Chapter 59: Standout
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Chapter 59: Standout
In the decades since hed arrived at the Holy Flame Sect hed been adamant about living in the same home. His three friends, Yuan Hu, Geng He, and Qui Hou, had long since been separated. Five years after he arrived at the Sect Yuan Hu stood out and got promoted to an Inner Court Disciple. In the following years Geng He, and Qui Hou joined him. The four still met to drink and reminisce, but they were on different trajectories. Sage was worried for their safety everytime they left on a training mission, but thankfully this was still the Holy Flame Sect and Professions were the priority, not combat. The Sects members needed to be strong to keep themselves safe, but it wasnt their overriding goal.
The Holy Flame Sect provided valuable services to the other Sects and kept their prices very competitive. There were many things that no other Sect had the manpower or expertise to create. If they charged too much it would draw the ire of those who needed their services and resented them for price gouging. If they lowered their prices too far they would undercut the market and other Professionals would gang up on them to break their monopoly. The Sect was constantly in a very delicate economic balancing act, which was at times just as tense as the all-out war that other Sects and Nations would face.
He tried to politely answer the first few questions, but after a few minutes the questions were coming so rapid fire he could barely say a single word before the next would be interviewer was demanding other information. The crowd had him surrounded all sides and continued to press closer. He started to feel the pressure weighing down on him, his breathing growing labored. There was way too many people and far too much attention, he didnt know how to handle it. Neither of his lives had prepared him for such attention. Hed only ever spoken in front of a small group before, speech classes in high school were only around thirty people. The pressure of nearly a hundred demanding so much from him sent him into a fluster.
Sage felt his vision growing blurry and his hearing getting fuzzy like he was about to have a panic attack. Suddenly, everything changed. The drone of voices become a gentle buzzing and all he could hear was the excited heartbeats of those around him. His vision seemed to shift, each of the people around him suddenly seeming to emit a hazy aura of colors. Most of them a vibrant red which his eyes seemed to pass over, his gaze immediately picking out the few emitting a cool green haze. At the same time his hearing seemed to filter their pulses out of the crowd, the rapid beating of excitement was not present. Three of them pushed through the crown and Sages instincts kicked in. Among a huge crowd of excited people, the few that were calm were the standouts. His tail coiled up beneath him as if for a strike and he started to bring his hands up for defense when he finally realized who the three that had broke through the crowd were. They pushed back all the eager journalists, fighting to be heard over the commotion before a deafening roar echoed out over them all. The sound sending a chill up the spine and frightening everyone into quiet stillness. They all felt like a Tiger was staring them down, daring them to move even the smallest muscle.
The momentary stillness gave the three time to form ranks around Sage and lead him quickly out of the crowd. They were of course his three former dorm mates, a trio of Elders that had stepped up to clear out the cause of the commotion and rescue their friend at the same time.
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Chapter 59: Standout
In the decades since hed arrived at the Holy Flame Sect hed been adamant about living in the same home. His three friends, Yuan Hu, Geng He, and Qui Hou, had long since been separated. Five years after he arrived at the Sect Yuan Hu stood out and got promoted to an Inner Court Disciple. In the following years Geng He, and Qui Hou joined him. The four still met to drink and reminisce, but they were on different trajectories. Sage was worried for their safety everytime they left on a training mission, but thankfully this was still the Holy Flame Sect and Professions were the priority, not combat. The Sects members needed to be strong to keep themselves safe, but it wasnt their overriding goal.
The Holy Flame Sect provided valuable services to the other Sects and kept their prices very competitive. There were many things that no other Sect had the manpower or expertise to create. If they charged too much it would draw the ire of those who needed their services and resented them for price gouging. If they lowered their prices too far they would undercut the market and other Professionals would gang up on them to break their monopoly. The Sect was constantly in a very delicate economic balancing act, which was at times just as tense as the all-out war that other Sects and Nations would face.
He tried to politely answer the first few questions, but after a few minutes the questions were coming so rapid fire he could barely say a single word before the next would be interviewer was demanding other information. The crowd had him surrounded all sides and continued to press closer. He started to feel the pressure weighing down on him, his breathing growing labored. There was way too many people and far too much attention, he didnt know how to handle it. Neither of his lives had prepared him for such attention. Hed only ever spoken in front of a small group before, speech classes in high school were only around thirty people. The pressure of nearly a hundred demanding so much from him sent him into a fluster.
Sage felt his vision growing blurry and his hearing getting fuzzy like he was about to have a panic attack. Suddenly, everything changed. The drone of voices become a gentle buzzing and all he could hear was the excited heartbeats of those around him. His vision seemed to shift, each of the people around him suddenly seeming to emit a hazy aura of colors. Most of them a vibrant red which his eyes seemed to pass over, his gaze immediately picking out the few emitting a cool green haze. At the same time his hearing seemed to filter their pulses out of the crowd, the rapid beating of excitement was not present. Three of them pushed through the crown and Sages instincts kicked in. Among a huge crowd of excited people, the few that were calm were the standouts. His tail coiled up beneath him as if for a strike and he started to bring his hands up for defense when he finally realized who the three that had broke through the crowd were. They pushed back all the eager journalists, fighting to be heard over the commotion before a deafening roar echoed out over them all. The sound sending a chill up the spine and frightening everyone into quiet stillness. They all felt like a Tiger was staring them down, daring them to move even the smallest muscle.
The momentary stillness gave the three time to form ranks around Sage and lead him quickly out of the crowd. They were of course his three former dorm mates, a trio of Elders that had stepped up to clear out the cause of the commotion and rescue their friend at the same time.
Chapter 59: StandoutIn the decades since hed arrived at the Holy Flame Sect hed been adamant about living in the same home. His three friends, Yuan Hu, Geng He, and Qui Hou, had long since been separated. Five years after he arrived at the Sect Yuan Hu stood out and got promoted to an Inner Court Disciple. In the following years Geng He, and Qui Hou joined him. The four still met to drink and reminisce, but they were on different trajectories. Sage was worried for their safety everytime they left on a training mission, but thankfully this was still the Holy Flame Sect and Professions were the priority, not combat. The Sects members needed to be strong to keep themselves safe, but it wasnt their overriding goal. The Holy Flame Sect provided valuable services to the other Sects and kept their prices very competitive. There were many things that no other Sect had the manpower or expertise to create. If they charged too much it would draw the ire of those who needed their services and resented them for price gouging. If they lowered their prices too far they would undercut the market and other Professionals would gang up on them to break their monopoly. The Sect was constantly in a very delicate economic balancing act, which was at times just as tense as the all-out war that other Sects and Nations would face.He tried to politely answer the first few questions, but after a few minutes the questions were coming so rapid fire he could barely say a single word before the next would be interviewer was demanding other information. The crowd had him surrounded all sides and continued to press closer. He started to feel the pressure weighing down on him, his breathing growing labored. There was way too many people and far too much attention, he didnt know how to handle it. Neither of his lives had prepared him for such attention. Hed only ever spoken in front of a small group before, speech classes in high school were only around thirty people. The pressure of nearly a hundred demanding so much from him sent him into a fluster. Sage felt his vision growing blurry and his hearing getting fuzzy like he was about to have a panic attack. Suddenly, everything changed. The drone of voices become a gentle buzzing and all he could hear was the excited heartbeats of those around him. His vision seemed to shift, each of the people around him suddenly seeming to emit a hazy aura of colors. Most of them a vibrant red which his eyes seemed to pass over, his gaze immediately picking out the few emitting a cool green haze. At the same time his hearing seemed to filter their pulses out of the crowd, the rapid beating of excitement was not present. Three of them pushed through the crown and Sages instincts kicked in. Among a huge crowd of excited people, the few that were calm were the standouts. His tail coiled up beneath him as if for a strike and he started to bring his hands up for defense when he finally realized who the three that had broke through the crowd were. They pushed back all the eager journalists, fighting to be heard over the commotion before a deafening roar echoed out over them all. The sound sending a chill up the spine and frightening everyone into quiet stillness. They all felt like a Tiger was staring them down, daring them to move even the smallest muscle. The momentary stillness gave the three time to form ranks around Sage and lead him quickly out of the crowd. They were of course his three former dorm mates, a trio of Elders that had stepped up to clear out the cause of the commotion and rescue their friend at the same time.
