Tatsuya, Miyuki, Xiao Yu, Nie Li, Lu Piao, Shen Xiu, and Yang Xin were near the West District's private area. They had dropped Guan Yi and Xiao Tian in the south district. Tatsuya's result after Miyuki left everyone stupified.
When they were leaving, Tatsuya asked Xiao Tian to follow him. Hua Ling felt his pride hurt but couldn't do anything about it. He was too scared to say anything.
As they reached Xiao Yu's courtyard, all of them let out a breath of relief. They had attracted too much attention to their group.
Tatsuya took out 5 bags filled with spiritual stones, "These Spiritual Stones should be enough for you to practice for now."
Nie Li, Xiao Yu, and Lu Piao were taken aback by Tatsuya's sudden action.
Lu Piao looked at the big bag, which he opened with trembling hands. "How many spiritual stones are these?"
"Around 10,000 each." In the past month, Tatsuya and Miyuki had gotten more than 10 Million Spiritual Stones. They took more than a million stones, leaving others for the people of Glory City.
"Ten...thousand?" Xiao Yu's brain fried; she only had ten spiritual stones.
"How?" Nie Li couldn't think of a reason how they had so many Spiritual Stones.
"We came and stayed here for a week or two. To transfer somethings like cultivation technique, and other knowledge. These are the spiritual stones we earned then."
Nie Li squinted these many spiritual stones in a week. He didn't believe it.
He shook his head, "I can't take it."
Tatsuya gazed at him, Lu Piao and Xiao Yu, "It is not for free."
For some reason, three of them felt better. Lu Piao looked at him with interest, "what do you want me to do." Spiritual stones worth more than a hundred billion, maybe even trillion demon spirit coins.
"Combat practice, I need people who can fight against me on equal grounds."
Lu Piao paused; sweat appeared on the back of his neck, he still remembered Tatsuya's strength during the beast tide.
Fight against that...
"Not a one on one fight; it would be a group battle, five of you against me." He gazed at that, "there aren't many I trust in this realm; you people are few of them. I can fight you without thinking about hiding my abilities."
Nie Li frowned; he acknowledged that Tatsuya was strong, he felt Tatsuya was underestimating them, "are you sure? take us on all at once?"
Tatsuya looked at him before nodding. He understood Nie Li still had too much confidence in himself.
Suddenly five of them felt immense pressure covering them, to the point they couldn't even breathe. Nie Li used all the soul force and Law energy in his body to resist the pressure. But, even then, he couldn't.
That pressure stayed only for a few seconds before disappearing. Leaving most of them with ragged breaths, "I am not underestimating you. You are not ready to fight me yet. That is why I am giving you these spiritual stones. Get stronger, then we can talk about fighting. Will it be five against one or one on one."
Tatsuya started going inside with Miyuki; when he passed by Xiao Yu, "Meet me in the room, we need to talk about your cultivation."
Tatsuya and Miyuki entered their room; it was the same as they left. The books were lying around in bundles. Other papers and pens were spread on the sofa, table, and bed.
"Somehow, this feels like home." Tatsuya felt more home here than in the City Lords mansion.
Miyuki agreed to that, "although we stayed only a week."
Tatsuya started picking up the papers that were spread out. Miyuki walked towards the other end and started cleaning, "was that necessary?"
Tatsuya nodded as he picked the books, "Teacher is in a jumpy mood, Shen Xiu is depressed, Nie Li still thinks everything is under his control. Probably because in the original future, it was 100s of years later when he faced sage emperor." Tatsuya had seen the age of Nie Li when he fought against the Sage Emperor.
"Xiao Yu lacks confidence, Lu Piao, well he is nearly hopeless. The money would serve as motivation. He will want to pay back the favor."
Miyuki stopped, "does that mean we will have to face the Sage Emperor long before that?"
"It is just a vague feeling, maybe 3 or 4 years." He recently became able to sense danger, no matter where it came from. Even the future, although it was vague.
Miyuki still felt bad for the others; she believed it could have been handled more slowly and gently.
Yu Yan drilled out of Miyuki's clothes, "original future?"
Outside,
Lu Piao was lying on his back on the ground. Other than Nie Li, others were sitting on the floor.
Yang Xin was fuming, "how dare that boy to treat his teacher like this."
Xiao Yu silently stood up, "I have to go see him."
Others gazed at her awkwardly, "may luck dao be with you."
Xiao Yu started walking towards the house like a zombie.
Nie Li glanced at her before closing his eyes. Soon, he opened them and looked at the Spiritual Stones, "We should start by practicing." He wanted to get stronger. This time, he needed to surpass Tatsuya once and for all. If he couldn't even transcend Tatsuya, then how could he fight against the sage emperor.
Xiao Yu hesitated for a while before she entered the room. It looked cleaner than how they left. Miyuki was hiding Yu Yan in her sleeves forcefully.
Yu Yan had many questions about the original future the two talked about.
Tatsuya pointed at the sofa, "Sit."
Xiao Yu nervously sat down.
"You have been nervous ever since we came." Tatsuya noticed her nervousness. She seemed as if, in some way, she let them down.
Xiao Yu didn't reply, Tatsuya didn't ask again. He just gazed at her in silence.
Miyuki also gazed at her, Yu Yan struggling in her sleeves, calmed down.
Xiao Yu couldn't take the silence and spoke, "I feel I have disappointed you. You even gave me the cultivation technique. I can't seem to break through."
Tatsuya gazed at her before sighing, "you are an idiot. The reason is so silly that I can't believe it exists."
Xiao Yu was startled by Tatsuya's words.
"Ordinarily, people can reach pseudo-Fate Soul in Tiny World. You could not do so? that is why you believe you couldn't breakthrough?"
Xiao Yu nodded meekly.
"That is because your breakthrough will be different; that is why it was stopped by the Tiny Worlds Law. Try breaking through now with enough spiritual stones. You will understand."
Xiao Yu didn't understand what he meant, but she nodded before taking out Spiritual Stones, "Ok."
Soon, she started absorbing Heavenly Energy; it didn't take long as Heavenly Energy started flowing in her meridians.
A red light was emitted from Xiao Yu so that even her skin glowed with a faint rose-scarlet color. Berserk energy surged up a storm around her body.
Once enough energy was collected, her fate soul started forming in her soul realm. Soon, the second fate soul formed, and then another.
The surge of berserk energy quickly settled down and became as calm as water. Xiao Yu slowly opened her eyes as an extraordinary splendor flashed through them.
"I broke through?"
Miyuki blinked her eyes, "How did that happen?"
"People are suppressed in Tiny World when they are about to breakthrough Fate Rank. Suppression on Xiao Yu was firmer because once she broke through. She would form more than one Fate Soul."
A happy smile appeared on Xiao Yu's face, "Thank you!"
Miyuki threw a ring towards Xiao Yu, "Thank you for letting me borrow it."
Xiao Yu caught the ring as a reflex action, "My parents left something for you?"
Tatsuya nodded, "We have taken our share."
Xiao Yu seemed to hesitate.
"You want to ask about them?" Tatsuya understood she wanted to know more about them.
Xiao Yu bowed, "please!"
"Let me show you; my meeting with them."
Suddenly, Xiao Yu became vacant.
Yu Yan flew out of Miyuki's sleaves; she went and sat down on Tatsuya's shoulder, "there are a lot of things you need to tell me."
Miyuki sulked, "I have been abandoned."
Yu Yan seemed troubled by seeing Miyuki sulking.
Tatsuya's finger rubbed her head, "she is just teasing you." Yu Yan was too innocent; Miyuki loved teasing her.
Miyuki gazed at Tatsuya, "what are we going to do?"
"I plan to ask Gu Lan to train with me." Tatsuya needed a fighting partner, someone he could use most of his powers again, without killing them. Gu Lan was the only option he could think of.
"She is a good choice." Miyuki Knew Gu Lan was trustworthy and very strong too. Other than Yu Yan, she would be the only one they knew and could fight against Tatsuya.
Miyuki's expression fluctuated before she said, "Is there something you want to tell me?"
Tatsuya noticed she realized something, "I won't hide from you."
Miyuki wanted to ask more when Xiao Yu opened her eyes as few tears trickled from her eyes, "Thank You." she whimpered while wiping her tears. But, no matter how many times she wiped her tears, more appeared.
They looked at her with a soft smile.