Chapter 93: Find It Yourself
Paike was pretty sure that he could feel something different about her cultivation session this time, but it didn't appear to make the leap she needed.
Liming was quiet and looked more defeated than he had seen her this whole week as the sun rose.
"When is your meeting?" She asked eventually, breaking the silence that had hung over them for the walk back to the sect compound.
"In a few hours." Paike said, "But we need to leave soonish to make it in time. Have you gone to one of the sect-protected villages yet?"
"No, most don't do that until a few months in," Liming said.
Of course she was correct. Once the disciples had run through the easy stages of Ruby, they started looking for missions with regularity. They needed those sect points once they reached their first bottlenecks. However, this early in the year, all the disciples had only been cultivating for so long, and none would be truly stuck yet.
"Well, there is a nice tea house that I think you might enjoy if you want to just go there now."
"Fine," She relented.
The little establishment was the same as it had been the last several times. The same young woman served him tea and was just as respectful. Liming eyed her suspiciously for the first few minutes but was seemingly assured by something. Paike didn't pretend to understand; his sister could be odd sometimes.