I was momentarily speechless after he asked this, but already anticipating that sooner or later he would be asking about this, I directly handed him my Beast pouch, at least tried to hand it to him, but he looked at weirdly, most likely wondering if I had gone crazy or something .
" Senior Brother can check inside this pouch for anything that might be even be a bit suspicious to you and take it if you liked .
What is the meaning of this ? .
He refused to accept the pouch and instead looked at me strangely and asked what was going on .
" Senior Brother think that I have stolen something from the Han family, I'm willing to let senior brother check the pouch for anything, that might be the thing that was stolen .
I said this and pushed the pouch forward again, but the next second I directly ducked after sensing that bad premonition from before, I saw that Senior Brother's hand was spread and was hovering in the place where I was just standing just now .
You got some good reflexes as well, I really need to focus more on my practice, otherwise you might catch up or even surpass me in a blink of an eye, won't that happening be be quite bad for my face as the Senior Brother then .
He said this with a smile as if this tensed atmosphere just now was nothing but a joke to him, I was still a little bit shocked, so I wasn't in the mood to join him in whatever he was currently doing .
Just now I again reacted Instinctively and was able to evade getting hit by his slap just now, if this was the first time it happened, I would have called it a coincidence, if it happened twice I would say it was luck, but it then happened for the third time and I can no longer attribute it to luck or coincidence, nor can I just let it go without finding a suitable explanation .
Luckily I already had something in mind, the increase in my intuition was also linked to the increase in my strength, just like the slight increase I got to my senses and reflexes, that might be an important part of the reason that allowed me to evade just now, but I can't neglect the other important part as well, Senior Brother going easy on me .
With the disparity in our strength, not to mention successfully slapping me, he might actually be able to slap me to death with one slap, even though this Flesh Tempering Realm wasn't focusing on increasing the strength of the Practitioner, but senior brother Fu followed that wicked Path of Full Body Refinement and from the swoosh sound I just heard, I already can testify for his strength .
As I thought like this, another attack came, but the second I sensed it was also the second it arrived and there was nothing but pain that followed, but it was much milder compared to the pain I endured under the hands of Master .
It was enough to bring me back to my senses, seeing me twitching in pain currently, seemed to give senior brother some satisfaction, he nodded his head at me and before I even say a word, he said :
I already can tell that you won't have stolen something from that block of ice Han Jun, but I have to say, you have changed quite a lot compared to how you were yesterday, it seemed that you now have a lot of confidence, but don't let that confidence turn into arrogance, or you might be the next person I instruct .
" You can tell that I hadn't stolen anything ? .
I disregarded of his praise and head straight to the point, my head was already bulging with conclusions and scenarios that could explain how was he able to tell, but he dismantled all of those things with his short answer, he said :
You don't have enough heart to do something like that nor the strength to pull something like that off, but no doubt about it, you hadn't even try to deny that the guy in the poster was indeed you, you need to be more proficient with your conning skills a bit more, before you can hope to fool me .
If I hadn't met Master while he was going away to collect some cough resources from him, I could have at most suspected that either you happened to be there at the worst time possible to be recognized and mistaken for an accomplice or according to the story I heard from Master, you just happened to pick the items that those guys had stolen .
But now I'm certain after seeing the wanted poster and getting reprim... cough, cough, after discussing with Master, that neither of the two conclusion seemed to be the case here, so let me ask you this directly, how did you offend that guy to the point that he even made a wanted poster of you ? .
After hearing all that he had to say, I reached to one conclusion, my conning skills currently can be said to be top-notch, since Master had told senior brother about the pouch and he seemed to have given him a good slap or two, he scratched his head and looked quite embarrassed, before he began coughing and changing his words .
The confusion I had before now got cleared up and I understood that he already aware that I hadn't stolen anything, his words about being weak hearted and being weak in terms of strength stung a little, but only a little, the saying about the truth hurts was indeed correct .
After he finished saying this, he put a his hand on my shoulder and similar to yesterday, I was fixed in place and unable to move, but the threatening aura he exuded yesterday, luckily wasn't used, but the probing look in his eyes was so intense that I felt as if it was cutting through my skin .
I was at loss of what to do, how should I supposedly answer that question of his, I can already understand that the information I have were quite serious, so if I told him about it, it can only mean that I'm making him exposed to the same dangers, so I really might end up leading him to his death like that .
But there was also the probability of him being able to withstand the weight of this piece of knowledge thanks to him being from a big family unlike me, but was I willing to risk him losing his life because of me, the answer was, no, I wasn't .
But the chances of me getting out of this situation without at least telling him was even more impossible, so in the end, I braced myself and said :
" Senior Brother might not believe me for saying this, but I really had no clue about him posting a wanted poster until I saw it earlier this morning in your hands, I don't even know how will I be able to go out from now on .
I began to panic a little, I would have began to hysterically move around, but I was reminded of how I was fixed in place by those strong hands of his, so instead of hysterically moving around, I hysterically said :
" All I did was heading to the newly opened Bathhouse and paid the fees then got in, the clerk there tried to warn me about how the vengeful Young Master Han Jun was, but I was running out of time, so I took the risk and still entered .
" Looking back at it, I really want to scold myself to death because of this, whether I liked it or not, I should have waited for enough time before going in, unlucky for me even the guards were sleeping on their duty, so I was able to slip past them and get inside .
" I finished washing up in a hurry, then put a new set of clothes and just as I was heading out, I seem to have finally alerted the said Young Master, he directly began to call out for who was there, but I was at my last wit out of fear and shock, so I directly put the fox mask on my face then got out in a hurry, I can swear that he hadn't recognized me .
" But I'm certain that he got what I looked like from that clerk and asked someone to make a wanted poster of me, now I don't know how many people will be keenly looking for me around the city, keenly searching for anyone that even had a little of resemblance to me, what should I do from now on Senior Brother, my life in the Howling Wolf city might be over, before it even started .
I tried my best to sound depressed and heartbroken as I could, wanting to make the scene become even more dramatic and tensed than it currently was and it seem that my gamble had paid off, senior brother seeing me like this let me go and cupped his chin and fell into deep thought, then after a while his eyes lit up as if he had some clue about what might he be able to do here, he said :
That guy appearing here in the city all of a sudden was completely filled with mysteries, but after I interacted with him a few times, I understood that the rumors around him were far from how he really was, the guy was quite reasonable, so I should be able to talk him into forgiving you, so stop whining about your life that had been over .
But it's still quite surprising to know that the rumor about him preferring to bath alone without even maids to help him was actually true, I guess that guy was still a human after all and have worries about things like that, I will try to talk to him for your sake, but you will need to be present to apologize personally, I hope that I'm making myself clear ? .
" Senior Brother will be willing to go that far to help me, I hope you accept those pills as my token of gratitude ? .
You really are sensible, I'm regretting not taking you as a disciple now ? .
I seeing his smug smile, I couldn't help but blurt out the words that came in mind, I said :
" Then by doing this you might end up getting taught a lesson by Master when he find out about you saying something like that .
He stared at me dead in the eyes and his eyes seemed to be quite scary as he said :
You guy is really getting more and more courageous, was that the way you should be treating someone who was your benefactor, talk about black-bellied person, be wary of me just selling you out to Han Jun and have him to be the one who will teach you a good lesson .
As he said this, we both stared at one another then we both burst out laughing, this time I wasn't acting or forcing a laugh, I found this interaction quite fun, that's why I was genuinely laughing .
After a few minutes passed, Senior Brother Fu tone then turned a bit serious as he said :
Jokes aside now, those 9 pills will be a debt that I need to repay back later, when I do then don't hesitate to accept them, okay ? .
" Since senior brother said this then I have no problem and will wait to see the result of my investment, I hope senior brother can become my second biggest thigh to hold into in the future .
You really are underestimating how much work is needed to achieve the slight progress on the current stage I'm in .
" At what layer of Flesh Tempering Realm were you, Senior Brother ?.
I'm currently at the end of the Flesh Tempering Realm peak, in the 9th layer .
" Wow, senior brother is diligent, congratulations on completing your practice in the Flesh Tempering Realm .
He waved his hand at me and told me that I shouldn't congratulate him yet, as it might jinx it and create a problem for him, he also mentioned that he still wasn't certain about being able to complete his practice using those 9 pills, so he would be asking the family to support him with a few more .
I wanted to give him more of the pills I have but then thought about it deeply and decided not to in the end, I wasn't being stingy, I had a very good reason that reason was, how will I be able to explain my progress then if I gave my pills to him .
The pill Master gave me should be a very good cover for my progress speed, it might bring some drastic berating from Master later on, but I still believe that it won't create much troubles .
For now, you should put that mask on instead of the one you have when you go out, it's a level 3 item, I got by chance from outside, it have a quite suitable auxiliary effect, it doesn't allow anyone to see your real face .
Seeing me engrossed in my own thoughts, senior brother nudged me in the elbow and misunderstood my state to be still thinking about the wanted poster, so he suddenly said this and gave me a black mask, that didn't have anything special to it other than the fact that he seemed to be made of wood .
I hearing that it was a level 3 Mortal grade item was hesitant to accept it first, but thinking that since he gave it to me, he might have no need for it, I accepted it and once again noted his help in my heart .
It also had another effect once you infuse your Blood Qi in it, it allow you to hide your breath, that could help you in different amount of ways, if the opponent wasn't able to find your breath, then you can fight him from the shadows, or if the enemy was too strong, it would give you a good chance of escaping .
I looked at the mask made of wood in front of me and couldn't help but marvel at something like this actually existing, but soon I accepted this and no longer was surprised as before, thinking that this wasn't the weirdest thing that I had witnessed today, not to mention that the mask in hand was still only a level 3 Mortal grade item .
So in my mind, I was actually thinking what other strange things that I might find later on, as I was beginning to let my imagination run wild, I was forced to pull back my horses and stop my imagination at the words that came out of Senior Brother next, he said :
There was a few problems with this mask, it's called Dead Wood Mask and the materials that it was made of were relaying on absorbing Blood Qi to grow and that hadn't change after getting forged into the item in hand, using the disguising effect would not create much of a problem .
But you should be cautious when using the hiding your breath effect or you might find yourself consuming more Blood Qi than you had anticipated, which in the midst of the fight could turn out to be quite dangerous, so keep that in mind as well .
" I thank senior brother for his precious gift .
There is no need for things like this between us brothers, just focus on your practice and be careful with what you say when outside, things like asking someone about his Practice Realm was frowned upon in the Martial Arts World, master has told me to take care of you, so I needed to warn you about this early on .
I cupped my hands together and said that I would be listening to his advice from now on .
I hope that you will actually do so, instead of doing something reckless again, because of Master's orders, I will try to help you as much as I could, but your path is up to you for deciding, I can't help you with that .
I nodded and he continued to say :
First of all, let me ask about what do you think you are currently lacking most now ? .
I cupped my chin and become a bit thoughtful, it took a few seconds before I say :
" I had some problems with my my movements skill earlier, but master gifted me a more powerful Martial Skill that should help me in both my movements and even my practice .
It's good that you are conscious about your own shortcomings, but in my opinion, I believe that the thing you needed to work on the most now is increasing your combat experience, let's go to the Main Hall, I WILL BE INSTRUCTING YOU FOR A BIT, COME .