Chapter 98: Special Branch (1/2)

The day before the opening of the special branch.

Sam is in his mansion sitting along with Chaya. He passed a storage ring and said.

”These energy cells will be sufficient for the supply for more than a year. Tomorrow, I will be joining the academy, I don't know when I will be able to contact you. So, I prepared them.”

Chaya took the spatial ring and said.

”Do you know the news? Marquis re-invited the candidates from the two cities threatened by Zeke. But, some of them still refused to come and Zeke was able to get the slot. His lackeys though, not very lucky.”

”I don't know. I was busy to care about those things.” Sam has completely concentrated on his cultivation of spirit and soul and made energy cells whenever he is stressed. Yesterday, Yanwu and Sky shared the energy and his cultivation immediately rose to the Novice level 3.

His speed was just too fast. He just turned 15 few months ago. He is advancing very fast. But this time, he will be encountering a bottle neck. But this bottleneck isn't as difficult as others. They have to get an enlightenment, but Sam's cultivation is mostly breaking a barrier forcefully just like beasts.

But the higher his cultivation, the more energy he requires and the stronger the barrier is. Advancing from Novice level 3 and Novice Level 4 is stepping from initial stage Novice to Middle-stage. The barrier is strong and he needs more time to breakthrough.

Chaya left after some small talk.

Sam didn't know if people from the Falcon Cliff city are here yet.

He completely threw all thoughts and responsibilities out of his mind and went to his room. He is going to laze around for this whole day.

Even though, he has experienced all kinds of cruel circumstances in his past life and lived in a worse place one could stay, that only made him cherish his vanity for these luxuries more and more.

That is the reason, he never compromised on the place he stayed in any city. He used a very rare precious metal like silver meteorite sand and Black meteorite sand to make a hover board. Even though, it has some perks to do battle, the main reason is that he didn't want to walk these long distances in city.

Even if his task is reaching the peak and to meet Ling Tian, he will never ever sacrifice the comforts he earned. He will drown and sail in his vanity and enjoy his life to the best of his ability and his enjoyment lies in the comfort he gained with his efforts.

So, this whole day, Sam went to swim in his lake, took a sun bath in his yard, ate all kinds of street food he could get his hands on. Finally, he had a best sleep in his comfortable bed.

The next morning, Sam went to the academy zone very early. The ordinary folk aren't allowed here at all like previous times in Falcon Cliff city and Starwood city.

He saw a lot of people were there. There are ten Counts under the Marquis and a total of hundred participants were selected from all of them. The Marquis city selected 20 people, so a total 120 candidates will be participating in this special branch.

Sam came to the gate and found the people from the Falcon Cliff city. When he went there, everyone greeted him with enthusiasm, of course, the weird trio is an exception.

After some small talk, Philip asked.

”So, what did you do in this month? Did you get your hands on that guy?” Philip is Philip after all. Even getting back at Marquis' son is fun thing for him.

”Well, I planned a lot for him. Maybe, he is cursing my 18 generations as we speak.” Sam said as he smiled. Until now, his plan is pretty much success.

”Oh, what did you do? Tell me the details.” Philip's interest piqued. He really didn't understand why Sam came a month earlier and that too when his cultivation isn't up to par. Being nosy is his nature and now his curiosity is all time high.

”Nothing much, I just trimmed his tail which made him so proud a little bit and he is now hiding it between his legs.” He replied clearly not wanting to elaborate and, in an attempt, to change the topic, he asked Hawk.

”Why are there no representatives from the Count mansion are Falcon Cliff academy?” He noticed that there are no representatives for other groups as well.

”This is the order from the Marquis. Yesterday, my father came along with us and Marquis immediately sent him back the very night itself. Not only him, every representative was sent away. They weren't even allowed to stay within the city.” Hawk replied.

Sam just nodded and didn't say anything. He started looking at the rest of the candidates.

He saw, all kinds of people in the bunch. The excited guys, the nervous one, the arrogant guy, self-assumed leader. He could see all kinds of candidates. His gaze finally landed on the Marquis city group.

There are twenty-one people and the extra one is Zeke who got lucky. Even though, Sam didn't expect that Marquis will bring back the people from the two cities, he is glad that Zeke could still make it. He has something else planned for Zeke inside the academy.

The only thing that Zeke could be proud of was that his access to superior resources and his superior strength to Sam.

Sam wants to remove that feeling also. He is the going to show him that these two will only last so long and he planned to completely crush his will. By the time he was done with the guy, he will feel so depressed that even if he saw a spoon full of water, he will consider diving in it to commit suicide.