"Focus!" a stern voice shouted "Feel the wind, focus on the mark...NOW!"

A buzzing speed of sound split the air follow with the sound of 'Thud' on the tree trunk. ​​

"Not bad…" Lory chuckles.

"Tck, I still miss a little" Shin Jiu clique his tongue.

"Patient, you get they're" she messing with Shin Jiu hair, he grunts annoyingly when she messed his hair again and Lory laughs at him secretly Shin Jiu corner mouth lift slightly.

Its been three days since Lory teach him archery and used a small knife the reason is simple he is too small to swing the sword, maybe after two years, she will teach him how to use sword although her technique might quite weird for people in this world.

"Keep practice!" Lory said again.

"When you teach me another technique?" he whines.

Lory swing the bow playfully than she takes the arrow and releases it in one quick move and her arrow hits the mark perfectly and she doing it without looking "Until you can do this!" she winks her eyes and shoves the bow back at Shin Jiu hand.

Shin Jiu puff his cheek, it's still a long way for him to able to do that, he sighs and starts to practice again. Lory watch the boy practice diligently, the tiger and the monkey even the Qi Lin join with Lory gather around the campfire, she even shares the lunch box with the monkey because the other beast like eating raw food and yes, Qi Lin is a carnivore, so they hunted and bring their hunt with them and eating together, like one weird family.

But this is not as absurd as people might think isn't she used to spend her time with giant big bird and speaking about big bird Girsha still sleeping its almost three weeks but thankfully Girsha snoring is getting louder by the day so that's probably his condition is getting better or he got trouble in his respiratory.

[Girsha, come on! You've been sleeping too long] Lory whine through her telepathic communication.

A moment later she heard yawn in her head [Just…..a little…longer…] then the snoring continues.

Lory sigh in relieved after she heard his voice, the day she lost Girsha is one of the darkest days on her life she never been so lost and lonely when she lost him and she was traumatized deeply from what happened and since she miraculously got him back she becomes terrified whenever she loses contact from him which is never that's why she becomes anxious when she can't talk with him these few days.

"Kid, stop the practice, let's eat!" she hollered to shin Jiu.

"Yes, master!" Shin Jiu bounce happily he loves eating her lunch box, he squeeze his butt between lory and his Monkey, is so weird all of his beast like Lory too normally they would avoid human, Sacred beast is even more haughty and arrogant compared to normal beast so this is mind-boggling even for him when he asks his beast why they like to gather around her they say because she had calming aura, just like warm furnace in the winter, so cozy and comfortable make them relaxed.

Shin Jiu has he owns suspicion but not in a bad way at first he thought she might like him but his beast said she's not like him, she is something they never felt before its a soothing feeling that's hard to explain. After that Shin Jiu only take that as his Master must be special but that what he expected for the master he chose on his own.

"Master we would reach the capital city tomorrow isn't it," he said with big grinned.

"What, you look so excited" she chuckles.

"I never been to the capital before, so I got curious a little…" he smiles shyly.

"I understand but remember we need to stay lowkey, we don't want to attract unnecessary attention" Lory remind him

"It's fine with Master appearance I doubt we would attract anyone," he said bluntly with an innocent smile, he didn't realize he just calls her ugly in roundabout ways.

"...…"

Lory feel something stab her heart 'Ah, my poor frail heart'

Next morning they arrived at Ching Su capital city from inside the carriage she peek from the window the road is filled with merchant selling their goods, they scream and yell excitedly to invite customers, people walk on the street with hasty pace and small shop is full with customer this city is more crowded and less organize compare to other city Lory had been visited.

After they park they carriage because the Qi Lin is bored being left alone all the time this time he changed herself into a black dog and following them and now Lory is walked with a young boy, a monkey, a kitten, and a dog just hope no one thought they are a circus parade, thankfully Girsha is not here too.

"Let's find somewhere to rest…" Lory looks around searching for a crowded small restaurant if she wants to hear any news she must go to where people used to go for gossip.

"Let's go there!" Lory points her finger to a small restaurant in front of her, the boy and the three animals following her.

Thankfully no one bothers them when they bring they're animal inside the restaurant no one even cares or finding them weird and that make her feel relieved, the waiter takes them to the corner table, he served them warm tea and ask what they want to order after he is done the waiter left in hurry and approach another customer.

Shin Jiu never saw many people in one place before so he keeps looking left and right excitedly everything is new for them maybe when people saw him they might think both of them are a country bumpkin who just visits the city for the first time especially with so many pets with them.

"More Lu clan people die again…" suddenly someone beside her table sighs deeply.

"Yes, they say hundred of them had died under Hei ShenSect" the other man whispers to his friend.

"I though Lu clan is very powerful but who knew, they can't do anything against Lord Long Ming"

"You right…. it's going to be a war between two powerful people even the Emperor got worried"

"I heard the reason Long Ming enraged is because of one of the Lu Clan family murdered his fiancée…"

Lory teacup suddenly drops on the table.