"I've finally made it back." Yang Yu said to himself as he sat down in an alley way. This place was akin to his house, his territory. If anyone were to enter it, they'd have to face Yang Yu's wrath.
'As soon as I sell the ring, I need to get out of here.' He thought as the ring shined brightly. "Too bad I can't keep it, but I need the money." He said to himself as the ring shined brightly, reflecting the light of the bright night sky.
'The trek from here to the Sky Spirit Sect will take about a month, once there I can buy information and ingredients, before taking part in the exam.' He thought as he slowly dozed off. 'Considering the fact that I'll sell the ring tomorrow, that gives me 2 whole months to pl...' He thought as he fell soundly asleep.
The Next Day
As the sun shone into the alley way, Yang Yu's eyes flickered open as he looked around himself. 'Good, no one touched my shit.' He thought as he rose up and began to walk out of the alley. As he reached the end of the alleyway he look back once before turning around, and leaving the alleyway for his last time ever.
'I didn't think I'd be so attached so a shitty alleyway.' He thought as he ran through the streets. At this early hour people were already trekking through the roads, so as much as possible he tried to stay out of suspicion.
'Knowing the security of that convoy, they should start searching for the ring any time now, so I need to make the drop as quickly as possible.' He thought as he rushed through the street, dodging the other passerbyers.
After a few minutes, Yang Yu dove into another alleyway and ran through it. An hour later, Yang Yu made it to his destination. It was an extremely secluded alleyway, the roads to its sides had no one passing by, and the buildings around it were so tall, it was still pitch black.
'All I need to do now, is wait.' He thought as he sat down and waited, but as he waited and waited, the buyers never came. On the contrary he began to hear noises around the area. 'Fuck! I've been had.' He thought as he quickly rose up and ran through a path in the alleyway.
As he ran though he soon noticed 2 guards standing there in wait. "You've finally appeared, you scoundrel." One of them said as they unsheathed their sword and swung it towards Yang Yu.
Immediately Yang Yu punched his left hand towards the sword, and the guard immediately changed the trajectory of the sword. "Fuck, he has the ring, and he's using it to defend himself." The guard said as his sword hit the ground.
The guard lost balance as he tumbled forward, to make matters worse, Yang Yu kicked at his ankle making his fall worse. Seeing this, the other guard unsheathed his sword and stabbed towards Yang Yu.
In response Yang Yu arched his back downward as if he was in a limbo contest, before shooting forward between the guards legs, running away. "He got away! CATCH HIM!" The first guard shouted as he got up and gave chase to Yang Yu, but it was to no avail, Yang Yu knew these alleyways better than anyone.
As Yang Yu ran, his head was in a mess. 'What am I going to do now, I can't even make it to the exam location.' Yang Yu thought as a tall man appeared in front of him. "Stop now!" The man said as Yang Yu accidentally crashed into him.
"Hmph! You think that amount of strength can stop me? Criminal scum." The tall man said as he held his sword above his head. As Yang Yu gazed at him, despair filled his face. 'The guard captain, just my luck, not only that, but he's a Muscle Enhancing Cultivator.' Yang Yu thought as the guard captain's sword cleaved down, before stopping right in front of his face.
"Give up the ring, or you can leave your life here." The guard captain said through his iron clad helmet. Hearing this Yang Yu immediately began to tug at the ring attempting to take if off. As he did so though, the ring wouldn't leave his finger.
'Fuck, fuck, why won't it come off!?' Yang Yu thought as he panicked. He hadn't thought this through, due to the chance of joining a sect right in front of him, he forgot about the dangers selling the ring could bring.
"So, you've chosen death?" The guard captain asked as he pulled back his sword. As Yang Yu's life flashed before his eyes, he pulled off the ring with all his might, so much so, that is caused his finger to bleed, dripping a drop of blood onto the ring.
"BOOM!"
Immediately in a flash of light the guard captain was sent flying back as Yang Yu sat there astounded. 'A chance.' He thought as he immediately bolted out into the street and into another alleyway.
"FUCK!!" The guard captain shouted as he slammed his fist into the ground. 'I am going to be beheaded.' He simultaneously thought as he gulped down hard.
As Yang Yu ran through the alleyway the ring began to glow madly till suddenly he heard a voice. "I am the Million Mile Scholar, I know everything within a million miles, if a butterfly flutters its wings I will see it, if a cow moos I will hear it, if a man dies I will feel it, if a delicacy is made I will taste it, if a mess made I will smell it. I am, the Million Mile Scholar, most knowledgeable under the heavens."