144. HIDE

"With that done, take this," A folded paper appeared and floated towards Noah.

Grabbing the scroll of sorts, Noah unfolded it to study the map. A few moments later he stored it in his inventory.

A heavy silence fell on the duo after that. Noah felt the silence to be a bit awkward, and was probably because he had been ready to proctect his secret a few minutes ago.

Truth be told Noah had the silent idea that Jon tried to intimidate him with the protections surrounding the village, but he felt no danger from the expert. His full power could one-shot the cultivator.

The silence eventually turned annoying when no words had been said for ten whole minutes.

'I wonder if there are cultivators with three elemental affinities,' Noah wondered, 'Is it safe to announce my probably very rare status,' he thought.

'Probably not,' he answered his own question, 'I should get protection first,' he concluded.