To Walk The Mist Chapter 41

As Ed walked around the town, he noticed that there were people trading, checking into inns and so on . This made him frown . Was this normal? Most sat on the streets as though waiting .

"Are there not enough cultivation caves?" he asked .

"There are . Those you see here, have either lost their cultivation cave to others, or joined factions with limited resources . The factions will only favour those they find valuable to them . Most have to camp out side or sleep in an inn . " the person leading the way said . He thought that his words would cause a reaction from Ed, but Ed just nodded in understanding .

"The monthly battles, one could do it as a group? Factions with too many people . How does this work?" Ed asked .

"The battles are not fought in an arena, but in a pocket world . People can only come out when they surrender, get a win, or die . If you win, you can decide to stay back longer and win a few more before leaving . The battles end up like a war . As the factions coordinative members to move n troupes . The only law is that every one must participate . The battles last for one day . I hear that battling in a group is much better . It is said that there treasures in the battle ground . The factions would have better man power to be able to bring back as much resources as they can . "

Ed understood these word . Not only was it better to be in a group in the battle ground so that you may not get killed, it is better for lucky encounters . He bets that that is why most remain in the factions no matter if they don't get cultivation caves or resources to cultivate . During the battles, they join up with their groups and go adventuring . It made sense .

Ed arrived at his cave soon after . He did as the person said and touched the walls . The are opened and he stepped in . Ed understood that this person was a mortal . He was not sure how he got to the great spill, but he knew that he probably worked for the regulators for the great spill . These mortals would do menial jobs to get paid .

He gave the boy a spirit stone and entered his cave . The boy bowed as the cave closed . He sighed in his heart . This newcomer was nice enough to give him a spirit stone . He felt guilty for what he was about to do .

Leaving Ed behind in the cultivation cave, he rushed away in the direction of a another cave . The caves were well spaced and would take a bit of travelling to get another . After a while, the panting mortal got to a cave much larger than Ed's . There were tents around the cave filed with cultivators . He walked over to a tent and bowed .

"What is it?" a voice said from inside .

"There is a newcomer with his own cave that just entered . He even has a lot of money on him . " the boy said .

"Is that so? Have you told him to join with us?"

"He did not care about all the benefits of s group . He has entered his cave . "

"I see . You may go . " the boy bowed and left .

Inside the tent, two people sat .

"Big brother, we should go and meet with him . Newcomers are al stupid . We tell him to let us practise with him a bit and we will fight with him in the battles . " one of them said . He was completely muscular with a bald head .

"If we do this, the faction will hear of it and say we are coveting resources . This boy will finally have to give up his cave anyway . " the other answered . He looked like the one who had spoken before, only a bit larger .

"When the faction gets his cave, there is no way they would give it to us . "

"There is no way we are getting a cave . We are not strong enough, or have enough spirit stones to pay to use it . "

"He said the boy had money . " the other said and the older brother paused .

"We will not report this to the faction yet . The great spill prohibits fighting except inside the battle ground . We will wait till then . " the elder brother said after some time .

"After we get his money then what? The faction will say we kept it to our selves . "

"We only need to kill him and take his money . We are part of the iron hand faction . When we kill him, the cave will go to the leader . He will only see the number of caves appear on his arm . He will not know who it is from . We can then keep all the money . " the elder brother said .

"Later, I will take that boy, to go show me the newcomer's face . "

"We must track him well . It would be best if he does not come out of his cave till the battles . That way, not many people will know about his cave . If not, we will be competing with many people for his money . I don not wish to share on that day . " they two planned for the coming battle in secret . Their target, Ed .

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