Martial research master

Lin Hao was still not able to understand the reason behind Long Tao letting them go. "He has the prisoners for sure. What I don't understand is why did he didn't show them up for public hearing.". This question made the whole group immerse in deep thought, as they tried to reason for the real motive behind Long Tao's act. Seeing his underling so engaged in discussion, a laugh let loose from Lin Bao's mouth. These morons. Can't they still see the motive? He looked at his underlings and said" Tell me, who would have been benefitted if our work would have been exposed to the army?". Logically, the benefit would go to no one, as they wouldn't gain anything. Just some of the underlings would be executed. "I can't think of a particular name/person at the moment who would gain from the befall of some of our men.".

"Might I ask, will Long Tao benefit, in any way?". All of them nodded in a no. Although the following might become a little weak, but in the broader picture, he got no benefit." Then why might he stay his act and hid the prisoners somewhere else?'. Lin Hao started to answer" There are only two possible reasons in this case scenario. The first one is the unavailability of enough evidence. Which is highly unlikely to be possible? I have confirmed that the asset that was captured, knew about the core pieces of information.". "What is the second reason?" Lin Bao asked in an inquisitive tone." He wanted to let us know that he has leverage against us, an upper hand. He would use it to not only keep us at bay but might as well extort us from the event.". Lin Bao laughed" Exactly. Go visit him and learn of his demands."

Long Tao was sitting in the lounge of the dwelling as if he was waiting for someone. Soon enough, a figure appeared within the dwelling entrance. Lin Hao arrived at time, just when Long Tao was about to lose patience. "It seems like the old man still keeps his wits together to have sent you. Honestly, I was about to go into training but decided to wait for some more time. You did manage to show up.". "What do you want in return of the exchange?". Lin Hao was currently facing someone who had proved themselves to be extremely scheming. Even more than him. A strong opponent was still manageable. The biggest threat always is the opponents who are clever. Long Tao fitted that profile perfectly. "I want the same amount of compensation that the general paid to release his son, sent to me every day for a whole 6 months. Also, this is not an exchange, I am extorting you."

"Are you insane, that is not possible. The amount you are asking for is incredulous. The ones you have in custody are not worth the effort of continuous payments. The best I can offer is a one-time payment and you will give all of them to us. "Long Tao showed a smug face, and asked the people nearby to show Lin Hao the way to the exit. Lin Hao was starting to get nervous now. He had to make a deal stick. "we would give you the same amount for each of the prisoners. 2000 middle-grade spirit stones for one witness. And you handover them to us. How about that.?". "I hope you didn't forget whose mission you just tried to sabotage. 4000 middle-grade spirit stone for each of them, fuck off otherwise.". Lin Hao was in a bind. All he could do was to accept the offer given to him. He left to deliver the message to Lin Bao. The price this time was going to hurt, and very badly on top of that.

Star Emperor academy-

Long Tao was currently staying with the temporary dwelling which he was assigned. He had already broken through the third stage Qi master, but the invitation from the sect was still not arriving. If they were not going to accept him as a disciple, he would better leave. He didn't want to waste his time sitting in this room. Long Tao decided to stay another month, and if the invitation didn't arrive within that frame of time, he would take his leave and go elsewhere, doing practical training and gathering beast corpses, so as to practice the Weapon tempering formula.

Unknown to him, in a certain secret location of the Dena was currently standing in the middle of a whole assembly. Every person present in here was a powerful entity, at least at par of the dean. This was the elder council of the Star emperor Academy. This constituted the most powerful cultivators of the star emperor academy. The Dean was currently standing in the middle of the meeting, which was presided by a shadow figure sitting on the high throne, in the middle of the room. "You managed to get all of us in a hurry back to the academy, this better is good." One of the elders spoke to the dean in a calm but cold tone. "I apologize to madame for her inconvenience, but even if you are pissed, I couldn't care less. Attitude without an ample amount of power is pitiful. Don't show your baseless pride here.". The lady who spoke just before started to emanate an aura of dominance. "You managed to break-through 6th level of Qi king, good for you", The dean said. The audience was surprised too, by the speed of cultivation.

Just then the dean emanated an aura. The aura overlapped and completely suppressed the aura being emanated by the woman. "Peak Qi King." The audience gasped cold air again. The Dean of the academy was now at the pinnacle of the Qi King Level. Extremely near to the Qi Emperor. This was a great news for the academy. Maybe another 50-100 years, the academy would have another Qi Emperor." Congratulation to the Dean to have arisen to such a high level. Could I ask the two of you to let go of each other's throat and come to the topic behind the call of this meeting." One of the elders said.

The dean calmed and retracted his aura back and then looked towards the central seats." I bow and salute the elder protectors. I have called this meeting here because of the recent set of discoveries that I have made. As you all know, I am traveling around the world searching for talents to be enrolled in our institute. I managed to discover two of them on my trip around the world. Another variant case has arisen. Another candidate has come to take the entrance induction test of our academy." He passed a stele to the center and then the figure of a female was shown. "This girl's name is Xiao Shi. She is was a cultivator within the ghost regions and the girl is in possession of the Ying-yang body. The compatibility of the body is with fire and water, as well as good proficiency with thunder and gale. The rest of the things won't be necessary." The video played. All of the elders were watching it carefully.

"The next candidate is a boy named Boudin. The boy is a special case he managed to gain comprehension into the advanced level intent of sword and saber and possesses an inherent battle body that I couldn't yet identify due to lack of evidence. The boy managed to show a special ability, berserk when faced with a much stronger opponent. The rise in cultivation for a short time was five levels. I think all of you would agree on the quality of the battle body from this feat. He is an inherent strength type practitioner, and I would like you to see the fight after which I decided to nominate him." The video played and the whole assembly saw3 the fight. It was incredibly impressive, with many elders, getting interested.

"what about the last person?'. The person in the central seat asked. This was the first time the man sitting there has opened his mouth. There was absolute silence in the hall now, all attention is concentrated on the dean. "The third person is a bit of an anomaly. He is a new case about whom I was not positive at first, but the boy overcame my expectation in such an incredible way that I was forced to leave him for the last contestant.". the dean forwarded the record plate that was given by the incubation hall keeper. The test of Long Tao started.

For the next few hours, no sound was heard, except for the surprised gasp at what Long Tao achieved within the test. Specifically, when he went to the advance intent steel and managed to comprehend it with the technique that it had installed. "The boy managed to grasp all the 7 types of intent to the advance stage of 1st level. Who is he? Also, his body type is at mortal rank with three-element compatibility. What about the test of will."? The next scene shocked the elders present. One of them said in a shaky voice" He broke the will slate with his own will power. Monster!!". The person sitting in the middle seat asked the dean about what his plans for these three were. " I would like to take this brat as my disciple. As per the other two, you people could decide among yourself. I don't think anyone would have any objection.". the lady that had previously threatened the dean rose up and said" I will take the girl. I will train her to crush all her opponents, including the boy. She then left the hall without waiting.".