Alex stood around quietly, trying to understand the information he was just given. "So she was indeed from the eastern continent then. How did she get here? With no way to travel in between continents—"
"Lady Ren, could it be that the Azure dragon helped her? After all, he does have the ability to teleport," the jaguar asked.
"No, that would not make any sense," Lady Ren said. She was already back to her beast form and looked incredibly annoyed because of the information she had just learned.
"Yeah, why would the imperium attack her if the Azure Dragon wishes for her to be well. Besides, the Azure dragon should still be in closed cultivation right?" the puma asked.
"Hmm, that's true. I didn't think of that. God, this makes no sense," the jaguar said.
"That's enough. Leave that sword here, young man. We will keep it. You can't use it for now anyway. Also, we can't let something this important go around with a weakling like you," Lady Ren said.
"Huh? But that's my sword. Why should I give it to you guys?" Alex asked.
"It's not your sword. This sword belongs to the Azure Imperium. Do you know how many people would kill you to have that sword? If a single person ever learns that you have that sword, your life would be the least of your worries," Lady Ren said.
Alex feared a little when he heard that. It was true that the sword wasn't the best weapon for him since he couldn't even use it. And if people did really learn about the sword's origin, he didn't know how much trouble he would be in.
So, he reluctantly agreed to have the sword being taken away.
"Don't be sad. If you ever become strong enough to handle it, we will give it back to you. We have no use for this sword," Lady Ren said.
"I see. Thank you," Alex said, but his mood was clearly soured by now. He couldn't help but sigh at what the situation had come to be.
"So, do you have any more questions? I thought you had a lot," Lady Ren said.
"Oh, yes," Alex said as he hurriedly brought out a talisman. "Can you tell me what this talisman is? I tried checking, but I just can't figure it out at all."
The talisman in Alex's hands started floating and they went up to Lady Ren's face. She looked at it for a bit and her eyes went wide.
"Young man, how do you always have such good stuff on you? Your luck is out of this world," Lady Ren said.
"Umm, so I can assume the talisman is good?" he asked.
"Yes, it's great," Lady Ren said as she gave back the talisman. "It's a teleportation talisman. Although it's dormant right now, you will have to wait for a bit before you can use it."
"Oh, a teleportation talisman?" Alex's eyes went wide. "I can teleport around with it?'
"Not so fast. I said you will have to wait, right?" Lady Ren said. "It will take a while before you can use this talisman I suppose. From what I can see, it requires a lot of Water Qi fed to it before it can be used. If you know of someplace like that, you can make it active right now."