Chapter 51 – Declaration of War (I)

Chapter 51

Declaration of War (I)

Alarm bells rang at the crack of around 4 P.M.

It was my first time hearing them, but Lu Qi’s memories did have a few instances of them ringing. They were remarkably loud, almost as loud as those city-wide sirens that would warn of impending doom or such things, and they lasted a whole ten minutes.

Me?

Well, I just stayed in place, wondering what kind of cloaking art I should make for Long Tao and what other arts I could make with the now 350 Creation Points that I had.

I was rich!

Rich with Spirit Stones, rich with Creation Points, rich with–

“ELDER LU, GET OVER TO THE ELDER HALL RIGHT THIS INSTANCE!”

Wow, how embarrassing, to have your name called out by Elder Qin for the entire sect to hear–

Wait a goddamn second, I’M Elder Lu!

As though there was a colony of fire ants crawling up my ass, I immediately started running, all the while posing a very particular question: why the hell was I being summoned?!

This guy hasn’t attended the meeting of Elders not once, and now I’m being forced to?! Too unfair!

Khm.

Anyway, I had to endure, ah, what the hell, let’s call them strange for the sake of my sanity, looks all the way down the mountain and then all the way up the other one where the meeting was held.

It took me about fifteen minutes, full sprint, and even using Qi (which I didn’t use often, to be honest, as I am still quite unadjusted to it; it’s like, imagine if you grew three extra arms and legs and even a few eyeballs and a few other residual organs overnight, it’d take you some time to figure out what the hell is happening, right?!), and by the time I got to the hall… I was sweating not bullets but missiles.

“I–I’m here,” I heaved out, trying to catch my breath as I walked into the Elder Hall. A square room with a few dozen prayer mats lined on opposite ends of each other and the central one at the far front where the Sect Master resided.

There was one empty seat currently–the one furthest away from the Sect Master, so I headed over, ignoring… ah, what the hell, strange looks being shot at me.

“A-apologies for being late…” I was still heaving, feeling as though my lungs were on fire. Honestly, the shape of this body is just… wow. Just… wow.

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“Did you not hear the bell ring, Elder Lu?” one of the elders asked as the others laughed.