Chang fanned himself and smiled. “There is a shortage of beast meat and can’t spare it. It’s hard to provide for the whole town, but if you become my wife, there would be many benefits, including the delicacies from eating beast meat every day.”Chang then tried to get closer to Sister Song and hold her hand. Seeing his shameless actions, Sister Song moved away from his actions with a frown, swiping his hand away from her.“How despicable! Are you seeking me as your fifth wife? Keep dreaming, it’s bad enough you conned my best friend, and now you want me as well? Never!” Sister Song called out.“Then I suggest you learn to live without meat altogether. You will not have any more of the rationed meat from this town unless you submit to me.” Chang said, still fanning himself with a smile; the poor relied on this meat to survive.“Are you going to bully me? The town of Jiāoqū owes that meat for my parent’s efforts. Why use your father’s power of being Governor to bully the weak? This is

Chang rose from his position and motioned for two guards to take his wife away as he still looked in the direction where Blake and Sister Song departed and called one of his men to him and whispered.Blake and Sister Song left the town and walked in silence. Blake was afraid that Sister Song feared him, so he casually tried to make small talk.“Sister, can you tell me about this area? Seeing I’m new here, it would be great to get the lay of the land.” Blake began.“Hugh? Oh, yeah. We are in the western part of the Empire. It’s primarily rural areas with a few towns or villages in between. Every year, a Beast tide will threaten the towns and villages.Blake let Sister Song explain that there were four areas of the Empire, North, South, East and West, with a vast ocean to the east of the Empire, where no one has ventured. The North holds the capital city, Empire City. There were four main Sects that everyone wanted to attend and four leading families throughout the Empire that had juris

Sister Song sat there for a few moments as Blake replenished his Divine Qi that he had relinquished to her; as she said, they needed an external source for the Divine Qi to enter them and make progress. Blake also discovered why he and his women differed from Sister Song and, most likely, the people of the Inner World. They all had golden cores that would transform the Spirit Qi into Devine Qi. Sister Song lacked this essential element in her cultivation. If Sister Song wanted an unlimited Divine Qi, she would have to form her golden core but to do so now. She would have to scrap her current cultivation and begin anew, which didn’t guarantee success. So Blake didn’t bring it up.Seeing it was getting late, They rose from their position and entered the home. It was time for dinner, and Sister Song was too pleased to provide it for them. Blake, also under protest, helped prepare the food; they were to celebrate with a Beast meat stew with herbs from Blake to strengthen Sister Song’s fou

Blake observed Sister Song and admired her stance in her positioning, and there were not too many flaws that could be exploited. When his attention turned to Chang, he saw he was leaving too many openings. For a Governor’s son, he had expected Chang to have been taught at least the basics of fighting, but he was disappointed.‘Well, at least this will be a quick challenge for Sister Song to win.’ Blake thought with a knowing smile.Chang was the first to attack, and it was a wild fist towards Sister Song. She quickly dodged, and he landed on empty air. He continued to use this technique as they continued, and he knew he was getting tired by swinging and hitting nothing as Sister Song continued to dodge his attacks. He needed to change his strategy, or he would exhaust himself.“Is dodging the only thing you can do?” Chang asked to provoke Sister Song.Sister Song didn’t reply, dodged Chang’s latest punch, and called out.“Spirit Palm.” Landing her palm onto Chang’s chest, sending him

Along the path, Chang and his Lackey came across the Captain of the Guard and a dozen of his men marching in their direction, rushing to meet the troops; the two men stopped before the Captain of the Guard as he explained his intentions.“Young Master, the governor has instructed me to escort you back to the estate so you will not offend the Divine Lord.” The Captain of the Guard said, but seeing them without their horses, he had already concluded it was too late.“Captain, you will continue to Sister Song’s home and arrest that cultivator and Sister Song for stealing my horses and sword,” Chang said angrily.This news was startling to most of the men. They knew of Sister Song’s character and couldn’t believe she would steal from someone. That cultivator’s influence must have made her do it.“Apologies, but my orders are to take you straight to the Governor. Your safety takes priority.” The Captain of the Guard said the men surrounded the two men and were led back to town. He didn’t w