10 Frustration (1/2)
”Okay I'll get a King's realm cultivator to immediately go rescue him. Do you have a picture of him?” Director Ji San asks.
”We don't,” Xintongs murmurs thinking of a way to get him a picture. ”Oh wait! He looks a lot like, Martial Dao, Pill Dao genius, unrivaled within 300 mile of Ziyou city Xing Jun!” She basically shouted that once she remembered his appearance.
”Hahaha okay. Since we know what he looks like now you guys can go home and rest. Wait for the good news tomorrow,” Ji San assures.
”Mr. Te here will take care of hiring of the King's realm expert. You can leave the flower here too and I will deliver it to your buyer.” Ji San said respectfully.
”Let me come with you,” Xintong said. ”I can help refine pills and other things.”
”Miss Xintong, its not that we don't want you to come but you hired them to rescue someone and if you go with them and you are in danger. Do you want them to continue rescue your friend or save you. As harsh as this might sound it is better if you go home and relax. Trust us to bring your friend back safely if he is still alive.”
”Xintong he's right. With our current cultivation we won't even be of help and might just get in the way,” Mei persuades.
”Xintong just let them do their work. We already paid and Director Ji San's company is reputable. If Xing Lin is even remotely alive they will rescue them.” Ziyu comforts.
”Alright, then,” Xintong said reluctantly. ”I'll wait for the good news.”
”Trust us as long as he is alive we will definitely rescue him,” Ji San assures.
”Thank you,” they said together and left.
When the group was a safe distance away Mao Te turns around to Ji San. ”Are we really gonna go rescue that brat?”
”No,” Ji San chuckles. ”Its been 2 to 3 hours what are the chances that he could survive with a nascent realm cultivation. Even Master Realm cultivators can't last 30 minutes against them never mind a measly Nascent realm cultivator.”
”So make it seem like we did the work?” Mao Te asks.
”Yes,” Ji San smiles greedily.
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When Xintong and her gang were out of reach from Ji San's company she asks Ziyu, ”will Ji San really sent a group to help Xing Lin?”
Looking uneasy Ziyu replies, ”I am not sure. But I will go to Fennik Forest and see what I can do but first I have to get rid of any scent of the flower.”
”Brother Ziyu let me come with you. It was my fault that this happen,” Hui said.
”You are still too weak at the moment. If you want to help. Track that Mao Te guy's movement. This was basically a suicide mission to begin with and I believe Director Ji San never had the intention of helping me us. Our employer only paid for Mao Te to guide us. If not for Xing Lin we would probable died in our attempt. Still find it weird that he risked his life for strangers.”
”At the end of the day we are alive because of him. Even if my brother is a f*ck up,” Mei said viciously.
”It was those dam beans!” Hui replied.
”Who told you to eat beans on a mission!” Mei quips back.
”I'll go help Ziyu look,” San Ti said after being quiet for a while.
Ziyu nods his head and left immediately with San Ti.
Mei turns around to Xintong, ”lets go cultivate as we wait. Next month the entrance exams for Ziren College will start. If you want to achieve your dreams then the best chance you got is to enter it.”
”For you guys its you will definitely enter but with my cultivation level it is not very likely to be accepted.”
”Come on don't be so down. You are a pill genius! Who can compare with you in pills! They test more than just Martial might and you know it. Aside from that Xing Jun guy no one in this city under 20 is better than you!”
Feeling awkward Hui said, ”I'll go monitor then. See ya!”
Xintong still feeling worried left with Mei to go cultivate.
... Back to present time
While getting his hair dyed Jun heard a bunch of gossips in the salon. This was a upper rank salon that only the rich can have access too. Usually Jun would never appear in this type of salon that was meant for the wives, and girls from the rich family but with his hair suddenly turning white he had no choice but to do so.
”Katie I heard from my husband that he will be visiting Royal Auction today for the King Star Flower,” an older woman said.
”I heard from my husband too that it was put up and spread about for an last night.” Katie responded like it was fact.
”I am very surprise that it even appeared in the auction. If I remember correctly didn't Joe Rong put up a reward of 7000 spirit stones for anyone that can complete the mission? I still don't understand why he would put up 7000 as reward when the base price for that plant is 4000 spirit stones.”
”Amy thats base price! You don't know anything. Due to the rarity of it this flower can even go up to 20,000 if someone is desperate enough. If you can get it for less than 10,000 it would already be a blessing.”
”Still I heard a group call WL actually took the mission. Did they succeed? If so why is it on the market?”
”From my sources I heard that they did succeed. So dumb! If I had the ability to succeed in that mission I would just auction it off myself.”
”Girl if you could successfully complete those type of missions you wouldn't be here chatting with me.”
”Hahaha true. But I heard a even more interesting rumor through.”
”Oh?” Amy said. ”What is it?”
Even Jun's ears pricked up after hearing that.
”I heard that the WL group voluntarily gave up the flower in exchange with Ji San to save someone.”
”How noble of them,” Amy chuckles.
”More like dumb,” Katie said rolling her eyes. ”From the rumors it seem like the kid was only in the nascent realm being chased by a army of those disgusting bat bees and that 2 hours passed by before the group reached Ji San.”
Amy nods her head, ”yeah. With those bats teeth and claw strength combine with their speed its impossible for a nascent realm to survive.”
Hearing this Jun felt bittersweet. On one hand he felt warm from the care Xintong and her group did for him. On the other hand bitter than he gave up his cultivation and aside from saving their lives they won't gain anything out of it.
”Miss how much longer?” Jun asks.
”Oh it should be fine now. Lets go wash your hair. Please follow me,” a beautiful blond hair, brown eye girl said.
Jun lied down onto the sofa like bed with his head in the sink. A warm breeze of water descended onto his head. She then applied the some and continued to wash his hair.
”Aahhhh,” she shrieks. ”Your, your hair.” She stammers.
”Whats wrong?” Jun asks.
”Its still white.”
”I'll go get my manager,” she said quickly a bit agitated because Jun has been there for 20 minutes now and she has applied the dyes and coloring but still nothing. The dye didn't seems to stick at all to his hair.
A middle age Asia woman came down a couple seconds later.