Ryuk entered the dog house and was suprised to see that his vision was better the original dim lit room seemed bright. The lusterless wood making up the floors and walls seemed to be coated in a glistening veil Ryuk was confused and tried to touch it with his hand, but his hand seemed to not touch anything. Ryuk then recounted the information he had read in those books and realized this must be the qi from the wood. Ryuk couldn't actually see atmospheric qi as his soul membrane hadn't formed, but through the rebounding of his own qi fluctuations against the qi from the wood Ryuk was able to see the qi contained in the wood.
Ryuk sat down in lotus position and began to formulate a plan and to list his gains and losses. 'Ok so lets see. I am currently a condensation 1 cultivator and from what i know the method of advancing is you are supposed to excrete impurities contained in qi and to absorb more qi from the heavens and to then compress and empower the qi, this should be done thrice to advance, but currently there are two problems halting my progress - first I dont have a body cultivation technique to break through human stages so my pores and orfices can't be opened to absorb qi abundantly. so my progress will be slowed down incredibly. Secondly my dantian is damaged and if i cant even move my qi freely im sure it cant handle an advancement. Ok so until a year has passed ill put advancing off right now I need money. I should join the hunters club in town and sell the rank 1 demonic beasts I kill there. Also with the money I will be able to get more information on the law of death as the only reason why my law of death is so powerful is because of its similarities with my killing intent. Ok so heal up, make money and increase my knowledge in the law of death.
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Half a year later
Ryuk entered a small tavern which seemed to be at the brink of destruction. His long hair was dark and dead, his eyes cold and detached, his skin pale and lifeless. He thrust a wolf corpse at the bar. "Angelica! You whore there was 3 packs nesting in doe forest you said there were a couple of strays!" Ryuks sweet voice exploded in the tavern. During the half a year Ryuk although Ryuk was unable to advance he was able to purify his qi many times over. "Haha. You're still alive so dont go barking in here you ugly bastard." A unpleasant voice belonging to a boiled faced woman mocked Ryuk, but cold sweat filled her back. Ryuk was about to explode as this wasnt the first time an encounter like the one with the star wolves a rank 1 species in doe woods happened - it was obvious he was being harassed and bullied and Ryuk knew who it was that caused this. His cousin Xin Li the boiled girls lover.
"Hey cousin. What's wrong with you cant you see there was a problem with the information network why you blaming my darling Angelica?" A crude voice came from the other side of the tavern. A boy wearing nice white clothes with a little bun of hair on top walked over. The boy looked about two years older than Ryuk. Ryuk knew there was nothing he could do to Xin Li as if he attacked the Xin family might use that as an excuse to take his funds or to attack him. Ryuk stepped forward towards the counter he used his much more advanced death law abilities to force Angelica. "Give me my money for the corpse." Ryuk demanded, but Angelica just laughed even in front of deaths door. She handed Ryuk a small silver coin. "What the fuck is this?" Ryuk asked as he looked at the silver coin. "Your pay." Angelica was about to answer, but Xin Li answered in her stead. "A star wolf corpse costs atleast 3 gold for the pelt 10 silver for the organs!" Ryuk felt so aggrieved. "Your wolf corpse just dosent suit our needs. Its pelt is damaged and the organs seem a little rotten." Angelica said without even looking at the corpse. Ryuk felt the desire to tear this ugly bitch into two, but he knew with the power behind the hunter club wasnt something he could handle and her boyfriend wouldnt just let him do as he pleased and Ryuk knew he'd have to fight Xin Li as well and that was even worse. Ryuk reined in his action, but not his anger. Pure bloodlust which had been refined over half a year of straight killing as well as hungry death shook Angelica. Ryuk then took off as Angelica began to sweat profusely and turn purple.
"Did you get the law of death from killing your worthless mother? Ah that whore i should have fucked her before you killed her. I mean would grandma really have cared i mean she was just a substitute for uncle. She was such a pathetic, disgusting woman." Xin Li said. Ryuk could handle alot of things being beaten, being bullied, being killed, but he couldnt stand anyone saying anything of his mother. In the past the Xin family wouldnt go to such extremes to get to Ryuk, but Xin Li hated having to deal with such a mongrel so he decided to try this.
A cold despair sucked all the light and joy in the air away with Ryuk at the center. A red demonic eye fixed itself on Xin li. Ryuk sprung his body at Xin li his fist becoming saturated in dense death qi. Xin li was paralyzed in fear, but his desire to live quickly reminded him of what his grandma had given him. He took out a scroll and shot his qi in as fast as he could. A electric tang filled the air and seemed to destroy the death surrounding Xin Li. Ryuk saw this and realized the Xin family really wanted him dead, because the scroll was an enchanted scroll!