30 Making Acquaintance

'Hah! I've started to get more and more impressed with you lad. You got drunk to the core last night but here you are. Awake early in the morning and even started to practice weapon arts. Good lad!' A man was sitting in a meditative pose, he had a fiery red robe on which was complemented with some fire patterns. Even though he was in a meditative posture, The man was actually observing Zhu Long. He was precisely Huo Ming, Ku Wang's teacher.

He stopped observing Zhu Long and said to himself, "I'm sure that the lad will get even more powerful than me in a few years, I mustn't snoop too much, or else, I'm afraid that he would detect me for observing him with my spiritual conscience. I'm sure that he would remember it and even replay the favor in the future. I must get on his good side!haha"

He laughed to himself.

Huo Ming had chosen right, Zhu Long had felt that he was being observed as soon as Huo Ming had started to probe in his room with his spiritual conscience. But then suddenly, Zhu Long lost the feeling of being watched. He smiled, "At least Ku Wang's teacher knows some manners and lets me be in privacy."

He continued to practice the Great Chakram Arts for some more time.

Zhu Long stopped practicing the weapon arts and then sat in a meditative posture. He started to meditate to calm down.

A few hours later…

The door of the guest room opened from the inside. Zhu Long, who was in a black robe with red lining exited the door with a huge smile on his face.

'I don't know why but I feel a lot more powerful that yesterday. It must have been that Wine!' He thought to himself happily.

"You have finally came out, go, meet with my teacher. He told me to inform you to meet him when you exit the guest room. I'm sure you have many questions for him." Ku Wang, who was silently sitting on a rock in thI middle of the garden and playing the Zither paused as he noticed Zhu Long exiting the guest room and told him, not trying to forget any details.

Zhu Long nodded and said to Ku Wang, "Later on, could you tell me what happened last night, my memory is hazy and I couldn't recall anything after I drank the wine."

Ku Wang's body shook hearing Zhu Long's request, he seemed to remember the things that Zhu Long had told him yesterday.

Zhu Long slowly observed Ku Wang's face turning a darker pallet of red every second.As he saw that, Zhu Long said to himself, 'I must have said a few unnecessary things to Brother Ku for him to look like that. I must apologize to him immediately...'

Ku Wang suddenly said as he looked towards Zhu Long, "I would rather not talk about it. It was your fault that you drank too much and got drunk. Which nascent stage gets drunk after a few glasses of wine?"

After apologizing to Ku Wang, Zhu Long hurriedly walked into the mansion. He rushed up the stairs and then towards Hou Ming's room. What Zhu long didn't notice was Ku Wang's face which was even more red that before, he thought to himself, 'Maybe I was a bit too harsh with my language'

He shook his head and said, "Once he's done speaking with teacher, I shall apologize as well."

*Knock* *knock*

Zhu Long patiently knocked on the door that led into Hou Ming's onom. He was excited to see what a void stage alchemist's room would look like. It wasn't that Zhu Long hadn't seen a powerful Alchemist before, in fact, he had seen one. He had the privilege to talk and even have a meal with a Peak Void Stage Cultivator before. That cultivator was the alchemist of the Zhu Clan! But he had never allowed Zhu Long to enter his room and always told him that an alchemists rooms wasn't meant for little kids.

"Haha! The doors open, come in!" A loud voice came from the room inside of the room.

Zhu Long slowly opened the door and was surprised to see what was in-front of his eyes, the room was an absolute mess, various books lying on the floor, many herbs were scattered on the floor, most dried up. Hou Ming, Ku Wang's teacher sat in-front of a large cauldron in a meditative posture. Zhu Long took another look at the room; focusing on other details, the paint of the room had been deteriorated and was slowlyblack, probably due to the some made from concocting pills. The book shelf was half empty, the books that were supposed to be in the book shelf were lying on the ground, some half open while some missing a few pages. The room in short, Looked like a total mess.

Hou Ming looked embarrassingly towards Zhu Long as he had already noticed Zhu Long's harsh and disappointing expression, it seemed like he was used to this. He stood up and walked towards Zhu Long, "Say, lets have some tea on the balcony."

He smiled towards Zhu Long and he walked outside of his room. Zhu Long nodded and walked beside Hou Ming towards the table at the balcony.

"Sit down, we have a lot to talk about. But before getting into serious talk, lets have some tea, eh?" Hou Ming said as he took out a teapot and two cups. He looked towards Zhu Long, who had a cold expression on and smiled as he poured the cup with tea. Zhu long took the cup and started sipping it.

'This tea also has a bit of aura around it, must have some beneficial effects.' Zhu Long thought as he slowly sipped the tea. He looked towards Hou Ming who was lazily sipping tea.

Hou Ming looked at Zhu Long again and smiled, "I guess we could talk as we have tea."

After thinking for some time, Huo Ming said as he looked into Zhu Long's eyes with a serious expression, "I guess, we haven't officially gotten to know each-other. I am Huo Ming, teacher of Ku Wang and a 2nd Stage Void Cultivator, you can call me Senior Brother Huo."

Zhu Long nodded and respectfully introduced himself, "I am glad to have made acquaintance with Senior Brother Huo, I am Lin Feng, an independent cultivator. I can battle with those at the Mid Rank Nascent Stage."