Chapter 303: The water-mist village

" He should be informed of the danger related to this mission. There was a reason why the master wanted him to go to the second location. There was no guarantee as to what he could have obtained from there. He might even be able to break through another realm if he went there even now."

"That location is quite useful for those who are at intermediate Qi King realm. Advance Qi King realm is different. Whatever miracles you are referring to happened to only those who entered that place while at intermediate Qi king. There is no guarantee that he would obtain anything, much less a miracle that could help him improve another cultivation realm. It is better to not go there."

"That is his choice to make. You shouldn't interfere in his matters."

"I am qualified to do so given I have the complete authority of observation of his actions. Anything more you would like to say?"

"You are getting gutsier since your cultivation realm increased a bit. Want to go around. I might be able to remind you a bit about your actual place." 

"You should give your younger brother a breather. Shouldn't you act more conservatively to provide an ideal image for me to follow?" The third brother and fourth brother of Li meng were blood brothers who came to the Thunder academy together and accepted as the students of the old man.

The name of the elder brother was Ren Dao, and he was two years older than his younger brother, with either of them having immense talent in martial cultivation. They were sent on the task of protecting Li meng together, along with some of the missions of their own.

"I fear any ideals left by me wouldn't be followed by my dumb younger brother who does only what he li8kes."

"Well, you aren't wrong." He got up from the chair and threw the wine cup at his brother, who gently lifted his hand to shoot it at the other side of the room. In the meanwhile, Ren Wang had released a series of fist attack towards his brother, who simply used his other hand to guard against him.

"It is unfair for you to use treasure like the glove you wear to guard against my attacks."

"No one said about using your strength only. If you can't comprehend the situation, you are bound to die in a real fight."

"We are flaunting treasures then. Fine." Ren Wang took out a blood-red sword. " I guess I would get to try my blood sword which I took away from the blood tribe leader." He rushed towards Ren Dao with the sword in his hands.

The two clashed for a bit and Ren Dao had the upper hand since his cultivation was greater than his brother. The two continued, and soon the blood sword was starting to show its power. The artefact was specially created by the leader of the blood cult to be able to control and absorb the opponent's blood.

As the fight continued, ren Dao could feel his blood being affected by the Blood sword. " That is a weird artefact you got to hold off. It would be extremely beneficial if you were on a battlefield where death is a common occurrence. You would have unlimited power."

"That guy did say something like that when he was about to attack. Too bad, his cultivation level was too low and couldn't stand up to me. I got a great weapon which suits my taste."

"I guess I need to pull out some big guns too." Ren Dao took out a golden spear. " This is something which I recently got crafted from one of the best weapon craftsmen in the Star-Luo association. Let's test it out against your weapon."

The two weapons clashed against each other and destroyed the area nearby. Both the figures were pushed back, but Ren Dao had the advantage at the end. Ren Wang was not willing to give up so easily and continued the fight. After hours of fighting with each other, they finally halted their steps.

"I guess it's my win. " Ren Dao said in a gloating tone. Ren Wang's expression was nasty. He didn't like to lose a fight even if it was his brother.

"I need another match."

"You are such a bad sport. We need to follow junior brother now. He might be in danger already."

"We don't need to. He has his trump cards. I couldn't even find him once he entered the Beiyang town. He managed to disappear from within my vision. That is how skilled our younger brother is. He can take care of himself. You don't need to needlessly worry about him."

"I told him to stay alive and come back to the academy after finishing the task. I hope he would be able to complete it and remain alive.,. I need to go and prepare a gift for him. I did promise a reward for the first task."

"What are you going to give him?"

"We didn't give him any joining gifts. This is going to be a combination of that and the mission rewards. I guess I could prepare a good thunder resource for him to give his thunder energy an attribute."

"You want to give him a thunder seed/. Are you crazy? Do you know how valuable those things are?"

"I do know. Incidentally, I came across something like that some time ago. I will just pass it to him. The grade of the seed is lower than what I possess."

"Even then swallowing it would help your thunder energy grow in power and enhance its quality. It's a waste to give it to him." Ren Dao protested.. " why not give it to me if you don't want it."

"Your shrewd mentality is preventing you from gaining valuable comrade. Younger brother is someo0ne who is bound to become extremely powerful once he enters the QI Emperor realm. He has three heavenly laws and two earthen laws. That alone speaks about his capabilities. This is just a long term investment."

"Whatever. It's your possession, hence you get to ultimately decide where it goes.". Ren Dao said and walked away. 'I can always take it from junior brother. He needs to pay something in respect of his elder brother after all.'

"yous shouldn't have any thoughts regarding this treasure. I have observed the junior brother's attitude. He is much more ruthless than me, and he remembers a grudge. He is bound to pay it back ten times. He might not be able to resist at this time, but we don't have any certainty about the future."

Ren Dao didn't reply to Ren Wang's comment.

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Water Mist Village-

The topography of the water mist village was quite alluring to water cultivators. One could find dense water element energy within the atmosphere itself. It rained all year within the water-mist village and it was said that if a water cultivator managed to practice in here for 100 years, he would be able to understand the origin power of water itself.

" It was situated in the southwestern part of the central plains, just some thousand d miles below the Taiwan mountain range. Just like the mountains, there was no leader of this village or the Bone-grave swamp which was nearby. The only rule which existed here was the survival of the fittest. Cultivators from around the world arrived here to practice water element energy.

Duels and looting were commonly seen activities within the area, with no force enacting any laws. The major sects which established their powers here jointly tried to regulate the area, but the number of cultivators was too large and the territory too huge. The topography was quite uneven, making its ruling quite difficult.

The reason water mist village was so famous was because of the water element resources which could be found here. Often people managed to find water element stones, heavy water sources, water element herbs, as well as water element source fluids. The allure of these resources was too great.

"This place is quite nice." The Keeper commented.

"I could feel a very powerful water element energy within the atmosphere. IF I practised water element cultivation here, I could increase my speed by double."

"We might have hit a jackpot. This area is much easier to navigate than the Taiwan mountains where every resource was buried deep within the mountain crust. I could easily sense water element resources around. Want to go for a stroll. We might be able to strike it rich."

"We will do that at a later time. We first need to gather information about the area and the Bone-grave swamp. I need to plan a proper approach to overcome this task."

"No matter how easy it is to navigate, I am still a Qi King. My power isn't counted as good enough in this region. We need to plan our activities properly. Only profits along with preserving our own life are the option to go for."