Tomorrow, Noah was walking to the place the future inner disciples were supposed to meet. He was walking in a normal pace, asking directions from time to time. After small amounts of time looking for it, he finally found the place he was looking for.There were already disciples there, around six or so, since no one would come late for something like this. Noah was here a little bit earlier than normal, he was not the type of guy that always comes early for stuff like this, but he was not dumb to come late.
Time continued to pa.s.s as more and more disciples came, there were already nine people in there. They were whispering about something, Xiao Long was late, how "unexpected". Noah suddenly realized something, there were two Elders here. One was the inner Elder that appeared at the compet.i.tion, nothing unusual, but the other was Hou Ning parent, Hou Chen.
"Well, seems like I will have another show to watch" It was obvious that Hou Chen wasn"t here for peaceful reasons. Time stops for no one, and it didn"t stop for Xiao Long. He was very late at this point already and some disciples were asking to ignore him and go anyway. The inner Elder said he would wait five more minutes and remained silent, ignoring Hou Chen who also wanted to go without Xiao Long.
Xiao Long finally appeared in the last thirty seconds of the five minutes, his face was heavy and he looked angry about something. Once he reached the group, Hou Chen suddenly started to argue with him.
"You, do you have no respect for the sect? Coming so late for something so important and even making Elder Hu wait five more minutes, do you think you can do whatever you want?" He spoke like he had justice by his side.
"Someone took my jade tablet away, I was searching for it until now. I couldn"t find it so I came here without it anyway." Xiao Long fearlessly meet his eyes, he probably was suspecting something too.
"Couldn"t find it? Do you think I don"t know you are lying to cover how little you care about the sect? Even if someone really took it, you can"t enter the inner sect without it!!"
Noah almost rolled his eyes. How did a immature guy like him became a Elder, and even a fairly important among the outer ones at it? The rule about the jade tablet was only made to prevent impostors and it wasn"t even a big deal to begin with, and what Elder in their right mind would deny the sect a talented disciple because of it? It was obvious he was Xiao Long and not a impostor since he was the first place and everyone knew his face.
Noah suddenly remembered a comment he read in a cliche xianxia novel, saying about how powerful cultivators were basically children, children who could split the whole city in half if they threw a tantrum. He slightly smiled, Hou Chen really looked like a spoiled kid trying to force his logic on others.
"Elder Hu, is there a way for me to bypa.s.s this rule and enter?" Xiao Long suddenly asked the Elder besides Hou Chen, who was silent the whole time.
"The rule about jade tablets is to protect against fakes, if you bring someone who knows how you look like and if we can be sure he isn"t aiding you, then you may enter." Elder Hu didn"t look like he wanted to pick any side.
"There isn"t enough time for that, unless someone here wants to confirm he is the true Xiao Long." Hou Chen suddenly said while glaring at all the disciples present. Everyone remained silent, no one seemed to be willing to go against Elder Hou for Xiao Long.
Xiao Long was glaring at Hou Chen in anger like he was going to go berserker at the spot, Noah even saw his ring glow for a second and considered getting out of there, but before anything serious happened a voice suddenly took all of them by surprise.
"I am willing to confirm he is the true Xiao Long." They all turned their heads to the source of the voice, and the one who was there left them dumbfounded. It was Qiu Long, the former first place of the outer sect. He was slowly walking towards them, with a determined expression.
"No,no,no,no, You can"t do that,YOU C" Hou Chen was desperate.
"Hou Chen, SILENCE." Elder Hu shut him up.
"I believe in Qiu Long and believe he has no reason to lie. Xiao Long will enter." He gave his judgement.
"But Elder Hu-"
"I already told you to shut your mouth, unless you want me to investigate the matter of his tablet disappearance." Elder Hu was glaring coldly at a shivering Hou Chen. He probably figured out everything, he was a Elder after all. If he can"t figure out a simple plot like this when Noah can, he really should retire. He probably considered this the best solution, otherwise he would need to choose between a Elder or a talented disciple.
"You... Why?" Xiao Long deeply stared at Qiu Long. He smiled before answering.
"You know, during our fight, watching you surpa.s.s what I deemed impossible reignited something within me, the will to fight higher leveled opponents. I thought I already lost that long ago since my defeat in the past, But I can feel the fire that burned inside me burn again."
"I also think it"s time for me to finally use this." He glanced at something in his hand. It was a jade tablet, he got one in the past compet.i.tion as well, he was first place after all.
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"Seems like he had deeper reason for not wanting to go the inner sect, probably a trauma or something similar" That was Noah conclusion watching the scene. Qiu Long probably was going to become Xiao Long friendly rival, or being blunt, a less edgy Sasuke.
Xiao Long slightly smiled hearing him, it was first time that Noah saw him smile for real, not just for provoking a opponent. Elder Hu didn"t saw any problem in Qiu Long coming along since he was talented disciple as well, so they finally departed.