256 Imperial Capital (1/2)

Seeing that their inn was already prepared upon arrival, Xue Wei understood that they had somehow been informed in advance, and he was curious as to how they had done so.

He had been walking next to Elder Sun the entire way, but he had not seen anything out of the ordinary, at least nothing to indicate that a message had been sent through a communication device or anything of the sort.

Sensing Xue Wei's curious glance, Elder Sun smiled. ”I sent them a mind transmission earlier,” he explained. ”Mind transmissions can be sent across ten thousand miles, but you need to have the mental brand of the person you try to contact.”

”That sounds quite practical,” Xue Wei said with shining eyes. If he had that, would it not be much easier to contact his friends if they had to work separately in the future?

”I will let you learn it when we return to the Garden of Shadows,” Elder Sun promised. ”It is not a difficult spell at all, more or less everyone knows it, and it is readily available at the first floor of the martial art halls.”

Xue Wei smiled and nodded his head. Hei Gou and the others also raised their eyebrows in surprise and wondered whether or not they'd be able to learn it as well.

It would be no difficulty for Bai Tianyi to learn it, as his aptitude for spiritual energy was second to none, but since Lin Xiao and Hei Gou did not really cultivate spiritual energy, would they still be able to learn it?

Sighing, they looked at their arms, where they had a communication bracelet. Even if they could not use the mental transmissions, they still had these toys to assist them.

It seemed that every continent was different. Their customs were different, the situation of the land was different, and also their methods were very different.

But considering that they had been split up for ten thousand years, it was not all too unexpected.

In the inn, five people were supposed to share a room, but since Xue Wei and his friends had tamed Da Jia, they were allowed a room to themselves. Although they were now students of the academy, they were still foreigners. It was better to let them have some space for themselves to gather their thoughts after having arrived in Yan Dalu for some time.

Xue Wei was aware that the reason that they were receiving such treatment was mostly because of their performance and the skills they had shown so far.

The reason for their treatment was largely due to the show of Lin Xiao taming Da Jia and Xue Wei's concoction of pills which allowed for them to break through to the Ordinary Knight rank. Without these two episodes, it would be impossible for them to be treated as well as they were now.

The four friends sat still in the room, one on each bed, and looked at one another. Their faces displayed relaxed smiles.

They knew they could speak of whatever they pleased. Da Jia was already tamed by Lin Xiao and was incapable of rebelling against him. His mind was not blank, but deep within was an ingrained slave contract that made it impossible for him to go against his tamer. Even if he later were to be handed over to another master, Lin Xiao would still hold the strongest authority over him.

”So we are in the Imperial Capital now.” Bai Tianyi sighed as he took his boots off and sat cross-legged on the bed.

”Yeah, we should arrive at the Garden of Shadows soon.” Xue Wei nodded his head.

”I feel that things are not as simple as they are making them seem,” Lin Xiao suddenly mentioned with a frown.

”Although we are foreigners and we have helped them, there is no real reason for them to be this courteous to us. It is as if they are expecting something from us.”

Xue Wei mused over the words for some time and shrugged his shoulders.

”They were quite pushy when they wanted us to join the academy, but they were also very fair, and joining the academy is without a doubt a benefit for us.”

”For now,” Hei Gou said with a low voice. Xue Wei just smiled. ”The oath means that we can withdraw at any time we feel that we are being unjustly treated. It is not a bad idea.”

”I don't understand them though,” Bai Tianyi added. ”The students are okay. They were arrogant and opposed to us at the start, but we subdued them by showing them our power. But Elder Sun, who is supposed to be a noble figure, was so elated to see us. There is likely to be some hidden agenda.”

”Hmm.” Xue Wei considered what his friends said. ”I don't know,” he admitted. ”There could be many reasons behind his behavior, but we lose nothing from keeping our guard up.”

Bai Tianyi, Lin Xiao and Hei Gou heaved a heavy sigh of relief when they heard Xue Wei agree.

Although Xue Wei usually was quite vigilant, he seemed to trust these multi-eyed experts from Yan Dalu a little too easily, and it had caused the other three to be worried.

Now that he had said what they wanted to hear, they felt much better. There was truly no harm in being cautious and they were not willing to risk anything just when they had escaped Chang'an.

”When we reach the school, we have to decide whether or not we wish to be low-key or if we wish to cause a ruckus,” Xue Wei suddenly said with a smile on his face, stunning the other three.

”Well, we have never been good at being low-key,” Hei Gou said while scratching his head embarrassedly. He remembered all the people who had chased them from one end of Chang'an to the other in an attempt to catch them, and how they ended up killing them all along the way.

Now they had finally found some peace and quiet, but it was too good to be true. It was likely that these people wanted something from them.

”You are right. It is not in our nature to be silent,” Xue Wei snickered. ”So I suggest we cause a great change to the continent.”

”A great change to the continent?” Lin Xiao's eyes widened in surprise when he heard this. He was unable to comprehend what Xue Wei wanted to accomplish with this.

Bai Tianyi was also slightly startled. ”Why would we bother with this continent? It is just a stop on our way towards the Demon Phoenix Continent.”