Life Drain System

    "Then I made it to the right place, seems like fate." Rei mumbles under his breath, before continuing and walking towards the exit. "Well, since you need to see the person in question, are you coming with me or not?"

    Hearing his question, she answers. "Alright, than I will follow you."

    Rei waits a moment for here to stand next to him, and then he looks into her eyes, and behind his back he presses on a certain area of the bracelet. In the next second the two disappear from the garden, reappearing inside the room that Yueliangs' frozen body is laying down in.

    By the time the old lady even realized they are currently in a different location, and is about to ask how and why, she gets interceded by Rei saying. "We have arrived, if you need to check his body it is to your left." He says while looking at the exit behind her.

    Listening closely to his words, she nods, and then turns towards the body. Taking a few steps towards Yueliangs' unconscious body, she extends her right hand towards where his wrist is inside of the ice. As her hand gets closer, the ice just separates around her fingers, not melting, yet more like it was afraid to be touched by her, or worried of dirtying such a person.

    Seeing the ice moving away is an interesting sight for Rei, yet only slightly surprising to Meiren. However trying to avoid complications, Meiren decides to act like an ordinary animal like she normally would before being taken in by Yue. 

    After feeling Yues' energy from his wrist since his body is frozen and has no pulse, the old lady removes her hand from his wrist. As she takes her hand away slowly, the ice moves back to its location as if it had never moved in the first place.

    The old lady turns around to address them, and having noticed the snow leopard walking around she feels like talking rather than immediately addressing what she came here for saying. "So a few things before we start. The first, cute little pet, she seems quite loyal. Also, little one, while you may not be a beast, I can tell you are intelligent, you can quit with this farce. Next up, how did we get here?"

    Rei stays quiet, expecting Meiren to answer. As if she could read his mind, she sighs, and replies with her chi. "Alright, you caught me. However to answer your question, you were teleported here."

    "Teleported? I could gather that, but I saw no techniques being used, nor did I feel anything. There were also no arrays being used, so how did you accomplish such a feat?" The old lady asks.

    This time Rei answers. "That would be because of my people and I. You see, our lead ... ahem, king, who you just examined, gave us a lot of different things that we could research. One of them was a teleportation array he made, and so I recreated it with science instead of cultivation like you all use. Thus I can teleport with ease, of course, I do intend to improve it later as we explore the universes. Now back to the main point, how is our king?"

    Hearing what Rei has to say, the old lady answers as such. "Right, you king is fine for a while longer. He will need a few pills, fortunately the ingredients are pretty easy to find and cheap as well. Now back to what you were talking about, could you teach me about that science teleportation thing?" She asks with all seriousness, as such a thing would be useful to any cultivator even if it could only be used once in emergencies, not to mention all the time, where they could do anything.

    Rei chuckles, replying. "Of course, so long as your patriarch agree. After all, we have come here with that in mind. An exchange of knowledge, and well a place to rest and repair our gear."

    Looking at the young man before her, she asks. "Repairs? If you need an artifact refiner, we have one that we have been cultivating. He is quite good at his job, and getting better with each passing day."

    Chuckling again, he answers. "There is no need, we all can do such things easily. Well repairs I mean, however if I could get my hands on one of the so called artifacts here I would love to research it. However thank you for the offer ... By the way, I do not think I have caught your name?"

    The old lady smiles saying. "Haha, so it seems young man, right you are." She says as she turns to walk away, before remembering that she does not know where she is.

    Watching this, Meiren and Rei laugh lightly, before Meiren says. "If we do not know your name, how do we find you again? Unless you want to make the pills here. What do you think?"

    Not wanting to risk anything with so many unknowns around her, she answers. "While I am interested in learning more of this place, this little old lady needs supplies to make what you want. Therefore I must head back, at the same time, I also need my alchemical furnace. If we do not have that, it is near impossible to make them without a special physique or technique." 

    Meiren listens to the little old lady as she gives a few reasons, that she can clearly tell are lies. however as she finishes, Meiren quickly says. "Before we send you back I have a question or two."

    The old lady staying completely calm says. "Go ahead, better to ask before I leave I guess."

    Hearing this, Meiren begins. "Well, what alchemist does not have a cauldron, furnace or whatever you want to call it on them? I may not be the strongest animal cultivator, but I am not an idiot. Also, while it is true that it is difficult without a special physique or technique it is not impossible. As for supplies, I am surprised any real alchemist would let themselves run out. Now while I am not doubting you are a great alchemist, what is the real reason you are so intent on leaving right now?"

    But before the old lady could do or say anything, she continues. "You see, while we mean you no harm, and are actually asking for help. What reason could someone much stronger than us such as yourself need to lie to us for? Are you not worried about heart demons? Unless you are worried we would do something to you?"

    The old lady feeling embarrassed beyond belief that a junior pointed out that she was lying. So embarrassed in fact that she did not even have time to be angry at her, just replying truthfully by accident. "Sorry for lying, it is just so overwhelming here, so many interesting distractions. I worry that if I stay here too long, I may not be able to hold back from wanting to learn about all of this. While that may not be bad, there are things I must do here, and cannot travel. Also yes, this encounter just might give me a few heart demons."

    However she finishes saying all this just as her mind straightens out, causing her to immediately cover her mouth in shame. A few moments later, she asks. "What have you done to me? Why did I say such things?"

    Rei snaps out of his dazed when she asks this, and says. "We did nothing, it was all you. More specifically when certain emotions are overwhelmed people tend to start rambling, and normally truthfully at that. Thus while you felt shame or something from the situation a moment ago, it overwhelmed your mind, making it to where you spewed the truth."

    Meiren chimes in, adding to what he said. "While it was the truth what you spoke, if you really want to join us, you may. If you do not want to, we will not force you either. There is nothing to worry about with us. If anything this is like a spider and mortal situation. We are more worried about you than you are of us, even though we are trying to help."

    Hearing these words, the old lady feels herself calming down, and such emotions as anger, shame, embarrassment, and etcetera start to flow away, as though she never had them. Then she asks. "Really? Well, if that is the case, I apologize for worrying you both. Regardless, I will still try to help your young master. However it will take a few days, and I really do need to get a few ingredients, as they are ones that I do not normally keep on hand."

    Listening to what she had to say this time, the two felt at ease, knowing that what she said this time is the truth. Also, Rei gets a few ideas from all of this, and says. "Meiren, I will take her back, keep watching over him. When I get back, there are a few things I would like to ask you about." Having said that, he walks up to the old lady, once more focusing on her eyes, and behind his back pressing on the bracelet. A second later disappearing from the room, and reappearing back in their original location.

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