Chapter 12: To the City


    Wan Shi and Guo Yi, as well as their children, were


    gobsmacked. This Jia Yuan… had no manners at all! They actually stopped eating


    and watched as Jia Yuan systematically devoured the food on the table.


    “Wahhh, this food is so good! Heh? Why aren’t any of you


    eating?”


    Wan Shi awkwardly responded. “Ah…that… *ahem* you seem to have


    quite an appetite, young man.”


    “Oh, normally I don’t have much to eat and earlier today I


    had expended a very large amount of energy…ah, I’ll do my best to hold back,


    sorry.”


    “Ah, don’t worry about it! Continue eating to your heart’s


    content! It is just that I was surprised is all.”


    Guo Yi and Wan Shi glanced at each other. What Jia Yuan had


    just said had confirmed their suspicions. This child was most likely a commoner


    from a poor household. At the very least, Jia Yuan’s family was definitely


    poorer than theirs.


    Wan Shi cast an eye back towards Jia Yuan and thought to himself, “This


    boy should come from a poor family… So how is his training speed so fast? How


    is he so strong? Could it be…that he is a genius that comes along only once in


    a thousand years?”


    Of course, Wan Shi didn’t know that the domineering strength


    he had seen Jia Yuan exhibit earlier was due to Jia Yuan handing his body over


    to his Song. After all, this was a technique that was rarely ever used, due to


    the dangers associated with it. Why would someone put themselves in such danger


    for some strangers?


    Wan Shi shuddered at the thought of Jia Yuan’s future development,


    and decided in his heart to make an effort to find out where Jia Yuan was from


    and to help him in the future.


    After dinner, Jia Yuan played around with the two children


    at around midnight they all settled in for a peaceful night.


    Jia Yuan woke early the next morning and did his best to


    sneak his way out of the house without waking the Wan Shi and his family up.


    After all, they had quite an exhausting day yesterday, with the bandit attack


    and all.


    When Wan Shi''s family woke up, their parents understood Jia Yuan''s actions, but they felt a little peeved. Late that night while their children and Jia Yuan had been sleeping, they had decided that they would try and help Jia Yuan with whatever he needed to do. It could be considered an investment for the future! Unfortunately, Jia Yuan had already left and they didn''t know if they would ever meet the young man again.


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    After a day of


    walking, Jia Yuan saw the walls of the city, embellished with gigantic Fire Kingdom


    Banners. Although RockFire City wasn’t one of the premier cities of the Fire


    Kingdom, to Jia Yuan, it was a gigantic city of opportunities. After all, he


    grew up in the tiny Fire Hill Village.


    After another hour of walking, he neared the city gates, and


    his eyes grew to the size of dinner plates.


    Jia Yuan loved cities. Well, he didn’t like everything about


    cities. For example, he didn’t like seeing the destitute milling about the


    slums on the outer regions of the city, but he loved seeing the magnificent


    walls, the guards in shiny armor patrolling the streets, and he loved gazing


    towards the inner reaches of the city, where the mere roof tiles spoke of an


    extravagance that Jia Yuan lacked in his life. Sometimes in his dreams, he would imagine himself walking through the streets wearing a fiery robe embedded with countless jewels...


    Jia Yuan was caught in a daze staring at his surroundings.


    Ah, right. I was here


    to buy a pot and uh… well, we’ll see.


    Jia Yuan roamed through the streets until he found a street


    selling various goods. He then found a store selling pots and walked in.


    “Hello sir, I’ve come to buy a pot!”


    The store owner looked Jia Yuan up and down and sighed. It


    was just another poor person…


    “What kind of pot do you need?”


    “Not a great one, just one that is able to cook congee and


    maybe from time to time some meat. Although, it’d be nice if it is rather sturdy.”


    The store owner heaved another sigh in his mind, and lead Jia


    Yuan to a simple steel pot.


    “10 small fire shards.”


    Jia Yuan was caught in a rather awkward situation. After


    all, his master had only given him 5 small fire shards.


    “5 small fire shards is my offer.”


    “Scram kid, that pot cost me 5 small fire shards of material


    to make. The Army’s been buying up all the steel around the Kingdom, it’s hard


    to come by these days.”


    And so, Jia Yuan was rather ungracefully forced out of the shop.