Chapter 383 - Sanatio (1/2)
”Holy Son?”
The carriage was moving across the night sky silently, the half unicorns galloping at such speeds that to the outside observers they were nothing but a blur. They cut straight through the city of lights that seemed to be even more lively at night.
Ryfon took out something that looked like hard candies from somewhere and started munching on them loudly.
”Yeah, each generation's most promising pupil is called the Holy Son or Daughter by most large organizations, among other things. Guo Yang is the Yang clan's genius. Oh, the Yang clan is one of the two clans that control the Temple of Dius just like us, so he is a pretty big deal.”
*Crunch*
”And what about the consulate?”
”Oh that, it's just like how it sounds. It's the Temple's diplomatic branch here. It's where their people stay when they visit the academy. Guo Yang is currently there, training several talented cultivators on both our and the Temple's behalf. That's where you'll be staying for training as well.”
*Crunch*
He ended the explanation by biting down on another large piece of candy. For someone that looked so elegant, Ryfon really didn't have very good manners. He chewed with his mouth open, occasionally throwing out a few pieces here and there. Hao Xuan moved to the side to stay out of his range.
”Can you at least look the other way? Your face is really pissing me off right now,” Hao Xuan commented with a scowl.
Ryfon grinned and moved even closer, ”Jealous, are we? Here, you can have some too.”
”You b*tch, at least close your mouth!”
”Hahaha!”
The carriage flew for about 40 more minutes before abruptly coming to a stop. Hao Xuan looked out of the window and saw a 15-meter wide arched stone gateway in a wide open space with hundreds of elven soldiers in gold engraved armor walking about.
”Where are we?”
Ryfon quickly fixed his appearance and put on a gentlemanly smile.
”One of the places under my clan. This is a Spatial gate we can use to go directly outside of the city since we're kind off short on time,” he explained while stepping out of the carriage.
Spatial gate's had different types and this one was a permanent one. It connected two places that weren't too physically far apart. It also didn't require any energy or formations to operate. The special stone gateway around it was enough to keep it open and stabilized.
There were 20 armored soldiers waiting right outside the carriage and as soon as Ryfon stepped out, all of them bowed from the waist and stayed there until he gestured otherwise.
”Welcome your Highness!” they shouted in unison.
Hao Xuan who was watching from inside turned to face Ensis.
”I need you to do something else while I'm busy here. Take Monk and go to...” Hao Xuan explained the plan he had come up with. When he was done, he called out Monk.
”Listen to Ensis carefully he will explain everything, don't try to bring too much attention to yourself unless necessary. Once it's done, contact me and I'll tell you where to meet,” he passed both of them the spirit bands that Baracus had reconfigured.
These spirit bands still needed a lot more work done but right now he had no choice.
When Hao Xuan came out after Ryfon, he could tell from the soldier's expressions that they were all pretty surprised. Some of them even looked him up and down quite rudely.
But what amazed Hao Xuan was the fact that each and every soldier here was a Profound realm cultivator. There were close to two hundred of them here and each one at that realm. And from the looks of it, they weren't considered anything special. Perhaps above average in ranking as compared to normal guards.
Ignoring their intrusive gazes, Hao Xuan walked up to Ryfon and whispered something in his ear, getting a nod in return.
Ryfon looked at one of the nearby soldiers.
”Take the gentleman inside the carriage into the main city. Be careful, he is my guest.”