Vol Chapter 3 (1/2)

With Chun Lan following, the guards no longer stopped w.a.n.g Lin. After getting out of the mansion, w.a.n.g Lin took a deep breath. There was an extremely wide street in front of him, with different varieties of exotic-looking buildings standing on each side.

While slowly walking down the street, w.a.n.g Lin made a shocking discovery. In the city, he had not seen a single male. All of the citizens were women.

His appearance was like that of a crane in a flock of chicken, capturing many glances from the people walking by. They looked at him with gazes full of curiosity and contempt.

What kind of empire was this? An empire of females? w.a.n.g Lin had a weird feeling.

Chun Lan saw w.a.n.g Lin’s expression and thought that he felt out of place. Thus, she softly whispered to him, “You’ve never been outside before. You need to know that the men in Spring Water Empire cannot leave their houses. This was a rule set by the Spring Water Queen.”

“Spring Water Queen?” When w.a.n.g Lin heard that name, his heart was inexplicably filled with hatred.

“Yes. Spring Water Queen, one of the three queens of the Empress Mainland, our Spring Water Empire’s ruler.”

Suddenly, the sky turned dark. A strange-looking octagonal s.p.a.cecraft descended quickly from the sky. w.a.n.g Lin could feel a strong aura locking onto him. The strength of this aura was comparable to the ones emitted from the mansion’s warriors.

w.a.n.g Lin stopped walking. He raised his head and stared into the sky with a serious look on his face.

The entire s.p.a.cecraft was painted black and made of unknown materials. Its length was about a few metres. The entire design was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with malevolence.

“The first rule in the Spring Water Empire law states that unfreed men are not allowed to be out in public. The death penalty falls on those who disobey!” An ice cold voice transmitting from the octagonal-shaped s.p.a.cecraft.

Chun Lan immediately drew out a badge from her clothes, then reverently and respectfully said,”My Honourable, the Xiao Jie in my house owes this man a great favour. He has already been granted the status of a free man by the Phoenix race.” w.a.n.g Lin clearly saw that there was a violet flame engraved on the badge.

The aura that was locked onto w.a.n.g Lin immediately lifted. Without further ado the s.p.a.cecraft, which was no longer interested in w.a.n.g Lin, ascended into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.

Chun Lan stored the badge within her clothes again. She smiled and told w.a.n.g Lin, “Although Heavenly Water City is far away from the Empire’s capital, the enforcers are very strict. Without this badge of mine, you would have been in trouble today.”

w.a.n.g Lin looked towards the direction where the octagonal-shaped s.p.a.cecraft disappeared to. Although he did not show any unusual expression on his face, a turmoil was forming deep inside him. When the octagonal-shaped s.p.a.cecraft showed up, he could feel an electric shock going through his brain where, once again, an image surfaced.

In the image, the black-clothed man had a grave look on his face while he was surrounded by hundreds of octagonal-shaped s.p.a.cecrafts. With the wave of his arm, one by one, the s.p.a.cecrafts turned into dust.

At the same time, the man sarcastically said, “Is this the Cloud Piercing s.h.i.+p? Doesn’t seem to be anything special about it.”

“Cloud Piercing s.h.i.+p!” w.a.n.g Lin sounded.

Chun Lan was surprised. Filled with curiosity she said, “What is a Cloud Piercing s.h.i.+p? This is a Spring Water battles.h.i.+p. It is Spring Water Empire’s unique s.p.a.cecraft, and it can only be navigated by the Honourables.

“The Honourables that you mentioned, is it a t.i.tle?” w.a.n.g Lin digressed.

“You are from Jian Yu Island. So I don’t blame you for not knowing this. Once a person’s soul power grows to a certain level, he or she would be named as an Honourable. According to the attributes of the soul power, they can be further divided into Physical Honourables or Spiritual Honourables.

After that, the Honourables would be elected by the Empire to become the city’s guardians. It’s a pity that I did not have such potential. I do not have any soul power in my body, not even Level 1. The spells that I have mastered are of the lowest rank, Grade E standard. I have a sister who has already mastered Grade D spells and is currently at Level 2 standard.” While talking about this, an envious look appeared on Chun Lan’s face.

Throughout the journey, w.a.n.g Lin and Chun Lan talked nonstop. w.a.n.g Lin began to have a better understanding of this world. For example, in this world, spell powers can be cla.s.sified into five grades, from Grade E to A.

Training with spells of different grades would end with vastly different results. Grade E spells can at most achieve a mere Level 3 standard, while Grade A spells can achieve the highest level of soul power.

To w.a.n.g Lin’s surprise, the books teaching these spells are actually available at the bookstores.

In addition, the technology in this world was very advanced. Spring Water Empire was the leader amongst the three big empires; especially in machinery.

The illiteracy problem which troubled w.a.n.g Lin was also solved during a conservation with Chun Lan.

There’s a device called a card reader, which would be able to a.s.sist him in recognising dozen’s of the more popular symbols for the Empress Mainland language.

During their conservations, Chun Lan was also observing w.a.n.g Lin carefully. Her previous few encounters with him did not leave her with a deep impression of him. But currently in her eyes, there was a lot of mysteries surrounding this man. He was the first person to sleep with Xiao Jie and was the first to, not only survive, but also gain the status of a free man.

It was common knowledge that getting an ID as a free man at the Spring Water Empire was exceptionally difficult. Now that w.a.n.g Lin had gained the ID, Chun Lan couldn’t help but think,

“He has an ID as a free man now. According to convention, it should not be against the Empire’s law to get closer to him now……”