Ch. 34 - I Shall Gift You Talent

After eating, Tian Xin and Xiao Huoyan began to discuss about what they should do now.

"What are we going to do now?", Tian Xin asked.

"Hm?"

"Are we just going to stay here?"

"… No."

"Where are we going?"

"We are going to The Azure Sea Division in a few days."

"The Azure Sea Division? I have always wanted to go there!", Tian Xin said ecstatically.

"Why?"

"It's bigger than this practically abandonned village, so theres is probably a lot to see!"

"Is it fun there?"

"I… do not know. I have never been there. I have always wanted to go there, but mother always said that we should stay here."

"Hm… I have never been there."

"You have not?!"

Xiao Huoyan just shook his head silently.

"Then why do you want us to go there?"

"… It is not too far away and the name does not sound bad. Besides, it is rather close to the capital. We will have to go there soon enough."

"Why do you want us to go to the capital? Do you have someone to meet there?"

"… Yes."

"Who?"

"We have some people to take care of in the capital."

"You mean… the Jin Clan?"

"Mhm", Xiao Huoyan hummed while nodding.

"…When?"

"When you are strong enough not to get killed by them simply by entering their territory."

"Hey! I am not that weak!"

"Hahahah, you are right. It is not you whom are weak, but they whom are strong."

"You! I am a lot stronger now!"

"Compared to when, hahah?"

"Compared to before you fixed the problem with my spirit essence!"

"Oh, so you have already noticed the changes?"

"Of course, I have!"

"Great!"

"What do you mean 'great'?"

"Nothing. I am just happy that you got stronger, that is all."

"Brother…"

Tian Xin felt moved. To think that her dear brother cared for her that much.

"What if I get stronger than you? Will you still wish for me to get stronger? Will you… be happy for me, then?"

"Of course, I would be happy! Unfortunately, you will never get stronger than me, hehe!"

"You! I sure can! If I train more than you, then sooner or later I will surpass you by leaps and bounds!"

"I shall look forward to the day you surpass me, hahah!"

"Hmph! Just you wait and see. I have already cultivated for longer than you have been alive!"

"True, but I have yet to start cultivating, yet I am already stronger than you, hahahah!"

"Oh… right…"

"Jokes aside. I am sure you will be able to become very strong. I can help you a bit, but you will have to do the main work yourself.

The Azure Sea Division is filled with geniuses. What I can gift you will help you, but you will still have to work hard in order to improve."

"I understand brother!"

"Good."

"So… What is this gift you mentioned?"

"Demonic Flame."

"What?!"

"I will gift you a second spirit essence."

"B-but why?!"

"When we reach The Azure Sea Division, I want us both to be able to enrol in The Azure Dragon School. To be frank, your talent is insufficient. I know that you have practised for many years, but in The Azure Sea Division, geniuses are not a rarity.

Only geniuses can enroll in The Azure Dragon School, therefore I shall gift you a second spirit essence… I shall gift you what they would call a form of 'talent'.

Though geniuses are not rare, people with double essence are not even one in a hundred thousand. If you have it, they will surely accept you without questions."

"Is The Azure Dragon School not the best school in the continent?! It is the school whose headmaster is one of the respected five protectors, right?!"

"Mhm."

Xiao Huoyan hummed while nodding.

"What about you then? How are you going to enroll? Are you going to show them what you are capable of by joining the examinations, or are you going to get in by revealing your talent?"

"Neither. I have a letter of recommendation."

"What?! Who do you know who is influential enough to get you in?!"

"Jin Long left it for me."

"… Oh... Is that why you wanted to go to The Azure Sea Division? To join The Azure Dragon School, like Jin Long had wanted you to?"

"…"

Xiao Huoyan just nodded silently.

"At first I had not planned to actually go there, but with you having to get stronger so that we can defeat the Jin Clan together, I thought that it is the ideal place to go to. Besides, I know how to get us both in without even exposing myself, so I just thought that--"

"--Thank you brother!"

"Huh? O-oh, y-you are welcome."

"I mean it. Really. Thank you!"

"S-stop… I am not used to you being so kind all of a sudden!"

"What do you mean?! Have I not always been kind to you?! Name one thing that I ever did to you!"

"You threatened me. You attacked me. You interrogated me. You chased after me. You--"

"--Enough! I-I get it already!"