Chapter 317: Auction Gossip (1/2)
While Xue Wei and Luoluo were chatting Lin Xiao made his way down the stairs towards the living room.
The courtyard was built in such a way that the shared rooms were on the ground floor while all the bedrooms were on the first floor.
When Luoluo and Xue Wei heard the steps on the staircase, they both stopped talking and looked over curiously.
When they saw that it was Lin Xiao, smiles erupted on their lips. Luoluo jumped to her feet and ran towards him. But where she previously would have thrown herself into his embrace, she now stopped in front of him, her hands clasped between her back and her eyes twinkling as she looked up at him with a brilliant smile.
”You worked hard, hubby!” she said with a sweet smile on her face, her words making Lin Xiao's face turn black like the bottom of a pot.
Although he did like Luoluo and thought she was cute, he was in no way into children! To be called hubby by such a child, he felt very wronged especially when he saw that Xue Wei just chuckled but said nothing about it.
Xue Wei was simply spoiling that brat way beyond recognition!
”How did it go?” Before Lin Xiao exploded in discomfort, Xue Wei shifted the topic. He was also very curious as to what results the two-colored pill had brought Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao also quickly forgot about the injustice he had suffered, and a pleasant expression appeared on his face. ”Not bad,” he answered truthfully.
”I was very worried that it would boost my spiritual energy levels,” he began. ”I had attempted to try training spiritual energy before, but I have almost no talent for it, I never got further than to the Sky Warrior rank, and even that was an arduous journey.
”When I took the pill, I feared it would raise my spiritual energy, but luckily, it enhanced my Qi. I am currently at the peak of the third layer of the Heavenly Knight rank,” he said proudly.
Xue Wei clicked his tongue in amazement. Lin Xiao had raised two, almost three, layers from this one pill, that was terrific results!
”What about you?” Lin Xiao asked as he looked at Xue Wei, but no matter how he looked at it, Xue Wei seemed to be the same rank as before.
”I got my body strengthened,” Xue Wei did not attempt to hide his physical advancement. Although it had not directly raised his rank, it was another thing for his strength, and his future prospects were much better than before due to the pill he had consumed.
Lin Xiao was surprised, and then he frowned. ”I am not sure if that is a benefit or a problem,” he said honestly. ”It has not done anything for our immediate need for higher rank, but on the other hand it has increased your chances of breaking through the Saint rank later on in life.”
Xue Wei nodded his head; he too did not know if it was a blessing or a curse to have received the physical enhancement.
Not long after Hei Gou emerged, and his face was also filled with smiles as he proudly showed his strength, which had broken through to the first layer of the Heavenly Knight rank.
The last one to emerge was Bai Tianyi, and even he looked pleased as he stepped into the living room, a smug smile was on his child-like face.
”I too broke through to the Heavenly Knight rank,” he said plainly, filled with excitement. Currently amongst them all, the weakest, rank wise, was Xue Wei.
Although he was weaker than them in rank, none of them wanted to spar against him; they feared that he would bash them up so badly for having overtaken him that they would lose all face.
All of them were very well aware that the reason they were able to advance as fast as they did was entirely due to Xue Wei.
In fact, the reason they could live freely was due to him.
It was not only Luoluo who had been saved by Xue Wei. Without him, Hei Gou would have been caught by his family and killed, Bai Tianyi would have been sealed in the misty village within the Vermilion Forest, Lin Xiao would have been captured and forced to tame beast after beast, and Luoluo, her fate would have been to slowly be sucked dry by the people she had helped initially.
Of course, it was not only them who had been saved. Xue Wei could not even begin to imagine where he would be, had he not encountered his companions along the way of his journey.
He had saved them, but they had also saved him. Not just his life, but also allowed him to keep his rationality.
Without them, he was likely to have succumbed to his inner demons. To suddenly realize that he was a beast, and not just any beast but a Sovereign Beast.
To lose the one he loved the most because of this could break anyone, but because he had his friends, his brothers, by his side, he had managed to get past it. He was even capable of seeing things in another light and believed that one day they could end up together even with the hatred between their races.
All of this was possible because of the support he was getting from his friends, and he would never belittle them. In fact, Xue Wei was more than willing to give his life to ensure that these friends whom he considered family members would be able to live a life of happiness.
Alas, he was aware that to ensure their happiness, he could not just go and die. To be sure that their lives were filled with joy they needed strength, and he was willing to fight everyone for the sake of gaining the strength to stand tall, increasing the strength to fight for joy and pleasant life.
Soon it was time for the friends to depart their residence as they headed towards the Thousand Treasures Pavilion's main gates where they would enter to attend the auction.