Chapter 16: Wayfarers

When Xue Wei was lying about his condition, he was certain that he did have some sort of special physique. Otherwise, his body would not act the way it was acting, or his dantian have turned into a pearl.

Even with Xue Wei's extensive knowledge about the different physiques that were out there, he had never heard of his physique before, and thus he was slightly frustrated.

Was the pearl the reason for his cultivation to go so fast, or was there some other secret behind it? And why did he need a specific cultivation technique to be able to absorb the Qi?

Xue Wei had many unanswered questions in his mind, and he knew that the only one who could answer them was his uncle. It was clear that his uncle knew more about his physique that he had said.

When he examined Xue Wei's body, he had said that it was not a lack of talent and that he would not forever be unable to cultivate, and just as he had left he had left an amazing cultivation technique behind.

The more Xue Wei thought about it, the more mysterious his uncle seemed, and he was unsure of what exactly he would ask him first when they reunited again.

"Now is not the time to think about this," Xue Wei mumbled to himself and began observing everything that was on the platform. Not only were there the chairs and diviners, but there were also two fierce beasts.

The beasts within the continent of Chang'an were categorized as mortal beasts first. That was the common horse, sheep, pig, cow and so on. Anyone could tame them as they had no ability for cultivation and intellect at the level of an animal.

Then came the Fierce Beasts. Fierce Beasts were the beasts that could cultivate. Some of them had more intellect than others, and some of them were stronger than others. They ranged from the Iron Warboar which was almost as thoughtless as a mortal beast, and all the way up to the more dangerous and highly knowledgeable Cloud Leopards, Wind Wolves and so on.

Above the Fierce Beasts were obviously the Primordial Beasts. The Primordial Beasts were born with a talent and intellect that could rival that of humans. They could take on a human shape, and their ability to fight was many times more frightening than the Fierce Beasts.

The beasts on the podium were both Fierce Beasts. One of them was equivalent to the rank of a ninth layered Earth Warrior, while the other was the same as a first layered Sky Warrior.

Everyone present, Xue Wei included, were looking at these beasts, they could not help but dream about owning the beasts. How magnificent they would be if they came riding into the war on these beasts!

One of the beasts was a Black Horned Mammoth, the ideal mount which could crush similarly and lower ranked Fierce Beasts, and which had an incredibly high defense so that it was near impossible to be taken down by others, and hence, the rider would be able to fight relatively safely.

The other was a more offense-oriented beast; it was a Four-Tailed Scorpion. Although its defense was lacking in comparison to the Black Horned Mammoth, it was much better at killing beasts and could assist its owner in battle.

Between the two of them, everyone clearly had their preferred beast. Some saw the defense of the Black Horned Mammoth as the best defense and therefore also the best way of staying alive and ultimately killing as many beasts as possible, while others felt that raising one's attack was the way to go.

The Black Horned Mammoth was the Fierce Beast with the strength of a first layered Sky Warrior, and because of this, most of the people found him most attractive. Xue Wei, on the other hand, preferred the Four-Tailed Scorpion.

He was painfully aware that he would never get either of the beasts, he was simply too weak to control them right now, but he had a firm belief that in the future he would be able to get his hands on a Fierce Beast companion.

Suddenly Xue Wei's eyes collided with the eyes of the Black Horned Mammoth, and the moment they looked at one another, Xue Wei saw that the mammoth's entire body trembled, yet the second after it was gone and nothing could be seen. Xue Wei looked around, and although everyone was talking about how amazing the mammoth was, no one seemed to have noticed anything.

That was, no one of the commoners noticed anything.

"Child, come up here." The monk who had previously been apathetic suddenly spoke out. His eyes penetrated into Xue Wei's body, and Xue Wei suddenly felt as if everything within him was seen through.

Not knowing what was going on, Xue Wei did not dare hesitate and went straight to the podium.

When he stood in front of the apathetic monk, he clasped his hands together and bowed deeply, but the monk did not seem to care about such gestures and instead placed his hand on the forehead of Xue Wei.

Energy rushed through his body, and as if it was scouring for something, and everywhere it went, Xue Wei felt a pleasant sensation in his body.

The majority of the energy was searching his head as if it expected to find something, but no matter what they were looking for, nothing appeared.

The apathetic monk frowned but after ten minutes did he withdraw his hand. He looked at the other monks and shook his head.

"Child, come with me, I need to speak with