Chapter 355: Weapons Collection

Chapter 355: Weapons Collection

The effects of my scooping Xing Xun up in an eager hug play over Ai and Lin’s face. Clearly, they also want to experience that.

Well. There will be plenty of time for that later.

Ignoring their silent, yet obvious wishes, I direct my attention over to the five other people approaching us from the nearby arena.

Xing Hu and Lan, as well as He Wen, Jin Chin, and Yalei. Three members of my team are already carrying their weapons of choice.

He Wen is holding a spear. In some ways, I’m surprised, but also not. The spear is the weapon of the common man. Simple, and easy to use. Difficult to master.

It has a small shimmer around it, allowing for easier synchronization with qi.

For Yalei, her choice was a ghostly dagger. She catches my eye and sees me glancing at it. With a slight smile, she waves her hand through the air and an apparition of it extends out to match a sword’s length. Which would be a lethal surprise in a battle.

Almost competitively, Jin Chin swaggers forward with a short sword and a dagger at her side. Though I can’t see anything special about them, I can only assume there must be something about them that would cause her to choose them.

I give her an approving nod, to which she responds with the same.

I believe that she’s always been a dual wielder when she fought for her city, before being stolen away.

A glance over at the women behind me shows they are already perusing the long length of weapons for one they can choose. Xing Xun, for her part, looks amused at the entire process.

It’s quite interesting that she’s willing to give away precious items to them just because they have a connection with me. Unless...

Ah. It’s obvious.

These are the people that will essentially safeguard me during this trip. By helping them to grow and providing them with equipment, she is trying to assist me.

With everyone being cultivators, it doesn’t take everyone else long to decide on the weapons that fit them best.

Shi has a baton that she does some light practice swings with. However, there doesn’t seem to be anything special about it. At my curious glance, she just tells me.

“It should help with... coercing some people if needed. It’ll match well with some of the techniques I learned back with the Yellow Sashes.”

Ah, so it’s that sort of tool.

With how smart she is, she’ll definitely come up with something.

I find myself satisfied with all of this and cough, attracting everyone's attention, orienting my body towards the three Xing family members before us. My team grasps my intention.

All of us, gives a deep bow to them, to express our gratitude, while I speak for the group.

“I truly thank you all for these wonderful gifts. While I know our status as allies leads us to be open with our resources and abilities, I do not take what you’ve done for us for granted.

“With that said, I’m certainly looking forward to our continued growth together!”

They all seem quite pleased by our words, as even with the great number of things we’ve given to each other, it can still be painful to lose precious items.

Even I internally flinched at giving out a ton of superior stones, though I’m happy to do so.

It isn’t long before we finish up the final pleasantries and are led out of the estate and through the winding streets, this time with a different foundation establishment expert leading us out.

Just as we get close to leaving their territory, I receive a familiar buzz, like what I would feel from a cellphone.

As I look down at the slip, it has words showing dimly on it.

“Stay safe! With Love, Xun.”

...

...

She definitely knows what a cellphone is. Or at the very least, experienced it enough to use it this way.

It seems I’m not the only one that received something like that and soon enough; I see qi being regularly sent into the jade slips. Luckily, there shouldn’t be any issues that come up from this, only benefits.

As we finally return to the main road, I look ahead... to the journey into Monchon City.

And the growingly bad feeling I have about it.