After the crystal core was destroyed, the mages managed to retrieve all of the crystal cores. The village offered Xiao Yang"s team to keep some, but they decided to refuse the offer as the village was still in a bad shape, especially after many of its mages got killed.The group was still on a tight schedule to get to Thunderbolt Academy so they had to quickly leave the village, they were glad to be able to save the village from potential destruction.
Throughout the later journey, Qian Xian looked a bit depresses. Xiao Yang noticed this and so he asked, "Mum are you feeling alright?"
"Uh? oh... yeah, I"m fine." Qian Xian wasn"t hurt or anything, nor did she get traumatized by the event, but it became of that mysterious man who appeared out of nowhere to save them. She felt a familiar, yet distance feeling when she first saw that man, she couldn"t quite grasp what it was.
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After another three days, they finally arrived at the entrance of Thunderbolt City.
Xie Ying had explained to them the history of Thunderbolt City to them before they arrived here.
Thunderbolt City doesn"t belong to any particular continent and is independently ruled by the founder itself. It only has a history of just over ten years, yet it became this powerful in such a short time period.
Thunderbolt Academy is the only academy in the city, it"s built on top of a mountain and its most precious treasure is the Elemental Thunder Pool. It"s a large pool hidden beneath the mountain and the only entrance is through a cave that is heavily guarded, no one is allowed inside without the explicit permission of the elders.
Thunderbolt City also has a large forest called Thunderbolt Forest. The forest is a hotspot for portals to appear, the elders decided to allow the portals to open so that the forest could be used a training ground for the students.
Any portals that are S-Cla.s.s or higher are quickly destroyed to prevent powerful beasts from populating, arrays are built around and within the forest to separate areas according to the cla.s.ses of the beasts.
Emperors from all continents desire to gain the rich resources that the land has to offers but they knew that war would inevitably break out if they do try to claim the land. Thunderbolt Academy had made a deal with all five continents to allow the princes and princesses to study in the academy but in return for the protection of the five continents.
Upon arriving, Xie Ying quickly bought them to register and take them to their a.s.signed living areas.
Since Xiao Yang had bought his family member with him, he was given his own house for one year rent-free. During the time, most would people normally set up their own business in the city or hunt for beasts to sell their elemental cores.
Xiao Yang and his mum quickly settled in their new home. Their new home was about the same size as their previous one that the lived back in DongHe City.
There wasn"t much to do for the time being so they both decided to explore the streets and markets of the city.
There were many merchants, restaurants, and shops. The market seemed to be quite compet.i.tive with each other, but none of them could be rival with one specific business. It was the Golden Sky Pavilion, unlike a small pavilion such as DongHe Pavilion. Golden Sky Pavilion is a large franchise that operates throughout the five continents, it offers the best quality weapons and potions, as well as other services such as auction or gambling stones.
They decided to head into the pavilion and upon entry, a young man greeted them and kindly said, "Welcome to the Golden Sky Pavilion, sir." He looked towards Qian Xian then confidently continued by saying, "This must be your girlfriend here, at here in Golden Sky Pavilion, we have the best quality jewellery you can find in the whole of Thunderbolt City. Oh right we also have a special sale today for the gambling stone section, would you like me to take you there?"
"Huh... girlfriend...?" Xiao Yang was confused, he looked towards Qian Xian and realised what the man was saying. Even though Qian Xian is a 38 years old mother, her appearance still looked like a 16 years old teenager. This is just one benefit of a C-Cla.s.s mage.
"Oh... no, she is..." Xiao Yang was trying to explain to the young man that it was in fact her mum, but before he could, Qian Xian suddenly held on to his arm like how a couple does, then with a charming smile she said, "Yes, please guide us to the floor where this special event is held."
Xiao Yang looked at his mum with a wry smile but thought to himself, "Mum I know I am handsome but please have some self-restraint. This is incest!"
The young employee quickly guided them to the gambling stone sections. Xiao Yang then thought to himself again, "Don"t normally parent say gambling is bad? So why is she taking me there?"
They shortly arrived under the guidance of the young employee, after the employee left, Xiao Yang asked, "Mum why are you taking me to the gambling section?"
Qian Xian replied while laughing, "Oh, it just reminds me that one time where your father tried to prove to me that he was a very lucky person, so he chose to play gambling stones even though he never even played it in the past."
Xiao Yang with a wry smile asked, "So did he win anything?"
"Hha... No, in fact, he couldn"t even find a single elemental core on any of them."
"Maybe I will have a better luck than him," Xiao Yang said with a serious tone.
Qian Xian blinked then replied, "Of course you will."
Xiao Yang thought she didn"t believe him so he said, "Fine, I prove it to you."