Preparing(Part-2)

"No, of course I'm not!" Apollo denied, shaking his head. After calming down from finally getting to use his "Can Deez" joke, he continued, "Whoever that is, he must've used a fake name as a joke."

Elmo turned to the Great Serpent Headmaster. "You know anything about that?"

"No," Axton shook his head.

"I see." Elmo eyed Axton suspiciously, then looked back at the beggar. "He's not really a kid, right?"

"Do you think a kid could reach the 2nd-Step Qi Condensation Stage?" Axton asked, looking around the room, excluding Master Popo, who was still laughing his *ss off.

"If he's really a kid at that cultivation stage, I'll bow down and kiss his feet," Nathan commented.

Apollo considered telling them the truth—that he really was just a kid—but leaving out his mental age. Considering it was one thing; actually doing it was another.