"Ha! You"re mine!""A skill? That"s just a normal punch, you weakling." Ling Ai raised her brow and had fierce eyes that can devour one"s soul being stared by it. While in the young man"s world, everything seemed to slow down at the presence of the young lady in front of her.
"Wh-what is happening?!"
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Ling Ai normally walked towards the young man wearing a blue tunic hanging in the air of the slow-motion world.
"What did you do to me?! I can"t... move!"
The movements of the youth were slowed down even though he can clearly see what is happening and that Ling Ai was effortlessly drawing very close to the youth. On the contrary, it was all just a psychological effect that Ling Ai"s intense stare with her faint scarlet eyes brought to the young man rushing a basic skill to attack her.
_bam!
All the people saw was Ling Ai just walking closer to the young man that jumped towards her, and when she was near enough, the youth was quickly flipped that it greatly exhaust air in his lungs getting slammed into the ground facing the ceiling.
"Bah! What happened..." The young man coughed and a few seconds later turned unconscious.
The crowd was very shocked to what Ling Ai has done and what she"s capable of.
"She"s dangerous boys..."
"Yeah, I agree."
"Let"s leave for now, we"ll take her on by tomorrow"s exams."
"You seem strong, we gotta respect that. What you"ve shown is enough that you"re a rival that must be acknowledged. Sorry for our rude behavior. We"ll see you at the grand dojo for the exams then. We"ll settle it there, young lady. Let"s go boys."
The six young men left the dojo and lifted their unconscious colleague. The apprentices inside the dojo that saw the duel between the two caused a ruckus at the dojo and even outside to the town.
"Sister Ling Ai! You really are strong. You"re a genuine semi-elite apprentice! That"s very great, my angel!" The plump Li Bei was astonished at the presence alone of his angelic savior, Ling Ai.
"I was just lucky he went rushing to me without a plan, and most of all he underestimated what her opponent is capable of that even without a clue of what my skill is, he attacked me naively.
The heavy sweating Liu Qiang, Wong Yong, and Wong Wei approached Ling Ai with amazement on their faces.
"You were very fierce back there, Sister Ling Ai. Given that your opponent was a Peak apprentice, you even stated that the young man was a weakling, that was shocking and at the same time funny though." Liu Qiang and the rest chuckled watching Ling Ai.
"Oh, yeah... Well, ha ha. Was that too c.o.c.ky of me? Ha ha! I, uhh... Well, it did come out from me naturally because I really don"t want anyone to touch or insult my family, and I think I have brought that with me as you guys are my first friends here in the Luban Sect fortress." Ling Ai again with her light cachinnations and she smiled back at them.
"Hearing how thoughtful you are even in a middle of an intense fight... or rather a learning session as it was a one-sided duel, we are more willing to know more about you Sister Ling Ai and we are honored to be your first friends here in the Luban Sect fortress, you are very much welcome whenever you need us boys too, right boys?" Liu Qiang expressed and the group all agreed to him.
"Thank you for that, Brother Liu Qiang. It"s all thanks to my grandfather that raised me. So, what are you guys gonna do now? It"s getting late and I"m bound to go home early, as my place tends to get darker than the usual when it"s night because it"s enclosed with trees, but the moonlight directed to the lodge that I"m renting is amazing though."
"Woah, the place where you"re staying is interesting from the things you"ve said about it, are you curious as well guys?" Liu Qiang and friends glanced at each other agreeing that they want to check out the house of Ling Ai.
"Sure, we are energetic but we promise to behave and not cause any problems for you and your neighbor, Sister Ling Ai." Wong Wei said as he walks to the door of the dojo.
"That settles it then, let"s go?" Ling Ai cheerfully asked them as she was also excited about the fact that she gets to bring friends over her house.
"Yes! Whoo-"
The enthusiastic young friends of Ling Ai turned into a statue as they were staring somewhere... they were staring at the person standing at the front of the door.
"M-master Liu Jun!" Wong Wei opened the door as they were about to leave the dojo but what they witnessed was the presence of their master, the Martial arts Grandmaster Liu Jun. Master Liu Jun had gray long hair and a twirled mustache as he was old in age and he was wearing a golden tang suit with a bronze badge pinned on the left of his chest. His presence alone caused great pressure to the people and youths within the area but except for one, Ling Ai. And Liu Jun sensed it.
"You kids, go to my dojo now. We will train, the exams tomorrow will be fierce so I can"t let you weak boys go on sprawling your weak knees anywhere." Liu Jun had a loud voice that echoed inside the dojo getting everyone"s attention towards him.
"B-but... Master, we already trained blood and sweat early in the morning, can"t we take a rest? Please, grandfather." Liu Qiang the grandson of Liu Jun mustered courage asking a request as his master was also his grandfather, so he was thinking he might get a special treatment from him.
"Of course you can." Grandmaster Liu Jun had a faint smile.
"Really? Thank-" Liu Qiang"s brief joy turned into disappointment as his grandfather made a request before letting them go.
"But first, you guys must catch this balloon. Now go stand there the four of you." Liu Jun touched the balloon and it filled itself with air surrounded in orange chi.
"That again?! You even already knocked all four of us with just throwing that balloon powerfully." Liu Qiang was the only one who talks back to their Master.
"Yes, this again and because you kids are still so weak. Let"s have a twist then, if you know someone strong enough that can catch this ball then I will consider you asking for help." Liu Jun bouncing the balloon to the ground.
The group of youth just glanced at each other and looked at Ling Ai, they all thought the same about asking her for help.
"Sis...?" Li Bei staring Ling Ai with his small shining eyes.
"If it"s too ha.s.sle for you to take on then it"s just okay for us, Sister Ling Ai." Liu Qiang expressed what they were thinking about.
"No, it"s good for me. But I can"t really a.s.sure you guys if I can catch it, okay?" Ling Ai went ten paces away from Liu Jun while her friends just watched her with worried faces.
"Is Sister Ling Ai gonna be okay?" Wong Yong arched his eyebrows.
"I don"t know. Let"s just hope she"ll be okay. Master, can you please ba little gentle to her?" Wong Wei walked beside Liu Jun asking him a favor.
"No... She"s a strong one, unlike you kids." Liu Jun sensed a strong potential from Ling Ai as he placed Pectoral chi in his eyes, he knows Ling Ai was a semi-elite apprentice and he nodded his head.
Liu Qiang and friends stayed silent as they heard their master also acknowledged Ling Ai"s strength.
"Are you ready, little young lady?" As Liu Jun asked Ling Ai if she"s prepared, he turned the orange chi coated to the balloon into a strong blue-tier chi that when he bounced the balloon it left cracks on the ground.
"Grandfather! Are you trying to kill our friend?! Stop!" Liu Qiang shouted at his grandfather thinking about Ling Ai"s safety. All of them was shaking nervously as they can"t also do anything to stop their master.
_whhoOMM!
Liu Jun suddenly threw the balloon towards Ling Ai like it was a cannon being fired at her. Gushes of wind circling around the balloon with a strong blue chi... but it popped out before hitting Ling Ai at just inches away from her face. And the air of the balloon made Ling Ai"s hair waved back but she was completely unwavered.
"What just happened? The balloon popped out. Sister Ling Ai is so lucky!" Li Bei and the rest were happy that the balloon popped out before hitting Ling Ai inches away from her face.
"Let"s go, boys! It seems like the balloon didn"t hold enough my powerful blue chi. There"s no winner so your chance of resting is gone."
The youths just sighed and went with their master to train.
"Bye for now, Sister Ling Ai! Thank you for taking care of us, see you tomorrow at the exams!" Liu Qiang shouted at Ling Ai from a distance and the rest of her friends waved their hands back at her as Ling Ai was waving at them.
While they were on their way to training, Liu Jun was still in shock but he didn"t show it to his disciples. "How did she even do that, she"s very strong for a semi-elite apprentice. Who is her master... She swiftly p.r.i.c.ked the balloon with her index finger that no one in the area even noticed her moved.
I need to find out who she is and her master. How can someone p.r.i.c.k a blue chi coated balloon as hard as a metal with only a bare finger without a chi! She is not a normal person..." Grandmaster Liu Jun was uneasy after what he saw from Ling Ai.
Ling Ai walks home after the scene.
She was not expecting anyone to be around as she was used to being alone in the plain area covered with trees. But from the very evening, she saw twenty people patrolling around the area. She didn"t mind as they were not talking, so she was thinking that there must be something urgent that happened.
Ling Ai calmly walked up the wide stairs towards the plain area with the lodge at the center. And all of the twenty peak elite apprentice guards noticed Ling Ai"s presence and immediately looked at her carefully as the shadows of the night unveils her appearance.
_thuds
"Bah!"
"Hey!"
"Gah!"
"What-"
"Mask-"
All of a sudden, four white-masked men appeared that knocked all the twenty peak elite apprentices. The white-masked men stood up straight and bowed their heads as they point their hands at the white lodge.
"Wh-why? Why did you do that? You guys are the collectors of the rented house, right? I don"t really mind but did you really have to do that to Luban Sect guards."
Ling Ai pa.s.sed by the knocked guards and talked to the white-masked men but they stayed silent. She continued walking towards the house and she already saw someone standing at the front of the door, a long silver-haired old man wearing a white dragon mask and a white shenyi, an elegant bright deep robe.
"Who are you? Are you the owner of this house I rented?" Ling Ai asked while standing at the front of the strange old man.
"Yes, I am. In fact, this has been pa.s.sed down to me." The old man replied.
"Oh, okay. But why do you wear a white dragon mask? And why did you attacked those guards patrolling these areas? Did something happen?"
Ling Ai raised her brow as she was curious to what is going on around, she was calm and composed enough not to panic as she was already trained well to more surprising and shocking events from her life for one month.
"It is to protect my ident.i.ty, our ident.i.ty. We are a clan known as the Full Moon a.s.sa.s.sins. We all did this because you"re strong and we need to protect you from people that can drag your future down if they find out that you are living in this lodge."
"Wait... wait. What is happening? You guys are a.s.sa.s.sins?! Then I"m supposed to freak out by now, right?"
"We know you won"t because you"re strong enough to defend yourself from us." The masked old man replied.
"I guess so, but you guys are so creepy and mysterious. Why would I even be dragged down by someone-knows-who people, what did I do? Renting? What is this house anyway? If it"s that of a big deal and complicated, then I"ll just leave now. I"ve already paid so no problem at all, right guys?" Ling Ai"s arms akimbo as he watched each one of them and the masked old man.
"Someone saw you already and it would be dangerous if they find out. We believe you are preparing for the exams so that you can join the Black Crow City compet.i.tion, right? That"s what we wanted also, that"s why we will support you.
Let me introduce myself first to you, sorry for being rude from the moment we arrived. I"m White Mustache, the brother of the owner of this house, the White Jinn." The masked old man removed his white dragon mask, and he had indeed a thick and long white mustache on his face.
"Y-you are the White Mustache?! And who is the White Jinn?" Ling Ai was very surprised that the man in front of her was the renowned White Mustache.