13 Knowledge (2/2)

Each day, the Ye Qing in my memories did one slightly different move out of the repeating move he was teaching me. I had never noticed that.

”System, compile all the moves outside Ye Qing's routine, the moves that he doesn't repeat in a day.”

[Ding! Analysing and processing. Please wait.]

”Ye Bai, Ye Bai,”

Li Qi was shouting at me, trying to wake me up from my deep thoughts.

”Sorry I got absorbed in my thoughts. Some memories filled my head. I apologize.”

”Since your talent was tested, it registered you as a South Country citizen. The Sects only accept people registered in their country. That's a rule that has been set since ancient times”

”Don't tell me it's the Holy Crystal's doing?”

”Yes. The Holy Crystal is present in every country, there is one in almost every city. Many people didn't agree to this rule, some of them tried to destroy the Holy Crystal. They didn't succeed, they ended up being destroyed and their soul was devoured by it. It was said that 10,000 years ago, the number one existence tried to destroy it. As a result, a white light engulfed him and he died.”

”Fuck! Even the number one existence couldn't resist it. But then why we can join the central country's sects?”

Li Qi waved his hand and a token was sent flying in my direction. A token? Li Qi seemed to have understood my thoughts.

”Watch it carefully”

I inspected it with my soul and after having it in my hand for a few seconds, I could feel it. It was the same feeling I had when I touched the Holy Crystal.

”A token made from the Holy Crystal?” All of this was getting weirder and weirder...

”The material it is made of isn't clear, but it's like the Holy Crystal. The Sect Heads have a special token that can create other tokens. The process to become a disciple is to refine one of these tokens. This is a token from the Light Sect. If someone from my sect gave you an unrefined token, you could refine them and become a fellow disciple. However, if the unrefined token is from a foreign country's sect, the token will identify you as a foreigner and will break. This rule only applies to the North, West, South, East country. If you go to the Central Country, a place where there are more resources, you can join a sect there even if you already joined a sect from your country. That way, you can get more resources for being in a richer country but still be from your country sect. However, this also gives the Central country more level of control over the other four countries...” Li Qi explained

This was too much information to digest... It was as if everything was set that way by someone. The Holy Crystal was controlling everything... why this kind of setup looks so familiar?

”Then, with the system being like this, many people would go to the Central Country. If they let you join them and you stay as a disciple of your first sect, it would put you in a difficult spot.” I said while scratching my head and thinking hard. Loyalty was very valued in this world, if you were to be the disciple of two different sects and they were to declare war on each other, what would you do?

”Exactly, this way, people with two sects would try to prevent any kind of incident that would force them to make a stand, stabilizing the position of the Central Country even further and letting them become stronger in peace. It's a win-win situation for them, as the only thing they don't lack is resources to make their strength grow.”