The Ghost of Fog
Chapters 13. Informational

"Huh??" Now it was Lin Tian's turn to be shocked at once confused. Because all this time he felt ordinary when carrying the crystal, even when touching directly even though it felt cold but still limited to fairness. But the guard leader who only touched the wrapping cloth was not strong and showed a pale expression.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you??" Lin Tian asked then while putting the crystal package on the ground.

"What did you bring that? D-it's freezing...." Replied the head guard stuttered.

"Oh.this contains an object that I will later make a sword. By the way, why were you so shocked when you touched this package, was it so cold?"

"What the hell is this kid, able to travel while carrying such a terrible thing???" The inner chief guard wondered.

"Hm...Lin Tian, you said you had just come out of seclusion for a few years right? May I know where you've been secluded and how long exactly?" The guard leader did not answer Lin Tian's question and instead asked back.

"I was secluded in one of the peaks of the Heaven's Wall Mountains there for approximately seven years." Lin Tian replied as he pointed his index finger towards a mountain range that was shaped like a giant wall.

The head guard was surprised, then continued asking, "L-l-then where did you get this thing?" He asked as he pointed at Lin Tian's crystal package.

Actually this young man became even more astonished at the behavior of the man in front of him, but he still replied, "This thing I found at the highest peak of the Heaven's Wall Mountain Range, more precisely in a cave that's there."

"What....!!?" Suddenly the head of the guard gave a loud shriek which made Lin Tian and the few people around them startled. A second later, this man pulled Lin Tian's hand and whispered in his ear, "Quick you go in and buy a nice shirt! This is the money." He said, handing over ten pieces of silver coins. "We should talk after this." The one who is still whispering.

Given a few coins, Lin Tian felt a little uneasy towards the man in front of him, because without being given any money he was able to buy his own clothes from the money given by Xiao Lian.

So this young man took the initiative to return the money, "No need uncle, I've-"

"Have just taken it, no need to hesitate" The middle-aged man cut down quickly while slightly pushing Lin Tian's body to immediately enter and buy a shirt.

Lin Tian only sighed and complied with his request to buy clothes with the money.

After a few minutes, Lin Tian came out with a much different appearance than before. If this young man was dressed like a mountain man, now Lin Tian already looked like a swordsman. This young man wore a dark red shirt in line with his pants, the belt wrapped around his waist was black decorated with silver thread embroidery and shoes were also black.

If Lin Tian's hair that reached the back was left to frown ala perfungnya, now this young man had already pinched his long hair so that it looked much more handsome and dashing.

The middle-aged man of the gate guard chief who was waiting outside earlier also seemed shocked to see Lin Tian change. He did not expect that just by changing clothes alone, Lin Tian had already become like two different people.

"Well, that's better." His silent praise was still amazed and felt a little envious of Lin Tian's good looks.

"The money is still leftover uncle, this I return." Said Lin Tian while handing over the remaining five silver coins.

"Hahahah, no need to hesitate, you take it."

"Are you sure uncle?"

"Of course take it...What matters now is that we have to talk soon, come with me!" His sudden reply turned more serious at the end of his words.

Lin Tian then stuffed the coin into his pocket and followed the guard leader from behind while carrying the crystal package.

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"Well now try to tell me about your life at one of the peaks of the Heaven's Wall Mountains." The head guard said seriously.

They had already arrived at the inn recommended by the guard chief. And now they are on the first floor of the inn which is also a restaurant, in front of them there are various kinds of food complete with vegetables and side dishes ordered by them.

"Oh yeah, sorry if it's too late, introduce my name Bao Chu. The chief gatekeeper in this stone city."

Lin Tian simply nodded his head in response, then said, "Alright uncle Chu, as you wish, I will tell you all of my experiences during my time in the Heaven's Wall Mountains."

Then tell Lin Tian about everything he did during his time at the top of the Heaven's Wall Mountains, about where he lived, how he lived, how he lived, even this young man to tell the schedule of his daily routine such as the division of time to practice and rest. All Lin Tian told him was clear and detailed without hiding anything.

But of course he did not tell me the reason why he could get to the mountains.

"Then this thing, how did you get to that highest peak?" Bao Chu again asked a question as his right hand inserted the vegetables into his mouth.

"That's the question, so actually during my time at the top where I was training, I was always curious about one of the mountains whose summit was to the point of being invisible, and that peak is the top of the mountain where I got this." He answered while touching his hand to the crystal package.

"that's all?" Bao Chu asked to stop his eating activities.

"Yes, that's all"

"So you mean...you climbed the highest peak just out of curiosity??" Back this middle-aged man asked while revealing an astonished expression as well as being surprised.

"Yes, just curious." Lin Tian replied with a casual expression. It was intentional that he did not explain the real reason he climbed the peak to increase his inner strength. Because this young man thought Bao Chu was a new person so he could not just believe it.

"Uncle, what is this, why are you so shocked to hear that I went to the top of the Heaven's Wall Mountains." Asked Lin Tian who had been feeling curious since earlier.

"Oh.It seems you don't know yet. Listen Lin Tian, the Heaven Wall Mountain Range is a sacred mountain range, many people say that the mountain range is the descent place of the gods from heaven who want to see firsthand human life. What surprised me was that you never once saw the gods?" Asked the middle-aged man with a very serious look.

"Huh...?" Lin Tian involuntarily opened his mouth wide in shock. "Oh so, it turns out he's one of the many people who believe the children's fairy tales." Lin Tian muttered inwardly who never expected that Bao Chu's shock was coming from a fairy tale.

"And one more Lin Tian, you said that you also climbed the highest peak in that mountain range. I've heard the core story that every night of the full moon, there will be angels of heaven who come down to the top to bathe in a lake." Bao Chu paused for a moment to take a breath, "Did you see that lake?" Next bet

"Yes, there's a big lake there." Lin Tian replied with a flat face. Looks like this young man already knows where their next conversation will go.

Then, Bao Chu's face suddenly turned red and asked excitedly, "Then, you must have seen those angels too right?? Please tell me! how's face?? is pretty? if so, how beautiful are they? Then when taking a bath.how is the shape-huuukkhh."

His words were cut off by Lin Tian who had already coagulated a fried chicken thigh into his mouth. It turned out to be true, their conversation led to it.

"Uncle listen.about the god let alone the angel, I never saw him even while there!" Said Lin Tian firmly by emphasizing his every sentence.

Without them noticing, Bao Chu's question just now had attracted the attention of the people who were in the restaurant, who were at the restaurant, and they just laughed amusedly at the last question that the middle-aged man asked. This made Lin Tian feel so puffed up that he instantly stuffed Bao Chu's mouth with a chicken thigh.

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"Okay uncle, I've answered all your questions, now you have to grant my request in advance. Please explain to me about the state of this world Uncle Bao." Lin Tian said while putting on an earnest expression. It was true that Lin Tian's intelligence was already high enough, but this young man had little experience and knowledge of the vast world he would later explore.

Plus for the past seven years he has never been in contact with the outside world. So, it was not at all an exaggeration to mention Lin Tian as a toddler in this world especially the martial world.

"Oh. about that, listen carefully." Bao Chu replied after finishing that fad thigh.

Bao Chu began his story, the first time this middle-aged man had told him was about two great empires that ruled two sides of the mainland. These were the Song empire in the North and the Chu empire in the South. Of course Lin Tian already knew this common knowledge when he was still in the Zhang family, so he immediately cut off the man's conversation.

"Sorry uncle, for that I already know. Tell me about the ins and outs of the martial world?"

"Oh.all right."

Back Bao Chu told me. According to his explanation, the martial world is divided into two groups, namely black and white. The white faction contains brave men of the spirit of knights whose weapons and knowledge are only used for good and truth. While the blacks are the opposite, which contains only those who indulge in lust and obedience. When in a fight, this group never think about the courage and fairness, there is only how to win.

But it has become a human nature that is all out, every good there must be a bad, for also with someone, there must be a bad side and a good side. Although claiming to be from the white class, but there are still many people who are slaves to lust under the guise of priest clothes, there are also people who use their knowledge only to get praise and respect for others. Truly, people like these were even more rotten than people who proudly claimed to be from the black faction.

This man also explained that in the martial world, both black and white, there are magic people who got the designation as 'Persilatan Patuk'. Of the blacks there are eight people who call themselves the 'Pillar of Hell', they are the most feared black warriors in the whole world. Of the eight members of the Pillar of Hell, two were in the North, while the rest were in the South. That's why in the North, only kosen figures know these eight demons.

On the other hand, the white faction also has a powerful figure that most people refer to them as the 'Four God of the Wind Eye'. As the name suggests, they consist of four people who are each in the four corners of the land. Told, their devotion is already very high even some say if these four people are demigod humans. Only they are capable of a balanced match against the Pillars of Hell.

Bao Chu also explained some of the colleges and associations that are in the martial world. When explaining this, there was one thing that caught Lin Tian's attention, then immediately this young man asked to resolve his curious heart.

"Uncle, please explain in more detail about the neutral group called..what was it...? The Heavenly Crow Association??"

"Yes, the Heavenly Crow Association. They are the most mysterious society in the martial world that is only willing to provide various information about this world."

"What does this mean about neutrals? Doesn't the martial world consist only of black and white??" Lin Tian asked in confusion.

"You are right, but this society does not want to be called black or white, nor do they want to interfere with every problem that occurs between black and white. Because of this, the warriors called them neutral." Said Bao Chu followed by his right hand moving to take the wine bottle and downing it, this man felt thirsty from realizing that his tongue had never stopped moving to explain to Lin Tian.

"Hm.so so." Replied Lin Tian while nodding his head.

"But...! Don't you ever underestimate them!! Because once upon a time, an army of black warriors invaded one of their headquarters in order to gain control of the Association and its results, the warrior army was able to be leveled by the Heavenly Crow Association without any help from any college or association. And so from that day on, no one else dared to underestimate this Association."

"Oh..it looks like the Heavenly Crow Association has many magic swordsmen."

Lin Tian felt a little happy about this information, because Lin Tian thought that if he came to them, it was likely that the Association would know where the young Miss was. But the problem was, he did not know how to get himself in touch with the Association.

"Uncle, how am I supposed to meet them." Finally Lin Tian asked.

"Sorry I don't know that either." Reply to Bao Chu while displaying a regretful look.

"Ohhhhhhh....." Just a single sigh of his could be heard from Lin Tian's mouth, this young man was a little disappointed to hear the middle-aged man's statement.

Suddenly from the outside of the restaurant came a frenzied sound from the people around. Then Lin Tian's ears unintentionally heard a cry that drew his heart. The screams came from the people around him who sounded...

"That's the Xiao family, they're already dataaangg!!"

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