66 Fake Snake (2/2)
”Not bad, you have some very strong attacks,” Lan praised him. ”Your attacks are all superior, except for one of them which is Profound, if I am not mistaken?”
Xue Wei nodded his head but said nothing.
”Well, they are great, I guess you got them from the heritage ring on your finger. Tell me, who gave you this heritage ring?”
”My uncle. His name is Xiao Lei, and he is a Primordial Beast Hunter of the Kingdom of Heping. He is the kingdom's pride and joy!”
”I see,” Lan smiled, but his smile was not friendly as usual. Instead, it was rather cold and cynical. ”So it was Xiao Lei.”
”Do you know Uncle?” Xue Wei could not help but ask, and Lan started laughing. ”I know him,” he said with a mocking smile.
”I should have known you were related to him,” he said after a bit of contemplation.
”How would you describe my uncle?” Xue Wei could not help but ask breathlessly. He wanted to know much more about his uncle, but it was hard when he did not know where he was or what he had been doing the last half year.
”The Xiao Lei I know is a fake snake,” Lan said after thinking about how to say it.
”A fake snake?” Xue Wei frowned. The Xiao Lei he knew was someone he cared for deeply, someone whom he loved and someone who looked at him with tender and gentle eyes.
Even when he was trash, his uncle had never looked down on him. He had always been sincere, always done his best. How could such a person be considered a fake snake?
”You can't talk bad about my uncle!” Xue Wei defended Xiao Lei after thinking of this, and Lan looked at him with pity. ”Don't worry. You are a fake snake too. Fake snakes tend to flock together,” he said followed by laughter.
”Well, enough about that. Your ring is a treasure that I want to get my hands on, but I have no use for it. When one refines a Heritage Ring, one needs to use the blood of the person it is for. Only the person whose blood is imbued within the ring can use this heritage ring, so even if I got my hands on it, it would be useless for me.”
Xue Wei listened intently, but part of his mind was shaking from knowing that Lan referred to his uncle as a fake snake.
Was there something that he did not know about? Xue Wei did not know, but he was more determined than ever to realize what it was his uncle was hiding from him.
Still, a part of him was listening intently to Lan and his explanations. ”A Heritage Ring contains a large amount of skills and abilities that can be passed on. To get your hands on these things, you need a certain strength.”
”Let me have a look at your ring,” Lan requested, but Xue Wei hesitated. ”Well you can also give me your hand,” Lan joked. ”I do not mind observing it when it is on your hand, but then everyone will truly start to believe that you are interested in men.”
”It is all your fault!” Xue Wei sneered, but he felt much more calm about it and took the ring off and handed it to Lan.
Lan observed the ring for a long time before handing it back to Xue Wei. ”This is made of a beast bone,” he introduced. ”A bone of a Primordial Beast. In fact, not just any Primordial Beast – but a Ruthless Cinder Tiger. They control fire and are not easy to deal with; their bodies are massive and their strength and speed out of the ordinary. They are some of the most dangerous Primordial Beasts out there.”
”This ring has been made with your blood and such a bone. It is able to contain a whole lot of abilities and skills.”
”From what I can see, you should be able to unlock it once every time you advance a grade, so you already opened it once when you were an Ordinary Warrior, and next time you can open it will be when you are an Earth Warrior, which is soon.”
”Then you should be able to open it at Sky Warrior rank and Heavenly Warrior rank.”
”Of course, you can also open it when you reach the Knight and Saint ranks.”
”Knight and Saint ranks?” Xue Wei asked curiously, and Lan looked at him in an appalled way. ”Right, you are from this poor and uneducated country. I always forget that.”
”Enough with your trash talking of this place, just tell me about it,” Xue Wei said impatiently, and Lan laughed. ”You want to know? Too bad you are too weak for now. When you become an Earth Warrior, I will tell you the truth about it.”
”So you think I will become an Earth Warrior while you are here?” Xue Wei asked curiously, and Lan just shrugged his shoulders. ”Who knows.”
”Well, now I will help you,” Lan said with a smile. ”Your Shattering Mountain Palm, your Inner Might, and your Azure Light Finger are not bad, but you can increase the strength of all three.”
”Your Forbidden Rush is already pretty much completed as it is with your current ability. You will not be able to improve that one much, but you can improve the other three. Just leave it to me!”
Lan had a maddened expression in his eyes and a manic grin on his face.
Xue Wei shivered when he saw this, but he said nothing. He wanted to become stronger and stronger, and getting Lan's help would expedite that.
Xue Wei had never had a proper teacher before. He had been incapable of cultivating initially, and now that he could cultivate he had been left alone by his uncle.
To gain pointers from an expert who had transcended the limits of the kingdom he lived in was indeed a great opportunity. Although he found him annoying, mad, and saying things he disliked, Xue Wei still felt that he could learn a whole lot from this prophet.