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>Get back in the store. You're curious about Ryota's grievances, and it might be a chance to pocket the tale book.
No hesitation. You go back in Old Jiang's bookstore - maybe Ryota is buying some Adult books, about Accounting or something like that?
"<span class="mu-s">absolutely not right to give such a strong technique to a first-stage cultivator!</span>
- <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">This Old Jiang didn't gave the technique. Old Jiang sold it.</span></span>
- <span class="mu-s">Sold it? For a couple coins-string? Cut it. This technique was more than good enough for letting me overcoming my current 4th stage bottlenecks!</span>
- <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">This Old Jiang see. Jealousy? Maybe your young Disciple can share the book with you?</span></span>
- <span class="mu-s">The book have been carefully selected by you to fit Quiet's Word like a glove. Despite how hard the technique is, he have a good chance of partial insights even at first stage.
I beg Venerable Old Jiang to stop taking me for an idiot. </span>
- <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">Then this Old Jiang will beg Inborn Emperor's Boar to stop being an idiot.</span></span>"
They have not seen you yet. You feel like Old Jiang have a lot of nerve for a Second stage frail old man.
After all, Master Ryota is one of the town's ten most influing people.
First place is of course for LienWen YanEr father, the Venerable Stable Lotus. Then, there is the Military Commandant, All Learner's Teacher from Versatile Harmony, the Buddhist Temple Abott, the Sun Priest, The Abyssal Water Temple master...
The last retort from Old Jiang seemed to have shut Ryota up. He ponders for a while.
"<span class="mu-s">I can't figure out why you've done that. I already told you I won't give you anything in return.</span>
- <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">And this Old Jiang already answered it did not gave the technique as a plot to grab your sect's secrets.</span></span>
- <span class="mu-s">I don't accept you're doing it from goodness of heart.</span>
- <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">And you're right. Hello again, Quiet word.</span></span>
- <span class="mu-s">Looks like negociation are shorter than I expected. And I'm at a loss as I didn't understood what you got out of this.
Come on, Disciple. We'll take our leave now.</span>
- Wait! I came back because I forgot something. Not something really important, but still...
I'd like a story book to train my reading.
- <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">Anything in particular?</span></span>
- The one you hide from Ryota in your sleeve when we entered."
Both of the men burst out in laughter.
"<span class="mu-s">You old fox.</span>
- <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">Bold ask, kid. Here. But I want your word it's for your eyes only. Ryota, consider this the payment for the other technique.</span></span>"
The tension defused, you walk back to the sect.
"<span class="mu-s">The shrewd crow. I gave my word, but the curiosity will keep nagging me.
This is almost enough to make me forget about the news from the Capitol city...</span>
- News from Capitol city?
- <span class="mu-s">The Emperor is unwell. He won a empire-threatening battle, at the cost of a nasty wound several decades ago. Said Wound is flaring up once again.</span>"
