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"Who are you?"
"..." The girl's eyes turned blurry all of a sudden...
"Am just joking with you. Sheena!, how have you been since then?" Aeries smiled.
" Y-you! Why must you behave so unruly! you almost killed me you know?"
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"Sorry, Sorry" Aeries laughed sheepishly,
'Oi Oi! when did our relationship cross that step? For her to be this worried about me, Could this be the case of Billy and Jane?'
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Aeries composed himself and noticed he had nothing to say after the usual 'hello'. Back then it was the same. To sum it all, he had always considered planning out speeches and socializing with people was a waste of valuable time... Time to be spent alone.
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Racking your brains to come up with some silly line is just not my thing.
"Brat! My granddaughter spoke so much about you... I came here to verify the authentication of her claims." Grandpa finally spoke out, after waiting for anyone to bring up a reasonable topic but to no avail, Grandpa finally bit the bullet and spoke out grumbling all the while. "I thank you for saving her from that deadly experience." He tried to make a deep bow which Aeries quickly stopped.
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"Huh? I didn't do much back then. I believe anyone would do the same and even more." Aeries corrected.
"Calm and Serene in the face of Appreciation. Hmmm, truly a nice young lad you found for yourself, Sheena. Can I call you Aeries? Call me Grandpa Thong Sun."
"R-right. Grandpa Sun. It's best not to stay under the rays of sunlight too much. It may affect your health." Aeries perspired. He had never been in this kind of awkward situation in both lives so it was fair to say he had no choice but stumble on his every word.
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"Brat! so it's you! You're the real definition of calculating and manipulative... If you had chanced on such fortuitous encounter that could make a Cripple have this much Qi, why did you keep it hidden all these years? The truth is simple, you want to overthrow your father's Position!!!" Katherine, the Third Mistress, finally caught up with them, asking and answering her question in the same speech. Behind her, several people stood in a would-be protective formation, all of them with frightened expressions.
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"Oh?" Was Aeries nonchalant reply. How could he not see how deep the woman Schemes are. She wasn't trying to make a rift between the masses and him, but instead, her focus was on Grandpa Sun...
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'Hn, it appears this Grandpa isn't ordinary' Aeries guessed. The reason he did not make any reply was natural, to plop it simply; he did not put any of them in his eyes!
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Everyone had, at some point, ran off after or before the start of the riot. This only can tell how low or negligible their cultivations were.
As for this Grandpa, Aeries still had a hidden awareness of all his movement.
He was sure the Master that assaulted Rogue with that Soul Attack, was none other than him, Grand Sun.
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"You say 'Oh'? I haven't finished with you!" Sure enough, Aeries quick guess had hit the pot, "Please Grandmaster Thong Sun, please administer justice on behalf of House Krieger. Please, hold that not let us ask him some questions."
Her eyes weren't pleading at all, just blazing with a red flame of success.
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Grandmaster Thong Sun was immediately put in a spot. Since The Third Mistress hadn't heard the sincere appreciation he just made right now, She had surmised that he had a sort of neutral attitude to their inner conflict...
But to just shrug her off wasn't what he ought to do, regardless of how much storm she stirs, she had been his host in the few days he and Sheena waited for Aeries.
"Third Mistress, How—"
"Wait a moment" Aeries interrupted Grandmaster Sun mid speech, he lowered his head to reach the height of this 5. something woman before chuckling, “My dear Step mother... Do you want to die?"
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A threat! A conspicuous threat laid bare without any hinges...
"You dare! how dare you threaten this Queen! Just because you made a breakthrough doesn't mean you have the right to stand against your own house!" She yelled out.
Even Grandpa Sun had disappointment written on his face, everyone thought Aeries had gone too far with this.
"Young Aeries, can you explain why you would denounce your own kin?" Grand Sun asked.
"Oh? should there be a reason? hmmm, if there is, it should be that this Young Noble is stronger than her."
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“So, because you had your breakthrough you feel elevated enough for that? Are you sure you want to do this... Aeries?" Grand Sun flicked his sleeves and the surrounding air let out a 'Whooh' sound as it swirled around him.
"If you don't make a sincere apology instantly, am afraid this Old man would have to act on her behalf." Grandpa Sun was currently in a rock and hard place. Seeing Aeries unyielding spirit pushed him to no end, ‘If this kid doesn't learn true humility at a young age, am afraid he'll grow become worse than filth' Was his righteous indignation.
Surprisingly, Aeries simply corked his head and glanced at him, “Grand Sun, I'd advise you to carefully rethink this, to add more damage to your already ill body and soul... aren't you afraid that your injuries might turn permanent?"
How does he know!?
"Since you understand, this Old Master won't trouble you as far as you give a good reason to so threaten my host in front of me. If not, how am I going to swallow such insult?" Grandpa Sun's words had its hidden intent ‘This is another chance for you, boy.' It seem to imply and Aeries conjured that if he did not take it seriously, this old man would surely strike first; even if it means harming himself in the process.
"En, this junior have a question. Is it right for a cultivator to kill an ordinary person?" Aeries asked this question.
"What do you mean? Of course its not right! only Devil cultivators kill the harmless! "
"Oho? I refute that answer. It's not wrong at all. Who made that rule?
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Morals may judge, People would hate... Power has always been the rule![1]
Or is that not the truth, Old Sun!?"
"To be without morals is to be without a god. the road that would surely lead to the yellow river. Remember, what I said boy, People are the Morals [2]" Old Sun turned determined to his temporal place. Leaving everyone staring at Aeries with empty gazes.
"I, -its finished just like that? Where is the fight between powerhouses that we all wanted to see?"
"You're the only one that has a death wish. Don't drag us with you... If that mad Young Noble finds out what you said... Am certain he'll skin you alive."
"Damn, but that was cool. When can I ever be like that?"
" Wake up, You are 43 years old and only a weak trader at the 4th Body Foundation Realm. Let alone being like him, you can never match any of House Kriegers Younglings. Alas..."
“Go die with that shitty mouth!"
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Naturally, with Aeries improved hearing, everything they had said was clearly heard by him. But he made no notice of them, his eyes hooked on a figure standing idly close by...
“Hey Sheena, can we talk?"
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