15 Settling in (2/2)
Lou Chang was in charge of all the arrangements in Stellar mountain and Lou Chingham was one of the elders of Stellar mountain. A yellow robed female inner disciple came forward and poured the tea while staring at Hartley, smiling he received the tea and gave his thanks..thinking (a week ago I was drinking out of a pond now I”m being served tea, how times have changed) the female inner disciple retreated from the room and closed the door.
Lou Chang looked at Hartley and asked
”do you want to become a core disciple on my stellar mountain.”
Hartley replied humbly ”yes” but thinking to himself didn't you guys recruit me?
After a while Lou Chang asked another question
”even after all you have gone through?”
Hartley was visibly taken aback by the comment and again replied ”yes”
Lou Chang suddenly clapped his hands and said ”then so it shall be, I will make you a provisional core disciple of my Stellar mountain, only the Patriarch can fully enroll you but he is in closed door practice right now and no one knows when he will be out”
Lou Chang give Hartley a token so he can get his robes, a spirit weapon, some dans and a martial scripture and welcomed him, before Hartley left Lou Chang had one more question.
”what layer of the xiantian realm are you right now”
Lou Chang could tell that Hartley was a xiantian expert but could not tell what layer because Hartley had no elemental affinity. Hartley himself had no clue, so he just guessed and blurted out ”first” Lou Chang didn't answer and just shook his head in contemplation.
After they left the building Lou Chingham carried Hartley up the mountain towards a house about halfway up, it was very spacious and had a big courtyard with private training facilities and a spring off in the distance it was quiet and secluded with sounds of birds chirping every now and then, it was far cry from the cabin he had just left, but there was something missing, it didn't feel like home.
Hartley took the keys cupped his fist and asked Lou chingham about the layers in xiantian realm..
Hartley was informed that the xiantian realm had 9 layers and every layer one attained was more powerful than the layer before it. After the 9th layer of the xiantian realm then one would strive to enter the Saint realm which itself had 9 layers, after that was the God realm then the High God realm and after that no one was sure..
Lou Chingham taught Hartley how to recognize what layer xiantian someone was by sensing the residual aura that left there bodies based on the element that one was affiliated to.
It was a simple trick and soon Hartley had the hang of it and could now clearly see that Lou Chingham was a 4th layer xiantian, Hartley himself was a 2nd layer xiantian on the verge of entering the 3rd layer, but others couldn't recognize it because he had no residual elemental energy leaking.
Lou Chingham left and Hartley got settled in, he was under no delusion how he felt, he still had no feelings of camaraderie for the Lou clan this was just a shameless means to an end....