Chapter 9 - Mahesvara

"How much for a single night?"

"It will be 30 yellow profound coins, sir."

Tatsuya pulled out the bag of profound coins within his pocket, as he grabbed the appropriate amount out of it. The worker, who was overseeing the counter, widened his eyes in shock, when he saw the amount that Tatsuya was carrying.

"Thank you, sir. This will be your room number."

The worker grabbed a piece of key with a lace attached on it, as he gave it to Tatsuya with a complicated expression. Tatsuya noticed his expression, but didn't mind him. Seeing that Tatsuya was already on the verge of leaving, the worker finally mustered his courage.

"Sir, I know that I'll be intruding into your matters in this way. But, I just want to warn you, not to show such plentiful money in broad daylight."

"Mm. Thank you."

Actually, Tatsuya didn't want to show the bag of profound coins that he had gotten from the Xia Clan's Clan head. However, there was no other way for him to retrieve the coins that he would use to pay for. He could only shook his head in regret, as he knew that he might have gathered someone's attention in this way.

Tatsuya looked at the worker with gratitude, as he slowly walked upwards through the stairs. The woman, who was particularly beautiful, stole a glance on his way as the woman's eyes turned into a playful glint.

Tatsuya, who hadn't even activated his innate ability Elemental Sight, already knew the woman's intention and watchful gaze, since the very start. He could only sigh in disappointment on how amateurish this woman works.

Upon arriving at the room that he was renting for tonight, Tatsuya immediately closed the door and windows. He scrutinized every single nook and crook of the room, looking for any harmful or spying objects. He was particularly being cautious today, since he wasn't aware how the cultivators work.

"Okay, I can't found any spying objects. However, that is when factoring my knowledge that wasn't even complete."

He mumbled to himself with a low voice, as he gradually got up from under the bed. Tatsuya knew that he was still quite clueless about this world's common sense. But, Tatsuya knew that the woman who was spying on him because of his money, won't take drastic measure.

(Well, I guess that I'll just stay awake for the whole night, and will just recreate my innate ability Decomposition.)

Actually, when Tatsuya was traveling to this city which was the Floating Cloud City, he found out that breaking through was actually easy. Although, he wasn't actually paying that much attention on himself, he already broke through into 1st stage of the Elementary Profound Realm.

Since now that he had full access into profound energy, he didn't focused on breaking through once again. But, he focused on recreating his innate ability, Decomposition, first before his any other innate abilities.

(Recreating it will be particularly troublesome, but this should be easy. Since, my innate ability, Decomposition, works with the help of my Elemental Sight. Tampering with its source energy will take a few days at most.)

Right now, Tatsuya's innate ability, Regrowth, was the only thing that was consuming his psions reserves. However, since the ability itself doesn't consume that much psions, Tatsuya was planning to recreate this ability after recreating his innate ability, Decomposition.

Tatsuya sat on the floor, as he closed his eyes. He fully focused on the recreation of his ability, while leaving a sliver thread of his awareness on the outside. Thus, the long night began in which Tatsuya will use to make some progress in recreating his innate ability, Decomposition.

…

"Please come back again."

The worker, who was overseeing the place, bowed his head slightly. It was the usual attitude that he adapted when a costumer leaves their place. Tatsuya walked directly outside of the place, as he slowly approached the city gates.

Tatsuya doesn't have a particular place that he wanted to go today. However, seeing that someone was still tailing him from behind, he decided to settle it once and for all. And indeed, the woman who had spied on Tatsuya yesterday was hiding on the walls.

(A forest will do.)

Tatsuya thought to himself, as he slowly walked on the city gates. Once he left the city gates, he instantly switched into running, as he skillfully used the profound energy within his body to boost his agility.

Since, Tatsuya was adept in using psions in the past, as the catalyst to soften the friction of his feet from the ground, he found it particularly easy to manipulate the profound energy. The woman who was following him smirked, as she also vanished from the wall.

Several shadows accompanied her figure that swiftly ran after Tatsuya. They all only had one motive, and that was to kill and plunder the weakling that they marked. Their movements were obviously profound arts, as their cultivation was revealed.

7th stage of Elementary Profound Realm, up to 9th Stage of Elementary Profound Realm

Tatsuya only chose to focus on running to the forest. His control over his profound energy was so skillful, to the point that there wasn't a thread of profound energy that was wasted. And as such, his movements didn't revealed his cultivation base, as he managed to skillfully control it while preventing the profound energy from leaking out.

It was a wondrous situation indeed. Tatsuya knew that there wasn't a particularly methods to ascertain someone's cultivation base. But, only through their instincts that was granted to them by their profound veins, could they ascertain someone's cultivation base upon sensing the latter's profound energy.

After running for a dozens of minutes, Tatsuya was almost on the center region of the forest. It was a harmless forest that was situated on the north of Floating Cloud City. It was harmless and peaceful because only profound beasts with 1st stage Elementary Profound Realm are wandering here.

Upon observing that he finally found a place that could properly work, he halted his steps. Tatsuya faced a space that was surrounded by tall and thick trees. A perfect place for someone to assassinate a target without taking the risks of being found out.

"Oh, you actually stopped?"

"This young master is quite brave, indeed."

"…"

Tatsuya stared at the emerging figure from the bushes, as he noticed the playful woman who was spying on him. The playful woman who was particularly beautiful, winked at Tatsuya while licking her lips in delight. She was accompanied by other 7 men that emitted an aura that could instantly scare an innocent individual.

"Why are you guys tailing me?"

"Well, firstly, we just wanted to have fun. Second, we currently don't have any money on us, eh. Seeing that you have so many coins in your bag, why don't you give this big sister that bag? I'll take care of it for you."

"Will you guys let me live, if I gave this bag of profound coins to you?"

"Of course... not."

The moment she declared her intent to kill Tatsuya, the surroundings became colder and terrifying. Tatsuya's eyes were blocked by his long bangs, as his head was tilted slightly downwards. The woman and other 7 men gasped in shock, as they eyes widened in surprise.

"Right now, my highest priority is myself."

"You…"

"Since, you guys dared to point your disgusting fangs on me."

Tatsuya slowly tilted his head upwards, as his ordinary pure-blue eyes now turned into a pure-blue demonic eyes that could scare even demons and devils from hell. The piled-up sadness and despair that was hidden on the depths of his heart, was now fully awakened.

"You people, shall meet your demise."

Once that utter rang out, the thiefs that was facing Tatsuya, immediately shuddered in fear and had their eyes struck in terror. They could sense the humongous amount of killing intent on the air, as it was so dense, to the point that it was on the verge of solidifying.

(Elemental Sight, Activate.)

The thiefs wanted to run away, but found that their bodies won't allow them to move. What they are facing now, is the person who currently stands at the utmost pinnacle of this forest's food chain.

(Decomposition, Activate.)

In that instant, the 7 men who was in front of the playful woman, vanished into nothingness. Not a thread of blood and trace could be found. They simply got decomposed into mere atoms. The playful woman involuntarily knelt in fear, as her head dropped low. Not a single hope could be traced on her eyes, as she waited for her death.

(Decomposition, Activate.)

Once that thought ran on Tatsuya's mind, the kneeling figure of the playful woman vanished into nothingness. Confirming that there weren't any threats now, the demonic blue-eyes of his submerged, as his eyes returned to its usual state.

(My emotion is still unstable after all. Even trying to hide it on the depths on my heart will only work momentarily. However, I felt satisfied that I was able to let out a little bit of my frustration.)

Tatsuya inwardly thought to himself, as he found a ring on the ground where the playful woman vanished. He recalled that when the woman knelt on the ground, the ring automatically fell from her ring-finger.

(Hm. A spatial ring, eh. This will be quite helpful. Now, I won't be tailed by thiefs and bandits.)

*Clink*

While he was thinking how convenient the ring is, a clinking sound echoed within his body. Tatsuya's eyes showed his surprise, as he immediately sensed the changes on his body.

2nd stage of Elementary Profound Realm

Tatsuya actually broke through after killing some thiefs. The psions reserve on his body got decreased by a lot, as Tatsuya swore to speed up his recreation of innate ability, Decomposition. The reason why Tatsuya was so confident in luring the thiefs was because last night, he activated his innate ability, Elemental Sight, and was able to determine their cultivation base.

Tatsuya felt a wave of happiness assaulting his body, as he went back to the city. Seeing that staying on the city would be quite dangerous on its own right, Tatsuya decided to fetch the horse that was given to him by Xia Yuanba.