78 A Lackey

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"Martial Saint?"

Ning Yue looked at Qing Tian with dubious eyes, wondering about the validity of Qing Tian's words.

His intuition was telling him that the person before him was extremely strong, but also an ally. It told him that he could trust the words of the person before him.

Narrowing his eyes, Ning Yue smiled, "If that sword you held early was nothing but a mere Ordinary Beast Soul, then you can obviously perform something similar with an even weaker weapon. Right?"

Qing Tian frowned, "Are you asking me to perform for you?"

Pressure exploded out from Qing Tian and befell the weak Ning Yue.

Qing Tian wouldn't have minded to show Ning Yue a move or two out of his own volition, but the moment someone else asks him to do it, it's more of an insult to his pride. Although meditation had mellowed down his pride, his Martial Saint pride was hurt as well.

To be lofty and above every martial artist, to listen to someone weaker was the same as showing weakness.

"Guh…" Ning Yue groaned in pain, he brought his hand up to his chest and looked at Qing Tian with bloodshot eyes.

Bang!

Multiplied black figures erupted into the room and surrounded Qing Tian. Two figures went to Ning Yue and began to inspect them.

However, Qing Tian didn't back down.

His Will erupted out of his body and descended upon the eight figure that surrounded him, instantly making them fall to their knees.

With a smirk on his face, Qing Tian looked at Ning Yue.

Will.

It was something Han Sen hadn't discovered until he was close to leaving the fourth God's Sanctuary before heading out into the Great Geneverse.

Having a Will is a very lifesaving ability Qing Tian had set out to have since the very beginning. He trained it whenever he meditated and trained his martial arts.

Will, an ability that isn't tied to how strong your body is or how advanced your martial arts are. It was more like how tenacious, strong-willed and determined you could be. However, it is better to have a Will molded by certain mentalities.

If not, the Will will end up being nothing but just an invisible mass that can fall upon others as pressure. Which is why it's recommended to manifest it through training your mentality as you train in sword techniques, knife techniques, spear techniques, saber techniques, fist techniques, etc.

Qing Tian's Will had already reached the level of that of the Great Geneverse. To be able to subdue a couple of Demigods is very easy, not to mention the eight figures before him who are just Surpassers, the rank before Demigod and after Evolvers.

His Will was something that would adapt to any mentality he changed into. If he thought of being a swordsman, his Will would turn into a Sword Will.

If he thought about being a Spearman, then the Will would be a Spear Will.

It was different compared to Intent that only manifests through weapons and Domains. A Will is the consciousness that could leave the body and attack targets far and wide depending on how strong the Will is.

Standing up from his spot, Qing Tian stepped on the head of the nearing black figure as he stared into Ning Yue's eyes.

"I will forgive you for this offense. You're a smart man, but you make idiotic mistakes like any other," said Qing Tian as he walked on the multiple black figures before heading to a table on the side and grabbing a pair of chopsticks.

Tossing one chopstick away, Qing Tian turned to face Ning Yue with a single chopstick in hand.

"Ngh…" Ning Yue groaned as the pressure surrounding him disappeared. His eyes contained a bit of animosity that was quickly replaced with respect and fear. "Thank you."

Standing in front of Ning Yue, Qing Tian nodded, "Good, you understand. I won't have you serve under me, we will be equals in certain levels. I will personally train you enough so that your weak body may not be a liability to me or yourself. Enough so that you can take down a Super Creature."

Ning Yue sat there dumbfounded and eventually nodded. He was nervous before the young man before him. A boy who looked younger than him by two-three years.

It made him wonder what the boy before him had gone through in order to become this powerful or what fortune he had run into until he suddenly realized something.

'Is he a descendant of a powerful and amazing Qigong Master?'

The respect in Ning Yue's eyes grew and he secretly vowed in his heart to treat the young man before him as his boss.

"Thank you for the opportunity," said Ning Yue with gratitude in his voice.

The two, still standing, black figures helping Ning Yue up looked at Ning Yue with a bit of shock.

'He just knocked down everyone and you're thanking him for expressing his will to teach you?'

'Is this the same Young Master Ning that had killed a man yesterday for disobeying an order?'

'Now he's just…'

'Bowing to another so easily?'

Qing Tian nodded once more at Ning Yue's words before turning away and looking at a metal statue at a corner.

"A valuable artifact… Worth at least 250 million dollars," muttered Qing Tian as he approached the statue.

His voice wasn't loud, but it was clearly heard by the two black figures and Ning Yue.

Glancing behind him and looking into Ning Yue's eyes, Qing Tian smirked, "I'll show you a single move at the cost of this statue for offending me."

Ning Yue's eyebrows furrowed, clearly displeased by what Qing Tian said before sighing in reconciliation.

Mentally nodding at Ning Yue's actions, Qing Tian stood before the metal statue. His hand slowly went up in the air before swinging down the chopstick in his hand slowly at a leisurely attitude.

Slice!

Nothing seemed different about the metal statue, and everyone believed Qing Tian's action to be a bluff. Even Ning Yue believed so as he watched Qing Tian slowly leave the room with a smile on his face and hands behind his back.

"I'll see you soon at Steel Armor Shelter," said Qing Tian as he left the room and closed the door.

The room remained quiet and everyone seemed nervous to move.

The only sound within the room was the groans of the eight people that had surrounded Qing Tian. They were all badly hurt when they were suddenly pushed into the floor by a strong force that they didn't know what it was.

Ning Yue sat nervously on the chair, his eyes staring intently at the metal statue in the corner.

"Young Master Ning… do you… want me to check on the statue?" asked one of the two standing black figures.

Nodding with a grave look on his face, Ning Yue had one of his hidden bodyguards head to the metal statue and touch it.

"How is it?" asked Ning Yue, a bit curious and worried.

"It's… completely normal…" sighed the bodyguard after touching the statue in numerous places.

Ktcha!

The bodyguard stepped away, but the instant he did, the statue and the pedestal it was on had split cleanly in half.

"WOAH!"

"EEE!"

"..."

All three people, Ning Yue and the two standing bodyguards, looked at the split statue in shock. Ning Yue approached the statue, his eyes glued to the perfect cut on the statue. A cut so clean that he feels as if his eyes are getting cut by simply looking at the statue.

One of the bodyguards behind Ning Yue looked at the other standing bodyguard, 'What the hell was the 'EEE' you bastard…'

Stretching his hand over to the clean cut on the statue, Ning Yue suddenly flinched. He looked at his bleeding fingers in shock before a smile spread on his lips and laughed out loud.

"AHAHAH!"

'The young master has gone crazy…'

'His body has always been weak, I thought the young master was going to die in his sleep one day… but to think he would go crazy before that.'

"Guards!"

Suddenly yelled Ning Yue before turning to look at the two standing bodyguards with a glare, scaring the two bodyguards.

"Tell my mother and father that I will be gone from the house until further notice. Gather some people to escort me to my brother's shelter."

"Yes, Young Master!"

The two bodyguards bowed and left the room, leaving Ning Yue kneeling down on the ground with eight bodyguards on the floor.

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"Shadows…"

Qing Tian had already left the arena and was walking casually along the streets on his way home.

His thoughts were on the bodyguards Ning Yue had. Qing Tian wasn't surprised about them, he knew about them the instant he entered the building. It wasn't that difficult to find such badly hidden people.

What Qing Tian was thinking about as he remembered the bodyguards was the Onmitsukado.

A assassination and information group from Gotei 13.

They were experts in speed, hiding, instant killing, and gathering information.

'I need to recreate them. I'm strong, but I need people to do my bidding and gather information for not just myself, but those close to me,' thought Qing Tian.

He had his abilities as a Saint, but the 'information' that he receives comes in terms of feelings and 'premonitions'. Even with his intelligence, strategist, and tactician abilities can't be put to proper use without enough information.

Qing Tian wants concrete evidence that he could formulate plans with.

'Recreating Gotei 13 is ideal, but I don't have the time to personally look for people and train them…' thought Qing Tian as he quietly went to many stores to buy items. Many metals, software, electronics, some tools…

Qing Tian instantly put all the items inside his Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal.

Heading home, Qing Tian entered the house and showered.

His mother wasn't home since she had to go to work and Luo Sulan still had to take care of Han Yan. It wasn't yet the time when Han Sen had already gotten Han Yan into school.

Exiting the shower, Qing Tian was all clean.

'It's time…'

Entering the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal, Qing Tian looked at the pile of stuff he had just bought and brought out a table and computer he had also bought. Along with that table and computer, he had a metal table as well.

Sighing, Qing Tian began to lift the metal and place it on the metal table.

What he was about to perform was something he hadn't done in thousands of years. Before, he had once built a body for one of his wives, Casion. She was the first woman he had come across when he began his Verse Traveling.

She was nothing but an AI that had lived a long time with her own emotions and memories. He liked her and built her a body made from the strongest metals and sophisticated technology.

Qing Tian had personally made every single strand of muscle and veins. He even went as far as to make synthetic organs and flesh.

He had studied a lot and even studied some more. Qing Tian delved into other topics as well, eventually he even gained the complete knowledge of various subjects thanks to Scriptures he had been gifted by a system he once had.

With this knowledge, Qing Tian was about to recreate artificial life. Maybe even breathe 'life' into the robot he was about to make by creating an Artificial Soul, something he learnt to make in Bleach.

Making nanites and Arc Reactors is completely easy for him, but the Sanctuaries made stuff like that impossible. It used arrays and technology to shut off anything electrical and keep extremely dangerous items from entering the Sanctuaries.

Although enchantments and inscriptions could cancel this out, Qing Tian found it a waste to not take this chance and increase his strength further. If his strength increases now, then his main body could be even stronger than it is now.

The more handicapped he is, the stronger he will be when he returns to his body. Having stuff like the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal and the Yin-Yang Image impede him from making full use of his potential to grow even stronger.

'Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal… I will have to lock you out in my next world travel… strength… a complete necessity… a cruel destiny awaits me in the future as I reunite with my True Mother…'