The Blood King

just as he walked pa.s.s them, the disciple shouted. "ah! he was there too! he"s that little demon!" he pointed to levi. the middle aged man turned and looked at levi as if trying to remember his face. levi didn"t even stop to look at them, he just kept walking.

lev went to his room to get a clean sect robe and left to take a bath. when he got out of his room, he saw ryan talking to ava. they also saw him. "liam! why didn"t you come when i called?!" ava said as she pouted. levi stopped and turned around. when they saw his eyes they froze. golden with black slits down the middle.

"i think you people are misunderstanding something. i traveled and interacted with you so that i would be able to get into this sect, otherwise i wouldn"t have a.s.sociated myself with the likes of you. i have no interest in playing family or making friends. so when you see me, don"t talk to me." his voice cold, he turned around and left.

ava and ryan were both shaking. "it seems the eyes i got from the snake bloodline has a intimidation effect?" he thought. after bathing, he went straight towards the mission hall. as it was evening, not a lot of people were inside. he walked up to the counter and took out the mission.

"did you fail the mission?" the old man asked. silently, levi took out the bone cleansing gra.s.s. when the man saw it, his eyes sparkled. "where did you get this bone tempering gra.s.s from?" he asked excitedly. "bone tempering gra.s.s?"levi"s cold voice had a hint of confusion. "after a few hundred years of growing in an extremely poisonous location, bone cleansing gra.s.s would turn into bone tempering gra.s.s!" the man explained.

"so does that mean i fail the mission?" levi asked calmly. he didn"t really care about taking these missions anyway. "what? why would you fail? you will be rewarded with the amount mentioned on the mission and the actual price of this bone tempering gra.s.s! so in total, it will be 1,100 silver coins! you can buy things for cultivation within the sect, the sect can"t provide you disciples with everything for free after all!" the man explained.

"then i"ll take the money now." levi said. thunk! a pouch of silver coins were dropped on the table. levi picked it up and counted the money before putting it into his pocket. he didn"t want to use the spatial ring in front of people, it might cause problems.

"then i"ll be taking my leave." levi turned around and walked out of the mission hall. the man seemed to remember something as he facepalmed. " i forgot to ask where he got the bone tempering gra.s.s from! and why did he look so weird when walking out? almost like a snake!" he mumbled.

levi was going back to his room when he remembered the poison fruit that was still in his possession. he thought for a while before deciding to go back to the enlightenment forest. that man might be able to identify this fruit. although he was still worried about whether or not the man would want to take it for himself, if he didn"t know the fruit"s purpose, what would be the point of keeping it?

after a while of walking, he found himself in the little forest once again. all of a sudden, little b.a.l.l.s of light began rising out of the trees. "thank....you.." a soothing voice made it"s way to his ears. when he came back to his senses the lights were already gone. "thank you? what does that mean? whatever, it doesn"t look like that old man is here, so i"ll just go back."

"oh? you were looking for me?" just as he turned around, a voice rang out. "old man, is it fun to appear out of nowhere like that?" levi turned around. "hahaha, doesn"t it make me seem mysterious?" he laughed. "no. it just makes you more annoying." levi said coldly.

"so, what did you want?" the man asked. " i found a fruit in a cave and wanted to see if you knew what it was." levi replied calmly. "oh? is that all? take it out then." the man looked at levi. "i can"t take it out here, it will kill the trees." he said. "oh?" the man lightly wave his hand.

in the next instant, they were inside of a large, dimly lit hall. "can you take it out here then?" the man asked. levi said nothing as he put his hand into his robes and touched the ring, he didn"t want people to know about the spatial ring. he pulled out the whole plant with a purple fruit.

"oh? is that...." the man"s eyes widened in surprise. "divine poison fruit?" he continued. "what"s that?" levi asked. "it was said that once upon a time there was a divine poison master. his poison was so strong that even the G.o.ds didn"t dare to fight him. when he died, surprisingly, a plant grew from his poisonous body. the plant grew a purple fruit that gave off an extremely powerful poisonous aura. it was so strong that the kingdom that it grew in was completely wiped out from just the aura alone."

levi listened without saying anything, his expression didn"t change either. " that fruit in you hands is probably a divine poison fruit. wait, does that mean that-" before he could continue, someone came running into the hall. "sect master! something has happened!" it looked like an elder of the sect.

"what"s the matter?" the man asked. levi was shocked, "this old man is the sect master?!" he thought. " the poison fog has dissapeared!" the elder said, voice trembling. "what!? what do you mean?" the sect master was shocked. he turned and looked at the fruit in levi"s hand. "so it is..." he mumbled.

"this is good! that pesky poison is gone!" the elder shouted happily. "don"t get excited to quickly. although the poison gas was a nuisance, it also kept the sect safe for a long time." the sect master suddenly said. "huh?" the elder looked at him strangely.

" the demonic G.o.d sect has a lot of enemies. those "righteous" sects wanted to get rid of us for a while. we also had a few disputes with other sects in the past, but even though they wanted to attack us, the poison gas prevented it. but now that it"s gone, we"re probably going to see those sects soon." the sect master said while looking at the divine poison fruit.

the elder had a shocked expression on his face. "this..." he couldn"t say anything else. the sect master looked at levi, his lips curling into a smile. "why..." he paused for a while. "don"t you become my disciple?" he asked. the elder was shocked once more, he finally realised there was someone else in the room.

"i refuse." levi"s cold voice rang out instantly. "you replied pretty fast. why? most people would jump at the chance to become my disciple." the sect master asked. " if i become the disciple of a sect master, i would have to be forever loyal to this sect. if the sect dies, i die with it. but the only person i"m forever loyal to is myself, i don"t care about anyone other than myself." levi said coldly.

the elder was shocked and angry. "you ungrateful brat! how can you call yourself a disciple of the sect?" he shouted. levi"s golden eyes locked on to the elder, which made the latter stiffen a little. " what i have right now is a result of my own work. what does it have to do with this sect?" levi questioned.

"you..." the elder couldn"t find anything to say. " i also don"t do things without getting something in return. and if i become your disciple and something happens to this sect, i will be the first person to leave. the only person worth risking my life for, is myself." levi turned toward the sect master.

surprisingly the sect master"s expression didn"t change. "you don"t have to worry about those things. if you become my disciple, you will get the benefits without any of the restrictions." he said smilingly. "fine then, master." levi cupped his fist, but he didn"t bow.

the elder saw this and the vein on his forehead almost burst. "sect master, you.." just as he was saying something levi threw the divine poison fruit to the sect master and walked out of the hall. the sect master sealed the poisonous aura and held the fruit in his hand while looking in the direction levi dissapeared in.

"sect master, how can you let someone like that become your disciple?! he.." he was cut off. "what kind of skill do you think he cultivates?" the sect master suddenly asked. "this.. i don"t know..." the elder replied truthfully. "i don"t know either. yesterday i found him cultivating in the enlightenment forest and yet he is still sane." he said.

"what?! that"s imp-" the elder was cut off once again. "also, yesterday when i saw him, his eyes were black. but now, they"re golden. he also walks in a weird way, almost like a snake." he continued. the elder was silent with shock, so the sect master continued. "also with his cold personality, if something were to happen to the demonic G.o.d sect, at least he would survive. even if he doesn"t get revenge for the sect, at least the demonic G.o.d sect wouldn"t die out completely. so in my opinion, he is the most worthy person to become my disciple." he explained.

"i-i understand. i didn"t think about it like that..." the elder said. the sect master went to sit. " he is also the person that found this divine poison fruit. his luck is good, though i wonder how he got close enough to pick it." the sect master mumbled.