Walker Of The Worlds

The thin man stroked his chin a couple of times before speaking again.

"How old did that cultivator look?" the thin man asked.

The veiled woman gulped before replying,

"He… he's young, probably sixteen or seventeen, but definitely younger than twenty."

An irritated expression appeared on the man's face as he replied with a louder tone.

"So you mean to say that our people could not differentiate between a cultivator belonging to a mercenary group and an itinerant cultivator? Do you think a cultivator of such a young age would join a mercenary company, or do you think it is a high-level cultivator that has returned to his youth?"

The veiled woman lowered her face even more and didn't speak.

"Do you think a cultivator that has enough talent to become a cultivator at that age would be without a backing? GO!! I want every single thing there is to know about that cultivator." The thin man yelled.

"Yes, my lord." The woman replied before disappearing.

The thin man sighed to himself before standing up and walking up to a shelf and opening a drawer. He then pulled out a jade slip and looked at it for a moment before keeping back into the drawer and closing it.

~sigh~ "It is not the time yet." The man muttered before walking to a window and staring outside.

"What are you planning father… "

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Lin Mu was practicing the Thousand Armament Blade scripture in the Sleepscape. He had nearly completed the basics of the weapons he already had and now was progressing to the more advanced parts. Though right now, he felt as if he was being hindered. He understood that it was because of a lack of weapons and that he would have to get them soon or this may become a flaw in his technique.

The more he practiced, the more he understood how the techniques of different weapons fit together and complemented each other. He now grasped the flaws of different weapons and how to overcome them with the use of another weapon.

"You are doing well. The improvement is significant." Xukong praised.

cultivation was low. He had chosen not to tell this to Lin Mu as

talented and gifted people so much so that they were even venerated as the Heaven's ordained. But he had also seen those very people

to go against the heavens, yet few have survived it. Even the ones that survived it shortly disappeared, though people still had

then remembered a

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the endless void, along with some distortions spread around. At the depths of these pillars, a colossal being was currently resting. The being

around his body and the white pillars. These streaks of light would touch the white pillars and then be absorbed by them. One could even see the streaks traveling through the pillars and moving towards Xukong's

light streaks would transfer from the white

slowly reduced. One could not tell how long it would take for each distortion to disappear, but time could not be measured in the

distance. His perception spread in the surroundings and suppressed all the distortions. Even

quite unusual of you, Old

ash grey throne appeared. The throne was empty, yet a presence

by my presence that I can't even visit you,

know what you've done, old monster. You would never come here unless it was something important and your other slaves were unable to help you with

slaves, they have their own

two choices? Their karma is chained and will be until you choose

they've chosen. I've never

"I don't even want to argue with you. Just tell me what you are

you that I will be gone for a while, so take care of my 'Slaves' for a

to observe everything on your own, unless…" Xukong spoke and then trailed off before suddenly

happened? What did you do!!!?" Xukong

there are

making countless

at a blinding speed and tried to stop the ash grey throne, but alas! The ash grey throne turned ethereal and then disappeared in a swirl of

ever come out of

the void, and Xukong became immovable once

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trail of memories after hearing Lin Mu call

it's time for your lessons