Vol 2 Chapter 10.4 (1/2)

Chapter 10 – The First Match of the Freshman Compet.i.tion (IV)

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Zi smiled and said, “I came here as promised. I just saw your match on stage, and it seems like you have a.s.similated into the life here.”

Ye Yin Zhu nodded his head and asked, “Zi, are you okay? Why do you appear tired?”

Zi’s eyes flashed with a cold light. “It’s nothing. I merely had something I needed to do. In addition, this is still only the beginning.”

Yin Zhu was startled. “Zi, you still have to leave?” His voice changed a bit upon asking this question; it brimmed with unwillingness to part from Zi.

Zi expressed a trace of a rare smile. “You are a student here. I cannot always be by your side. You’ll study here and learn everything you need to adapt to the mainland well. I have asked around, and the Milan Inst.i.tution for Magic and Martial Arts is also known as the Milan Imperial Inst.i.tution which possesses the highest reputation on this mainland. Perhaps your zither magic cannot be studied here, but your social experience will increase exponentially. Furthermore, you are unlikely to encounter any danger here.”

Ye Yin Zhu’s eyes flashed with a determined light, and he immediately stretched out his right hand with lightning-speed to grab Zi’s left arm. “Zi, if you leave, I’m following you. My two grandfathers allowed me to explore the mainland to learn through experience, and you are also here to similarly learn through experience. I don’t want to part from you again.” Although his hand only had four fingers, it was as strong as steel. Zi was somewhat amazed at Yin Zhu’s unexpected great strength.

Zi patted Yin Zhu’s shoulder. “I also don’t want to part from you again. The two of us, however, are not enough to accomplish everything we need to do on the mainland. It will be advantageous for you to stay here. Thus, I now have a compromise, but I don’t know if you will like it.”

“What compromise?” Ye Yin Zhu curiously asked.

Zi explained, “This method can allow me to not be at your side, and still allow us to see each other at any time.”

Yin Zhu stared at him blankly, and puzzledly inquired, “Can there be such a method?”

Zi nodded, his eyes exuding a steady radiance. “I can do it today if you grant me approval. Don’t ask me why. When your strength is enough, I will explain everything to you. This method is called the Equal Life Contract.”

“Equal Life Contract? What’s that?”