Chapter 1: Devil inside him Part 1

"Little thief, stop!" A middle-aged man wearing armor ran towards the young man and shouted. His feet were quick but his heavy armor made it harder for him to run.

"Hehe! You got to be kidding me. Why would I be idiot enough to stop?" The young man turned his head and shouted while running with all of his speed.

"Little thief, don't forget that I am a CULTIVATOR." The middle-aged man shouted as his foot stomped on the ground. He created a big hole as his body sprinted towards the young man. In just a single move, he came close to the young man.

'Damn! Damn! I shouldn't have messed up with the cultivators. Think Qin, think, what can you do to escape this situation?' Qin looked at his surroundings but nothing was near him. The road was quite big and there were fewer people.

Bang!

The middle-aged man make another powerful step and rushed closer to Qin.

'The biggest gamble of my life. It seems I lost it. But, I am not going down like this.' Qin shouted as he puts more force on his legs and sprinted forward.

"Got you, little thief." Unfortunately, his movement was futile when the middle-aged man pressed his leg once more.

Bang! Bang! Thud! Thud! Thud!

Suddenly, when he pressed his foot on the ground, it pressed a stone that wasn't attached to the ground. The stone rose because of the pressure and struck his head. The impact made the middle-aged man fall on his back and roll a few times.

Until the young man realized it, he was already a few hundred meters away.

"Hahaha! Boy, what did I tell you? You were born with superb luck. But, this luck only triggers when you are in extreme danger." An old man jumped on the roof and shouted. But, he was also running together with Qin.

Qin didn't stop either. He simply turned his head at the old man and shouted "Hey old man, why didn't you come to save me? I almost got caught."

"Hahaha! If I had come to save you then your incredible luck wouldn't be activated." The old man laughed out as he ran on the rooftop.

"Hey old man, come down!"

"How dare you run on others' rooftop?" Suddenly, a few people came out of the room a shouted at the old man. Qin immediately shuts his mouth and no longer considered himself close to the old man.

After a few minutes, they reached near the barren land with a single thatched roof house. Qin walked towards the old man and said "This is what I got for you. Now, fulfill your promise and give me the cultivation technique."

Qin Che was an orphan raised by a few people in a distant village. But when he was ten years old, his village got slaughtered, and only he survived. At the age of ten, he left towards another village all by himself.

The next village was far but there was a forest nearby. He found many fruits to eat and survived by walking on the outskirts of the forest. Because this forest was filled with demonic beasts, he didn't want to go to the middle.

After coming to this village, he tried to find a job but at the fragile age of ten, it was hard. That was one of the worse moments of his life and at that moment, he met this old man who taught him stealing.

Qin was taught not to steal at an early age so he didn't believe this old man instead worked hard to find a job. He worked as a servant in a big family in the village. He earned enough to live a good life but something always bothered him.

In this family, some people could access superhuman strength through sheer training methods. These methods were called cultivation techniques. Because Qin was taught to be a good man, he never sneaked or illegally tried to learn those cultivation techniques.

Instead, he helped the family by accessing the information of the servants who were learning those techniques without the family's order. This granted him a better place in the family. But, he was still a servant. "I'm sorry, James. But, we don't want to make enemies with them."

Of course, he didn't try that because his godfather and godmother taught him to be low-key and humble as much as possible. That's why he spent his six years trying to be as low-key as possible. Because he didn't want to tie his future with those technique restrictions.

In these six years, there were many things he learned about the cultivation techniques. Even if they steal the family's cultivation technique, they can hardly reach a higher level due to the difficulties of resources and talent.

This demotivated Qin because he didn't want to risk his future on uncertainties. But one day, that same old man contacted him and gave him a quest for an ancient cultivation technique. Qin checked that technique before agreeing to his quest.

It was a bold and dangerous decision. He had to steal a pendant from the family he has worked for six years. Due to his diligence, they had more trust in him and showed him many places which are forbidden for normal servants.

This pendant was on the deepest part of the family treasure room. Qin basically risked his life to silently get this pendent but unfortunately, he still triggered the alarm. Fortunately, only one person saw him which was the guard chasing him.

Qin didn't give him time to inform others so he got lucky. After giving the pendant to the old man, Qin took a red scroll from his hand.

Gripping his hands tightly on the scroll, Qin thought 'I have risked my life to get this. I must achieve some great otherwise I might regret for the lifetime.'

"Since they already knew about you, it won't be a good idea to stay here. You can stay at my house tonight but you have to leave tomorrow early morning. Since they don't know I am together with you, they won't be able to find us."

The old man held the pendant tightly as he patted Qin's shoulder. Qin nodded his head and entered the house while the old man started giggling. He also stayed in the house but he made a small room separately for himself.

The old man walked inside the room and closed his eyes. Suddenly, a small green jade appeared in his hand. He released blue energy from his hand. This energy was called Qi. When qi entered the jade, he puts it on the ground and started laughing hectically.

"Hahahaha! Hahahaha! I finally got it. The blood of a Great Emperor. Those idiots! They will never understand the value of this treasure." The old man clicked his tongue as he cursed that family. That family wasn't normal.

Thousands of years ago, one of the family ancestors was a Great Emperor. But, after thousands of years, the family degraded into a small village.

Qin was sitting cross-legged on the bed. He was studying the cultivation technique given by the old man. It was called the 'Five Elemental Qi Gathering Technique'. With this technique, one can cultivate five different elements of qi.

The five elements include Fire, Water, Metal, Wind, and Earth. Qin was very excited to practice this but he was very silent as well. Even so, he didn't hear a single sound from the old man's room. So, all of his attention was on the technique.

At this moment, the old man had already broken the pendant. And, a drop of red blood was hovering in front of him. Even though it was exposed to the air, it didn't clog.

"Who dares to defy this Emperor's Will?"

Suddenly, a thunderous voice shook the entire room. An immense aura burst out of the aura and the entire house got blown away. Qin also got blown away.

"What? How? How could your Will still remain?" The old man looked at the phantom emerging out of the blood and shouted disbelieve in his eyes as if he has seen the ghost. The phantom was wearing a golden gown. He had a well-built body and his eyes were cold ice like.

"You, a mere cultivator with Revolving Core. How could you even comprehend the fraction of Emperor's Power? The Great Emperor brings the rule on his empire and that rule is condensed out of his Will. Nobody can defy his Will. That's the Will of a Great Emperor. Begone foolish, cultivator!" Shouting at the old man with rage, he slapped his hand in the air.

In front of him, the old man's body slowly turned to dust. The Great Emperor's cold eyes slowly changed as he looked at the village far away.

"It has been thousands of years and yet, you couldn't come with a single worthy heir. Just how long are you going to make me wait?" As he sighed, the great emperor slowly moved the drop of blood towards the village.

But suddenly, a cold aura started surroundings him. The dark cloud appeared and the evil laughter rang on his ears "Jie! Jie! Jie! A Will of a Great Emperor. How long has it been? I was so hungry."

"Which rat is hiding? Show yourself!" The Great Emperor's eyes shrunk when he noticed the darkness and shouted. He turned around and looked everywhere. Suddenly, he saw a young boy unconscious on the ground, few thousand meters away.

But, there was a black cloud rising above him. From that black cloud, a humanoid figure with wings and horns floated towards him.

"Devil? How could it be? How could a devil reside inside a human body?" The Great Emperor's eyes were wide open as he spoke.

"Jie! Jie! Jie! Why do you think it is impossible? He has a lot of mysteries in his body and you are going to be the first step to uncover those mysteries." The Devil laughed and spoke as he raised his hand.