after levi left, he went back to his room. when he got inside, he started to cough uncontrollably. blood along with bits and pieces of his organs was coughed up. without any thought, he took out the elixir and drank it. after drinking it, a warmth spread throughout his body.it went from warm then got hotter and hotter, making him wince in pain. unbeknownst to him, some black tattoo"s appeared on his chest and arms before fading away. after a while his body cooled down, leaving him sprawled on the ground. he couldn"t even muster the strength crawl onto the bed.
next day. morning.
levi woke up and found that his cloths were soaked with sweat. he got up and went to bathe. just as he was about to walk through the door, a voice boomed in his head.
"Blood flame! the blood flame is one of the most powerful flames in existence! if compared to true dragon flames, it wouldn"t loose out!" the voice gave him a headache. "what blood flame? f.u.c.king h.e.l.l, now voices in my head are saying random things." levi sighed.
since he was already covered in sweat, levi decided to exercise first. after bathing, he got something to eat and then started to walk around the sect aimlessly. then he had a thought. "that old man always has something for me to do." so he headed towards the sect master"s hall.
when he got there the sect master was sitting in his chair with his eyes closed. he heard someone come in but didn"t open them. "oh, my dear disciple, do you need something?" he asked with his eyes now slightly opened. "old man, give me something to do." levi said. "hey, hey, hey, shouldn"t you be calling me master?" the sect master opened his eyes fully and stared at levi.
"no one else is here, why would i call you master?" levi asked coldly. "sigh, you"re just a living block of ice aren"t you?" the sect master sighed. levi kept silent. "well, the 5 year Tournament is coming up, you can go if you want." he glanced at levi. "5 year Tournament?" levi asked doubtfully.
"the 5 year tournament, as it"s name suggest, is held every 5 years. all of the sects go to an arena that was built for the tournament and the disciples do some "friendly" sparing. it"s in 4 months." the sect master explained. "not interested." levi instantly rejected the idea. "hold on now! there are rewards for the top 3 disciples!" the sect master hastily said.
"rewards? even if they are rewards, 4 months is too long. i want something to do now." levi said. "then, do you want to go to desolate mountain?" the sect master thought for a while before asking. "desolate mountain? what"s that?" levi asked. "desolate mountain has a lot of deadly creatures, it"s called desolate mountain because no one goes there. sometimes disciples go there to train." he explained.
"didn"t you say no one goes there? now you"re telling me that disciples go there to train? old man, are you taking me for a fool?" levi asked. "not normal disciples. no inner or outer sect disciples would be able to survive there. i"m talking about the elite disciples." the sect master explained with a slight smile.
"ok, i"ll go." levi thought for a while before deciding. "what!? didn"t you just hear what i said? only elite disciples go there and come back alive! some even come back missing limbs!" the sect master shouted. "dammit! i underestimated this icy little brat! i only told him about desolate mountain to scare him into quietly waiting for the 5 year tournament! f.u.c.k!" he thought.
"so? the deadlier it is, the better it is for me!" levi said. "hey, hey, hey, don"t be c.o.c.ky just because you broke through to the 2 qi refining level because of that elixir! obediently stay inside the sect until the tournament!" the sect master shouted. "are there any powerful beast in desolate mountain?" levi suddenly asked.
"yes? why do you ask?" the sect master asked, confused. "then i"m going." levi said coldly then turned around and left. the sect master sat back in his seat, then a voice boomed across the whole demonic G.o.d sect. "I SCREWED UP!" it said.
after levi left, he walked around the sect aimlessly before finding himself inside the herb hall once again. since he found himself in this place for a second time, he decided to look around. surprisingly there was a book shelf in a corner. levi picked up a book called "pill refining: beginners", he flipped through the book before putting it back.
he went and bought some herbs and rented one of those rooms with giant cauldrons. he had about 25,000 gold coins and 17,000 silver coins, he wondered why he picked up both gold and silver coins from the tomb, but what was done, was done. when he got into the room, he put the slightly withered herbs on the small table.
"according to the book, you can make a fire using qi...." he mumbled. he had to try a few times before being able to do it. after lighting the fire, he put one of the five herbs into the cauldron. the herb was burnt away, leaving a pale green liquid floating. he had sweat on his forehead. using qi to both control the fire and keep the herbs floating was too much for him with his current strength.
one after the other, he put the herbs in. at this point his cloths were soaked with sweat and he was panting heavily. he was trying his best to mix the liquids together and form the pill. the qi in his meridians was circulating at an alarming rate, drawing in more qi.
at this moment, a strange smell wafted out of the cauldron. levi didn"t even notice the smell as he dropped to the ground from exhaustion. even with the qi circulating at full speed, it still took him twenty minutes to get back less than half of the qi he had.
he got up and looked inside the cauldron, then put his hand inside and picked up something from the bottom. what he pulled out didn"t even look like a pill, it had b.u.mps on the surface and was giving off a weird smell. it looked nothing like the qi returning pill he saw in the book. he just forced it into the spatial ring and decided leave for the day. when he left, a flicker of red fire appeared in the cauldron before disappearing.
levi went to his room to get a clean robe before going to take a bath. at this point, even i don"t know how many cloths he has. after bathing he didn"t go back to his room, instead he found a tree and sat in it. he looked up at the stars, his expression still cold. "you will belong to me, one day." he mumbled.
after sitting silently for a while, he got up and went back to his room. as soon as his body made contact with the bed, he fell asleep.