A Conversation Above the Heavens

As Ning Tian pressed her fingerprint onto the commission contract, the agreement was officially completed.

Yu Wuyi had also regained the ability to transform into Sam.

"Then shall we set off now?"

"Huh? But it's already very late, isn't it?"

Outside the little shop, the heavy rain had stopped, leaving only the drip-drip of water falling from the eaves onto the ground.

Night had also drawn a black curtain across the blue sky.

"It's fine. But are you afraid of heights?"

"I'm not."

Although she had no idea why Yu Wuyi was asking, Ning Tian answered truthfully.

Time was especially precious at her age. Naturally, a flying-type martial soul master would be escorting her to obtain her Soul Ring.

Otherwise, a round trip from Heaven Dou City to the Star Dou Great Forest would probably take more than a month.

"Then that's fine. Let's go."

With a click, Yu Wuyi locked the door of the Odd Jobs House and hung up a "Closed" sign.

"Um... are we going there on foot?"

Ning Tian glanced at her "clothes" and her bare feet. She felt a little awkward, but she did not say anything.

She had originally thought they would wait until everything was prepared, or at the very least leave tomorrow.

But she had not expected Yu Wuyi to leave so quickly. He seemed even more impatient than she was.

Looks like this guy isn't so perfect after all...

She muttered to herself inwardly.

"Walk? No, we don't need to walk."

Yu Wuyi took out the Firefly Transformer.

We don't need to walk? Then what are we using?

Ning Tian was completely baffled.

"We'll fly!"

That blazing fire appeared again, wrapping around Yu Wuyi's body.

Before Ning Tian's shocked eyes, it merged with him and formed Sam.

W-What is that?!

"Ready? Then... let's take off!"

This time, he did not use Sam's synthesized voice, but spoke in his own voice.

"W-Wait, wait aaaaaaaaaah—!"

Before she could prepare herself, Yu Wuyi had already swept her up in a princess carry.

Blazing Flame Propulsion!

The thrusters behind him and beneath his feet spewed violent flames.

Boom!

The two shot straight into the sky like a rocket amid an explosive roar, turning into a fiery meteor.

After creating a sonic boom, they sped toward Heaven Dou City.

Seeing Ning Tian trembling in fear in his arms yet completely unharmed, Yu Wuyi finally let out a sigh of relief.

Good thing the system had that rule. Otherwise, she would probably already be dead by now.

No unprotected body could withstand acceleration at sonic-boom levels. Even being a Soul Elder would not help her.

He was not so thrilled by the ability to fly that he would take Ning Tian into the air without making any preparations.

The reason he dared to do this was because the system rules contained a clause.

The host could not directly or indirectly harm a client.

Neither directly nor indirectly meant that no action Yu Wuyi took could harm the client.

For example, if Ning Tian stood at the foot of a mountain while Yu Wuyi stood at the summit, then no matter how high he dropped a rock from or how large that rock was, it could not cause Ning Tian even the slightest injury.

The customer truly was god.

In other words, the force Yu Wuyi was exerting on Ning Tian right now could not harm her.

However, it was worth mentioning that if someone truly had a death wish and thought becoming Yu Wuyi's client meant Yu Wuyi could no longer do anything to them, they would probably be in for some suffering.

Because Yu Wuyi could unilaterally terminate the commission. At that point, whoever had courted death would have to endure the fury of making Yu Wuyi lose his commission reward.

The system ultimately existed to serve him, so naturally it would not let him suffer a loss.

Hmm...?

Ning Tian cautiously opened her eyes. What came into view was a sharply contoured white breastplate.

I'm okay?

The fierce wind blew against her face, but it didn't feel oppressive, and she could still breathe normally.

"Did that scare you?"

Yu Wuyi's teasing voice reached her ears, making her instinctively look toward the mech's head.

But all she saw was a cold faceplate. Even so, she could almost see the smug look on the boy's face behind it.

"Hmph!"

Ning Tian turned her head away, looking puffed up with anger.

Bad guy! He even likes bullying little kids!

But...

She unconsciously glanced sideways at Yu Wuyi.

He's really amazing. Is this armor a soul tool? But Teacher never mentioned that soul tools could look like this. Did he make it himself?

And even though he's moving so fast, I barely feel anything.

That senior protected me with soul power to offset that force before, but now I can't sense any soul power at all.

All sorts of questions sprouted endlessly like fresh bean shoots, along with these inexplicable phenomena.

Though Ning Tian was only ten, she knew quite a lot.

That only made Yu Wuyi seem increasingly mysterious in her eyes.

Suddenly, she realized something.

She still didn't know his name!

"May I ask... could you tell me your name?"

"Hm? Me?"

Who else could it be? Are there other people up here besides us?!

Ning Tian couldn't help but complain inwardly.

Yu Wuyi naturally noticed her speechless expression and answered with a smile.

"Just kidding. My name is Yu Wuyi. Yu as in fish swimming in water, and Wuyi means without memories."

Fish, without memories... what a strange name.

But for some reason, it suited him perfectly. Not only did he look strange, everything about him gave off a strange feeling.

"What's wrong with my name?"

This girl isn't thinking something bad, is she? She stopped talking as soon as she heard my name.

I spent ages coming up with that name for myself!

No, maybe it wasn't that long?

Hiss, I think I just came up with it because I suddenly wanted to eat fish...

"No, it's just that I've never heard that surname before."

Of course, Ning Tian couldn't say what she had just been thinking. Otherwise, this guy might just throw her down from here.

Although he had been quite friendly before, she somehow felt like he was the sort of person who would do that.

"Is that so? Maybe my surname is just pretty rare! Hahaha!"

Yu Wuyi hurriedly laughed it off, hiding his panic.

Damn it! I didn't think that much about it when I picked the name. Did I let her figure something out?

I've only just gotten started. With Sam, I'm no longer afraid of ordinary threats, but commissions aren't always available.

If someone comes knocking when I don't have a commission, then even if I'm invincible inside the Odd Jobs House, I'd still be trapped in there.

Should I cancel the commission now and throw her down?

At this height, no one would know I did it anyway.

But when he saw Ning Tian's dirty little face and ragged clothes, that thought suddenly faded away.

"Forget it."

I'll deal with whatever comes my way. I'll figure something out when the time comes. If I attacked a little girl over something so uncertain, I'd be no different from those people at the auction houses.

Forget it? Forget what? What happened?

Ning Tian was left stunned by his sudden, meaningless remark.

He says the strangest things... He really is a weird person.