Ah!
At this time, realization dawned on their eyes.
Both Lu Wan and Ye Jiao had heard of that person when they were little. It was said that when Eon Energy was first discovered and people started practicing, there were no clear rules of their power division. A lot of people trained while stumbling along for decades while the number of experts slowly grew.
It was then that a person managed to overcome his own talent and become a world expert. Back then, his talent was said to be extremely low that people wouldn’t even believe if he said that he could train martial arts. That person started to train bit by bit and eventually become an unrivaled expert.
His story has been passed down to the point that everyone could even recite the story in their sleep.
However, they were not taught this in school because their parents were the one who would tell the story. After all, it was a story that was commonly used to motivate children in order to make them willing to train even more.
"Unfortunately, we didn’t have the access for the detail of his legend," Qi Huan shrugged. He felt that it was too bad because he wanted to know the details of the greatest genius’
story. "I believe that the top rank they said in this tale is not just rank 4 but much more."
"He’s the first person to ever achieve the highest rank, right?"
"Maybe."
"I want to reach the peak too," Ye Jiao muttered suddenly. "Wouldn’t it be great to be able to reach the peak and gain understanding of the world?"
Qi Huan and Lu Wan looked at Ye Jiao with a strange expression. They did think of pursuing the peak, but they never thought of gaining understanding of the world. Well, Lu Wan did think that learning was fun but he didn’t really have the path to continue studying. As for Qi Huan, he was more interested in learning things from the books that were already established and learned from their predecessors.
Their personalities, ways, and paths were all completely different.
And yet, they all somehow gathered together and could get along. If they had met under different circumstances, it was clear that they could never be able to get along at all.
"I want to reach the peak," Lu Wan said slowly. "But I don’t plan to understand the world. For me, it’s already enough to gain much more understanding of herbs and so on."
"I don’t have any interest in them," Qi Huan shook his head. He stopped his steps as they had reached the gate. "What I want is to be able to gain much more for myself."
"What?"
"Gain?"
Qi Huan ignored the other two as he looked at the gate. There was no need for him to explain his martial art path to other people because it was his personal path. His expression turned solemn. "We’re too late."
Ye Jiao had also realized that the guards have increased in number. Even when they entered the city early in the morning yesterday, the number hadn’t reached this many. They must have received the instruction to not allow anyone to get out of the city without inspection.
"We can get out through that channel?" Lu Wan asked as he recalled the channel to throw their waste.
Ye Jiao leaned on the nearby wall. "That’s impossible. They must have known that you’re small enough to crawl through that place, so they must have guarded it with everything they got."
"...How do they know?"
The other two looked at Lu Wan as if they were looking at an idiot. They had just thought that this brat improved a bit, but it seemed that they were wrong. He didn’t improve at all. If anything, he had gotten stupider.
Even a child knew that the only access from this city to go outside would be the gate and also those holes. Since Lu Wan was still 14 years old and hadn’t grown up fully, he still could pass those places.
"Well, we can fight?" Lu Wan suggested, feeling uncomfortable by the two’s gaze.
"If you want to die, feel free to do so. I won’t stop you," Qi Huan turned around. Only an idiot would try to attack the guards in a city where Eon Energy Master Rank 4 lurked. They might have two Eon Energy Master Rank 3, but it didn’t mean that they were ready to face three Eon Energy Master Rank 4.
That was without considering hidden experts that might hide in the crowd.
"Uh, I...."
"This is why your action is so stupid, Yu Shui. How do you plan on getting out of the city this way?" Qi Huan rebuked harshly. He and Ye Jiao could get out since they have smaller built compared with Lu Wan. After all, as Eon Energy Master Rank 3, they could wear more clothes to look bigger but unable to compress their own body.
There was no miraculous martial art in this kingdom that allowed them to change their appearance.
Well, Ye Jiao did learn one, but the requirement to study it was Eon Energy Master Rank 3. In that case, they would need to wait until Lu Wan broke through before they could get out of the city.
Which would be unacceptable.
"Things will also become messier if they find either me or Jiao’er," Qi Huan sighed. "You’re truly an idiot."
"Sorry," Lu Wan scratched his head. He did think about this matter but when he saw his sister make a move against him, he couldn’t control his patience and directly attacked that young girl.
This resulted in this problem.
"We’ll think for a way." Ye Jiao started to walk into the alley once more. "Let’s just find a place to rest for tonight. Since it’s impossible to leave tonight, we better just have a good sleep on a warm bed."
"Right."
"Good idea."
The other two soon followed after Ye Jiao as they picked an inn to stay for the night.