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What just happen? It was a joke at Dan Rol expense, of course. An innocent one - nothing BAD happened, just play pretend.
So why do you feel slightly sick about the implications? At least, your gash on your left forearm is healing nicely, forming a clean scab.
You're quite lucky. Cultivator-inflicted wounds are notorious for the long-term ache they might cause, sometimes causing the demise of a winner unable to quench the wound's burn.
Why were you so disturbed by Kyo Ko's act? Weirdly, this reminds you of the day of the ability test - your first memory - and the blindfold-and-spanking room you disliked very, very much - at least as much as the dark water room where you almost drown.
Once cleaned, you step out of the room where Dan Rol have an interesting complexion.
"<span class="mu-r">Should have not doubted Esteemed Senior Brother. Such experience, in so many fields. Better than me for finding treasures in my home turf, handling complicated political matters,
and utterly destroying me on this race I didn't even believed he could possibly partake...</span>"
You let your lips curl in a cryptic smile, conveying you know better than him despite having absolutely no idea about the meaning of what happened, and still feeling a bit sick.
Well, looks like your incomfort at least asserted domination over the older, more advanced cultivator - he's older than Kyo Ko, but of the three of you, this little stunt confirmed him as the lowest of both the official and real pecking order.
After sharing a meal, and a bad night of sleep agitated by bad dreams of tormenting specters in heavy make up turning face white as snow, exageratingly large lips red as cherry and white wide eyebrows, you get back on the road. Today, you chat with Dan Rol.
