Man In The River

Using his Soul Sense, Ryker quickly realize the man is still alive. He jump off from Sutal before dragging the man away from the river. Taking one of his healing pills, he put it inside thean's mouth before using his qi to help him refine it.

 Afterwards, he began to dress the wound, bandaging it to make sure the blood will not come out. After he was done with both tasks, he carried the man to a safer area, as the injuries did not come from a beast.

-x-

 "Urggh!" the man stirred. Soon, he sense the first thing different, namely the fact he was not drenched. He was not sure, but he is certain he was draped in a blanket.

He opened his eyes, looking underneath the blanket. He sighed in relief, his clothes remained though it is dry. He attribute it to his saviour.

When he looked to the side, he spot a young man, with several beautiful women surrounding him.

'Lucky bastard,' he thought.

The young man looked at him and said, "Looks like you are awake," the women, with the blue haired one turned their attention towards him.

"Yes, thank you for saving my life," he was sure that even a cultivator would not be able to last long inside a river, especially a Genesis Condensing expert like him.

"You're welcome," was the short reply before the young man tend to the fire.

He wanted to say something, anything to break the silence, which starting to feel suffocating and worst of all, awkward.

"May I know the name of my saviour? If you don't wish to I understand but at least let me introduce myself.

My name is Solance Hal, the young master of Hal Family, one of three Great Families of the Mariz City Capital," he introduced himself.

"One of the Great Families in the capital?" the young man repeat, though there is no sense of awe from him.

Then again, considering how he was unable to sense the man's cultivation, which would mean either he is not a cultivator or he has higher cultivation than him. With two of the women at the peak of Genesis Condensing, similar to him, it is likely the later.

Which mean he has an even better background than him or his talent is just that great. Either one would benefit him, as the former will allow him to have connection with a stronger force, and the latter would give him the chance to pull him into the Hal Family.

"So, what is the reason for a young master like you to be in the middle of the river with an arrow wound on your shoulder?" the man asked.

"Same old, same old. Being the target of an assassination and barely manage to escape," he said nonchalantly even though he still shiver at the memory.

"Oh. And the young master wish for our assistance in getting back to the capital?" he nodded, knowing there is no need to conceal his wish.

"Yes, and I am willing to compensate for the trouble," he told the group. They are his best bet in getting to the capital without his pursuers finding him.

"Under one condition, your Family will help us destroyed a Family," the man put up a rather hefty price for his assistance. While they might be the only way for him to get to his home safely, he still need to ask something.

 "What is the name of the family and why? I might be desperate but I won't make promises that I can't keep," he said, looking at the man in the eye even though he likely could crush him with ease.

 "The Family name is Uru, and I want to destroy them because they destroyed a town of one of my lovers," he said, his tone brimming with concealed rage. However, the family he wanted to take revenge of is not something he could hope to help, even with his Family backing him.

 "Uru Family! If what you accuse them of is true, they need to be destroyed but it would not be easy. After all, Uru Family is Tier 1 Great Family, just below my own Family in term of strength and influence,"

-x-

 Uru Family. The family that caused Era to suffer. They destroyed her town for the sake of being the one who have sole control over the found Secret Realm. However, while Ryker knew the Family would possess some influence, he did not expect the said influence to be powerful.

 From what information he manage to gather about the Families in the capital, they are four Tier, with Tier 3 being the weakest and the highest being the Great Family, who possess influence only second to the Noble Family themselves.

 For the Uru to be a Tier 1 Family, destroying them would be very hard.

 "What if we offer you something far more precious than keeping the Uru alive?" Ryker asked.

 Solance merely raised his brows before nonchalantly answer, clearly not believing him to have such thing in his card.

 "Of course, but you will have to get the other Great Family and the Noble Family as well. If not, you will not get what you wish for," he replied.

 "Don't worry. Let just say what we have will make all the higher ups of the capital fight just for the chance to get what we have," he said with a smile.

-x-

 Solance watched as he and the women head towards their tent. Seeing he did not have one, they have left him a tent of his own. He was thankful for their generosity and hope they will be able to get what they want.

 "Hope whatever they have is something special. Would not want the Uru Family to be let off for destroying an entire town, if the accusation is real," he said to himself before falling asleep, finally having a full rest after being chased by his pursuers.

-x-

 After a good night rest, the group soon head towards the capital, though Solance took a lot of detaur, not wanting to be spotted by any of his pursuers.

 "Are you sure you are safe inside the capital? What if the pursuers is a rival family?" Ryker asked, which is a genuine concern.

 One the young master had thought of and find likely to be true.

 "The safest place will be my family estate. Unless they find an assassin at the Genesis Source realm, there is no way for anything to harm me there," he said confidently.

 As the two men talked, a figure climb out of the bush, listening and following them,

 "I don't know how you get so many helpers but I will have to thank you for giving me some toy to play with,"