Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Floating Cloud City
After 6 hours journey, we arrived at the floating cloud city. We wore a hoodie to cover our face and entered the city.
It is the smallest city of the Blue Wind Empire; it was so small that it wasn't even suitable to be called a city. It is situated in the far east and is the most geographically remote in terms of location. The population, economy, and even the average Profound Strength were the lowest of the low. It housed the Xiao Clan and Xia Clan.
There were many mortals as well as cultivators around Elementary and Nascent Realm traveling in the streets.
We approached a friendly-looking older person and asked him for the direction of a currency exchange place. In this world, profound cores can be used as currency directly or exchanged into profound coins in the currency exchange center.
The older person pointed us the direction of the place, and we went there and successfully exchanges some profound cores for 100 purple, 1000 cyan, and 10000 yellow profound coins.
We exited the center and asked a nearby person for the location of a good inn. He pointed the direction toward the inn for us to follow. We thanked him and made our way toward the inn.
On the way toward the inn, we were greeted with a strange sight of several frail-looking teens bullying a bulky teen who looked fit enough to do weight lifting.
"Yuanba, you muscle head! I told you to introduce your sister to us. So, why are you not doing like we said, huh!" asked a 16-year old kid who looked like the leader of the group.
"I won't let you meet my sister. Don't you know she's engaged to Xiao Che? So, I won't let you meddle with their affair." said the bulky youth callee Xia Yuanba covering his head with his hands.
"That's why we're trying to save her. A beautiful and talented girl such as Qingyue doesn't deserve to be married to trash like Xiao Che, who has a damaged profound vein. That's why we're telling you to introduce your sister to us. We're more suitable to wed Qingye. There's only one month left till their marriage, so we have to hurry up and win her heart till then." said the leader of the teen in an arrogant manner, and all the other teens agreed.
"Xiao Che is my friend, so I will never betray my friend. You can do whatever you want, but I will never help you court my sister." declared Yuanba with a determined expression. This made the teens furious, so they started beating him.
We were watching this like a movie when suddenly I got a brilliant idea.
"Hey, Emily, why don't we help Yuanba here. We can use him to get close to both Xiao Clan and Xia Clan. It will be a lot easier to accomplish our mission this way." I told Emily with an evil smile.
"That's a brilliant plan, Luke. It's killing two birds with a single. We win his trust as well as have access to both Xia and Xiao residence." Emily said with sparkling eyes.
"Yeap~ anyway we can discuss the plan later. Let's help the big guy already." I said, and Emily nodded.
We made our way toward the group. When the leader of the teen was trying to punch Yuanba, I quickly arrived in between them and blocked the punch with a single hand. I've already taken off my hoodie, and I looked quite heroic in the pose.
"Why do you want to hit him? You can bully someone verbally, and nobody will care about it, but getting physical is a big no. Now scram and don't show your face in front of me again." I said with a cold expression leaking a bit of my aura, which terrified the teens. They quickly ran away, leaving us there.
Yunba was awed by the display and thanked me.
"Thank you for helping me, brother. I'm Xia Yuanba of the Xia Clan. If it isn't a problem, can you please tell me your name!" Yuanba said with a smile.
"No problem. I was walking along the streets with my friend when I saw them bullying you. As a civilized person, I can't just walk away after seeing it. I'm Luke, and I'm new here." I said, acting like a righteous person.
"That's a strange name. Anyway, brother Luke, you were awesome just now. Let me show you the way around the city as thanks." Yuanba said with a smile.
"Sure. You won't mind if my friend joins us as well, right?" I asked him.
"I won't mind. The more, the merrier they say, haha..." Yuanba said with a laugh.
"Thanks. Let me call my friend." I said, waving my hands toward the hooded Emily. Emily approached us and introduced herself to Yunba in a beautiful voice.
"Thank you for offering to show us around the city. I'm Emily, and nice to meet you."
Yuanba was in a trance listening to her voice. But quickly composed himself and introduced himself.
"Same here. I'm glad to meet sister Emily as well. My name is Xia Yuanba of the Xia Clan. If you don't mind me asking, why are you wearing a hoodie?" asked Yunba curiously.
"Well, Yuanba, your sister Emily is too beautiful for her own good. So, she needs to wear a hoodie to cover her face to save herself from unnecessary trouble." I quickly interjected.
"Oh! I understand. My sister also covers her face with a veil. I was kinda hoping to see sister Emily's face, but I understand." said Yuanba in an understanding tone.
"Well, if it's just you, it's okay. Let me show you my face just for a bit," said Emily removing her hoodie. Then Yuanba was greeted by sight of a breathtakingly beautiful face. He was instantly put into a trance. Even though his sister is a country toppling beauty, the girl in front of him is like a goddess of beauty herself.
Seeing his expression, I was a little irritated and proud at the same time. Emily covered her face with the hoodie again, which made Yuanba regain his sense.
He was a bit embarrassed and tried to change the topic.
"Hehe, sorry for staring at you. I was just surprised by seeing someone so beautiful. As an apology, let me show you around the city."
"Sure. We're in your care." Emily and I said at the same time.
Then, Yuanba showed us the way around the city. He introduced us to different stores, and soon it became dark. It was time for us to separate.
"Thank you for showing us around the city, Yuanba. We need to find an inn soon. Let us meet again in the future." I told Yunba, and Emily also nodded.
Yunba was a bit sad to hear this but quickly realized something.
"Brother Luke, Sister Emily, why don't you stay at Xia manor. We have lots of room to spare there," said Yuanba with an excited voice.
"But won't that be an issue for your family? We just arrived in the city, so we don't want to trouble anyone." I said, acting like hesitating for while but inwardly laughing at my luck. Staying at the Xia manor will make a lot of things easier for us. Emily also noticed this and acted accordingly.
"It won't be a problem. I'll tell my father about it, and he will welcome you with open arms. My sister is a bit cold toward others, but she won't mistreat the guests." Yuanba said, dismissing our worries.
"Then... Thank you for the help Yuanba." I said, and Emily also nodded.
Soon, we three headed toward the Xia Clan.
'Oh dear Yunba, how trusting you must be to bring a wolf in a sheep's clothing in your house. So don't blame me for eating the delicious lamb, that is your sister. Thank you for making my life easier hehe...' I thought inwardly, chuckling. Emily also smiled, noticing the situation we were in.
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[Host Name: Luke Walker]
[Current World: Against the Gods]
[Bloodline: Chaos God]
[Lifespan: Infinite]
[Cultivation/Power Level: Earth Profound Level 2]
[Skills: Steal, Basic Kenjutsu, Might Guy's Basic Taijutsu]
[Storage: 1x Heavenly Rod of Mischief, 100x Heavenly Escape Talisman, 2x Sleeping Bags, 1x Capsule Corp's Portable House, 1x Basic Kenjutsu Manual, 1x Might Guy's Basic Taijutsu Manual, 1x Spirit Profound Sword, 1x Earth Profound Katana]
[System Points: 6500 SP]
[About System: Chaos System V1.0]
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