001 has an expression of ecstasy, one can't tell because his body is covered from head to toe in fabric. He is fiddling with all the new weapons he has found in the village, knives, hammers, axes, and lastly a hatchet!
He then looks at his recently acquired bag, which has a total of 3 strange bugs. ~ "If I'm correct in assuming this, which I always am. These must be the mediums that they use to activate their abilities. The only problem is I don't have a clue as to how to use them."
While massacring the mortal village he found a map and chose the Xiong village as his first target.
He has been running for a full hour now, having never felt so alive, however, he can't quite shake this feeling that something is coming.
Now logic dictates he should run and hide in a cave somewhere till he finds out more about this world and under normal conditions, he would be able to control his urges, but his body is currently going through immense changes. From one moment he is weak and frail with practically no energy to do anything, and in the next, he is stronger than a pro athlete, making it very difficult for him to follow his normal logic.
While in the village he interrogated a villager, and while he didn't get enough information to understand just how these bugs work, he did get enough to know about awakening pools, And that the Xiong clan was the weakest clan. Of course, he did get the information from a non-educated serf, so he didn't know how much of the information was true and how much of it was just propaganda.
The moment he entered the border of Xiong territory a rank-2 gu master looked at him with confusion.
Because the mortal in front of him was clearly running faster than any mortal he's ever heard of, but the gu master quickly regains his composure and sends a Message Gu to the message office. He is about to start chasing this intruder when he spots 3 elders from the Gu Yue clan rushing toward him.
This time he panics, desperately wanting to have his Message Gu back and correct the message he sent, but it is already sent, so he musters up all the courage he can and yells "STOP! This is Xiong clan territory you can't just enter of your own volition."
The three elders look at him, "Does that man, work for the Xiong clan!? Are you the ones who sent him!?"
He is about to say no, but he doesn't truly know if he is a secret gu master that the clan has brought in, so he changes what he was about to say to 'doesn't matter, this is Xiong clan territory and you don't have permission for entry.' but when he sees their faces full of anger, he changes it again. "Nope! Never seen him a day in my life!"
The three elders frown, they hoped it was the Xiong clan that way they can pin the Xiong clan as a demonic clan and have reason to eliminate them ~ "Well since that's the case. Get out of our way!"
The gu master steps aside, as far as he is concerned this is a matter his elders will deal with.
The office received the Message Gu within a couple of minutes.
Xiong Xin is sitting in his chair when a Message Gu comes in ~ "Suspicious gu master, disguised as a mortal is running through our territory, rank is unknown." ~ Xiong Xin was used to this, after all this isn't anything new as Xiong clan has an abundance of lone cultivators, but still running in uninvited was quite rude. He passes the Message Gu to his assistant ~ "Send some rank-2 gu masters to ruff this guy up a bit then give him a chance to join Xiong Clan."
Another Message Gu comes in, except it is a rank-3 Gu!
Xiong Xin leaps from his chair, and when he reads the message, "Rank-3 blood path gu master!" ~ He doesn't order his assistant to deal with this, instead, he activates every Message Gu he has and sends it to different parts of the Xiong clan.
Making sure that every gu master in the Xiong clan is aware of the existence of an intruder.
Only problem was that Xiong Xin was in such a hurry he had forgotten to specify that the gu master has the aurora of a mortal.
If anything this actually makes it easier for 001 to run past everyone because if you're looking for a dragon, you won't notice a rat. And even if you do notice a rat, you would be too busy dealing with the dragon.
001 looks for anywhere that might look like it leads to an underground awakening pool, and locks his eyes on a certain building with a board that says 'Entrance to Spirit Spring'. He remembers what he heard about the awakening pool, and connects the dots.
[How Convenient. Are they that confident that no one will use their Spirit Spring to awaken, or is it so no one can use the excuse 'I was looking for the bathroom and I got lost'] ~, Either way, it doesn't matter to 001. He just wants to awaken, so he runs straight to the building.
Two guards see him running to the building, and both have the same exact thought, 'Is he trying to take advantage of the chaos, to awaken?'
At first, they feel anger take over them, but then they hear the sweet and gentle sound of the wind blowing and they start to resonate with the man running to them.
001 looks at the sky for a moment and reduces his eyes to a slit, after seeing nothing he looks back down.
The two Gu Masters look at each other and nod their heads, collectively working together to open the door. To them, this man is the epitome of 'when you see an opportunity, take it!'. After all, they weren't going to get punished over something like a mortal entering the Spirit Spring, especially when they were under attack by a rank-3 blood path Gu Master.
001 runs past them without a care in the world, almost as if he expected this to happen.
When he gets to the bottom there is another Gu Master.
Xiong Ki's job is to stop people from entering the Xiong clan library, and since he didn't receive a message from the two above and can sense they are conscious, he turns a blind eye to this and starts to whistle. While he is of Xiong clan lineage, he knows that the Xiong clan needs more Gu Masters, and this one looks strong for a mortal, like really, really, strong. Most of what he can see is clothes, but with his information path Gu, he can see an immense amount of youthful muscle.