Chapter 50: Han Jian

*ahem ahem*

At this moment, Jin coughed and hid his excitement at the success of his plan and returned to the lotus form topic.

"Just as Du Bai said, that man had reinforced his body with the lotus beast, and his form had taken its shape, to be known as the winged saint flower."

Jin gave Lian a meaningful look, and everyone finally understood the point of telling this story.

While the noise rose due to the discussion going on between those around them, someone asked curiously.

"If he was the first spirit warrior, how is it possible we had not heard about him before?"

"It is difficult to know what happened back then, but the sure thing is that neither warriors nor magicians appeared after him. The spirits forms that are currently known did not appear until after the passage of generations and generations."

Jin paused for a moment and then Lian immediately said.

"After the arrival of Ashtria to our world."

Lian spoke of another legend, according to which is a warrior from the immortal world spread the teachings of the Dao, and Jin begins to curse secretly.

'Damn to Ashtria and the myths of Ashtria that brainwashed her.'

Jin did not try to raise the subject of Ashtria again. He knows that many people believed in his existence, he had no desire to engage in sterile discussions about whether it was true or not.

The first spirit form's topic increased the audience's enthusiasm, so someone shouted after he realized something.

"I remember now, this year, there is a girl whose image was reflected on the spirits mirror instead of her spirit form. Is it possible that she has the same shapeless form that he mentioned, the saint form?"

The incident of reflecting Lian's image, which they did not realize that she was sitting with them, was strange and inexplicable for many. It was natural for them to relate her to what they had heard about the creation records, as others agreed on this theory.

"Yes, that's right, that proves what he said, Jin. Do you have a copy of the records?"

"Sorry, I lost it in the war...but maybe I can rewrite it."

Jin's talk about the Altanya records caught everyone's attention, and some were even willing to help him write it. There may be answers to the questions that have preoccupied researchers for years in these records.

"You there, stop telling these myths and poisoning the young people's minds with these lies."

The speaker talked calmly, but his voice reached all corners of the library, making everyone shut up and turn to look at him.

A skinny young man with snow-white hair in a white robe decorated with runes slowly walked towards them, he was looking at them with condescending looks, then he waved his hand, spreading the crowd.

He was Han Jian, a magician from the royal family and an assistant of the royal counselor. It could be said that he is in the training period for a high position in the future.

"How dare you to spread the lies of the Oris demons in the academy library."

Everyone understood why this nobleman was angry. If Jin's story was a part of the Oris records that the human kingdoms had forbidden to circulate, they would be in trouble because they listened to Jin's words.

"Looking at him feels like I'm looking at myself in the mirror. I didn't know that I had a twin brother."

Jin smiled at the great similarity between both of them, they have the same hair color and hairstyle, ignoring the young man's anger.

"But you're more handsome... damn, did I say that out loud?"

Lian turned her face away, if they could see her face that was hiding under the hood, they would be surprised by the intensity of redness on her face.

At the same time, Li Chui intervened, as usual, trying to calm the situation.

"Jin, he is Han Jian. He is a noble from the royal family and an advanced magician, so stop your silly jokes now."

After she had warned Jin, she turned to Han Jian with a gentle smile and asked.

"Excuse me, can you explain how our talk about the saint's spirit form is considered spreading the Oris' ideas and beliefs? We didn't even mention them."

"I said that his words are similar to what is mentioned in the forbidden books, and my word is the law here, but I will overlook the matter this time because of your ignorance, so don't do it again."

With a condescending and cold tone, Han Jian answered her question, then he immediately left, not even bothering to explain the matter to them, as he was eager to appear as a sympathetic noble and forgive them.

"Okay, thank you for your understanding."

Li Chui bowed in gratitude to him, despite his arrogance, she was happy that the matter finished without getting involved with the royal family.

But just when she was happy to see Han Jian leave, Jin opened his mouth. Her body shuddered, realizing that Jin, the magnet of disasters, would bring new trouble to them.

"Just explain something to me. Since it's forbidden to read the Oris records, how can you say that my words are similar to their content?"

"Oh… good question, does that mean this young man has read it?"

Du Bai responded to his friend's words, then Li Chui gave him an angry look and received a blow from Lian for making the matter worse.

Han Jian, who was leaving, stopped and turned his head to give Jin a sharp look. How could this nobody commoner dare to respond to him when he is a member of the royal family and ask him for an explanation from him?

One of Han Jian's followers, a young man of medium height with a good build, took a step forward and released part of his energy.

*Tsssssskk...Tssssk*

Sparks of lightning flashed amid his blue aura and frightened the audience to retreat involuntarily. Then, with an arrogant smile, he said.

"Tai Jin, it has not been a few days since you joined the academy, but your name comes up a lot, just a commoner idiot who doesn't know how to talk in front of his masters and doesn't appreciate their generosity because they didn't accuse you of betrayal."

The young man stressed at the last word, aiming to scare him, but the result was the opposite of what he expected.

"Betrayal? This word reminded me of the guard Singh, who uses the dark law, was he a traitor from the beginning or because of the accusation he was framed, which pushed him towards that way? It seems that the royal family did not learn from that mistake, and now you are throwing accusations of betrayal again."

Han Jian's face was covered in black lines. What was rude moments ago became an official skepticism of the king's decisions who had punished Singh in the past. Despite this, he did not move from his place. In his opinion, this degrades his value. He left it to his follower, who screamed out in anger.

"It seems that your victory over Shen Tang made you arrogant, but today I will teach you the manners and the principles of noble conversation."

[The lightning of the heavens, come to me, and stun my enemies]

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Laws are the elements associated with the spirit form. Using the elements laws or magic requires reading its chant.

In this world, and to reduce the time needed to recite the chant, magicians draw magic circles, activate them with the chant in advance, and then store them inside the magic rings.

Most of the time, they don't chant the spell when they cast their magic because they stored it inside the magic rings in advance.

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The young man shouted, releasing the lightning law and several lightning bolts appeared around him. Then, without hesitation, he fired them at Jin.

"If you had a different law, you might have a chance against me."

Jin didn't hold back, he didn't even put the lightning law in his eye, and from the storage ring, he took out the Imperial Lightning Sword, but instead of defending or attacking with it, he threw it upwards.

All eyes followed the bright sword that was swinging in the air. The strange thing was that after reaching its highest height, the sword did not fall but remained suspended in the air, and a magic circle appeared around it that absorbed all the lightning bolts aimed at Jin.

"What is that? ..."

The young man with the lightning law was not the only one who was shocked, all the magicians present, including Han Jian, stared in amazement at the magic that abolished the Laws of Lightning.

'Impossible, it's the seal of the elements laws'

Not believing what he saw, the lightning boy forgot that he was in the middle of a battle and kept staring in shock. As soon as his eyes came down from the sword, he saw the blade of a dagger heading towards his neck.

'I can't avoid it.'

*whoosh*

*crack*

The moment Jin waved his dagger, a shadow appeared between them, pushing the lightning boy away and blocking Jin's dagger with his bare hand.

"This makes me tired. Kids these days are really annoying. The library is for studying, not for fighting. I couldn't sleep peacefully because of you naughty ones."

A tall, middle-aged man with black hair wearing a mage's cloak spoke as he yawned.