Trouble

Ezio watched the process in his mindscape. The bear appeared in Heaven's Eastyard and Beasty went to look after him. "How long it's gonna take for you to train him?"

"Since ya are in the Qi Solidification Realm, I cannot change the time settings, so a pretty long time," Beasty answered.

"I cannot count on Artio in this trial then." Ezio sighed.

"Did ya name him already? Good, it is good to name your pets." Beasty said with a nod.

"By the way, how am I supposed to tame other beasts?" Ezio asked quizzically, "I cannot tame baby beasts all the time, can I?"

"There are few ways, mate," Beasty said as he raised one finger. "First, ya can beat them to submission. Second, you can offer a deal. If they accept it, then just bond. Third, you let me out and let me do my magic."

"Oh, sounds interesting! What are your Signiums?" Ezio asked curiously.

"First one is Leash of Light. Allows me to communicate and subdue them. It is great for Demonic Beasts.

The second one is the Scourge of God. A whip can help me train and tame monsters." Beasty explained.

"Sounds awesome," Ezio said in amazement. He loved this function of the Mysterious Room. "Anyway, is there any way for me to bring this pool to the Mysterious Room? It would be too wasteful to leave it here."

"It is possible, but it would kill this part of the domain, you know that right?" Botty said.

"I don't care," Ezio said with a shrug. "Not like I am going to come here again. And I don't plan to return the key to others, so this domain will never open again."

"Okay then, I can move it to the Backyard or Beasty can move it to the Eastyard. Either way, you won't be able to use it for the time being."Botty explained.

"That is troublesome." Ezio sighed. "Is there a way for me to use it?"

"Sadly. Though it will increase the general quality of Qi and Mana inside the Mysterious Room. It is worse than cultivating inside the pool but it is still a good option." Beasty said.

"Also, it applies to all the avatars, so Manny and Anon will also have it easier. In return, it will hasten your cultivation." Botty added. "You just have to decide if you want it in the Eastyard or Backyard."

"Hmm." Ezio scratched his chin. "Eastyard it is. Since I stole it from Artio."

"Okay, you can cover it with your essence and let us do the rest." Botty said.

"Let me dip in it a while first." Ezio shook his head as he removed his clothes. The pool was warm and comfortable. It felt like a hot tub but the way Qi entered his body made it even better. Sitting inside, he felt like melting and staying there all the time. Sadly, the time he could spend in the domain was only a month, and wasting time in the pool would be counterproductive.

After soaking for hours and opening another acupoint he left the pool and covered it with his Qi. In the next second, it disappeared and a big hole appeared in its place. Ezio looked at it with a sigh, then turned to search the cave.

Other than some not-so-common herbs, he couldn't find anything. Probably either the mama bear ate them when she was pregnant or she fed them to the baby bear while it was small. Either way, there wasn't anything rare, so Ezio left the cave. As soon as he did, he saw two people in front of the cave. For a second, his heart skipped a beat but seeing their uniforms relieved him.

"Hey!" He said with a smile.

"Ezio, right?" The girl asked. She was from Demeter's Blessing. If he wasn't mistaken, her name was Lu Ru. "We are being chased."

"By whom?" Ezio asked skeptically. Although the answer was obvious.

"Prince Consort's men." She shook her head. "They are hunting everyone down for the keys."

"But you two don't have keys," Ezio said with a squint.

"How do you know?" The other one asked. He was a short guy with a lean body. He was from Zeus's Fury Sect, he nodded as he introduced himself. "Shi Yang."

"You probably split from your friends to increase your chance, and they followed them instead of you since I cannot see them," Ezio said as he clasped his arms around his chest.

"Yes." The girl nodded and then asked. "We should team up or we're all gonna die."

"Look, I like grandma, and I would love to help you, but you are all in the Qi Crystallization Realm while I am in the Solidification Realm. I am the weakest one here." Ezio said as he shook his head. "I think they have a way to follow the keys. If you bring them to me, I can hide them with a special technique. Then they can't find you."

"Why should we trust you?" The lean guy asked. "What if you go and deliver them to the Prince."

"Your sect works with him, you should know if I am working with him or not," Ezio asked with a smirk. The guy almost dropped to the ground as he looked at Ezio with his eyes wide open.

"How do you know?" He asked after some time.

"I just do," Ezio said.

"Our Sect Leader gave away the key. But they still hunt us down." The guy clenched his fist. "Let's find others and you seal the keys."

"Can you find them?" Ezio asked.

"All sect disciples have ways to find each other in case we split apart." The girl said as she closed her eyes. Soon, a tattoo on her arm started to shine. "This way."

Ezio ran after them as he planned. He didn't want Xiao Chen to gain the heritage. Although with the key in his hand, it was impossible for him to have it, it didn't negate the fact that Prince Consort hated his guts. If he were to work with others, he would have a better chance to fight back.

After running for more than half an hour, they arrived at a mountain range. There were rocks and slopes everywhere and numerous caves were filled with auras of different types of beasts. This place was quite good for a hiding place.

"Are they inside?" Asked Ezio, as he looked around. He couldn't feel any human among so many beasts.

"They are." The girl nodded as he led him towards a cave. Ezio was cautious but nothing jumped on them as they entered the cave. When they took several turns, they arrived at a small opening. Crawling inside, he saw an opening as big as the banquet room. In the middle of the room, four people were battling, and at the moment, one of them was floating in the air with dark flames around him.