Chapter 116
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"Wait, wait," Jeremy held out both hands to suggest surrender. There was already a bead of sweat that was making its way down from his forehead.
His instincts that had been long dormant had suddenly woken up from the sudden chilling danger that assaulted his senses.
He didn't even know why he was feeling like this, but he only knew that he shouldn't make any wrong moves if he still wanted to live peacefully. Jeremy might be a wastrel, but his gut instincts had never led him wrong before.
Quite obviously, the child in front of him should not have been a factor in his instincts at all, yet when Jeremy looked at him, his body was wracked with chills. It was even worse than whenever he faced his father in a bad mood.
The feeling wasn't anything good, so he backed off no matter how spineless he seemed for doing something like that in front of his friends. Instincts told him that he wouldn't even know how he died if he continued down this road.
Alec leaned down, his eyes glinting. But still, the angle of his smile remained the same.
"If you continue talking trash about my sect's disciple, I'll rip your mouth off," the boy said. His tone even matched the feeling of gentleness that his smile gave off, but his words were a total mismatch, causing Jeremy to feel weird.
The feeling of danger suddenly spiked as his mind registered the small kid's words. Somehow, there was no doubt within Jeremy that what they threatened him with would be carried out if he really did run his mouth again.
Jeremy swallowed, his throat dryer than it had ever been.
Arrogant though he may be, he wasn't an idiot without any preservative skills. He knew who he could and could not play around with. If his friends wanted to further court death, they could do it themselves.
Not to mention, now that he'd sobered up, he had finally realized that the group were indeed wearing the Heavenly Ascension Sect's vaunted symbol and sect clothing. How could he have been so blind as to miss those signs?
Luckily, the small kid's terror inducing eyes had woken him up before he did anything irreversible.
"Hurry up, let's leave," Jeremy directed to his group of friends before fleeing. "That kid's no joke!"
Even if his friends couldn't hear the words that had been said to him in that milky child-like voice, they sneered, not taking Jeremy's words to heart.
Jeremy disregarded Clause's puzzled eyes, and the jeers and taunts from his friends.
He ditched all of them and fled like there were ants in his pants. The further he got the better. Since they didn't want to listen, that wasn't his fault, okay. He wasn't going to go around courting death no matter how much he disliked that arrogant idiot Clause.
The other six arrogant young masters were unresigned, but reluctantly followed after Jeremy, even if they were calling him a spineless loser in their minds.
Clause was completely baffled from the sudden change of behaviour that Jeremy exhibited. From what he knew of his character, this was not something that someone of his personality would do.
But still, he burst out laughing again when he thought of Jeremy's unsightly face when he gloriously faceplanted into the ground after tripping on Alec's foot.
He bent over, clutching his stomach before wheezing. The hilarity of that scene was going to linger for days just remembering the idiot's face. Even if he failed the journeyman proficiency test, he would probably still end up laughing when he thought about those idiots getting what they deserved.
By the time Clause finally recovered, the rest of the group was staring at him, bemused.
The group of them were so distracted that they never realized that there were eyes that were watching their movements. However, they wouldn't have changed how they acted even if they did take note of it.
He cleared his throat, slightly embarrassed, but the grin lingered at the corners of his mouth.
He glanced lightly at Alec before turning away. "Ahem. I could have handled them on my own, but you have my thanks," he said, striding away. His face was set back in its usual annoyed expression, but the lightness in his eyes gave him away.
Wendy shot a deeply hopeless look at Clause's back before turning back to Alec and friends, rolling her eyes at his behaviour. "Thank you," she said graciously before turning to follow Clause.
Jade and Claire smiled at the boy's prickly behaviour. "Don't mind him, Alec. It's not that he hates you. He just thought that you were likely like those arrogant young masters when you never talked to any of us the entire time you've been here in the sect."
Alec's smile dimmed lightly, causing the two older disciples to feel a bit distressed at the sudden feeling like they'd wronged him unjustly.
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"I see," Alec said.
Er… it really wasn't on purpose, ah. He just didn't have much time between his frantic pursuit for knowledge, his duties and his master's guidance, he just didn't see that many of his division's disciples in the first place!
"But you really weren't avoiding us, were you?" Jade narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
Alec quickly denied it since it was the truth. It never occurred to him that they were all waiting for him to talk to them in the first place. He'd have to correct it. "Of course not."
Jade nodded. "Then, it's fine. Anyway, let's go. Clause will be fine with Wendy. She takes care of him like a younger brother, so she won't allow him any harm."
"Yeah that's right. Wendy looks delicate and fragile, but she's got a hidden core of steel. Her fighting ability is no less than her passion for arrays," Claire injected.
Alec hummed noncommittedly. "Then, shall we move to the next shop?"
"You read my mind!"
-
The next morning, they gathered in the inn's lobby. Twenty-one of them, twenty-two including elder Faye, headed to the examination site.
Alec left Bunbun and Fenrir in the inn because the test was supposed to take the entire day.
The building that the test was to take place in was the most prestigious building for array masters.
Known throughout the continent for its standards, anyone wanted to claim that they dabbled in the delicate art of arrays had to pass the standards here to be recognised.
The ranks started at apprentice, followed by journeyman then master.
Elder Faye scanned the various disciples that had followed her down from their sect's mountain, feeling happy. This year, there were many journeyman hopefuls that were taking their first step here.
They were all at least in the journeyman rank. Heavenly Ascension never sent any of its disciples to test for apprentice since they felt like it was beneath their abilities.
In the array division, they were only recognised and allowed to take missions regarding arrays once they passed the journeyman test.
The sect's harsh standards meant that every year, there were always those who didn't make it during the ten years grace period from joining their division.
If a disciple still couldn't make it to the journeyman level in ten years, then sorry, goodbye. They had to transfer to a different division and couldn't stay there any longer.
Competition was harsh, but it was also rewarding. The ones that made it were all gems in their own right. Reaching the journeyman standard was something that most others only ever achieved in their mid or late forties.
Most journeymen didn't ever reach the realm of masters, where they were supposed to be able to freely craft and modify arrays.
From this, you could see how harsh their standards were. For someone to reach the ranks of array master was something that was to be celebrated – it didn't matter what force it was, they would all try to recruit you even if you just barely managed to step into the ranks of array masters.
In exchange, the array division's peak was highly regarded because of how well their disciples did their jobs.
The building they found themselves outside looked deceptively plain, but Alec could see the various arrays that had been set up using the building as a foundation. This building was the most heavily guarded and reinforced from any other building he'd seen.
This included his sect's buildings, which had perhaps one or two arrays that guarded it. Never so many at once.
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"Wait, wait," Jeremy held out both hands to suggest surrender. There was already a bead of sweat that was making its way down from his forehead.
His instincts that had been long dormant had suddenly woken up from the sudden chilling danger that assaulted his senses.
He didn't even know why he was feeling like this, but he only knew that he shouldn't make any wrong moves if he still wanted to live peacefully. Jeremy might be a wastrel, but his gut instincts had never led him wrong before.
Quite obviously, the child in front of him should not have been a factor in his instincts at all, yet when Jeremy looked at him, his body was wracked with chills. It was even worse than whenever he faced his father in a bad mood.
The feeling wasn't anything good, so he backed off no matter how spineless he seemed for doing something like that in front of his friends. Instincts told him that he wouldn't even know how he died if he continued down this road.
Alec leaned down, his eyes glinting. But still, the angle of his smile remained the same.
"If you continue talking trash about my sect's disciple, I'll rip your mouth off," the boy said. His tone even matched the feeling of gentleness that his smile gave off, but his words were a total mismatch, causing Jeremy to feel weird.
The feeling of danger suddenly spiked as his mind registered the small kid's words. Somehow, there was no doubt within Jeremy that what they threatened him with would be carried out if he really did run his mouth again.
Jeremy swallowed, his throat dryer than it had ever been.
Arrogant though he may be, he wasn't an idiot without any preservative skills. He knew who he could and could not play around with. If his friends wanted to further court death, they could do it themselves.
Not to mention, now that he'd sobered up, he had finally realized that the group were indeed wearing the Heavenly Ascension Sect's vaunted symbol and sect clothing. How could he have been so blind as to miss those signs?
Luckily, the small kid's terror inducing eyes had woken him up before he did anything irreversible.
"Hurry up, let's leave," Jeremy directed to his group of friends before fleeing. "That kid's no joke!"
Even if his friends couldn't hear the words that had been said to him in that milky child-like voice, they sneered, not taking Jeremy's words to heart.
Jeremy disregarded Clause's puzzled eyes, and the jeers and taunts from his friends.
He ditched all of them and fled like there were ants in his pants. The further he got the better. Since they didn't want to listen, that wasn't his fault, okay. He wasn't going to go around courting death no matter how much he disliked that arrogant idiot Clause.
The other six arrogant young masters were unresigned, but reluctantly followed after Jeremy, even if they were calling him a spineless loser in their minds.
Clause was completely baffled from the sudden change of behaviour that Jeremy exhibited. From what he knew of his character, this was not something that someone of his personality would do.
But still, he burst out laughing again when he thought of Jeremy's unsightly face when he gloriously faceplanted into the ground after tripping on Alec's foot.
He bent over, clutching his stomach before wheezing. The hilarity of that scene was going to linger for days just remembering the idiot's face. Even if he failed the journeyman proficiency test, he would probably still end up laughing when he thought about those idiots getting what they deserved.
By the time Clause finally recovered, the rest of the group was staring at him, bemused.
The group of them were so distracted that they never realized that there were eyes that were watching their movements. However, they wouldn't have changed how they acted even if they did take note of it.
He cleared his throat, slightly embarrassed, but the grin lingered at the corners of his mouth.
He glanced lightly at Alec before turning away. "Ahem. I could have handled them on my own, but you have my thanks," he said, striding away. His face was set back in its usual annoyed expression, but the lightness in his eyes gave him away.
Wendy shot a deeply hopeless look at Clause's back before turning back to Alec and friends, rolling her eyes at his behaviour. "Thank you," she said graciously before turning to follow Clause.
Jade and Claire smiled at the boy's prickly behaviour. "Don't mind him, Alec. It's not that he hates you. He just thought that you were likely like those arrogant young masters when you never talked to any of us the entire time you've been here in the sect."
Alec's smile dimmed lightly, causing the two older disciples to feel a bit distressed at the sudden feeling like they'd wronged him unjustly.
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"I see," Alec said.
Er… it really wasn't on purpose, ah. He just didn't have much time between his frantic pursuit for knowledge, his duties and his master's guidance, he just didn't see that many of his division's disciples in the first place!
"But you really weren't avoiding us, were you?" Jade narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
Alec quickly denied it since it was the truth. It never occurred to him that they were all waiting for him to talk to them in the first place. He'd have to correct it. "Of course not."
Jade nodded. "Then, it's fine. Anyway, let's go. Clause will be fine with Wendy. She takes care of him like a younger brother, so she won't allow him any harm."
"Yeah that's right. Wendy looks delicate and fragile, but she's got a hidden core of steel. Her fighting ability is no less than her passion for arrays," Claire injected.
Alec hummed noncommittedly. "Then, shall we move to the next shop?"
"You read my mind!"
-
The next morning, they gathered in the inn's lobby. Twenty-one of them, twenty-two including elder Faye, headed to the examination site.
Alec left Bunbun and Fenrir in the inn because the test was supposed to take the entire day.
The building that the test was to take place in was the most prestigious building for array masters.
Known throughout the continent for its standards, anyone wanted to claim that they dabbled in the delicate art of arrays had to pass the standards here to be recognised.
The ranks started at apprentice, followed by journeyman then master.
Elder Faye scanned the various disciples that had followed her down from their sect's mountain, feeling happy. This year, there were many journeyman hopefuls that were taking their first step here.
They were all at least in the journeyman rank. Heavenly Ascension never sent any of its disciples to test for apprentice since they felt like it was beneath their abilities.
In the array division, they were only recognised and allowed to take missions regarding arrays once they passed the journeyman test.
The sect's harsh standards meant that every year, there were always those who didn't make it during the ten years grace period from joining their division.
If a disciple still couldn't make it to the journeyman level in ten years, then sorry, goodbye. They had to transfer to a different division and couldn't stay there any longer.
Competition was harsh, but it was also rewarding. The ones that made it were all gems in their own right. Reaching the journeyman standard was something that most others only ever achieved in their mid or late forties.
Most journeymen didn't ever reach the realm of masters, where they were supposed to be able to freely craft and modify arrays.
From this, you could see how harsh their standards were. For someone to reach the ranks of array master was something that was to be celebrated – it didn't matter what force it was, they would all try to recruit you even if you just barely managed to step into the ranks of array masters.
In exchange, the array division's peak was highly regarded because of how well their disciples did their jobs.
The building they found themselves outside looked deceptively plain, but Alec could see the various arrays that had been set up using the building as a foundation. This building was the most heavily guarded and reinforced from any other building he'd seen.
This included his sect's buildings, which had perhaps one or two arrays that guarded it. Never so many at once.
"Wait, wait," Jeremy held out both hands to suggest surrender. There was already a bead of sweat that was making its way down from his forehead.His instincts that had been long dormant had suddenly woken up from the sudden chilling danger that assaulted his senses.He didn't even know why he was feeling like this, but he only knew that he shouldn't make any wrong moves if he still wanted to live peacefully. Jeremy might be a wastrel, but his gut instincts had never led him wrong before.Quite obviously, the child in front of him should not have been a factor in his instincts at all, yet when Jeremy looked at him, his body was wracked with chills. It was even worse than whenever he faced his father in a bad mood.The feeling wasn't anything good, so he backed off no matter how spineless he seemed for doing something like that in front of his friends. Instincts told him that he wouldn't even know how he died if he continued down this road.Alec leaned down, his eyes glinting. But still, the angle of his smile remained the same."If you continue talking trash about my sect's disciple, I'll rip your mouth off," the boy said. His tone even matched the feeling of gentleness that his smile gave off, but his words were a total mismatch, causing Jeremy to feel weird.The feeling of danger suddenly spiked as his mind registered the small kid's words. Somehow, there was no doubt within Jeremy that what they threatened him with would be carried out if he really did run his mouth again.Jeremy swallowed, his throat dryer than it had ever been.Arrogant though he may be, he wasn't an idiot without any preservative skills. He knew who he could and could not play around with. If his friends wanted to further court death, they could do it themselves.Not to mention, now that he'd sobered up, he had finally realized that the group were indeed wearing the Heavenly Ascension Sect's vaunted symbol and sect clothing. How could he have been so blind as to miss those signs?Luckily, the small kid's terror inducing eyes had woken him up before he did anything irreversible."Hurry up, let's leave," Jeremy directed to his group of friends before fleeing. "That kid's no joke!"Even if his friends couldn't hear the words that had been said to him in that milky child-like voice, they sneered, not taking Jeremy's words to heart.Jeremy disregarded Clause's puzzled eyes, and the jeers and taunts from his friends.He ditched all of them and fled like there were ants in his pants. The further he got the better. Since they didn't want to listen, that wasn't his fault, okay. He wasn't going to go around courting death no matter how much he disliked that arrogant idiot Clause.The other six arrogant young masters were unresigned, but reluctantly followed after Jeremy, even if they were calling him a spineless loser in their minds.Clause was completely baffled from the sudden change of behaviour that Jeremy exhibited. From what he knew of his character, this was not something that someone of his personality would do.But still, he burst out laughing again when he thought of Jeremy's unsightly face when he gloriously faceplanted into the ground after tripping on Alec's foot.He bent over, clutching his stomach before wheezing. The hilarity of that scene was going to linger for days just remembering the idiot's face. Even if he failed the journeyman proficiency test, he would probably still end up laughing when he thought about those idiots getting what they deserved.By the time Clause finally recovered, the rest of the group was staring at him, bemused.The group of them were so distracted that they never realized that there were eyes that were watching their movements. However, they wouldn't have changed how they acted even if they did take note of it.He cleared his throat, slightly embarrassed, but the grin lingered at the corners of his mouth.He glanced lightly at Alec before turning away. "Ahem. I could have handled them on my own, but you have my thanks," he said, striding away. His face was set back in its usual annoyed expression, but the lightness in his eyes gave him away.Wendy shot a deeply hopeless look at Clause's back before turning back to Alec and friends, rolling her eyes at his behaviour. "Thank you," she said graciously before turning to follow Clause.Jade and Claire smiled at the boy's prickly behaviour. "Don't mind him, Alec. It's not that he hates you. He just thought that you were likely like those arrogant young masters when you never talked to any of us the entire time you've been here in the sect."Alec's smile dimmed lightly, causing the two older disciples to feel a bit distressed at the sudden feeling like they'd wronged him unjustly. Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting. "I see," Alec said.Er it really wasn't on purpose, ah. He just didn't have much time between his frantic pursuit for knowledge, his duties and his master's guidance, he just didn't see that many of his division's disciples in the first place!"But you really weren't avoiding us, were you?" Jade narrowed her eyes suspiciously.Alec quickly denied it since it was the truth. It never occurred to him that they were all waiting for him to talk to them in the first place. He'd have to correct it. "Of course not."Jade nodded. "Then, it's fine. Anyway, let's go. Clause will be fine with Wendy. She takes care of him like a younger brother, so she won't allow him any harm.""Yeah that's right. Wendy looks delicate and fragile, but she's got a hidden core of steel. Her fighting ability is no less than her passion for arrays," Claire injected.Alec hummed noncommittedly. "Then, shall we move to the next shop?""You read my mind!"-The next morning, they gathered in the inn's lobby. Twenty-one of them, twenty-two including elder Faye, headed to the examination site.Alec left Bunbun and Fenrir in the inn because the test was supposed to take the entire day.The building that the test was to take place in was the most prestigious building for array masters.Known throughout the continent for its standards, anyone wanted to claim that they dabbled in the delicate art of arrays had to pass the standards here to be recognised.The ranks started at apprentice, followed by journeyman then master.Elder Faye scanned the various disciples that had followed her down from their sect's mountain, feeling happy. This year, there were many journeyman hopefuls that were taking their first step here.They were all at least in the journeyman rank. Heavenly Ascension never sent any of its disciples to test for apprentice since they felt like it was beneath their abilities.In the array division, they were only recognised and allowed to take missions regarding arrays once they passed the journeyman test.The sect's harsh standards meant that every year, there were always those who didn't make it during the ten years grace period from joining their division.If a disciple still couldn't make it to the journeyman level in ten years, then sorry, goodbye. They had to transfer to a different division and couldn't stay there any longer.Competition was harsh, but it was also rewarding. The ones that made it were all gems in their own right. Reaching the journeyman standard was something that most others only ever achieved in their mid or late forties.Most journeymen didn't ever reach the realm of masters, where they were supposed to be able to freely craft and modify arrays.From this, you could see how harsh their standards were. For someone to reach the ranks of array master was something that was to be celebrated it didn't matter what force it was, they would all try to recruit you even if you just barely managed to step into the ranks of array masters.In exchange, the array division's peak was highly regarded because of how well their disciples did their jobs.The building they found themselves outside looked deceptively plain, but Alec could see the various arrays that had been set up using the building as a foundation. This building was the most heavily guarded and reinforced from any other building he'd seen.This included his sect's buildings, which had perhaps one or two arrays that guarded it. Never so many at once.
