Chapter 172: Fair Warning
Chapter 172: Fair Warning
After their intriguing talk yesterday, Cain and Kali spent the rest assimilating into their cultivation state. This was practically their monotonous routine for most of their days at the Academy.
But it was now a monotonous routine that the sibling duo had an even greater fiery drive for.
As for Amber, she only cultivated for a short while before crashing upon Cain’s bed as per usual.
When the night quickly passed, Cain and Kali were up and atom to head straight down to the World Spirit Master Branch.
Their travel there was uneventful because the sibling duo hid their appearance and Aura. But when finally arriving in the World Spirit Master Branch and unmasking themselves, they were promptly bombarded.
As they entered inside the gloriously massive lobby, attentions from all eyes naturally gathered on them.
“Ahh, it’s young Cain and Kali….you know since it’s official about him….what about his sister?”
“Really? You’re wondering about her? Compared to young Cain, young Kali falls far more aligned with our mentality. She’s a determined one through and through. Although….well ahh forget I said anything.”
Whispers of their arrivals spread all around. And this time, the focus slightly centered on Kali.
But most thoughts had about her were quickly suppressed.
No average World Spirit Master dared to come up to Kali specifically. Martial cultivation may not be able to affect them much, but Kali’s Icy Aura made it incredibly challenging to even match gazes with her.
Though she became partially the focus on World Spirit Master’s minds, Kali’s expression didn’t even twitch, ignoring all noises into the buzzing background sounds.
While Cain could only shake his head. He really did need to do something about Kali’s reputation. But he didn’t put too much thought into that for now.
It was when Cain was about to call for Bellax that a group of World Spirit Masters suddenly came up to them.
“Young Cain, Kali. It’s always a pleasure. Things have been quite hectic for you, specifically young Cain, right?”
At the front of the group, the Senior World Spirit Master greeted. His smile was amicable as he respectfully spoke for a show of good faith.
Kali only gave an indifferent nod just for appearance’s sake.
While Cain faintly smiled. During the brief times he strolled around the lobby, he specifically remembers this Senior World Spirit Master politely guiding them around and answering any questions they had.
Out of them all, Cain had a slightly higher decent impression of him. So he politely greeted back, asking,
“Spirit Master Guo. Is there something you need us for? Sorry to say, but we’re on of a time crunch to meet with Bellax.”
“Ah, of course. Don’t worry, this won’t take long at all. You see, we’ve come to offer some friendly advice about your relations with Amber Hiyashi. Now, don’t take this the wrong way, but we saw it before where the Family a World Spirit Master is tied to acts….let’s just say a bit unruly.”
After he spoke, the other young World Spirit Masters saw a great opportunity.
“I’m sure you heard about Spirit Master Lei’s tale, right? Yea, that guy went into a few difficulties because the Yuan Families were feeling themselves a bit too much. To avoid this, it would be good to have a talk with Miss Hiyashi about this.”
“And doesn’t Miss Hiyashi have a laidback reputation? I’m sure she would be more than willing to listen to reason. Class-level Families are known to be more submissive than most other Sects.”
The young World Spirit Masters politely offered their own advice. Each of them was more than eager to talk, all hoping they could leave a decent enough of an impression with Cain.
And Cain honestly listened to these World Spirit Masters. In fact, their concerns had been nestling in the depths of his mind for quite some time.
He had even done a bit of research on his own as well.
The Yuan Family was and still is a mid-ranking High-Class level Family. Their wealth was less than others, but this Family made up for it in terms of Martial Prowess.
Class-level Families or not, they have a force that made even higher ranks Families wary of them.
Furthermore, they had given birth to several great geniuses who had even managed to reach the Sky Ruler Realm!
The Martial Perception to reach this realm wasn’t low at all. Perhaps those talents may even have a chance to touch upon the limit of Sky Ruler or even half-step Sage Core!
The famous princess of there was a similar genius, reaching the Sky Ruler Realm at a reasonable age.
Naturally, with these feats under their belts, this Yuan Family acted quite unruly.
Their unruliness increased when World Spirit Master Lei and their princess fell in love with each other.
However, despite shaping to be a birth of arrogantly, domineering force, the Yuan Family was suddenly visited by just one high-level Spirit Master Elder.
And after that meeting, the Yuan Family didn’t dare to be as unruly as they were beginning to become.
Nowadays, the Yuan Family stays relatively silent. Though, nobody dares to needlessly provoke them without certainty.
When thinking of their tale, Cain could see the situation with the Hiyashi’s spiraling out of control.
These people have a powerful bloodline infused into their very genes, quite literally giving them a superior advantage above all other humans. So naturally, their arrogance would be a bit more troublesome to deal with.
Cain could admit as of now, he had no concrete plan to tackle this issue. But, the Vampires so far haven’t done anything troublesome.
And Cain had some ideas to nip the problem in the bud before it could sprout.
As these thoughts swirled Cain’s mind, he showcased no other emotions externally, only faintly smiling, saying, “Ah, thanks for the head-ups. This is a thought I’ve had some worries about, so I’ll be sure to pay attention to it.”
Before Spirit Master Gao or the others could respond, a powerful presence descended upon the lobby.
“Little Gao, don’t cause my young Spiritors to feel worried over nothing. Any issue would be swiftly dealt with by me.”
Bellax’s voice slithered into everyone’s ears.
Even just casually talking caused many World Spirit Masters to feel a shivering sensation deep within their bones. Their Spirit Cores were faintly suppressed by Bellax’s Natural momentum.
And when Spirit Master Gao witnessed the beautiful Bellax slowly sauntering over to them, tiny beads of sweat unknowingly dribbled down his forehead.
He hurriedly said, “No-no. Not all Great Spirit Master Bellax. We just wanted to formulate a better relationship with young Cain.”
It was at this moment Spirit Master Gao and the others realized that indeed Cain had no reason to worry about these issues.
Not when he has this behemoth Spirit Master guiding over him!
“We don’t want to take up any more of your time, so we’ll quickly leave now.”
Even before finishing his sentence, Spirit Master Gao’s group already swiveled on their heels. And not wasting any momentum, walked away, heading down one of the many lobby corridors.
“Really now, you must be careful with smiling faces; they’re a bit harder to figure out. In any case, come on, let’s head to the room.”
Bellax similarly didn’t waste any time, walking out of the lobby with Cain and Kali following right behind her.
As they left, collective sighs of relief leaked from numerous World Spirit Master mouths.
“Great Spirit Master Bellax was always terrifying. But this….somehow she’s turned even scarier!”
“Wanting to interact with either young Cain or Kali is far tricker than I could ever imagine.”
That brief exchange barely lasted for even a minute. But these World Spirit Masters would be sure to engrave it deep within their minds.
….
Under Bellax’s lead, the trio quickly trailed through the halls, soon arriving in a luxurious meeting room.
Here the Spirit Aura was rich, and there were numerous exotic books linked up the various shelves.
Just breathing the air caused the sibling duo’s Spirit Core to stimulate, absorbing a small portion of the Spirit Aura.
It barely helps with increasing their overall Spirit Energy but did make it suitable to practice than any Qi Environment.
As for the books, these contained various Spirit Arts that have similar effects to cultivation manuals.
Perceiving and understanding the Spirit Arts so that it could become engraved in one’s mental psyche similarly helps with the advancement of Spirit Energy. One’s Spirit Energy control will rapidly improve, and the body will become engraved with Spirit Energy’s sensation.
This room is where Cain and Kali spent the majority of their time if they were to show up at the Branch.
It’s practically a goldmine for any World Spirit Masters. The progress an average World Spirit Master can make in this environment would not be small at all.
But for Cain and Kali, they never stayed for long, having to split this time up with their regular cultivation. Strangely enough, their rate of Spirit Energy improvement only made minor increments.
It was almost like the quantity their Spirit Core needed was at least numerous times denser.
They asked about this to Bellax, but even she had the faintest of a clue about this oddity.
And since they could make faster processes with cultivation, the sibling duo naturally had fewer appearances here.
When entering the room, neither one of them had any reservations.
Cain, Kali, and Bellax all casually sat around the round table as if they were all friends.
Undoubtedly, Cain found it was a blessing to have Bellax as their Spirit guidance. Whether it was because of their immense Spirit Talent or kind-hearted nature, she never bothered with things like ,statuses or face. It was easy to get along with her.
“You know, I did put a big performance down there. But little Gao wasn’t completely wrong in his warnings. The Spirit Elder we sent to the Yuan Family brutally beat down their headmaster and then threatened to cut all ties with them. And all of this stemmed from the fact that their headmaster believed we had some kind of equal footing. It certainly was an interesting day to report about it.”
Bellax promptly started their meeting, her tone a bit more serious than before.
As Cain listened, he was a bit shocked at their methods but wasn’t too surprised. Something like absolute suppression was only part of the course with absolute power.
Still, Cain was confident in at least Amber and her parents’ persuading powers.
He said, “It would get worrisome if it reaches that point. But not to worry Bellax. Amber and her parents hold nearly all of the weight over there. I’m positive they can squash any potential issues before it could bud.”