"Forgive me, Ancient one. But it seems the fight between the younger generation is over. Allow me the freedom to save my own before he is killed by your little girl."

Yin Hu watched as Cai Xuefang disappeared from the clearing leaving him alone in the clearing. The shadows moved to make it smaller. He poured himself another cup of tea, enjoying the steam that rose as it was poured. Then reached into his spacial rice bag. Grabbing two leaves of mint and two blocks of sugar.

Both had ridiculous names and titles. Supposedly stuffed with more Qi than anyone had an idea what to do with. Yin Hu was starting to believe that the system analysis was wrong. Neither one made a blip on his new perception ability—

Congratulations on exceeding your limit!

Perception limits exceeded!

Reward 712,390 exp

Reward Po Phen's Brick

A black block floated directly over his head.

Not again!

Yin Hu jumped out of his seat to dodge the falling piece of stone. It crushed his seat. Digging a few feet into the ground. Yin Hu got up, feeling the robes pull Qi to clean him up, and patted himself down. Just to feel more comfortable. Intentionally ignoring the brick that almost crushed his skull.

He had received a second reward within his time in this cultivation world. Two within about a few months time. Before that, it had been decades since he had last seen a level up or reward for anything. Including any stats.

Does being in this world change the stats or something? Or is interacting with new people helping? Do I have to be more social now?

Yin Hu shivered.

Living by yourself for longer than you could remember, aided by the system to not go insane, tended to make people more introverted if he were to be asked. Something about the brain no longer working properly. All educated guesses, but backed by his experience. Not that he had another point of reference he could use to compare.

Yin Hu walked up to the hole in the ground. Staring at the black plain brick. It seemed strangely average and quite normal other than its color. Had it been a normal brick color, he wouldn't have blinked twice at it. Throwing it into his spacial bag instantly.

It couldn't possibly be something average if it came with over seven hundred thousand experience points paired up with it. He prompted his system.

Reward Po Phen's Brick - An average brick cultivated by a True Sage for many years. Eventually, using it to destroy his ex-wife's new husband's palace. Damaging the foundation upon which the land had absorbed Qi and supported the lives of the powerful and wealthy.

Po Phen was a vindictive man. Returning for revenge an unimaginable amount of time later. Many years to suffer his sorrow. Many more to plot. And more to prepare his brick of retribution.

Yin Hu blinked at the response he received. It gave him no indication of what it was truly capable of or if it was worth anything. Did this Po Phen just chuck it through his ex-wife's window and run? Were people that supposedly lived for unimaginable amounts of time that petty? Yin Hu couldn't imagine it.

He gave his new perception skill another attempt.

Closing his eyes. Focusing on the world around him. The Qi that he could not find in the entire area. Yin Hu found the blip again. Flickering and almost completely disappearing. Struggling to survive. Then he found the brick.

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It glowed a dull light. Stronger than what he assumed was Hu Shui. But it was still something that did not seem that useful all things told.

Just another odd item in his endlessly growing of items stored in his spacial rice bag.

Yin Hu waved his hand, absentmindedly. Feeling the brick disappear. Maybe he could take advantage of its ridiculous weight and heft. But otherwise it was useless to him. For now though, he could leave this darn place and head to find Shui and Jun. Primarily Jun for now.

Following the direction Cai Xuefang had pointed at before his departure.

Another wave of his hand and the table of items disappeared. The disgusting, horrible, nauseating, and every negative word under the sun, treats all fell to the ground. Yin Hu made sure to leave them there. Walking towards Jun.

He wasn't worried about her.

Jun had supposedly won the fight handedly. So much so that Cai Xuefang had to go save his disciple from getting killed in the heat of a full battle without anyone to make sure they followed competitive rules and spirit. He would need to have another conversation with the young lady. She couldn't be so bloodthirsty against someone so much weaker than her like this.

You had to have mercy on the pitifully weak. Especially if you were going to be far stronger soon enough. Maybe the good deed would come around.

He took off on a jog. The ink-like darkness parted around him. Making the process a lot easier than he expected it to be. It didn't even take a few minutes until he reached where he assumed she was. Breaking out of the fog and into a massive clearing—

"Oh my god…" Yin Hu said.

The ground was torn into pieces. Trees cut down around the entire clearing, without a single one still standing within it. Jun was on her knees. Naked, covered in red sticking onto her skin like body paint. Her shoulders heaved and head heavy. Struggling to pick it up when he appeared and look at him.

She sat on her haunches before a massive gap in the earth. A literal ravine. Originating from her. Growing wider until he found the end. Glass. Thick glass made the very end of whatever Jun had unleashed upon the world. As in glass from supercharge amounts of heat and destruction. Enough to level an entire city type power. A bomb. All concentrated into nothing but a single attack or slash.

Cai Xuefang had blocked that. Saved his disciple from what could have been them turning into dust and probably half the forest for a few hundred feet more.

Yin Hu turned back to Jun.

He knew he should have felt something about the attack. The nuke level power. Cai Xuefang blocking it with what seemed like ease considering the way he spoke. Whether he could do that or not.

But none of it seemed to matter at the moment. Yin Hu felt his throat go dry. Gulping.

He approached Hu Jun. Frown growing deeper as he noticed the still bleeding cuts and scratches that covered her head to toe. Her face, arms, torso, legs, feet, back, every part of her body seemed hurt or covered in liquid red. He felt his jaw tighten.

Didn't she dominate Cai Xuefang disciple? What the fuck happened here while I was busy dealing with the old monster?

"Jun," Yin Hu said as he placed a hand on her shoulder. Uncaring about the blood on his hands. "Tell me in detail what happened—"

She looked up to his face. Her eyes were bright and vibrant. Much unlike her physical state currently and the pool of blood around her. Mentally she was not hurting. Her eyes began squinting as her face morphed into a massive smile. One that stretched from ear to ear. Equally as bright as her eyes.

Yin Hu felt his heart catch. Anger filling it.

"Thank you, Ancestor."

Yin Hu froze. He couldn't react and his persona did not seem to want to activate. He had never felt anger in eons. Nothing like this. This one hurt him. Made his head go light, eyes see red and full of tears. Only his near perfect control of his body stopped him from trembling.

Eventually he only nodded.

"I have learned more in a mere moment than I could have in a lifetime without your guidance. It has been an honor to serve you. To receive your guidance—"

Yin Hu gulped at those words. Unable to respond.

"—and wisdom. Even if I could not possibly see it beforehand. I was simply too blind."

Jun dropped her head low to bow to him.

Yin Hu held her shoulders. Holding her tight and keeping her up, even when she tried to squirm out of his grip. "A Hu does not bow. Not to me and definitely to no other person."

Her smile widened. She nodded.

"Take this." Yin Hu reached into his bag. Pulling out the first healing pill he could find.

"No, Ancestor," Jun said. Closing his hand around the glowing pill. "I wish to feel every strike. Every slash and cut. They will all heal soon enough once I have more Qi. None of it was anything fatal or beyond my ability to recover from. Just a matter of time. That's all."

"Yeah. Just a matter of time, huh."

He picked her up. Giving her a douse of water from his spacial bag to clean her quickly. Then threw a new robe at her. She dressed quickly.

"Let us go find Shui."

"Yes, Ancestor! Follow me, I can feel her energy from here."

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