15 Diviners (1/2)

While Li Jian was talking with his father Li Fang, Xue Wei was training. He was ecstatic that he had managed to reach the fifth layer of the Ordinary Warrior rank and did not need to fear Li Jian any longer.

Even if Xue Wei had heard what Li Fang said, he would still not fear Li Jian. Li Fang had made it clear that he would not act, and as long as he was not involved, Xue Wei had the means to protect himself.

Although Xue Wei could dodge Li Jian's attacks with Forbidden Rush, he was also aware that a Heavenly Warrior's attacks were far beyond what he could deal with. In fact, he was quite certain that even an Earth Warrior could easily defeat him.

Although there was only one layer between the ninth layer of the Ordinary Warrior rank and the first layer of the Earth Warrior rank, there was an immense difference when it came to it.

The gulf between the Ordinary and Earth Warriors was large; and the further up one climbed in the ranks of cultivation, the harder it was to progress and the more energy it needed.

Because of this, the difficulty rose sharply. Xue Wei was very well aware of this, and he even knew that although it would, in theory, take Li Jian between half a year and a year to reach the Earth Warrior rank, there were plenty of ways to improve, one being the consumption of low purity medicinal pills.

Although this would be a very desperate action, it was something Xue Wei took into consideration. Right now, Li Jian's Sonic Palm was not a mortal threat to Xue Wei, but if he reached the Earth Warrior rank, he would be able to command at least seven percent of the ability's strength.

With that upgrade, and considering that the Sonic Palm specialized in speed, Xue Wei knew that he had met a fierce opponent. His only hope was that Li Fang would never allow his son to consume low-ranked medicinal pills.

Xue Wei lived a simple life. His every waking hour was spent cultivating his abilities or his Qi, and he would not waste any time sleeping. Ever since he had become an Ordinary Warrior, every moment was squeezed for time, and he would even sit on his bed at night, cultivating as his rest time and not allowing himself even one moment of rest.

A couple of weeks went by like this, with Xue Wei continuously training Forbidden Rush, Shattering Mountain Palm, and Azure Light Finger. Every once in a while, he was also seated in the bathtub filled with the concoction of plant extracts.

That lasted until the day Shen Mu paid him a visit again. His eyes shone with excitement, and his face had a great smile plastered on his lips.

Manager Su let him in right away. Although Manager Su did not want anyone to interrupt Xue Wei, he also understood that this person was the next City Lord, and assumingly Xue Wei's only friend.

Manager Su noticed that Shen Mu had brought with him a whole group of youngsters from the noble families within Tiankong City, but he did not allow even one of them to enter the premises.

Shen Mu and the others did not mind. They were all fully aware of how they had treated Xue Wei in the past. Although this group had never bullied him due to their relationship with Shen Mu, they had never been friendly towards him either.

Shen Mu rushed to Xue Wei who was currently in the training field. The eagerness with which he moved was evident. Xue Wei soon noticed him, stopped what he was doing, and turned around.

Xue Wei was drenched in sweat from constantly moving and using combinations of the Forbidden Rush, Shattering Mountain Palm, and Azure Light Finger. He had used all his Qi time and time again, only to restore it, and he found that every time he was empty of Qi, his restoration went much faster than when he had a bit left behind.

”Wei, listen to this!” Shen Mu exclaimed the moment he saw Xue Wei move towards a towel and some water that a maid had left for him by a bench. ”There are Diviners in town!”

Xue Wei, who had not been too interested in whatever it was Shen Mu had to say, suddenly widened his eyes in surprise. Had it been before, he would have told Shen Mu to leave soon because he was training, but now that he knew it was about Diviners, he was eager to see them too.

”Real Diviners?” Xue Wei could not help but ask a little doubtfully, but Shen Mu nodded his head seriously. ”They are here, and they brought some Fierce Beasts that they have tamed! They are going to be auctioned off this afternoon; the Tiankong Auction house has promised to let them use their auction hall without any form for a commission fee.”

Xue Wei was stunned but also excited. ”We should go see them!” he exclaimed excitedly. ”Wait a moment, I will quickly wash myself.”

Shen Mu nodded his head. It was early in the morning, so they still had some hours before the auction started. Rinsing off the sweat would not take long and thus waiting was no problem.

”I have to tell you though, quite a few of my friends have followed me. I don't know if they came to see you who is no longer trash, or if they came to see the Diviners, or both,” Shen Mu said honestly, ”but since their old men follow Dad unconditionally, I really ought to treat them with respect, and when so many of them requested to come with me, I could not say no.”

Xue Wei was taken aback, but he quickly shrugged his shoulders. He did not care about them as they had never bullied him, but he never liked them either. As long as they did not cause problems for him, he would just choose to ignore them.

After rinsing himself free of sweat and changing into a clean set of clothes, he grasped his purse filled with coins before walking out of the mansion gate together with Shen Mu. In front of him was a full twenty-four people standing and looking at him curiously.