272 Return to the Soul Tower (2/2)

After the bath, he quickly changed into another set of red robes before he exited the house and headed towards the courtyards of Gu Bing'er and Yuan Bailong.

Gu Bing'er's house was the closest, and when he arrived, he found that she was living together with other members of the Gu family. All of these members were descendants of the elders or were, in some way, of great talent within the family, so when they saw Xue Wei, they quickly went to fetch Gu Bing'er. None of them dared to treat Xue Wei with the tiniest bit of arrogance.

In fact, all of them knew of the Sky Knight Pill he'd promised and even though they, personally, had all decided not to consume it, they all still felt greatly tempted to try it out.

They also knew that these pills would make their entire family change in a great way, so Xue Wei was considered their benefactor, and thus he was treated with great reverence, similarly as if he was their grandfather.

Gu Bing'er was not present when Xue Wei arrived, but he was not in a rush, so he waited for her to return. The other Gu family members who were present in the house had already sent someone out to fetch her so she could make his acquaintance as soon as possible.

At this point the other people in the house had brewed some tea for Xue Wei, and they were doing their best to be accommodating but unfortunately, no one knew what to speak about, and thus the room descended into an uncomfortable silence with the only sound coming from the teacup as Xue Wei lifted and sipped from it from time to time.

Xue Wei felt helpless. He knew these people were all looking at him with reverence, none of them daring to speak out of fear of angering him in some way, but Xue Wei really wasn't such a scary person.

Fortunately, he was saved when Gu Bing'er arrived. Her face was slightly red making her seem adorable and flustered.Clearly, she had rushed back to the house as fast as she could.

”What brings you to our humble abode?” she asked politely, her eyes shining with excitement as she saw Xue Wei waving his hand and a few jade bottles appearing, with the scent of medicines spreading through the room.

The hearts of all present started beating rapidly. This could only be the Sky Knight Pills they had been hearing about, however, was it not too soon to have produced these pills? They had only been told about them the day before.

Noticing the surprise in their eyes, Xue Wei explained, ”I had the herbs needed, so I made a few hundred pills for each family. Take these and bring them back to your elders, but be sure not to get robbed on the way.”

Having said this, Xue Wei got to his feet, bowed in thanks to his hosts for his tea, and swiftly made his way out of the courtyard, heading straight towards the one belonging to Yuan Bailong.

Here, the same scene played out. Yuan Bailong was not immediately present, and the ones who were quickly tried to please him while they impatiently prayed in their hearts that Yuan Bailong would arrive soon so that they did not have to be so scared for what Xue Wei might request of them.

It was not that these people had no idea to strengthen their relationship with him, they just feared that they might insult him instead, and considering he was already working with their families, they would be seen as traitors if they inadvertently messed up this transaction.

After delivering the pills to Yuan Bailong, Xue Wei also warned him about not allowing the pills to be stolen, and then he exited their courtyard and returned home.

”Tianyi, we are returning to the Soul Tower,” he said as he entered the room and found all three of his friends waiting inside.

”We are going to enter the ninth floor as soon as possible. I am currently able to enter the seventh floor, and we will use the golden dragon spirit to enter the eighth floor.”

”Sure,” Bai Tianyi nodded his head casually and stretched his body. Looking towards Lin Xiao and Hei Gou, he told them, ”if Gu Bing'er or Yuan Bailong comes looking for him, then tell them we will be back in a month at the latest. They should not encounter too many issues within a month anyway.”

Having said this, Xue Wei and Bai Tianyi walked through the academy heading for the Soul Tower. When they arrived at the academy, many were originally looking at them because it was rare to see that many two-eyed experts there, especially one so young, but now it was moreso because everyone knew of Bai Tianyi's achievement. He had reached the ninth floor!

Every major faction had wanted to reel him into their own group, but ever since he had exited the Soul Tower, he had been in their courtyard and thus they had no opportunity to speak with him. Now things were different though, and as soon as he was seen, many rushed back to tell their superiors.

Some even rushed to the Soul Tower to rouse the people who were in charge of their factions and associations as they were cultivating—no one willing to lag behind.

”You seem to have become a celebrity,” Xue Wei said with a smile on his face, causing Bai Tianyi to change his own expression into a grimace of disdain.

”I am no celebrity, I am just stronger than them, and they want to abuse me for their own personal benefits.”

Xue Wei shrugged his shoulders. The group had no interest in joining any of the factions, in fact, they were not interested in having anything to do with this continent's politics; they just wanted to move on, and to do so they had to solve the mystery. They did not want to have any ties to the continent when they left, as they would likely never return again.

”They are like a starving wolf seeing a juicy steak,” Xue Wei could not help but laugh as he saw how many people were rushing towards them from all corners of the roads, all of them having their many eyes locked on the face of Bai Tianyi. Their expressions were trying to appear aloof, but greed flashed across many of their eyes.