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Every morning he and Cai Cao would go to the mess hall and eat breakfast with the other chosen. Afterward, everyone would return to their rooms to cultivate. But unlike everyone else, Zhang would often walk out into the upper decks at night and gaze into the stars or down onto the scattered cities below.
He found that by either watching the stars or observing the cities below he would be able to free his mind from the endless stream of questions and stress that plagued him.
However, none of this mattered when he was gazing at the magnificence that was presented before him. It is often said that when one immerses themselves into nature, their spirits become uplifted and their minds free of the earthly bounds that plague us.
"Shhhhh, let's not disturb anyone." Zhang whispered to his furry friend who seemed to nod in reply.
As Little Red jumped from step to step, following its master up the flight of stairs one couldn't help but all such a scene adorable.
Shrouded in moonlight an otherworldly beauty stood quietly looking out into the distance, with her face slightly tilted to grace Zhang with its beauty, with her pure white robes flowing in the wind and her long silky black hair drawing attention away from the stars, Zhang could not help but stare.
Lost in a daze, Zhang inched closer and closer toward the mysterious beauty who had unknowingly stolen his heart. Unlike its master whose pace had slowed to a crawl, Little Red sped across the upper deck to where the otherworldly beauty was.
"What are you doing here?" Her song like voice could be heard as her jade like had brushed against Little White's snowy white fur.
Hearing Zhang's voice, the mysterious beauty looked up with a somewhat startled and cautious expression on her face.
"I see…" The mysterious beauty said.
"C'mon now… Another chance like this might not pop up again…" He thought over and over in his mind, trying to work up the courage to speak.
"You may call me Wenji." The mysterious beauty said. Her startled and somewhat cautious expression was gone after Zhang had introduced himself and asked for her name.
"This is the first time I've seen him get so friendly with a stranger so quickly." Zhang said as he looked at Little Red who licking the Wenji's hand.
"Are you here to watch the stars too?" Zhang asked.
Seeing that she was willing to talk to him, Zhang began to walk closer and arrived by Little Red. "I'll be giving you some steak for this." Zhang thought as he thought about the chance that this furry friend had given him. Had it not been for Little Red then he would have certainly not been able to begin a conversation with Wenji.
Despite not learning much about her personal life, Zhang's understanding of Wenji had gone from zero to around twenty, this being out of a hundred. Compared to before he at least knew her name and a bit of her personality. Although it might seem odd that he had not run into her despite being on the same ship for nearly three months, it wasn't actually that unbelievable.
"I should get going now." Wenji said as the sun began to rose and the other stars were outshined.
"I'll see you tonight. As for the tournament, I'm already partnered up with someone." She replied with a smile as she patted Little Red's head and headed for the staircase that led to the lower decks.
Once he arrived at his room and crawled into bed, he quickly fell asleep. Normally people who were in a state of mind similar to Zhang's would not be able to sleep due to being too excited. However, he had stayed up all night and had come to the point where he only needed a comfortable place to lay down on before falling asleep.
"Good morning." Zhang said with a smile.
"Of course, I am something wonderful happened last night." Zhang said cheerfully.
Soon Zhang began to recall the dreamlike events that had occurred. Describing Wenji's beauty, the various things they talked about and the possibility of meeting her again tonight, Zhang spoke without end. Throughout this recollection, Cai Cao would occasionally smile, blush and even laugh but for the most part he did not comment.
After feeding Little Red, a small roasted chicken that he had taken from the dining hall and bolting his room's door, Zhang climbed onto his bed and sat crossed legged.
While in a meditative state time began to become irrelevant and sped on without Zhang noticing. Besides occasionally placing an essence supplement pill into his mouth after the previous one had been entirely refined, Zhang continued to mediate for most of the day. It was not until the sun had settled and ten essence supplement pills had been consumed that Zhang open his eyes.
"Little Red let's go." He called out as he departed from his room.
"Brother Cai, can you keep an eye on Little Red for me? I have to go to my date." Zhang said after knocking on the door, however there was no reply.
So with Little Red in tow, Zhang arrived at the upper decks to see that Wenji was waiting for him at the ship's bow.
"Sorry for coming late." Zhang said as furry canine friend sped across the upper decks like it has done the previous night.
Thus, the two of them would talk and watch the skies for the rest of the night and the following nights also.
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As they got closer m to their destination hundreds of airships just like theirs could be seen coming from all directions. With Each ship having a different banner symbolizing which sect it belonged to.
"Brother Cai do you know which sects those ships belong to?" Zhang asked.
"Our Misty Mountain Sect in terms of power is considered a small sect, while the Crimson Sky Sect is considered a midsized sect, then there are the five sects and four clans who stand above the rest. Of the nine great influences the Enlightened Tower Academy is the one with the most disciples, their disciples number in the millions this was because instead of a sect they are more like a school. While the Enlightened Tower Academy had the most disciples the Undying Night Sect have the least but is considered the strongest influence. The Immortal Pill Sect could be considered the weakest in terms of power but when it comes to influence and connections there is no one who has more than them, this is because they are the ones who supply the other influences with pills. The four great clans are not sects and do not accept disciples so there's not much to say about them. As for the Golden Buddha Temple and Divine Sword Sect, I don't know much about them because they were relatively new additions to the influential forces within the continent. "Cai Cao also said, informing Zhang of the various influences that basically rule over the continent.
"That the Cai clan but they usually don't come to watch the Crimson Sky Sect's tournament." Cai Cao said with a sigh.
"No, we have no relation, just similar family names." Cai Cao replied instantly.
"^%$&^&*….. why are they here…" Cai Cao said in an inaudible voice as a shiver ran through his body.