I didn't understand why he suddenly become in such a hurry to get out of here, but I also didn't get much of a chance to ask, I couldn't help but head to the Clerk that Senior Brother was just talking to and asked what was going on .
The Clerk was surprised at my easy-going approach and he snorted coldly and stretched his hand pointing to me with his finger and saying :
Don't be acting like as if we are close or related, what's with your attitude, do you think that you are Master Chen's disciple, just because Senior Brother Fu was helping you out, get out of here before I break your dog l....ee...g .
I didn't punch him for his rude and vulgar words, he actually just mistook me for somone who was acting high and mighty, while only being an Inner Disciple, but then he seemed to have focused more on the white robe that was strapped with golden linings that I was wearing and his words began to come into halt .
Wanting to finish him off completely, I flashed the Token, that was an indication of being the new Close Disciple of Master Chen indeed, after he saw the Token, he was stunned in place and was unable to finish the sentence he was saying .
Then with a complete turnover in his attitude, the disciple in front of me who was taking the job of a Clerk at the moment, bent down on the ground and began kowtowing while apologizing for his rude words and attitude from before and even fetched 5 silver taels from his pocket and offered them to me as an apology .
My brain was telling me to take the money, but in the end, I refused to do so, that guy might not look that vengeful on the outside, but he might be cursing both his luck and me inside, 5 silver taels weren't a small sum of money after all .
So I decided that it was better to not create unnecessary troubles for myself, I just accepted his apology and asked him what happened with senior brother Fu and why was he in such a hurry .
The Clerk looked left and right for a while, trying to see if there was anyone here trying to eavesdrop on our conversation and after half a minute or so, he finally told me the reason .
Senior Brother Bai Ming had returned from the task he accepted, but he seemed to be somewhat pale and seemed to be most likely injured, that's why Senior Brother went to see him, wanting to see for himself and confirm what might have happened with senior brother Bai Ming .
After hearing what the Clerk said, I nodded my head and moved away from him, he tidied his clothes and didn't do anything more than to go back to his counter, I began wondering whether there was a need for me to worry and also contemplated on whether should I go after my senior brother as well .
But in the end, I still decided against doing such a thing, if Senior Brother Fu wanted me there, he would have asked me to do so, but since he didn't ask me to go with him, he either didn't want me to see senior brother Bai at the moment, or he wasn't trusting me .
Not wanting to come to some false conclusions and assumptions that might only irritate me and do me no good whatsoever, I decided to discard thinking about this topic for now and instead, took a stroll around the Tasks Hall, I looked at the wall coverd in tasks flyers and looked at the tasks issued there .
The level of difficulties varied greatly in front of me, some were asking to find some rare Medicinal Herbs and Expensive Materials, plants, ores, even finding missing and kidnapped people, all kinds of tasks were available, some were of Azure color, other were green, some were even Crimson Red .
Weirdly enough, after taking a look at the tasks and absorbing as much information as I could, I was actually able to see that all the Beasts Hunting Tasks were labeled in Crimson Red level of difficulty .
From Grade 1 Beasts and all the way to Grade 2, all were labeled as extremely dangerous venture, whether was the Beast intended at the Peak of Grade 1 or at the Intermediate Grade 1, all flyers here were labeled as extremely dangerous .
I first didn't understand the reason to this, but after reading the information on these tasks, I was finally able to realize that I was looking at this situation wrongly, the hunting of these Beasts wasn't actually the problem, the problem that made all those missions extremely dangerous was the place where someone will need to go to be able to see a glimpse of these Beasts .
The Pit, if I or anyone else accepted any of those tasks, this can only mean that we will need to go to the Pit, there was no one in the Pit to tell or obstruct the other Beasts thers from having you as a dinner, or lunch, after all at that place lived a huge amount of Beasts .
So it was quite safe to presume that in that place, those who enters as hunters, might end up being the get hunted down instead, you might be heading there to hunt a specific Beast, it might end up laying in the lair of one of the Behemoths there .
At that point of time, even struggling to escape as far away as possible, would be meaningless, not to mention the Behemoths there, you could even get trembled over by the swarms of Beasts there, if you were to try and hunt some of the Beasts that were moving in groups .
So the Pit and its dangerous circumstances should be the direct reason to why all these tasks were labeled as extremely dangerous, it seemed that a person should always have eyes behind his back when he in that place .
Well that might be a problem for some other time, I got out of the Tasks Hall and the Clerk from before sent me out politely and even opened the door for me, seeing him so submissive, I was beginning to see that I had indeed made the right decision before .
After getting out, I saw that there was no one was still around, I didn't know what was going on, but I began to head to where the Fighting Circle that Senior Brother gave me directions for earlier, recalling the way he pointed me to go through and headed to the place according to it .
I saw that there a Hall on the other side of the Dojo, it was a Hall in the top corner of the Dojo map that I made in my mind, there was no doubt about it, this place was indeed the Fighting Circle, the cheers as I got closer began to become louder and louder, just as I reached out for the handle and tried to open the door, I was surprised to see that it was actually looked .
Who's there ? .
A person's eyes appeared through a hole made in the door, he become confused after seeing me standing there, unable to recognize me much, I was beginning to feel annoyed at the news about me being their new Senior Brother not being announced yet, but not wanting to waste much time, I still have to go to the Main Training Hall for some practice, I directly showed him the Token of Close Disciple .
His eyes squinted at this for a while, probably trying to discern whether was the Token in my hand the real deal or not, but he seemed to not being able to do so in the end, but he had still opened the door after he close the hole .
Senior Brother Lu Chiang is present here today, I hope that this Token is genuine, otherwise you will be unable to recognize yourself tomorrow .
The guy in front of me was covering his head and only his eyes were being seen, he said this coldly and I was surprised at the fact that Lu Chiang was even here, instead of going to check on Senior Brother Bai, was he unaware of him getting injured, how long had he stayed here for .
Bu Fan, Bu Fan, Bu Fan .
As I entered the Hall, I began to hear the cheers of the people inside more clearly, they were calling for the name of a guy that was beating another in what looked like a caged match, the cage was like an octagon, but it curved slightly on the side, which made it look like a circle from a far .
Senior Brother Lu, this person say that he is our new Senior Brother and your new younger brother, is that true, or should we let the dogs eat his Flesh .
The guy I was following inside suddenly said this and made me come back to my senses, just to see that I had absentmindedly arrived at the front of the cage and saw that I was now standing right in front of Lu Chiang, who might decide be my eternal enemy after getting back to the family and receiving the gift I left for him,if he hadn't already labeled me as such already .
I wondered what will his answer be, from the respectful tone that this guy used to address him, I can tell that he had some authority here and quite capable of creating some troubles for me here, but I still have my identity as Master's disciple, so that should be able to shut off all his conspiracies .
Ti Tu, he is indeed your new Senior Brother, you shouldn't be threatening him like that, otherwise you might get expelled .
He confirmed my identity and that was somewhat a relief, but his words made me wonder if he ignored confirming that I'm his younger brother on purpose, or was it just an accident, that guy seemed to have been drinking, his breth smelled awful, his eyes were a bit foggy and unfocused as well, which had me began to grow some suspicions .
Had that guy become so intoxicated that he forgot about the grudge he held against me, I'm not certain of this, but this might indeed be one of the reasons .
Ti Tu hearing this, he made someone gave his seat to me, but he didn't apologize for the offense from earlier and that what made me become even more suspicious that something might really be going on here, but since I was here anyway, I thought that I would see what the ruckus here was all about .
If I wasn't guessing wrongly, this was the place those exploiters used to deal with Mu Lu and those who were in similar situation to him, if that was the case, the I was a bit interested to know how this actually worked, as for my seat which happened to be beside that Lu Chiang, I paid that no mind .
The other party state was already like this, so there was no need to care about him and just focus on the scene in front of me, but I was still raising my guard up, there was no guarantee when he might try to sneak attack or plot something shady .
I turned my head and saw that Ti Tu was standing right behind us, I saw the faint Red Aura around him, similar to the one I saw back in the Lu Family mansion, I was able to tell that what I saw that day wasn't fake, I'm really able to tell the Practice Realm of the guys who were above me slightly in strength .
Those who were lower than me was even more easier to judge and gauge their level of strength, that guy behind me Ti Tu was actually in the 5th Layer of Flesh Tempering, I was able to clearly understand now that this ability of mine was completely passive and work only at those who were at most higher than me by two levels at most .
I was able to witness that in the crowds there were a few others that have achieved the 5th Layer of Flesh Tempering, but there were a few others, who I wasn't able to tell their Practice Realm, either they were hiding it in purpose, or were they have higher Practice Realms than what my sensory ability can detect .
I was also able to notice that these guys who were weak in strength, tended to group themselves around some of those guys or others lower than them slightly, seeing how many people were here and how many groups were formed, I understood how the exploiters tend to swarm their targets .
I was also able to see why most of the Dojo's Halls were empty, I believe that most of the disciples were currently present here, as for the reason, other than watching the fun and gain some experience, there were others betting on who was going to win, currently The fight was in Bu Fan's favor .
In less than a few seconds, that guy should be admitting defeat, the difference between the two sides ability and strength was quite clear, Bu Fan was a third Layer Flesh Tempering, while his opponent, who was currently filled with injuries and wounds, his clothes were torn as well, that guy was in the second Layer Flesh Temperin .
Focusing more on his body, I suddenly got a feeling that this guy seemed to be troubled with something other than the current fight, his aura and Blood Qi seemed to be flickering sometimes they would become strong and other time they would return back to still .
It was a quite weird thing, but weirdly enough I thought that it was a quite familiar feeling, as if I had went through similar situation myself, just as I thought like this, I felt a sudden inspiration and was able to guess what kind of troubles was that guy in currently .
It wasn't much of a trouble, in fact it might be better to call it a great chance, that guy might actually on the verge of achieving a breakthrough in his practice and at this critical situation .
Just as a kick was about to hit that guy's abdomen, I felt conflicated as I saw this, in the end I decided that it was better for me to keep my distance and stay away from interfering .
Thinking that him or his opponent would call this match off or one would admit defeat, but that never happened, I wondered to myself why was that the case, after all this battle was in no way more important than one own future achievements .
Just as I thought so and already anticipated the attack, I shifted my eyes from the ring in front of me and saw that Lu Chiang have become a lot sober and was actually smiling at this scene, seeing his disgusting smile, made me feel quite uncomfortable and my thoughts about this get reshuffled .
" I Senior Brother Tian Long command this battle to be stopped .
I blurted this out loudly and the instant my voice and words fell into the ears of all the people present, the chaotic scene instantly fell into silent, the guy that was about to land a heavy attack just now on his opponent torso stopped mid motion, it was only for a few seconds, but he then directly gritted his teeth and resumed his attack .
Just a few seconds pause mid attack shouldn't have changed the outcome of the battle too much, that might be the cause back in my previous world, but in this world and in such a heated moment, those seconds were enough to decide Winner or Loser, Life And Death .
The guy took advantage of the seconds he got brilliantly and was able to evade the attack in the neck of time, but that didn't mean he was safe just yet, just as he escaped the previous onslaught, he was still being driven into a corner by the following attacks of Bu Fan .
Seeing that the guy was still going at it, I yelled loudly again and said :
" I ordered you to put a stop to this at once .
The guy turned to look at me with a crazed look on his face and he was actually glaring daggers at me as he said :
Should I stop just because you said so, Senior Brother Tian Long… never heard of him, you are in the territory of the only senior brother here, senior brother Lu Chiang .
You had cost me my win earlier, that's enough for me to beat you up to death, after this guy Li Fu, it will be your turn to learn not to speak such nonsense, otherwise your tongue might get cut by the wind .
Hearing the unrespectful tone that guy talked to me with and him continuing his onslaught on the guy who he called Li Fu, I couldn't help but squint slightly, I had no doubt in my mind that if I were to face that guy currently, I will be able to bully that guy to death, even though I still haven't seen what moves he was capable of pulling .
After my sparring session with my senior brother, I had enough self awareness and enough confidence to be able to make such judgment, so that feeling of him being much weaker than me, but still spouting such insulting words, that what ticked me off .
I was about to jump into the ring and teach him a bitter lesson about who am I, but just as I got out of my seat, a hand suddenly landed on my shoulder and then heard Lu Chiang's voice behind me saying :
What are you going to do, Junior Brother Tian ?!!