apt.i.tude, sh heaved a sight with relief, finally Evanesce Apt.i.tude was available for use and it was not restricted anymore.
As soon as the weapon was released, she used her Evanesce Apt.i.tude and disappeared, her movement and reaction time was precise and the weapon hit empty air.
The man creased his brows because much sharp senses and precised observation was needed to do this move, she even did not let him think once that she was aware about him and his ambush.
This was definitely first reason for his surprise but the second reason was more serene, how a girl ended up here? How she know about Swan Lake, and if he carefully ask then he would say that this girl came from core but he never saw any girl living in the core of females were living there why they never appeared around Swan Lake?
"What was written on her forehead?" he scratched his rough unkept hair and tried to remember, he could only see text but not the content of text.