Shining Duos

Hours have passed since Kazami started the little exchange of moves between them and he can tell all of them will be useful on this mission. The most notable was the black shade man Slade, Alian and surprisingly Ju Jia someone only in the 10th level Spirit Formation.

For Ju Jia, she uses a variant on ice Qi and controls snow Qi instead. Snow Qi truly has many different unique uses compared to regular ice Qi as it can permanently impair foe vision in battle while the user can still perfectly see through the snow and also make a foe go almost deaf in battle from the massive buildup of snow. It can also severely weaken a foe attacks and it can even be combined with other Qi for surprise attacks.

Slade this time showed off more of his abilities and his dark Qi was quite special. It was able to negatively affect a user mind and throw them off focus and it has the endless absorbing property and can heavily slow down any opponent. It's also good for sudden sneak attack as well.

Alian showed off even more of his abilities this time and his wind and metal Qi unification did make for a lethal combo. The air pressure of his combination makes it near impossible for one to dodge out of the way once they're caught in the middle of it and it's almost guaranteed taking it head-on will at the very at least injure even a strong 10th level Origin Formation cultivator.

The rest also has strong and useful abilities as well and now they were all either cultivating or talking to each other while waiting for Elder Wayne to arrive.

"Kazami do you think whatever is taking Elder Wayne so long has something to do with what you guessed this mission isn't being as easy as we thought?" Lun Yuo asked in a low voice sitting close to him while they were watching Kuzumi practicing with Brenda.

"Probably partly related to that I can't tell for sure but I know it will be about us four." Kazami gave a vague answer as he wasn't so sure about what will happen on the mission.

"I see well I guess we can only focus on it when it comes and don't worry I will be the first one to say if anything goes amiss so we can rest easy for now." Lun Yuo proudly stated wanting to give assurance to Kazami.

Making sure no one was looking and was distracted he quickly turned and gave Lun Yuo a tender hug while whispering in her,

"Of course I expect nothing less from my grass goddess."

Blushing up a storm she panics and hurriedly said;

"Ah! Ah! W-w-what are you doing out in the open?! Let go before someone see us!"

"If you wish so." He smiled and let go of her, his action going unnoticed by all and Lun Yuo felt a sense of loss being out his embrace.

She wanted to reach out and grab his hands but froze up when she heard;

"Hey, are you kids playing nice now!?"

Elder Wayne had returned but this time with him was a smiling lovely charming looking woman. Everyone can feel a warm motherly vibe from her and she had alluring purple hair, a graceful curvy body and was also wearing the same classy purple robe uniform as Elder Wayne.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and went over to greet with Lun Yuo lagging a bit behind the group.

"Let me introduce you guys, this will be our second guide while we undertake this mission." Elder Wayne pleasantly introduced and allowed the other woman to take the floor.

'Definitely in the Heaven Ruler realm just like Wayne, in fact, I have this weird feeling she may be slightly stronger than him.' Kazami concluded while carefully watching them.

"Greeting everyone my name is Michi your second guide and I'll make sure we'll all make it through alive." The robe elder warmly said giving everyone that much more faith when taking on this mission.

"Now from what I was observing you all seem to have made great progress in familiarizing yourself with everything I see. Good! It's getting late now, so I shall show the new people here a place to get food in our sect and then we'll rest up to leave tomorrow." Hearing how they were going to get something to eat everyone rushed up to him since they were all tired especially after the long matches they experienced.

"Alright let's go." Elder Wayne said and started to lead the way with 13 of them going but four was being blocked by Elder Michi.

The four, of course, was Kazami, Kuzumi, Brenda and Lun Yuo as they were slightly confused about what the elder wanted.

Her eyes seemed to light up purple while intensely watching and grinning she pacified them with,

"Don't fret I just want to obverse you four up close and I have to say you all are fantastic kids from what I can tell. Now come on and let's catch up to them."

She told them and wandered off to the others while leaving the confused four to only follow them.

"The hell that was about it?" Kuzumi questioned out but the other three could only shrug as they were equally as confused.

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After going to a nice cafe that was inside their large sect the original group of ten was now in the hallway where all the sleeping room is and were preparing to head in for a night of good sleep.

Kuzumi shared a look with a Kazami and pulled Lun Yuo saying;

"Oh right! Yu I have something completely confidential and crucial to tell you!"

"What??" Was all the bewildered girl said before she was rushed into a room with her.

"Your sister certainly is a strange and unique one, from all those practices we were having." Brenda was next to Kazami and told him chuckling a bit from her actions.

"Yea there certainly is no one like her, so are you ready for tomorrow." He asked and getting more serious Brenda replied;

"Of course I feel like this mission will push me towards my limit and after it, I will finally duel with you." Devilishly smiling Kazami started to close in on Brenda while also saying in a warm tone,

"Right right but be careful now I don't want my new friend and rival to go in over their head." Inching closer and closer to him sneakily Brenda's cheek turned slightly pink and was feeling a little rush of feelings but still tried to maintain her composure.

"R-Right! That goes for...what are you t-" She was cut off when he suddenly gave her a soft warm hug saying,

"I'll have your back on this mission don't worry." And quickly let go after a couple of seconds.

"Why you! Shameless!" She brightly blushed and wanted to run off towards her room but stopped on the door handle when she heard,

"Hey! What about my back! I need someone to watch it too!" Gritting her teeth she slightly turned around but not letting Kazami see the large blush on her cheek and blurted out,

"Fine, I have it! Only because I didn't yet to have my duel with you!" She rushed inside and slam the door shut after saying her piece.

Laughing a bit Kazami returned to his room and hit the bed ready to get some shut-eye until he heard his door open and once again felt a bump on his bed and he already knew who it was.

"So the excuse this time?"

"You have no control over where I sleep, brother!" Kuzumi proudly said while Kazami just rolled his eyes telling her,

"Just sleep well, we have a big day tomorrow after all and probably will encounter true life or death situations now."