420 Exiting Seclusion (1/2)
”Holy shit!”
This was Albert's reaction upon seeing Raven for the first time after a long seclusion. The next one was…
”Who the hell are you?”
Aside from being stunned, Raven burst out laughing as soon as he heard that question. He could still remember that this was the same question that Albert asked him upon their first meeting. Of course, Raven was aware that Albert's just fooling around.
Albert stared at Raven, inspecting him closely like some sort of an experimental object. He even placed a hand under his chin and circled Raven under his inspection. After a while, he hummed in approval and said:
”Not bad. You can almost seduce every woman that will lay eyes on you. That's great!”
”Yeah, fuck you too.” Raven roared out in laughter as he smacked Albert's shoulders.
”Thanks. At least, your mother would soon be the principal of your own kindergarten.” Albert snorted as he said his obscene comment. ”You should at least get up to a 100 concubines even without lifting a finger. So long as your not lazy, then you can establish a whole damn clan by yourself! Aim high brother!”
”Bullshit!” Raven laughed, ”I've no time for such things. Plus, one wife is enough for me.”
”A damn shame it is then!” Albert recklessly commented, ”Won't you consider it? Your wife might become lonely by herself. You should at least take home a sister or ten! That way she'll have someone to accompany her.”
”Shut up dude!” Raven continued laughing, ”My wife isn't some random damsel in distress. Who knows? There might be a day when she could plunge her entire leg up your ass. You will regret making these comments then.”
”We will see.” Albert grinned, ”Anyway, if you haven't told me that you've got a wife, I might even start thinking that you're a monk or something. Hell, not even once did you go out from your seclusion! If I were in your position, I might've lost my mind already.”
”It's not that bad.” Raven smiled in a carefree manner. ”If anything, these kinds of long term seclusion will become more and more frequent. After all, progress will be much harder from here on out. Not to mention, we also have to seek out enlightenments even more.”
”I envy your strong mentality.” Albert commented in a straightforward manner. ”One year might've passed outside but due to your array, you were inside for less than five years! That's insanely long even for me! Not to mention that you didn't even step outside to relax momentarily, I actually find it a miracle that you're still sane in the head.”
”Well, I had to or else, I won't have a chance in the recruitment.” Raven commented.
In the entirety of Raven's second life, this was the longest seclusion he had ever done. Practicing night and day, barely stopping in between, for less than five years could become tedious and boring for most people, specially the younger ones.
Five years of seclusion is nothing by a passing thought for him.
”Anyway, how's the sect? Did anything happen while I was away?” Raven asked.
”Same old, same old.” Albert dismissively said, ”It might be long for you but its just barely a year for us. Nothing much could really happen within that time frame. If anything, our clan just solidified our position even more.”
”Right now, it's as if no one even remembers that old tool that we dealt with. Everyone in the Blue Marble Planet already accepted that we are now the overlords of this area. We're managing the sect pretty well. I'm not bragging when I said that some disciples think that we are more suited to run the sect rather than that dead fellow. As a result, we're more cohesive now and the sect's even doing better compared before. So there's nothing to worry about.”
”I see, that's good then.” Raven was relieved to hear that, he was initially worried that the Highlander Clan might face some difficulties managing the sect but it seems that his concerns were unnecessary.
”Anyhow, you've just exited conclusion. You better eat something light and have plenty of rest. I'll pass the message to Dad.” Albert then looked at Raven with a strange smile and said: ”Well, if you want to, I could also introduce you to some 'establishments' which could allow you to vent out your pent up frustrations. I'm sure none of those beauties would mind since you're just 'relieving your stress' if you know what I mean.”