After Lin Yang said those final words, he fainted to the ground after successfully killing the leader of the masked men. The sun already started to rise when the battle was finished, and soldiers could be heard coming to the scene. Ye Tian quickly carried Lin Yang on his shoulders, then yelled to the others, “Let’s go!”
Xiang Jiao and Ma Qian followed behind. Except for the leaders of the masked men, the others have survived but were severely injure. They had no hope of fighting back or pursuing Ye Tian and the others at their current situation.
“We’re leaving the capital right now,” Ye Tian informed the rest.
They ran as fast as possible until they arrived at the site of the cloud stream. There were actually multiple streams that went into different direction. They quickly summoned their falcons while showing their tickets to the guards.
“Hey, you’re missing an extra ticket,” one of the guard said while he was about to chase them.
“This body is just a fake doll for that pervert right there,” Ye Tian responded while running and pointing at Ma Qian.
“Suck it!” Ma Qian said looking at the guard.
“WTF bro…….I was just asking…” the guard murmured. The guards actually realized that the “doll” was actually Lin Yang. They knew what has been happening the past few days, but most importantly, they felt bad for the Lin family. Many of the guards considered the Lin family to be one of the few honest and righteous family in this capital, and they had a suspicion that the story about them conspiring against the throne is just another wicked plan by the other families. They couldn’t do anything about it due to their low status, but at least they could help the young Lin Yang escape from this mess.
They went so fast riding their falcons, the guards acted like they couldn’t stop them quickly enough. The cloud streams allowed traveling through the sky at an amazing speed with little effort. The falcons only needed to spread their wings for balance, and the cloud stream will carry them all the way to their destination without any hard work involved.
Ye Tian and the crew were finally safe for now. He took some healing crystals to help Lin Yang recover. He was running out of healing crystals and didn’t get to resupply while he was in the city. His zoids was also running low and now he felt incredible pain because he had to give some healing crystals to Lin Yang. This noble better have some treasures in his storage ring, Ye Tian thought. He tried to resist his temptation but couldn’t, and ended up body searching Lin Yang in search of any valuables he might have as a security payment. Unfortunately, Lin Yang had nothing on him.
During the journey, Ye Tian was in a world of his own. He was thinking about how those masks and uniforms were quite similar to the ones the bandits wore in his village. Was there a connection to this? He planned to take a more careful investigation on the available missions when he gets to the next branch of the guild center. Besides that, he was studying the “Steps to the heaven” to see if he could make any progress on his comprehension of this martial skill. He went to the special dimension to ask Tian Ren if he had any clues on how to master this martial skill.
“Pudge! Have you seen this martial skill before,” Ye Tian asked while throwing the scroll to Tian Ren.
“My name is Tian Ren! You should actually call me Elder!,” Tian Ren replied angrily.
“Whatever, do you know it or not,” Ye Tian brushed it off.
Tian Ren checked the scroll and his face showed a bit of a surprise.
“I would never thought you’d find this skill scroll….” Tian Ren laughingly said.
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“Do you know how it works?” Ye Tian asked curiously in hopes of getting some hints from the pudgy old man.
“Of course I do. I invented this skill when I was younger!” Tian Ren laughed.
“Stop bullshitting! You can’t even take a beating from me,” Ye Tian shrugged.
“You! Look who’s talking. I beat you to a pulp kid!” Tian Ren quickly countered.
“You wanna go again, huh, old pudge?” Ye Tian stood up preparing for another brawl.
“Let’s go then!” Tian Ren stood up as well. Now they were face to face but only their bodies were pushing each other to gain some type of edge.
“What, you want some? huh, huh”
“Let’s go. You hit me, I will beat the crap out of you”
“You do it first. Come on, throw the first punch. I dare You!”
“What? What?”
All these trash talks didn’t lead to anywhere. Their bodies just kept pushing each other while daring each other to make the first move. However, their temper calmed considerably after a few moments.
“How do you gain the first enlightenment? Do I need to make any sacrifices right now in order to use this skill?” Ye Tian seriously asked. If he had to sacrifice something, the image of Ma Qian and Lin Yang came up for some reason. Otherwise, using this skill would not be worth it to make some serious sacrifices in the future.
“No. As long as you understand the flow of life, you will eventually understand the first seven steps. Sadness, happiness, fear, resilience, will, kindness, hatred….each individual possess these emotions. It’s up to the individual to understand and embrace these feelings. The more you understand, the easier it is for you to master the first seven steps,” Tian Ren explained.
“Then what about the 8th step?” Ye Tian curiously asked again.
“You don’t need to know the 8th step yet! Now go. I want to take a rest,” Tian Ren replied while seriously staring at him.
Ye Tian didn’t leave but he actually sat down thinking deeply about Tian Ren just mentioned.
“Happiness…..happiness…..happiness,” Ye Tian kept murmuring to himself. Tian Ren looked at him and thought he was going insane. He sighed, then laid down to sleep.
Ye Tian stood up while raising his head with a smile, then blurted out, “I got it!”
He closed his eyes summoning a new type of energy that was revolving around his right hand.
Ye Tian vanishes and reappears in front of Tian Ren. He then punches Tian Ren’s face like the might of an asteroid! The air vibrates within the surrounding areas due to the impact. Tian Ren flies backward quickly crashing deep inside the wall until crumbles of rock pile on top of him.
“Hahaha….happiness….I’ve mastered my first step!” Ye Tian proclaimed loudly with his eyes blazing like the stars. He turned around and disappeared from the dimension!
“You…you….you punk.I’m going to beat you if you ever come back here!” Tian Ren yelled furiously while still laying on the ground. He was softly holding his bloodied and swollen face from Ye Tian’s punch. Since ancient times, he had never reach such a high level of anger until now, and he had never been treated so badly like Ye Tian did to him!
Meanwhile, Ye Tian opened his eyes and smiled. “The first step….I’ve done it and it felt so good!” Just a moment ago, he realized that beating Tian Ren gave him a sense of great satisfaction and happiness that he’s never experienced since he came out of the village. He knew the old pudge was strong. That’s why he dared to experiment this technique on him. His theory turned out to be correct. Besides, the punch wouldn’t be able to seriously injure Tian Ren. Ye Tian was confident of that. If the old pudge had been living since the ancient times, then Ye Tian knew Tian Ren would be incredibly strong and had to be craftier than other legendary figures if he is still living in this current era.
Ye Tian continued to focus on studying “Heaven’s Call,” while cultivating. Ma Qian and Xiang Jiao, on the other hand, was ecstatic to see how fast and wide the cloud streams traveled. To them, they didn’t understand how these streams could exist in the first place. They could see below them were some barren lands, some fertile lands, snowy mountains, and pristine lakes along the way. What gave them the most jaw-dropping effect was the color of the yellow ocean with huge underwater sea beasts jumping out of the water and diving back again.
Lin Yang was still unconscious and it would take some time for them to arrive at the Bravia continent. The rest decided to use their time to continue to cultivate and gain more familiarity with their new skills. With a new member joining the gang, how will Lin Yang, the fallen noble, react to this crew’s behavior, their unique personality, and this financially broke ass brigade?