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Chapter 9 - CHAPTER 9: CITY VARIOUS SEASONS PART 2

CHAPTER 9: CITY VARIOUS SEASONS PART 2

When the pill entered Adrian's body, it exploded with great energy, and with the essence of plants. He spread all over his body, and the bruises began to diminish, although not all, some did disappear.

Seeing this, the old woman took out a necklace and slowly put it around Adrian's neck. He sang a few words, before the necklace shone.

The young man next to her did not stop her, she knew that, from now on, that child would be her new helper.

After doing that, the grandmother gave the young man some directions before leaving.

The young man nodded and left anyway.

Only Adrián was left in bed, who woke up after a few days, although it was at night.

"The second level of Qi condensation" – Adrian said, while he could feel how his two openings were burning again, the two openings of his right arm had been completed. The bear had been wounded, and Adrian took the opportunity to attack it with all his might.

Even so, the bear was very strong, so much so that it caused several serious injuries.

He could only subdue it for a few moments before absorbing the bear's energy precipitously, before it struck him in the chest, sending him flying far away.

That blow had destroyed his chest, but thanks to the fact that he absorbed enough energy, and his second opening was completed, his body had come back to life. If it weren't for that, he would have died by now.

After a while, Adrian observed the place where he was, although he was between life and death, he could still hear the words of the old woman and the young man.

He kept his dagger at his waist, and the wooden sword on his back.

"So you finally wake up" – In the evening, a voice sounded from the side of the room. It was the voice of an old woman.

Adrian evaluated with a cold, emotionless gaze. It was not normal for a child to have such a look, the night was like a refuge for Adrián to move. But he didn't, he touched the necklace on his neck.

"From now on you will be my slave, child, if you want to escape I can kill you at any time, you will work for me, and if you want your freedom you can buy it, but that will cost you a thousand coins" – said the old woman, as she left laughing.

After she left, the young man who had rescued him entered.

"Follow me" – He only said a few words before leaving through the door to the ranch, Adrián followed him, he didn't know what was happening, but he could get an idea, after more than a month of travel, he had arrived at a human settlement.

The young man who called himself Ma Zu, began to indicate to Adrián his work as a slave of his grandmother. In addition, he told him about the missions that the city offered to its inhabitants.

It wasn't a big city, it was a very small one, but with more than ten thousand people living in it. The city was called, the city of the various seasons. Since, in this place, after the arrival of the sword and the face of the demon, the seasons such as spring, winter, passed very quickly, giving way to other seasons.

In this place, human trafficking was very common, as well as the purchase and sale of slaves, missions were published daily, the Lord of the city offered great rewards, to those who managed to find a certain object, plant, or anything they were looking for in the forbidden cities.

The forbidden cities, were places where all evils came together, along with unexplained phenomena, this had happened when the sword and the head shone each other, triggering an event, known as divine, killing everyone who once inhabited it, many people died in that place every year, even now it was rumored that it was more dangerous, as a very thick fog came down every night in the north of the Forbidden City.

Adrian didn't know about those precedents, only what he could hear from the young Ma next to him. At the moment, this was the best I could get, it was a new city, and I didn't know how people lived here. For the moment he began to analyze.

He also looked towards the forest, he had buried his cultivation manual, he didn't trust much in being able to protect it, he could only hide it.

While young Ma was talking to Adrian, he noticed that he didn't talk much, he didn't care, he arrived at the place of the shops, where a lot of objects were sold, some children and young people were also piled up, well dressed and with an apathetic face.

Adrian who was already a cultivator of the second level of Qi condensation, could see several city guards, or hunters walking furtively, with menacing looks, he could feel currents of spiritual energy from them, some had several bruises, but not as many as Adrian had in the past.

"Cultivators" – Adrián said in a low voice, many of them showed it explicitly, Adrián did not do it, he remained discreet.

Just as they reached a street, young Ma pointed to a wooden wall.

"That's where the missions are placed, if you have free time, you can do it if you want, but each one is really dangerous" – He said without worrying that Adrian would hear his words.

To young Ma, Adrian was just a child, the majority of the city didn't understand the concept of cultivators very well, perhaps just the city lord, as well as the guards and poachers. To mortals, they thought that cultivators were stronger people than them.

Young Ma understood, when the missions that interested his grandmother began, they only sent him as a pack donkey, that was his only duty, thanks to that, he had been saved from dying.

Adrián gradually understood the city. He also noticed beautiful young women, who placed their hands on Young Ma, Young Ma only rejected them with a smile, he wanted to have fun, but he had no money.

Even in his greed he thought about snatching the wooden sword and that dagger from Adrian, but he didn't, Grandma, she may not be the best person in the world, but at least she had a roof over her head and food. That was already more than people had.

Adrian received many greedy looks, but when they saw his necklace many of them turned away, it was only because of that that he could walk calmly.

Seeing the interest in the necklace she wore around her neck, young Ma explained to Adrian.

"These necklaces are a blessing as well as a curse, it allows us to walk freely, and not be hunted by greedy people, this was by the decree of the city lord, anyone who killed a slave within the city, would be killed, unless it was really worth it, many people decide that it is preferable to stay away from us" – After his explanation, They passed through many other streets, before returning to the ranch.

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