After Luis and his knights left the Xu family, tension lingered in the air. Inside the family hall, anger brewed.
"Uncle, why did you let that man act so arrogantly? He didn't take us seriously at all!" Xu Ma angrily questioned Xu Zhihao with a voice full of frustration.
Xu Zhihao shook his head, his eyes still fixed on the door where Luis had exited.
"Xu Ma, control your anger and look at things rationally. You are the next in family who has the highest chance of entering the innate realm; I don't want the family to be destroyed in your hands."
Xu Ma shut up after hearing this, but he still had eyes burning with anger. He shut up and said nothing more.
"That kid is from the Royal Court," Xu Zhihao added again, which caused shock to spread among everyone.
"The Royal Court?"
"What are they doing in a small town like this?"
"No wonder he didn't take our family seriously."
"What should we do? How do we even face something like that?"
"Everyone shut up; let the patriarch complete what he was saying."
"Yes, patriarch. How do you know about this?"
Everyone paled in shock and couldn't help but speak amongst each other.
"I was told this information by Cai Tian, the master of Turtle Martial Hall," Xu Zhihao clarified about it.
"He is here for the mission from the royal court to stay here so that he could catch the rising rebels within the kingdom." Xu Zhihao said it even though it was vastly different from what Luis explained to Cai Tian.
"Don't mess with the Royal Court. Our family cannot bear the consequences." Xu Zhihao warned
"Keep that trash in house arrest; if he goes out again, he might cause even greater trouble for us."
Xu Ma nodded and looked at Xu Lei with a deep look.
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Meanwhile, Luis was walking out of the Xu family with a relaxed look.
"Boss, didn't you say negotiation? We were really overbearing in the negotiation," Arthur asked curiously.
"Haha. when one party is weaker than the other party. The stronger party will try to slaughter the weaker party, leaving nothing to the weaker side. I could feel it; their innate master was very scared of me. I was not overbearing at all; instead, I was very free with them." Luis chuckled and explained
"Then why didn't you demand their shops and businesses?" Arthur again questioned, not entirely sure.
"It is no use; don't forget our roots are the Hartmann family in another world. This town will not be our permanent base. My plan for this world is to treat it as a military base where our knights and warriors will be trained."
Luis shook his head by these silly questions. Arthur is just 15 years old and has a lot to learn.
"Now, the Xu family will not cause any trouble for us and will even try to stop other external trouble for us."
Arthur and the other nodded when hearing this. They really got to learn a lot following behind Luis.
"Now, John will stay behind to keep watch over Xiao Wei. The rest of us will return to our world. Tomorrow, we start martial arts training."
Luis declared as he walked directly into the vortex with other knights following him.
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As Luis traveled back to his room, a new memory began to inject in his mind.
Luis nodded with satisfaction as he got the new memory. According to it, now he can see a map of the people who have the ability to use the vortex.
'Let me test it' He used it, and there were two panels with Fantasy World and Cultivation World shown. It was the name that he gave to the two worlds.
In Cultivation World, there was a green dot with John above it. He then checked the Fantasy World.
There was his name in white with other green dots around him. He could see a white dotted line around him, and his knight connected.
'It seems that I can follow others and reach them through this dotted line.
There was also the name of Pipi shown in green at the Ferterra Town. There was also a white dotted line connected between him and Pipi.
"Everyone, you can go rest now. You guys will start training martial arts training."
Arthur and others began to walk out tiredly. Today really was a tiring day as they fought against the Anyu Gang, but their faces were still full of expectation as they can finally practice martial arts again tomorrow.
Luis was also lying in his bed. His room was very messy with all kinds of things. He was looking at the new map he got and the movements of people in it as he slowly drifted into sleep.
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Next Morning
Luis woke up a little late, and the first thing he looked at was the map. All eleven of his follower knights were already in the parade ground.
'These guys need to rest; like this, they can never enjoy their lives.' Luis began to freshen up and headed towards the parade ground.
As Luis made his way to the parade ground, he bumped into Michael, one of his father's most trusted advisors. Michael handled all intelligence related to the barony.
"Michael, when is Father returning?" Luis stopped Michael and questioned him.
"Young Master, he will return this week," Michael replied, bowing slightly.
Hearing this, Luis nodded and made his way to the parade ground.
Michael watched the back of Luis, who was walking away with shocked eyes. He couldn't believe the young master to have advanced so fast. He walked in a hurry; he needed to report this news to Lady Hartmann quickly.
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At the parade ground, Luis saw the group of his knights along with many others practicing.
He joined them and finished practicing after an hour, his movements fluid and powerful, drawing respect from everyone watching.
Afterward, he left the parade ground with the other 11 knowingly following him.
Today, he was going to Ferterra town to meet Pipi and let others practice martial arts with peace of mind.