Preparing

Lie Yi was cultivating when  Hyun Hae entered the room.

"Hey Lie, tell me, are you about to reach rank 3?" Hyun Hae came and sat in front of Lie Yi before asking.

"Why do you care? I am sure you are here to ask if I know the location of Yang Zhai or not, right?" Lie Yi opened his left eye and looked at Hyun Hae.

"Hmm, why would I? I am your sister, can't I even care about you? Uh, uh, anyway, do you know his location?" Hyun Hae said with a smile.

"As I suspected." Lie Yi sighed and continued,

"But, Hae, I think something is strange with my body. As I told you before, my cultivation speed is fast for someone with only 92 percent essence water. It seems as if, as if… I can't even explain the feeling. But, one thing is for certain, the ka I use seems to reject me even after enslaving it. What do you think is the reason? However, the techniques I use are powerful, but the toll left on my body after using techniques is also high." Lie Yi looked at his hands and said.

"Oh, is it bad or good? Your cultivation speed is fast compared to others, and you feel like you are being rejected by Kas: however, in return, your techniques are powerful and the toll on your body is also powerful. Come to think of it, isn't the exact opposite happening to me." Hyun Hae placed her hand on her chin and said after contemplating.

"What do you mean?" Lie Yi didn't understand what Hyun Hae was trying to say.

"What I mean is that I feel like kas are more suitable for me than the techniques. Not just that, but I only use Kas and their strength is also more powerful when used by me than others: however, the power of the techniques decreases when used by me, but when someone else uses the same technique, they are more stronger. What do you think about that?" Hyun Hae said after pondering.

"Isn't that obvious, you have a water path physique which is more inclined towards nature. So basically, your body rejects techniques, which are considered corrupted powers. And accepts kas, which are born from nature. Wait a minute…," Lie Yi suddenly thought of something and his eyes opened wide.

"You get it, right, the power of the kas is stronger when used by me because physiques are more inclined towards nature, then that means your body is rejecting kas because it must be rejected by nature. And why is that happening, even I don't know?" Hyun Hae shook her head.

Hyun Hae was lost in thought after hearing this. If his body was being rejected by nature, then that means that every Ka he uses will have weaker power than when used by the others.

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"How is he? Did you get the letter?" Aunt Wei asked her husband.

"I don't know how he is. As for the letters, I didn't get any. Sigh, I really miss him." Uncle Wei heaved a long sigh.

"Huh, if you had not sent him away, we wouldn't have needed Yang Zhai. We are just feeding him for free, and don't even know if he will be useful." Aunt Wei looked at Uncle Wei with annoyance.

"Forget it, I don't regret my decision at all. I made the right choice by sending him away with that man. He will grow stronger in no time. Anyway, Yang Zhai is enough, believe me, he will be useful to us when we try to achieve the title of a noble family." Uncle Wei was firm about his decision. 

"I hope you are right. I really miss him."

Aunt Wei looked at a painting. This painting had Aunt Wei and Uncle Wei in it with a small boy with them. This boy did not look like Lie Yi at all. After that, she looked at a small two-inch arrow that was made of iron. But, this arrow was half, and half of its part was missing. It seemed as if it was cut from the middle.

It was unknown whom they were talking about. However, it seemed like they had a very close relationship with the boy.

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"I don't have much time left. I need to prepare two bottles as soon as possible. If I recall correctly, the competition should begin in two weeks. This competition took place even in my previous life, even though a war was going on between the Bai clan and the Ma clan."

Yang Zhai was buying the materials that he needed.

He was strolling through the whole bazaar just to get certain types of materials.

He had asked Si Yu to buy him the materials that he required: however, there were some special requirements for a few materials. Such as the Black Aloe Vera plant that he had purchased required a certain number of stripes for it to work in what he wanted to refine. Thus, he was purchasing such materials himself.

And what he wanted to refine required a entire week to cooldown for the effects to take place for it to be usable. Thus, after refining, Yang Zhai was going to store these two bottles for a week. 

In the meantime, he needed to purchase something else for the competition. 

One week later,

"So, your competition is about to begin. As I had already informed you guys that the competition of the Si and Bai academies will take place in a while, so the time has come. You all have five days to prepare, therefore, everyone, prepare yourselves." Elder Ren said to the disciples.

The Bai clan stuck to its traditions even in the wartimes, let alone now. Thus, the time of the competition was the same as in Yang Zhai's previous life. The events during this time didn't affect the competition.

"Everyone, I have already informed you about the rewards, so if there's something else you want to know, ask away." Elder Ren then continued.

"Elder, can you tell us about the contents of the competition?" A disciple stood up and asked a question.

"Any other questions besides this one?" However, elder Ren didn't even react to this question and ignored it.

When the disciple saw this, he sat down embarrassingly.

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On the other hand,

"Father, what do you think?"Si Kim asked a man who stood in front of him.

The man's face could not be seen clearly because of the darkness in the room.

"I can't be of much help here. Nobody knows about the contents of the second last round of the competition. This round is prepared by the clan leader and his subordinates. After the round is ready, they disappear. However, you don't need to focus on the competition, but on the competitors. After all, you have to become the clan leader in the future, hahaha." The man started to laugh.

Si Kim also smiled after hearing the man laugh.  

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