Chapter 38: Leaving the Crater

  After Jia Yuan finished his training for the day, the two

  had a final dinner. To celebrate their leaving the crater, Guo Huo had slow

  roasted some Blazing Pig meat. The meat of the Blazing Pig is extremely

  expensive in the Fire Kingdom, as it not only had an exquisite taste, but could

  boost cultivation speed.

  In addition to the pig meat, Guo Huo had prepared some bok

  choy and some beef and apple stew.

  Jia Yuan tore through the meal with his regular abandon, and

  Guo Huo gave him a rather dry look. As someone who had spent most of his life

  among the high nobility of the Fire Kingdom and had learned proper etiquette,

  it was almost hard for him to eat meals with Jia Yuan. In fact, he had

  developed a habit of finishing his cooking early and eating before Jia Yuan

  finished training.

  However tonight, he wanted to make the dinner as special as

  possible, so he had not done so… although he was starting to regret it.

  Guo Huo grumbled to himself. “I’m going to have to get

  someone to teach him proper manners.”

  After the meal, Jia Yuan sat outside of the tent, while Guo

  Huo had turned in for an early nap inside the tent.

  Jia Yuan could already resist most of the heat and humidity

  in the crater, so he comfortably laid on the ground and stared at the swirling

  mist above him.

  It’s been two months

  since I came here. I wonder how master is doing… I wonder how Dou Di brother is

  doing.

  I wonder how strong he

  is. Has he found friends in the Burning Legion?

  Jia Yuan had led a fairly lonely life. For as long as he

  could remember, he didn’t really have any friends. For a few years, he had the

  companionship of Dou Di, but after Dou Di was sold to the Burning Legion, the

  only people he had spent time with on a daily basis were his old master and Guo

  Huo.

  Jia Yuan had been able to play with kids around his age when

  he had stayed at Wan Shi’s house, but that had only been for a few hours.

  I wonder how the

  Burning Legion will be like.

  After spending some more time resting next to the pool of

  fire, he went back into the tent and rested for the night.

  The next morning, teacher and disciple flew out of the

  crater. Jia Yuan actually didn’t need Guo Huo to carry him, but they stayed

  very close together in case Jia Yuan’s concentration snapped during the flight

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  ‘Ahhhhhh now that’s the air I love!” A soon as they left the

  crater, Jia Yuan was able to breath in some fresh air! For the past two months,

  they had been breathing in the very humid and heated air in the crater.

  “Ah, right. Teacher, where are we going?” Jia Yuan was rather

  curious as to what location they would be training at next.

  “Do you know about the geography of our continent?”

  “Hmm. We have four main kingdoms, corresponding to each

  element. Each kingdom controls about a fourth of the continent. The borders

  shouldn’t have changed much in the last 50 or so years, so small cities have

  popped up on the borders between the kingdoms.”

  “Oh? You actually know quite a bit! Where did you learn it

  from?”

  “Oh, Dou Di used to tell me a lot of stores. I ended up

  learning some stuff from him. He’s also the reason why I want to join the

  Burning Legion.”

  “I see, I see. It seems that your brother was quite the

  interesting person. Actually, the place we are heading to is precisely one of

  these border cities.”

  “Since we’re close to the Water Kingdom, we’ll be heading to

  a city between the Fire and Water Kingdoms. If my memory serves me well, I

  believe they have an Arena of sorts there where people of any age and strength

  can compete. You can even compete in battles to the death. This should be good

  for progressing your Song, and will also prepare you for life in the Army. Although

  the continent has been peaceful for the last 50 years, all of the Kingdoms have

  been stocking up weapons and soldiers at an abnormal pace for the last few

  years. We may see a large-scale war in a few more years.”

  “As for your uh…manners… I will also likely be hiring a

  private tutor for you. They will teach you proper etiquette when you are not

  competing in the Arena.”

  “Do I really need to learn all of that boring stuff?”

  “If you want to be a respected human being, then you’ll have

  to at least learn some basic manners. Furthermore, with your potential, you’ll

  likely be one of model soldiers of the Fire Kingdom. As such, they’ll probably

  have you learn manners so that you can represent the Fire Kingdom in

  Continent-wide tournaments.”

  “Military teachers will definitely be far stricter than

  anyone I can find for you in the city. If you think about it this way, I am

  actually saving you a lot pain."