All Luo Qi had wanted at first was to survive, for Tianlian Sect to survive and prosper and to groom more skilled and strong fighters in the sect. But now... "Chief, Tianlian Sect..." Luo Long was on the verge of saying something when he felt a sudden breeze.
He turned and saw someone step out from the shadows in the corner of the study.
Luo Qi felt his heart pulse heavily as soon as he looked into the man's eyes, as if he had just taken a plunge into a bottomless abyss.
"Mr Lang is here." Luo Qi turned towards him. "There are still parts of the book that I don't understand. Explain them to me."
"You'll get them if you take the time." Mr Lang approached Luo Qi. His gaze swept past Luo Long's face and paused as he stared into the latter's eyes. "Elder Luo Long is here. Are you discussing something?" said the man with a smile. "Should I leave?"
"It's fine." Luo Qi shook his head. "Mr Lang is one of us. You don't have to go."
"That's right. Mr Lang is one of our own. He can stay." Luo Long nodded expressionlessly.
His soul seemed to have been sucked out of him, leaving a shell of a body with no mind of its own.
Mr Lang nodded.
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"We're done," said Luo Qi. "Alright, Luo Long, you can leave us. There's no room for negotiation. If they dare to defy us, we won't show them any mercy."
"Yes, Chief." Luo Long left the room without saying another word.
The door slid shut.
Luo Qi picked the book up again and instantly immersed himself in its pages. "This is simply incredible. What an amazing book this is! Mr Lang, are there more books like this outside the mountain?" "There are tons of them," said Mr Lang. "The map on the Extreme Fist Technique Manual points to a treasure trove of ancient books with contents more incredible than what this book has."
"That's great!" laughed Luo Qi. "Hahahaha! No one will be able to stop Tianlian Sect then!"
Mr Lang narrowed his eyes as he turned towards the door before finally withdrawing his gaze.
Luo Long stood stock-still outside the room and dared not let any hint of emotion slip through his shields.
He walked away slowly and only released a sigh of relief when he had finally put some distance between the study and himself.
He opened his mouth and spat out a pill, it was filled with blackened blood.
"How terrifying!"
His eyes were clear and his lips stained with blood. His heart was still racing as he wiped the blood off his mouth with his hand. This was the first time he remembered Mr Lang.
He had seen him before but everytime he turned away, he would forget the man's face.
But he couldn't remember what the
man looked like. Despite eating a pill that him to remain in control
of his
senses, he couldn't for the life
of him remember Mr Lang
face.
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He had forgotten what the man looked like as soon as he had stepped outside the room.
Those eyes though...they had followed him like a bloodhound.
Luo Long's heart raced. He turned around and looked, as if he could still see those eyes staring fixedly at him. His heart skipped a beat and he hurried away in
haste.
He never thought that he would ever
experience something like that, and that a mere exchange of a simple
look could spark off something so incredible and horrifying.
It was clear that Mr Lang must have something to do with Luo Qi's drastic transformation, but who was this man exactly?
It struck Luo Long then that he didn't know whom he was at all. In fact...he couldn't even remember his face.
"What a terrifying man!"
Luo Long returned to his residence with a solemn look on his face. As he sat there, it took a long while before he finally managed to break out of his daze.