Description Divine Emperor of Death

      Tian Long was born an orphan. He led his life in misery while out of nowhere, he chanced upon a Death Note, killing his only enemy who was the cause for his misery. After a series of planning and action, he managed to cross worlds together with his Death Note.

     He has no attachments regarding Earth. He has no grand sense of justice, he just follows his heart and does whatever he thinks is right. Join...

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     201 Forest of Kyle

      "Then who could he be?" Lucia muttered but her eyes blazed with fury.

     Even if he was the Prince of a King Grade Empire, she was still determined to take her revenge one day, and shred him to pieces.

     "Actually... Who were those people? Why would they try to hold hostile intent against you two?" Although Davis had an opinion, he wanted to verify it.

     "They stand in opposition to our father, and belong under the wing of Vice-Leader Jawan." Lucas nonchalantly said while spreading his hands.

     "Fools think that they can take over our Cloud Spring Mercenaries. Who knows when they would touch upon the wrath of our father?" Lucia faintly smiled at him.

     In her view, her father was all-powerful. It was probably the case with Lucas as well.

     Davis nodded his head and didn't voice out his opinion. The last thing he wanted to do was get involved in an internal struggle.

     "I feel reluctant to part with my loot but since you two obeyed my commands, I'll share one-third of my loot with you," Davis brushed off the topic as he took out 6 Spirit Beast Stage Magical Beast Cores.

     Looking at his gesture, they both were stunned.

     Lucia smiled and shook her head, "Davis, we don't need it. It's better if you have those. As for us, we have our backing..."

     Davis blinked, "Is that so?"

     Just when he thought of storing it back, Lucas interrupted, "We'll accept it!"

     Davis looked and gave the six cores to him.

     "Lucia, once we turn sixteen, we have to take care of ourselves. We would not be entitled to free resources anymore. Besides, in a few months, we would have to leave for Falling Snow Sect. At that time, we would have to compete for resources like everyone else."

     A teasing smile sprung up on Lucas's face, "Do you really want to decline his kind intentions?"

     Lucia's face turned red from embarrassment. She hatefully glared at him before snatching three of the cores from his hand.

     "Where are your manners?" Lucas was enjoying it while he could.

     Lucia trembled slightly as she felt her pride taking a huge hit, "Thank you, Davis..."

     Davis revealed a smile on his face on hearing her meek voice.

     Then he spoke, "Now that we've taken care of the Five-Clawed Rats, I suggest we return to the headquarters to complete the mission and continue..."

     "No... that's roundabout. We can go hunt the Steel Back Boars in the Forest of Kyle and then head northwest to a Kingdom named the Uriel Kingdom. There we have a branch of Cloud Spring Mercenaries, so it's possible for us to submit and complete the mission there!" Lucas cut off Davis and explained.

     'Ah! They finally proved themselves useful...' Davis thought about it for a moment before nodding his head.

     .....

     After finishing formalities with the head guard of Jie Ming Town, they left the place, heading north.

     They crossed three to four towns and left Loseris Kingdom's border before they arrived at the Forest of Kyle.

     "Elder Brother, stop staring at her!" Lucia slapped Lucas's head causing him to flinch.

     "Hey! It's not like I'm going to become a depraved person like the exiled prince! Stop hitting me!" Lucas pointed at her and shouted.

     "Hmph! You can't fool me! The way you were staring at her twin peaks were obvious. Besides, why are you bringing that debauched man into the conversation? Do you want to die?" Lucia narrowed her eyes and twisted her fists.

     "Alright, you two, stop fighting." Davis tiredly uttered as he moved forwards.

     They both glanced at each other and harrumphed in displeasure. This was already the umpteenth time they were constantly fighting with each other.

     Davis had long ago guessed the reason they were fighting with each other. It was mostly because of Lucas, who humiliated Lucia in front of him. He could tell the Lucia was being childish and to this, he could only shake his head.

     As for the Exiled Prince, they passed through a rather poor city and managed to see the City Lord passing by the road in a carriage with a bevy of beauties on his lap and arms.

     Davis could tell that the City Lord had a Cultivation at the Peak of Fourth Stage while also living the life of debauchery.

     Lucas then informed him that he was the exiled prince of the Low-Level Sky Grade Kingdom named, Uriel Kingdom.

     Evidently, the Exiled Prince plucked the yin of a Marquis's daughter, which in turn caused the whole Marquis's Family to rebel.

     Even though they managed to survive it with few casualties, it caused a storm of bad reputation to circulate in the surrounding regions causing the royal family to want to strangle him to death.

     But since he was the Crown Prince and the favorite of the King at that time, he was just exiled to be the lord of a mere City.

     Lucia unmistakably used him as an example to make trouble with Lucas and get revenge for the humiliation she received before.

     But the reason for their verbal battle now?

     Davis looked at the beauty standing in front of them alongside a group of mercenaries.

     She looked incredibly busty with naturally endowed curves even while wearing the Cloud Spring Mercenaries uniform.

     Her face was far from average and her demeanor commanded respect from the whole group, yet their eyes couldn't help but fall on her from time to time.

     To this woman whose charm brought the surrounding eyes to fall on her, Davis silently mused, 'Femme Fatale...'

     They were quite a distance from that group.

     "Tch, they had already started hunting way before us. I hope there are quite a few Steel Back Boars left in the forest or we would have come in vain..." Lucia muttered in a displeased tone.

     She then secretly glanced at her budding chest before heaving a sigh of relief.

     A few seconds later, they could see the group approach them while the woman of their topic, led the group in their direction.

     "Young Master Lucas and Young Miss Lucia, I didn't think you two would come here. Are you also here to hunt Steel Back Boars?"

     Davis was stunned after hearing her voice which sounded melodious to the extreme. If possible, it made him want to listen to this voice all his life.

     "Miss Ophelia, please don't tease me with your charm arts. My legs are already getting weak from your voice..." Lucas muttered as his legs trembled while exposing an ugly smile on his face.

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     202 Charm Arts

      "Who is this young man?" Ophelia's tender eyes flashed as she noticed Davis who was not at all fazed by her Charm Arts.

     "He is our friend, Davis." Lucas replied meekly and added, "Also, don't call us Young Master or Young Miss, we do not belong to a family or clan."

     Ophelia shook her head, "You do have a point but one day, you'll be forced to disband and create a place for yourselves. At that time, whether if you're a young master or a prince, it doesn't matter, right?"

     "Yes, yes, yes! Now stop it please!" Lucas whined while he urged.

     "Haha! Alright fine..." Ophelia gently laughed and stopped using her charm arts.

     Davis couldn't understand the effects of the charm she cast on Lucas because of his powerful soul. He slightly cast his glance towards Lucas and was appalled to see his pants bulge, 'Getting turned on by just hearing her normal voice?'

     "Hmm... With your group's strength, you should be about to hunt many Sky Beast Stage Steel Back Boars since we hunted most of the Spirit Beast Stage ones..." Ophelia muttered casually, giving off a pure smile that gave an artistic view to the environment in the eyes of the surrounding men.

     "I thank Miss Ophelia for indirectly helping us..." Lucia replied with a fake smile on her face, not at all amused by her foxy demeanor.

     "I see, then I'll see you three at the headquarters..."

     She then casually moved away along with her group, finally causing Lucas to relax.

     Davis looked at him and asked, "What exactly did she do to you?"

     Lucas blinked as he looked exasperated, "You were unaffected?"

     Davis just nodded while his sister disdainfully glanced at Lucas.

     Seeing his gesture, Lucas became even more resolved to train his soul, "I was once caught staring at her peaks by her. So, from then on, whenever she sees me, she casts Charm Arts to tease me a lot."

     "It can't be..." Lucia muttered with disbelief

     Lucas revealed a wry smile, "Well, its probably because I kept staring at her even after I got caught, hehe..."

     "You mean to say that you didn't learn your lesson?" Lucia exasperatedly questioned.

     "Hmph! Since she dares to tease me, I'll continue to stare at her!" Lucas vigorously replied.

     "Shameless!" Lucia disgustingly muttered while Davis also couldn't help but admire this fellow.

     So brazen?

     Davis also had another doubt on his mind, "Why didn't Lucia get affected?"

     "Charm effects only works mostly on the opposite gender... I haven't heard any charm arts capable of affecting the same gender." Lucia replied smilingly.

     Davis nodded but didn't totally believe in this, otherwise, there wouldn't have been gay or lesbians in the third layer; Planet Earth.

     Maybe these two didn't know much about Charm Arts, so he didn't ask anymore.

     "Elder Brother, you really should stop staring at her or else ninth brother would turn you into meat paste..." Lucia suddenly said, her face looked quite sinister if one were to see her expression.

     Lucas shivered! This expression! She was definitely going to snitch on him to ninth brother!

     "Okay, okay! I'll stop! I'll be a good brother, so please leave me some leeway, okay?" Lucas smilingly gave up.

     "So, that Ophelia is your ninth brother's woman?" Davis asked, a little doubtful.

     "Huh... Ninth Brother loves her but she doesn't reciprocate his feeling..." Lucas awkwardly smiled and looked at Lucia.

     She still wore that sinister smile on her face.

     "Alright, elder brother is wrong..." Lucas apologized and silently gave up but cursed his demonic little sister in his mind.

     Lucia laughed as she exposed a smug face, thinking she won the verbal battle this time.

     Thus, after the small encounter, they continued walking into the forest while Davis released his Soul Sense slowly, scouting the area around.

     Suddenly, he sensed a huge presence hiding in a cave which immediately made him shut off his Soul Sense!

     He looked at the two of them and muttered, "Let's not head east to hunt in this 50km radius..."

     They didn't ask anything but nodded their heads.

     "Alright, we'll meet here before the sunsets. Any questions?" Davis asked because he wanted to go solo!

     Lucia asked with a confused expression on her face, "Hmm... Isn't this dangerous?

     "It's fine. I checked the surrounding 50 kilometers, so there's no danger in the outer part of the Forest of Kyle. Besides, it seems that Ophelia's team cleared out those Spirit Beast Stage counterparts of our target. Just don't head east, and it's not like I forbade you two from teaming up, right?" Davis shook his head and left.

     Then, those two also left to hunt down those Steel Back Boars.

     .....

     As time passed by gradually, the rays of the sun disappeared into the horizon.

     Davis slowly walked to the point where they left, his spatial ring filled with the corpses and cores of Steel Back Boars.

     Once he made it over, he saw both of them approaching in battered clothes.

     He laughed at their figures and sat down on a rock, "What kind of careless mistake did you two make?"

     Of course, Davis naturally knew what happened to them because he had his Soul Sense occasionally sweep over their direction while hunting.

     "Lucia messed up..." Lucas muttered under his breath.

     Lucia glared at him but then turned embarrassed once she thought of what happened.

     "Alright, settle down!" Davis casually muttered and set up a campfire.

     He took out the Steel Back Boar Corpse.

     It was the size of a normal adult tiger, its back didn't seem like it had any flesh because it was covered with a metal that looked like steel.

     "Lucia, dismember it..."

     She nodded and used her wind energy to cut it into pieces.

     "Clean it, Lucas." Davis gave the next command.

     Lucas worked on it while using his water energy.

     Later, they fixed the Boar above the campfire and roasted it before eating.

     This is how they hunted in the wild and ate during their travel. Davis was sure that if they continued like this, they wouldn't even need to be commanded before they did their job.

     As they slowly ate, tasting the succulent meat, Lucia stared at the fire before her like she was in an absent-minded state.

     "What's wrong, Lucia?" Davis questioned on noticing her lost look.

     Even though he worried about being a caretaker if he took both of them with him, unfortunately, he still became one inadvertently.

     Lucia became startled. As soon as she understood the question, she recalled her thoughts and blushed.

     Beside her, Lucas also stopped eating but didn't say anything else as he only secretly laughed, afraid that he might anger her again.

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     203 Narrow Escape

      "It's nothing..." Lucia made a sound of refuting and shook her head as she hid her blush by controlling her emotions.

     "Hmm?" Davis frowned.

     Although he knew how they got battered, he didn't know the cause of it since his Soul Sense was only concentrating on those two's well being.

     So he was more or less curious about what had happened at that time.

     "Oh, come on, Lucia. Didn't you ask me? Maybe Davis will have the answer." Lucas provoked her while secretly holding back his suppressed laughter, and this time his gaze eyed Davis aiming to embarrass him.

     "Go ahead, if it is within my knowledge, I can answer any question that might bother you..." Davis uttered with a confident expression on his face.

     Glancing at that, Lucas turned jubilant as he sneered, 'Even I don't dare to answer her! Let's see how you answer her when you've not even witnessed those acts!'

     Lucia hesitated for a moment but still shook her head, "There is no way you would know..." But then her eyes suddenly brightened, "Wait! Didn't you say you live in the mountains or forests? So you should know about it..."

     Her latter sentence came as a mutter.

     Davis nodded patiently but thought confusedly, 'Why is she beating around the bush for?'

     "Then do you know why two Steel Back Boars rammed their bodies at each other's front while emitting weird cries? Were they fighting?" Lucia's mouth opened, her face was straight laden with a serious expression.

     The atmosphere suddenly went silent.

     Davis suddenly had a reminiscent feeling of deja vu flashing past his mind. This familiar yet a different kind of question... Davis sighed as he glared.

     "What are you staring at me for?" Lucia questioned meekly, not able to understand why he looked at her like that.

     "Maybe you should ask your brother, no?" Davis smiled faintly. Now he understood why Lucas threw the question to him.

     Lucas shook his head heavily, "I don't know!" But muttered inwardly under his breath, 'She obviously couldn't connect that with our parent's nightly affairs! If I let her know then she will attack me from embarrassment!'

     Narrowing his eyes, Davis cursed in his mind, 'Bastard! You clearly knew but making me explain it to a young girl!? You're unscrupulous!'

     He certainly didn't want to taint this pure soul into the world of adults. In fact, he was astonished to see this 14-year-old girl not aware of these matters of the world despite living in a place where many people existed, how could it be possible?

     Maybe it was because she was extremely sheltered? He didn't know...

     "Lucas! You better explain it to her later! Or else when she grows up, she might get hoodwinked by some young master..." Davis told with a calm expression on his face but inwardly sneered.

     Lucas grew stunned because he didn't think that far ahead.

     "You two!!" A shout echoed out in the middle of their conversation.

     "Explain it to me! Why are you two acting like this?" Seeing them behave in a strange manner, Lucia got confused.

     She also got angered that these two know about this matter yet she didn't. She felt that this was unfair and they were keeping secrets from her.

     Lucas didn't even hear her words, instead, the words Davis uttered echoed in his mind.

     He suddenly looked at her and seriously explained, "Lucia..."

     A minute or two passed by the time he finished explaining it to her.

     Lucia's expression turned red, yet she didn't act flustered, "But... But Father and Mother were only just placing their lips on each other..."

     Lucas sighed and confessed, "It's only an illusion formation set up by our father, it'll only show what you want to see in that place..."

     Davis silently laughed before he jumped up on a thick branch and sat down in the lotus position, "I'm going to cultivate..."

     Lucia almost cried when she looked at her brother, "Why didn't you say this before!? It's your fault for making me say embarrassing things!"

     Lucas wryly smiled. That's why he wasn't interested in his parent's nightly affairs but only accompanied Lucia since she seemed to want to know more about it.

     Now, he expected Davis to be embarrassed about this matter but instead, he was warned about needing to explain it to Lucia for her safety.

     He totally didn't expect the tables to have turned on him.

     Looking up at the sky, he sighed, 'Maybe I'll suffer for two or three days from her fists...'

     A few minutes passed in awkward silence before Davis opened his eyes immediately and jumped down.

     "We're leaving!" He quickly came towards Lucia and Lucas, grabbed the both of them and left swiftly in the direction of the setting dawn.

     A few minutes later, the trees shook while the ground quaked from tremors at the spot where Davis left.

     A huge silhouette appeared near the campfire and growled heavily that echoed throughout the forest.

     The nearby Magical Beasts scrambled for a place to hide, fearing for their lives.

     The huge wolf-like Magical Beast looked at the roasted Steel Back Boar as it approached and then it glanced in the direction where Davis left before it started to devour the remaining piece of roasted flesh.

     Then it looked in the direction of east before it took off.

     ...

     Hearing the growl, Lucia and Lucas's heart skipped a beat for a moment.

     Davis suddenly uttered, "A Peak-Level Grand Beast Stage Magical Beast..."

     Both of them shuddered a little before heaving a sigh of relief.

     They both understood that if they left a little late, the Magical Beast would've been on their trail.

     Davis narrowed his brows, "A Fifth Stage Magical Beast that should have been in the inner part of the forest. For what reason did it come to the outer part..."

     He had no idea, so he thought of using his Soul Sense but decided against it since the magical beast might get offended and come after them.

     Little did he know that it hurried off to hunt the presence in the cave he detected earlier.

     After deciding not to stay there anymore, they continued their journey in the night time by circling through the outer zone of the forest.

     With Davis around, they managed to avoid most of the Magical Beasts which were on their hunt or hibernation.

     In the span of a single night, they exited Kyle Forest and made their way north, successfully entering the border of Uriel Kingdom.

     They continued their journey for a full day before they arrived at the capital of the Uriel Kingdom.

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     204 High-Level Adult Soul Stage

      The capital was named as Jeras City since the time Prince Jeras Uriel ascended the throne as a King.

     Entering the city cost them a toll of 10 Purple Coins each, but none of them were poor, so they easily paid off the toll.

     As they saw the buildings, Davis nodded his head in satisfaction.

     Unlike the towns which had roads that were not clean, the roads here were built to showcase their wealth and grandeur.

     In terms of looks, it was not any worse than the modern roads in the third layer; Planet Earth.

     The road was wide enough for about six carriages to pass through side by side at the same time. On each side of the road were lanterns that would burn brightly at the night, illuminating the city.

     The buildings were at least three stories high with the tallest being nine stories high.

     Numerous Magical Beasts were used as mounts and even pets, but the latter was rare.

     Davis looked at the sight with admiration. It was entirely different from what he had expected, it was filled with a cultural significance and even some form of resemblance to civility as almost everyone was dressed courteously.

     Of course, he knew better that the clothes don't make up the character in most cases.

     After crossing the second layer to the first layer, it was the first time he was reminded of the brightly lit streets of the modern world.

     There were no peddlers or street vendors in his line of view but only shops which were visible on the ground floor of some buildings.

     Lucas then said that he had already visited this place once and opted to show them around the place before heading to the Cloud Spring Mercenaries Branch.

     When they finally finished sightseeing around the city for a whole afternoon, they headed to their Cloud Spring Mercenaries Branch.

     Once they reached the Cloud Spring Mercenaries Branch building, they easily entered and submitted their mission without facing any difficulties.

     The building itself was a nine-story building with plenty of empty rooms for them to stay.

     And because Lucas and Lucia were present, the Branch Manager present gifted them two VIP rooms on the 9th floor to stay. After all, who wouldn't want to give face to the Leader's descendants? If not, they would be courting death.

     Many mercenaries felt jealous and envious of Davis because they had thought that he had gotten in the good books of the Lucas and Lucia.

     Lucas and Lucia settled down in a single room and politely handed over the key of the other VIP room to Davis.

     Davis didn't stand on ceremony and gladly accepted their goodwill.

     ...

     After Davis entered his room, the first thing he did was take a bath.

     The bath was only wide as a small pond.

     He slowly removed his clothes and stepped into the warm water.

     "Hmm? The water is imbued with heaven and earth energy... As expected of a VIP room..." Davis slowly moaned as he could literally feel the stress and tiredness washing away from his body.

     He pleasantly closed his eyes and concentrated on the feeling of relief which caused him to take a deep breath of the unique aroma of the water.

     Softly laying in the pond, Davis started recollecting the past.

     He looked at the slowly setting sun in the west through the window and couldn't understand how a sun could exist in this place.

     He was almost sure that in the second layer, the Sun and Moon existed and were able to shine in the Grand Sea Continent because the continent was flat.

     Then what about the third layer? Was it also flat? Was the Sun in the third layer so big that it cover the whole massive continent landmass?

     He found his knowledge to be extremely lacking, not only in this aspect but also in everything.

     Charm Arts didn't exist in the second layer according to his knowledge but it was present here and was used without being ostracized.

     The Cultivation Manuals here were ranked the same except it was completely different than the ones in the second layer. He knew this because he had gone through the Cultivation Manuals robbed from Young Master Jackson.

     The strong proactively controlled the weak, yet the weak continue to either bide their time so they can counter-attack or stay low till they die.

     Thinking of all the people who are currently living their lives in this world, Davis smiled.

     What new encounters would he have in this life?

     He couldn't help but thank his previous loner-self for making the decision to believe in that fantasy-like nonsense while choosing to devote his remaining life to transmigrate.

     Suddenly, he couldn't help but think what kind of life he would have lived if he hadn't known about the way to transmigrate.

     Would he have spent his life in loneliness? Would he make a harem for himself and enjoy his measly remaining short time with the Death Book? Or would he marry a single person like any other normal modern man would and live his life while giving a cold shoulder to everyone else?

     The more he thought about it, the more he felt thankful for coming to this world.

     In such a short period of time, he was able to come out of his misery and think positively for once in a while because of someone; his mother.

     If he hadn't met Claire, he would have remained cold. If he hadn't felt that he was part of her family, he would have remained extremely selfish and isolated.

     Although he still retained the above traits, it was minuscule when compared to his previous life on Planet Earth.

     Thinking about all this, Davis looked very refreshed as he glanced at the setting sun from the room on the ninth floor of the building.

     He felt as if the dusk symbolized the loneliness he felt from the very beginning of his life, slowly growing up till he found his family, which is the dawn that eventually will rise tomorrow.

     A smile eventually crept up to his face as he sank inside the pond and sat crossed leg on the surface.

     His soul which was stuck in a bottleneck since the last time he broke through, displayed signs of loosening.

     In his Soul Sea, the souls of the Magical Beasts that he hunted were slowly being refined by the dark-like energy before being fed to his soul.

     His soul essence which was illuminated in bright light tinged with dark spots of deathly aura, slightly grew in size as time passed by.

     He could very clearly hear his soul letting out shouts of joy as it devoured the refined clouds of soul essences, as if it could feel emotions of its own, but he knew that this feeling was entirely his own.

     A few hours later, the smile that was still on his face was slowly replaced with a calm expression.

     As he checked his soul, he verified that he had successfully stepped into the High-Level Adult Soul Stage.

     "It's only been three months from the time I reached Mid-Level Adult Soul Stage, yet I broke through the next level in a frightening speed..." Davis muttered in a satisfied tone.

     "You should remember who you should be thanking then..." Suddenly, a voice came with a sneer which was extremely familiar to him.

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     205 Mid-Level Silver Stage

      Davis wasn't startled at its sudden intrusion, instead, he chuckled for a moment before he uttered, "Thank you..."

     The familiar voice went silent before it replied, "I could feel your soul's emotions for a while now, and this feeling is entirely new to me."

     Davis blinked, 'I thought so...'

     "Why didn't you tell me before?"

     "Because I didn't know what it was before."

     Hearing its reply, he nodded in understanding. The Death Book had spoken to him as if depicting emotions but he truly doubted it since it didn't seem to understand his actions.

     Now, it seemed like it was slowly gaining emotions through the growth of his soul from the time it merged with his soul; or to be exact, his growth of Soul Forging Cultivation.

     "So, do you now understand why I didn't kill Ellia even when you urged me to do so?"

     "... No." Came the hesitant reply, causing Davis's brows to narrow in confusion.

     "Is it because you have the feeling of love towards her?" The Death Book hesitantly asked.

     "I love her as a friend but it might be too difficult for you to understand, so what you said is partly right..." Davis replied as he shook his head.

     He himself was absolutely sure that if he had really loved her with all his heart, then he would've abandoned everything at stake to chase her to the ends of the world.

     "I see..."

     "Death Book, tell me. If she had really wanted to kill me, would you have been able to stop her with your current strength?"

     "No... If she had not cast a slave seal but instead had tried to kill you, I wouldn't have been able to save you..."

     "See, that's all the reason I need for me to bring my Ellia back. As for the one who possessed her, her previous life incarnation, she'll pay one way or another." Davis's eyes flashed.

     At that time, he decided to not kill her but punish her because she only destroyed the Royal Castle partly and nothing else.

     As for why he wanted to punish her and keep her in solitude?

     The fact that she had possessed her reincarnation means she had already died once, and to people who had already died once, he simply couldn't put his faith in them.

     "But you told me that you will make her your friend?"

     "Yeah, after punishing her and see if she will change her mind to be obedient to Ellia."

     "Do whatever you want..." It replied.

     Davis smiled at its nonchalant reply but then his face turned complex, "Actually, now that I think about it, you now possess emotions, right? So, I'll name you..."

     "Name? I have many..." It confusedly replied.

     He corrected it, "No no, a real name. Like the one we use to call people..."

     Davis smiled and didn't give it any rights to refuse. He instantly treated as if it was his own kin or a pet, "Since you were sealed in the first layer and your powers relate to control and death, I will call you" He gave a little pause before opening his mouth, "Fallen Heaven!"

     Davis proudly nodded his head, satisfied by his naming sense. There was his own motive to name it, but he wanted to befriend it too.

     But even after a few seconds, the was no reaction from it which prompted him to remind it.

     "... Is that name appropriate?" Death Book hesitantly questioned, its voice as no longer as crispy as it was before.

     "Of course, my previous name literally meant Heavenly Dragon... As my partner, you have the right to be named 'Heaven' as well!" He arrogantly replied and laughed, causing its illusory eyes in his Soul Sea to twitch.

     Davis silently chuckled to himself.

     "Jokes apart, since you can control the life and death of others, the name 'Heaven' fits you more than anyone else in the universe," Davis uttered with a serious expression on his face.

     Hearing his input, Fallen Heaven formed a ghastly like facial feature that resembled him in his Soul Sea.

     Then it slowly nodded its head, "I shall accept that name..."

     Davis uttered and chuckled, "Alright, Fallen."

     Hearing no more words from it, he then steadied himself and circulated the Tyrant Body Secrets.

     His meridians tore apart and connected together while his bones emitted crackling sounds while his skin scorched and bled.

     The pond he submerged in slowly turned blood red in color. Although it looked like a quick process, the pain he experienced at this time couldn't be said to normal either.

     A few hours later, he stood up and stepped out of the bloody pond.

     He stood in front of the mirror and checked himself out.

     His skin was sparkling white, with no amount of harm to be seen.

     A smile crept upon his face as he thought, 'I broke through the Mid-Level Silver Stage, all that is left is for me to increase my Energy Condensation Cultivation to catch up with the other two Cultivation System.'

     He encountered enormous pain while breaking through, but since he had gone through enough battles that left him feeling there was room for improvement, he managed to breakthrough without using any kind of Body Tempering Pill.

     As he looked at the mirror, he suddenly frowned, 'Again... My height increased by a few inches...'

     'Is it because I train in the Body Tempering Cultivation this soon?' He repeatedly looked at the mirror and verified his height. His height was now 5 feet 4 inches.

     Sighing gently, he thought to himself in worry, 'Hope I don't grow 8ft tall...'

     After all, he was only 12 years old.

     He took out the badge and checked its contents. It revealed to him that he had 8900 Cloud Spring Points.

     Of course, he was able to gather this much only because Lucas and Lucia declined their share. Otherwise, it would have taken a long time for him to gain this much.

     'I should take care of them properly...' He thought to himself and dozed off on the bed.

     A few minutes later, he sat up while starting to read the Dual Cultivation Manual since he couldn't sleep due to the refreshing feeling of a breakthrough. In any case, he couldn't exhaust himself, so he continued to indulge himself in deprav... culture.

     ...

     The next day, Davis, Lucas, and Lucia visited the treasury.

     Davis didn't forget that his black spear had broken. He wanted to find a better quality spear for himself so that he could hunt down his foes and stab them efficiently.

     He also had the urge to look through the treasury once so he could at least plan for his future cultivation resources more efficiently.

     So along with Lucas and Lucia, he decided to head to the treasury.

     Once they arrived, all he saw was a big golden door at the corner of the room while the walls were attached with long narrow slips of crystal-like object.

     He furrowed his brows as he concluded out that it might be those jade slips he read about while being on Planet Earth.

     Lucas and Lucia casually approached and placed their hands on the jade slip, using their meager soul force to access through touch.

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     206 A Scythe!

      Davis followed suit as he also approached and placed his hand on the jade slip while sending soul force to it.

     The information appeared on his mind as if being etched into his eyes.

     Davis was surprised. This certainly didn't exist anymore in the second layer but records of it did.

     These kind of jade slips were forged using spirit stones and a few other materials as a medium, so he understood why it eventually faded out of existence in the second layer.

     The view in his eyes listed out the category of treasures. Using his energy, he was able to access the category of treasures he wanted.

     That said, he could see that these jade slips were interconnected with each other, with the central one being refreshed beyond the golden door with the shape of the jade slip holders bonded to the wall.

     So he understood that if he bought a treasure that it will be updated through the jade slip outside to the central jade slip inside.

     Instead of using formations that could be potentially breached by experts, they decided to use this kind of setup which could only be compromised by internal personnel.

     'Smart!' He thought.

     Davis smilingly selected the weapons category, and choose spear-type. There were also plenty of different types of weapons.

     A bunch of spears appeared in his view but he suddenly frowned and went back.

     He thought he had been mistaken but he saw a weapon category which piqued his interest.

     "Scythe..." Davis deliberately muttered, his tone quite excited.

     After obtaining Fallen Death on the Third Layer, he was more or less obsessed with this weapon known as Scythe just because of the reason that it was associated with death in many myths.

     Now that he saw one, he couldn't help but grin as an urge to purchase one infested his mind.

     After he selected the Scythe option, a bunch of Scythes popped out in his view.

     Looking at their design and blade edge, Davis gulped as he swallowed his drool.

     He selected a Scythe and its image enlarged in his view.

     It looked sleek with a sharp yet slim long curved blade at the end of a long black pole attached to a red handle.

     Its design immediately caught his attention, so his eyes moved to its cost.

     3700 Cloud Spring Points!

     Its value was equal to thirty-seven spirit stones!

     He then immediately checked its grade.

     Dark Crimson Scythe, Mid-Level Sky Grade Weapon. Forged by Blacksmith Helix, Peak-Level Sky Grade Blacksmith.

     Without even realizing it, he smashed the buy option with his soul force and confirmed the purchase.

     A few seconds later, he saw the golden door at the corner of the hall open slowly.

     A human with a stiff and built body walked out, holding a large Scythe in his hands.

     'A puppet?' Davis was astonished! It was his first time seeing one.

     The puppet approached him and stood in front of him as it prompted him to take the Scythe it held in its hands.

     Davis extended his hand and took the Scythe while the puppet left.

     His eyes gradually lost sight of it and his gaze quietly moved on to the Dark Crimson Scythe. He couldn't gauge the grade of the puppet but guesses that it should be at the Fourth Stage since it was delivering and not guarding. He mused that the puppet guarding deep inside the treasury must be at Fifth or Sixth Stage.

     But soon, his gaze concentrated on the Scythe. Its pole was 4 feet long while the long curved blade was almost 6 feet wide.

     As he swung the blade without using any power, it generated a sharp current which indicated that the creatures below its level had an enormous chance of getting severed into two.

     Davis's heart thumped!

     This was the weapon he needed, not a sword or a spear. He could feel that even on an instinctual level.

     Lucas and Lucia glanced at him and smiled while looking at his excited expression but they didn't say anything.

     Davis nodded his head in satisfaction as he stored the Dark Crimson Scythe and went back to access the jade slip and browse.

     He saw a Peak-Level Sky Grade Scythe which had a price of a whopping 235,000 CS points.

     The difference between a Mid-Level Sky Grade Weapon and a Peak-Level Sky Grade Weapon was that much?

     He shut down his opened mouth and decided in his heart that he will request this weapon at once when he finished the challenge with Leader Daniuis.

     Going back, he continued to browse other categories such as pills, raw materials, ingredients and so on till his curiosity was satisfied.

     Most of them were at Earth Grade, and a few were at Sky Grade. He mused that a little quantity of King Grade should be in the headquarters but he doubted that he would be able to find a Scythe at the level of King Grade since the only blacksmith supplying Scythes seemed to be at Peak-Level Sky Grade.

     Heck, he didn't even know when the Scythe was made or if the blacksmith was even still alive.

     Ruefully shaking his head, he parted from the jade slip.

     By the time he let go of the jade slip, it was already evening.

     Lucas and Lucia were nowhere to be seen, he guessed that they probably returned to their room.

     He placed his hand one more time on the jade slip and bought twelve spirit stones.

     The puppet came out and handed it over like a robot, and with that, he also returned to his room.

     For once, he did check the Cultivation Manuals but decided to not be hasty in his decision to change the manuals he used, because to change one's cultivation manual in the middle might cause some repercussions, especially when his Revolving Core mutated like that.

     Other than that, there were these weirdly missing contexts that he couldn't place his finger upon.

     Not to be confusing, but the Manual was complete yet not the same. He felt it was quite different from the ones on the Second Layer but just couldn't put his hand on it.

     After he had arrived in his room, he sat down cross-legged and entered a state of meditation before aligning thirty spirit stones in a circle around him.

     Circulating the Extinction Lightning Judgement, he started absorbing energy from all thirty stones.

     By the time he finished absorbing the energy from the spirit stones, he realized it had already turned night.

     But what was worse was that his revolving core only grew to what one would consider halfway to Mid-Level Revolving Core Stage.

     His expression grew tired when he thought about the expenses he would have to endure when increasing his Energy Condensation Cultivation.

     Useless! Thirty Spirit stones couldn't even make his revolving core grow up to the point where he could break into the Mid-Level Revolving Core Stage.

     'This is the result and consequences of having a First-Grade Revolving Core...'

     Although expected, such revelation caused him to have a headache as he would need to spend more resources in the future.

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     207 Farz Mountains

      Now, all that he had left were ten spirit stones which were currently stored in his High-Level Spatial Ring.

     He didn't use the spirit stones but kept it in case of any emergencies.

     Although he could use his remaining 4,000 Cloud Spring Points to purchase 40 spirit stones, he didn't do so because he needed 7,500 Cloud Spring Points to obtain the Vice-Captain status.

     Plus, 35,000 Cloud Spring points to secure the Captain status.

     He needed to secure the Captain position before the allotted period of the challenge ends, otherwise, he would not be able to win the challenge, nor would he be able to get that Peak-Level Sky Grade Scythe on his hands.

     So he decided to keep his points wisely and spend it after completing the remaining two missions.

     Suddenly, he was reminded of the cores of the Five-Clawed rats he obtained.

     Would he be able to sell it and gain Cloud Spring Points? The mission he completed only mentioned that he only had to kill those rats and submit the corpses.

     As he thought so, he went out of the branch building and visited a famous merchant building.

     In the merchant building, he managed to see the manager and sold out the cores in a huge transaction, gaining a large amount of wealth.

     Leaving the building with a wide grin, he returned to the branch building and approached the Contribution Hall.

     There, he contributed all the funds he received from the transaction.

     700 million!

     He donated 700 million purple coins and managed to receive 7,000 CS points!

     This made his points tally to the total amount of 11,000 CS points.

     That said, one would only be able to donate up to 1 billion purple coins to receive 10,000 Cloud Spring Points.

     After that, one would have to donate spirit stones in order to gain more Cloud Spring Points. Otherwise, using only purple coins to donate without limits, the Cloud Spring Mercenaries Treasury would have been emptied out in no time!

     Obviously, the contribution hall was for the rich to gain an upstart in the Cloud Spring Mercenaries, and also for the Cloud Spring Mercenaries to maintain equity throughout the territory.

     After that, he thought of upgrading his status to Vice-Captain but decided against it since he will not be able to do the other two missions once his status was updated.

     Feeling satisfied and spent, he returned to his room and fell asleep.

     ...

     Two days later.

     "We have reached the Farz Mountains, yet there is no sign of bandits... This is strange..." Lucas muttered while gazing around seriously.

     "Davis! You are not allowed to use your Soul Sense to investigate! We will find them and have them exterminated!" Lucia whined a little and pouted.

     Davis nodded his head and guessed that she was feeling quite useless, but for safety purposes, he secretly swept the mountains with his Soul Sense.

     Humans were three-dimensional creatures but they were only able to perceive the world in two dimensions.

     But Soul Sense was quite different, it allowed one to perceive the world in a three-dimensional view.

     Imagine that one could view all 360® angles at the same time, that was how he perceived the world while using Soul Sense.

     In his view, he could see the bandits holed up deep inside the mountains, with few sentries placed outside in order to alert themselves to danger.

     Davis saw the sentries running about to and fro, and could guess that they were discovered.

     Looking at Lucia's fuming expression, he thought, 'Uh, the bandit leader is only a Low-Level Body Transformation Stage Cultivator... Guess I could at least let her find clues to her heart's content...'

     "There!" Lucia shouted and pointed at a direction.

     "I could feel the wind changing directions slightly there!"

     Davis looked astonished at her sensitivity to the wind but was satisfied although she found them a bit late.

     And as one would expect, in the next few moments, they were immediately surrounded by bandits.

     The clothes they wore were civil and ethical, not barbaric. Some also wore armor and looked neat, yet their mouths weren't clean at all.

     "What is this? Three kids? Do three kids dare to visit our Farz Mountains? There's a girl too!"

     "Do they want to join us? We can have fun with her!"

     "Idiot! Look at their uniforms! They're clearly from that legendary mercenary group!"

     After the bandit mentioned about the mercenary group, the bandits' mind jolted as they quickly remembered about it.

     They quickly took an aggressive stance and pointed their weapons at them.

     Lucia looked at them, her pale hands had a few traces of sweat forming as she clenched her fists.

     "Don't let your guard down, these bandits have done a lot of crimes such as pillaging, arson, and rape. They do this for fun, so don't hold back!" Lucas stated with fierce eyes, his expression looked like what one would see when gazing at a scum.

     Lucia's eyes flashed as she nodded.

     Davis wanted to take out his scythe and massacre them but decided not to since he would kill them all before these two could have their chance at it.

     The two of them had their backs against each other while Davis just stood there, casually radiating a hint of danger.

     As they were glaring at each other in the silence, a branch suddenly cracked, signaling the end of the silence.

     *Whiz!*

     Three heads plopped down as soon as the branch broke, causing the ones near then to shout out in fear.

     Lucia's timing was so impeccable that she released a sharp wind blade at their necks.

     Lucas formed a water barrier almost instantaneously when the wave of attacks quickly submerged in the water before disappearing.

     The next second, all of them jumped in the air and flew, extending the battlefield to the air.

     Lucia sent another wind blade at them, managing to behead two more weaklings while Lucas concentrated on defense and restraining the bandits.

     Water conjured up behind the bandits before engulfing their limbs, managing to cause corrosive damage as it dissolved, their veins erupting into a bloody mess.

     Soon, they cleared out five more bandits and as they swept their senses, they noticed that only four more were left.

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     208 Bandit Extermination

      Lucia summoned a gusty storm in the middle of those four causing them to scream in panic and horror as they were made to spin in the air like fools.

     A moment's hesitation flashed through her eyes before it turned ruthless.

     Swords conjured by winds pierced into their hearts, ending their lives forever as their eyes dulled.

     Looking at the result, Davis nodded his head as if he were training them on his own to kill.

     But only a thought flashed through his mind when he saw these two kids, rooting them out like weeds, 'Lives are worth fart in this world...'

     "Alright, you guys fulfilled your part. From now on, it'll be with High-Level or Peak-Level Revolving Core expert bandits, so you two hang around in the back and support!"

     "Yes!" Both of them replied at the same time, once they felt his authoritative aura.

     Davis took the lead and headed inside the cave near the foot of the mountain, walking in front of those two.

     They didn't encounter any bandits on their way, but Davis knew that they were lying in an ambush inside a closed cave space, hidden behind obstacles.

     He smirked but had to give it to them for their concealing methods. Even Infant Soul Stage Experts couldn't find them that easily making them vulnerable to ambush; sneak attacks.

     Fortunately, he was a High-Level Adult Soul Stage Expert, with a prowess equalling to a Low or Mid-Level Elder Soul Stage Expert, making it so that he could basically play them to death.

     If it weren't for the challenge he had with Daniuis, he would've wiped the floor with them using Soul Forging Cultivation.

     Moving onwards, they finally arrived inside the closed cave space.

     Davis gave those two a glance, eyeing them to be cautious.

     Without words spoken, they were immediately ready for battle, yet their slight actions also gave them out to the bandits.

     "How did you find out that we were hiding?" A voice echoed out from all directions causing Lucia to involuntarily flinch.

     "Maybe because you're weak and trash..." Davis nonchalantly replied while he took a step forward, walking towards a direction to where there were almost no obstacles.

     "Hmph! With your skill, you dare to yap!?"

     "Just die..." Davis narrowed his eyes and threw the Dark Crimson Scythe in a direction he targeted!

     The scythe plunged into the cave wall, blasting it into bits as rubble flew and battered the ground.

     "Eyaaahhhhhh!" A pain-ridden shout emerged from the direction where Davis threw while a severed arm flew by the side and landed on the ground with a thud!

     "I missed..." Davis shook his head in disappointment.

     He didn't use his Soul Sense but solely relied on his senses as a body cultivator to strike just now!

     And the result was that a human figure eerily appeared at the side with blood spurting from its left arm.

     "Kill them! Kill them all!!!!" The man who appeared had a pale countenance with bloodshot eyes.

     His long thick hair was disheveled, while his eyes glared daggers at Davis with unending hatred.

     He understood that he had totally underestimated this brat!

     Quickly, bandits emerged from their hiding spots and unleashed a fury of attacks at Davis, albeit with some amount of fear.

     Davis casually cast the Tyrant Shield Technique, which quite easily withstood the attacks from the High-Level and Peak-Level Revolving Core bandits.

     This act of his only increased the amount of vigilance and fear in the eyes of the bandits.

     The bandit's leader eyes shot wide open, realizing that he had a met an unbeatable foe!

     "Quick, quick! Kill him!" He shouted and started to escape stealthily from the area while swallowing pills to heal the injury caused by the severed arm.

     By the time he had shouted, Davis with his bare hands, and the other two had already reaped the lives of six other bandits.

     Davis unleashed the Lightning Storm technique, quickly paralyzing the remaining bandits who had attacked them in close quarters.

     The bloodied scythe in his hands returned to him the moment he reached for it due to the blood connection.

     He then jumped and mixed with bandits, beheading them from inside while shouts of fear rang out from their terrorized throats.

     From a certain viewpoint, it would look he was dancing among them while heads of the others would fall off automatically.

     One couldn't even see him swinging the scythe towards them, but one can see the horror that was reflected in the eyes.

     They tried to escape but it was of no use, instead, they only got beheaded like cattle.

     Finally, there were only two bandits left who were engaged in battle with Lucas and Lucia.

     Looking at the god of death beside them which had finished its dance, they both trembled from cold chill wrecking through their spines.

     "Take care of the two of them, I have to hunt that scum who escaped..." Davis glanced at those two and left.

     Yet, it was like they had been granted amnesty when they heard the words from the god of death himself, making them let out a slight grin.

     The two bandits felt this was their chance, and prepared to escape by faking the battle with Lucas and Lucia.

     But little did they know that their half-heartedness in battle would quickly take their lives away from them.

     ...

     Davis spread out his Soul Sense and discovered the bandit leader hiding in a corner, where prisoners who kind of looked like hostages had been placed.

     He quickly passed through a lot of narrow cave paths and delved into a closed space which looked like a storage room.

     When he opened the door, poison-laced blades flew at him from the other end without missing a beat, yet they were all reflected by the 6 feet wide curved blade; the Dark Crimson Scythe.

     "Bastard!!!! What do you want! If you want wealth, then go ahead and take it!" The bandit leader spewed vulgarities and threw a spatial ring towards Davis.

     Davis didn't glance at the spatial ring but looked towards the two disheveled hostages who were near the bandit leader.

     A man in his teens and a woman in her prime... both quite young, tied up with chains that were at least of Earth Grade in quality.

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     209 Beheading the Bandit Leader

      "They are...." Davis asked in a nonchalant tone. He could see that the man was an Energy Condensation Stage Cultivator while the woman was a Revolving Core Stage Cultivator.Yet, the bandit leader had a different reaction altogether, "Oh... Do you want them in one piece? Then do as I say and leave this place with your two little friends."Most likely, he figured that Davis, who looked like a kid would not forsake people because the latter had called him trash, and he knew people who do that were more or less sympathetic to these people who suffered."Do that, and I'll return them to a nearby town, what do you say?" The bandit leader secretly licked his lips and glanced at the woman near him.He had just captured the two of them yesterday and was going to bed the woman today night, yet who would have thought there would be this kind of development.Of course, he was not going to let them scot-free because he was planning to have his way with her tonight to vent the frustrations he experienced today.Yet, what he heard next, made his spine turn cold."I decline, I'll have your life instead of theirs..." Davis uttered and closed in on him."Stop right there! Or else I will slit the throat of this woman!" The bandit leader in his nervousness pointed at the woman with a blade.The man who was tied up whimpered and pleaded with his eyes to not come closer. The fact that he could not speak meant that he was fed some kind of restricting pill.Right now, the bandit leader felt like he was facing a demon in a human form. He looked into Davis's eyes to find no hesitation when approaching him, only managing to garner a feeling of immensely looking down on him."Damn it!!" With fear clouding his eyes for a moment, he forgot about the woman and attacked Davis with all his power, "You cold-hearted monster who's even worse than me, don't act like you are better than me!"But, in this distance, he couldn't even fully cast his technique before his head flew off, painting the storage room in blood-red filth.The blood also inadvertently spurted on the man and woman, painting their faces in red, making them look like they were survivors from a bloody war.Davis then approached the woman who had her eyes filled with tears before scrutinizing him for a moment.The woman looked at his eyes and saw no emotion when he looked at her, but the next moment she was shocked into utter silence because he shoved a pill right into her mouth.A second later, she felt that she had been fed an unscrupulous pill, but the next moment, she noticed that she could speak as a slight gasp escaped her mouth.She then noticed her brother getting fed a pill by him before he broke the chains shackling them, and a deep amount of gratefulness sprouted in her heart.Without saying anything, Davis tried to leave but was stopped by an angry voice instead, "Why didn't you leave when he gave his word!? What would have happened if he had really killed my sister?"The one who shouted was none other than the man.Davis turned back and figured that this man was nineteen years old, his thought process was easy enough for him to figure out why he would ask such a question."Glyn, be quiet! This benefactor saved us!" The woman berated him angrily.'Truly a calf that doesn't fear the tiger...' Davis coldly thought and judged the man to be extremely naive in an instant. Either that or he had other ulterior motives in berating him.Davis could have just been a bigger man and left after hearing that, but he was quite petty himself.He closed in on that man and took a hold of his hair and kneed him right at the face, causing blood to leak out incessantly from his nose. His already bloodied face was ruined even more.And as expected, soon enough, the man cried words of begging as he felt dizzy while wobbling like a clown, "I'm sorry... sorry... Nina... help..."Even after saving him, the man demanded that he should've done things passively, and to this Davis was quite pissed off."Benefactor, please forgive him... He does not know the ways of the world. Please forgive him... please..." Instead of attacking Davis, the woman held his legs and pleaded for her brother in tears.Looking at her back, Davis glanced at the man and let him go.The woman immediately hugged her brother and consoled him while thanking Davis every few seconds.'A responsible and tactful sister...' Davis thought and sighed while looking at her beautiful exterior.She was in no way inferior to the models in his previous life. In fact, she was even better than them. Mortal women required makeup to look like a fairy, but cultivators here required no such things to appear transcendent.Even an average female cultivator here might be a fairy in the mortal world as long as they don't use any weird techniques to cultivate or change their appearance.Looking at such a figure care for her brother deeply, Davis was slightly moved, but he wasn't going to let this matter off just like that.He closed in on him again and held his shoulders.The man flinched and closed his eyes thinking that he was going to get kicked in the stomach but the event he expected didn't come true.He slowly opened his eyes and looked at Davis's eyes when a question reached his ears which shook his mind to the core."Do you know why you were left alive by the bandit leader?"Glyn trembled but opened his mouth half-heartedly, "Because he saw value in me?"After answering the question, he saw Davis staring at him without changing his expression.A few moments passed in silence before Davis uttered, "Wrong..."Glyn smiled ruefully. To be truthful, even he had no idea why he had been kept alive, and besides his life, all he could think was the safety of his sister.

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     210 Nina and Glyn

      "I bet your elder sister knows why you were kept alive. Why don't you ask her?" Davis smiled but didn't reveal the answer, because only after a leaving a big impact could he make this young man turn into a reliable individual.

     Glyn turned confused, he looked at his sister and asked, "Nina, you knew why?"

     Nina bit her lips but didn't say anything and turned her gaze away.

     Looking at her reaction, Glyn urged her to answer his question but received no reply, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.

     "You still haven't realized it?" Davis slowly asked.

     Glyn slowly looked at him and Davis could see that the former's eyes held a hint of an answer.

     Except, Glyn's mind was still in chaos and what Davis said next would cause him to change his personality forever.

     "It's because you're her weakness."

     "If it weren't for you, did you think that they could've captured her that easily? If it weren't for you, did you think that they could have chained her up? If it weren't for you, did you think that they could've made her this helpless?"

     Not missing the beat, he closed in and whispered in his ears.

     "Even after all this, if it weren't for you, using her revolving core to explode, she could've ended her life while protecting her innocence but because of you, she had to helplessly welcome the bandit leader into her arms, just to keep you alive, just to protect you!"

     "How do you feel? Honored to have a sister like this?" Davis demonically whispered in his ears, causing Glyn to tremble all over.

     He slowly looked towards his sister just to discover her trembling while looking at him.

     She hurriedly consoled him and tried to change the topic, "No, that bandit leader didn't touch me yet, and for that, we have to thank our benefactor for this!"

     "Nina, is it true?" Glyn tremblingly asked as his eyes were tearing up.

     "What our benefactor said! Is it true?!"

     Nina kept her mouth shut... her eyes avoided his gaze.

     "Didn't you say our family was coming to save us? Didn't you say that the bandits were going to ransom us?" Tears fell down his eyes as he asked.

     Davis's eyes flashed, 'So the sister told a lie to calm him down... That explains his gullibility...'

     He certainly didn't expect this, such devotion and sacrifice, yet foolish to the extreme. But in his view, he could also see a deeply caring sister.

     "Was it all a lie?" Glyn's voice trembled and he shouted.

     "Elder sister!"

     "... Yes." Nina finally confessed except she was also slowly crying her heart out as she sobbed, glad that she was able to save her brother and herself.

     Her reply was like an arrow piercing his heart, Glyn shuddered and quickly ran to his sister and embraced her.

     All he could mutter was that he was sorry, and he would no longer try to be willful and ignorant.

     They both held each other and cried pathetically, but to Davis, it was the warmest scene that he had ever witnessed between a brother and a sister in reality.

     Behind him, he noticed Lucia silently biting her lips while Lucas was holding his breath, trying hard to not cry.

     He silently shook his head, not willing to laugh at their weird faces since they were youngsters experiencing the cruelty of the world first hand, besides he knew that they arrived by the time he finished beheading the bandit leader.

     Also, he was thankful that they didn't question his actions and intervened, otherwise his act would've been ruined from the get-go.

     When he looked back, they both immediately returned to their previous selves and smiled at him as if nothing happened.

     Davis had to nod his head back at them, otherwise, it would certainly be awkward.

     He smiled and looked back at the two hugging siblings again.

     "So, is your family really coming or was that a lie?" Davis questioned, waiting for their reply.

     The elder sister Nina, tidied herself up as she wiped the tears and blood away from her face.

     "No, it is a lie... I could have contacted them but my spatial ring was already removed away from me, so I had no means to contact them."

     "I see, why were you two captured?" Davis asked.

     Nina turned confused.

     Looking at her expression, Davis realized, "Ah, I was wrong, I should've asked how were you two captured?"

     Nina understood and answered him truthfully, "We were on our way from Immu Town to Yuen City, but on our way, we were robbed while our entourage got cruelly massacred except for me and my brother..."

     "At that time, I tried contacting my family but they... held Glyn hostage so I had no choice but to comply with their demands..."

     Glyn put down his head in shame but determination flashed past his eyes as he secretly vowed to get stronger in his heart.

     "I see..." Davis contemplated for a moment before asking a few more questions.

     "What's your age?"

     "... Twenty-four"

     "What is your family's strength?"

     "... Peak-Level Earth Grade."

     "Are you married?"

     "... No."

     Wait! What was this? These questions... seemed like a marriage audience. Her thoughts turned chaotic for a moment! Although he was her benefactor, didn't he seem to be too young!?

     "Then... lastly. For what reason were you on your way to Yuen City?"

     Nina unconsciously hid something when she opened her mouth, "Because Yuen City is where my family is..."

     "Is that all?" Davis glared at her as he felt that she was hiding something.

     Nina grit her teeth and decided to be truthful, "I was returning there to get married!"

     Even she didn't know why she chose to hide that information from him before.

     Davis's eyes flashed, 'Too coincidental, no?'

     "Look likes there's a mole in your family..." Davis casually uttered but didn't fail to notice the change in their expressions.

     He smiled, "Looks like you two could already guess the perpetrator of this incident, that makes it easier..."

     "Probably, your family already knows that you two were kidnapped by the bandits, if that is true, then even if you returned, your innocence will still be called into question."

     Davis shook his head ruefully and left, followed by Lucas and Lucia.

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     211 Separation

      Before Lucia left, she left them with a few words, "If things aren't going well, come find me at Cloud Spring Mercenaries, and be sure to mention my name, Lucia..."

     A few moments later, they both came out of their reverie before Nina sadly uttered, "I can't believe second uncle would go this far..."

     "That bastard! He has to be behind this! I knew it!" Glyn hatefully grit his teeth, "All this to get his daughter married to your soon-to-be husband?"

     "Since you are so ruthless, I'll show how ruthless I can be!" Glyn's eyes flashed past with hatred.

     ...

     When they came out from inside the mountain caverns, Davis looked at their countenance and verified that they were not injured except for a few tears and holes in their uniforms.

     While they were on their way out, he saw many bandits having hidden daggers laced with poison on them, except they didn't have the chance to use them.

     Still, Davis was worried about these two and asked to check themselves for any kind of hidden injuries.

     After doing all this, just when he was about to head to the ruins, he suddenly turned alert before warning Lucas and Lucia silently.

     After using his Soul Sense to scout out the presence he felt, he relaxed.

     "Captain Gyrus, for what reason have you appeared now?"

     A few moments passed in silence before a gloomy voice rang out, "Sigh, I am already surpassed by a twelve-year-old kid... Where should I even put this old face of mine right now?"

     A man with a scar on his face emerged from the shadows of the rocks obstructing their view.

     "Young Master Lucas and Young Miss Lucia, Master has requested for your presence immediately."

     Lucas and Lucia were already stunned when they heard Davis say Captain Gyrus, now, they were flabbergasted before turning reluctant.

     "No way! We won't come!" Lucas immediately denied.

     "That's right! If you're worried about our safety, then you can stick with us in the shadows. Actually, Davis alone is enough to protect us and he didn't put us in harm's way in any circumstances." Lucia added in as she was worried that her father still didn't believe in Davis.

     She did see Davis's roundabout way of teaching Glyn some sense, so she was somewhat sure that he will not plot against them.

     Hearing their opinions, Gyrus nodded, "Yes, I have no doubt about it but Master said that you two would have to improve your Body Tempering Cultivation, otherwise while leaving for the recruitment event, you two would be severely disadvantaged."

     "You sure you want to make them do this? Body Tempering Cultivation is no joke, most wouldn't think of harming themselves while some lack the will." Davis uttered as he glanced over them as if checking them out.

     And as expected, easy to provoke targets riled up.

     "Hey! Who is lacking will? I'm not!" Lucia pointed at him and fumed.

     "Pfft... Body Tempering Cultivation? Easy as breaking a sweat!" Lucas scoffed.

     Davis didn't say anything but just grinned.

     When one reaches the Silver Stage, not only the meridians, tendons, and bones were tempered but also the organs.

     The excruciating pain while tempering organs is something which one does not simply want to experience!

     In time, they would soon come to know the pain, or so Davis mused.

     "Still, there's only a single mission left, and that too involves nothing but an investigation mission..." Lucia reluctantly muttered as she still wanted to experience the outside world with the two of them.

     While this was true, she had never seen a tomb before, so wanting to sightsee in the name of the investigation was also her plan.

     "Sigh, Young Miss, Jawan has broken through the Seventh Stage, Law Dominion Stage..."

     Hearing the piece of news, Lucas and Lucia turned stiff.

     "But he still isn't a match for father, is he?" Lucas questioned.

     Gyrus shook his head, "Of course not. Even if he breaks through two more times, he still won't be but, he can certainly hunt you two down secretly."

     Lucas's heart tightened. He nodded his head and uttered, "Hmm, we'll return..."

     Although Lucia felt reluctant, she also nodded her head instantly. They both were able to decide in an instant once they knew the tables have turned on them.

     Gyrus felt relieved and turned his head, "Then Young Hero Davis, we bid farewell..."

     "Wait! Who exactly is Jawan and why is he targeting Leader Daniuis and his family?" Davis quickly questioned while not bothering about the honorific he was called with.

     Although he wanted no part of it, he did not want to be ignorant about the situation, lest he incurs a powerful enemy's wrath due to a slight on his part.

     Gyrus's eyes lit up, it was almost as if he was expecting to be asked this question.

     "Where do I start from? When the Cloud Spring Mercenaries Headquarters was established, it immediately became a Low-Level King Grade Power! So when it tried to expand its influence, it received backlash from every other mercenary group existing in this Tripartite Alliance Territory."

     "And as one would expect, the Cloud Spring Mercenaries quickly showed its power and dominated the other mercenary groups! Those who submitted were turned into branches, and those who struggled till the end were massacred without question!"

     "Jawan owned a mercenary group, except, it was a Peak-Level Sky Grade Power. His schemes run deep, so the first thing he did was submit to us to earn the position of Vice-Leader in our Cloud Spring Mercenaries through gaining achievements."

     "Now that he has broken through the Law Dominion Stage, we simply cannot afford to let our guard down anymore, otherwise it'll be easy for him to divide and conquer us!"

     Davis blinked, "Couldn't Leader Daniuis just kill him and be just done with it?"

     Gyrus sighed and slowly shook his head, "Jawan has the backing of the Tripartite Alliance, so without concrete evidence, we can't make a move on him."

     "Is Jawan that much of an important person?"

     "Jawan isn't something that big of a person but, the Tripartite Alliance doesn't wish any power to be stronger than them! So, they are merely trying to make the Cloud Spring Mercenaries self-destruct by itself..."

     "I see..." Davis now had the whole picture in his mind, albeit vague.

     In any case, he had no plans of interfering in this mess because the moment he clashed with a Law Dominion Stage Expert, he would undoubtedly die a cruel death!

     Maybe, he would even be Insta-killed! Not knowing how he died...

     A few moments later after they had left bidding farewell, Davis continued heading west to reach the West End Valley.

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     212 Quade Hansen“s Tomb

      In the lone reaches at the end of Farz Mountains lies the West End Valley, gloomy and eerie to the extreme as it was the area where people bury themselves in the brink of death.

     All year round, it was filled with a mysterious fog which limits the power of Soul Sense, so it became a place of the dead where very few living beings would step on, even for people who do degrading acts of grave robbing.

     Once there was a rumor that a Law Manifestation Stage Expert who stepped deep into the valley to kill the enemy who had hidden in it, but after a few months, both of them never came out, causing the people who searched for them pronounce them dead.

     This matter became a piece of huge news inviting Seventh Stage Cultivators from all over the place to investigate, yet they couldn't even find anything peculiar or even their corpses.

     Failing to discover anything, when the Seventh Stage Cultivators left, the Law Manifestation expert came out and started to massacre anything in sight, causing a blood bath to occur.

     The Seventh Stage Cultivators upon knowing this matter immediately killed him and investigated the West End Valley one more time, yet they still failed to find anything worth their concern.

     Thus, they could only give up some time after investigating it whenever they had the chance.

     That said, most people knew that they had only given up on the surface, giving birth to the mission such as the one Davis accepted.

     [

     Mission Title: Tomb Investigation

     Description: Investigate Quade Hansen's Tomb situated in the West End Valley for a few days and report."

     Reward: 1500+ Cloud Spring Points.

     Limitations: Warrior Class

     ]

     Like these, there were many missions in the Tripartite Alliance Headquarters as well.

     As soon as anything peculiar crops up, experts from all the peak powers would likely show up, yet Davis had no idea about this matter since he didn't investigate but relied on Lucas and Lucia for gaining information.

     ...

     Davis gazed at the valley ahead of him.

     "Finally, it took me long enough..."

     The fog that covered the valley all year around gave Davis a sense of eerieness that he really couldn't explain.

     Although, it almost felt like what one would experience in a silent dark isolated room, where even silence became a type of sound that would echo in one's ears.

     There was absolutely no wind in this area, just fog floating around as if they stuck to one place and the silence threatening to incite fear in one's heart.

     'Well, other than Spirit Beast Stage Magical Beasts, there shouldn't be any threat around here anyway...' Davis narrowed his eyes and convinced himself as he walked into the valley.

     The moment he stepped into the fog, he activated his Soul Sense to find out being restricted to a mere 400 meters.

     He was instantly panic-stricken!

     He immediately moved out of the fog and came out of the valley as he closely studied it this time.

     Extending his Soul Sense, he was unable to penetrate the fog with his Soul Sense but it could travel backward and cover a total of 400 kilometers!

     But as it traveled towards the distance, the things that he could sense became more and more obscure, making him unable to find things other than powerful presences.

     'No way! After I broke through, my Soul Sense could extend up to 400 kilometers, yet now, I couldn't even display 1% of my Soul Sense? What is this place!?' Davis turned alert as he contemplated whether to head in or not.

     For a while, he hesitated to even take a step ahead while taking a step back seemed too cowardly to him.

     So left with two choices, he finally took the decision and headed inside the valley again.

     To his surprise, he was overjoyed to find out that only his Soul Sense was suppressed, and not his soul prowess. Even his sense of direction was not suppressed.

     Gaining a lot of courage, he started to walk deep inside the valley.

     After encountering a lot of Magical Beasts blocking his path, including a few Spirit Beast Stage Magical Beasts, he slaughtered them all and finally arrived at the tomb he was tasked to investigate with.

     Eventually, it took him two days to arrive at Quade Hansen's Tomb from the place he had entered.

     Davis glanced at the tombstone placed in front of the tomb with the Hansen Family Crest decorating it.

     [Quade Hansen's Tomb]

     Below it was the details of the tomb and its host's life achievements.

     "I had to come all this way for this pathetic tomb? It's not even 1 kilometer in length! All I would have to is walk around for some time then the investigation will be over!" He shouted at the tomb, quite annoyed.

     If one were to see his face, they would find out that he was utterly bored in these two days with no one to talk to.

     Of course, generally he would love to be left alone but this place was too creepy and silent, even for him.

     At times like this, he wished for Evelynn to be there with him. Heck, he even made concessions and thought it would be fine if he had those two kids hanging around him right now.

     After staring at it for a while, he entered the tomb and made his way inside, dusting off the various particles. It was filled with various specks of dust and needless to say fog.

     The narrow path he entered were infested with bugs and insects which couldn't even be considered as Magical Beasts, running away at the sight of him.

     The structure was quite similar to a narrow dungeon leading to an open area space, except it wasn't.

     Once he arrived at the center of the tomb, he stepped into the wide space and gazed at the already ransacked tomb.

     Even the coffin was desecrated until not even the bones were left.

     Davis was flabbergasted! What use would one's corpse or bones even be?

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     213 I“m Cursed

      As soon as he thought what use would that be, he threw away the thought out of his mind.

      Without even having one to teach him, he could arrive at some conclusions which he didn't want to think about.

      After moving around the place and investigating it for some time; an hour, he finally concluded that there was nothing of actual gain here, not even a hidden room.

      Davis sighed. Even if there was a slight chance that he could find something interesting here, he would've been awarded more than 1500+ Points rather than the initial 1500 Cloud Spring Points.

      Just when he shook his head in pity and thought about leaving, his Soul Sense suddenly picked up two people heading towards him!

      No, to be exact, they were currently entering the tomb, heading for the place he was staying at.

      Davis, as a cautious person, instantly stimulated the Dark Concealing Shroud Technique and hid near a corner.

      A few minutes later, he heard footsteps echoing rhythmically, slowly increasing in loudness before he could see them with his eyes.

      It was a young-looking man and a woman who was absolutely gorgeous.

      The man was dressed in a simple robe attire yet when he stood there, an air of mystery emanated from him. His eyebrows and nose looked sharp yet his eyes were round and gentle.

      The woman who was clad in a slightly revealing robe, glanced around the room as her cold eyes scrutinized, her eyelids slowly fluttering in trepidation.

      A few moments of silence passed by before the woman silently slid off her pure white snow robes, revealing her beautiful curves.

      Davis almost let off a gasp off his mouth because the direction in which woman was facing was where he was hidden!

      He could completely see her standing with only her undergarments covering her the places of her consecrated pale skin.

      A second later, his frozen face turned into one of anger as he understood the situation.

      He cursed in his mind at the heavens who gave him this fate!

      Why did people have to do something like this no matter where he goes? Was this a curse?

      The man looked at her back and a faint amount of lust, filled his eyes, yet he didn't make a move.

      "Are you sure?" The man slowly asked, his voice tinged with expectation and even, hesitation.

      The woman glanced at him, her face cold to the extreme, "Didn't you want me?"

      The man's eyes lit up, he closed in on her and wrapped his arms around her in an embrace, "Mulia, you are of the Falling Snow Sect while I'm from the Towering Cloud Hall, you..."

      "Enough! If you don't want me, I'm leaving..." Feeling the warmth, Mulia bit her lips when she thought about his concern.

      The man's eyes flashed as he quickly bit her earlobe causing her cheeks to turn rosy. His hands slowly undid her undergarment as it fell off from her curvaceous body.

      Placing his two hands on her twin peaks, he fondled them to his heart's content.

      Mulia bit her lips, trying hard to not moan from the pleasure, yet from her cold face and mouth, a slight moan escaped which greatly increased the speed of the rapacious hands in front of her breasts.

      Just when she was starting to lose her breath, she was turned to face him and made to lean on his shoulders.

      Her heart pounded like crazy, yet she didn't dare to look at his face with her current complex emotions.

      "Mulia, call my name..." The man uttered, his gaze filled with love.

      Mulia raised her head up, yet she didn't call his name but looked at him with a slightly cold expression.

      The man's brows furrowed, thinking that she was not happy, yet when he thought about how she gathered her courage to call him here, even going as far as to deceive her own guards, he couldn't help but peck her rosy lips.

      The kiss slowly turned into a lovely one, when her eyes turned wide before slowly closing up.

      When he released her from his lips, Mulia slowly fell to the ground, lying on her undid robes, "Take me, Hadian..."

      When her cold yet lovely voice reached his ears, Hadian made a resolve to himself.

      He quickly removed his robes while Mulia removed her lower undergarment.

      When she saw the thing hanging on his lower body, her body slowly trembled and her expression changed.

      "Mulia, no matter what the Falling Snow Sect says, you're my wife!"

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      Davis stood outside the tomb with a not so amusing expression on his face.

      Last time, he had to offend the young master, so he had no choice but to offend Young Master Jackson using the Imagery Crystal to record his affairs.

      Davis certainly wasn't a peep or a voyeuristic lecher, so he had no wish to stay after witnessing something like that happen.

      He immediately left when the man embraced the woman from behind her back, while only managing to hear that those two were from the Towering Cloud Hall and Falling Snow Sect respectively.

      Though the only thing tearing up his mind was that he had no idea why those two would be so desperate as to do the deed in a tomb. Was it since they were from two separate and competitive peak powers?

      But it didn't matter to him one bit since he arrived and finished his mission, so all he felt that it was about time for him to leave.

      That said, those two were both Law Seed Stage Cultivators, so he had his doubts on why such powerful cultivators would appear here.

      While thinking about such thoughts, he started leaving the place by heading east, to the direction he entered.

      Soon, half a day passed when his Soul Sense suddenly detected a cultivator heading towards his direction.

      The next second he turned alert, his Soul Sense picked up a few more cultivators heading in his direction.

      A few seconds later, a large number of cultivators flooded his Soul Sense, causing him to pull back his Soul Sense because, unexpectedly, there was a person who was able to react to his probe!

      'Shit! He detected my presence!'  Davis was utterly dumbfounded by the presence of these strong cultivators in this area, much less of the person who was able to detect him.

      His scalp turned numb. He couldn't even tell or guess that man's cultivation base!

      Wasn't this supposed to be a Warrior Grade Mission? Designed only for those who were capable of dealing with Fourth Stage Cultivators?

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     214 Near Death

      Davis's limbs turned stiff, his mind hurriedly thought of using his Dark Concealing Shroud Art but it was obvious that it would be useless since he was already discovered.

     As for the why felt the chills in his spine? It was because that he detected heavy killing intent heading in his way!

     Think! Think! Think!

     Runaway? No! Attack? That would be suicide!

     "What's this? A kid?" A voice echoed out behind him giving Davis a jump scare!

     But instantly, he felt his nape getting captured by a hand! The force he felt on his neck was like an eagle's grasp by its talon.

     'Such speed!' He inwardly exclaimed and just when he as about to counterattack, his pupils suddenly contracted in horror because he felt that he couldn't even move right now!

     ... And a distance of 400 meters covered in a single second?

     "Weird... Just now I felt a Soul Sense probe from this place..." The man muttered to himself as glanced back at Davis.

     "Who are you?" The man behind him asked a question yet when Davis tried to answer, he couldn't even open his mouth.

     'You damned shit! I can't even speak if you're holding me like that!' Davis used his eyes to convey his thoughts but didn't dare to use his Soul Sense to convey or his cultivation base would be revealed.

     "You're not going to open your mouth? I see, you can just die now..."

     Davis's heart missed a beat! What? Was he going to die just like that? He instantly thought of using Fallen Heaven but doubted that he would be able to kill this adversity with this much of a gap in their cultivations.

     Footsteps quickly fell into his ears and a group of cultivators showed up in his view.

     A man glanced at Davis, stepped up and opened his mouth, "Elder Severin, this kid is from the Cloud Spring Mercenaries!"

     "Are you taking me for a fool? Anyone can see that when you look at his clothes!" Elder Severin seemed to be easily provoked as if a matter was heavily weighing on his mind.

     He looked middle-aged with a mustache, his eyes and nose sharp. The clothes he wore were a dragon patterned green robes, adorned with jade-like spirit stones.

     "This subordinate deserves to die!" The man who stepped out replied with trepidation in his heart but he knew exactly why his master was enraged right now.

     "Actually, you don't but you do deserve a punishment... Kill this kid right now and your punishment shall be considered over..." Elder Severin shoved Davis down the ground.

     To his horror, Davis realized his cultivation was sealed, with him only being able to use his Body Tempering Cultivation and Soul Forging Cultivation!

     The man glanced at Davis and frowned. He certainly didn't want to stain his hands with a blood of a kid but he couldn't possibly go against his master's orders either.

     "Blame your luck for being in this filthy place, poor lad..." The man sent Davis a Soul Transmission as he prepared to kill him.

     Davis narrowed his eyes and prepared to counter-attack, his eyes darting left and right to search for an escape route even though he knew that it would be impossible to escape from this place.

     Just when the man was about to slash out with the sword he had taken out, another man stepped out and pointed at a direction, "Elder Severin! It's Young Miss Mulia!"

     Elder Severin's eyes turned wide before he glanced back, spotting the figure who was weighing in his mind.

     "Ah... Mulia! Where did you go? I was afraid that you met danger in this heaven forsaken place!"

     As the figure got closer, Davis who stood up had bells ring up in his ears, 'Mulia? Wasn't she?'

     The man who was about to kill Davis kept his sword inside and ran to the incoming figure, "Young Mi... No, Elder Severin's Wife, Lady Mulia. We are all glad that our lady is safe and sound."

     Elder Severin nodded his head secretly, but he obviously wouldn't show it outside!

     Mulia straight away ignored the man and headed towards Elder Severin while a man low-key landed beside her from the latter's entourage.

     Elder Severin turned and glared towards his subordinate, "Shut up! We still haven't married yet you all dare to call her my wife?"

     His gaze then turned soft when he looked at her, "Youn... Mulia, I was worried about your well being this whole time..."

     His hands slowly moved to her shoulders when suddenly she looked at him coldly, "Worried about my well being? Weren't you occupied with killing this young boy just now?"

     Elder Severin's eyes twitched as he realized he had been caught.

     Meanwhile, a chuckle echoed out causing one to look at the source.

     Helplessness, hatred and even fear welled up in Davis's mind, yet when Mulia came into the picture, along with the words from the lackey, his negative thoughts were swept away, leaving only a chuckle behind.

     The chuckle slowly turned into a burst of laughter when he looked at Elder Severin!

     Only one thought; a sentence kept running in his mind making him laugh his ass off like an idiot!

     'A bonafide cuckold!'

     This guy right in front of him was made a cuckold and he just witnessed that scene half a day ago! Such revelation left Davis with a feeling of self-satisfaction even when death was near him!

     "Hahaha!" With just this information, Davis felt like he could ruin Elder Severin's entire reputation and drag him into the gutter.

     "What? Did he go crazy from having his cultivation sealed?"

     "Nah, he probably just pissed his pants and is trying to hide it by acting crazy..."

     Murmurs and discussions echoed around, causing his eyes to twitch.

     Just when he was about to reveal this explosive information, Mulia suddenly stood in front of him and coldly glared at Elder Severin, "What are you doing?"

     A man also stood beside her, his gaze staying at Elder Severins's actions,

     The man who low-key stood beside her gave off a faint pressure which curbed Elder Severin from doing anything reckless.

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     215 Entering an Unknown Tomb

      "Mulia, for some reason... I felt the kid was mocking me and I understand why it would be so. It's because he knows that you will protect him. Look at his eyes, delusional as a man who wants to be a dragon among men, except he's nothing but a coward!" Elder Severin said with a cold expression on his face.

     Mulia didn't reply but said something else, "Since you understand that I will protect him, then back off..."

     Elder Severin looked at her, then suddenly smiled, "If that is your wish, then I'll gladly comply..."

     He looked not at all fazed by her rudeness.

     "Men! Let's go! Spread out and search for the place where the report had been made!" With a dashing demeanor, he commanded and turned to walk ahead, a smile lit upon his face as he thought, 'Sooner or later, you will be mine, Mulia.'

     ...

     Davis followed their backs in a pitiful yet sealed state.

     Of course, he had to continue this act or else, they might find that about his Body Tempering Cultivation and Soul Forging Cultivation.

     Luckily, he hadn't felt anyone using their soul to probe him deeply, or else he would've been found out.

     He must say that this external appearance of a kid had indeed saved him some effort of having to explain his origins.

     With the Cloud Spring Mercenary Uniform working to his advantage, none of them doubted that he was powerful to some degree. Instead, they thought that he was a scrawny lost brat.

     They had information and verified that the Cloud Spring Mercenaries was indeed investigating the West End Valley for peculiarities and anomalies but fortunately, they were the ones to who managed to find an anomaly.

     Davis mostly stuck together with Mulia, behind her back to be exact, which caused glances from the men to be always fixed on him, though he didn't give a damn about it.

     Glancing at Mulia's back, he felt a little thankful in his heart.

     He must say, at that time, in the heat of the moment, he actually didn't care for his life and was about to reveal the scandal, even endangering both of their lives in the process of completing an act of petty revenge.

     If it weren't for her timely appearance in shielding him, all hell would then have broken loose in that place.

     Although he lost his cool and had almost lost his life, he must admit that she had saved his life, whether on purpose or not.

     "After this expedition is over, I want you to run away at the best opportune moment possible... That is all the help I can do..."

     A Soul Transmission echoed in Davis's soul, causing him to gaze at her with a complex look.

     He suddenly felt bad for trying to reveal the fact of her affair, though he understood when he tried to do that, it was purely for humiliating Severin.

     Davis didn't bother to send a Soul Transmission to her because she might realize that he was stronger than her.

     Any changes at this point would just endanger him, so he quietly shut up, keeping an eye out for the opportune moment that she had mentioned about.

     Well, if he couldn't find one, he would just have to create one. He couldn't control Elder Severin but what about his lackeys.

     Davis secretly grinned as a sinister red light flashed in his eyes.

     Half a day passed as they crossed Quade Hansen's Tomb, as well as a few other tombs.

     Davis was astonished to see that there were more tombs in this place but wasn't overly surprised.

     He had just gotten to know that this place acted as a cemetery of sorts.

     As they headed deeper into the West End Valley, three days passed.

     Finally, when they arrived in front of a lone ruined tomb, they stopped and looked towards it.

     "Are you sure that this is the place?" Elder Severin glanced at his subordinate and impatiently asked.

     "Yes, my master. According to the report, the one who noticed the disturbance said that it happened near this withered tree." The man then glanced at the nearby withered tree and pointed, "He even left a sword mark on it!"

     And as they looked, there really was a sword mark etched on the withered tree.

     "As a part of the Tripartite Alliance, he dares to run away from his job? Why couldn't he just stay here?" Another man rolled his eyes as he complained.

     "That is... because, that person said that he witnessed the originally peaceful, magnificent tomb suddenly turn into a ruined tomb right in front of his eyes." He replied, causing everyone to turn silent.

     He continued, "Not only that, but he heard that a voice invited him over to the tomb, so out of fear, he immediately left a sword mark and escaped the place. At least, that's what the people from our Tripartite Alliance heard him say before he turned crazy..."

     The surrounding men unknowingly made an audible gulping sound.

     "Could it be... a ghost?"

     They didn't know who said that but the moment they heard it, shivers went down their spine.

     "Idiots! There's no such thing as ghosts! Only bastards who failed to die and are living through their soul bodies!" Severin sneered on hearing their discussion.

     An arrogant light flashed past his eyes, looking down on their ignorance. The others were startled but quickly nodded their heads in understanding.

     Davis narrowed his eyes, 'Living through soul bodies? What is this about? Did they come to find a soul body?'

     He had no idea about this matter, neither could he ask around but he could ask Fallen Heaven. Although he knew he was being protected, he understood that his status right now was akin to a prisoner.

     Soon enough, they entered the nameless ruined tomb.

     "Help! I can't see anything!"

     "Calm down! We are near you!"

     "Stay cautious!"

     On their way down, their vision was fully obstructed so much that they couldn't even see their arms in front of them.

     Even though they couldn't see, they could feel the presence of others through either their Body or Soul Cultivation.

     "Follow my lead..." Severin echoed out and muttered under his breath, "Such useless bunch."

     He had a serious expression on his face because even he couldn't see more than 5 meters, but he smiled, thinking that he hit the jackpot.

     Whatever treasure that appeared in this place will be his!

     Many of them were scared because even though they were powerful, they couldn't even see ahead of them. When considering that they were Fifth Stage Cultivators, it was a frightening experience for them.

     They could only helplessly follow their master right now.

     Davis quietly followed behind Mulia, not daring to use his Soul Sense.

     Because he needed to be cautious of others and Severin, with the decreased visibility, he stuck close with her, only leaving a distance of half a meter separating them.

     Besides Mulia was her uncle, maintaining a distance of about a meter.

     He was totally low-key, only bothering about the task he had been handed down from her family, which is to guard her with his life.

     Davis came to know about him in these three days which they traveled and his impression of him had been so far, good since he didn't bother him in any way.

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     216 Soul Control

      "Stop!"

     After quite a few minutes had passed, they all reached a passageway that led into two separate tunnels.

     With the command of Elder Severin, the entourage split up into two and entered both the tunnels.

     One team was led by Elder Severin while the other was led by his trusted subordinate.

     Mulia and her uncle also were together with Elder Severin, so Davis was also stuck with them since he followed Mulia.

     Surprisingly, after that event, Elder Severin didn't come to bother him at all. It was like that he didn't even bother about his existence anymore.

     To this, Davis was very satisfied instead of being irritated.

     He understood that by only through his enemies underestimation of him could he possibly survive this ordeal.

     So far, there weren't any opportunities available for him to make his escape, so he could only grit his teeth and follow them to this wretched place.

     Of course, if he had so wished, other than Elder Severin, he could kill all of them with Fallen Heaven but didn't do so as he would invite suspicion and besides, he was looking for an opportune moment to escape as well as use Fallen Heaven.

     After a few hours of travel, walking in a snail's pace, the two teams regrouped at the exit of the two separate tunnels.

     When the other team came out, they laughed and wondered why there were two ways to the same exit.

     After discussing the strange structure of the tomb a bit, they continued their tomb-raiding work, heading deep into the narrow pathway.

     It was unknown if they were moving horizontally or even vertically from a normal perspective.

     Right now, the only thing Davis got from this tomb was a peculiar sense of danger. It suddenly appeared and disappeared for no reason, or it could be just his misconception.

     Sadly, he could only use his senses to feel around.

     Not taking any chances, he made his move.

     "Miss Mulia, it could be my imagination but I think we are in danger..." Davis whispered as he came close behind her. After all, he certainly owed her his life.

     The sudden information was enough to make her stop in her tracks, yet she kept moving as if this wasn't enough for her to be fazed.

     "Relax, Elder Severin has already informed us that there's something wrong with the team that had returned from the other tunnel. Probably, they're not the same anymore..."

     Davis was startled but not surprised at hearing her reply... After all, they were all higher stage cultivators than him.

     Mulia took a faint glance at him, feeling quite surprised by his senses. It was her uncle who had informed of the danger to her first, followed by Elder Severin.

     It was out of her expectations for Davis to sense the danger when even she couldn't sense as a Law Seed Stage Expert.

     And though Elder Severin warned her, she didn't feel one bit thankful because she knew that he was stronger than her uncle, yet didn't inform her about the danger straight away.

     He informed her only after he saw her uncle warned her of the danger.

     She could guess that he was trying to play the 'save the damsel in distress' when she was truly in danger, hence she felt disgusted with his actions.

     The more she thought about this, the more she felt that her decision to lose her innocence to Hadian was extremely correct.

     Her cold expression slowly faded out, replaced by a longing look.

     Suddenly, a flash of light reflected through her eyes!

     It was a light attributed attack!

     Her expression turned serious yet it was already too late.

     Just when she thought she was going to lose her life in this place, her uncle stepped in front of her and erected a barrier.

     'They made the first move?' Elder Severin thought and commanded his subordinates, "Kill the group who came from the other tunnel!"

     His subordinates echoed in agreement before moving off to massacre as if they have possessed prior information.

     Elder Severin turned and looked at the leader he sent off to the other tunnel. His expression was quite ugly as he would have to kill one of his trusted subordinates, "Whoever's pulling the strings will have to pay the price later!"

     Muttering in a deep tone, he stepped towards his subordinate and grabbed the thin air beside him.

     A solid sword manifested out from his spatial ring which was on one of his fingers.!

     "Zzzzzzz!" The sword gave off a low cry as it trembled, seemingly capable of possessing its own consciousness!

     A Low-Level King Grade Weapon!

     In an instant, the head of the subordinate flew above while seemingly at the same time, quite a few heads also fell to the ground.

     Elder Severin floated off the ground while he looked at his subordinates with interest, who had just started battling the other group.

     His killing speed was off the charts!

     If Davis witnessed his speed, he would be flabbergasted because, with his current cultivation base, he wouldn't even be able to catch his silhouette with his eyes.

     Elder Severin was capable of moving even breaking past the sound barrier! Except his speed was even more terrifying because he could move 10 kilometers in a single second!

     Actually, even Law Seed Stage Experts could travel at the speed of sound, to even say much less of Law Dominion Stage Experts like Elder Severin who is two stages above their cultivation.

     Looking at the slow battling speed of his subordinates, Elder Severin took the matter in his hands and swept the other team with a swing of his sword.

     Finally, there was only a single one who was left alive from the other team. Elder Severin questioned him but the man would only respond to him with gibberish.

     Later on, Elder Severin sighed as he didn't know what to make of this even after using his Soul Sense to probe that man.

     "Mulia, it's useless. I couldn't even make sense of the situation with my Mid-Level Elder Soul Stage Cultivation..." Elder Severin explained when he saw Mulia getting close to that man, scrutinizing.

     Mulia nodded expressionlessly and backed off, seemingly not able to find any clues.

     "Is this what they meant by turning crazy?"

     "He doesn't even recognize us anymore..."

     "Damn, now how do we answer to their families?"

     The surrounding men spoke in hushed voices.

     Elder Severin glanced at them arrogantly and said, "Keep him alive and close! We shall see what other tricks this tomb has to show off!"

     The men nodded and followed their leader into the depths of the tomb.

     Davis stayed close to Mulia and didn't take part in the battle but he was able to measure through his bare eyes that they were being controlled through their souls, or even deranged.

     Originally, he thought of controlling them with Fallen Heaven after regrouping, but it looks like someone beat him to it.

     'Was it that soul body that they were talking about?'  He mused in trepidation as even he couldn't find any traces of the soul control.

     Even so, their deaths brought him happiness, to say the least.

     Quickly, they could see an entrance to a hall as it was written on the door.

     When they pushed open the door to the hall, they actually started to hear voices! Human voices!

     Elder Severin's expression turned heavy before becoming ugly.

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     217 Exposed

      To his frustration, Elder Severin realized that there were already two groups of people belonging to the Towering Cloud Hall and the Alstreim Family respectively!

     They were the remaining two factions of the Tripartite Alliance!

     How was it possible?! Since the two groups had already crossed the previous two paths, they also should have sustained losses but that didn't seem to be the case.

     Well, maybe that explained why he didn't find any bloodstains in the pathways.

     'Tch..' He grew mentally irritated, thinking that their groups didn't meet with calamity. He also guessed that they didn't separate but traveled in a single tunnel rather than two.

     "Haha! Elder Severin! You're late!" A middle-aged man who wore the purple robe of the Tripartite Alliance cordially greeted with an immense smile on his face.

     "Looks like each faction sent an elder to this place... I wonder if we will even be able to gain anything out of this?" Another middle-aged man who had a scrutinizing expression on his face expressed his dissatisfaction.

     "Haha, it's alright as we will split off the treasure into three parts! Isn't that right, Elder Severin?"

     Severin had no choice but to give off a beautiful smile in response to that man's question, "Yes, Elder Norbert. I'm sure Elder Walter would also agree to this... "

     Surprisingly, in this place, their vision was back to normal, though that didn't change the fact that their Soul Senses were still suppressed!

     Meanwhile, no one paid attention to Davis but there was plenty of attention on Miss Mulia.

     Just when he thought of moving away from her, because of the overflowing attention, someone caught him red-handed!

     "Oh! Who is this kid? High-Level Adult Soul Stage? Such a cultivation base? How is this possible?" Elder Walter looked at Davis as he scanned him with an incredulous expression on his face.

     Davis's body automatically moved, and suddenly, he found himself beyond redemption!

     The Dark Crimson Scythe hovered over Mulia's throat!

     Everyone was stunned!

     "Don't move!" Davis shouted as he stood beside Mulia, with his scythe ready to take away her life.

     Mulia was shocked to find herself in this state!

     A moment ago, she was totally out of her mind when she saw Hadian in Elder Norbert's group. A moment of carelessness took her completely off-guard.

     Everyone simultaneously took out their weapons!

     At the same time, Davis released his battle aura and soul force, shocking everyone present except the three elders!

     "Release her!" Elder Severin had an ugly expression on his face!

     He had disdained to even use his Soul Sense on a kid, and that ironically brought him to a situation such as this!

     What's more? Mulia was his soon-to-be wife who was currently held as a hostage! This kind of situation was such a smack to his face that he felt it heating up from sheer embarrassment and anger.

     "Oh... Was he not from your team? Wait... That uniform... Cloud Spring Mercenaries?" Elder Walter muttered as he spoke to Elder Severin.

     "Who are you?" Elder Norbert cautiously asked, and he also did not fail to notice the trembling expression of Hadian who was beside him.

     He was unsure of what was going on and mistook that Hadian knew about Davis.

     Mulia suddenly hated herself for saving this kid a few days ago. She immediately tried to resist yet, all sorts of resistance flew away from her when he heard his Soul Transmission.

     "Obediently follow my lead! Or I'll leak the information of your affair with Hadian!"

     Davis had no time to explain to her so he just blackmailed her into submission!

     "Just a Cloud Spring Mercenaries member, yet your Tripartite Alliance's Elder Severin wanted to kill me... Oh, and I'm sure that he won't let me live after you revealed my cultivation level, so I had no choice but to take this matter into my hands..." Davis calmly explained while his soul pressure gave off the chills which intimidated most of them.

     Elder Walter narrowed his eyes, "Elder Severin, what is this about? Are that boy's words true?"

     Elder Severin's face turned even more ugly! He didn't expect this brat to be this powerful!

     Although he could easily kill Davis, with Mulia close to him as a hostage, it proved certainly impossible to accomplish such a feat!

     Looking at Elder Severin's face, Elder Walter and Elder Norbert looked at each other as they came to a consensus.

     "Elder Severin, instead of recruiting talent such as him, you tried to kill him off? Are you abusing your position as an Elder?" Elder Walter's eyes flashed.

     Severin obviously wouldn't admit to doing such mistakes, "No! He's lying! He was the one who first attacked us but later was protected by Mulia. I had no choice but to give up!"

     "Hmm? Miss Mulia?" Elder Walter glanced at Mulia and questioned, "Are Elder Severin's words true?"

     Mulia kept her mouth shut. She was truly afraid of that matter being revealed rather than her life being taken away.

     She didn't want Hadian to be placed before danger.

     "Speak..." Davis prompted.

     Only when she received his permission did she open her mouth, "Other than me protecting him from Elder Severin, everything else were false..."

     Both elders turned to look at Elder Severin with a not so amused expression on their faces.

     Elder Norbert smiled and took the first shot, "Ki... Young Genius, are you interested in joining the Towering Cloud Ha..."

     But just before he could finish his sentence, the Hall where they stood trembled with intensity as an explosion occurred on the stone!

     This stone was something that the previous two groups were investigating due to it being the only suspicious object in the hall.

     Everyone immediately raised their guard and looked at the exploded pieces of the stone in scrutiny.

     Elder Walter immediately raised his voice while his brows shot up, "Damn it! It's a formation!"

     Then, seemingly from Davis's view, everyone disappeared from the place they stood.

     Even Mulia who was the closest to him disappeared in an instant.

     Davis's scalp turned numb as he looked at the bizarre scene in front of him.

     He then realized that he was no longer in that Hall but was in a room that signified that it was for personal use.

     'Where is this place? That elder shouted that this was a formation except what kind of formation is this?' Davis cautiously swept the room with his Soul Sense while it was still in its suppressed state.

     The suppression he felt here was extreme to the core.

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     218 The Soul Body

      In the room, there was a bed which looked it hadn't been used for a long time, a mirror framed beside the bed and a door leading to someplace he had no idea about.

     Even seeing and sensing that there was no danger, he still didn't dare to drop his guard.

     Suddenly, the mirror rippled and Davis saw something that left a profound impression on him as his heart pounded.

     A wizened old man slowly floated out from the mirror and looked at Davis with a piercing light.

     It was a soul body, one that made him known that it possessed powers at least comparable to a Seventh Stage Soul Forging Cultivation Expert.

     Davis felt all his secrets being left out in the open. He got the impression that no matter what he did, he wouldn't be able to defeat this entity that appeared in front of him.

     The pressure the wizened old man emitted left him speechless and stiff in despair.

     After what seemingly went like a long time, the old man opened his mouth with disbelief etched on his face, "Twelve years old, with a Soul Forging Cultivation Base of High-Level Adult Soul Stage..."

     "Hahaha! The heaven's hadn't forsaken me! Finally!"

     Davis looked at the laughing crazed old man who was full of wrinkles in anxiety but it slowly changed into one of terror.

     'Am I going to get possessed?' Such thoughts were endlessly expanding in his mind.

     He couldn't help think that way because the old man looked at him like he was savoring his prey.

     Even Fallen Heaven had promptly informed him that it cannot do anything to this existence in front of him.

     The old man waved his arm and the next moment Davis thought he would be dead but he was astonished to find the formless shackles no longer binding him.

     In turn, he moved his head to look at the mirror which turned into a projection.

     Davis's eyes widened!

     An image formed on the mirror, no, it was a projection, a display of a massacre.

     He looked at the Fifth Stage Experts who would've given him a life and death battle, easily fade away like some roadside dust.

     What disappeared wasn't their body but their souls which got eerily absorbed into a formation.

     Every soul in the formation gave off a reluctant cry before disappearing into the void, their soul bodies vanishing into thin air.

     Only Elder Severin, Elder Walter, Elder Norbert, Hadian, Mulia and a few others who were at the Six Stage like Mulia's uncle managed to survive.

     Yet their expressions were of struggle and pain!

     They only managed to survive because numerous talismans appeared from their bodies and suddenly broke, illuminating their bodies but the lights were quickly disappearing as if they were running out of energy!

     ...

     Davis felt chill running up his spine.

     All, all of their souls were extracted and sucked into a formation. The sight of it reminded Davis his own methods albeit, quite differently.

     When he saw their souls being sucked out without any resistance, he momentarily thought that this old man also possessed another Death Book, yet it didn't take him long to realize that this was a result of absolute power.

     "Hmm? Surprisingly, your enemies managed to survive with the help of those Peak-Level Sky Grade Protective Talismans! Fine! Fine! I'll use another formation to take care of them." The old man sighed as if he was comforting Davis and was about to flick his hand.

     "Wait!" Davis shouted.

     The old man stopped and slowly glanced at Davis, "What? Don't you want your enemies dead?"

     Davis looked at him, trying to move his mouth. The terror slowly faded out of him when he realized that this old man meant him no harm! At least on the surface!

     He took a deep breath and asked politely as possible, "Who the hell are you?"

     "A feisty one? Good! Your personality also perfectly fits my requirements!"

     Davis narrowed his eyes. Although he guessed that the old man wouldn't harm him now, he couldn't predict what the old man had in store for him.

     Besides, he wanted to understand why this old man summoned him to this place while also buying time to calculate an escape route.

     "What are you killing people for?" Davis asked, his eyes slightly glancing aside.

     "Aren't they your enemies? Actually, stop searching for exits, you won't find one..."

     Davis winced in caution. The old man had easily found out his intentions.

     "All of them are not my enemies.." He replied, ignoring the old man's statement.

     The old man's eyes twitched, "Don't tell me I killed some of your acquaintances just now..."

     "Not yet..." Davis rolled his eyes.

     Now he was half sure that the old man was trying to help him though he didn't know why exactly.

     "What do you want? Why did you summon me here?"

     The old man's soul body flickered and appeared in front of Davis in an instant.

     Davis took a step back involuntarily.

     It seemed that he was still afraid of this unknown entity who was capable of playing him to death.

     The old man looked at him and uttered while his eyes flashed, "I want you to take revenge for me!"

     Davis's eyes flickered and thought of refusing but didn't directly do, "You are already this strong in your soul form, yet you want to kill me your enemies who forced you into this state when you were in your prime?"

     The old man smiled and nodded, "Smart..."

     'Smart my ass...' Davis silently cursed yet his expression was the same. Couldn't the old man tell that he was indirectly refusing!?

     "What makes you think I can do it?" Davis tried to argue as he knew that he couldn't directly refuse.

     "With a mere bone age of 12, you managed to reach High-Level Adult Soul Stage. Tell me, if you aren't qualified, then who is?"

     "I dabbed and experimented with Soul Cultivation a lot, and the power I have right can now be said to be a mistake! My Soul Comprehension is severely lacking right now..." Davis casually cooked up a lie and added some truth in it.

     "Hahaha, young ones are so talented and especially you! Did you truly survive experimenting with your Soul as a basis? You're really loved by the heavens, eh? As a matter of fact, I even saved you just a moment ago... The heavens really did send you to me here!"

     Davis's eyes twitched.

     The excuse he gave was turned into one which supported the other party's claim, further strengthening the old man's drivel.

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     219 Conditions Imposed

      The old man stretched out his finger as his wrinkled face turned solemn, "Boy, remember that you are talking to the Great Soul King, Garvin Woller. I don't care if you're cautious against me because I don't have a lot of time left. I only want you to promise me two things..."

     Davis returned his solemn look with his own. He wanted to ask what would happen if he were to disagree but kept his mouth shut.

     Besides, Soul King? How was he supposed to know what it was other than sounding grand?

     "First, I want you to take revenge for me..." The old man paused a moment before muttering, "When you are strong enough..."

     "Second, I want you to see if my descendants are still alive, safe and sound. If they are, then hand them this..." The old man threw a Spatial Ring to Davis.

     Davis didn't try to catch it, so it fell on the ground making some noise in the dimly lit room.

     The old man seemed to not mind and continued his speech, "In return, I'll teach you Soul Forging Cultivation, the concepts you didn't understand, the abstruse outline of the Soul Forging Cultivation. I'll make you understand every side of it, to the last bit of my knowledge."

     Davis just stared at him with no changes to his expression. The poker face he put in made it harder for the wizened expert to tell what he was thinking about.

     Besides, Davis understood that this expert had full control of the situation since he dared to throw a treasure to him.

     Quite some time passed, yet they kept staring at each other.

     The old man didn't push but waited for him to reply yet there was a discernible amount of pressure oozing out from him.

     Even Davis could feel that the old man was feeling eager and even anxious.

     Looking at the old man, Davis understood at least two things that would happen if he were to refuse!

     Either the old man would kill him, or would imprint him with some kind of spell which could literally turn him into a puppet of his bidding, like a slave!

     Davis carefully weighed his options before he opened his mouth decisively, "I accept!"

     A smile lit up on the old man's face when suddenly Davis spoke, "But!"

     "I have two conditions as well..."

     The old man suddenly looked pensive as well as a little irritated, "Speak..."

     "First, even though you agreed to teach me, under no circumstances will I call you teacher or master."

     "Second, in the name of teaching, you are not allowed to look into my soul or memories!"

     The old man blinked, then laughed, "Hahaha! I don't care if you are my Grandpa or Grandson, neither do I want to peep into a scrawny kid's memories! Hmph! I only care if you will fulfill my two conditions or not!"

     Davis said, "Then I have a question for you..."

     "What? My patience is limited!"

     "You said that you don't have much time... Does that mean you won't ever get to confirm that if I ever fulfilled your end of the deal?"

     The old man suddenly went silent.

     Davis smiled wryly, "You're going make me vow to the heavens or something?"

     "... Sigh, brat, you're too smart for your own good. You have much knowledge, meaning that you must be from a prominent family or sect."

     "Then you must know what we are going to do, right?"

     Davis nodded his head but he didn't have the faintest idea of what he was talking about!

     "I want you to sign a Blood Soul Contract." The old man said in a clear tone.

     Davis's heart pounded! The name itself rang bells in his ears, causing fear to envelop him, temporarily giving him goosebumps.

     "I've heard of it before, what exactly is it?" Davis lied through his teeth, asking as he suppressed his fear.

     The old man sighed and spoke in a gentle tone, "Child, it's fine as we will sign on only what we've agreed upon."

     "The Blood Soul Contract is an agreement which high-level cultivators like me use for various purposes such as transactions but it is as worse as a slave contract because if you go against it, you will instantly receive a backlash that will largely cripple you, with a slight chance of killing you as well."

     "But this is highly used since as long as one abides by their words, nothing will happen to them under any circumstance."

     The old man took out a white sheet of paper which looked like a talisman with some kind scriptures etched on it.

     "Imprint your conditions with a time limit and inscribe them into this paper." The old man narrowed his eyes.

     Davis didn't move but suddenly felt sad. He didn't go find High-Level Cultivators, in fact, he always avoided coming into contact with High-Level Cultivators because he knew he couldn't possibly hope to match them.

     But when he headed to a low-level place to finish a low-level mission, he surprisingly got caught in this mess. Just like when he was an orphan and got kidnapped, where he had no means to protect himself.

     Davis hated this feeling, the feeling of powerlessness!

     "I know what you're thinking, but it's just naive. I know it's unfair to you but the world doesn't care about that, because the world doesn't see if you're right or wrong, it only sees if you are weak or strong!"

     "I was weak! So I had no choice but to fall to this state and in front of me, you are weak!"

     "It's a cycle!"

     "You have it better! I'm not making you my slave since that would be detrimental to your growth!"

     "But now, you have no choice but to comply with my requests. The two conditions you requested are within my means to accept. If you delay any longer..." The old man slightly threatened but in reality, he was also anxious except Davis didn't know this point.

     Davis took a deep breath! Even though he felt reluctant, what the old man said was true! He had no choice but to comply!

     The only way left out for him now was to die! But he obviously wouldn't choose that under most circumstances, including now.

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     220 Blood Soul Contrac

      Davis sighed reluctantly, "Alright, I agree. I hope what you said about this Blood Soul Contract is true..."

     Garvin wisely nodded his head, "Fret not for I have not lied. Now after you send the Soul Transmission, place a drop of your blood on the contract, and recite with me."

     Davis perfunctorily nodded and did as he was told. He dropped a few drops of blood containing only a little of his blood essence from his finger and checked the conditions once before nodding his head.

     Garvin also took a vial out of his spatial ring and poured the contents on the contract.

     "I, Garvin Woller, promise upon the blood soul contract to fulfill the conditions proposed by the other party!"

     "I, Davis, promise upon the blood soul contract to fulfill the conditions proposed by the other party!"

     The contract suddenly started to glow with resplendent light, and slowly disintegrated into two mots of light which entered into both of them.

     Davis suddenly felt his soul tighten for a moment before it turned back to normal.

     He checked his Soul Forging Cultivation for any abnormalities but didn't find one other than feeling a little bit shackled.

     That said, with all this over, he didn't feel one bit happy or sad.

     In this case, he had just given up trying to struggle and decided to do his best to practice cultivation hard so that he can fulfill the Blood Soul Contract.

     Surprisingly, the old man left him some space to breathe which at least improved Davis's impression of him.

     He was only asked to fulfill the conditions before reaching the age of 5,000.

     If going by his own standards, he was pretty sure that he could fulfill his end of the unfair bargain.

     And he was also asked to not open the spatial ring, nor take its contents, neither can he give it other people other than Garvin Woller's descendants.

     The old man smiled resplendently which caused Davis's face to twitch.

     "Now that the Blood Soul Contract has been established, I can leave this world peacefully knowing that I have entrusted things to you."

     "Wait!! You haven't even explained who I should kill to take revenge for you!" Davis anxiously shouted.

     He thought that this old fart was planning to die just like that.

     "Hahaha! Don't be so hasty... Didn't I tell you? First, I still have to teach you Soul Forging Cultivation."

     Davis exhaled his anger away. He lifted up his finger and pointed at Garvin.

     "You better release me from this place once you're done teaching me Soul Forging Cultivation!"

     "Of course! If not, how am I supposed to avenge myself or support my descendants? Your worry is unfounded..." Garvin smilingly uttered, his wrinkled cheeks scrunched up into many layers.

     Davis half-believingly put his hand away, then suddenly remembered something else, "Wait! How am I supposed to recognize your so-called descendants?"

     "My main descendants should be wearing this pendant necklace on them all the time, so there should be no problem recognizing one if you see them."

     Garvin took out a pendant necklace and threw it towards Davis.

     This time, Davis took it and inspected it before putting it away in his spatial ring.

     He then picked up the spatial ring which had fallen to the floor and stored it as well.

     "Then... Where exactly can I find your descendants? Or the most likely place?" Davis asked as he took this Blood Soul Contract thing seriously.

     "I am the Fourth Great Guest Elder of the Emperor Sword Sect, so you can most likely find them in the Emperor Sword Sect Territory."

     'Emperor Sword Sect? Never heard of it before...' Davis mused.

     "Where is it?"

     "You should be able to reach it by passing through three territories. I'll draw a map of the 52 Territories sometime later and hand it over to you so don't worry."

     Davis perched his lips, "What if I can't find anyone of your descendants in your Emperor Sword Sect territory?"

     "Sigh, then my lineage would be probably scattered throughout the 52 Territories..."

     Davis was infuriated! Does that mean he has to search through all the territories till he finds a single descendant?

     Angered, Davis almost cursed out loud but changed his question, "What if your while lineage got wiped out?"

     The old man looked at him weirdly, "You should know that I had more than 100 women as my concubines, so as long they were spread out, they should've been able to survive..."

     'What!???' Davis had his jaw drop! A hundred concubines?

     Davis clenched his fists! Although he was shocked by the number of women Garvin had, doesn't this also mean that the probability to find Garvin's descendants just shot up the roof?

     "Hey! Can you like make the pendant necklace glow if I'm near your descendants? It will help me quickly find them as you wished before..."

     Garvin blinked, "Now that you mention it, I'll prepare that pendant to react upon sensing the same blood as mine. Now you'll be able to be sure that they are my descendants."

     Davis took out the pendant necklace and threw it towards him. He then smiled.

     "What? You no longer hold any animosity towards me?" Garvin chuckled.

     Davis shook his head, "I want to rip you apart into pieces but seeing that you don't possess a body, I can't be bothered to silence your soul into oblivion."

     "Hahaha! Good! I'll teach you Soul Cultivation for the next few months!" Garvin laughed heavily, not taking Davis's provocation into his heart.

     He silently thought how much time had passed without being able to laugh and talk like this, 'Maybe a thousand or so?'

     He shrugged and looked towards the mirror, "Now, not much time has passed but surprisingly, two of the groups had managed to escape using space law protective talismans."

     Davis turned his head as he silently muttered, "There's only a single group left..."

     ...

     A few minutes before, at the time when Davis was transported to Garvin with the help of a spatial formation.

     Mulia dropped to the ground once she felt the Scythe disappear into thin air.

     She gasped heavily while trying to catch her breath.

     Hadian, who was deeply pissed off and angered by Davis, suppressed himself as he stood his ground.

     "Hadian, do you know who that young boy is?" Elder Norbert suspiciously looked at Hadian.

     Hadian was taken aback but quickly hid his emotions and shook his head.

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     221 Hadian and Mulia

      Elder Norbert was confused. He knew Hadian wouldn't lie to him but then why would Hadian have that kind of reaction?

     'Could it be...?' Elder Norbert glanced at Mulia before narrowing his eyes.

     Suddenly, numerous lines lit up near the blasted stone, illuminating the entire place they were in!

     "Quick! Use your life-saving talismans!" Elder Walter shouted and at the same instant, activated a paper talisman that had inscriptions etched on it.

     The paper talisman transformed into a ball of light as it extended, covering Elder Walter, providing protection.

     Near the blasted stone, the inscription etched on the ground which had lit up into dazzling light, turned into a cage.

     The illusory cage looked ordinary to the extreme, yet when they looked at it, chills crept up to their spines.

     *Hsss*

     Evidently, the top dogs had figured out what kind of formation they're facing right now and quickly unleashed the power of the protective talisman.

     *Bzzz*

     The cage suddenly exhibited a gust of terrifying suction energy directed at them.

     *Teckk!*

     The protective light on them burst apart and to their fear, they realized that instead of their bodies being pulled, it was their souls that were being sucked into the formation.

     The ones who were the first ones to be sucked were the Fifth Stage Experts, whereupon their souls were immediately imprisoned. They screamed in agony before blowing off into a puff!

     Their souls truly puffed off like a smoke mixing in together with the air.

     The Six Stage Experts who had their protective lights just broken felt their souls being tucked at to their horror!

     But the cage slowly dimmed off and disappeared into nothingness as if it wasn't there in the first place.

     The only ones to survive this ordeal were the three elders, the secret couple, Mulia's uncle and the remaining Six Stage Experts.

     The Six Stage Experts shut their mouths and looked at the place where the cage disappeared, their hearts still swallowed by horror.

     Even the elders felt their hearts palpitating in fear.

     Hadian and Mulia looked at each other, their faces incredibly pale.

     They were only Fifth Stage Experts but because their statuses were special, they possessed Peak Sky Grade Protective Talisman which helped them to survive!

     Yet even then it wasn't enough to protect them entirely as it broke as soon as the protective light from the Sixth Stage Experts broke!

     At that time, they had their souls being absorbed halfway to the cage when suddenly the cage disappeared after having lost its energy.

     Those two were the only people who had survived after having their souls extracted out of their body, leaving only a slight injury to their souls which caused their faces to turn pale.

     After their souls returned to their bodies, the first actions they did was to look at each other to confirm each other's safety.

     This went unnoticed as the frightened survivors were cautiously watching out for another attack.

     "We need to leave..." It was unknown who said that but when they heard it, thoughts about escaping encroached their minds.

     Elder Walter and Elder Norbert didn't hesitate to quickly tear open space using another two life-saving spatial talismans to quickly leave.

     These talismans were supplied from their respective headquarters, and only significant personnel like them could get it.

     Elder Severin who had his own thoughts about escaping had already fled halfway even before he heard the voice.

     When he looked back at the sight behind him, he grew increasingly furious.

     "You two dare plot to leave us behind!"

     His own group also shouted as they quickly tried to catch up.

     Elder Severin didn't even bother to glance at Mulia, yet before he could even catch up to them, the two groups had already left through the spatial tunnel.

     The spatial tunnel quickly closed after the last person on their side left.

     Elder Severin's face turned incredibly ugly. He knew that they could have held the spatial tunnel for a few more seconds, yet they didn't.

     Unfortunately, he was young and a newly appointed elder compared to the other two and this worked against him because he hadn't gained achievements where inturn he could procure life-saving talismans, even spatial ones.

     As for the other two groups, it was obvious that they had decided to bare their fangs on him at this moment!

     In the Tripartite Alliance, between the three factions, unity and diversity changes in a matter of seconds and this was just one instance of thousands of others.

     Even Elder Severin had tried to run away sneakily, even leaving his own group behind. This action of his was what first resulted in him being stranded in this place.

     When all things considered, those two elders were way better than him or at least that was Mulia thought when she saw his ugly expression.

     Her eyes flashing with pure disgust.

     ...

     Outside the tomb, a spatial

     tear opened, followed by many people exiting it in haste.

     Terror could be seen in their eyes as they escaped to this place with the help of the two elders.

     In the grasp of Elder Norbert was Hadian, his face looking incredibly pale.

     He didn't even have time to open his mouth before he got grasped by Elder Norbert on the neck, transported outside.

     Quickly, he stood up and shook, removing his elder's grasp as he ran towards the spatial tear.

     But before he could even reach it, the spatial tear closed, causing him to fall as he stretched his hands mid-way!

     "No!!" A low muffled escaped from his mouth while gritting his teeth.

     It didn't go unescaped from Elder Norbert's ears who was close to him.

     "Elder Norbert, please open the spatial tunnel again..."

     "I can't, I can no longer sense that place..." Elder Norbert replied calmly.

     Hadian's expression was livid! He immediately glanced at the entrance and approached it with the fastest speed he could muster.

     Elder Norbert suddenly appeared to the front of him, causing him to stop in his tracks.

     Even in his haste, Hadian realized that he was being viewed with suspicious eyes.

     "Where are you going? Can't you see that this is too much for us to handle? I don't even know how we got out of that place alive..." Elder Norbert berated him with a disciplining tone.

     Hadian could see that there was no way for him to defeat Elder Norbert, so he could only plead with his eyes, "Move aside..."

     Elder Norbert sighed as he clenched his fists, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid that I can't let you go to die in vain..."

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     222 No Regrets

      Davis looked at her silhouette which involuntarily radiated such loneliness to an extent that he could even feel it behind a projection from the mirror.

     That woman had saved him and protected him all this while, yet, on purpose or not, choose to shove his blade on her back for his own survival.

     For the second time in his life, he felt disgusted by his actions, but his expression still didn't change as he kept watching the projection.

     "Leave that woman alone..." Davis uttered while pointing at Mulia.

     Garvin chuckled, "Do you favor her?"

     "No, I owe her one." Davis casually replied as he retracted his hand but mused, 'Maybe a lot...'

     "What about the others?" Garvin shrugged and questioned.

     Davis looked at Garvin as he narrowed his eyes. He understood that he was helping him take care of his enemies now that he had signed the Blood Soul Contract.

     In other words, they were on the same boat and can be seen as equals regardless of the difference between their cultivation bases.

     "Leave her uncle too, the person who is guarding her and as for the others, you can kill them as you please..." Davis thought for a second before his eyes glinted over with sharpness, "No, don't ever let them escape alive..."

     .....

     "We have to escape..." Elder Severin's expression turned even more ugly when he discovered that he couldn't open the huge door that led outside of the hall they were in currently.

     His expression turned malevolent when he glanced at the blasted stone, "Whoever you are, don't go thinking you can get away after offending the Tripartite Alliance!"

     Gritting his teeth, he glanced at his group and his gaze finally landed on Mulia.

     Mulia was still half-kneeling as her soul was injured. In terms of Soul Forging Cultivation, she was nowhere near Hadian or the other Sixth Stage Experts.

     Elder Severin furrowed his brows.

     When he realized that her uncle was glancing at him, he moved his gaze away and started checking out the hall for any clues that might help him to escape.

     While he was checking and inspecting cautiously, a silhouette silently crept up behind him which he even failed to notice.

     In fact, even if one were to look behind Severin, they wouldn't be able to find that silhouette.

     It was just a moment, but Severin realized that he had a transparent sword sticking out of his Dantian! As if it was suddenly conjured out from his own body!

     His eyes in his sockets bulged out slightly, his whole body trembled as he tried to look back, yet he couldn't even find one silhouette behind his back!

     "Elder!" A Sixth Stage Expert suddenly saw Elder Severin falling to his knees as blood dripped down from his abdomen.

     He shouted but didn't dare to go near as his eyes displayed pure horror!

     The others also noticed how their strongest member was brutally injured even without having a noise made. When they realized this, all of them didn't even move one step front but moved backward, away from their master, Elder Severin.

     Mulia and her uncle also glanced at the fallen Elder Severin.

     A mocking smile crept upon her pale face before she heaved a sigh relief, "Uncle Erik..."

     She turned to look at her uncle while the other did the same, "I have no regrets..."

     Right now, the existence known as Davis wasn't even in her mind but was replaced by Hadian.

     Uncle Erik blinked and sighed. He checked his surroundings only to discover the Sixth Stage Experts around him running like dogs, fearing for their lives as they were mysteriously killed.

     Bodies fell on the ground from having their dantians ripped apart like a kite cut from its string.

     He shook his head, "We certainly have run out of luck this time! I'm sorry, I don't see how we can get out of this alive..."

     "You don't need to be sorry, uncle. Fate didn't allow me to share my life with him. I'm just happy that he made it out alive..."

     "Silly lass, you're not even worried about my life and death. I have lost my life in vain!" Uncle Erik had an angry expression on his face, except the other knew that it was fake.

     Mulia's cold face blossomed into a smile, "I can't thank you enough uncle! Without you there for me my whole life, I would've turned out to be a woman I never wanted to be!"

     Uncle Erik turned solemn but then laughed, "Stop that, haha. It's actually good that we're not returning back alive, otherwise, I wouldn't know how to answer your parents about you losing your womanhood to him."

     "You knew!?" Mulia's face turned beet red!

     Her uncle had actually known about her ambiguous yet pure relationship with Hadian but didn't interfere in any way.

     "What? You thought I wouldn't know? Despite all my urging you chose to leave in the guise of being lost! If I couldn't even guess this then I would've failed to be in the position of guarding you!"

     Mulia put her face down in shame and remorse, "I'm sorry..."

     She suddenly thought of her parents who had no choice but to agree to Elder Severin's demands. They had done their best but still couldn't protect from that fiend in the end.

     "Leave it, leave it... We're going to die anyway so it doesn't matter. Besides, that Severin brat is half-dead so you don't need to worry about him bothering you or your little sister ever again."

     "Hmm, I can die in peace..." Mulia nodded her head as she took a deep breath. All the pent up emotions inside her went away and what replaced her field of vision was the brutal scenery.

     She turned to look at that miserably screaming asshole who was currently grasping thin air, trying to stop his cultivation from leaking in vain.

     "That bastard even set his sights upon my little sister, serves him right..." Mulia's eyes turned cold as she coldly laughed.

     "Little lass..." Uncle Erik furrowed his brows, his fingers touching his chin.

     "Mhm?" Mulia perked up her ears.

     "Why aren't we getting killed?"

     Silence... echoed in between the two of them except it wasn't as miserable screams were resounding all over the place.

     Both suddenly realized something was wrong. They looked around but didn't see anyone close to them. It was as if they were at one corner, safely away from the impending danger.

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     223 Garvin“s Teachings

      "Are you just letting them leave?" Davis asked in a doubtful tone, not sure if the old man will really leave them alive or would just hoodwink him and kill them later.

     "Of course, why not? Since you told me to leave them alone, I do not need for them to be here..."

     Davis asked with an incredulous expression on his face, "Aren't you afraid that your hidden location will be found out by your enemies or the Tripartite Alliance by letting them leave alive?"

     Garvin shook his head, "It doesn't matter, and even if they do, by the time they get here, I will long be dead, and you will be somewhere else."

     Davis tried to probe more, "What if they were just nearby?"

     Garvin grinned, "Then they're just asking to die!"

     Davis furrowed his brows and turned confused. Wasn't his enemies supposed to be powerful?

     "Come with me..." Garvin prodded and dropped his feet to the ground.

     His transparent soul body suddenly morphed into a body that had flesh and meat. To be more precise, it looked like a body that had flesh and meat but in truth, it was just a real soul body that had materialized.

     Davis blinked at this marvel and subconsciously followed behind him.

     Going through the closed door, which Davis tried to probe before when wanting to escape, they arrived in front of an underground water body, inside a cave-like structure.

     "What is this place?" Davis questioned, his eyes wide open.

     He couldn't see anything or sense anything in this place but when Garvin waved his hands, he was able to see an underground lake in front of him.

     "This is the underground cave below the West End Valley, and the source of the fog which perpetually exists throughout the valley."

     "..."

     "Down here, this lake was just a damn normal lake, yet the body of an unknown Eighth Stage Beast decomposed into every part of this lake, causing the property of the lake to change and generate this kind of fog over time as far as I know."

     Davis was astonished and finally understood the source of the fog, but even so, he couldn't understand, "What has this got to do with them wanting to die by coming here?"

     "As long as they are here, their souls will be temporarily suppressed to a huge degree. This will grant me enough time to kill them even if they were powerful than I was at my peak!" Garvin boasted as if he was confident.

     Davis raised his brows, "Then, can't you just bait them here and save me the trouble..."

     "Idiot! This is just my last resort! Listen here brat, things will not always progress as planned. You got to take a step back before planning to move ahead. Doing so will help you see the big picture."

     Once Garvin said that he turned to look at Davis in a meaningful light, "You get it?"

     Davis nodded in agreement but quickly realized something.

     "Wait, why isn't your soul suppressed? You don't even have a fleshy body to protect you!"

     Garvin gave off a derisive sneer," Hmph! What do you know? I had to spend thousand years tempering my soul body in this lake to gain resistance, and in the process, I had to make sure I wouldn't die halfway."

     "Can I temper my soul body in that lake?" Hearing that, Davis's eyes lit up in greed.

     "Don't even think about it! You won't even last a second with your soul forging cultivation base..." Saying so, Garvin turned back to leave.

     Davis, who couldn't see anything to his front without Garvin's help, followed him back into the room.

     ...

     First day...

     "Out of the three cultivation systems, Soul Forging Cultivation is the hardest to cultivate! I assume you know the first five stages of Soul Forging Cultivation System."

     "I'll start explaining the first one, Nascent Soul Stage. This stage is where your existent, yet non-existent soul, takes form..."

     Garvin started to explain. He vocalized his thoughts and made Davis understand his teachings to a great degree, even taking the time to explain the first five stages in Soul Forging Cultivation to stabilize the latter's foundation.

     "Understanding the soul through heaven and earth energy is the mysterious element. What kind of law do you practice with your soul?"

     "Light?" Davis said doubtfully. After all, he also used Fallen Heaven's dark-like energy as well.

     "Light, is it? Most of us tend to subconsciously stick to Light for our Soul Cultivation. In truth, it doesn't matter if you practice light or dark. Understanding the mysteriousness behind the soul law is what's important."

     "What is soul law?" Davis turned confused as it was the first time he heard of the term.

     "I thought of explaining that when I get to explain about the Fifth Stage but whatever... Laws are of the embodiment of the universe. It is boundless."

     "Since it is boundless, you won't be able to even understand completely. Not even I do, nor do Ninth Stage Experts!"

     "People since ancient times decided to come together to compile their comprehension and doing so resulted in laws being divided into three major types in accordance with the cultivation systems created for humanity."

     "Energy Laws, Body Laws, and Soul Laws."

     "But in truth, all are one and the same, belonging to the same major law."

     "For example, let's say you practice fire laws. Using fire body laws to temper your body is effective but to train your soul and energy with fire body laws will result in no progress at all."

     "You're simply using the wrong source of energy and comprehension to feed your power."

     Davis's eyes widened as he understood, "Then how do I differentiate between the laws I comprehend?"

     "Heh, that depends entirely on your comprehension and the ability to understand laws. This is entirely innate and there are no records of one being able to improve their innate talent of comprehension as far as I know." Garvin shook his head.

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      Garvin laughed slightly, "I bet if you were one of my descendants, you would have no problem being able to comprehend and understand soul laws without any bottlenecks till the Fifth Stage."

      Davis nodded his head and understood that it was related to being a descendant of a powerful expert. Even so, he looked incredibly downcast, thinking that he wouldn't be able to comprehend laws that easily.

      'Would I have to rely on Fallen Heaven eternally?'  When his thoughts traveled in this direction, he didn't feel one bit good about any of this!

      "This is the natural law of the universe. Otherwise, with infinite resources, wouldn't we humans be able to dominate the entire fifty-two territories?" Garvin laughed loudly, not intending to stop anytime sooner.

      After a while, Davis stood up and uttered, "How do I learn light soul laws?"

      "There is a lot of ways to comprehend, but before that, I want to see your Soul Forging Cultivation Manual."

      Davis didn't have a copy of it but he recited his Soul Forging Cultivation Manual, Sacred Luminance Mist.

      As he kept reciting, Garvin's eyes glowed as a surprised expression emerged on his face.

      "What is this? Who would be so stupid as to include the soul laws in the cultivation manual itself!?"

      "Why, is it wrong?" Davis was confused. The layers that he would comprehend automatically in the manual were precisely those laws which were recorded.

      "It isn't wrong by itself, but no one here creates cultivation manuals with laws, fearing for their secrets and safety. Besides, each law is so vast that not everyone will be able to comprehend the same laws as the author of the manual."

      "So, what's recorded in here is pretty much useless to others other than the method to cultivate itself!"

      Davis suddenly understood!  'So that's why I kept feeling that I didn't understand much when it comes to soul comprehension!'

      It was the same as how one memorizes the answer and writes it on the answer sheet without understanding it.

      It was all the comprehension of others, not his!

      "Well, since this manual is a Sky Grade Cultivation Manual and you have only reached the Adult Soul Stage, it is still fine as one doesn't need to understand deep about laws before the Fifth Stage."

      "Only after reaching the Fifth Stage will you know how vast the laws are, so before that there is a saying that all law comprehensions before Fifth Stage amounts to nothing but a child's comprehension; mere elementary laws."

      Davis's eyes twitched as he heard Garvin's mocking voice,  'Child's Comprehension...'

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      Second day...

      Garvin finished explaining the intricacies about the first three stages. He even took the time took the time to teach light laws; albeit vaguely.

      Davis felt his knowledge had increased by leaps and bounds in a single day.

      He even felt his soul comprehension strengthening his Soul Sea slightly though the effects outside were negligible since his soul was already powered by Fallen Heaven.

      To this, he was deflated. This and future insights would be only useful to him if one day Fallen Heaven proves to be useless which would be highly unlikely any time sooner.

      ...

      Third day...

      "... is unlikely to be the case. Before reaching the Fifth Stage in Soul Forging Cultivation, if your soul body is exterminated, you will die but once you reach the Fifth Stage, even if your soul body is extinguished in any case, you are unlikely to die instantly as your Soul Essence lies in your soul sea, not your soul body."

      Davis questioned, "Do you mean that my soul body can act independently and even if it dies, I won't need to worry if it will result in my death?"

      "Yes, as long as you can keep your Soul Essence intact, but your soul will be severely injured. Only by using equal grade herbs or pills specializing in soul healing will you be able to recover from the injuries to the soul."

      "..."

      "Any questions?" Garvin asked with a sigh.

      Davis blinked, "... How much of a distance can my soul body exist independently without me being close to it?"

      "That depends on how long your Soul Sense can extend. If your soul body leaves that range then it will slowly lose soul force and wane away into the endless void."

      "What else?" Garvin asked as he sighed again.

      "Nothing..."

      "Well, that concludes your lesson on Adult Soul Stage." A smile lit up on Garvin's face.

      He had been teaching and pounding the basics of the Adult Soul Stage into Davis but the latter just seemed to come up with thousands of questions, annoying him to a great extent.

      ...

      Fourth Day...

      "What is this?" Davis asked as he looked at the weird vial in Garvin's hands.

      "This is the soul of a Fifth Stage Soul Cultivator..." Garvin laughed and removed the cap sealing the vial.

      "Sev... Severin!!!" Davis uttered as he froze.

      A soul body in a shackled form came out and looked at Davis with an ugly expression on its face.

      "Bastard! It's you!!"

      Davis's face slowly turned into one of joy, yet the other party knew that it wasn't something out of pure concern but malice, "Surprisingly, you're still alive!"

      He then turned to look at Garvin Woller.

      "Brat, don't look at me like that. I figured that instead of me doing the explaining, it would be better if you observe an intact Elder Soul Stage Soul."

      Davis was taken aback but nodded his head. He then turned his head and placed his gaze on Severin, "I can do whatever I want with this?"

      "You can, but make sure you some gain insights into the next stage before doing something nasty with it."

      Davis grinned, "Alright..."

      Severin was ticked off and scared at the same time. They were talking about him like he was an object and not a living soul anymore.

      But since he was scared, he didn't dare to open his mouth.

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     225 Three Years

      Fifth day...

     Sixth day...

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     Nine months later.

     A silhouette could be seen walking to and fro, "Where did that old fart go?"

     This figure was Davis who was waiting anxiously for Garvin to teach him something or let him out.

     It had been nine months since he started observing and experimenting with Severin's Soul.

     With a live resource such as a Mid-Level Elder Soul Stage Soul, his insights into Soul Cultivation increased and he could now tell that his comprehension caught up to his current Soul Forging Cultivation Base!

     Of course, Garvin also stopped by him in these nine months, explaining whatever Davis didn't understand.

     With an apt and competent teacher plus resources such as a live soul, if he didn't make any progress then he knew that he would've received a blow to his confidence.

     This might've caused a heart demon; a limitation to form in his heart. Thankfully, nothing of that sort happened.

     A week ago, Garvin suddenly stopped appearing. Davis didn't mind and continued to do what he was doing; gaining comprehensions and pondering on light elementary laws from time to time.

     Now, just a few hours ago, Severin's soul couldn't endure the experiments done by Davis, finally causing his soul to dissipate.

     But just before his soul could fully dissipate, Fallen Heaven suddenly excitedly echoed in his mind that he could absorb his soul now!

     So without further delay, he quickly extracted Severin's Soul Essence.

     He still didn't refine it but chose to keep it in his Soul Sea so that he could absorb it later at an appropriate time. Besides, he had to stay low since he can't show his breakthrough methods to Old Man Garvin.

     At this moment, Davis walked and stood in front of a door. He took a deep breath and opened it.

     He stepped forward and entered the underground cave where there were dense fog and zero visibility. His Soul Sense couldn't even move an inch out of his body but he also felt a sense of eerieness to the extreme.

     "Old Man Garvin!!!" Davis shouted.

     His voice echoed throughout the underground cave. Silence reigned and he could hear that there was no reply.

     Davis narrowed his brows but he didn't take a single step forward, afraid that he might fall into the lake; the source of the fog.

     "Garvin!!!!" Davis shouted again, unwilling to step forward.

     Only his voice echoed for a second or two before it died out. The eerie silence didn't sit well with him.

     Davis couldn't take the silence anymore, "Old fart!!!!"

     *Splash~*

     Davis heard a sound that indicated something flew out of the lake, so he immediately moved back and closed the door shut.

     *Bang!!*

     "Who are you calling old fart?" Came the voice that sounded scary to the extreme.

     "Oh crap!!" Davis was given a scare as he flew forward a little.

     Garvin stood beside the door and kept the door open, and behind him was a background full of dense fog forming an eerie sight.

     To tell the truth, Davis's heart went stiff for a second from witnessing the scenery.

     He quelled his beating heart and said, "Because you won't answer me when I called you, and what exactly were you doing down the lake?"

     Garvin formed a fist and knocked Davis's head.

     "Ouch! Watch it, old man!"

     Garvin did it again and uttered, "You need to learn to respect your elders!"

     Davis watched grievously as he kept his mouth shut.

     This wasn't the first time that he was getting knocked on the head, it had happened many times before in these two months.

     Other than that, Garvin didn't threaten or beat him much, so he didn't hold it against him.

     "Now, kid. Go rest for today, I'll see you tomorrow." Saying so, Garvin turned back to leave.

     "Are you going to die soon?" Davis abruptly asked.

     Garvin turned to look at him and smiled, "Anytime..."

     Davis's heart shook but a different thought formed in his mind.

     Will he able to say that while looking old and cool at the same time? He didn't possess an answer to that.

     After Garvin left, Davis faintly chuckled and looked at his palm, 'Weird, if it was the previous me before coming to this cultivation world, then I wouldn't have cared if I had died anytime, but now I'm starting to get scared for my life?'

     "Maybe it's because I have people to protect?" Davis confusedly uttered but sarcastically laughed, "Yeah, right..."

     He exactly knew that even if it isn't for his loved ones, he didn't want to lose the life he had gained now.

     It had been exactly a year since he came to the First Layer.

     From leaving the Desolate Plains, getting his ass whopped by the Grand Beast Stage Vulture, with ulterior motives killing an innocent woman who wanted to die because of her husband's death, joining the Cloud Spring Mercenaries, teaming up with Lucas and Lucia, completing missions with them before separating and finally getting stuck in this hell hole which actually turned out to be a personal school for him.

     Davis deeply sighed.

     'Well, the one year challenge period is going to expire soon and it seems like I'm not gonna obtain the Peak-Level Sky Grade Scythe.'

     ...

     Two years later...

     Garvin taught Davis more about the Sixth Stage and Seventh Stage of Soul Forging Cultivation, namely the Mature Soul Stage and Supreme Soul Stage!

     When Davis heard his teachings, he felt as if he had an outlook on an entirely new world and possibilities, and yet couldn't unveil the curtain to reach new heights.

     But he could understand that it was because his Soul Forging Cultivation was too low.

     Even though his Soul Forging Cultivation wasn't on par with even Severin, he was able to lightly understand the concepts and insights taught by Garvin, so he was able to retain it in his mind.

     With this, he was confident that he could enter Elder Soul Stage even without Fallen Heaven but, this proved quite insufficient for him to enter Sixth and Seventh Stage in the future without pondering on the teachings for a long time.

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     226 Difference

      Even so, he knew that when his Soul Forging Cultivation increases, he will be able to comprehend more from the insights taught to him by Old Man Garvin.

     At that time, entering the Sixth and Seventh Stage won't be far from him anymore, even without the help of Fallen Heaven.

     But with Fallen Heaven, this process might be increased in speed by the level and amount of soul essences he devours.

     Ultimately, everything still ended up on Fallen Heaven to take care of him. To this, Davis was not at all amused as he wanted to have his own power surpassing that of Fallen Heaven's.

     It was the third year from the time he was taken as a 'disciple' by Garvin and Davis was quite proud to say that he was adept at Soul Forging Cultivation.

     After all, if he weren't adept, then it would've taken a long time for him to build a foundation in Soul Forging Cultivation for stepping into the latter stages.

     In the same unchanged dimly lit room, Garvin sighed to Davis's boasting, "If only I had your potential and a teacher who would impart everything without reserve during my youth, sigh..."

     Garvin Woller had realized that Davis being this talented and strong in his age was no accident.

     If he were Davis, he imagined that he would break through to the Immortal Stage within a thousand years; minimum.

     A state which he wouldn't even have to worry about dying of aging anymore! Or at least, that's what the world knew about the so-called Immortals.

     "If only I had your cultivation base right now..." Davis sighed, lying on the bed with one of his hands placed on his chin.

     Garvin turned to look at him, "Greedy bastard! Your strength at your age is already envious enough!"

     'Clearly, this little bastard doesn't know what asking for an inch, yet taking a yard means!' Garvin thought hatefully as he stared daggers at Davis.

     Davis chuckled and realized something, "Oh... Since you have seen the wide part of the world, then how would I compare to those geniuses from the major powers?"

     His eyes flashed.

     He was truly interested in knowing where he stood among the younger generation geniuses. Of course, he held no competitive feelings, it was just pure curiosity!

     Garvin narrowed his eyes and replied in a solemn tone yet dissatisfied tone, "Any old fart would want you to be their disciple. In terms of Soul Forging Cultivation, you alone can wipe the floor with these so-called geniuses."

     Davis half-believing glanced at Garvin's eyes. He couldn't detect any change of expression on his face either.

     'His evaluation of me must be appropriate...' Davis thought and was quite satisfied.

     Then, he suddenly remembered something, "What about in terms of Body Tempering Cultivation and Essence Gathering Cultivation? How do I compare?"

     Garvin lifted up his chin and thought for a moment, he then answered, "Though your Body Tempering Cultivation is on par with most geniuses, your Essence Gathering Cultivation is lagging way behind..."

     Davis nodded his head calmly. To this, he wasn't surprised. He was already 15 years old and was nearing 16.

     Even though it meant there were sixteen-year-old Body Transformation Stage Cultivators, Davis wasn't fazed at all because he knew that humans were more compatible with Essence Gathering Cultivation.

     'But to think there was strong Body Tempering Cultivators at my age... What kind of monsters are they?' Davis thought.

     After all, he had experienced a previous life and was quite used to pain, and as a result, could train Body Tempering Cultivation with a forbearing will.

     'Do the major powers have a secret method to cultivate the body at such a young age?' Davis developed some kind of strange thoughts in his head.

     Meanwhile, Garvin looked at Davis and chuckled as he interpreted Davis's question in a different way, 'This brat is surprisingly competitive and clever, good!'

     The more Davis was like this, the more he had his chances of getting his revenge fulfilled!

     "You are both a prodigy and a genius!" Garvin smiled, 'No matter what! I must use my remaining life to teach this boy to the fullest of my extent!'

     His almost dead eyes were filled with deep emotions!

     "What exactly does a prodigy mean?" Davis confusedly asked as he heard a new term.

     Garvin furrowed his brows, silently cursing his fate. He never would've thought that one day, he would have to explain so much to a brat who wasn't even his disciple; in a formal sense.

     But since he had decided long ago not to hold back anything when teaching him, he spoke, "A prodigy is a person who has achieved great cultivation results despite their young age."

     Old Man Garvin grinned, "For example, you."

     "Your age is merely 15, and generally speaking, that is when children your age start cultivating their soul as they completed their breakthrough into the Revolving Core Stage."

     "When even they are considered prodigies, much less is needed to be said about you."

     "Huh? Then what about geniuses? Aren't they both the same thing then?" Davis confusedly asked.

     "No, it's different. A genius is an individual who can jump levels to fight other people of the same cultivation stage, not the same cultivation base."

     "Common people like to either designate one as a common cultivator or a genius/prodigy cultivator. They don't know that for us top powerhouses, there's a huge difference between being a prodigy and a genius."

     "Almost everyone with ample resources could be a prodigy, but not every prodigy can be a genius. The gap separating a genius and a prodigy is very large."

     "Of course, if one could cultivate to the highest stage possible in all three cultivation systems within 1,000 years, then it doesn't matter if that person is a genius or not since that person's potential would be boundless when compared to other geniuses."

     "Unfortunately, there are no such great beings in the 52 Territories." Old Man Garvin slowly replied as he revealed a pitiful expression for the state of the geniuses.

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     227 Tyrant Physique?

      "What about me? Am I a genius too? You said so yourself just a while ago..." Davis raised his brows.

     "Hmm, I have checked you enough. Since you can fight across levels using your Soul Forging Cultivation, you are definitely a genius and there's no doubt about it."

     "Hehe, I think my soul is about 5 times stronger..." Davis smirked as he rubbed his nose, quite proud.

     Garvin turned smug, "I inspected and found out that you have no special physique except other than your soul being stronger."

     "It doesn't matter..." Davis shrugged but was confused. Didn't he possess the Tyrant Physique?

     "Heh, sooner or later, you would lose your advantage of being able to fight across levels and reduced to be merely a common cultivator."

     "What!? Why?" Davis was shocked! His face expressed worry.

     Old Man Garvin shook his head, "As I said before, you'll lose your advantage as you advance through stages."

     "Once you get to the Fifth Stage, it is not easy anymore to fight across stages. You must've realized this at some point."

     "It's because the rift and the power gap increases by a large margin at every stage, even in the levels of the latter stages."

     Davis's expression turned aghast but his eyes told that he had already expected this to be the outcome.

     Davis calmed down and thought to the time he tried to fight a Fifth Stage Soul Forging Cultivator, Elder Severin.

     But since he was caught by his neck at that time, he assumed that he lost with Essence Gathering Cultivation and not Soul Forging Cultivation.

     Now, it seemed like that wasn't the case.

     Old Man Garvin shook his head, "Theoretically, once you get to the Fifth Stage, you will need 5 times the strength to fight across a person of one level above you, meaning that, if you are at the Low-Level Elder Soul Stage, you can fight people who are at the Mid-Level Elder Soul Stage."

     No wonder... It seemed like his Soul was likely three times stronger now, only capable of dealing with Low-Level Elder Stage Cultivators.

     He understood that his previous assumption of being able to fight High-Level Elder Soul Stage Cultivators should be entirely wrong.

     Davis nodded and voiced out his opinion, "So the only way I can increase my battle prowess is that if I somehow manage to increase the quality of my soul force and essence by a few times, right?

     "Yes, and seeing that you have no special physique and no capable pills, you can forget about that for the time being."

     "Eh... Are you kidding me!? I have the Tyrant Body Physique! How can you say that I have no physique!?" Davis snapped thinking that this old fart must have a screw loose in his head.

     "Heh! Tyrant Body Physique? Don't make me laugh, there is no such a thing as that..." Garvin laughed heartily.

     "Hmph! I'm not lying! You can go ahead and check my body..."

     "Kid, was your Tyrant Body innate from birth? Who said to you that it was the Tyrant Body Physique? I haven't even heard of such a physique..."

     Davis shook his head, "No, I didn't have that when I was born. I managed to cultivate it when I ate the Tyrant Fruit, and it was written on the cultivation manual that one would gain a Tyrant Body Physique when done so..."

     "Then the answer is simple, your cultivation method simply included body-type laws in it. To even complement that, the author of that cultivation manual must have thought of a method, and that must've been the Tyrant Fruit. It probably helped your body become compatible with the laws which were in the Tyrant Fruit, increasing your prowess in the process."

     Old Man Garvin sneered, "You don't believe me? Try activating your battle aura..."

     Davis activated his battle aura and silver gaseous aura came out, enveloping him.

     "See..." Garvin shrugged, "Your battle aura is tinged with a faint amount of elementary Earth Laws..."

     When pointed out by Garvin, Davis also realized it as he concentrated. There was really a thread of elementary Earth Laws floating in his battle aura.

     What can he say? He shut his mouth thinking that he was truly frog in a well.

     'How come I didn't notice it before?' Davis thought for a moment before another thought popped upon his mind, "That's right! My revolving core has mutated! You think that can make me possibly evolve it into a physique!?"

     "Hmm... I noticed it but it is hard to say. The people who have cultivated their physiques are all physiques innately granted through their birth."

     "Those who have cultivated physiques artificially are people who are either myths and legends... Not much is known about them as they have all chosen to not spread their secrets."

     Davis turned sad, maybe his cultivation might turn out to be weak when compared to these people who possess a physique.

     'Then I wonder if Clara has a physique?' He contemplated but ultimately wouldn't know if it was a physique in the first place.

     He could only go to the Alstreim Family Territory to check about Clara's Physique.

     Even so, Davis still didn't believe in Old Man Garvin's words. It could just be a misguidance or misunderstanding on his part.

     "Here, take look at this..." Davis handed over the Tyrant Body Secrets, Body Tempering Cultivation Manual to Old Man Garvin. He possessed a copy of it since he needed to be sure about cultivating to the Gold Stage, after all, it required tempering bone marrow including other parts of the body.

     Old Man Garvin sighed and read the cultivation manual with a scrutinizing gaze.

     As he read, he muttered from time to time, nodding to the author's viewpoint in the method but then suddenly, his gaze turned solemn and even his face slowly followed suit.

     It was quite a while before Old Man Garvin took his eyes off the manual, he turned to Davis as he asked, "Who wrote this?"

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      "I don't know." Davis shook his head.

     Old Man Garvin slightly nodded his head, "The way written in this manual to cultivate an artificial physique seems to be... the truth!"

     Davis turned jubilant, "Then that means I have a physique, right?"

     "I guess you do but the effects of the physique are mediocre in the latter part of the stages and it's grade could only reach to a maximum of Earth. That's the limitation that I could perceive from reading this manual in a single glance." Old Man Garvin shook his head.

     Davis blinked but he did understand Old Man Garvin's words, "You mean to say that this physique turns useless when I enter the Fifth Stage in Body Tempering Cultivation?"

     Old Man Garvin nodded, "I believe so..."

     Davis laughed inwardly, 'No wonder at the end of the cultivation method, it mentioned that I would automatically gain the Tyrant Physique... It just mean that it is negligible, clever author...'

     "Even so, a cultivation method to cultivate an artificial physique to the Earth Grade? This can create storms and earthquakes if released to the peak powers since it could create a lot of low-level cultivators proficient than their counterpart competitive powers."

     "Alright, you said that there's no lesson today, can I go and cultivate?" Davis asked as he shook his head, quickly moving the matter to the back of his mind.

     He understood that there was no use worrying about things like that right now. As for revealing this cultivation method to peak powers, uhh, nope.

     Besides, he was impatient to increase his cultivation now that he heard that he was lagging behind in terms of Essence Gathering Cultivation.

     It had been three years since Davis cultivated, only pondering about the laws and gaining insights to complement his Soul Forging Cultivation.

     "Don't be so hasty. Today, I will tell you about my past and why I was reduced into this state..." Old Man Garvin uttered with a downcast expression on his face, his eyes glinting with sadness.

     Davis pretended to not notice and said, "Oh! A story? I like stories! Let me hear that tragic tale of yours!"

     Garvin nodded as he finally saw a semblance of a child in Davis but his expression turned ugly when he heard him mention 'tragic tale'.

     Davis shut his mouth upon receiving the evil glare from Old Man Garvin. He didn't dare to go too far when insulting Old Man Garvin either!

     "Whatever..." Old Man Garvin waved his hands and uttered, "In the latter part of my life, I lived in the territory named Emperor Sword Sect which has more than a single Ninth Stage Powerhouse at the helm."

     "Wait!" Davis interrupted before Garvin could even finish his words.

     "This Emperor Sword Sect you mentioned... How far is it?" Davis's eyes twitched. He had asked the question three years ago but still hadn't received an answer.

     Even the Desolate Plains caused him a long time to traverse, and to this Emperor Sword Sect, he didn't get a good feeling about it one bit.

     "You're telling me that you don't know who are all the major powers of the 52 territories?" Garvin didn't even need to guess as he could tell from his previous interactions that Davis hadn't left the Tripartite Alliance Territory, not even once.

     In fact, he even realized that Davis didn't seem to not come from a prominent established power as he had initially thought him to be.

     "Yes..." Davis smiled sheepishly.

     His mother Claire was only a rising genius and the information she knew was greatly limited to Alstreim Family Territory and Tripartite Alliance Territory.

     And from the information she provided to him about Tripartite Alliance Territory, he could tell that she never toured around Tripartite Alliance before, only coming to participate in the secret entrance to gain access to the Immortal Inheritance.

     "Sigh, let me explain to you from the start then..." Garvin shook his head.

     "The Territory we are in right now can be considered a small territory. This territory belongs to the Tripartite Alliance... which is made up of three major powers."

     "In Tripartite Alliance's Territory, there are three Territory Gates which lead to the Alstreim Family's Territory, Towering Cloud Hall's Territory and Falling Snow Sect's Territory."

     "Those three territories are also considered to be small territories but when there's a piece of jade in the middle, everyone wants a piece of it, right?"

     "So after thousands of years of war, fighting for this territory, they lost a large number of eighth state experts, finally forming an alliance named the Tripartite Alliance while also sealing their vulnerability and conquered this territory exactly a thousand years ago."

     Davis was appalled. He didn't know that Tripartite Alliance had a thousand-year-long history while his mother was only around 30 years almost two decades ago. Even his mother didn't know that much except that they ruled over for a period of time.

     "If you want to go to the Emperor Sword Sect Territory, then you should enter the Falling Snow Sect Territory, cross the gates of Dual Lotus Manor Territory and from there, make your way to the Emperor Sword Sect Territory!"

     'Wait, Dual Lotus Manor Territory? This sounds like...' Davis furrowed his brows as his thoughts wandered to a place of culture.

     Garvin noticed Davis's strange expression but continued, "When I was a youth, I was a rogue cultivator, not belonging to any major power."

     "When I reached the Seventh Stage in Essence Gathering Cultivation, I was already 1500 years old. At that time, my soul cultivation was extremely mediocre. I didn't even reach Adult Soul Stage, only managing to remain at the peak of Young Soul Stage."

     "During one day, I realized that making progress in Energy Condensation Cultivation became incredibly difficult, so I became obsessed with increasing my Soul Forging Cultivation."

     "I spent incredible time researching, digging up mysteries, tombs and anything that could help me increase my Soul Forging Cultivation."

     "Another thousand years passed just like that... but I only managed to break through the Adult Soul Stage." Old Man Garvin let out a sigh as he shook his head wryly.

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     229 Suspicion

      "I am not a prodigy or a genius like you. By that time, I realized I have only 500 years left for me to live, so I put aside my research and Soul Forging Cultivation, choosing to cultivate Body Tempering Cultivation."

     "500 years later, I reached the Seventh Stage from the Fourth Stage in Body Tempering Cultivation.

     "Do you comprehend? I took 500 years to cultivate to the Seventh Stage from the Fourth Stage of Body Cultivation. I had to use all my accumulated resources and sacrifice various things to enter the Martial Master Stage!"

     "As a result, it increased my life-span to ten thousand years!" Old Man Garvin's eyes widened as he exclaimed.

     "Wait! Sacrifice? Did you lose your family or something like that?" Davis interjected.

     "No, at that time, I had no family nor did I have any wives for that matter. By sacrifices, I meant that I had simply lost my property, place, respect as I had to beg everyone for resources... in a sense."

     "Oh..." Davis nodded.

     "Heh, it was all worth it since 800 years later, I managed to find an inheritance belonging to a Peak-Level King Soul Cultivator, which finally let me become a strong King Soul Cultivator after 2000 years!"

     "I came back to the Emperor Sword Sect Territory! Entered the Emperor Sword Sect as a Guest Elder! Created my own palace, married hundreds of women, starting my own Woller Family!" Old Man Garvin uttered with a proud expression on his face.

     "Interesting..." Davis commented as his mouth slightly hung low and his eyes twitched. At the same time, he was astonished to hear how difficult it was for him to cultivate without anyone's help.

     Seems like Old Man Garvin did everything he could to survive but finally, wasn't he still chased to this place by his enemies, finally making him wait for his death.

     "So till coming into power, you were afraid to have a wife, weren't you?" Davis was amazed at his story but he still had to knock him down while he was up.

     "Don't tell me you never touched a woman before you reached King Soul Stage!?" Davis smirked deviously, like how a kid would ask an adult if the latter was a virgin.

     "Don't be stupid, there are simply many places to let out your lust, especially in the Dual Lotus Manor Territory..." Garvin got annoyed and casually dropped an information, causing Davis's eyes to lit up in understanding.

     "But that still doesn't explain why you didn't take a wife before you reached King Soul Stage..." Davis grinned smugly, still intending to put him down.

     "Hmph, everyone knows that women are the downfall of many male geniuses and prodigies. I wouldn't make such a blunder until I am sure that I can take care of myself in any event of betrayal."

     "Then where exactly did you go wrong? Who did you offend exactly to be in this state?" Davis held his chin as he couldn't understand the enemy's intent to kill Old Man Garvin.

     "I didn't, I myself didn't bother about people as long as they didn't bother about me... Some people... another faction of the Emperor Sword Sect didn't like my cultivation that has been nearing Peak-Level King Soul Stage."

     "When I was about to reach the Peak-Level Soul King Stage, they were simply afraid that I would enter the Soul Emperor Stage in a few thousand years!"

     "Those jealous bastards hid from the shadows and poisoned one of the resources that I procured and was going to use to enter the Peak-Level King Soul Stage!"

     "They simply didn't leave any path left for me! But with me being still alive somehow, I managed to inform my trusted descendants of the devious plot secretly and told them to not act without giving birth to a descendant who had reached the Eighth Stage!"

     "When they finally caught my tail, they managed to destroy my body. In a pitiful state, I managed to escape with my Soul Body and hid in this place for two thousand years before finally managing to meet you..."

     "At that time, this territory was not under the control of the Tripartite Alliance, so they don't know that an existence such as I have hidden in this place."

     "I only managed to heal my soul through this lake. Actually, healing is the wrong word, instead, I should've used the word poison, a poison to keep myself alive through tempering."

     "Honestly, I was on the brink of death and even with a soul lifespan of 8,000 years, I was still going to die from the injuries."

     "In the end, my suicidal actions didn't end in vain as I managed to temper my soul through poison, increasing my chances to live for 2,000 years."

     Old Man Garvin sighed as he waved his hands.

     "The people who plotted against me, they look like this...."

     He projected their images with his Soul Force.

     Davis silently listened all this while and memorized their appearances as he nodded his head, indicating that he will keep his end of the contract.

     Davis gazed at him with a scrutinizing gaze, "I don't understand."

     "What?" Old Man Garvin looked at Davis's expression, which had suspicion written all over the face.

     "You said that they feared you becoming a Soul Emperor... isn't that advantageous to the Emperor Sword Sect as it would mean that they would gain another Ninth Stage Expert?"

     Old Man Garvin sighed, "You don't know the terror of Emperor Soul Stage Cultivators. You see, as the name implies, if they release their Soul Force to pressure anyone under Ninth Stage, then the latter has no choice but to bow their heads down."

     Davis blinked as he imagined a scenario but the next words Old Man Garvin said made him realize its significance.

     "There are only 9 Emperor Soul Stage Experts in the entire 52 Territories, including all the races." Old Man Garvin slowly added.

     Davis's eyes widened in excitement as he thought that he would be the 10th without a doubt.

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      Even so, he didn't daydream and forgot to ask about another doubt in his mind.

     "How did they poison you exactly?"

     Old Man Garvin lifted up his chin, "The poison was colorless and odorless, it simply didn't give off any scent. I only caught on to it as soon as I realized that something was wrong within my Dantian."

     "But by the time as soon as I evacuated my family away from the place, they mounted their sneak attack, managing to destroy my fleshy body. Heh, now that I think about it, the fact that I managed to escape with purely my soul body is a miracle in itself..."

     Davis narrowed his eyes, "Did you find out how you were poisoned?"

     "I had prepared many resources to consume and refine at that time, so I simply couldn't find out which one of the resources poisoned me. Now, it's not important since I managed to find the ones who were behind it..."

     Davis clicked his tongue before hesitating a little bit, thinking if he should pose this question or not.

     "Sigh, you want to ask whether if it were my wife or concubines who had poisoned me, right?" Old Man Garvin slowly said.

     Davis blinked, then nodded his head.

     "That is simply impossible because they have no means to betray me since they have signed a Blood Soul Contract with me just like you."

     "What!? You forced them to marry you?" Davis's expression turned incredulous.

     Old Man Garvin merely chuckled and shook his head, "Forced?! I don't think so... Since they wanted to marry me through various means, I merely presented them with an opportunity to do so. Those who accepted became my woman, and those who didn't, carried on with their lives."

     "Still, you don't need to sign a Blood Soul Contract, right?" Davis half-heartedly asked.

     "Kid, don't tell me... Ah, right. You're still a child, how would you know?" Old Man Garvin nodded as if he understood.

     "Listen, people with high statuses such as me can use blood soul contracts to marry and reproduce offsprings. As for the contents of the contract, it will depend on the persons involved in it, just like how we were able to negotiate our terms."

     "Blood Soul Contracts are highly used in marriages because you don't need to worry about the other party betraying you for any reasons unless they are tired of living their lives."

     Davis blinked again as his expression turned a little bit curious, "How are these Blood Soul Contracts made? It seems fascinating..."

     Old Man Garvin laughed but didn't hide anything, "Kid, you need to hire a Vow Master to make one for you, or cultivate your soul to King Soul Stage and make one for yourself after learning Level One Karma Intent."

     "Karma? Is that one of the Greater Laws you mentioned before?" Davis asked with an excited expression on his face.

     Karma, Space and Time. All three of them were Greater Laws.

     Old Man Garvin did explain to him about the classification of laws, even explaining many miscellaneous topics along in these three years.

     "Yes... However..."

     Garvin trembled slightly and froze, his transparent body flickered as if it was a fading beacon.

     "What's wrong?" Davis narrowed his brows as he turned solemn.

     A gentle smile appeared on Old Man Garvin's face as he shook his head, "Regrettably, it's time. Thank you young Davis, for accompanying this old man in his last moments..."

     The next moment, Old Man Garvin slowly and silently disappeared out of existence.

     Davis was startled for a few seconds before he finally realized what had happened, 'He's dead...'

     It was as if his brain stopped working for a short moment because it was the first time the Old Man called him Davis.

     Old Man Garvin's death was not so impactful to him but still, a complicated expression appeared on his face.

     'No wonder he was talkative. He knew he was going to die today...'

     Old Man Garvin mostly spent his time in the underground lake, probably intent on extending his waning lifespan.

     But sadly, his end still came. Davis felt pity and sadness.

     Sad that he wouldn't be able to see this old man again and pity that the old man didn't teach him about King Soul Stage or even more things.

     'Guess I'm asking for a little too much...' Old man Garvin simply didn't have much time left and was like a moth attracted to a flame, with death imminent, hanging above his head any time.

     In fact, he was surprised that Old Man managed to last two more years but he knew that it was thanks to the underground lake which Old Man Garvin visited all the time when he wasn't around to teach him.

     "Fallen Heaven, think you can absorb his Soul Essence?"

     "We've been here for long... Can't you see that he burned his Soul Essence to maintain his life till now?"

     "I just wanted to confirm..." Davis nodded his head. He thought of absorbing Garvin Woller's Soul Essence but it really seemed that he wouldn't gain anything out of it since the other party seemed to have consumed their own Soul Essence.

     "Do you want to absorb his spiritual soul essence? If so, he would not be able to reincarnate..."

     Davis chuckled as he shook his head, "Let that poor chap reincarnate..."

     His gaze simultaneously fell upon the Peak-Level Sky Grade Spatial Ring that was on Old Man Garvin's hands when was alive.

     He bent down and took it as he checked. He then stored it into his spatial ring.

     Inside it was numerous Pill Recipes at the Sky and King Grade. There were also some incomplete notes that had the comprehensions and the method to enter the Eighth Stage of Soul Forging Cultivation.

     Other than the above two, there was Spirit Formation Scrolls which Old Man Garvin taught the basics for a few days before simply saying that he would prepare Spirit Formation Scrolls for him.

     'Well, thanks for the pill recipes, spirit formation scrolls, and the incomplete comprehensions of King Soul Stage, Old Man Garvin...' He shook his head as he smiled, his gaze moving to the door which Old Man Garvin always disappeared into.

     He stood up and took a deep breath before slowly tuning up his emotions, 'Well, time to move on... Goodbye, Old Man Garvin.'

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     231 Xuan Empire“s Capital

      Time passed, at least a few days.

      It was exactly three years after Davis arrived at the Tripartite Alliance Territory through the space tunnel in the secret entrance.

      Outside the West End Valley, a silhouette quietly left, without making a single sound, or leaking a presence of its aura.

      In the nearby forest, the silhouette came out of the forest and stood by a cliff, viewing the clear skies and basking in the rays of the sun.

      "Feels good to be out of that cave..." Davis breathed the fresh scent, deeply feeling the wind that grazed past all over his clothes and face.

      He stretched out his limbs and took a deep breath again. Suddenly, his battle aura erupted scaring away the Magical Beasts which tried to hunt him for breakfast.

      He didn't try to conceal his physical presence at all, so the magical beasts followed him thinking that he was easy prey.

      Exhaling out, he kept his aura back and concealed himself again.

      'Now, where exactly should I go?'  Davis pondered.

      'Should I move to some capital and make a name for myself?'  Davis was no fool. He decided not to enter Cloud Spring Mercenaries again.

      He thought of concealing himself with that mask, and enter the capital as an Alchemist to procure the resources he needed to improve his cultivation.

      As for why he decided not to return to Cloud Spring Mercenaries? He knew that his identity should've been compromised from those who have escaped that day.

      They would've definitely investigated him. If he returned, and somehow got captured, it was possible that they would have some kind of means to figure out that he came from the Second Layer; The Grand Sea Continent, the place of the Immortal Inheritance.

      Although this kind of thought process was baseless and unfounded, Davis was having none of it. After all, being overly cautious isn't necessarily a bad thing in this world.

      'I should stay away from the Loseris Kingdom and Uriel Kingdom, and go in search of a new place to accumulate resources.'  Davis thought and nodded his head in agreement, making the final decision.

      He brought out the mask which he used to scam Young Master Jackson Lars and wore it on his face.

      He jumped off the cliff before gliding away to a nearby town as he flew.

      After gathering the necessary information from the town locals by using a few purple coins which were more than the required amount, he left the next day.

      After much traveling, it took Davis exactly two months to travel to the Xuan Empire's Capital.

      A Mid-Level King Grade Power!

      If the Tripartite Alliance didn't exist, it would be the strongest power in the Tripartite Alliance Territory.

      One would think they would be able to stand toe to toe with the Tripartite Alliance, but that kind of thinking was incorrect.

      The Xuan Empire's Royal Xuan Family was an existence equal to a subordinate.

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      Obviously, the Royal Xuan Family was the servant in this case.

      The Tripartite Alliance never took action against the Royal Xuan Family or tried to humiliate it, but maintained a friendly relationship in the thousand-year-long history.

      With the help of the Tripartite Alliance, they became a Mid-Level King Grade Power 200 years ago, and even with achieving power, they didn't try to overthrow the Tripartite Alliance since they knew that there were three major powers behind it.

      In fact, like all powers, they sent their young generation to the Tripartite Alliance for training, while the best ones would be taken to the main headquarters of the three major powers.

      With this kind of relationship between them, things were relatively harmonious and neither overstepped their boundaries except for a few times which were later dealt by their respective elders.

      This was also one of the reasons why Davis chose this place.

      The Tripartite Alliance couldn't act as they pleased in this place without a relevant and valid reason.

      They wouldn't think that Davis stayed in such a place either since they would still think he was stuck or dead in the West End Valley.

      Currently, he was staying in an inn, wearing a mask that hid his facial features. In fact, he wore the mask from the time he left West End Valley and didn't remove it even once.

      Now, his facial expression was odd which was hidden behind the mask. He was truly taken aback.

      The price for staying in this inn alone was something he couldn't afford to spend casually.

      It took him exactly 1 Low-Level Spirit Stone to stay here for a single day. Was it worth it?

      Yes, as the amenities and infrastructure of the room were big enough to accommodate 15 people even with ample space remaining.

      With the remainder being 8 Low-Level Spirit Stones, he knew he had to incredibly frugal in his spending.

      Yes, it was 8 and not 9 Low-Level Spirit Stones he had left because he had to pay the toll for entering the capital as well and it cost him the same amount of resources he used to pay the inn.

      Exactly a Low-Level Spirt Stone each.

      If he knew this fact beforehand, then he would've considered traveling to this place again but still would've chosen to enter.

      As for the ones that Old Man Garvin killed before, their resources were used by him to re-fortify the formations in the tomb and build a cultivation chamber for Davis to break through into the Seventh Stage of Soul Forging Cultivation in the future.

      Although Garvin hid this fact, after he had died, Davis explored the underground cave for a while and found out that he left some items and spatial rings that belonged to the Tripartite Alliance, along with some notes.

      Those notes contained his explanations of what to do in case if he no longer existed in this world.

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     232 Thousand Pills Association

      On the note was where Davis also found that Old Man Garvin made a cultivation chamber for him in the lake that produced that soul restricting fog all year long.

     As for those spatial rings, sadly, it had less items that weren't anything useful to him.

     But in one of those spatial rings which he speculated that it might have belonged to Severin's, there was a haul of armaments that were useful to him, in terms of selling and gaining wealth.

     Although the other spatial rings also had some armaments, there were only one or two of them in each spatial ring.

     Unfortunately, he found no Cultivation Manuals, Battle Techniques or anything of that sort. He assumed that it was because of the restriction imposed by the three major powers over the Tripartite Alliance in the Tripartite Alliance Territory.

     This caused them to be unable to bring around any items of value that they might possess; overall.

     Other than Soul Arts, Techniques and Spirit Formations, Old Man Garvin didn't leave him anything behind.

     He didn't leave anything relating to Body Tempering Cultivation and Essence Gathering Cultivation either but Davis guessed that the spatial ring meant for the descendants should have these.

     Likely, he also felt that the complete Inheritance of the Peak-Level King Soul Stage Cultivator should also be in that spatial ring.

     As for Davis's Soul Forging Cultivation path, other than the method and comprehension, Old Man Garvin wasn't inclined to influence his Soul Forging Cultivation Path in the slightest.

     Davis clenched his fists as he saw outside the clear windows which were made of some other material than glass. It was almost evening, awaiting nightfall in a few hours.

     The people walking outside seemed powerful as most of them were above the Second Stage in at least a single Cultivation System.

     Even though they were powerful, none dared to cause trouble as there were patrol guards at every end of the streets.

     The patrol guards themselves had a cultivation of the Revolving Core Stage, causing Davis to groan in amazement.

     He could even spot some of the people who were in the crowd having Fourth and Fifth Stage Cultivation Base.

     In a single glance, he could tell that the Mid-Level King Grade Empire had so many resources to spare that even their low-level guards reached the stage of Revolving Core.

     The way it seemed, Low-Level Spirit Stones seemed to be traded and used as a currency a lot around here, though the purple coins seemed to be the main currency because of its liquidity.

     'It was no wonder why this capital flourished with more high-level cultivators.' Davis mused.

     Davis smiled and relaxed his fists. He went down and conversed with the receptionist of the Inn, gaining some information.

     He walked out and joined the crowd as he moved across the streets.

     Yes, he moved across the streets since no one was allowed to fly.

     Only Sixth Stage and above experts were allowed to fly, otherwise, one should be prepared to get arrested by the guards. People of ample status could also fly regardless of their cultivation base.

     And depending on the situation, the one who got caught could even be executed in broad daylight, sometimes depending on the circumstances.

     He did learn this from the city gate guards who let him enter the city at the beginning.

     After that point, when entering the city, he was afraid that they would request him to remove the mask.

     But when they let him pass, he was quite surprised and guessed that they respected people's privacy.

     Although he could guess that this wasn't the case, the way they let him go easily without checking made him think that way.

     Moving along the road, he crossed multiple streets.

     During these few minutes, he saw people who wore masks and by their figures, it seemed most of them were women.

     Davis still couldn't understand why they would let so many people walk around with masks with energy imbued in it that helped cover their facial features.

     Maybe it was just that they won't care unless the person in question caused any trouble or they had incredible confidence in guarding the city.

     Davis shook his head and continued to walk ahead.

     Ten minutes later, he finally arrived in front of a building.

     The mansion-sized building had a dazzling board fixed on top of it, and the words that were inscribed on it emanated a calm and gentle feeling to the one who saw it.

     [Thousand Pills Association]

     Apparently, there existed another territory which was known as Thousand Pill Palace Territory. Davis learned it from the map of the 52 Territories drawn by Old Man Garvin.

     And this Thousand Pills Association was precisely a branch of that territories' major power.

     Davis chose this place to begin his alchemist career because he learned that this was the most reliable place to buy all sorts of pills, ingredients, becoming an alchemist, even when considering the whole Tripartite Alliance Territory.

     Smiling behind the mask, he went inside, talked to the one who greeted him and took the examination as the procedure seemed simple and efficient.

     A few hours passed before he was graded a Peak-Level Earth Grade Alchemist.

     The examination was so simple that he just had to create a pill in front of three judges who verified his integrity and skill as an alchemist.

     Davis who was not so confident in showing his talent as a Low-Level Sky Grade Alchemist carefully considered his options before deciding to concoct a Peak-Level Earth Grade Pill.

     He mainly chose to do this because his Sky Grade Alchemist Knowledge could be considered half-assed. What if he failed suddenly?

     Wouldn't that be embarrassing?

     Besides, it seemed like the examination for Sky Grade Alchemists included both written tests and practical tests. Since it was like that, he chose the examination for a Peak-Level Earth Grade Alchemist.

     He chose the ingredients and paid-up some spirit stones for it, ensuring that both the ingredients and the pill made were his alone.

     With that, the 8 Low-Level Spirit Stones he had left were also used up.

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     233 High-Level Revolving Core Stage

      An hour later, he managed to concoct some rare pills which helps one to increase their Body Tempering Cultivation.

     The three judges graded him and said a few words of praise before awarding him the necessary items.

     He was given a bronze token plate which read [Peak-Level Earth Grade Alchemist] and on the back, it read, [Thousand Pills Association]. He bound it with his blood and when the blood connection was removed, he learned that the words would automatically disintegrate.

     He was also provided a black alchemist robe which had four stars embroidered at the location of the chest. The color was free for the pick so he chose black.

     He then heaved a sigh of relief since they didn't seem to mind about his masked appearance.

     Since Davis wore a mask, the judges were unable to identify him as a kid who was merely 15 years old.

     Otherwise, it would've been easy to imagine what kind of chaos would've ensured following the leak of his young identity.

     A near 16-year-old with an Adult Soul Stage Soul Forging Cultivation? The Elders of this place would scram towards him to take him as a disciple.

     Still, Davis didn't leave instantly but choose to go towards the trading section.

     More than weapons, pills were in demand most of the time, so the Thousand Pills Association offered him to buy those pills at market price.

     Davis agreed and sold them. He had concocted eight pills in that single batch, so he sold six of them for an amount of 480 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

     The ingredients he bought using no more than 8 Low-Level Spirit Stones, gave him a lucrative profit of 472 Low-Level Spirit Stones through pill concocting as an alchemist.

     With this, Davis was even more attracted to the path of pill concocting as his Soul Forging Cultivation would tend to get stronger in the future than his other two cultivation systems.

     He felt that he had become rich overnight but his excitement was rather short-lived as he knew better than that.

     He kept his excited emotions aside and left the Thousand Pills Association, returning to the Inn.

     It was almost midnight, and there were fewer and fewer people walking around the streets.

     Davis knew that this capital has imposed curfew at midnight, so no one would be able to roam the streets until dawn.

     Those who didn't want to stay in an inn or couldn't should leave the capital while those who are in the possession of a property will swiftly return to their homes before midnight.

     Of course, as always, this doesn't apply to powerful people who are of the Sixth Stage and above or people who possess sufficient statuses such as a Sky Grade Alchemist and some others.

     Unfortunately, Davis was no Sky Grade Alchemist since his knowledge was half-assed.

     Davis smiled wryly at this fact, 'The powerful and rich are always privileged no matter the world one belongs to...'

     Shaking his head, he got on the bed and cultivated his Essence Gathering Cultivation.

     He had already cultivated to High-Level Silver Stage and Mid-Level Revolving Core Stage after Old Man Garvin died.

     With nothing to do other than learning, he cultivated and made improvements in his cultivation diligently.

     Neither did he forget his initial motivation of wanting to become stronger, so he could return to his family sooner.

     He forked out around 200 Low-Level Spirit Stones, and this time he set up a Peak-Level Earth Grade Energy Extraction Formation.

     He silently insulted himself about how he didn't think of this idea before.

     No matter what, it should have crossed his mind since it was how people absorbed energy from the spirit stones normally.

     Previously, he used so many spirit stones and directly extracted energy from it. This caused most of the energies stored in the spirit stones to disappear while Davis thought that he had fully absorbed.

     Now that he understood that it wasn't the case, he diligently set up the portable formation which he obtained from the spatial ring of Elder Severin.

     Originally, he guessed that there should have been even a higher grade energy extraction formation belonging to Severin, but was later used by Garvin to rebuild those formations in the West End Valley.

     There were even some Sky Grade Items that would net him a huge amount of wealth, but sadly, there were no King Grade items other than the sword which Severin used.

     'Although there are items worth selling in that spatial ring, I would rather wait and see if those items were useful to me before selling it...' Davis thought.

     If he were to sell those Sky and King Grade Items now, it would be too high profile, especially Elder Severin's King-Grade Sword.

     So, he thought of selling them in an underground auction, at least if one existed in this place.

     *Clack*

     The sound of the formation being activated echoed around the room.

     The good thing was he didn't have to worry about other people's spying because the inn had in-built privacy formations like every other buildings in the capital.

     And for the same reason, no matter how Davis used his Soul Sense, he wouldn't be able to spy on other people as well, unless he was at the Elder Soul Stage.

     Closing his eyes, he quietly rotated the Essence Gathering on Cultivation Manual, Extinction Lightning Judgement.

     At the same time, the energy extraction formation extracted the energy from the 200 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

     Davis sat on the bed and surrounding him were mists of gaseous energy which he started absorbing greedily.

     Time slowly passed, and a few hours later, he successfully broke through, reaching High-Level Revolving Core Stage.

     When he checked his mutated Revolving Core, it didn't seem like anything of significance occurred other than its volume increased by a large margin when compared to its previous size.

     Shaking his head ruefully, he took another 10 Low-Level Spirit Stones to consolidate his cultivation base.

     Once he consolidated and firmly stabilized his energy cultivation, he opened his eyes and muttered to himself, "What should I do next?"

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     234 Peak-Level Silver Stage

      Now that Davis broke through, it wasn't time for him to continue cultivating Essence Gathering Cultivation again. He didn't have a fantasy-like system where his cultivation would automatically be completely consolidated once he broke through.

     But the same couldn't be said about his Body Tempering Cultivation which he had broke through a few months ago in the West End Valley.

     Davis promptly decided that was time for him to increase his Body Tempering Cultivation.

     Extending his right hand, two pills appeared on his palm.

     These were two of the pills he made just a while ago to pass the Alchemist Examination.

     Its name was known as Twilight Body Tempering Pill, capable of increasing the chances of a person in being able to step into the Peak-Level Silver Stage, and that was also why the price was one pill was a staggering amount of 80 Spirit Stones.

     Although Davis was almost near to the peak of High-Level Silver Stage, he was still quite behind.

     Now that he had two of these pills, he was determined to break into the Peak-Level Silver Stage.

     'If I fail, then I can try again...' Davis smirked in disdain as he gripped his fists slightly. He didn't think that he would fail since he had consolidated his cultivation base in Body Tempering Cultivation well.

     He opened his palms again and popped a pill in his mouth while storing the other one in his spatial ring.

     As he refined the pill in his body, he could feel his body become increasingly strong while the refined energy from the pill kept repeatedly pouring into his middle dantian while circulating in his meridians.

     Davis now knew that this place was called the middle dantian. This is where all the energy from his Body Tempering Cultivation, 'battle aura' was being stored.

     The same could be said about his Soul Forging Cultivation, where the soul force was being stored in his upper dantian, which was at his glabella.

     The aura from the middle dantian spread into every fiber of his body, tempering the flesh, bones, and organs from within.

     Although he felt immense pain, it wasn't as worse as the time he first experienced his organs being tempered by the battle aura.

     Gritting his teeth, he willed himself to keep cultivating.

     A few minutes later, he felt he had touched upon the peak of his current level, so he quickly popped in the pill which he had placed in the spatial ring before.

     Once again, the energy released from the pill was refined by him while the battle aura kept infusing with his fleshy body.

     Veins popped up while his bones emitted a cracking sound.

     All the energy which were chaotically rumbling within him suddenly quieted down, causing him to take a deep breath before letting it out in the form a vapor.

     Even without checking his body state he knew that he had entered Peak-Level Level Silver Stage successfully.

     Davis turned jubilant thinking to himself that he was only a single step away from entering the Fifth Stage of Body Tempering Cultivation! Gold Stage!

     But he also knew that it was far away and would take some time for him consolidate his current Body Tempering Cultivation Base.

     Breaking through levels were different when compared with breaking through stages. The former can't be compared to the latter easily without considering all the factors involved.

     Nodding his head in satisfaction, he went back to silently refining the remnant energies from the second Twilight Body Tempering Pill.

     After refining the remnant energies and storing the aura gained from it in the middle dantian, he realized that this pill had lost its efficiency to him.

     Gently sighing, he knew he had the made the right decision to sell the other six pills concocted from that pill concocting session.

     He looked outside the window and saw that it was almost dawn. Smiling to himself, he muttered, "It's time to gather some information about underground auctions..."

     After some time, Davis renewed his stay and went outside. He didn't forget to ask for some information from the receptionist.

     Only this time, he didn't need to bribe the receptionist because he wore the 4-star alchemist robe while also wearing his mask.

     Four Stars signified High-Level or Peak-Level Earth Grade Alchemist, and almost everyone in the Xuan Capital had this general information in their minds.

     Not only did the receptionist provide him with some information, he even profusely kept acting like a dog wagging its tail in front of its master.

     From this, he could clearly see what kind of effect this alchemist robe had in front of ordinary and common people.

     That said, he didn't bother with that any longer.

     At the same time he stepped out, he saw many people come out of the buildings on the street, starting their day.

     Glancing at them, he felt they were like people who were going to work at their workplaces. He laughed inwardly.

     Somehow to him, they felt like they were similar to those salarymen from the third layer; Planet Earth.

     Shaking his head while smiling wryly, he walked towards the plaza, the location he heard from the receptionist where people congregate for various reasons other than trying to sell their wares.

     In the center of the Xuan City stood the largest structure that he could see, and around it were some floating structures that circled around it slowly

     The circling structures looked like majestic palaces, and they formed a hexagram around the big structure as they aligned themselves once in a while.

     The big structure was none other than the Royal Xuan Palace which stood tall over 500 meters, pointing towards the skies and on top of the palace was a shell-like structure which loomed over while forming a shadow on the palace but almost everyone in the Royal Xuan Capital knew that it was a King-Grade Defensive Formation created through using various materials.

     Rumors had that it's grade reached Low-Level King Grade and that it can easily defend against Low-Level Seventh Stage Experts.

     Davis walked as he glanced at the building from time to time, his eyes flashing with curiosity thinking that if he could break the formation with brute force when he reached the Seventh Stage.

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     235 Roxley Auction House

      After an hour of walking plus sightseeing and asking for directions, he arrived in front of the plaza.

     Surprisingly, from observing the people walking around him, he found out that no one dared to use their Soul Sense other than keeping it a few centimeters around them, normally.

     From this point, he could see that it was an unwritten rule to not openly use one's Soul Sense in public places unless there was a valid reason.

     Davis was glad that he didn't use his Soul Sense in this place and for this, he had his cautiousness to thank.

     He took a step forward and entered the open area plaza which was named [Roxley Plaza].

     From the information, he was told that this plaza belonged to the Roxley Family and from the name, it was obvious enough.

     But as for the Roxley Family? It is a Low-Level King Grade Family! Only a little short of the Royal Xuan Family in terms of powerhouses.

     This power made them take control over one of the best plazas in the capital, even with the Royal Family keeping them in check from time to time.

     It was just an hour after sunrise but there were already some people who opened their shops and pedestrians walking around. Though not crowded, many people were moving about to and fro, minding their own business.

     The plaza was wide and huge with many shops, stalls, and buildings aligned along the way.

     Not only were there buildings, but there were also decorations like statues of the Royal Xuan Family Elders and Roxley Family Elders.

     In this place, where was he supposed to find an underground auction house?

     'Who knows? Although unlikely, this might be one of the places that might hold an underground auction...' Davis silently thought as he passed by the shops and stalls.

     Exactly three hours later, he finished roaming around the entire plaza and didn't manage to see anything suspicious.

     'Suspicious... Normally at times like these shouldn't a mysterious man invite me to the underground auction in an eerie manner?' Davis looked around to see if anyone was following him.

     He was almost getting tired mentally from this meaningless search, but he couldn't back down after he spent all this time to search for one.

     'Looks like I have no choice but to get into this deeper myself...' Thinking so, Davis made his way to the best auction house in this plaza.

     He didn't think he wasted these three hours because he got to see a lot of merchandise as well a different variety of equipment, armaments, and miscellaneous items though none got his attention while the other items were way out of his league.

     After half an hour, he made it to the Roxley Auction House.

     This building was grand enough to put the auction houses in the Grand Sea Continent to shame.

     Davis's eyes twitched, the front of the building were etched with the all known colorless transparent stones which sparkled by reflecting the sunlight.

     Those colorless transparent stones were low-level spirit stones and there were thousands of them used to inscribe the building's name, [Roxley Auction House].

     The spirit stones were sealed with some kind of special encasing which he didn't know about, so the energy in those spirit stones didn't dissipate in the slightest.

     Seeing that they were grand enough to keep those low-level spirit stones as a decoration in front of their auction house, he completely understood that they were not only incredibly arrogant but also had the strength to back it up.

     'Or should I say, as expected from a King Grade Power...' Davis mused as he entered the auction house.

     There were two guards in front of the entrance, guarding, but when they glanced at Davis's alchemist robe, the let him pass through without bothering to stop or check him.

     Though they let him pass, he was astonished to see both the guards possess cultivation equivalent to the peak of the Fourth Stage.

     Then he quickly remembered that they belonged to a King Grade Power and his mind was quickly able to accept their positions as guards along with their cultivation levels.

     He imagined that as long as he keeps improving, entering new environments, he would even see even more powerful guards like the stories he read but when reality starts kicking in, he found it difficult to accept such a reality.

     Imagine the main character of a cultivation novel cultivating hard to the point where he totally conquers his world, only to leave for a new one and meet people with the same cultivation as him... but they were guards?

     Davis didn't want to see such a reality in his life.

     Although he didn't want to see such a reality, he did want to feast his eyes and admire the beauty in front of him.

     "Miss receptionist, I heard that you can take things inside you and deliver it to the sheep without letting the tigers know..." Davis uttered a cringe-worthy line, capable of being handled as a family heirloom for the generations to come.

     "Hmm, what an interesting thing to say..." Instead of being angry, the beautiful young lady was unfazed, instead looked at Davis intensely trying to figure out exactly what kind of face was behind the mask.

     Davis's voice was hoarse so it made it difficult for her to determine his age.

     Suddenly, another lady came forward and said in an angry tone, "You! I'm the receptionist! And you don't dare tal..."

     "I will take over from now, stand back..." The woman uttered and gently swayed her hips while looking at Davis, "Follow me..."

     "Yes..." The receptionist bowed and stood back while Davis followed the beautiful young lady into the auction house.

     Of course, the receptionist was also beautiful but when compared with this woman, she lost her title of beauty by a slight margin.

     On the way, many of the people present clasped their hands, even bowed when greeting her, while all she did was nod her head with a gentle smile on her face.

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     236 Tina Roxley

      From this, Davis could garner that she was someone powerful or at least someone of status. He couldn't size up her cultivation level because she completely hid it from plane sight.

     Unless he could somehow check her cultivation using his Soul Sense which if found out by her could come across as extremely rude and possibly result in getting thrown out or even killed.

     'Did I get the exact contact?' Davis thought while still following her, but his eyes were fixed somewhere else. To be precise, it was fixed on that tenderly swaying butt while its curves were revealed as the woman he followed wore some tight-fitting robes.

     "Aren't you gazing for too long?" The beautiful young lady looked at him and had an expression on her face that could be said to be a smile, yet not one.

     While her amethyst eyes looked sharp, there was a gentle light in her eyes though it was still complex. She had a small nose and her sweet lips and cheeks were slightly crimson, granting her an alluring appearance.

     Davis was startled and looked at her, "I apologize, it has been so long since I've seen those entrancing movements of a well-endowed lady."

     The woman didn't say anything and turned her head to the front.

     Davis smiled behind the mask and thought to himself, 'That's right, now she'll think that I'm nothing but a pervert and that's all I needed to clear her suspicions of me...'

     After all, only customers with shady backgrounds and bad reputation would enter the underground auction normally. The reason he had uttered such an ambiguous yet cringe-worthy line at the beginning was also for this reason.

     If people who were really righteous and compassionate existed, then the underground auction could erupt in chaos, and that's why he made sure to act like a prick who was devoid of civility.

     But in reality, his eyes really were attracted to that place since the pathway was narrow but there was another reason why his gaze was attracted.

     For some reason, it vaguely resembled Evelynn's and for that reason, he was absorbed into it as if he were in a trance.

     He was then finally led into a room where there was no one present, other than a big round table and several chairs.

     The woman sat on one side while Davis did the same on the other side.

     She smiled gently and opened her mouth, "I'm the branch manager of this auction house, Tina Roxley. What can I do for you?"

     "I'm someone who looks forward to selling items that cannot be openly sold. Is Miss Roxley willing to help me take care of this problem?"

     Davis cut to the point and skipped over his introduction.

     "Is that so?" Tina Roxley still had a smiling expression on her face. She started to tap the table every second while looking at his mask without saying anything.

     Davis somehow felt stifled in this tiny room. Her stare and those tapping sounds had made him uncomfortable at some point.

     "I didn't think Miss Roxley had such a hobby of staring at people's faces. Or could it be that you actually like my mask?" Davis questioned in a jovial tone.

     "Sorry, it's rare to see those clear eyes from a man who's speaking nonsense in an ambiguous tone." Tina Roxley uttered and slightly giggled.

     Davis was taken aback but smirked slightly, 'Is this her way of getting back at me?'

     "Eyes don't lie, mister." Saying so, she extended her hands.

     There was a letter held between her fingers.

     'Invitation letter?' Thought Davis.

     He stretched his hand out to grab it while suddenly she pulled back her fingers.

     Davis froze and looked at her questioningly.

     "You haven't told me your name yet... at least a name I can address you with..." Tina Roxley uttered.

     Davis was startled and was confused. Now he understood that she was asking for his fake name at the least.

     Originally, he was very hesitant to tell her his name but now that she was just asking for his fake name, he could just make up something.

     "You can address me as Scythe..."

     "Alright, Mister Scythe..." With a slight pause, she handed over the invitation letter.

     They then both stood up and left without saying anything to each other.

     While Davis left the auction house, Tina Roxley came back to the front entrance and stood beside the receptionist.

     "Manager, even though you are bored, it isn't appropriate to meet with any random person appearing at the auction house."

     Tina Roxley who was thinking about something else, perfunctorily replied, "You can snitch me to the elders, Rina. I don't care."

     Rina Roxley wryly smiled, "You know I won't do that..."

     Tina Roxley pointed at herself, "Also, how many times do I have to say it? Call me elder sister..."

     "No, during the business, I will call you manager no matter what!"

     "Silly girl, I've been a receptionist here during my youth. Don't waste your time admonishing every character you see, leave that to the guards outside. All you need to do is answer to the questions of the potential customers..."

     "That guy before didn't seem like one..." Rina Roxley narrowed her eyes.

     "Yes, that was because he came for something else..."

     "What is that supposed to be?"

     Tina Roxley shook her head, "I suppose that it's too early for you to know..."

     Rina Roxley put her hands together and asked in a pleasing tone, "Ehh... Come on, manager. Please tell me what it is..."

     "No!" Tina Roxley answered without even having to think.

     Rina Roxley went teary-eyed, totally faking her expression "Please, elder sister..."

     Tina Roxley gently sighed as the smile on her face slowly disappeared as she shook her head, "It's a place that I wouldn't want to ever set foot on, if possible..."

     "Uh? You're still not willing to tell!" Rina Roxley shouted as she realized that her sister just duped her.

     "You don't' need to know for now, neither do you need to see father." Tina Roxley's expression slightly became cold.

     Rina Roxley shrunk her head as she felt wrong and murmured to herself, "Why can I not see him even though he's our father...?"

     Tina Roxley's eyes blazed, the gentle light in her eyes seemed to no longer exist, "How dare you, Rina! Don't forget that you have promised me to not see him, he is dangerous!"

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     237 Selling Items

      Rina Roxley's expression turned aghast, even so, she still said, "Even if he is dangerous, there is no way he would harm us... Elder Sis, it's been 20 years since I was born but the last time I saw him was when I was 10..."

     "Listen carefully, without my master's protection, he would've harmed you long ago. Remember, he is the cause of their deaths!" Tina Roxley's twin peaks heaved heavily as it shook while overflowing anger can be seen in her eyes.

     She slowly calmed down and placed her hands on shoulders of the teary-eyed Rina Roxley, "If you think otherwise, then... consider our sisterhood over."

     Rina Roxley's eyes formed tears as it flowed down her face, "I won't go near father, I promise!"

     Tina Roxley heaved a sigh of relief and at the same time, felt bad for threatening her own sister with their relationship.

     But the world was cruel, and she had no choice but to resort to threatening her own little sister rather than reveal their father's actions.

     ...

     After successfully obtaining the invitation letter, Davis returned to the inn he stayed in, entering his room. Sitting on the bed, he took the invitation letter out and viewed it.

     The invitation letter had a peculiar design on it that can be in no way described as elegant. It had the details of the venue and the timings of the underground auction.

     From the letter, he garnered that the underground auction takes place two weeks later.

     There was also a mention of where they procure illegal items to sell in the underground auction.

     He once again left the inn and headed towards the place mentioned in the invitation letter.

     After a few hours of travel, he arrived at the aforementioned destination.

     It was another marketplace, but the grandness here was quite lacking when compared to the Roxley Plaza's marketplace.

     Once he arrived at the place, he looked around and spotted a shop.

     He approached the shop and questioned the middle-aged shopkeeper as he pointed at a key-like stone craft, "Won't you sell me that?"

     The middle-aged shopkeeper turned to look at the key before looking back at him, "How much do you think it costs?"

     Davis smiled, "It costs one's life..."

     The middle-aged shopkeeper nodded and led him into the store from the side door.

     Davis followed him and entered the underground with him while another attendant took over his place to fill the position of the shopkeeper.

     After passing through a dark narrow passage, they arrived in front of a big hall. The hall was divided into many rooms with curtains separating all of them.

     "Enter..." The middle-aged man who led him pointed at one of the many rooms.

     Davis stepped inside the room and saw another middle-aged man, handling a list while sitting on a chair behind the table. He had a mask on his face which concealed his facial features.

     Davis thought back to the middle-aged shopkeeper behind him over the curtain and compared it with the man in front of him. He guessed that the shopkeeper should either be a slave to this man in front of him or the Roxley Family.

     "Oh, yes! Sit over here and tell us what items you have brought us to sell?"

     Davis sat down and placed a spatial ring on top of the table. He didn't bother to reply.

     The middle-aged man chuckled and picked up the spatial ring not offended by the lack of response. He had seen a lot of people with weird tastes and personalities after all.

      After creating a connection with it, he checked the contents of the spatial ring. Almost instantly, his eyes bulged as he stood up in a chain of reaction.

     Without saying anything, he once more checked the contents earnestly.

     "Respected guest, please follow me..." After checking again, he looked at Davis and respectfully said.

     Davis stood up and followed him back into another spacious room.

     The masked middle-aged man informed a guard standing outside the room of the situation. He backed up and gave the spatial ring back to Davis while the guard nodded his head and went into the room.

     The masked middle-aged man opted to wait outside while Davis went inside.

     Davis saw a wizened old man who was smiling as he rubbed his chin. He was instantly afraid when the old man released an energy wave that was of the Sixth Stage.

     He also felt a Soul Sense probing him and was given a scare.

     But on second thought, he realized that this old man's Soul Forging Cultivation was only more or less equal to him.

     Otherwise, it was possible that his identity would've been found out by the old man by now.

     The old man finally shook his head and said as he presented a card, "Mister, I apologize for my actions. As an apology, we can offer you the VIP status in our underground auction for three times as long as you have this card."

     Davis stared at it, deciding whether if he should take it or not.

     "If you are not satisfied, then you can leave without making the transaction. Our underground auction will not cause you any trouble, you have my word."

     "You are?" Davis asked in a cold voice.

     "Me? I am Solarin Roxley..." The old man proudly uttered his name, not even bothering to hide it or even his facial features.

     Too bad, Davis never heard of this name before so he had not that much of a reaction.

     Seeing that, Solarin turned confused, "You are not from this capital?"

     Davis nodded his head. He wasn't being honest but with limited information, his lies would be seen through in no time.

     "Ah, that explains..." The old man's face visibly cleared as he chuckled.

     "Just now..." Davis uttered.

     "Hmm?" Solarin pricked up his ears as he turned to look at him.

     "Just now, when you probed me... Were you trying to rob and kill me?"

     "As the saying goes, it is a sin for a common child to be in possession of a royal treasure. If you were weak, that would be the case no matter where you go..."

     "But didn't I apologize?" Solarin looked at the card that was placed in the table, a smile lighting up his face.

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     238 Underground Auction House

      Davis smirked as he saw the other party not denying his claims.

     "Alright..." Davis uttered and took the VIP card that was placed on the table. Solarin smirked and extended his hand towards Davis.

     Davis passed the spatial ring to him and Solarin left through the door behind him without saying a word.

     Davis waited silently and after a while, Solarin came back with a smile on his face.

     "There were so many items to grade that it took me a long time pin a price point..." His face suddenly turned serious, "All of them are Sky Grade Armaments, did you rob a Warlord's tomb or something?"

     But almost instantly, his face turned back into that laid back smile, "Just kidding, all we want is to sell these armaments to make a profit. We don't care about where you obtained these items as long as you are alive..."

     'As long as I'm alive, huh?' Davis's eyes twitched.

     "Then?" Davis questioned.

     Solarin's expression turned solemn, "73 Low-Level Sky Grade Armaments, 37 Mid-Level Sky Grade Armaments, and 18 High-Level Sky Grade Armaments..."

     "All these amounts to a total of 1,64,400 Low-Level Spirit Stones when calculating their grade and uniqueness, including their uses."

     Davis's soul shook at the amount! He secretly took a deep breath, calming himself down.

     Low-Level Sky Grade Items sold for around 100 to 1,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones. Mid-Level Sky Grade Items sold for around 1,000 to 10,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones. High-Level Sky Grade Items sold for around 10,000 to 100,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

     Although these were the general prices, the price might vary according to the rarity and uniqueness sometimes.

     "We'll accept it at the market price and round it to about 1,65,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones, deal?"

     "Deal!" Davis accepted without delay.

     "Good!" Solarin clenched his fists and snapped his fingers.

     In underground auctions, Davis was well aware that only prestigious patrons would have the choice to auction and gain wealth while losing commission to the auction house.

     In his case, where he was just a new patron, he could only accept the deal. If not, he would just have to leave this place.

     A man came over from the inside and handed over a spatial ring to Davis. He quickly formed a connection to it and checked its contents.

     When he did, he secretly drew a cold breath. His mind was totally boggled and temporarily stopped by seeing the amount of wealth that was in his possession right now.

     "That's right, I assume you will attend the underground auction? Then, you should have this list which contains information about the items which are going to be sold!" Solarin gave him a jade slip.

     Davis accepted it and kept it inside his spatial ring.

     After a few parting words, Davis left the place.

     For safety purposes, he decided to not stay in that Inn any longer. He searched for an even more luxurious and safe place to stay.

     In the central part of the capital, he stumbled upon [Arashi's Luxurious Inn] and entered it.

     From the pretty receptionist, he learned that this place belonged to the Arashi Family. A family which was no less powerful than the Roxley Family.

     'Another Low-Level King Grade Power...' Davis smiled as he entered the room. He was sure that over 90% of the capital's population won't dare to cause trouble here even if they have a terrible temper.

     The room itself was grand and spacious, while the furniture and design were of extraordinary quality.

     It cost him about 100 Low-Level Spirit Stones to stay here for a day but he wasn't bothered by it anymore because he was filthy rich right now!

     Jumping on the bed while lying behind his back, he looked at the ceiling and laughed foolishly.

     Laughing his heart off, he muttered, "I have to thank Old Man Garvin for this..."

     ...

     Time passed normally while Davis witnessed the opening of the underground auction in an inconspicuous location in the capital.

     Today, he didn't wear his alchemist robe but wore a pitch-black robe and a different mask that he bought from one of the shops in the plaza. It was a raven-shaped mask.

     Davis looked around him and witnessed people talking in hushed voices.

     Every one of them wore different types of masks and to his surprise, he found some of the masks familiar, and there was even a mask that resembled an Arrancar's from Bleach.

     Although it was such a coincidence, he didn't let him bother about it too much as masks were ultimately masks, something that was used to hide facial features.

     As masquerades kept appearing one by one, the door to the auction hall opened. Everyone started to move towards the hall while Davis also did the same.

     He showed his VIP card to a masked attendant and it certainly proved beneficial. He was led into a VIP room, numbered 17.

     The room was not one bit lower in quality when compared to the rooms in Arashi's Luxurious Inn, except other than it being smaller.

     There were some chairs and tables, a queen-sized bed near the corner, and all the other facilities required for one to stay at least a week.

     Davis knew that this underground auction will go on for about three days, and in respect to that, it seemed they have prepared some accommodating rooms for the VIP members.

     He went and sat on a chair, looking in a certain direction. There were glasses and through it, he could see the brightly lit auction stage.

     The whole auction hall could be compared to a medium-sized stadium. At one side were the VIP rooms and on the other end was the auction stage.

     On the ground were thousands of seats and adjacent to it were three balconies fitted with hundreds of seats.

     He mused that almost five thousand people without a VIP status would be able to attend this underground auction.

     After several minutes, Davis heard someone knocking on his door.

     He knew that the door can only be opened from the inside once occupied, so he waved his hand with energy causing the door to open.

     A young man stood outside as he smiled, bowing slightly, "I deeply apologize for the disturbance, sir. This is one of our services for those who possess VIP status."

     He snapped his fingers and women of various physical traits and features entered the room one by one. They wore silky fabric clothes that were half-transparent and revealing underwear, which made them look incredibly desirable.

     "You can choose any one of them to accompany you till the auction ends."

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      Davis inwardly groaned and waved his hands indicating that he didn't need one. The Arashi's Luxurious Inn had also possessed this service but that was only reserved for VIP's and unlike these unwilling women, the women there were all willing.

     The young man was taken aback but smiled again, "Our underground auction provides our VIP customers with the best service possible and we ensure those who serve our VIP customers are pure."

     Davis smiled wryly but his expression was hidden behind the mask.

     'If I reject anymore they might suspect my moral integrity to be good, no?' Davis thought and glanced at those women.

     Every one of them had different kinds of expressions etched on their faces. Some looked like they were expected to be chosen, some had looks of hidden resentments in their eyes while some others didn't even dare to look at him.

     It was already too late for him back out since he had already played the part of a pervert when he spoke with Tina Roxley or maybe he could decline their 'good intentions' by saying that he wanted to be alone?

     "I want to be alone, go away!" Davis uttered while displaying his Peak-Level Silver Stage battle aura.

     "Aahh!" The women brought by the young man yelped and kneeled down from not being able to handle the pressure while one of them even wet herself from fear.

     Davis's eyes widened and he felt bad, 'Did I go too far?'

     He totally forgot to consider their mentality and their cultivation in his attempt to send them away!

     The young man came back to his senses and noticed the stench spreading around the room, "How dare you disgrace yourself in front of our VIP customer!?"

     He took out a whip and swung at her with an angry expression that indicated he was bent on beating her to death to satisfy the customer.

     *Plat*

     "Ahh!" That woman who wet herself painfully screamed and covered herself with her hands as she rolled into a ball.

     "I'll take her..." Davis spoke, his voice filled with a hint of lust.

     The young man looked at him in surprise and smiled slightly as if he understood the other party's preference.

     "Then I bid farewell..." The young man ordered the others to clean up the mess before leaving with the bevy of beauties as if this scenario was within his expectations.

     Davis inwardly sighed as he looked at that teary faced woman who kept crying. She slowly and faintly glanced at Davis with her teary eyes but realized that her gaze was noticed by him.

     Growing fearful again, she moved back into a corner by slowly crawling away.

     Davis's eyes twitched, 'Did I scare her that much?'

     Deciding to not bother with her, he kept silent because she was scantily clad. Even with a slight glance, he was influenced to please her when seeing her alluring yet sorry figure.

     Half an hour later, the woman calmed down but she didn't dare to take a glance at Davis again.

     At the same time, a young man with a mask came upon the auction stage as he amplified his voice and spoke, "Dear ladies and gentlemen, today, I am excited to announce that we welcome the eighty-first opening of our underground auction!"

     "Everyone who attended last time and even before that knows what our first merchandise will be but this year, we had a change of order in the list of appearance!"

     "Without delay, let me start the auction by bringing out the first merchandise of our underground auction!"

     The audience below were clamoring as they shouted, "Who let this man to be the auctioneer!? We need a woman!"

     "Shut your trap and bring out the merchandise already!"

     "Mister auctioneer! You have a sexy body, can I ask for your hand tonight!?"

     The auctioneer's ear twitched as he glanced at the one who said that. When he noticed that it was a man, he trembled a moment before telling the people behind him to hurry up with the merchandise.

     The surface beside where the auctioneer stood automatically opened like a gaping maw but a big object covered by a red cloth appeared above the surface.

     "Are our customers eager to find out what the first merchandise is?"

     This time from what one would expect, the audience clamored and shouted "Yes!", making their voices resound throughout the auction hall.

     As most of them were old-timers, they knew the size of this object and could roughly guess what's inside the cloth-covered object.

     The auctioneer grinned and removed the cloth, displaying the half-naked figure. It was a woman with a beautiful face, her pure yet pristine body was covered with pieces of cloth, covering her important places.

     Her curvaceous beauty immediately attracted many eyes from the crowd.

     Even Davis's eyes bulged slightly as her beauty was no less than Shirley's, even comparable to Tina Roxley whom he saw before.

     "Kara Moonridge, once the Princess of the utterly decimated Moonridge Kingdom. She was next in line to the throne because of her incredible achievements in Essence Gathering Cultivation." "At only the age of 49, she had already cultivated to the Law Seed Stage but sadly, a year later, her Kingdom was decimated into ruins by the Agosto Kingdom."

     "Now, the poor kingdom-less princess has no one to rely on to... Can anyone here be worthy of her reliance and trust?

     "Let us see who the lucky man or woman is! Let the auction begin!"

     "100 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     "200 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     "500 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     'Once a princess of a fallen kingdom, now a mere plaything to these perverts.' Davis sighed as he once again witnessed the cruel reality of this world.

     Although he knew these kinds of things would happen, he wasn't a fan of it, nor was he interested in bidding to save the damsel in distress.

     After all, if he had been a saint, he would have opted to save the women who were here just a few minutes ago.

     *Tch~*

     He clicked his tongue and groaned in silence as there was an inner-conflict going on his mind now.

     Should he save her or not? He had the necessary wealth as well.

     'Hmm, we'll see...' His expression became calm again as he viewed everything from a cold perspective.

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     240 Earth Grade Physique?

      Although there was no beginning price, the merchandise started off with a bid of 100 Low-Level Spirit Stones and increased to 500 Low-Level Spirit Stones in a mere second.

     And in the span of a few more seconds, the bid increased to 4000 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

     After that, people quieted down and only those who possessed enough capital opened their mouths to bid.

     Kara Moonridge who was being bid on was enraged. She was crying but didn't make a sound as her eyes pointed daggers at everyone.

     When had she, a princess, received this kind of humiliation? Even though tears kept sliding down her face, she didn't look away one bit, as if trying to hold on to her sanity.

     But her figure and expression only incited even more people to bid on her.

     A few minutes later, the bid reached 26,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones causing over 90% of the men to be hesitant to bid.

     *Ding!*

     A sound echoed around the auction hall prompting the newcomers' faces to turn while the old-timers turned ugly.

     The old-timers who were seated at the surface and balconies now knew that they have no chance to bid anymore unless they have enough capital.

     When the newcomers looked at the source of the sound, they saw the VIP room numbered 20 lit up with a series of number, "50,000"

     The auctioneer grinned at pointed at the VIP room, "The VIP from the 20th room bids 50,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     "Isn't there anyone to top that price???" The auctioneer riled up and said.

     A few moments later, seeing that no one on the surface and the balconies bid, he grinned and turned his head to gaze at the VIP floor.

     "Did I forget to mention that this princess over here is pure and noble? If so, I apologize..."

     He smirked, "Now, everyone might be wondering why she was put up here for our first merchandise. It isn't simply because she is a princess or a beauty because this still doesn't warrant for her to be sold first in the first day..."

     "Then what is the reason you wonder? Not only is she pure but she is also found to possess a Mid-Level Earth Grade Physique, the Exquisite Nine Yin Body!"

     "Woahhhh!!" The audience clamored with a huge noise as their faces flushed red.

     "If one were to dual cultivate with her, well... I don't even need to mention, right?" The auctioneer grinned smugly.

     Instantly, lights lit up and numerous sounds echoed around the auction hall continuously.

     The quiet VIP floor displayed their wealth in an instant.

     The auctioneer with an excited face pointed at the VIP rooms as he spoke, "VIP room 24, 300,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     "VIP room 42, 320,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     "VIP room 22, 350,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     "VIP room 02, 400,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     The auctioneer didn't bother to announce some lower bids which lit up at the same time.

     In a few seconds, the bid shot up to 400,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!

     A few minutes later, the clamor quieted down and only a few VIP rooms were bidding.

     The bid gradually settled around 500,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones while only two or three people kept bidding for it.

     "VIP room 36, 530,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     After that, the auction house quieted down as only silence remained.

     The auctioneer knew that he had reached the peak possible sale with this product, so he directly asked, "Is there no one else willing to bid?"

     Seeing that there was no reply, he uttered, "Alright then, the person in VIP room 36 offered 530,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     "Going once!"

     The auctioneer looked left and right before opening his mouth again, "Going twice!"

     The auctioneer took a deep look before finally opening his mouth.

     *Ding!*

     The auctioneer's eyes lit up instantly as he promptly announced, "VIP room 20 offers 600,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!!!"

     Davis only had a single comment running in his mind, 'Woah, the bidder must be either desperate or smitten with her, no?'

     He had considered saving her but when the price skyrocketed after hearing that she had a Mid-Level Earth Grade Dual Cultivating Physique, he was dumbfounded.

     Even though he had the necessary capital to bid, he decisively chose to not interfere in the bidding process since he was afraid that he would not be able to hold himself back. Also, the cost was too great.

     He had obtained an Earth Grade Dual Cultivating Manual before, and now it was like the heavens were tempting him with a woman who was born with a Dual Cultivation Physique.

     He was truly afraid that after saving or purchasing her to be precise, he would betray Evelynn in a moment of temptation, maybe even tenderness or seduction.

     After all, he was quite pent up considering that he had read the Dual Cultivation Manual and was eager to try it out with Evelynn as soon as possible.

     After a few seconds of silence and seeing that were no more bids, the auctioneer decided to finish, "Going once!"

     "Going twice!"

     "Going thrice!!! Congratulations to the person in VIP room 20 for obtaining the ex-princess!"

     "As always, the merchandise will only be exchanged on the last day, so I kindly ask the winner of the bid to wait till the end of the underground auction."

     Some people laughed and booed, feeling good but they didn't dare to go too far.

     Not only Davis but the others also thought the person inside VIP room 20 must've had a blue balls syndrome by now.

     They all naturally assumed that the bidder was a man since the bid was on a woman.

     After the big cage was taken away, this time they brought an even more big cage by carrying on to the stage.

     Again, there were a lot of women with beautiful figures but they were utterly naked without even having a piece of cloth to cover themselves.

     They tried to desperately hide their figures with their hands but that just aroused the audience even more into the bidding.

     The auctioneer announced that they were virgins and noblewomen belonging to the fallen Moonridge Kingdom.

     At the end of the bidding process, many were dissatisfied since the winner was that damned person from VIP room 20.

     That person got all twenty of them for a price of 70,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

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     241 High-Level Sky Grade Pill

      After that, there were even more batches of women and even men although they were in the minority.

     But this time, the audience was quite happy since VIP room 20 went silent after that.

     Davis could understand their resentment but he had no idea why the person in VIP room 20 stopped bidding.

     Davis had considered saving them too but after he did that where was he supposed to leave them?

     Their cultivations were low and their mentality was in an all-time low, making them vulnerable to any sweet talk, even from a suspicious person.

     Even if he had freed them into the city, they would still get hoodwinked into something else without any background to protect them.

     And he can't make take care of them or was he supposed to create an orphanage and a nursery to protect them?

     When he thought all of this, he wryly smiled, sneering at his hypocrisy, 'In the end, I'm searching for all the reasons to not save them...'

     If he had truly wanted to save them like a hero, he would've just done it without thinking about the consequences and stuff.

     'Anyway, I already know that I'm not a hero, nor a powerhouse. I should just concentrate on becoming a powerhouse first before trying to save other people...'

     But the fact that the twenty women sold for 70,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones didn't come off as a surprise to him.

     Even Kara Moonridge, a princess of a fallen kingdom only managed to garner around 50,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones, a price comparable to a High-Level Sky Grade Armament.

     It was only when the fact that she had a unique physique was revealed did her bidding value increase to a ridiculous amount that it could even be compared to Peak-Level Sky Grade Armament even though she only had a Mid-Level Earth Grade Physique.

     A person should keep in mind that the cost of a Peak-Level Sky Grade Merchandise would be from 100,000 Low-Level Spirit Stone to 1,000,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones, depending upon the uniqueness, but that was also just an estimate.

     However, from this, one could see the rarity and the value of a person's physique.

     If she had a Sky Grade Physique, her price would have reached crazy limits!

     But in the off-chance, if she had a King Grade Physique, then the major powers would have openly fought for her hand, even treating her with the utmost respect! Nobody would even dare to touch her or sell her off in the first place!

     The auction proceeded for around half a day while introducing various items.

     The auctioneer who had his eyes glowing, opened his mouth, "The next merchandise we received is a very important item that is related to one's health. Normally, this kind of item will be sold openly but as the item's background is dubious, we have decided to auction it here!"

     The auctioneer removed the red cloth, presenting a pill on top of a pillbox. It glowed with crimson color, giving off a strong aura of vitality.

     "This is a High-Level Sky Grade Pill, the Crimson Vitality Pill. It is a healing pill that is capable of healing Mid-Level Fifth Stage Experts from a severely injured state!"

     "Although its effects are on only par with a Low-Level Sky Grade Pill, its energy is incredibly gentle that even mortals could consume it. Although they wouldn't gain any cultivation, their lifespan will increase by a hundred years, which makes it even more valuable. Plus, it is incredibly useful for treating hidden injuries in our bodies which doubles the value..."

     "The starting price will be set at 150,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     Davis's eyes finally lit up! This pill just might be incredibly useful to him or rather Evelynn to be precise!

     He wasn't going to miss this chance to buy one for her! Of course, it was to regenerate her hand which had been severed. If she couldn't reach the Body Transformation Stage, then this pill would instantly heal her back to full health.

     As the bids increased, he quietly waited till there were only two of them left fighting for it.

     "VIP room 33 bids 235,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     "VIP room 05 bids 236,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     "VIP room 33 bids 237,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     "VIP room 05 bids 250,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     The increase of 13,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones left the other person considering whether to bid or not.

     Actually, the price had already exceeded its true value, so only who truly needed this was continuing to bid.

     Now seeing that there were no more bids, the auctioneer started to count, "Going once!"

     "Going twice!"

     *Ding!*

     Davis who was waiting for the bids to stop finally bid an amount.

     "VIP room 17 bids 270,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!" The auctioneer was gladdened and noticed that this person from VIP room 17 had never bid for a single item before.

     The auctioneer waited for a few seconds again, the uttered, "Going once!"

     "Going twice! ...Going thrice!! Congratulations to the person in VIP room 17 for obtaining the Crimson Vitality Pill!"

     Davis nodded satisfactorily, 'I knew it! No one would be willing to bid no more than that for a pill of this level...'

     Feeling happy, he glanced at the woman who curled herself up in the corner.

     The woman upon noticing his gaze quickly hid her head into her knees.

     His eyes twitched and the complacent feeling before totally disappeared and was replaced with bitterness.

     Having a gloomy person in the room didn't sit well with him as he got used to Ellia's cheerfulness, Lucas's and Lucia's drivel before.

     He had ignored her all this time but he realized that it cannot continue this way.

     "Get up!" Davis spoke indifferently.

     His voice resounded in her ears causing her to quickly stand up with attention.

     Her eyes shone with determination while her small fists were tightly clenched although one could see clearly that those small fists were entirely trembling.

     "Serve me that drink over there..." Davis pointed at the showcase where there were tons of drinks displayed.

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     242 Natalya

      Davis didn't like to drink spirit alcohol which could dull his mind, so he pointed at the spirit water which he could consume and refine it to increase his Energy Condensation Cultivation, though it wasn't quite as effective as it sounds.

     The woman moved while biting her lips softly in worry. She took the spirit water and poured over a glass for him.

     Except when she poured she made a mess of the table by pouring spirit water all over it. Her hand trembled even more as she dropped the spirit water vase itself.

     The vase dropped with a thud and half the water in it wet the floor as it splashed around the surface like a flail.

     Davis shook his head as he sighed at her antics.

     Originally, although quite unwilling, these so-called servant girls would've been able to at least serve and assist in making bids.

     But since Davis scared all of them into falling down, they were naturally scared of him, including the woman in front of him who was affected the most.

     Now, as she was the only one left behind, immense fear took over her as she had quickly curled herself into a corner.

     Although she determined herself for the worse when she went near him, she still couldn't control her emotions or actions thoroughly.

     Realizing that the vase fell and that she made a mess, her mentality took a turn for the worse but surprisingly, she didn't wet herself this time.

     She moved back a little and kneeled as she bowed heavily, thrashing her head on the wet ground, "I apologize! Mister! I deeply apologize!"

     "Stop it!" Davis uttered in an indifferent tone.

     Only when she heard that did she stop thrashing her head onto the floor, but she didn't dare to raise her head to look at him.

     In fact, she was silently cursing herself for making a mistake that even an amateur wouldn't make.

     "What's your name?" Davis asked in a soothing tone. He had wanted her to stand up for herself so he can leave her behind later but it seemed like it would take time.

     And even to him, it currently looked like he was bullying her instead of saving her.

     Without raising her head, she replied, "I... am Natalya..."

     "You don't have a family?"

     Natalya didn't open her mouth as she stayed silent.

     "If you don't want to be like this, why are you here?" Since some women who came here looked expectantly at him, he assumed that some of them must have had come here of their own decision albeit unwillingly.

     After a few seconds of silence, she uttered, "My family secretly sold me to this place..."

     Davis stayed silent as it was quite difficult to believe her right out of the bat, but if it was true, he felt that it was truly pitiable.

     He looked outside and noticed that they were selling a Mid-Level Sky Grade Weapon, but realized that it was not his.

     He returned his gaze to her, "That's truly pitiable... only if your words are true though... Natalya."

     "It's true!" Natalya lifted her head and desperately shouted at him but then quickly realized that she did something wrong; an action beyond her current status.

     Instantly, her facial features contorted as she quickly tried to bang her head on the floor once again.

     But before her head could touch the floor, a finger on her chin quickly stopped her motion.

     "Alright, I believe you..." Davis softly uttered but inwardly his face was quite indifferent.

     "Sit on the chair..." He removed his finger from her chin as his voice turned hoarse again.

     Natalya had her eyes wide open as she thought, 'Just now, did I hear a friendly and young voice?'

     But she came back to her mind as she quickly heard his voice once again, thinking that she was daydreaming.

     She slowly got up and sat on the chair with careful steps all the while having her gaze on his back.

     Davis had turned back because he could see her large cleavage when he held her chin.

     Her figure could slightly compare to Evelynn while her face was also of the same level.

     To Davis, in terms of face, the most beautiful woman he ever saw in his life was his mother, Claire, followed by Shirley, Evelynn.

     Of course, if Ellia and Clara were to grow up, he was absolutely sure that they would reach the beauty of his mother.

     But in terms of figure alone right now, he was sure that none of them could match Evelynn. Although Evelynn's facial features were less beautiful compared to the others, that was when compared with absolute beauties, not the average women.

     Realizing that Natalya had sat, he also sat beside her on a chair in consideration that she might get nervous.

     "So, what are you going to do after this?" He casually voiced out his question.

     Natalya jerked a little as she stammered, slightly caught off guard, "I... I don't know..."

     "They won't probably let you off since you belong to them..."

     "Yes..." She dropped her head down sadly, fully aware of her fate.

     "They didn't cast a slave seal on your soul?"

     Natalya shook her head.

     "That's good, that'll make this easier..." Davis nodded

     Natalya slightly frowned for a second before realization dawned upon her but she didn't dare to confirm it by directly asking!

     She became flustered and her cheeks sightly blushed. Afterward, Davis didn't glance at her, so he had no way of knowing her thoughts.

     Time passed as the auction continued without stop.

     Natalya hadn't slept for days due to worrying about her own fate in the upcoming days.

     Now that she was with Davis and seeing that he didn't ask much of her, she started to dose off into sleep.

     The auction was way boring for her, and with her tensed mind suddenly becoming relaxed, it was easier for her to sleep naturally.

     Without even realizing it, she started to sleep on the chair while resting her head on the table, even drooling on it. When she woke up, she found herself alone on the queen-sized bed. Her mind instantly turned into a mess.

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     243 Vein Fragments!

      Natalya quickly checked herself and realized that nothing had happened to her. There were no signs of blood, neither did she feel weird down there. Her gaze slowly moved onto his figure.

     Her gaze and mind became relaxed at once and she realized that he was currently bidding for an item and was not closer to her.

     "VIP room 17 bids 58,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!" The auctioneer grinned and announced.

     'Crazy, but I must get this!' Davis thought while emitting heat with his eyes.

     He was currently bidding for some spirit stones except they weren't any ordinary spirit stones but elemental spirit stones!

     Lightning attributed Low-Level Spirit Stones!

     There were about a thousand of them lined up on the auction stage.

     One could see lightning sparks inside those transparent spirit stones!

     Even though there were only thousand of it, its price had already climbed up to almost twelve times its original price.

     Elemental spirit stones which possessed the vestige of laws existed, except they weren't easy to come by because of their rarity. Ordinarily, these elemental spirit stones were only five times the value of non-elemental spirit stones.

     Meaning that a single elemental spirit stone is equal to five ordinary spirit stones. From this, one could see the stark contrast of their rarity and demand.

     There were numerous spirit stone mines in Tripartite Alliance and almost 90% of it were controlled by them, leaving only a mere ten percent to the residents of the Tripartite Alliance Territory.

     Actually, Davis had crossed by a Low-Level Spirit Stone Mine during his journey to the capital before but hadn't realized it due to there being a King Grade Concealment Formation.

     As Davis continued to bid, he finally got it for 65,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

     Although its price was sky-high, he deemed that it was worth it since he would need it when he gets to the Law Seed Stage and increase his Lightning Law Intent.

     Sighing gently, he finally reacted to the gaze that came from behind him, "Did I wake you up? Why don't you sleep for a few more hours..."

     Hearing that, Natalya deeply blushed and got out of the bed. She immediately poured a drink and presented it to him.

     Davis chuckled inwardly and accepted it. He drank the contents and placed the cup on the table.

     A few minutes passed and he realized that were no common topics to converse between them.

     They were sitting near each other, and although there was a wide distance between them, the atmosphere became quickly awkward.

     She was still scantily clad and he didn't want to give her a change of clothes afraid that she would get the wrong idea and become dependent on him.

     Davis actually didn't intend to treat her like a servant, so he couldn't help but see her as an individual.

     Natalya was slightly nervous, thinking about when he would try to command her into doing the deed.

     But soon, when she slightly took a glance, she saw his gaze change while glancing at the auction stage.

     The second day had already started half a day before and Davis had seen some of his armaments getting sold.

     Now, on the auction stage, he saw a thousand ordinary spirit stones.

     But he quickly realized that his initial appraisal was wrong with his eyesight, 'Those are Mid-Level Spirit Stones!'

     The auctioneer announced that these would help Sixth Stage Experts increase their energy cultivation and started the auction with a starting bid of 1,000,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!

     The auction went on for a long time, almost half an hour before ending with someone bidding 2,260,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!

     It was from another VIP room which had never bid on an item before.

     Davis smiled wryly. He initially thought of bidding but abandoned that idea as soon as he heard the price of the starting bid.

     After this, the auctioneer took out about ten fragments that looked like a crystal. To Davis, although it looked like one of that crystal in the second layer, he could see that it was entirely different.

     The energy and even the surface structure of it were uniquely different and enormous. Seeing its shape, he could assume what it was! He had heard about this before from Old Man Garvin!

     'It's a Spirit Stone Vein Fragment, no?' He thought.

     And as expected, the auctioneer announced that it was a Low-Level Spirit Stone Vein Fragment and the starting bid to be 100,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

     Instantly, the audience went into an uproar because a Sixth Stage Expert could still cultivate by using the Low-Level Spirit Stone Vein Fragments instead of using Mid-Level Spirit Stones.

     In a Spirit Stone Mine, a Spirit Stone Vein Fragment generates a lot of Spirit Stones through the help of a source. Although it was rarer than a Mid-Level Spirit Stone, it has ten times the energy compared to it and ten thousand times the energy compared to a Low-Level Spirit Stone!

     Many who failed to get those Mid-Level Spirit Stones instantly got revived. Their eyes blazed with fervor!

     In cultivation, its efficiency was higher than cultivating with Mid-Level Spirit Stones!

     Instantly many VIPs began to crazily bid in hopes of getting all ten of them into their hands.

     Davis was hesitant a bit. He decided to back out on this one as the prices were shooting up high.

     Soon, the 10 Low-Level Spirit Stone Vein Fragments were bought by someone else for over 430,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

     As soon as it got over, the auctioneer introduced another batch of Low-Level Spirit Stone Vein Fragment!

     Curses rained down on the auctioneer but he paid no heed to it.

     Someone managed to win it for 410,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

     The auctioneer again took out another batch of the previous merchandise.

     Many asked how many batches were there exactly and to that, the auctioneer just merely smiled.

     Many guessed that there were more to come, so they went low-key with this batch.

     Davis's eyes lit up. He took up the opportunity and managed to win the batch for about 270,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

     And as expected, the auctioneer again did the same thing, presenting another batch.

     It sold for 300,000 and the batch after it sold for 470,000 because the auctioneer announced that it was the last batch available!

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      The bidders cursed and screamed at the auctioneer for being shameless.

     Meanwhile, Davis was quite happy that he managed to get the bid for the least amount out of the five batches.

     Natalya also noticed this as she had nothing to do after waking up and her impression of him only grew stronger.

     After this, the auctioneer took out numerous elemental spirit stones one after another but Davis didn't bid for it because he wasn't well versed in those attributes.

     Soon, the end of the second day approached and by this time, all of Davis's Armaments which were bought by the auction house were sold off.

     Since he paid attention to his items, he was able to calculate how much the auction profited from him.

     When he added all of them, the amount added up to 2,350,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones.

     To this, Davis smiled wryly. They managed to profit off 700,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones of him.

     More time passed as various items such as stolen cultivation manuals, techniques were sold off one by one.

     Davis thought of buying one but since they were all of High-Level Sky Grade and below, he obviously didn't care.

     All of his current cultivation methods were of Sky Grade, and even when compared to the Sky Grade Manuals of the first layer, they didn't lose it out in any way except for the inscribed laws which were actually detrimental to others who had the talent to comprehend on their own.

     Actually, they were of even higher grade because as time passed by, they were worked on by countless people to reach the pinnacle power possible, unlike the Sky Grade Manuals which belonged to the First Layer.

     Besides, the cultivation manuals from the second layer were created by people who recorded their own comprehension of laws in it.

     Although this was a type of weakness to the one who learns it, it was also a type of advantage one possesses over the other who cultivates in a manual that doesn't provide any law comprehensions.

     But all of this doesn't matter since there were no King Grade Manuals and Techniques in the second layer.

     What Davis wanted to get his hands on were King Grade Manuals and Techniques.

     'Unfortunately, I don't have the capital to buy one...' Davis chuckled to himself.

     He was just too greedy and selfish, still waiting to see if a lucky opportunity would arise.

     ...

     It was soon the third day and also the last day of the auction.

     Davis looked forward to it because he heard that there will be Peak-Level Sky Grade Items and King Grade items for auction on this day.

     He had accidentally heard it from the staff when he took a stroll outside the VIP room.

     Even when he checked the list of items on the jade slip he was given, he didn't find any Peak-Level Sky Grade or Low-Level King Grade Items for auction.

     Most likely, he guessed that all the items that nets a high amount of wealth weren't recorded in the jade slip.

     It also explains why he didn't know the existence of the elemental spirit stones and spirit stone vein fragments or the existence of the Princess with the Dual Cultivating Physique in the underground auction.

     And speaking of the elemental spirit stones and spirit stone vein fragment being sold here, he more or less could guess that they were stolen from the mines belonging to the Tripartite Alliance.

     "Folks, let us welcome the last day of the auction! I know that many of you who bid on the first day are eager to get your merchandise as soon as possible but I believe the first item on auction for today will blow your mind away!"

     The auctioneer grinned and grabbed the cloth as he majestically removed it.

     A diamond-shaped crystal the size of a head was displayed. When the auctioneer removed the cloth, waves of energy hit the crowd in the face making them gasp in excitement.

     Utter silence remained on the auction house and nobody dared to make a sound.

     The knowledgeable ones in the VIP rooms had bloodshot eyes, trying to confirm if their eyes were betraying their minds.

     Seeing that the whole crowd was silent, the auctioneer proudly raised his chin and presented it to the crowd, "This crystal right here is the source of the spirit stones... Don't get it? Let me explain..."

     "Everyone knows that a spirit stone mine has countless spirit stones that is formed from spirit stone vein fragments. Then where do these spirit stone vein fragments energy from? The answer to that is this! A Spirit Stone Vein Core!!!"

     "This is a Low-Level Spirit Stone Vein Core that can produce Low-Level Spirit Stone Vein Fragments! Remember that when you possess these two items with heaven and earth energy absorption formation, you can produce countless spirit stones for yourself!"

     "Such an item is sought but never found and right now, you people have the opportunity to get one!!!"

     "It is hypothesized that the Low-Level Spirit Stone Vein Core has energy equalling to that of 1,000,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones! We will have that has the starting bid price! Let the auction begin!"

     *Ding!~*

     "We have an enormous bid! VIP room 27 offers 2,000,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!"

     *Ding!~*

     "VIP room 22 offers 2,500,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!

     *Ding~!*

     In VIP room 17, Davis had a stiff expression on his face thinking how wonderful it would if he could get his hands on it.

     He could bring this to the second layer and have it produce a lot of spirit stones in the future but now, he had to suck his own thumb up in frustration since he didn't have enough capital with him.

     While he was sulking in the realization of being poor, the bids had already increased to 5,000,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!

     The bids had increased so fast that only a select few VIPs were able to compete for it now.

     After a few minutes, it was sold to the person on VIP room 33 for 6,500,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones!

     6,500,000 Low-Level Spirit Stones was a sum he could've afforded if he had sold the Low-Level King Grade Sword which belonged to Severin.

     But only a fool would do that in the Tripartite Alliance Territory.

     Davis wasn't stupid, he didn't sell it, neither did he sell those Peak-Level Sky Grade Armaments in consideration of his cautiousness.

     If someone from the Tripartite Alliance were here and if Davis were to sell the King Grade Sword, he would've truly been screwed as the Roxley Family would sell him out without hesitation.

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