When a father talks, it's the son's job to be quiet

Hmmm...

"I wonder who that was!" - Elder Siji Ning

After a couple of minutes, of looking around trying to see if those people were really around still or if they really left. After affirming that they really left he sighed to himself.

Siji Ning entered the Snow Lake Bar when he entered he saw that there was a 60 Ft bar on the right side of the open room, and a small stage towards the back left corner of the open room with round tables with chairs every where in the middle of the room.

After looking around for a minute he found Shen Shui at the very end of the bar, sat down, and saw Shen Shui give him that [ Oh Shit Face ] ... Siji Ning grinned then pulled out the jar of the Great Blue Sky Huangjiu.

The bartender, behind the counter, saw the jar of Huangjiu and gave out a slight nod to the two men and grabbed two jade cups for the men and placed a small bowl of peanuts, smiled, and walked back towards the other side of the bar.

Shen Shui then Sighed, then gave a look towards Elder Siji Ning.

"What!!! We didn't die, we didn't even get injured or caught give it a break little Shui!"

"I'm guessing Elder Siji Ning you haven't been back to the Sect in awhile?"

"Yea why?"

'Okay, pour me another cup of that."

Hmmm... " Well Shui, there's differently something on your mind, well spill the beans."

"First off Elder Siji, that man that you said, who was our target, was actually our secondary target, and the person he waited to meet, was actually our real target. By the way, thank you for that, that man was a lot stronger than what you let on to be!"

Hahaha ... "Was that what you were really worried about!"

"Sir, I don't know if the Huangjiu or the sake has gotten to you, or you're a lot stronger than you let on to be, but the fact, that you are not worried about your safety sir is scary Elder Siji. But this is serious Elder!"

"Okay okay tell me what's going on OH Great Lord of Conspiracies!"

Hahaha...

"Sir, can you stop, and give me a second to explain sir!"

"Okay, okay go on little man!"

"Remember when I asked you if you a question, and if you knew what was going on in the middle region of Jade Island Elder Siji Ning?"

"Yea so!"

"Augh, I'm getting a headache from your old ass!"

"Oh come on, I'm not that bad!" - Elder Siji

"No, you are, when your not drinking your boring and too serious, and when you've had a couple of drinks your way too loose with jokes that offended people and say what's on your mind without thinking about them that you get us into fights all the time."

Hahaha ... "That's right we get into so many great fights us two, don't we little Shui!"

"Elder Siji Ning, that man was not at the Spirit Core formation level, like you said, but from the height of his aura, he had to be at least in a way higher level cultivation stage than what you said. And his Aura Elder Siji felt really familiar to me Elder Siji, it felt like those people we saw once, on the Qing Continent that we met once when we went to that place across the ocean Elder Siji. It felt just like those killers that cultivate the [ Ocean Deep Fire Burial Scripture ] this is serious Elder Siji and you should take it seriously."

"What no way, why would those people come here! Plus there getting ready for that Profund tournament in the future!" - Elder Siji Ning

"But Elder Siji, it felt really familiar to me!"

Hmmm...

"Plus Elder Siji Ning, the Bai Clan was said to just been attacked from the Hou Clan and the Huo Sect from Jade Island."

"Wait what!"

"Yes Sir!"

"Then that must mean, that there not done yet with them!"

"Who?"

"Them"

"Elder Siji, your not making any sense."

"Okay, keep this to yourself okay."

After drinking a little, Elder Siji's movements were a little more obvious, he looked around like a little kid trying to take something, looking left and right. It was like, he had just gotten a step ladder, just to grab the cookie jar and try to sneak a couple of cookies before getting caught red-handed!"

"Little Shui about 7000 years ago, the Bai Clan was still ranked within the group of clans that were apart of the nine Grand Clans, but after having a huge fight with a couple of other clans and two sects from the realm above us. They had lost over 100 of their strongest cultivators in that war, but they did get lucky, and by what I mean by lucky, I mean that none of them died. But they were so injured that they had to request aid from the higher-ups in the Profound Realm that the realm directly above us, so after hearing what had happened to them, the higher ups had decided to get all of them, to get shipped off to the higher realm to get healed and recover. But after all of the old tigers left the Bai Clan for the Profound Realm, it caused them to drop in strength and in their power level ranking, so in turn, it caused them to drop down in the ranking list, to the ranked level of the twelve Great Clans."

"What really!"

"Yea really, but that's not all, one of their enemies that survived that war, went into closed-door retreat to rest and heal himself, after a couple of hundred years he regained his strength and ascended to the Profound Realm above us. Later on, and when he returned, that was about a little over 2,000 years ago. He then started another war with the Bai Clan again."

"Yea but how did that happen Elder Siji Ning!"

"He hired a thousand assassins and attacked their clan, under the darkness of night, and chopped off their Clan leader's left hand, and killing around 7 supreme Elders and 12 Grand Elders and over 500 children of their Clan. Even though this guy got lucky at that time, but then again he wasn't that so lucky again, as apparently as the story goes, an ancestor of the clan leader at the time decided to descend back down to our realm a couple of hundred years after ascending to the Profound Realm, he stopped that man from killing the clan leader at that time, that Bai Clan ancestor chopped off that man's entire right arm."

"Damn he sounds like, a beast!"

"Well, I guess you could say that but that Bai Clans' ancestor at the time had a spirit beast has a companion at the time. As he watched the beast rip off that man's arm and eat it right in front of the man."

"Oh, wow!"

"If the main branch of the Huo Sect and the Hou Clan really did attack the Bai Clan, then I can only assume that, that man was promised something by that man, and he must have, had a hand in what has happened to the Bai Clan!"

"What's that man's name

"Elder I think, you've been away from the sect too long and you might have to go back, I want to go to the mainland and see if I can talk to our spy in the Spiritual Yang court system. And see if he can't pass the information from what I got from the 6th Grand Elder?"

"Hmmm... "Well, it has been over 20 years since the last time I went there, I could go pay my respect to my master and uncle Siji Xian."

"Well, then Elder Siji what's that guy's name then?"

Elder Siji Ning bent over and whispered to Shen Shui.

"His name is Sheng Hei Se, keep it to yourself!"

"What" - Shen Shui

Everyone, in the bar, looked over towards the two men, after Shen Shui yelled what.

( Okay youngster, it's time to get two rooms at the [Stonekeep Inn.] to rest, then we need to go back to our Sect after that! )

"let's go." - Elder Siji Ning

"Elder Siji, what do you think is gonna happen to that man Jilie?

"Most likely, hmmm.. he's gonna be a casualty of war after everything is all said and done."

"Now let's go, my back and butt are hurting from all this sitting."

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- Huo Continent Anhui Province

Behind a long and winding mountain, there was a beautiful valley covered in all Acer palmatum maple trees. There was a group of men of over a little of 100 men, lead by five men on horses. They were slowly making their way down a stone road towards a 30-meter tall wall.

"Us three will go in, and you Shin,"

"Yes, elder?"

"Make sure to watch Shi, and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid!"

"Yes, Elder!"

"Okay, you two stay put and be on the lookout and watch the men and make sure to listen carefully. When you hear a commotion you know what to do right!"

"Yes Elder, we listen, and we understand!" - Shin

"Yes Elder, we listen, and we understand!" - Shi

When they finally got to within close viewing distance, there was the main gate entrance, on the main big door was written Red Crane Gate.

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- Inside the Main Hall of the Red Crane Sect

"Sect leader, there's a small group of men slowly making their way towards the main entrance of our Red Crane Sect. What would you like me to do?"

"Let Grand Elder Ru, take care of it."

The servant bowed, then left. When the servant had left the room, the small group had already been let in, through the main gate, and brought to the main visiting guest hall.

In the main waiting area in the guest hall, the three men that went into the Red Crane's guest hall were seated at a huge round Sandalwood table.

They were talking and playing cards as they waited. A maid had just brought a pot of hot tea. Causing the three men to be in an even better mood than when they entered minutes ago.

"Elder, you heard what happened, in the Wang Continent?"

"Hmmm.. no what happened?"

"Our spy's found traces of one of the Grand Ancestors there, apparently not all rumors are stories with a bucket full of invisible liquid!"

"You know what they say Great Nephew Lang!"

"What's that Great Uncle Gui?

"One who listens to rumors will usually carry a bag full of boredom and gossip to add interest into the rumor, then in one hand. It will add bitterness into the truth of the rumor!"

"Listen to your Great Uncle, Cousin Lang he has much to teach you, and you have much to learn!"

"I will try to remember that, Cousin Ru."

"Uncle go fish!"

Hmmm...

"Nice try, your turn father." - Ru

Hmmm... "Do you have a three of clubs card?"

"Nope, go fish Great Uncle Gui." - Lang

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... ...

... ... ...

"How long do think they will be in there before, there will be any action father?

"Shi, you are my firstborn son can't you try to have some patience?" - Lang

"Father, we should be in there, just charge in there and teach them their place for what they did!"

"Lang, that's not how you should confront a problem, you should be patient and strike when the right moment shows itself. Not when you think it's the moment to strike!"

"Father, there people out there that are watchers, and there are people that do, I don't want to be a watcher father!" - Ru

"HEY!"

"What man!"

"Quoting an ancestor and not understand the meaning behind it, is an insult!"

Smack!

"Dammit that hurt, why did you do that Captain Chen!!?!??!" - Shi

"When a father talks, it's the son's job to be quiet and Listen." - Captain Chen

"Ahh, I remember a lesson from my father, Children should be seen, and not heard!"

Both Shin and Captain Chen started to laugh out loud.

Hahaha

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- Back on Jade Island in White Crane City

Crack, *Snap!

"Ahh, stop lease, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry for attacking your Bai Clan!"

"Hmmm... So you finally say the two words that I've been waiting for you to say, now that wasn't so hard was it why did you have to make me wait that long Hou Ci?" - Bai Jian

"Come on please, I'm sorry, let me go I want to go ...

*Snap!

"Now did I say you could interrupt me, Hou Ci?"

...

... ...

... ... ...

*Snap!

Ahhh...

"Answer me, you idiot!" - Bai Jian

"I'm sorry you bastard!"

"Now we can move on, thank you for that Hou Ci, that's what I wanted to hear but because you gave me an attitude and talked back to me."

***SNAP***

Hou Ci, fell to the ground, lifeless and motionless. After a couple of seconds, one of the people being held down got loose and started to run off frantically, and sprinted towards the exit of the plaza he reached a wall to an outer courtyard of a villa, got to it, and hoped it in one move.

"Go get him!" - Qiang Shizi

A shadow had just come over the wall of the villa a lot faster than this guy, almost instantly he got caught in mid-air as he was grabbed. Then they came back as they floated down towards the ground right in front of Bai Jian and Qiang Shizi.

"Stop, you can't do this to us, you cat bastards!"

Smack!

"Now, Fen Qi was that a smart move ... well according to my calculations that was, what I'd call a dumb move Fen Qi. Now, what are you going to do, to make it up to me?"

Cough, cough!"

Fen Qi was kneeling down on the ground coughing, and now was wiping the blood off his face. He was so scared that he was shaking a little. Not enough that people would notice but enough that, the battle puppet that was holding him by his hood on his robe. That the Battle Puppet pushed Fen Qi into the ground harder than before.

"Now, what should we do, with you Fen Qi!"

"How about we make him watch young Master!"

"You know what, that a great Idea, Uncle Shizi!'

Hahaha

"That's a great idea, let's do that uncle Shizi, that's better than what I thought of!"

Bai Jian then, picked up Fen Qi and punched him square in the middle of his gut, causing him to cough up even more blood.

"Now take him and make sure this time he doesn't get loose again!"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Young master!" - Fen Qi

"Smack!!! "Hey did I say you could speak, Fen Qi!"

"Here you go Uncle Shizi!"

Qiang Shizi, grabbed him by his shoulder and pushed him down onto the ground, next to Hou Shangwu who was by now covered in blood.

"Now both of you stay there and behave, there are repercussions for your actions small or big!"

Hou Shangwu was now trying to rip off the sleeve of his right arm and wrap it around the left arm that was cut off, he was trying to block off the blood flow, to stop it from bleeding anymore, but he was in so much pain that he kept fading in and out of consciousness.

Bai Jian had now walked over to the group of five boys and two men on the ground, they were all still laying on their stomachs, the two boys were crying from the situation and scared that they would die. Just like Hou Ci.

"Okay, now before we get started, what are your names guys?"

Silence came over the group even more, even though it was quite quiet before Fen Qi and Hou Ci were screaming and yelling.

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- Back in the Anhui Provence

Inside the main guest hall of the Red Crane Sect

Elder Gui and his son and his Great Nephew were, still playing but now we're playing go.

"How long do you think that they will make us wait?" - Lang

"Well, to be honest, Great Nephew Lang we didn't announce our presence to them!" - Gui

"Well, he's right Cousin Lang!" - Ru

"Oh, nice move there Lang!" - Gui

"Hmmm... another piece has been taken, maybe it's time to start practicing your skills again Cousin Ru?" - Lang

"I bet they don't even know who we are, Great Uncle Gui!" - Lang

"Oh, they do know, why do you think it's taken so much time Lang for them to welcome us?" - Gui

"If you listen closely Cousin Lang, you can hear them arguing all the way on the older side of this building, from the sound of it, the man with the louder voice is losing to the quieter person. - Ru

"Oh, well I've had ...

"Never mind that, there's someone actually on their way here now!"

Two guards walk out of the double doors in front of them, and then a man over 2.3 meters tall walks out, he had a strange aura to him. He was wearing an all-white robe outfit but the collar of his robe was red. With the symbol of a Red-Crowned Crane on his robe.

"How can I help you, gentlemen, today?"

"I'm not sure you can Sir....?

"Sorry gentlemen, how rude of me my name is Tai Bo Lang."

Hmmm... like clockwork all hummed all at the same time.

"From the way you gentlemen hold yourself and from the clothes your wearing, you must be from a high-standing group?"

"My name is Gui, and I speak for the two of them as well, I was wondering if you could help us with something?"

"What is it, that I can help you, gentlemen, today?

( ... ... ... Is he stalling or is there something going with him? )

( How would I know, I don't know this man Father! )

( Great Uncle, can we just speed this along, this place is quite stuffy! )

Hahaha

"What a nice name you got there sir." - Ru

"Ho Ho, why thank you sir for saying that!"

"Well, your welcome sir though I had nothing to do with it sir, Tai Bo Lang I'm confused?" - Ru

"By what sir!"

"Well Tai Bo Lang, I'm confused at how you work here with that name of yours and you apparently serve He Hong and how do you.... - Ru

"What!!!!!!!"

How, how, haaa-howwwww do you know that!"

Tai Bo Lang was now pointing and getting flustered, as his face was turning bright red and veins started to show on his neck and forehead. he was quite speechless across his face.

Smack!

Boom!!!!

Lang had gotten up so fast that he smacked Tai Bo Lasng without, him seeing him get up.

"I wasn't done speaking yet! - Ru

"Go get him and pick him back up and bring him back here, Lang!" - Ru

Lang hit him earlier so bad that he was sent through the wall, Langpicked him back up again and threw him back towards their table.

Gui saw that he was coming back at the table real fast, so he picked up one of his cards and flicked it back at Tai Bo Lang's flying body.

Bang!

Tai bo Lang was thrown back through the same wall again, but a whole brand new hole was created and then through the next wall in the next room, and then through another wall then finally sliding all the way across the floor landing in front of men standing in front of men sitting on chairs, on a staged area.

"Well, I guess there's no more time needed to be waiting around, for an invitation. We should just invite ourselves in at this point!"

"Why did you have to do that father?" - Ru

"His name was rude to my name, not to mention it was just really a plain old insult to Lang's name as well!" - Gui

"Well then I guess, let us go do what we came here to do." - Lang

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Run Down of Story so Far

( Bai Jian )

[ Has An Immortal Soul ]

[ Immortal Yang Physique] -

Sacred Sky White Tiger Physique

x1 Servant Elder Bai Tang

x1 Spirit Ring

x1 Inheritance

x1 White Jian Sword

x2 Black Katana Swords

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(Qiang Huo Shizi)

[ Has An Divine Soul ]

[ lesser Immortal King Physique ]

x1 White Clouds Spirit King Mask

x28 Battle Puppets

x1 Spirit Ring

x1 Black Katanna Sword

x2 White Ivory Jian Swords

x2 Ivory Daggers

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x6 Martial Art Techniques

1st [ Graceful Gale Wind Techniques ]

2nd [ Toughening Finger Points ]

3rd [ Shaking Strikes ]

4th [ Gentle Wind Fist Techniques ]

5th [ Shadow Void ]

6th [ Suppressing Strikes ]

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F.Y.I

Hengxing Means - Fixed Star

Qiang Means - Strong

Shizi Means - Lion

Huo Means - Fire

Hou Means - Ape

Jian Means - Sword

Long Means Dragon

Hei Means Black

Gui Hai = Noble Lake

Tai Bo Lang = Highest Wave