SNAKE AND SAINTS..

***Two days later..

     *HUA*..*HUA*..*HUA*..

     Today, Navi is finally back in shape enough to resume his martial lessons. Alongside other rows of martial disciples, Navi makes his movements in co-ordination to their own. A martial master soon comes to his side and casually redirects the angle of his feet to be more apart with a staff which immediately bringing positive results in his arts.

     Soon, his three hour long martial lessons is over and Navi drags his sweat coated body away from the training batch as the next set takes their positions.

     Yesterday, he has been to the archery training site in hopes to catch a glimpse of the girl who has been challenged to a death duel but the only thing he met is disappointment,.. she wasn't there.

     From the rumours he've picked up, it turns out the Academy's owners who is a Rank 3 Battle-Mage(Warrior + Mage) is going to determine if there's an actual cause for the death duel to be declared legal.

     It yes, then the duel would most likely be hosted in the Academy grounds much to Navi's approval and if no then at most compensation would be given.

     Navi still haven't been able to pick up the cause of the death dual challenge or the relationship between the two but judging by the fact that rumours about the girl running around to increase her power as soon as possible then it's most likely that she has done something big, bad and unforgivable.

     The rest of the rumours he have heard says the a son of another high level Rank 3 Cultivator who wants to take the girl in as a Concubine is putting out an helping hand in exchange for her being his at the end of this all.

     In the Outskirts, the number of Rank three Cultivators are just Eight with each one as feared as the last thus making their entire family like royalty. The fact that someone from this line is stretching an helping hand means that the no matter how wrong she is or how lowly her helper is in his family, the girl already has a solid advantage over her challenger.

     Thinking of this, Navi couldn't help but nod his head at the level of hypocrisy in all of this. These people and the laws weren't at all interested in right or wrong, they only want to determine in the cleanest way a winner and an unfortunate loser.

     If the girl proves stronger and wins then she becomes the one who's right in all of this but if the guy wins then he becomes right. All of this teaches Navi a little lesson about the answers he have been searching for,..

     'Strenght determines justice.'.

     It was simple, unfair and even a bit wicked but it was the truth and they weren't even bothered to hide it.

     With this thought in mind, Navi heads to a different building this time as he plans to use a particular benefit if his tier two package that he has never tried before.

     He has never tried out any of his twenty free passes to a tier one mana chamber. These mana Chambers are said to toughen the body and sharpen all the senses to mana.

     They are small Chambers powered by purified mana stones which are rare small gems sometimes found in the bodies of monsters or in areas rich in different affinities.

     The building holding these mana Chambers looks like a massive rectangular hall from the outside. It has banners stating its title as well as two guards standing like statues by the sides of its only entry door.

     Navi first of all takes in the elite view of the building before moving into its entrance. The first notable difference that hits Navi as he enters are the dim neon blue light that seems to come from everywhere.

     His eyes struggles a bit to handle the sudden change as he finds himself standing in the centre of a five feet wide hallway with five rows of doors on his right hand side and five on his left hand side.

     Glowing martial symbols tells Navi that the doors hides independent mana Chambers each and that three of them were currently occupied. Navi looks around and just as expected, there were three doors on the end wall directly facing him that say 'Tier One Mana pools'.

     These Mana pools were a benefit that isn't included in any Tier two packages and is only reserved for the tier three. It is said to be a bathtub-like experience except with the water being a mix of alchemy portions and diluted liquid Mana.

     These Mana pools are said to be ten times more effective than Mana Chambers and with much more benefits. It is said that using these Mana pools twenty times gives people a seventy percent chance of full grasping Mana and using it One hundred times increases the chances of breaking into Rank One by fifteen percent!.

     For the Martial disciples who want to become cultivators, The Mana pool is almost heaven on earth. Looking at the three doors just a couple dozen feet away, Navi couldn't help but feel a little envious of the young masters and misses who could afford such luxury treatments ten times every year.

     Only one of the Mana pools shows the light of being occupied and standing in front of this occupied door is a tall and noble man in Disciples robes.

     The combination of disciple robes and Scholars hat the man is wearing shows that he is a disciple who have already sensed mana and is aspiring to break into the first rank.

     The presence of the neon blue light in the background prevents Navi from seeing his exact skin colour and staring at his back didn't at all give much information about what he might look like.

     'Why is this young master waiting in front of an occupied Mana pool room?..', Navi couldn't help but silently wonder as he looks at the tall man who's completely unaware of his presence.

     The light showing occupied immediately turns off as if in response to Navi's silent question as a familiar woman opens the door before stepping out of the Mana pools room.

     The woman is the exact same woman that had been challenged to a death duel!..

     Her robes at the time she was challenged shows that she's a Tier one disciple in the segment of those who haven't sensed mana so how is if that she's able to enter a Mana pool for those in the tier three segment?!.

     Navi brows furrow a bit but the full story soon clicks together in his mind. He cassually tears his gaze off and pulls out his Disciple slip.

     He's no longer looking directly at the duo but he can fully see as the lady gives a slip back to its rightful owner who is the young master at the door.

     Scanning his Disciple slip in front of an Un-occupied tier one Mana Chamber door, Navi retains his subtle calm as he opens the door and moves into the Mana Chambers which instantly locks itself up while slowing the red occupied lights.

     The rumours about her must be true, that young master must be the one stretching an helping hand and judging from the fact that the lady is truly trying her best to increase her strength with Mana pools to the very extent of agreeing to be someone's Concubine then she must truly be guilty enough for the Death duel to hold.

     Navi slowly shakes his head left-right in a little pity for the guy who issued the death duel to the obvious snake. The cunning snake has used its charms and scales to find a strong cover thus leaving the poor guy to walk into a death trap he has set for her.

     Navi shakes the issue out if his head because he is unsure if the guy is strong enough to hold his ground. He isn't much interested in right or wrong or snakes and saints as the only thing on his mind is the duel.

     He hopes the right guy is able to defend his honour but this hope would not magically tilt the odds in the guys favour so why bother with hoping?.

     With a sigh that washes all insignificant thoughts out of his mind, Navi finally concentrates on the sensations in the room.

     The air in the Mana Chamber feels a lot more heavier than the one outside and Navi could feel his pores opening up to the energy.

     He has only two hours in here so without any hesitation, he strips down to just his underwear as he sits in a meditating position on the wide sitting pillow at the centre of the room.

     The reason he finally decided to use the benefits of the Mana Chambers today is because tonight he plans to sleep.. and probably continue to watch the memories in his dreams.