Chapter 4

"STOP!!!" Calvin yelled out of blue.

"Telling the story will be too long. I will give you the short one. There was once a giant sect, but then something happened and they're split in two. The rebel then be called Evil Eyes, since they're the one who lost the fight. It's just another internal dispute. There you have it."

Everyone looked at Calvin. That's too oversimplifying. A moment of silence for the legendary story that has been butchered by Calvin.

"next!", Calvin was pointing at the maid, "speak up, kid."

The maid was still hesitated, but a hand suddenly hold her shoulder. When she look at the owner, she got calmed. Tang Shen gave her his support.

"My name is Sue Lan. But once, my name was Sui Chen, the last heir from Sui dynasty."

The Sui dynasty. The fallen after the current dynasty overthrown them with bloody massacre. Yet the last heir is standing in front of them. No one speak for that moment. Even Calvin hold his yawn for respecting her tragedy.

"Human are sometimes scary, Bruce," Astrid was shivering just by heard the maid's story.

"Well, one absolute fact is, you are most scary of all the living, girl," Bruce smirked.

"What! No I am not!"

"Heh, remember the place when first time we're met? Your own house?"

"Ah. …" Astrid couldn't reply. Another point for Bruce.

"Wait a minute, Maid Girl, how could you survive that?"

"Master Lin helped me out, Miss Astrid," the maid replied politely

"The Inn owner. The fallen immortal," Calvin added.

The inn owner walked by and sit beside Calvin.

"It's amazing how mister Calvin can predict everything. You have a great wisdom, sir." He took a cup a tea and start to drink it.

"It's no biggy, it would growing up eventually within times." Calvin's answered that looked like it was a random one. But only him self knew how long he took to have those insight.

"By the way Master Lin, it's not a pure coincidental for you to met her isn't it?"

"It's time for my story then. And I wont give you such a long one master Calvin."

"Could you finish it in five words?"

"No."

"Okay then, let's give the writer more words to type!"

*writer: give Calvin a middle finger* 

"When I was defeated, after my enemy destroyed my soul lamp, she didn't directly kill me. That person seemed in a hesitant. That's when I slipped to lower realm."

"She?" Calvin interrupted. "You knew her, right? Another plot, in summary you are in love dispute. Okay, continue."

"I wish it could be just love dispute, but I'm afraid it was more than that. Anyway, when I was fallen, fate made me descend not far away from Chen-er was about to be killed. Encounters are based on karma. She met me there was a sign to me for keep her alive no matter who she was. So I use my exhausted power to save her and here we are, living as a commoner. That's it, I guess."

"Master! You are great! such story could be stretched to one volume, and yet you did it in less than a chapter. I, Calvin Klein, salute you," Calvin bow to the immortal.

Master Lin just chuckled and drink his tea. He knew Calvin did it with his whole heart, not just some courtesy.

"Say master, that's not the real reason you join us, right? Come on, speak your need, we are now basically one big family," Calvin laughed out loud.

A sect master, a city lord, an assassin, a heaven seed, a maid/heir of dynasty, a fallen immortal, and with addition of Calvin gang, what kind of family is this?

"Master Calvin knew how to talk, alright, City Lord, I need your seven-petal immortal rose. I hope you can trade it with me."

Tang Kun and Chang Jihan stunned by his request. It was a hard request. One, Seven-petal immortal rose was a rare plant. Both of them only have one, and it took their whole life to collect it. Secondly, it has no other use except as a main ingredient for immortal pill, a pill that help any cultivator at the peak golden realm to break through nascent stage. But anyone could only eat once for all his life, because the second pill will become poison that kill the cultivator.

"About that master Lin, …"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't explain it in detail. Let me ask you, what is the odd for you to break through with the help of the pill?"

"With the pill made by the best master, I think it's 60%"

"More and less similar with him, I guess," Chang Jihan added the statement.

"It's weird isn't it? No matter what cultivation method, no matter what is your dao, your sect, whenever it's about time to break through nascent stage, it's always with same odd, 60%!"

"By those mean, master Lin, are you saying that the pill method is defected?"

This is huge scandal. If the pill method has a major error, it means so far someone has deliberately hindering cultivation advancement. It's a crime against all cultivators!

"No, the method was perfected from ancient times ago. But the problem was laid in the ingredient." "The seven-petal immortal rose." Calvin chimed in.

"Let me give another summary."

"Here we go again…" (Bruce)

"Master always left the long part." (Astrid)

"Your dumbass alchemist used all part of the rose."

After that Calvin keep on long silent.

Tang Kun and Chang Jihan dumbfounded. Bro, you can't just stop like that. What? Why? How? That's a proper summary. Only master Lin keep on his smile.

"Master…" Astrid tugging on Calvin.

"What?"

"Where is the rest? You can't stop half way." Tang Kun and Chang Jihan looked at Astrid with glowing eyes. She's our savior!

"Oh, I thought you'll understand the rest. Fine. Each of the seven petals has difference essence. Earth, metal, fire, water, wind, dark, and light. If you mixed all of them, it would be just creating a stable but useless stuff since the essence are gone. Here, let me show you. City Lord, show me your power."

Tang Kun stand up and activating his peak golden core power.

"See, he has affinity with earth. He could just use one earth petal of the rose and his break through rate will be 80%"

Tang Kun and Chang Jihan were elated. That's mean if they could share another petals with someone else, the cost and efficiency will be on factor of 5.

"And don't think about the two petals. It is useless for break through. You know another name similar with dark and light? It's death and life. Only true immortal could use it. Master Lin need those two to recover. So, City Lord only need earth petal, the Sect Master only need fire, the rest could be sold or trade in. Done."