Chapter 477 - Favor (2/2)
”Are you and sister Xing staying in the city for the night, brother Huang?” Alex asked.
”Yes. The Beast horde will be attacking any day now, so we will have to stay here just to be safe,” Xiao Huang said.
”I see. That's not a bad idea,” Alex said. ”Are you staying somewhere nearby?”
”Uhh… we were thinking of getting a lodging outside the sect,” Xiao Huang said.
”Nonsense, we have so many rooms. Just stay with us,” Alex said. ”Sister Xing can stay here, and you will stay with me, brother Huang.”
”Haha, if you invite me like that, then I can't refuse, little brother,” Xiao Huang said.
The four of them continued talking for a while. Alex was also consumed by the conversations and forgot about the passage of time.
Suddenly he remembered something. ”Oh no!” he shouted.
”What? What's wrong?” Luo Mei asked.
”Uhh,” Alex made a wry smile and said, ”Nothing. Everything is fine. I just forgot something. I will take my leave for now.”
”Little brother, what about your favor? What did you want to ask me?” Luo Xing said.
”Uh… I don't know if I can ask that out here,” Alex said. ”Can you come into this room real quick?”
”Is it something we can't hear?” Luo Mei asked.
”I can't be the judge of that,” Alex said. ”I will tell sister Xing, and if she deems it okay to share, I will share.”
”Very well, go on in then,” Luo Mei said and the two of them entered the room.
”What is it, little brother? What do you need help on?” Luo Xing asked.
Alex sent out his spiritual sense to make sure no one was listening, especially Xiao Huang. At the same time, he took out a talisman and handed it to Luo Xing.
Luo Xing took the talisman and read what was inside. She saw a formation blueprint inside that didn't depict many things that a normal formation blueprint should.
Instead, it only had the rough drawing of the formation.
”What's this?” Luo Xing asked with confusion.
”It's something I need help on, sister,” Alex said. ”I didn't know who to ask. Fortunately, you came here.”
”What's this formation? Where did you get this? I've never seen one like this before. I can't even tell what base formations make up this formation,” Luo Xing said.
”Also, there are so many strokes. This almost looks like a Saint formation too,” she said.
”I know, sister. This is a formation I got from a man I… from the clone of a man I killed. He had this formation carved onto the ground, and he was making use of it.”
”You told me formations without metal were possible… can you tell me how I can get that one to work?” Alex asked.
Luo Xing looked at the formation and contemplated. ”Did he really not use any metal?” she asked.
”No,” Alex said. ”In fact… he didn't even use any Qi to start it.”
”Huh? How is that possible?” Luo Xing asked.
”Also, he used this as a power source instead of a regular spirit stone,” Alex said as he brought out a Yang jade.
”What's this?” Luo Xing asked.
”It's jade with yang energy in it. You can find a few from time to time behind our sect,” Alex said. ”He was making use of it to use that formation to strengthen himself. Can you figure out how?”
”I… I don't know. I will have to ask brother Huang,” Luo Xing said.
”Is that alright? I thought that bringing up information about the metalless formation was against the sect rules of yours,” Alex said.
”I can explain to him that you brought it up first,” Luo Xing said. ”Either that or I can be truthful. That should work too. Don't worry, he's my senior brother. Besides, this formation could be the key to figuring out how those things work.”
”Well, if you are confident about it, then sure,” Alex said. He handed her the yang jade and left it all up to her.
”I will have to go now. I made a promise to someone and I'm already late,” Alex said.
He walked out of the room and saw the curious faces of Luo Mei and Xiao Huang. He chuckled and said, ”if you want to learn more about what it is, ask her.”
He then tossed his badge to Xiao Huang and said, ”you can use this badge to enter my house. Just take any room you like and make yourself home in there. I will see you guys later.”
Alex said his goodbyes and walked out of the house. He checked the house next over and quickly ran up to his master's manor.
”Brother Yuhan, I'm sorry I was late,” he said as he walked into the training room while apologizing for his tardiness, but when he went inside, there was nobody.