Chapter 31 - Twelve summons

           

           

           Wait please elders.. i'm not done yet.. I've recently written a book, and its f

ull of great poems liek this, can you allow me

           to try once again ?

           

           I don't see why not Prosarthri said.. giving Larchen support...

           

           I suppose.... no objections.. right ? Crowd was in the mood..

           

           Elder Fowliang were rolling her eyes... It was more like self pity at this poin

t.. 

           

           Larchen summoned his 12 chant blood golem....As the dark blood aura went over t

he stalls, 

           crowd reacted in surprise and excitement..

           

           People from Cold-iron hall angry expressions on their faces... 

           - Is he going to attack the competitors, someone asked in a musky feathery voic

e..

           

           Hmm, this mechanical companion of Larchen's.. these things were not continued p

roduction after the war, am i right Fowliang ?

           Ehm, yes elder, there is not much of these left...

           How many were there initially ?

           Its twelve , elder Fowliang said..  One or two were on the other side of the po

rtal... A few were left on the old empire.. Rest are

           mostly lost by now..

           

           The Elder from the old sect intervened.. Why not put it to use... if something 

is so rare..

           Elder is sure lively.. but as he knows, cultivation resources depend on one's l

uck... Another elder from void sect, added. We can't

           ask someone to hand their property to the sects..

           

           Tchk, its cause you don't know what desperate times it was back then.. Old sect

 elder said, but didn't insist..

           

            Well i've some documents about this thing in our faction treasury, a middle ag

ed noble looking elder

            added.. However it was in another language, how come he was able to translate 

the text.. If you

            want i can have them sent over, for research and cooperation.. She added in a 

curving, finesse voice..

            After all, we wish to give the students big rewards this time... His girlfrien

d can but some clothes

            maybe she added..

            

            Fowliang's face went red with rage..

            

            I heard she gave our hapless students quite a show in the morning..

            

            No need to reward Larchen we are already at a loss.. as far as rewards go, hav

e there ever

            been such a thing... marriage between elder and a student.. anyone ? Smo else 

asked...

            

            People were silent..

            

            Don't interfere what it isn't your business.. All cultiuvation is a play on pe

rception another

            wise person added.. Its not the age or status, its the compatibility of their 

cultivation probably..

            

            Well said leader smo else said..

            

            ...

            

            Stone yard Headquarters were of expensive build and of extensive construction.

 It was also

            modernized for current needs of this age. In the middle section of the field s

tood the 

            rewards to be distributed. It was guarded by a few high ranking enforcers..

            

            So, can we... sort of but any of these things ? Smo else changed the topic..

            

            Sure, stoneyard elder said, grand elder gave me permission, make your offers..

 while we sit

            and watch.. Here is the list of items..

            

            What is this... A religious document written in strange language.. It looks li

ke its about to

            crumble.. 

            

            This one seems to have an effect of lifting one's mood, quite helpsful for cul

tivation..It seems

            extremely useful, i'll pay..

            

            The golem was trying to speak.. it was awkward, it was trying to speak current

 language, by

            order of Larchen, but it only knew old language it was extremely awkward.. Som

e people 

            laughed..

            

            Hmm, he could start here as an instructor...

            

            The golem said some random words... in old langauge.. It narrated it in the cu

rrent language

            it was sort of like a poem, the beginning of old empire from meager roots to i

ts current

            valued position.. And how large it's land mass were actually, it was a revelat

ion to many

            in the crowd..

            

            It talked about its early life experiences, among others of its kind. How he f

ound his courage,

            and developed its internal arts.. It was of the giant race.., which was really

 interesting to everyone..

            

            Larchen considered the time he used to make a good showing... It was surely so

on to get

            everyone's nerves, he had been on the stage for too lnog.. Crowd would get bor

ed soon..

            

            He finished his act, and saluted the officials table and the crowd.. Committe 

went into

            grading once again..

            

            Jury leader was wearing a black shirt... 

            Please wait until we make our decision he blurted.. We'll give the total

            rewards for his performance across all stages..

            

            Crowd were excited..

            

            ...

            ..

            Alright Larchen gets, our original art's seed stone from consumption.. 

            Secondly, he also gets the yellow parchment perception art... it will

            help him sort relevant information from one that is bullshit. There were

            some laughs... Third and lastly, we are giving him the original human

            art... 

            

            There were some murmurs... The original human art was a famous 

            method in which the heroes of the contitent trained to defeat demons.

            It was very valuable and a well kept secret..

            

            Larchen cusped his hands..

            

            This is an outrage, a Cold-iron hall elder shouted.. How can you reward

            someone so shameless so well ? Didn't he have an affair with his own

            sect's female elder.. ?

            

            Fowliang looked defated, here it comes...she thought.

            

            Affair ? hardly.. their child can very well become our supreme holy disciple..

.

            She has obtained the wild plane talent...

            

            So its true, cold iron sect elders mumbled to each... they looked defeated..

            

            

            ...

            Larchen were in thought, what the fuck was everyone talking about. They've

            totally lost the plot.. He gained all the rewards but everyone was insulting

            him under the table... when he went for the elder's heart, he didn't consider

            situations like this.. Here he was competing they were talking still about

            personal bullshit... nobody else were also trying to stop it.. He really felt

            like he lost more than he gained, but such was the human heart..