221 A Duel (1/2)
Maheswara: ”It seems you already made an acquaintance Ryuu.”
Ryuu nodded at that as he spoke, ”Yes he is a very nice person.”
Maheswara nodded at that as he spoke, ”You should make more friends, sometimes having friends help a lot in life, Pangu had some incredible friends who have done a lot for him to the point I am ashamed to say that his family failed to do, as such I am grateful to them a lot and you becoming acquaintance with Cezary makes me bit happy.”
Ryuu was stunned to hear that, 'What did teacher mean by that, I have heard a lot about that age how Pangu gave his life but beyond that nothing, no matter how much he asked he was always told he will told when he was a bit older, what happened, who happened and now his teachers speech made him want to know more but how he knew the library of Ayindril definitely had something within it but it will be in the restricted sections, he knew it was futile for him to try to sneak in, as he suspected the library itself was alive and the last thing he would want to face the wrath of 3rd mistress.'
Maheswara and Ryuu made his way to a table where the other members of his teacher's family were already seating. Ryuu found a seat beside Nuwa, he did not know why but amongst all the other people of Ayindril she was the one he could always trust more than others maybe not as much as his own mother but he did not know why, he just felt it, all those years ago he did not know why but when she gave her hand towards him he took it without hesitation as if he knew he could trust her with her life.
They did not have to wait as soon various alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks arrived, Ryuu did not like any form of alcohol, and as such he chose an orange colored juice, as he took a sip into it felt as if his entire body was energized all of a sudden causing his eye to go wide not only that the taste he was in heaven he needed more, only to be stopped by Nuwa who gave him a stern glare causing him to wince a bit, ”Ryuu we know it is incredibly tasty but you are forgetting that what you are eating is spirit food, it should not be rushed neither should it be eaten in great quantity, the thing you tasted was 'Flaming Citrus Lemonade', a very good for drink which cleans away impurities inside one's body gathered due to consuming many pills, but if you drink a lot of it will not only cause you ulceration in your stomach but also a very bad stomach ache.”
Ryuu just gave a weak chuckle, this place was indeed dangerous, and someone who had frequent history of visiting infirmary for over eating it was a very bad place.
Something was bothering him as such he could not help but as his teacher, ”2nd Mistress why there is such an arena in between the banquet hall.”
Nuwa simply glanced towards a direction as she spoke, ”Look over there Ryuu, what do you see?”
Ryuu looked at the as he spoke, ”From the looks of it seems as if,….ehhh some one is challenging another person, ahh so that what I was warned about.”, he nodded sagely about it, oh well him a small fry amongst all this strong cultivators as such he doubted anyone would challenge him as such he gave his undivided attention to a plethora of salads passing by, he was disappointed seeing most of them was beyond his level as such he was forced to let them go with heavy heart, but then he was able to get one, 'Phoenix egg salad', it was so yummy he could die happy now.
The sitting arrangement at Ryuu's table was such that Maheswara sat at the left most end of the table, from the side where all the delicacies were arriving, followed by Veena, then Antariskh, then Nuwa with Ryuu sitting on her right, while Celestia was at his right and Sylvana sat in between Celestia and Shamiran who was at the extreme end.
Celestia hid her smile behind a small fan as she watched with amused eyes at Ryuu she could easily guess at the end of the day they will have to carry an almost dying Ryuu from overeating.
A couple of fights went by as various cultivators were testing each other's mettle, which they the senior cultivators as well as the juniors paid attention to except for a glutton who was busy trying to eat while Nuwa was trying to stop him from overeating.
When all of a sudden a woman came and stood in between the arena drawing everyone's attention as she spoke her voice enhanced by KI, ”Greetings Senior, my fellow daoist brothers and my daoist sisters, my name is Dora, I am disciple of Senior Daoist Megara. I, 90 Year old, a mid Immortal level cultivator hereby wish to challenge disciple Ryuu, disciple of Daoist Maheswara.”