76 Part ways. (1/2)

”Why didn't he give me something to verify my identity?”

With a lingered stare, Su Min sighed. His eyes had remained dull throughout the fight, the only reason being that he didn't even instigate his control over the ancient energy.

*WANGGG*

Yet, just as he was about to stroll off again, a bright light formed a couple meters behind him. Two silhouettes materialised, then in a muffled thud, an old man and a girl struck his view.

”Master, you seriously found someone?”

A rather surprised voice escaped out of the now dwindling light, where the girl seemed to be rather shaken. Yet, as Su Min's eyes landed on said girl, they widened...

'Oh... I can see why he was worried about 'desires'...'

Even though he couldn't feel anything from this gaze, or from her looks, he could still tell that she was beautiful. No, she was beyond any common beauty he had ever seen in his life; far surpassing such beauty, and entering a realm where it is dangerous to the mind.

Her face, perfect in every aspect, but changed in a way that surpassed perfection... Her eyes, blue, but an oceanic blue that breathed a refreshing but seductive aura.

Her hair was black, but the shimmering contrast it brought with her red dress seemed to magnify these effects.

Ravenous. Men would be before such a woman, a mindless desire...

'Hm... But I still feel nothing.'

Su Min narrowed his eyes as those common reactions never came; he remained still, like a placid lake.

”Yes, Wen Mian!”

The old man's eyes beamed as he patted Wen Mian's head with a grin. Wen Mian pouted as she turned somewhat red, but a hint of ease flickered in her face.

However, whilst the old man was laughing, Wen Mian froze as her eyes landed on a corpse not too far away from her.

”M-Master!”

She could tell that it happened recently due to the residual energy seething in the air, in fact, it was as if the woman had just died...

She hasn't seen many corpses in her lifetime, so it also frightened her a little.

”Oh, that?”

Wen Yu gazed at the corpse with an indifferent expression. Wen Mian paused as she saw this, but it didn't take her too long to realise the presence of an ordinary looking man a couple of meters away.

”Heuk?!”

She jumped on reflex, mainly because her eyes had somehow ignored his presence for such a long time.

”Su Min!”

Wen Yu laughed as he let go of Wen Mian and appeared before Su Min. Su Min nodded in return as he gazed at the frightened image of the girl, but as Wen Yu saw this gaze, a severe seriousness flashed for a second.

'... Good.'

However this only lasted for a split second, so none of this shone in his face as he ushered for Wen Mian to walk forward.

”Is this the guard..?”

Her eyes were shaking a bit as she gazed at Su Min. It wasn't a fear towards Su Min himself but more of a fear towards something else; like a reaction. Yet, with Wen Yu being with her, she eventually walked forward.

Su Min saw this as he continued to gaze at her, where a faint idea entered his head.

'Bad past experiences?'

But Su Min didn't have the literal heart to care enough to procure these thoughts, so he didn't contemplate too deeply. He was only doing this because of the benefits of getting transported to the Martial Section and the wish, nothing else.

”Mhm. Come on, introduce yourself!”

Wen Yu, seemingly more confident in himself, stepped back as he awaited Su Min's response. Wen Mian narrowed her eyes as she tried to find what was so special about the man in front of her, but nothing stood out.

Of course, there was one thing that was different...

'Introduction..?'

Su Min pondered for a second as he ignored Wen Mian's gaze, deciding on something simple.

”I'm Su Min, and I'll be guarding you according to your father's wishes.”

Maybe because he was tired, but his voice seemed to be a tad irritated.

*Cough*

Wen Yu seemed to sneeze as he gaped at Su Min, but seeing no hint of hesitation, he soon sighed.

”Nothing wrong with that I suppose...”

Su Min didn't seem too interested in talking anymore as he turned around and started his slow wander towards the sect. Though, he did speak before leaving.

”Mhm. Now that I have officially started, I'll leave to the sect and wait for you, seeing that you may want to speak before you part. Also, sorry about that corpse, it was out of my control...”

”...”

Wen Yu didn't know what to say as he watched Su Min wander off.

”Master... Are you sure he doesn't have any issues..?”

But, he was soon disturbed out of his stupor as Wen Mian walked up to him with hesitation flickering in her eyes. Wen Yu's face saddened for a second as he saw this, but he quickly hid it and spoke with a smile.

”He doesn't have a heart of emotion, thus he cannot even feel anything when he looks at you! So don't worry about anything, right, my little angel. Haha!

He laughed as he attempted to pick her up, but she quickly dodged him with an outraged face.

”I'm not a child anymore!”

”Right right...”

Wen Yu grumbled as he stared at Su Min who was beginning to leave the proximity.

”Well, as you aren't a child, get going before your new guard leaves you! You have a lot of training to do, so remember that you can ask him to help you inany of your studies!”