"Is your mother dead?"
Chi Xianyan's face darkened, as the previous murderous intent – that had been dissipated by shock – returned.
Seeing her reaction, there was no change in his expression as he said calmly " I'm asking because there are some questions about the technique that I have that I don't think you can answer."
"Before I answer your question, are you from the Chi family or the Whispering Lotus sect?" As she said the two names, the murderous intent doubled.
Jing Tu, who was silently at the side, had to take a few steps back. Although Chi Xianyan was fierce, he had never seen her radiate this much bloodlust – in fact he had never seen anybody radiate this much bloodlust, it was almost tangible.
But the fat man completely ignored it, as if it wasn't there and answered her question. "I don't know any Whispering Lotus sect. but if you are talking about the Chi family in Crimson Sun kingdom, I have an impression of them but I do not have any connection with them."
"You know the Chi family?" Chi Xianyan asked, slightly startled.
"Yes, almost everyone in the three kingdoms knows the Chi family. They are a behemoth aristocratic family in this realm. Why do you ask?." The fat man responded.
"Nothing." Chi managed to force out but she was visibly shaking. Her grandmother had warned her about how powerful the Chi family is, and how she should avoid them by all means necessary, at least until she was strong enough. But she thought her grandmother was exaggerating to scare her. Now that the fat man has said it, she finally believed it.
After she calmed down, she answered his initial question. "My mother did not learn the technique."
"Your mother did not learn the technique?. How did it get to your hands?Did you steal it from the Chi family?. Is that why you are asking so many questions about the Chi family?." He asked a bunch of rhetorical questions and continued talking to himself. "No, that is not feasible, I am almost one hundred percent sure that they don't have an earth grade technique. If they did, the other families would naturally catch wind of it and it would cause a tragic battle. No matter how much they want to suppress it, the spies planted by the other families will find out about something as big as an earth grade technique. Even the other kingdoms will not stay idle, let alone the Elder's Forum."
Jing Tu and Chi Xianyan were frightened beyond measure at how he was casually talking about a world war between the three kingdoms.
The fat man continued "even in the off chance that the Chi family does have an earth grade technique, it would be heavily guarded. It would probably never leave their Patriarch's sight, how can a weak mortal realm steal it from them. Hmm, maybe her mother stole it and gave it to. With her mother being from the upper realm, she would probably have some ability. That could have been what led to her death. But the Chi family would have mobilized all their forces and the entire realm would be in turmoil —plus I would have heard." he thought.
Chi Xianyan's face turned gloomier with every word that came out of the fat man's mouth, especially when he talked about her mother. Knowing what her mother had done for her, she would rather die than let someone talk bad about her mother. She was so angry that it was almost impossible for her face to get any darker. She wanted to scream, launch at him and tear him to pieces. But when she looked into his eyes, she felt like she was in a bottomless well and a chill went down her spine. If she made a wrong move, she would lose – everything her life included. Moreover she was the one asking for something not the other way around.
She could only grit her teeth, close her eyes and take a deep breath. With her eyes still closed because she doesn't want to see his stupid fat face she snorted. "My mother's death has nothing to do with the movement technique. And I didn't steal it, it is a family heirloom from my mother's side. My grandmother was the last person to cultivate the technique before me. And .... everyone that cultivated the technique is dead."
As she said that, two drops of tears rolled down from her eyes. But she quickly cleaned it and returned to her previous cold expression.
"Well that makes things a lot more difficult.". The fat man said. Chi Xianyan was a little surprised that there was no change in temperament from her stories and constant change in emotions.
"I know everything about the technique, so if you have a question I might be able to answer though I have only learnt the first form." Chi Xianyan answered, she thought he could not comprehend the technique and needed her, she had finally gotten back the bargaining chip she thought she lost.
"Since you know everything about it, then you should know that it has a problem." The fat man said, Chi Xianyan was already shaking again. Her face was filled with raw dread.
Seeing her reaction, he continued " Well problem is not the word, it is incomplete" he said without standing on ceremony.
Boom
Her aura flared, but she just helplessly stood there. She knew she could not do anything to this person, she has previously underestimated this person. He was definitely not simple, even if her, Jing Tu and the Grand commander teamed up she was sure they would still lose.
See her like this the fat man added salt to injury "if it is complete it should be at the heaven grade or – though very slim chance – a sacred grade."
Chi Xianyan could not stand well and had to rest on Jing Tu for support.
"You, ..you ..you are from the upper realm."
The fat man smiled a little. "something like that."
"What is with the plethora of emotions you were showing, your self control is very little. If someone of similar cultivation base was the one who said those words, you would have jumped into the fight without thinking. You've already lost half the fight because the person controls the fight and you are just a pawn." He turned to Jing Tu, "You are making it a bit too obvious that you care about her, that could be easily turned to a weakness."
The scalp on Chi Xianyan and Jing Tu head went numb, 'so he was purposely rage baiting her to see her reaction. Evil, too evil.' was the only thought on their mind.
"Sadly, this is not enough to follow me." He said as he looked into the distance.
Chi Xianyan who was now standing wanted to say something but Jing Tu already kowtowed. "Senior, please take her instead of me, though this lowly one has some talent, it is not up to hers. Moreover, she has a purpose to fulfill. If you take her, I will be indebted to you forever. If you say I should kill a thousand people, I would do it without hesitation. No matter what it is, I follow your command without fail."
Chi Xianyan frowned and quickly said, "Senior, don't take him seriously. If you have any condition that is within my power, I will do it without fail. But if it is what he said, then I won't be seeing you off."
The fat man looked at both of them one after the other. And with a smile in his eyes asked "You two—what relationship do you share."
The question seemed to be implying something, to which they immediately shouted 'no' shaking their heads. They both seem mutually repulsive to the idea, not one of them hiding feelings for the other.
"Well, you do have something that I want. If you give me, both of you can follow me. You seem to have plenty of enemies and you are very troublesome, so whether you survive or not will depend on you. Also whether you make any progress in your cultivation will also depend on you. When I am ready to leave this realm, if you are not strong enough, you can only stay behind or die trying. If you are satisfied with these conditions then you can come with me." The fat man explained.
Chi Xianyan and Jing Tu looked at each other then she asked, "senior, what is it that you want."
The fat man looked, then pointed at her.