Chapter 8 – Purple-Clothed Maiden (1/2)
Chapter 8 – Purple-Clothed Maiden
“Young master can now learn a couple of techniques, since young master has already mastered the art of manipulating Yuan Li. However, if young master wants to quickly master these techniques, it is best to only pick two or three of them instead of many. After all, I can only teach you general techniques while the sect can offer you many more.” Guan Lao Da suggested.
“Alright. Besides an attack technique, the remaining two techniques should be intended for protecting my life. How about Yuan Fortress and Lighten?” Liu Ming had obviously considered this before and answered without any hesitation.
TL: These techniques have many names – Yuan Fortress, Yuan Block etc.
“Sure. You do not need to choose for the attack technique as Practitioner Weapons usually have the same method of attacking. All you need to do is just concentrate the Yuan Li within you and then have the Practitioner Weapon release it. Take my glove Practitioner Weapon for example, the attack that it emits is a Yuan Li blob. Gu Lao San’s Practitioner Weapon, which is a short sword, concentrates Yuan Li into a light blade. As for young master’s Tiger’s Bite Bracelet, I have not personally witnessed it in action. However, the power is definitely not low. I will teach you the methods later and you can slowly dissect them. If you have anything that you do not understand, the two of us will be here for you.” Guan Lao Da explained.
“When you fight with someone, no matter what technique you use with your Practitioner Weapon—you must record the number of times that you use a technique. We Practitioners cannot compare to Apostles as we have a very limited amount of Yuan Li within our bodies. Every time we use our Practitioner Weapons, a huge cost is extracted on our bodies. Especially for young master who is a Beginning Practitioner. I am afraid that you can only use your Practitioner Weapon three or four times before you will run out of Yuan Li. A Practitioner without Yuan Li is only slightly stronger than a normal person. Young master must remember that.” Gu Lao San reminded by the side.
“If it is like that, we Practitioners don’t need a second Practitioner Weapon. So strength is not determined by the number of Practitioner Weapons one has.” Liu Ming was somewhat surprised.
“Normally it is like that. After all, Beginner and Middle Tier Practitioners have very limited amounts of Yuan Li. They wouldn’t have much use for more Practitioner Weapons. However, for High Tier Practitioners it is different. They have a lot more Yuan Li and with more Practitioner Weapons, they have more options. Which in turn leads to them being able to respond to attacks or attack in manner appropriate for the situation. However, no matter how many Practitioner Weapons one has, one can only use one at a time. I have heard that the Spirit Apostles and Spirit Masters have some kind of method that lets them use more than one Practitioner Weapon at a time, but the details aren’t very clear to Practitioners like me and Gu Lao San.” Guan Lao Da said seriously.
“Thanks for the advice, I finally understand it a bit more. I will be more careful about these things next time.” Liu Ming said seriously as he cupped his hands.
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Two months later, on the winding path of a very dark and daunting mountain, Liu Ming’s group was slowly climbing—bit by bit.
This mountain path was abnormally dangerous with bottomless cliffs and precipices on two sides. The path was also very narrow, and only one person could pass at a time. Furthermore, the rock steps of stairs were covered with green moss due to no one walking on it for years which made the path even more slippery.
If the three were not Practitioners, who were much more agile than normal people, they would have fallen down the cliffs by the side long ago.
Even like this, Guan Lao Da and Gu Lao San walked with utmost caution while sweat poured down their backs.
However, the young man between the two stayed calm, as if he couldn’t see the dangers in front of him.
While being surprised by the youth’s lack of response, Guan Lao Da and Gu Lao San began to respect his courage.
To Liu Ming, the danger in climbing this mountain was nothing compared to the dangers he experienced on Savage Island.
After climbing for four hours, the three of them finally reached the top of the huge mountain.
All three were dumbstruck after they had looked around.
The top of the mountain was a huge field, quite a few acres large, but not even the shadow of a single human could be found.
“Guan Da, this is right place, the place the sect designated for us to come to, right?” Liu Ming asked as he furrowed his brows.
“Young master, this is an extremely important matter. How could I not remember where to go? Maybe the envoy hasn’t arrived yet.” Guan Lao Da wiped the sweat off of his forehead and bitterly responded.
“How long is it until the deadline the sect set?” Liu Ming thought about it for a second before asking again.
“About two days.” This time, it was Gu Lao San who answered.
“Since we still have time, let’s wait here for a while.” Liu Ming looked around before making a decision.
The him now was completely immersed in the character of young master Bai.
Guan Lao Da and Gu Lao San naturally agreed.
Thus, the three of them found a clean rock and started to rest on it.
Time went by little by little and soon, it was noon with the sun up high.
At this time, sounds of footsteps came from the other side of the mountain. The resting Liu Ming and group quickly opened their eyes and looked in that direction.
Quickly, five people came out from another path that led to the top of the mountain.
There were two middle-aged men, one elderly man, and one middle-aged woman who all crowded around a girl dressed in purple.