Chapter 2 - I promise! (1/2)

Krune couldn't believe what he heard, have you at least asked my opinion?

Although he thought that, he didn't say anything, he knows very well that this is a once in a life time chance, the girl and the man seemed to be from a very powerful background, maybe they are from 'that' Wang clan, if he goes with them he will not have to fear being hunted anymore! But at the same time, thinking back at his 3 years of life were he just fled, he couldn't help but think.

'Is it really okay to just flee again? Didn't I just decide that if I had the opportunity I would definitely become stronger? Show everyone that a wisp can also achieve great things? Sure, I thought that it would be in my next reincarnation, but if he used this reason to flee again, that would be just an excuse!'

The old man looked at him and didn't say anything, he could more or less tell what the wisp was thinking due to his higher realm. But then again, he decided that he wouldn't care, it's just a wisp, if he brings it with them at least the little girl will stop throwing a tantrum now and then, so he simply nodded.

The girl immediately became joyful, and looked back at the wisp.

”Little guy, come with us, I won't let any baddies bully you anymore.”

Although Krune was conflicted, he started to move in the direction of the spaceship with them, it was close by so it would only take a few minutes to arrive. But deep down, his mind was still in fighting with his real desires.

'Is this really what I want? I've been pursued for life, everyday I just wanted to stay out of trouble, if I go with them, will it prove anything? Am I not simply running away again?'

The closer they got to the ship, the bigger the conflict in his mind.

At distance, Krune could see the Wang clan space ship, on it's side, the Wang Clan insignia.

Even for Krune, who lived in this forest, the name of the Wang Clan was something that he also knew about, this is one of the biggest clans of the western protectorate, but that didn't diminish his stormy mind.

The ship was enormous, the crew could be seen running everywhere finalizing the last steps before take off.

Finally, just when they were about to board the ship, Krune stopped, the girl and the old man looked back at him confused.

Krune gathered all the courage he could find to feeble say his next words.

”I can't go.”

The Old man and girl duo looked at him surprised, specially the old man, does this wisp even know what kind of opportunity is him throwing away? The Wang clan is one of the biggest clans of the western protectorate with hundreds of sectors under it's banner! Even if he comes from an 'even dogs don't wanna piss at' planet, he's bound to know about the Wang clan, right? The planet of Makui just so happens to be one of its properties.

If Krune could smile at moment he would definitely be showing a bitter one, but finally, that feeling that was crushing him the moment he started moving in the direction of ship seemed to simply disappear.

He looked back at the little lady

”Miss Feifei, I haven't told you my name yet, I'm called Krune, we wisps are born from the energy of heaven and earth, so we don't have parents to speak of, and because of this we also don't have a family name, even the name Krune is something I thought myself.”

”I will be eternally grateful for what you did for me, but I can't go with you, I know about the Wang clan, I know what kind of opportunity I'm leaving behind but I can't go, I'm unwilling! During all my short life I've been pursued by wisp hunters, wisp are great cultivation resources and I learned about that the worst way possible, by seeing the already few existent wisp being taken away, being regarded as money, resources and so on.”

The little lady was indeed too young, all those words made her puzzled, but she could at least feel the little guys heart, a wounded heart.

But the one really surprised was the old man, he is an expert, as someone assigned to protect the little lady of the Wang clan he definitely was one of the big shots out there, because of his extremely high realm he could tell that that wisp wasn't lying, he couldn't help but change his impression about this wisp a little.

”I'm unwilling! I don't want to flee like this, I finally decided to get back at them, to show those hunters and everyone else that I'm not just some cultivation resource, I want to prove that I can be just as strong, that we also have dreams and feelings.

If I go with you an easy life will probably be waiting for me, but I'm unwilling, an easy life is not what I want anymore.”

”Miss Feifei, senior, I'm sorry but I can't go with you. Krune will remember this favor for the rest of his life and if there comes a day where this weak wisp is able to pay it back, this little one will definitely do so.”

Feifei looked dejected and was about to argue when the old man whispered to her.

”Feifei, I know that you want to argue but he probably wont change his mind if you talk, so let me give it a try first.”

He looked back at Krune with a stern face, his impression of the wisp got a little better but that was all, someone as old as him has seen such changes way too many times.

”Krune, you said that you want to become strong, to prove yourself, but as a wisp you should know how limited your life span is, usually a person with an average talent would take up to 20 years to breakthrough the Qi Condensation stage and advance to the Foundation Establishment and that's considering they have help and the resources necessary for it. But for wisps 10 years is already the max their life span can go, their only advantage is that with their intelligence they can achieve an adult mind at the age of 3, but that's all, if you don't breakthrough into the next realm you will simply die.”

”And I might tell you this since you probably don't know this part.

The amount of life span gained is proportional to the individual initial total life span. Take a human for example, the life span of a human is something around 100 years, there is very few cases where people can pass this limit without breaking into the next realm, when they breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment their life span will be doubled, which mean that they gain another 100 years to try to reach the Core Formation Realm which is obviously much harder than Foundation Establishment.”

”But you are a wisp, your life span is only 10 years, even after reaching Foundation Establishment you will gain just another 10 years and you will need to become a Core Formation in just 10 years otherwise you will still die, this is why no one takes wisps seriously, this is why no sect would accept wisps under normal conditions, they don't have a future! Think about it one more time, do you really don't want to come with Feifei? At least you will live in peace during the few years you still have.”