Chapter 495 - Time, Preparation, And Languages (2/2)
Alex heard a roar from someplace close and suddenly, a black jaguar appeared in front of him. Except, this one wasn't the jaguar he had seen before.
The hairs on this jaguar looked slicker and the body was way smaller and lean in general.
”Look after this human while I test the child,” the puma said.
ROAR
”Speak in the human tongue,” the puma said. ”You will be taking care of a human after all.”
”Oh, right,” the jaguar named Yao Jia said. ”What's your name human?” Yao Jia asked.
”Uh… it's Yu Ming,” Alex said.
”Yu Ming huh? Is that a good name for a human? I heard you came here yesterday. Is it true that you—”
”Yao Jia!” the puma said sternly.
”Ah, sorry. I spoke out of place,” she said. ”Come on, let's go. I will show you the entire place.”
”Huh? Wait I won't get to stay with Pearl?” Alex asked.
”No, only the candidate gets to enter, no one else,” the puma said. ”Just go away. I will call you when we are done.”
The puma entered the room and closed the door behind him, leaving Alex without even a chance to respond. ”What the hell? I feel like I have no say in any of this,” Alex said.
”Hehe, no you don't. If you want to be heard around here, you either need to be strong or know someone who is strong. Come, let me show you around,” Yao Jia said.
Alex wanted to say something, but he stopped. She was right. He was in the world of beasts right now and would have to work by their laws if he wanted anything for himself.
He sighed at his weakness and promised himself that he would grow strong very soon.
The jaguar named Yao Jia took him around the palace, telling him what was what. She took him to the King's hall, then to a training room, and then to the dining hall.
”What about the library? I heard there was one,” Alex said.
”Yeah, that's where lady Ren and father are right now. They are probably looking for something there, so we cannot disturb them. Besides, I don't think you're allowed there. There is information in that room that your small brain cannot comprehend yet. Even I am not allowed in there,” Yao Jia said.
”Tsk, and here I was looking forward to it,” Alex said. ”By the way, I can understand how saint beasts can talk, but how can you?”
”Why would I not be able to talk? It's just a language that one has to learn. I now just need to learn how to speak the other one,” Yao Jia said.
”The other one? The mortal ones and the cultivator ones speak the same language you know?” Alex asked.
”Haha, no silly. Mortal language changes too quickly. There is no point in learning them. I'm talking about the two different cultivator languages. Have you not read any books or what?” Yao Jia asked.
Alex's eyes went wide as a thought entered his mind. ”You mean the language of normal cultivators and the so-called immortals?” Alex asked.
”Uhh… no?” Yao Jia said, unsure of her own answer, as she cocked her head in slight confusion as to what Alex was asking. ”Everyone speaks in one of the two languages, be it normal beasts or immortal ones,” she said. ”It's just different based on the place.”
”So that writing that is on the gravestones, that's one of it, right?” Alex asked.
”Yes,” Yao Jia said.
Alex then took out some random books from his storage bags and showed them to her. ”And this one is the other one?” he asked.
”Yes! Yes! So you do know,” she said. ”Why did you act so stupid?”
”I was just unsure,” Alex said. ”So, it's possible that the other continents speak in another language?”
Even as Alex asked that he knew the answer was no. If the language was different, the information would be up on the internet by now.
”You don't have to answer that,” he said.
”You sure? okay then,” Yao Jia said.. ”Come, let me show you the garden.”