A Chaotic World

Yueya's face was the exact definition of anxiousness, despite her futile attempt not to let it show. Right now, she was seated beside Inscription Master Nanbai in a private reception room, directly facing the four members of the Nanqing Family.

In contrast, Inscription Master Nanbai calmly sipped the tea in his hands as he waited, as though there was nothing important going on at the moment.

On the other side of the room was a similar scene. The three elders of the Nanqing Family were savouring their tea in silence while the young one crossed his arms in impatience, his countenance growing uglier by the minute.

"It has already been two hours! How long are we going to continue waiting?" Nanqing Zhengxian finally could not hold it in any longer and grumbled unhappily. "Could it be that all of us are going to wait without end for the inscription assistant to be done? What if he had already failed and is just dragging time out by refusing to exit the room?"

"Tianzi is not that kind of person!" Yueya snapped in response.

"That's what you say. But who cares for your opinion?" Nanqing Zhengxian snorted in disdain.

At this moment, Inscription Master Nanbai and Nanqing Dingtian simultaneously looked up from their tea and exchanged glances.

"Looks like there is no need to wait any longer," Nanqing Dingtian placed his teacup down and casually leaned back in his chair.

"Indeed," Inscription Master Nanbai nodded in agreement.

Everyone else understood what this meant. The inscription assistant from before should have already exited the inscription room!

Indeed, within mere moments, Lu Tianzi entered with the sabre in hand.

"Are you done holding onto my sabre?" Nanqing Zhengxian was the first to speak. "Isn't it about time you stopped posing and returned it to me?"

Lu Tianzi merely glanced at him before walking up to present the sabre to Inscription Master Nanbai, "Please inspect the item."

"Mm," Inscription Master Nanbai nodded as he received the sabre.

With one smooth action, Inscription Master Nanbai drew the sabre from its scabbard, exposing the razor sharp blade for all to see.

"This is…!" Inscription Master Nanbai widened his eyes in astonishment.

Even the three elders of the Nanqing Family squinted as they carefully examined the sabre with their perception.

At the base of the sabre blade, right above the hilt, there was now an engraving that had never been there before.

Yueya shot to her feet as she exclaimed in excitement, "An inscription! Tianzi, you really managed to place an inscription on the sabre!"

"Impossible…" Nanqing Zhengxian's reaction was the complete opposite from Yueya as he froze in his seat. "How can a mere inscription assistant…? No way! You must have cheated somehow! You made an inscription master do this for you, didn't you?!"

Inscription Master Nanbai did not speak any further. The warm smile on his face was more than enough to express his emotions at the moment.

When Lu Tianzi entered the private inscription room, Inscription Master Nanbai knew that Nanqing Dingtian had swept his perception to scan the room before the door was closed. At that time, there was no one but Lu Tianzi and Yueya within the private inscription room.

At the moment when Yueya left the room, Nanqing Dingtian had swept his perception through the room once again, finding no one else but Lu Tianzi.

Even without his explanation, Nanqing Dingtian should be clear on whether Lu Tianzi had asked anyone for help.

With a gentle toss, the sabre flew through the air towards Nanqing Rui and the latter caught it easily. Upon further examining it, Nanqing Rui turned towards his grandfather Nanqing Dingtian and nodded.

"Is that so?" Nanqing Dingtian revealed no signs of disappointment. Instead, he turned towards Lu Tianzi with an amiable smile. "Congratulations to this young brother. I am Nanqing Dingtian, Head of the Nanqing Family. May I have the honour of making your acquaintance?"

Lu Tianzi was slightly surprised, but chose to answer nevertheless.

"Nanlu Tianzi."

"I see, so it is young brother Nanlu," Nanqing Dingtian raised his teacup towards Lu Tianzi. "Let me substitute wine with tea. I will apologise to young brother Nanlu if I had unknowingly offended you in any way prior to this. With this toast, let us be done with any unhappiness that had been birthed from the incident today."

Everyone in the room was shocked by Nanqing Dingtian's actions, including the two other elders from the Nanqing Family.

Compared to his action earlier of pressuring the youngster with his aura, this was a complete turnaround in his attitude!

As the Head of the Nanqing Family, Nanqing Dingtian's every decision could be considered as representative of the Nanqing Family's official stand. By offering Lu Tianzi a toast here in apology, it was as good as the Nanqing Family trying to appease the youngster!

Among them, only Inscription Master Nanbai sighed in admiration within his heart.

As expected of the Head of an established family clan. Nanqing Dingtian had managed to read the situation perfectly and was extremely decisive in his actions.

To him, the most important thing was the continued prosperity of the family clan.

Even without investigating into the background of Lu Tianzi, Nanqing Dingtian had made his own deductions on the future potential of the youngster, even to the point of being willing to offer him a toast in apology.

This meant that Nanqing Dingtian valued Lu Tianzi extremely highly, to the point where he was willing to prioritise good relations with him over his great grandson Nanqing Zhengxian!

"What about the challenge then?" Lu Tianzi turned to look at Nanqing Zhengxian, whose mouth was agape in horror.

"The Nanqing Family will naturally honour our side of the deal," Nanqing Rui stepped up to answer on his grandfather's behalf.

He could be considered as quick witted as well. Immediately after Nanqing Dingtian made his stand clear, Nanqing Rui had already shifted his attitude to match that of the Head of the family.

"Is that so?" Lu Tianzi asked in a doubtful manner. "If I recall correctly, the deal was that if either my senior Yueya or I managed to place a complete inscription on this sabre, Nanqing Zhengxian would immediately admit his mistake and apologise to my senior Yueya. On top of that, not only will he give the completed sabre to me, but he will even pay for the inscription materials used and give me an additional five low ranked beast cores!"

Even though Lu Tianzi was feeling extremely weak at the moment, he still wanted to see how exactly this Nanqing Zhengxian would react in this situation!

If he was repentant, then Lu Tianzi did not even mind letting him off on his elder brother's account. After all, he had no idea how close the two brothers were.

In contrast to the material benefits mentioned in the deal, Nanqing Haowen's friendship was probably worth a greater deal.

"Zhengxian," Nanqing Rui called out, hinting for his son to do what was needed. At the same time, it also served as a warning.

"This…" Nanqing Zhengxian was trembling with rage and indignation.

His family wanted him to apologise to this brat who was nothing but a mere inscription assistant?

Staring at Lu Tianzi who was even younger than him, Nanqing Zhengxian clenched his fists so tightly that his fingernails pierced into his skin.

"How much do the materials cost?" Nanqing Zhengxian asked with obvious unhappiness in his tone.

"Fiv- Ten low ranked beast cores," Lu Tianzi answered.

Everyone narrowed their eyes as they watched Lu Tianzi suspiciously.

Wasn't he about to say five low ranked beast cores just now?

But even though they had their suspicions, no one voiced a word of doubt.

It had always been up to the inscription master to declare the cost of the materials. Usually, it would be declared beforehand so that the customer could assess if they were willing to pay for the stated amount.

Unfortunately, Nanqing Zhengxian had been overconfident when issuing the challenge and had as good as given Lu Tianzi a blank cheque to freely decide on the price. He only had his own carelessness to blame, allowing Lu Tianzi to exploit the terms in such a manner.

At the same time, Lu Tianzi had decided to teach him a lesson for that arrogance.

Nanqing Zhengxian harrumphed as he threw fifteen low ranked beast cores onto the table before turning to leave.

"Wait a minute, what about your apology?" Lu Tianzi called out after him.

"Fuck your apology!" Nanqing Zhengxian stomped out of the room.

"My apologies for the trouble that our Zhengxian has caused you," Nanqing Dingtian followed up immediately, not intending to allow the atmosphere in the room to turn cold. "Let this old one apologise in his stead."

"Senior Nanqing is being too serious," Lu Tianzi hurriedly clasped his fists in response.

Even though Lu Tianzi had no good feelings towards this Nanqing Dingtian, the other party was after all the Head of a powerful family clan. There was no need to shred all cordial pretences.

"Well then, I believe we have troubled you enough today. As for the inscription that I mentioned, I shall return another day for it," Nanqing Dingtian took over the sabre from Nanqing Rui and sent it back over to Inscription Master Nanbai with his Essence energy. "I believe there must be much that you need to discuss. We shall take our leave now then."

"I won't be sending you off then," Inscription Master Nanbai replied with a smile.

"Farewell as well, young brother Nanlu. If there is a chance, do drop by my Nanqing Family. We will definitely treat you as an esteemed guest as a show of my sincerity," Nanqing Dingtian smiled.

"Farewell," Lu Tianzi nodded in response and the three elders left right after.

After the members of the Nanqing Family left, Inscription Master Nanbai handed the sabre back to Lu Tianzi.

"Tianzi! You really did it!" Yueya rushed forward to give him a big hug.

"You truly overdid yourself this time!" Inscription Master Nanbai laughed in satisfaction.

"It is all thanks to Inscription Master Nanbai's guidance all this time," Lu Tianzi smiled weakly.

Lu Tianzi had been drained of Essence energy after pushing himself to the limit. When the Nanqing Family was still present, he had been forcing himself to hide all signs of weakness. But now his fatigue was finally starting to show.

"You must be tired," Inscription Master Nanbai realised this as well. "You can return home to rest for today, but prepare yourself. Tomorrow, you shall be starting work as an official member of the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower!"

"Eh? An official member of the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower?" Lu Tianzi was slightly surprised. "Inscription Master Nanbai's meaning is…"

"That's right," Inscription Master Nanbai nodded. "Now that you have managed to place a complete inscription on your own, you can be considered as having passed the inscription master test! As your witness, I shall report this to the higher ups. From now on, you are no longer my inscription assistant, but an inscription master in your own right!"

Lu Tianzi's eyes lit up in surprise.

Just like that, he had suddenly become an inscription master?

If that was the case, then he really should thank this Nanqing Zhengxian for making trouble today!

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After Nanqing Dingtian stepped out of the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower, he stopped in his tracks before conveying his voice towards the couple following behind him.

This time, his tone was no longer as amiable as before.

"Go find out who this Nanlu Tianzi is. I want to know every single thing you can dig up about him. As for Zhengxian, this kid is truly getting out of hand. You two better do something about him before I do it for you!"

With a flick of his sleeves, Nanqing Dingtian stomped off, leaving the couple standing awkwardly in the streets.

In fact, a similar scene was occurring in various locations throughout the city.

The news of the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower clashing with the Nanqing Family over an inscription assistant spread like wildfire, drawing the curiosity of every single influence in the city.

Each of these powerful influences had their private information network, and all of them got busy as they tried to find out just who this inscription assistant was.

That very night, every powerful influence received a shocking report from their scouts.

As a mere teenager, this Nanlu Tianzi was the youngest inscription master in the history of Bluenight City. The willingness of the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower to clash against the Nanqing Family for his stead was more than enough to show how highly they regarded this youngster.

As if that was not enough, he was also a member of the Nine Suns Sect, recommended by the extreme genius Nanlan Qianxue, and personally inducted by Elder Diansheng, directly skipping the agreed separate selection test.

Despite the fact that he was still an Outer Sect member, this went to show that even the Elders of the powerful Nine Suns Sect had placed a certain degree of importance on him!

At this rate, even though his martial talent was beneath the monstrous Nanlan Qianxue who had already broken into the Essence Condensation realm at a similar age, it probably would not take too long before he finally became an Inner Sect member as well.

To the various influences in Bluenight City, such a person was definitely not an existence that they could afford to ignore!