บท 35: Profound Gathering Formation

Everything looked ordinary and permanent for the disciples of the New Moon Profound Palace. Training, training and training is their daily routine. It is also their only way to get recognized by the upper brass of the profound palace.

After all, being recognized by the upper echelons meant better resources for their own convenience. It will also help them boost their cultivation speed, through eating and using cultivation pills and herbs that could aid them absorb the profound energy within the surroundings in a faster rate.

Everyone had an ordinary and better life compared to ordinary people from different clans in the surrounding range of New Moon City. Even the Xiao Clan's disciples can't compare to the treatment that the disciples of the New Moon Profound Palace have.

"She really isn't an ordinary individual…"

However, there was a single exception that earned everyone's jealousy and ire. She was the single disciple in the New Moon Profound Palace that showed a remarkable speed that outclassed everyone in the palace. She even earned the title of "Princess."

"In just a short span of time, she became the most popular disciple paired with her unmatched influence among the guys…"

Lu Mozhi talked to himself, while whistling along with his footsteps that rang across the place. His voice was inaudible for the individuals around him. He's an inner court disciple of the New Moon Profound Palace, so not a person dared to provoke him or disturb him.

He's currently walking across the outer disciple's court, because he had nothing to do. He just finished cultivating and managed to increase his profound strength even a little bit. These past few weeks really affected him heavily.

He always thought of himself as someone special. He was treated specially by his clansmen on his home, but after arriving in the New Moon Profound Palace, he discovered that he's nothing but one of the many.

He already suffered culture shock just from that revelation, but Chu Xin's appearance increased his pain over his own confidence. That is because, Chu Xin's talent completely outclassed everyone in the New Moon Profound Palace, and she's only a 12 years old child!

"Well, like sister, like brother, I guess?"

He laughed while inwardly mocking himself. Lu Mozhi couldn't forget that youth's terrifying eyes that remained in his memories and awareness. Every single time that he subconsciously recalled that youth's gaze, he would involuntarily tremble in fear.

Tatsuya's warning towards Lu Mozhi helped Chu Xin within the New Moon Profound Palace. Chu Xin wasn't even aware but Lu Mozhi has been helping her behind the curtains. It was done through warning the different inner disciples that desired to attain Chu Xin for themselves.

Lu Mozhi even specifically warned his close friends, and told them about Chu Xin's legendary brother. He just assumed that the youth who warned him back then was the Princess' brother. After all, Chu Xin has been calling Tatsuya her "big brother" since then.

*Thud*

Suddenly, Lu Mozhi's shoulder collided with someone else. He immediately woke up from his daze, while he angrily glared at the latter. After all, him being an inner disciple, made him very arrogant, especially in the outer disciple's court where no one could afford to offend him.

"Who dared to do that?!"

He angrily shouted towards the youth before him. The youth is wearing an exquisite carved mask that emanated mysteriousness. The mask hid the guy's whole face, with the exception of the youth's blue eyes.

"Did you not know that I'm an inner disciple here? How dare you offend-"

Lu Mozhi initially seemed very confident in harassing the youth before him. However, as time passed by, the more he realized that the youth before him is very familiar. In the end, he recalled that "youth" in his memories that possessed the same gaze as this youth before him.

"Could it be…"

He murmured to himself, as he directly stared at the masked youth's eyes. The instant his eyes tried to probe the latter's eyes, he felt his soul tremble in agitation and fear. A voice appeared beside his ears that constantly whispered him to run away from the youth before him.

"Princess' brother…?"

"Hm?"

"I'm very sorry…"

Lu Mozhi immediately bowed in a 90 degrees' angle, which shocked the bystander around him. The outer disciples have shocked expression on their faces and couldn't seemingly comprehend the current scene that's occurring before their eyes.

"That's very troublesome…"

Tatsuya muttered to himself, while Lu Mozhi accidentally heard that phrase. It sped up Lu Mozhi's heart beat that exposed his fear towards the masked youth before him.

"Lu Mozhi was it? Follow me…"

"B-but…"

"Don't worry, I just want to talk in a more peaceful place without the eyes of others watching our moves. Anyways, it's about my sister…"

Tatsuya alleviated the fear inside Lu Mozhi's heart, as he released a tiny amount of Primal Origin Energy around the two of them. Since, the inner disciple before him perceived himself as Chu Xin's brother, Tatsuya wasn't willing to destroy that impression, as it could aid him and Chu Xin in a way.

After a while, Lu Mozhi finally managed to calm himself down. He thought of the different possibilities, but all disregarded it. He composed himself and reassured himself that no one would kill him as long as he's within the New Moon City.

Lu Mozhi nodded his head, agreeing to Tatsuya's request. This made Tatsuya feel quite relieved, as thing seemed easier compared to the tenser situation a while ago.

…

"How's my sister?"

Tatsuya bluntly asked the inner disciple across him. After talking about it, they decided to talk in a luxurious restaurant inside the city. What Tatsuya didn't lack now is money because he didn't just come here to accomplish his mission, and check for Chu Xin's situation, but he also came here for the purple veined divine crystal deposits near the Floating Cloud City.

"She's doing very well…"

Lu Mozhi felt odd about his current disposition, because he felt the peculiarity of his current state. He felt unusually calm before the youth that endlessly terrorized his mind for the past few weeks. This feat made him more confident, thus he talked with Tatsuya in equal terms.

"You called me, "Princess' brother" just now, did you? Why did you call me that?"

"Because your sister is currently hailed as the strongest disciple within our palace. I forgot when it started, but the disciples around here just began calling her "Princess.""

"I see…"

Tatsuya muttered to himself, as his Elemental Sight ability covered the whole New Moon City. He could sense Chu Xin's existence within a very secluded place that is filled with a purer profound energy compared to the outside. It seemed that the elders of this place already attached great importance to her.

"I could see that you've been warning some inner disciples…"

"Wha-?!"

"Looks like my warning towards you got etched into your mind… Anyways, I didn't mean any harm, I just wanted to say my thanks towards your actions…"

Tatsuya gratefully talked to Lu Mozhi about the latter's deeds. After all, such thing really helped Chu Xin's situation within the New Moon Profound Palace. Tatsuya could sense that the inner disciples within this place is treating Chu Xin with utmost respect, which seemed out of place considering their arrogance.

"You can have this… It will boost your cultivation…"

Tatsuya then held his hand forward, as a bead-size bag appeared within his palm. A single rock lied within the bag and nothing felt special came from it. But, Tatsuya actually planted a single formation diagram within the rock that could gather the profound energy from the surroundings and condense it on a certain range.

"What is this rock?"

"Just place this rock beside you when you cultivate…"

"I see… Thank you…"

"I'll leave then, thank you for taking care of Chu Xin for the past few weeks…"

Tatsuya slowly stood up from his seat, as he slowly vanished from Lu Mozhi's sight. The latter gripped the rock that Tatsuya gave him, because he could feel something different from the rock that really excited him.

…

"I didn't know that Yuanba would study here…"

One of the reasons why Tatsuya quickly left the inner disciple from the restaurant is because of his discovery of Yuanba's presence within the New Moon Profound Palace. Tatsuya knew that he still owed Yuanba and his family back then for taking care of him.

"I should also give him the rock that I experimented on…"

Tatsuya muttered to himself, as he walked towards the place where Xia Yuanba. He still emanated a very mysterious aura that made the others around him wary. After all, Tatsuya controlled his profound energy perfectly that he managed to only leak out a bit of energy that made people aware that he isn't a cripple.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Tatsuya felt an eerie presence approach Chu Xin, as he instantly vanished from the place. He didn't even think about it, and just unhesitatingly travelled instantly on Chu Xin's current position.

"That's impossible…"

"Did you see that? He just vanished!"

"Was that person actually a powerhouse?"

Tatsuya's disappearance caused a ruckus around the place where Tatsuya had been walking on. They all looked at each other and felt shocked about how Tatsuya seemingly teleported...