Assassins

"If you continue to circulate your mental energy according to the manual, your chance of becoming a mental master would likely be impossible, apart from the fact that it is incomplete, it only focuses on controlling the Dragon call needles and nothing else"

Lee's heart couldn't help but skip a bit, the primary goal of cultivating was to increase in strength, if he practiced an art that limited his growth, wasn't it like he was unconsciously placing a knife on his own neck.

"But you have no problem since you just started cultivating, it would have had little or no effect on your progress, all you have to do is to start cultivating the technique I just passed to you"

"So that's all, you can leave for your clan now!" Windblade said as she rose up and turned her back towards Lee.

Lee was stupified, what's with this unusual change in attitude, seconds ago she was advicing him on mental energy and now she is acting queer and unconcerned.

Lee didn't object or say anything, he was entirely grateful for everything they had done for him, saved him from exploding, recruited him to the soon to be greatest academy in Greenland, and even corrected him from walking the wrong path in Mental energy, what more could he ask for.

He cupped his hands as he bowed deeply and uttered.

"Thank you Pretty Sister Windblade!"

Though he was disgusted by the fact that he had to add pretty to her name, he had no choice, he didn't want to be hit on the head once again. He immediately raised his foot and began to walk out of the courtyard.

Windblade that had been silent all this while suddenly spoke.

"No one must know about your admission into our academy apart from you and your father, all you have to do is wait and continue to train till we send an envoy to come and pick you up.. Till then make sure you aren't as weak as you are right now"

Lee halted on hearing her words, he clenched his hands with resolution flickering through his eyes, even though it felt as if his strength was increasing in leaps and bounds but compared to cultivators with bloodlines he was still very far from competing with them.

"I would become strong!" Lee muttered gently under his breath as he walked out the courtyard.

Few seconds after Lee had left the courtyard, a silhouette flickered around the courtyard and abruptly appeared beside Windblade.

"Senior Brother Six, you are back" Windblade uttered as she stared at the person who had suddenly appeared beside her.

"Yes" Senior Brother Six said with a sigh, as he stared at the gloomy face of Windblade.

"Windblade, i know we are about to place an heavy burden on him, but he has been the only one that had met the criteria Master set all this while"

"I gave him Master's Mental energy technique" Windblade said with no expression on her face.

"Wh... Whyyy?" Senior Brother Six stuttered as he questioned Windblade.

"If he can't complete volume one before coming to the academy, then you should understand!"

"I do" Senior Brother Six said has he sighed.

"I guess our job here is done" Senior Brother Six said and Windblade nodded in agreement, and in the next moment their body flickered and their presence had vanished from the courtyard.

.......

"Boss we have been waiting for this bastard for almost a week now, I'm about to lose my patience" A man with long scars on his face spoke with aggression written all over his face.

"Hey, Bullface we are all tired of waiting but the information we have gotten says he has not returned to the clan yet, so it means he his still in Vine city, no matter what he does he would still pass through this path it's the only way back to Wateredge!" A middle aged man who wore an outlandish hat said as he sipped the wine in his hands.

"Hmpph, whatever!" Bullface snorted as he gulped a large quantity of wine like as though his life depended on the wine.

The duo who engaged in this conversation where in a pretty small room with hardly any adornment.

"Bullface, how about the lady I saw you with yesterday did she treat you well?" The man with the outlandish hat said as he winked at Bullface.

Bullface face couldn't help but break into a smile, his smile didn't melt hearts, but rather would cause fear in people's heart.

While Bullface was about to explain his escapades a shadow suddenly appeared in the room.

"Boss, he has been spotted!"

........

Lee was already at the outskirts of Vine city where Wateredge was situated, it was the only high power that lived far from Vine city, most of them had their clans situated in Vine city.

They had housed him in a building in Vine city so it was easy for him to find his way. Has the distance between him and his clan began to shorten, his heart began to long for his father and Azure, he wondered what Azure would have been doing, what trouble it had caused in his absence, he couldn't help but chuckle at this thought.

While he was lost in thought, he suddenly felt his mind scream in danger and like a reflex action, he flickered from his position and appeared few meters away.

A flash of red light darted through the space where he was previously and landed on a nearby rock.

"Boom!"

The rock shattered into pieces and what was left of it was rock powder if that was a thing.

Though he had not started to pratice the Mental Surge cultivation technique, he still possessed mental energy so the awareness of his surroundings was far sharp than any normal fifth stage Spirtual path cultivator.

"You guys can come out now!" Lee uttered as he stared at the nearby bushes, he could sense four unknown aura that contained killing intent, hiding inside the bushes, though they had concealed their auras but to Lee that possessed mental energy it was nothing, the only reason why he had not noticed the arrow until it was some distance from him was becuase he was lost in thought, and from this he had learnt a lesson not to ever be unconscious of his environment, it had almost cost him his life.

Few breaths passed and no one came out of the bush, but Lee still stood on the same spot, apart from the arrow that almost killed him, he could still sense the auras filled with killing intent hiding in the bushes.

After few more breaths when one of them could not take it anymore he snorted and jumped out of the bush.

"Hmmph, he survived the arrow so there is no need to continue to hide" The man who jumped out of the bush chuckled as he walked towards Lee, this man was precisely Bullface.

"We have been paid to take your life, so don't make it hard for us" Bullface smiled, as three other men strapped in pitch black garment appeared behind him.

Lee wasn't too bothered about the ugly man who stood in front of him, he was wondering who was so bold to send assassins after him very close to his clan.

No matter how Elder Chu hated him, he didn't believe he could try to assassin him very close to the clan or even try at all.

"Whoever it is, I need to fisrt avoid been killed" Lee thought as he smiled at Bullface.

"Has anyone ever told you, you look ugly when you smile?" Lee asked has he smiled mockingly at Bullface who's face had become red from anger on hearing Lee's word.

"Brat, you would soon know the reason why I'm called Bullface" Bullface snorted as he waved his hands and two huge hammers appeared on his hands, he abruptly amplified it as the skulls of two unknown beast appeared on the surface of the hammers.

"OH!" Lee gasped in shock, Beast type sword totem; it was a special type of sword totem, it signified the weilder either comprehended the sword as a beast, or had the spirit of a beast.

"Your name perfectly suits you" Lee said has he chuckled with obvoius ridicule in his voice. Lee sighed in relief as he sensed Bullface's aura, he had been bothered about the latter's strength as he could not know unless the latter released his aura, and from what he could sense, his strength should not be far from Iron Fist, but this made him more bothered about who sent assassins after him, was it that they thought highly of him or had seen him fight in the Arena of heroes, as the three men strapped in pitch black garments also released their auras and essence weapon and each and every one of them were in the fourth stage but were weaker than Bullface, their strength shouldn't be far from Youngblood.

Lee clenched his fist, if had not advanced in cultivation strength then he would sure have died here or suffer an heavy injury, but as luck who have it who ever sent assassins against didn't know he would advance to the fifth stage in one night.