Some unknown voice had been calling out Ling Ai, it was a big man with a hairy rocky body. "Hey, little girl, little boys, get out of here! We need five slots in line so that I and my four men can register this day, we heard the last registration for this day is until the 30th person so scram!" The big man and the four men behind him had an arrogant smile on their faces.Hearing this, Ling Ai opened her eyes and raised her brow.
"Ohho... this tough guy." Ling Ai had a faint smile while she didn"t bother turning around to look the noisy five men behind her.
The four men before Ling Ai was intimated by the big man that is threatening them. They had despair in their faces and had no choice but to leave. But when they attempted to leave with long faces and just sighed, Ling Ai blocked them with her left hand and they were surprised.
"H-hey, what are you doing? We don"t want trouble, just give them the last five slots for today and let"s come back for tomorrow young lady." One of the despaired men said.
"I"m trying to help you not to waste the effort you"ve spent. But if you want to go and ignore the chance of getting registered this day, then I won"t stop you." Ling Ai turned her gentle face to the man.
All of them were shocked but felt relieved that someone appreciates the time and effort they spent just to register for the Luban sect exams. "But can"t you see that these guys seem to be aggressive and violent? Can you do something about it?" One of the four men asked Ling Ai anxiously.
"Ha! These men seem to be weak but they"re intelligent enough to distinguish the difference between safety and tragedy, right boys? Hahaha!" The big guy made fun of them and his men guffawed looking down on them.
"Hey, just get out already before we break your a.s.s." One of the violent men said while approaching Ling Ai. And when he attempted to touch Ling Ai"s shoulder, Ling Ai pulled the leather strap of her sword"s sheath with her left hand that the sword"s handle hit the pulse of the man that attempted to touch her.
"Aw! This woman..." The man felt his arm numb while not showing the pain he is feeling. He backed off with his companions.
"What happened? Did the lady turned you into a stone? Hahaha!" The big man and his men guffawed while the man whose pulse was. .h.i.t made a forceful smile on his face.
"I-I remember I left something at the house. Ha ha, I"ll be back." The man left and when he checked his right arm"s pulse, it was already swelling and later became contusion. "What the h.e.l.l was that girl?! She"s dangerous!" The man ran and left his companions and the big man.
"Now, what do we have here? One lucky girl. Seems like we only need four slots now huh? What are you looking at little boys? Get out of here!" The big man intimidated the four apprentices that were almost out of the line waiting for Ling Ai to do something.
"Form a line properly my fellow apprentices, you don"t want to be noticed by the strict instructor and have you forcefully leave the line." Ling Ai said with a gentle face to the four apprentices before her.
"This girl is getting on my nerves! You are-" The big man approached Ling Ai but he didn"t expect something as much to his surprise.
Ling Ai finally turned around with gleaming scarlet eyes, that brought a menacing aura that"s ready to kill.
The four men felt the menace coming from Ling Ai and were frozen to their knees. They were sweating grains on their faces and had a hard time breathing.
"I"m-I"m... We"re sorry. We"re sorry. We will leave now, we"re deeply sorry. We made a mistake, please let us leave." The big man stuttered in front of Ling Ai, as he was watching someone who"s power was mysteriously dreadful. The other three men were silenced as if they were mute.
Ling Ai finally expelled the chi on her eyes of divinity, and her gleaming scarlet eyes turned faint red again. And the big man and his three men rushed their way leaving the place after they realized that they can already move again.
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The apprentices before Ling Ai was clueless about what happened as they didn"t felt anything from Ling Ai, all they saw was the big man and his men being struck by fear.
"What did she do?"
"I don"t know, we"re both watching from the same angle, right?"
"I have no idea. I"ve been watching her the whole time and when I glimpsed at the big man and his men, they were already frozen in fear."
"Who is this young stunning lady?" The four apprentices talked to each other out of their curiosity to what happened and who Ling Ai really is.
"Miss, thank you for helping us. We are all Martial arts Advanced apprentices, but we are still not confident facing real intimidating guys in the real world. We are just considered trainees after all." The young men approached Ling Ai with grateful faces and thanked her sincerely.
"In practicing Martial arts by what my Master thought me, that we are bound to help each other at the end of the day because we learned Martial arts to protect and not to destroy. That"s the essence of Martial arts." Ling Ai smiled at them to relieved them completely of the tension they"ve felt earlier.
They all looked Ling Ai with awe as if they were looking at an angel.
"You"re not a human, are you? I"m Li Bei by the way. Nice meeting you, young lady?" One of the apprentices were the plump energetic young man named Li Bei.
"What are you talking about? I"m a human and my name is Ling Ai. Nice meeting you Brother Li Bei." Ling Ai chuckled and introduced herself to the flabby young man named Li Bei.
"Because you look like an angel up close, miss Ling Ai. I"m Liu Qiang by the way, and these two men here are cousins. He is Wong Wei and Wong Yong." A thin man introduced himself along with the four apprentices before the latter.
"Oh, it"s good to meet you Brother Liu Qiang, Brother Wong Wei, and Wong Yong. And look! We"re about to get there at the instructor"s table, are you guys ready?" Ling Ai showed a cheerful face as they are getting nearer to the registration. There were already a total of 10 people forming a line for registration.
"You are very respectful, can we call you our Sister also? We are friends since childhood but we wouldn"t mind believing you"re part of it. Hahaha" Wong Wei with a pale friendly face, curly hair and small eyes jested to Ling Ai.
"I agree, young my lady Ling Ai. I mean Sister Ling Ai" Wong Yong meddled with a grin on his face.
"Ah, these two are really enthusiastic Sister Ling Ai. Pardon us for their foolishness." Liu Qiang looked to Ling Ai a.s.suring her that he will control his childhood friends dangling around her.
"No worries about it Brother Liu Qiang. They seem lively and that"s good to see." Ling Ai was thinking that she is now creating an edge knowing someone to back her up and for her mission to be smoothly done.
The four young men felt comfortable with Ling Ai and it was now their turn to register.
"Now for the last five! Where are you guys from? Are you youths together from the same place?"
"Only-" Liu Qiang was interrupted by Ling Ai.
"Yes, instructor. We are from the same village." Ling Ai b.u.t.t in and said they were together from a small village while she looks at them in their eyes.
"Ah, yes, yes instructor. All of us five are childhood friends and we all are here from the Luban sect fortress." Liu Qiang backed up what Ling Ai said to the instructor and swallowed as he was anxious.
"Good, now I won"t have a hard time interviewing you. Papers please and the name of your master." The instructor had papers in his table and was filling it in with their information.
"Master Li Jun, he"s also my grandfather." Liu Qiang answered briefly the Instructor"s interview.
"Oh, Li Jun, I know him. You are all now registered! May the heavens be with you on your exams two days from now. If you want to rest you can go home and spend time anywhere you like, but I advice you to train so hard inside the dojo for the days left before the exams because it will be a fierce fight during the finals. Remember, only the top 10 will be selected to partic.i.p.ate in the capital"s Martial arts compet.i.tion. You don"t wanna waste that chance, do you? If you do, you"re lower than ignorant and I don"t know what to call you anymore." The instructor organized the papers compiled and waited for their response.
"Of-of course instructor. We will train so hard and use the privilege of using the dojo for us to get stronger." Liu Qiang the group"s spokesperson or rather the courageous one replied to the instructor.
"Well done, good decision. Now proceed, you may now enter and use every service inside the dojo. Be sure not to broke anything inside, okay?" Instructor entered first the dojo leaving the five of them outside.
"Brothers, I"m hungry and I need to eat something so you can just go and train without me for now. I"ll meet you some time later." Ling Ai has no plans training inside the dojo as she was already beyond preparation anyone could offer.
"We can wait for you Sister Ling Ai, or uhh..." Li Bei wanted to wait for Ling Ai and everyone agreed to it with just the look on their expectant faces.
"Or we could eat together with you?" Wong Wei and Wong Yong simultaneously asked Ling Ai to eat together with them.
"No, it"s alright. Maybe, we"ll eat some time. But I need to organize some things at home too, I also need to buy necessities for myself." Ling Ai showed a warm smile to them.
They were daydreaming for seconds as they were astonished by how simple Ling Ai is but her beauty was dazzling. And they snapped out of it while Liu Qiang asked Ling Ai something.
"By the way, Sister Ling Ai, why did you told the instructor that we are together? It seems like you were hiding something-" Liu Qiang was nudged by Li Bei beside him as he was about to ask a personal question. But Liu Qiang who was the most courageous and knowledgeable of the group stand firm to his curiosity.
Ling Ai noticed them getting nervous and uneasy.
"It"s okay guys, it"s okay Li Bei." Ling Ai smiled at them and honestly told them her ident.i.ty. "I"m Ling Ai from a no-name small village located at the edges near the ocean, the poorest parts of the Raven country." Ling Ai looked from afar as if she was hoping to see her Master at a long distance with her eyes of divinity while she was thinking about him.
"Y-you are a Peasant? I mean... I"m sorry. I was just--" Liu Qiang and the three young men were shocked knowing where Ling Ai came from.
"You idiot!" Li Bei elbowed Liu Qiang that it pushed him away from where he was standing.
"We are sorry Sister Ling Ai, our reactions were offensive. We apologize for our rude behavior. We won"t justify it by giving you petty reasons." Wong Wei and Wong Yong had sympathetic faces agreeing with each other.
"No, it"s alright. It"s not a bad thing to react that way because I understand that it was unexpected for me to came from the poorest part of the Raven country, also hearing the fact that I was born from a no-name small village. So it"s not really new to me seeing people"s different reactions. And you immediately showed a sincere apology after you thought that your reactions might be offensive. I"m grateful enough for you to acknowledge me as your Sister.
I have many more stories I can share with you, but I think it"s time for me to go now. At least you"ve known already why I did that earlier. Thank you, Brothers, for doing me a favor. I"ll see you some time soon." Ling Ai left the four teary-eyed young men speechless with the guilt in their hearts. But they can"t do anything about it as they feel ashamed from their reactions towards hearing Ling Ai"s background.