129 Xiao Mo (1/2)
Lin Huang was arranged to stay in a guest house that night. He found out the middle-aged Transcendent’s name was Lu Xuan. He was thinking of escaping but now since the room that he was staying was less than 500 meters away from Lu Xuan’s, he gave up on his plan. Even if he was to transform into Ghost Shadow and escaped underground, Lu Xuan would sense that his vibe disappeared as he transformed. It was impossible to escape from him.
Although Lu Xuan was friendly, he seemed to be aware that Lin Huang was attempting to escape. Not only was he not allowed to leave the area outside the house, he was not allowed to use the network and communication devices too. To make matters worst, he had no idea which foothold he was in.
After dinner, he went straight to bed. The next morning, Lu Xuan sent someone to the room that the both of them met on the first day when they arrived.
”Where is the training camp? How do we get there? Lin Huang asked. He wanted to get him to tell him their location so that he could factor it into his escape.
”There’s no rush, I’ll bring you there,” Lu Xuan said calmly while summoning a red door. It was a space treasure tool. In reality, space treasure tools like those were rare and were priced at more than 10 times a normal treasure tool of the same level. However, Lin Huang had gotten used to these treasure tool within the days he was there, he was not impressed by them anymore.
Lu Xuan performed hand seals and the red door opened. He then nodded to Lin Huang and said, ”Let’s go.”
They stepped into the door. A plaza was before them as they stepped through the door. Lin Huang looked around. To him, the place looked like a small foothold.
”Stop standing around, follow me,” Lu Xuan scolded as he kept away the red door and waved Lin Huang onwards.
Lin Huang followed him and they walked to the bottom of a gigantic tower in the middle of the ‘small foothold’.
They entered the gigantic tower and went all the way to the top in the elevator. There was a big room located at the top floor. At the huge meeting table, a man with a scar on his face placed both his feet on the table. He was puffing away at a cigar.
”Yo, you're free today?” the man said as he greeted Lu Xuan.
”Sending a kid here,” Lu Xuan replied and nodded.
The man looked at Lin Huang and smiled. ”Who is this?” he asked Lu Xuan.
”At Master Hong Zhuang’s recommendation, she wants to refer him to join the reserve recruits,” Lu Xuan said.
”He’s only a Bronze-level? What happens if he dies here?” the man asked.
”Master Hong Zhuang said you can do anything to him as long as you don’t kill him,” Lu Xuan said and laughed at the thought.
”Sigh…” the man shook his head. ”You should know that there are things that I can’t control. This kid is too weak. I can’t kill him and I’ll have to babysit him. I’m like his nanny now,” the man said nd slapped his forehead.
He was not happy with the arrangement.
”There was nothing we could do. It was the instructions from Master Hong Zhuang herself. If she comes back three months from now and this kid is gone, that would be bad for us,” Lu Xuan said. He was helpless too.
”Alright then, I’ll try my best,” the man replied.
”I will leave him to you, and you do your best. I’ll get going now,” Lu Xuan said and patted Lin Huang’s shoulder. He then summoned the red door and left.
Seeing him leave, the man sucked hard on his cigar and put down his feet. He placed his cigar aside and placed his hands on the desk. He then looked at Lin Huang and finally spoke.
”Listen, kid. I don’t care who is supporting you behind the scenes, there’s no special treatment here. Master Hong Zhuang said we have to keep you alive, but if you break the rules here, I have many ways to make you feel pain much worse than dying,” he threatened.
Lin Huang nodded expressionless. The man then looked away and made a call. ”There’s a kid here, bring him to the dorm,” he said to the person over the phone.
After he hung up the call, the man stared at Lin Huang again until a man in a black uniform took Lin Huang away. Following the man down the elevator, they headed north from the tower and walked into a courtyard behind a big metal door. After registration, they passed a large courtyard and entered into a building.
They arrived in a small room on the first floor and the man in uniform tossed two army green shirt at him.
”Change now,” he ordered.
He remained standing without an expression. He did not seem to be walking away.
Lin Huang did not bother to say anything. He removed his clothes to his underwear and put on the army green shirt. It was fitting but ugly.
He then kept his clothes into his space storage. The man in uniform then said, ”You can only wear this green uniform here. You’re not allowed to wear any other clothes. This is a rule among others and there will be no tolerating rule breakers.”