“I grow tired of constant closed door cultivation and find the weather today pleasing for a pause in my tedious practice. You may rise.”
The sect master responded and focused his vision on the large dome instead. From his elevated position he could clearly see the faces of the children and their corresponding teachers.
These were the seeds of his sect and would someday become strong cultivators themselves.
He sighed as he remembered a time when he too, wished to fly amongst the clouds and become the true master of his fate. But looking back now, it seemed that he was too naïve in his simplistic dreams.
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Tiny Slim could have returned the hits he took and broken the bodies of their foes but same as Maru, he knew that it would be a bad precedent to set.And for that, Maru was glad because of the tolerance his friend showed. He was indeed not wrong at picking this friend of his.“Okay, Maru. Beat their asses for me and remember to take the first place for our class.” Tiny Slim relented in the end. He might be strong today but that was because of his friend.Maru could take whatever he provided him in a blink of an eye. Thus, even if he was called a dog or not, he would eat all irrelevant designations if it would mean his continued survival in this world.
“That expert had let me live. A warning perhaps?” The Sect Master thought and decided to monitor this unknown intruder from afar.If it had wanted to slaughter him together with the rest of his sect, then it could have effortlessly done that. But as it had only participated inside as an outer disciple, then there was hope yet.“Master Yan.” The Sect Master immediately thought of a plan.Since he feared to directly ask the one called Maru and even dreaded to stand in his presence, then he’d go another route to get some answers.And he was sure that the Chief Protector of the sect has some of them,
“Of course, boss!” Fatty Feng exclaimed.“Who would want to remain weak in this kind of world?” he added in his thoughts.“Okay then. This is yours.” Tiny Slim smiled and gave a palm sized bottle towards the fat boy.“I can’t take that, boss! You need that also!” Fatty Feng was alarmed after he saw the thing before him. Of course he knew what the contents of the bottle was.Being as nosy as he was, nothing much could escape his busy eyes inside the outer disciples’ court. This magical wonder was a body strengthening paste.
“Affirmative, Maru.” Madame Ais replied.“Really?” Maru was surprised because he was really not sure whether she could do that. But since she said she can, then he finally dismissed any further deliberations and began cultivating in full.“Affirmative, Maru.”“Then please make some for me, Madame Ais.” Maru instructed and finally opened the bottles then used them all out, one after the other.1 bottle2500
“Thanks, Fatty Feng. Here. Take this.” Maru offered his palm to give a ring to the fat boy.“Is this?!” Fatty Feng’s eyes grew big when he saw the ring. This was a ring in the legends! The one that can only be possessed by real and mighty cultivators of any sect.“Yes. Use it well, Fatty Feng. There’s lots of body strengthening pastes inside it. Be strong and live your life the way you want to.” Maru replied and smiled warmly at the fatty.Since he has an infinite number of these things in his hands, then throwing a few here and there was never a problem. And Fatty Feng was his friend. Maru was not one to deny his friends some help.
Although Master Corin knew that Maru was one of the prime disciples of the Chief Protector but the thought of his Elder giving that much amount of resources was unheard of.It would break the very foundation which the Infernal Blood Sect was built upon.A true hardened disciple that would claw, bite, and grab at every opportunity to gain an advantage in order to succeed in the long road of going against heaven’s will.“Is Maru perhaps the Chief Protector’s illegitimate son?” Corin mused in silence as he looked at the boy from head to toe. Maybe.There was a little bit of similarity here and there. He tr
“You need not worry about trivial things, Maru. The sect fully acknowledges your exceptional talents and three of these magical beasts is a small gift for your arrival in the sect.Assign two more of these Hilami under the name of Maru.” Corin addressed his student and commanded the disciple who took care of the magical beast thereafter.If he wasn’t mistaken, that masked man was probably the Sect Master or at least an Elder who represented the Sect Master since those tokens of power were never given to a teacher, much less to a disciple who had just entered the sect the day before.Thus, Master Corin had entirely taken the initiative to flatter this little boy with his goodwill. W
“What about the Hilami, teacher?”“Don’t worry about them. They won’t go anywhere and someone will take care of them later on.If you’re concerned about losing your magical beast, don’t be since your name has already been imprinted as its owner. No one in the sect would steal someone’s possession inside its premises.That least I can assure you.” Corin replied with a smile.“Okay, teacher.” Maru said and observed the towering buildings around him.While it may appear rundown compared to th