Kapitel 16: Lies
Adonis wakes up and has never felt more shitty after sleeping.
"Ahhhhhh...! Fuck...my entire body hurting..."
Adonis tries to get on his feet but instead falls to the ground.
"I can't even walk...! Ahhh, whatever, I'll just go to my soul domain..."
But before Adonis was going to go to his soul domain, a person yelled for his name outside.
"Adonis Lock, come out now!"
Adonis heard the voice, and after using his senses to try to tell who the person is, he realizes it was an elder.
'Oh shit! Did they figure out what happened?! Did Lena tell?'
Adonis gained a burst of energy and got off the floor, walked to the front, and moved the curtain away to greet the elder outside.
"Good Morning, Elder, How may I help you?"
Adonis bows to the elder, who was Elder Maron, here to get him so he can bring him to the Sect Leader's temple.
"You are needed at the Sect Leader's temple; come with me!"
Adonis was internally yelling.
' FUUUUUUCK!! I AM SO DONE!'
Adonis was convinced they knew of him killing Tristan and his entire crew.
"Also, why don't you have a door?"
"Oh, um...I was really excited one day..."
Elder Maron didn't want to know what he meant by that.
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In the Sect Master's temple,
Elder Maron opened the doors to see all the nine other elders and the Sect Leader there.
"Have you brought Adonis Lock?"
The Sect Leader said.
"Yes, he is here."
Elder Maron then bowed and went to his seat.
Adonis walked in reluctantly but looked calm on the outside as he had already prepared lies beforehand about what happened yesterday.
"Greetings, elders, Sect Leader."
Adonis bowed to them.
The elders looked at Adonis's cultivation and were shocked to find that Adonis was in fact, a 5-spark.
"WHAT THE-!"
"HOW!"
The elders exclaimed in their shock and confusion. Adonis didn't know why they were yelling; until about a few seconds later when he remembered that they could look at his cultivation.
'Right, whatever, as long as I don't screw up my lie they should be convinced.'
The Sect Leader put her hand up, silencing all the elders.
"Adonis Lock, all of us thought you had no talent, so how come you are now a 5-spark so suddenly?"
The elder looked toward Adonis, asking the same question from their looks. Adonis wasn't fazed and kept thinking of his lie.
"Sect Leader, the reason I was able to reach 5-spark so fast is due to my physique finally fully developing."
The Sect Leader was surprised to hear this.
"You have a special physique?"
"Yes, although I don't know what it is, it is due to it that my cultivation rose so fast."
The elders were shocked to hear this; but also understood, as a special physique would possibly be the only way for someone with garbage talent like Adonis to be able to cultivate so quickly.
Adonis felt relieved, as from the looks of everyone, they seem to buy it.
"Alright, but even then: a special physique itself wouldn't be able to carry you to 5-spark by itself. So what were you doing, Adonis?"
"I got into battles with the other disciples to stimulate my cultivation and get experience to raise it further."
"Ah. So you were using the 'experience cultivation method'."
There are 'Cultivation methods, and it is through those ways that a person would be able to raise their level; 'experience cultivation' is one of the most common methods.
"Wait. Can I elaborate further?"
Elder Maron said as he felt like the Sect Leader should know the entire story instead of a simplified version.
The Sect Leader looked curiously at Elder Maron but decided to let him speak.
Elder Maron proceeded; to tell the entire story of Adonis's rise from his perspective. He told of his win against Vichon, his win against Tristan, and how he was always stronger every time he kept appearing. He even talked of Adonis's mission and how Tristan picked the same mission, and that at nighttime, Adonis appeared all tired, especially with his robes ripped apart, that's why currently Adonis was wearing a dress shirt and pants.
Adonis hadn't anticipated that an elder of all people would know so much of his journey and hated that this could be more complicated.
The elders and Sect Leader were surprised as this was the first time hearing this and were even caught more off guard when they heard Adonis started all of this three days ago.
"Adonis...is all of this true?"
The Sect Leader said curiously,
"Yes, it is all true."
The elders were definitely not prepared for all of this, and could only keep on getting surprised.
"Then, the only question I have is, what happened between you and Tristan Meryl when you both left for that mission?"
Adonis would be nervous if he didn't already have a lie for that question.
Adonis told the Sect Leader and the elders a partial truth of the events that occurred. He did tell them that Tristan had 9 other disciples with him and that all of them ambushed him. What he did lie about was killing all of them. The reason behind this is that the elders have shown favor and goodwill towards Tristan in the past, so if they heard that he killed them, they may try to make his life as a disciple harder. One thing he is especially afraid of is if they try to restrict his freedom, cause then they may figure out stuff about him that he needs to keep secret.
Adonis tells them all that he was able to run away from them and due to his ki and lightning affinity, he was naturally faster than the rest of them. He was able to run the rest of the way to 'The Blaze Forest' and then fought them there. He did this because 'The Blaze Forest' has a high concentration of fire magic in its atmosphere, letting Adonis have an advantage there. But due to the fighting, they were making a lot of noise, attracting the attention of the packs of 'Fiery Wolves'. The packs of 'Fiery Wolves' came and attacked all of them, due to the sudden attack, Adonis was caught on the other end of death and had to force himself to use 'Electric Flicker' multiple times to escape despite him exhausting all of his mana. He was able to escape and used the potions he had to heal himself up, and he made his way back to the Sect.
He then tells due to the extreme use of his mana and his special physique holding his foundation intact, he suffered no damage to his foundation and was able to cultivate to 5-spark.
The elders and Sect leader asked a few questions about the story, but Adonis was able to tell split-second lies and half-truths.
After the questioning, the elders found no holes in the story, therefore they believed Adonis. But the Sect leader asked one last thing.
"Adonis, you aren't telling all of us a lie are you?"
"No, I am not, Sect leader."
Adonis told confidently, that is when the Sect leader's slit pupils turned white and stared directly at Adonis.
Adonis felt this sudden pressure and felt as if his entire being was being exposed, but he showed no sign of fear or nervousness and stared right back at the Sect leader.
The Sect leader merely smirked.
"All right, I find no problems in what Adonis has done or any lies he may be telling us, therefore you are free to go, Adonis."
Adonis felt a heavy amount of relief and was gonna walk out.
"Adonis, do you have anything to say to us?"
Adonis was caught off guard by this, but he thought for a second and remembered one thing he crucially needs.
"I do."
The elders and Sect leader were interested in what he was gonna say,
"Can I get a new door? My previous one broke."
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