he grinned and ran like a mad man to his home, stopping skilfully, and shouting “BANANA” the twins immediately popped out, curious on why their eldest brother was grinning like a mad man.
“we’re movin dears!” I hugged them both, and immediately they got confused, “why are we moving Qing’er?” the little girl asked, curious.
“how are we moving?
I thought you were broke?” the little boy asked.
a vein popped in my head as I flicked his forehead.
“well, to answer both of you, I got a job at the Shen family’s Agency!
they said we can move immediately to their compound, which is at the outer city still, but it’ll be nicer than our decrepit house!” they grin, “YAY” they bounce with joy and start packing up, i immediately build a basket and harvest the bean plant, grab the deed to the house, and tucking it in my clothes and grabbed the saved up giant sack of silver taels.
next I pack up all the rice and we head to the agency members.
we arrive quickly, and we start moving to the compound!
*** it was a 30 minute walk, usually we would be cautious carrying all their lives on them, but with the Agency, no robber would dare!
and as soon as they reach, they were extremely pleased!
the Agency, being connected to the Shen’s, had a rather large compound and apartment style buildings even though being in the outer city, and during the walk, the Agency members started explaining things.
he discovered the Agency even though connected to the Shen’s, it was comparable to a outer city families, only not being messed with because of their connections.
with that being said, they do have mid level techniques, also something only outer city families have, but due to their connections, they have a chance at learning upper grade techniques, and full techniques!
for your information, the saber skill he got, was only a mid level technique, and that can only be grinded to great success.
upper grade techniques can be grinded to perfection, and full techniques can go beyond.
though, him being a commoner, he doesn’t know what lies beyond.
he also asked questions on martial arts, mainly questioning what are the realms.
the answer he gained was surprising, as the first stage wasn’t Skin Refining?
it was called Qi Blood Nourishing, allowing someone to create Qi Blood, the absolute start of the martial arts journey.
Qi Nourishing realm, is based on: the method taught to you, the gained Qi blood by medicinal soup, or pills.
they finished putting away their items, and the kids, finally lay down on their own beds!
their new building wasn’t seriously big, but from the house they lived in previously, it seemed massive!
their own beds were extremely comfy, way comfier than that brick of a mattress they slept together in~ “ah, this.
is.
the.
life!” he stretched and almost fell asleep, but begrudgingly pulled himself off and gave his siblings a jealous look.
he than headed back outside, and met with the agents.
“I am Lu Cheng, your main guide and senior that you can ask questions about.” “I am, Huo Ling, though, we won’t be seeing each other often.” I nod, “nice to fully meet you senior brother Lu, and Senior Brother Huo.” I give them a polite and extremely thankful smile.
they smile as well, as I walk with Lu Cheng.
he started explain that “most in the agency are in Blood Nourishing, and until you reach, you can’t accept missions that go outside the city, but internal based in the outer and inner city is allowed.
we also work with the Constables most of the time, due to how unstable life has become.
oh, and sometimes we do work with lumberjacks and miners, just like how we found you.” that made sense, after all, almost everyone in the outer city was broke, and barely could afford a home and 3 meals a day.
and the outer families only got that capable because of their knowledge and martial arts talent, something even if realised, is a real big gamble.
also, the population ratio was almost 30 to 1, and the city having a population of 120,000 which meant only 4000 people meant they could live not just well, comfortably!
and all those families had roots so deep it past the instability of the now, which meant that only exceptional talent, extremely cunning, and extremely lucky people could be the exception.
with that said, it meant crime was violently turbulent, and doing crime was natural, after all, he, Ma Qing, already had a kill count rivalling Jack The Ripper.
one of the most well renown killers in his original world, and never got caught, just like Ma Qing.
“Junior Brother, this is the mission hall, the name speaks for itself, its where you get missions from.” he than walked past it, to the right, and found a small building with a staircase inside.
“this is the knowledge den, where we store all our valuable knowledge, like realm refining methods, saber, sword, axe, spear, even light body techniques~” they reached the bottom which was just a wall, a clear and straight wall, he walked forward, put his hand on the wall, and the wall glowed starting scaling upward.
“come” Senior brother said with a smile.
he nods, dazed at what he just saw.
seeing this the Senior brother chuckles and responds.
“that was me, using my blood qi as a password.
when you reach Blood Nourishing, you are to freely enter and exit~” then he introduces me to the clerk, a rather tall women, with white hair and black eyes, her skin though was rather tan.
“this lady here, is Min Yue~ don’t even try, she’s way to stuck up.” she shoots him a glare, but before she could respond, he started speaking again.
“the Knowledge den has plethora of books, but, you need contribution points, points that show you are a great member of the Agency, and will allow you to purchase whatever skill that is in the den.” he grins, “you being a new promising member, get to have a free Qi Blood Nourishing pile Skill as well as the mandatory weapon skill~ be very grateful to the Agency Leader, who saw the same potential as we did!” his eyes widen with immense thanks, and he starts bowing gratefully.
“I promise to do everything in my power to repay your thanks Senior brother!” the seniors smile, looking at the absolute sincerity of the junior brother in front of them.
“you are still pretty far from that Junior Brother~ now, go and peruse through those 2 libraries Junior brother.” he nods and start looking through the Blood Qi Nourishing books.
most of them, surprisingly being fully realised cultivation methods for cultivation?
he’s completely baffled as to why all of it is free to see, but he brushes it off and read through all of them that catch my eye.
‘Tiger Blood Nourishing technique…
Bear Blood Nourishing Skill…
copper blood Nourishing skill?’ He felt that didn’t feel the order, so read that one as well, ‘gorilla Blood Nourishing Technique…
Wolf Blood Nourishing Technique…’ he felt that only these 5 caught his eyes, most of the others felt inferior.
but after reading through all of them, only the Copper Blood Nourishing Skill wasn’t completed, but he memorised the rest, than checked the panel.