บท 9: The Winner Is Always Right.

Four hours after Ikuya lost his consciousness.

A sturdy young man and a lean handsome young man were walking towards the direction of the unconscious Ikuya while happily chatting with each other.

When the unconscious Ikuya entered the sights of the two young boys....

" Brother-in-law! Look! An injured man! We have to help!" Yelled the sturdy young man and prepared to dash of towards Ikuya.

" Wait, Yuanba. He might be a dangerous guy. He might even kill us when he wakes up. We should simply leave him." The lean handsome young man said while shaking his head.

" But... If Brother-in-law doesn't want to help, then don't. My mother always told me that I must help those in need and in front of me right now, that man is in need of help." The sturdy youth said with determination.

" Sigh... What am I going to do with you.... Fine, I'll help as well." The lean handsome youth sighed helplessly at his friend's naive trust in the stranger.

The sturdy youth saw the skinny youth's depression, so he smilingly said, " Brother-in-law, lets take him to my place. My sister is currently at the Xia manor. Maybe you can get a chance to see her."

The lean youth's expression became that of expectation. Then he looked at the bloodied figure of Ikuya and thought, ' He doesn't seem to be a good looking guy, so he'll pose no threat to me.'

" Okay." The lean youth said.

Unfortunately for him, under the bloodied visage, Ikuya's charm is very high to the point where he can make the lean youth's charming appearance look average or even low.

The sturdy youth went over and picked up Ikuya and was very surprised to know that, despite his lean figure, Ikuya was quite heavy. Though, the sturdy youth was still able to pick him up carry Ikuya on his back.

2 hours later.

The two youths while carrying Ikuya were in front of the a huge dignified gate.Two huge golden words were engraved on the sign above the gate:

Xia Manor.

The most prosperous clan in the Floating Cloud City. As a merchant family, Xia Manor would ordinarily always emit a kind of bustling air that carried the smell of commerce. And that was exactly what there was.

The guards when saw the youths, respectfully greeted the youths, but they were hiding their disdain for the lean handsome youth, which the youth was able to sense. He wryly smiled in response while feeling a bit sad.

The youths made their way towards the great courtyard of the Xia Manor with the bloodied Ikuya on their back.

As the richest family of Floating Cloud City, just the various kinds of servants and maids already amounted to two or three hundred, and the atmosphere was exuberant and rowdy when they entered and exited.

" Yuanba, you've returned... Hm? Who's that injured young man on your back?!" A middle aged man with slightly overweight appearance asked the sturdy youth in shock after seeing the unconscious bloodied figure of Ikuya on his son's back.

" Father. Me and Brother-in-law found this person badly injured in the forest. So we brought him here. Is that wrong?" The sturdy youth said with a worried expression.

The middle aged man's expression turned helpless. He and his wife had taught their children to always help others in need. He, before meeting his wife would never get involved with strangers as a merchant. But this changed after his encounter with his wife. Although his daughter doesn't seem to follow it like his son.

This middle aged man is the head of the richest clan in Floating Cloud City, Xia Hongyi.

" Bring him to the guest room." Xia Hongyi said.

After 30 minutes, in a wide room.

On a bed laid Ikuya who was cleaned off the blood on him by the maids in the manor.

There stood the two youths, the middle aged man and an old man who was checking on him.

" How is the boy, Doctor Situ?" Xia Hongyi asked the old man who was called Doctor Situ.

Doctor Situ was checking on Ikuya's pulse, then let go of his wrist as he let out a breath.

" He has no profound veins." Doctor Situ said with a serious expression.

" What? You mean he's like Che'er?" Xia Hongyi asked.

The lean youth's expression slightly changed.

" No. I checked this young man over and over again. But I've confirmed it. This young man has no profound veins to begin with, unlike Xiao Che who had his profound veins damaged." Doctor Situ said with a slight reverence on his expression.

" Does that mean he is even weaker than me?!" Xiao Che asked in exasperation. Within his heart, there was a slight joy that emerged, knowing that there is someone weaker than him.

Doctor Situ looked at Xiao Che and gently shook head as he said, " That's not necessarily true. Haven't you all noticed it? His body is already regenerating slowly as we speak. The life energy within him is something I can't even begin to grasp."

" Doctor Situ, does that mean he's about to die?" The sturdy youth named Yuanba asked.

" No. If anything, it's too huge for me to grasp. I've never met anyone with so much life energy to the point I can't even get a grasp on it. And that's not all. Every time a part of his injuries heal, his life energy fluctuates. I believe it is increasing." Doctor Situ said.

It was at this time that Ikuya showed signs of waking up from his 'sleep'.

Ikuya slowly sat up and calmly observed his surroundings. He saw two youths and one middle aged man and one old man.

Ikuya got of the bed and checked his body.

' My mental energy has recovered by sixty percent, my Ki is almost fully recovered. I should be able to make an instant recovery with my current mental energy.' Ikuya thought as he closed his eyes.

A bright light shined on Ikuya as all his dead cells started to revive and regenerate and his pale complexion was also slightly better.

In a matter of few seconds, Ikuya was completely healed, good as new.

Ikuya could feel that his Ki has increased a lot and his body has also strengthened by a lot. His battle power has almost increased by three times.

' Zenkai boost, huh?'

Ikuya then turned to the side where two youths and two adults were staring at him with dumbfounded expression.

Ikuya expression remained indifferent as he observed the four people. Their battle power was so weak that he could kill them all by simply tapping their head lightly.

He spread his mental sense across the place and when he saw the two words 'Xia Manor' on the front gate, his expression became a bit strange. He had been thinking of how to get close to the Xia siblings to study their special traits. Never thought he'd end up in their home with zero efforts.

' Then that weakest pretty boy must be Yun Che.... Or Xiao Che for now. The other fat brat must be Xia Yuanba, my main target.' Ikuya thought.

His main focus was still Xia Yuanba over Xia Qingyue. Or rather, the Tyrannical Emperor's Divine Veins. The Nine Profound Exquisite Body and the Heart of Snow Glazed Glass might be rare, but it had very little effects to one's profound veins. So, other than researching them a bit, he had nothing else Xia Qingyue could offer him.

Ikuya turned to look at the four people and thought, ' Mingling among these people should be the best solution for now. Since Xia Qingyue is not here, my mind control should work on these people.'

Ikuya's blue eyes shined even brighter as the four people's eyes became blank for a second before they got out of the room.

Xia Hongyi before leaving the room turned to Ikuya and said, " You're the special guard for my son and daughter from now on. I expect good work from you."

Ikuya lightly smiled and nodded at Xia Hongyi. Xia Hongyi also left the room, leaving Ikuya alone in the room.

Ikuya didn't want to try mind control on Xia Qingyue because of her 'Heart of Snow Glazed Glass'. He doesn't have the guarantee that with his current pitiful level of mental energy, he'd be able to bypass the 'Heart of Snow Glazed Glass' and control her mind.

Though it didn't really bother him whether he could control her or not. He still manipulated the mind of Xia Hongyi, which did get him what he wanted.

Although the way he did it wasn't good, but he doesn't give a fu*k.

His motto is ' There is no right and wrong. Only the winner gets to decide what is right.'

As long as he gets what he wants, no one will have the right to call him wrong. Not that he ever cared what others thought of him.