Chapter 126: Xiao Lian.
Even though he wasn’t sitting in a direct sunlight, it was torturing to spend a whole day without a drop of water. In addition, the smell was so disgusting, even the guy guarding the cage was trying to sit as far as possible, while not letting the door out of his sight.
It was clear that the place was more of a hideout than a stronghold, and the captors didn’t feel like home. They were armed with crude spears or axes, and some even had bows, and Lee couldn’t understand how he actually was caught by them.
Even though he was young and relatively weak, he considered himself to be experienced enough to not fall in hands of common bandits. But here he was.
From the few discussions the bandits had during the shift change, Lee found out they were going to move the captives the following day. Apparently there was a sect that happily bought slaves to mine something, and either it or the place it was located at was called Blackwater.
Lee lost his staff somewhere on the way and his bag was taken away. Since he was back to being a pauper, there was nothing he could lose and he began to plan how to get out. The other captives were unlikely to be able to help, thus the only thing he could do was to wait for the nightfall.
To concentrate when everything was soaked with the stench of shit and urine, was almost impossible. Nevertheless, Lee spent the day focusing on the sparks in his abdomen.
Even though he didn’t have proper techniques yet, after listening to few lectures, he slightly modified the one Tess taught him. Either because of that or because this world was different, the characteristics of the elemental particles began to change. They weren’t like the rubber he had to work with while breaking in Lunax’s vault, but acquired this strange liquid form.
During the past months Lee managed to purposefully summon droplets of water on his palm, and even on his forehead during matches with Xie Wuking. The last exercise, of course, was a mix of fun and practical application, and drastically improved his capability to sense the water particles within.
It was amusing to watch Xie Wuking noticing his fake perspiration, assuming he was tired, or in pain, but unfortunately that was all Lee was capable of.