228 Destroyed his Pride (2/2)
”I am an Earth Knight, sixth layer,” the Diviner answered proudly. ”Not bad,” Xue Wei said and nodded his head. Bai Tianyi had given his consent to travel with them, but Xue Wei was still on the fence considering that Hei Gou was a Primordial Beast. If this Diviner changed his mind, he could cause some serious damage to their group.
The Diviner seemed to understand that there was something wrong, so he pondered for some time.
”Let me take a heavenly oath!” he said with a grin, ”Everyone knows that it is impossible to escape the Void unless the soul has transcended the laws of this world.”
Xue Wei was surprised. ”The Void?” he asked curiously. ”Is a heavenly oath not something that is made to the heavens, where the heavens will strike you down should you break it?”
The Diviner and Bai Tianyi both looked at him as if he was an idiot, but then the latter remembered that he was very young and not from the center of the continent.
”No,” Bai Tianyi decided to explain. ”A Heavenly Oath appears to be made to the heavens, but above the heavens, between the worlds, is the void. The Void is a place where everything will be ripped to shreds. No one, apart from those who have managed to break out of the laws of this world, can escape if they end up in the Void.”
”When one makes a heavenly oath, it goes one step above the heavens and the Void will know of it. If you break a Heavenly oath, the Void will enter your body and shred you to pieces.”
”The Void,” Xue Wei was shocked by what he heard, but he also knew it was not a joke. ”So that is the reason why no one has left the world?” he asked curiously. Bai Tianyi nodded his head. ”Only the Four Divine Beasts managed to break free from the laws of the world and leave. The rest of us has never had that ability.”
Bai Tianyi suddenly thought about something and then looked at Xue Wei with an odd look in his eyes. ”You might be able to escape the Void,” he said hesitatingly but then shut his mouth when he saw how the Diviner looked at him with curious eyes.
Xue Wei did not need Bai Tianyi to tell him what he meant. Since his existence itself defied the rules of this world, as a mixed breed, he might have already broken free from the law of the world, but he was not willing to bet on it.
”Okay, if you make a heavenly oath, we'll travel with you,” Xue Wei said with a sigh. He did not really trust this man, but it was indeed true that they would have an easier time fooling their pursuers as a four-man group.
The Diviner swore that he would never betray them—that as long they were faithful to him, he would be their friend and do them justice.
Once the oath was made, he looked at them and introduced himself. ”I am Lin Xiao. I am sorry for the late introduction,” he said with a grin and looked at the other three, waiting with far too much enthusiasm.
”I am Hei Gou.”
”Bai Tianyi.”
”Xue Wei.”
”Oh! We are now traveling partners! Let's be good friends and rely on one another in the future! Well then, since we are heading for Tiansong Empire, the fastest way is to go through Heavenward City.”
”Heavenward City? There are a lot of cities like those,” Xue Wei muttered. ”We passed through Skyward City earlier, and even Cloudsoar City. What is up with these boastful names?”
Lin Xiao just snickered and shook his head. ”They compete with one another; the more they can boast, the prouder they are. They can't very well fight one another, so the only option they have is to take a moral high ground.”
Xue Wei was not too interested in the reason behind them having such boastful names, so he just nodded to acknowledge what Lin Xiao had said. Lin Xiao pulled something out of his storage ring.
”Well, let us get moving, you three. I have these facemasks, each of you takes one. They are the best quality masks on the market.”
”Actually, one of them is for a female, and I suggest that Xue Wei uses it. We can't really do anything about the size of that kid, even if he can pretend to be an adult from time to time. Changing his body will require quite some energy in the long run, so for us to pretend to be a family instead will be a good idea.”
”Why do I have to be the woman?” Xue Wei complained, but both Hei Gou and Lin Xiao looked at him as if he was silly. ”Obviously because you are the shortest of us,” they said at the same time.
”Don't worry, I have some dresses that are not too revealing. You can easily pretend to be a woman,” Lin Xiao continued, making Bai Tianyi and Hei Gou look at him with an odd expression on their faces. Why did he happen to have dresses? What exactly was his hobby?
Sensing the odd atmosphere, Lin Xiao did not explain himself and gave a chuckle before tossing the masks to them. Xue Wei was not happy. He was a man through and through, but now he had to pretend to be a woman just to hide their identities?
”We can always just leave the continent without going to visit Lan,” Bai Tianyi said casually on purpose. He knew that Xue Wei truly needed to meet Lan to get answers, but in the end this was quite the situation. Sighing, he stripped off his red clothes and put on a green dress provided by Lin Xiao. His shoulders were rather broad for a woman; his figure was not feminine at all; and his chest was as flat as a board.
After taking a look at his new appearance, Hei Gou and Bai Tianyi started laughing so hard they could not stop trembling. Even Lin Xiao gave a giggle from the side. Xue Wei felt that all his pride had been destroyed.