Immortal Kingdoms



"Ah— yes… yes I'm new," Leonardo nodded his head, looking a bit overwhelmed as his fingers snuck into the pockets of his robes. "I was told I'll be learning the basics once I got here." 

"Of course, you will," the man nodded his head enthusiastically. "Follow me to the library, I'll recommend you a few books to grasp an outlook on the situation while you grasp for a bit of common information. Although this is a nation of military prowess, we value good talents and good brains just as much." 

The man didn't seem like he was about to introduce himself anytime soon. 

As he turned around and vanished from sight, Leonardo shook his head helplessly and followed at a speed appropriate to someone of his level. He tried to recollect the true face of Emily, but he quickly realized that it was an impossible task since he had nothing but his optical observatory skills to rely on, not to mention she had her back facing his direction. 

From the perspective of a rebirth realm cultivator, the buildings were very close and their sizes were quite moderate. However, to a Tier 1 cultivator, the distance was immense. Furthermore, Leonardo had to force himself into looking exhausted, sweating all over and gasping for breath periodically. 

Every now and then he would stumble into the ground, legs shaking, and muscles twitching. However, he would always stand up, get a grip, and continue on his march toward the building pointed out by the scholar. 

The scholar was looking through a window from the third floor of the building next to the pagoda. In fact, every floor was its own small sub-dimension, and it wasn't easy to construct a formation allowing someone to look from the dimension to the outside world, hence this window allowed people to observe the outside world but those on the other end wouldn't know. 

At least, the scholar believed that much as he smiled faintly to himself. 

What's so good about this lad? Did the Commanding General notice him as soon as she left her secluded cultivation? Impossible… He must have been sent here specifically by someone on the same level as our Commanding General, she wouldn't promptly leave her seclusion otherwise. 

The more he thought about it, the more it made sense yet at the same time, the more nonsensical it seemed. 

Whatever! He shook his head. 

It is nigh impossible to come to the correct speculations when you're observing the game from the board, let alone when you're beneath it. Everyone has their own perspective and corresponding 'bigger' picture, and it would prove counterproductive for someone on his level to speculate the minds of these great characters. 

Since his task at hand is to supervise this Attendant Ye and polish his mind to the art of war and the political scheme of the Jin Dynasty's internal and external affairs, he would focus on doing just that for the moment. 

Ah! Commanding General… Are you about to make your move?"

He thought to himself while watching the youth stumbling his way over from the distance. If he inferred correctly and this youth was a common chess piece dispatched by someone on the Commanding Gneral's level, then by accepting him, she must be declaring her intention of cooperation with whichever existence sat behind this 'Attendant Ye'. 

Whoosh! 

Whoosh! 

Whoosh! 

As Leonardo ran across the even terrain, a few cultivators began to file into the hidden dimension from behind him. Most of them were Tier 3 saints, but there would be one or two Tier 4 divinities among them as everyone rushed into either the two buildings or the pagoda in the center. 

Hua! 

Hua! 

"Hey, you're a new face!" he was suddenly stopped in his tracks by two people, a young man and a young woman in a butler and maid uniforms respectively. They were one pair of the occasionally fleeting Tier 4 cultivators; they stopped after shooting past Leonardo and backtracked in his direction. 

"I just arrived," responded Leonardo to the young butler. "I will start soon as an attendant…" 

As Leonardo spoke, he flashed his bronze medallion to the couple, eliciting a soft gasp from the young maid and a nod of understanding from the young butler. 

"It might take you a few days from here to the library at your pace, do you want some help?" asked the young butler. In his opinion, although the rank of an attendant is very low, especially with a bronze medallion, these people have bright futures waiting for them.

If an attendant did well enough and was promoted to the rank of Military Advisor, they would have the chance to interact with the upper echelons of the Qing Sector, they might even get a chance to join meetings held by the Commanding General of the Qing Army. 

The Qing Family is one of the seven prominent families in the Seven Stars Province. 

It had been many years since an attendant appeared in the Qing Sector. Thus, this butler had reasons to believe that the young attendant must have something special about him; establishing this relationship early on wouldn't be so bad. 

"A few days?!" 

An expression of astonishment filled Leonardo's face as he did a double take on the buildings in the distance— they looked far, but not that far. 

"Hehe," chuckled the young woman. "This is just an optical illusion that makes you think the distance isn't that far. In fact, it's not a rare occasion for some clueless soldiers to run themselves to death with the false impression of getting closer to the Commanding General's Pagoda." 

Leonardo stumbled back two steps, his expression a work of art to look at. 

The young woman covered her cherry lips while laughing. Then, she shook her head and pointed at the young man, introducing, "This brother here is called Gal, you can call me Sivan. As you can tell, we're servants, so you might have to look after us in the future if you get somewhere."