Chapter 45 - Meeting a Personal Disciple (1/2)
The choice was hard to make. The things inside were all useful, but Hei couldn't buy them all. He had to choose what would be most beneficial for them in the near future. A wrong choice could also prove to be harmful as it would take another couple of months to earn further contribution points.
Among the items, artifacts were undoubtedly the most interesting because of the various uses they had. However, they were mostly disposable or with a short durability. Among them, weapons were what interested Hei most.
There were all kinds of weapons with different formations engraved on the metal. Etching a formation would give new value to the weapon that would acquire unique characteristics. Although one would have to consume spirit power, to activate such formations, their utility was undeniable. The price, however, would have risen steeply due to the cost of engraving the formation.
As for plants and seeds, these were cheaper than artifacts, especially the seeds whose cost per unit was affordable. However, to have a chance of success, he had to buy large quantities of seeds, and the price at that point wouldn't have been an insignificant amount. Moreover, in his mother's dimensional pocket, he still had many seeds, including some rare plants', which he had yet to sow. Therefore, they weren't a priority.
The pills remained at the end. Indeed, the most logical choice would have been to buy resources to increase their cultivation speed. The pills for the first stage they had bought were long over, and in any case, they wouldn't have helped much in advancing through the second stage towards the third one. Therefore, he had to buy those specially prepared for the second stage of spirit apprentice.
Since he hadn't exaggerated with the use of pills, and had left the body enough time to dispose of the toxins, he could safely implement the use of pills again in his training.
Fortunately, being still in the second stage, the price of the pills he needed wasn't too high for him. He had just the necessary points to buy a couple of 10-unit packs for him and Lian.
Typically, the quantities of pills bought by individual martial artists would have been higher, given that a package, even when leaving days of rest from one assumption to another, would last about a month, less also depending on the individual use. So two packs for two people was really little.
But Hei did not tend to rely totally on these medicines and had, in any case, his cultivation method. He just needed a small number of pills to get the same results as other martial artists who ingested much more.
Finally resolving himself about what to buy, Hei looked around to see how he should proceed. He certainly couldn't break the glass containing the pills. It would have ended up looking like a desperate attempt to steal.
As he was trying to figure out what to do, a girl with long black hair carefully combed approached him. She was dressed in a simple green tunic, which, instead of reducing her beauty, gave her a feeling of freshness and youth. Her steps, on the other hand, were as light and adage as if she had no weight, but at the same time very rapid.
”Do you need something, you're Hei, right?” The young woman asked as she looked at Hei curiously. Her brown eyes were carefully examining every part of the boy's body in front of her.
”Yes, my name is Hei. Can I ask you how you know my name?” He asked as he took up a guarded position. He didn't like to be examined in such detail.
On hearing his question, the girl laughed. Her laughter was bright and refreshing and contained no trace of scorn.
”Simple, yesterday, I also attended the trial to select the new inner members. It's normal to know your name. I also know the girl behind you, Lian.”
Hearing even Lian's name, Hei could not help but frown his eyebrows. Not many people knew her name since she had always kept herself apart during various occasions with strangers.
If she knew both of their names, it meant that the girl in front had something to do with one of the elders, since he couldn't think of anyone else who could have known that information. And in fact, his deductions turned out to be right at the end.
”My name is Ying Yue, but you can call me Yue if you want. I am the granddaughter of the seventh elder and his personal disciple. Nice to meet you, Hei.”
Grandaughter of the seventh elder? Personal disciple?
Hearing these words, Hei was amazed. Examining her more carefully, he could see how the girl's body, apparently so fragile and delicate, hid an incredible force. It gave the same feeling as when he first saw the seventh elder as he walked. They weren't a granddaughter and grandfather for nothing.
But what was she doing here in a place like this? Even though the supply division managed the exchange point, was it just a case that she was here?
His mother and sisters meanwhile confirmed the identity of the girl. Even though they didn't know she had a family relationship with one of the elders, they knew she was a personal disciple of the old man. She was sitting behind him in the VIP seats reserved for the most important members of the sect while Hei was fighting.
As if she had felt his doubts, Ying Yue laughed again and prepared to explain.
”No, it isn't a simple coincidence that I am here today. My grandfather told me that you hadn't yet used your contribution points and, having heard today you would be taken to the inner sect, I stopped here waiting for you I knew you would come first.”
”How? I could have gone to train or go home. How could you be so sure I'd come to the exchange point? Also, why were you waiting for me?”
Hei's tone had grown from a curious to wary. What did a girl that he had never seen or interacted with before, want from him. Was it because of his performance yesterday?
”As Grandpa said, you are the wary type.”
Ying Yue laughed again and continued to explain,
”Feminine intuition, you can call it. Don't worry, anyway. I was just curious to take a look at you. There are many expectations for your potential. I hope for the sake of the sect that you will be able to meet them.