Close call

Reggie said "Eva brought two small solar chargers with her, we used to charge our phones yesterday, but the phones are pretty much useless here, I just use it to look the time."

Dean said "That is another reason I want to buy a phone from here, There is probably some apps that would help out, especially on some important general knowledge we don't know. So do you guys want to come?"

Scratching the back of his head Reggie said "I really want to, but since we are going to that fight tonight I have to cultivate now, I am not a genius like you. If I don't work hard I may never become an inner sect disciple"

With her head down and her awkwardly touching her finger together, Eva said "Me too, I don't want to be behind"

Mary said "I am going, my room is out of spirit qi after my morning practice and I don't have anything to do."

Dean said "Well good practicing to you two, oh take this, I will give yours later Mary" passing a spirit stone for each of them.

Dean got up and said "See you later" then started to walk towards the door. Surprised, Mary dint even say goodbye instead she followed Dean asking "Wait, how did you do that?"

After almost and hour and a half of walking, asking for directions several times, they reached a beautiful mall. Realistic hologram of fishes swam in the air in attempt to make it look like it was underwater.

Mary said confused "Is this really the place? Its looks more like aquarium"

Dean said "It should be, that guy said it has some weird sea vibes. He was not wrong in any way".

For hours the two browsed around, discovered the spirit stones he had where high quality ones, being worth almost a thousand lion points each, and Dean bought some clothes and phone for both of them, not bothering with spending money with his friends.

The two spent the entire way back browsing the sect internet, which was free to use it was and very fast, even about everyone in the sect was using it.

In the sect internet there was about everything they could ask for, a social media that even the elders of the sect used, pictures and videos of huge monster, mystical pets and of inner sect disciples and elders in their daily life and doing incredible complex techniques, an online market, whit things so pricey he wished he dint see and even teachers for hire.

Because of how slow the two walked, seeing all the amazing videos and pictures in display, when they reached the inn the last meal of the day was already being served.

Seeing Reggie eating Dean said "Reggie! You have to see this" then ran to his side and showed him a video of a girl smashing a huge purple praying mantis with a stone fist she created in the air.

With his eyes wide open Reggie said "Holy shit, how did she create that so fast"

Dean said "There is a whole internet full of this videos, I already have a bunch of fights saved to watch later. Its not the same as watching them live but its still amazing."

Reggie was going to say something, but a burly man wearing simple stained clothes and his skinny friend, who they saw eating here almost every day, came saying "If inst my lucky day, a weak idiot brought a new cellphone just for me. Mine was getting old".

An oppressing aura of someone at the peak of the mortal rank hit Dean directly, making Dean legs go weak for a second until his own normally calm aura erupted with blood-lust and pure darkness to protect him, his eyes turned into two black abyss and blood started forming in the air around Dean.

The amount, potency and strength of Dean aura dint get anywhere close to the man aura, but the cheer vileness in it made the man hesitate for a bit. He then saw Dean black eyes and the blood forming around him and he understood he had really fucked now.

The man instantly wanted to apologize, thinking "Why did I mess with true genius, my life is over, why is a true genius even here, fuck, fuck". He saw the aura around Dean, felt the vileness and blood-lust in it, and was certain there was no way a man with such a blood-lust would let him go alive after this even if he apologized and humiliated himself, he was certain he would call some connections and end him.

Thinking he had only one way to come out alive on this, the man aura erupted, destroying Dean defenses and paralyzing him. His right hand became a stone ball full of spikes and was about to sent a punch with enough might that dint even need the stone ball to kill Dean.

Just before the punch hit Dean his friend held him by the back, screaming "Stop! have you gone crazy!".

The skinny guy then pushed the burly man in the ground screaming "Are you out of your mind! Trying to get us both killed!".

The burly man got up and said "Dint fell his aura he will kill us for this, if we do".

The skinny man slapped the burly man in the face and said "What do you think it will happen if we kill a true genius, you are supposed to be the smart one you idiot." he then got on his knees and put his head on the ground and said "Please forgive me and my dumb friend, we dint know you where a true genius. Here take all my money, just let us live, please"

The burly man bowed just like his friend and sent all his money to Dean, saying "I am so sorry, I, I was out of myself, please forgive me"

Dean fear of almost being killed quickly turned into pure anger he kicked the face of the burly man, which hurt more his foot than the man face, and said loudly "You almost fucking killed me! Get out of here and never show up in front of me ever again" breathing heavily at the end.

The pair of robbers said "Please forgive us" and ran away from the inn as fast as they could.

The inn was in pin drop silence, Eva, Mary and Reggie where still afraid to move, as they also felt the despair of not being able to even move when under the direct pressure of someone of a higher rank.