章節 24: He Weizhe
"I can't believe the Immortal Devil Sect would be so daring to implicate the sons and heirs of the Noble Families heritage!"
"They are so audacious! Are they not afraid of invoking the Noble Families's wrath?"
"Even a sect that has survived for thousands of years will not survive against the combined attacks of the Noble Families!"
"First they are encroaching upon the territory of the Green Lotus City, and now they are encroaching upon the Noble Families heritage?"
"Quiet!" Song Laohu barked.
Naturally, the Song family members were furious and gave out voice to their complaints and anger, however, not a single person of them was so daring to go against the behemoth that is the Immortal Devil Sect. After all, it was ranked amongst the top ten sects of the entire Divine Star Continent, only supreme sects like the Nine Mountains Immortal Sect or dynasties that spanned for countless years such as the Su Dynasty can stand up to it.
The present Song family members, including the Rank 1 patriarch, are far too weak compared to the Immortal Devil Sect, however, Noble Families that governed cities and vast expanses of land for hundreds of years naturally had tricks up their sleeve, whether that'd be in the form of supreme treasures of Heaven and Earth or... connections!
In a cruel world where the law of the jungle prevails, connections could be considered one of the most important survival tricks!
"Due to the properties of the Desolate Astral Forest, I can't determine the exact cultivation base of the culprit, however, this place reeks of a bloodthirsty and devilish will, only Immortal Devil Sect disciples cultivate such evil and demonic techniques." Song Laohu continued.
"However, I'd say the culprit is at least a Rank 1 Qi Expert. Jiayi was a Level 2 Qi Trainee with four Extraordinary Meridians opened, and he had the Qi Artifact [The Bronze Lamp] with him, even if he met a Level 3 Qi Trainee he would be able to protect himself and escape thanks to the Qi Artifact..."
Song Laohu stopped midway and looked at his son, Song Longwei before continuing.
"Longwei, no matter what, I'll take revenge for Jiayi. First, go inform the Alliance and see what they can do. See whether they can negotiate with the Immortal Devil Sect to hand over the culprit."
The Alliance is also one of the formidable powers of the Divine Star Continent, almost every single Ancient Clan or Noble Family is a part of it, it's roots span over the entirety of the Divine Star Continent and it existed for thousands of years.
It was a union formed by many Ancient Clans and Noble Families to protect themselves and fend off the tyrannical powers held by sects and empires, if the entirety of the Alliance's resources were to be put together, they would definitely be the undisputed number one powerhouse of the Divine Star Continent, however, the Alliance mainly engages miscellaneous activities such as merchandise and trade, only if a threat big enough to exterminate those old Ancient Clans appeared will the Alliance band together and fend off that threat.
No Clan or Family is willing to engage in pointless, unbeneficial combat, especially for a family led by a single Qi Expert such as the Song Family, however, negotiation? It was totally possible! After all, if the negotiations failed, no one would dare take the threat of the number one force of Divine Star Continent!
The actions of the Immortal Devil Sect could be considered encroaching upon the Alliance's bottomline, after all, the heirs and young masters of the Alliance's Ancient Clans and Noble Families can be considered one of their most precious people.
In the future, they would be the future to take upon the mantle of their clans and families and lead them to greater heights.
"Even if the negotiations failed, I'll see to it that a hell breaks loose in the Immortal Devil Sect!" Said Song Laohu as he clenched a Jade Talisman in his hands tightly.
In the outskirts of the Tang Mountains, Ximen Wei was walking leisurely in the paved road that lay in front of him.
In the past couple of days, it's been peaceful and unassuming, no monsters or Qi Beasts dared to attack him, there were no Strange Plants that tried to eat him, and definitely no human cultivators that chased him.
The scenery here was great as well, mountain ranges spanned for countless kilometers, some of them were so high they pierced the sky, lush and verdant vegetation was everywhere, trees, flowers, grass, plants, anything you name it could be found here in the Tang Mountains.
"The Qi World is such an amazing place, Earth is nowhere near it in terms of scenery and natural beauty." Ximen Wei murmured to himself, the calming atmosphere here was soothing to the heart, it definitely made Ximen Wei feel at peace and made him forget about all the horrible experiences in the Criminal District.
When night fell, Ximen Wei would stip atop a tree and contemplate [Devilish Paroxysm], during the past couple of days, Ximen Wei felt that that concept is quite similar to the Qi Technique [Bedevilment], or more specifically, the concept of [Bedevilment] is quite similar to [Devilish Paroxysm].
Every day he would get stronger, and his imminent breakthrough to the second level of Qi Trainees is getting closer and closer.
Unfortunately, good days does not last.
When Ximen Wei was walking, he heard the faint sound of a horse galloping from far in the distance, and it kept getting closer and closer, until a young, beautiful-looking man in a dashing white robe appeared atop a black obsidian-colored horse.
The young man had a shortsword strapped to his waist that had shinning runes and magic symbols on it, clearly it was no ordinary weapon.
Not only that, but the horse did not seem normal too, it had crimson-like eyes that shone brightly, and it was almost double the size of normal horses, Ximen Wei's eyes widened and he judged it to be a high level Qi Beast.
The young man, upon seeing Ximen Wei, smiled faintly and stopped in his tracks, however, that smile sent shivers up Ximen Wei's spine and an incredible sense of danger exploded within' his mind, every fiber of his body was telling him this seemingly looking young man was incredibly dangerous.
Ximen Wei couldn't help but take a few steps back as he met the eyes of the young man with his deep abyss-like gaze, his face expressionless despite the sense of crisis he's feeling.
Seeing the situation he's in, Ximen Wei tactfully bowed in respect towards the young man, he clasped his hands and said in an extremely honest tone as his eyes shone with a 'sincere' light.
"Junior greets senior."
The young man had a beaming smile on his face as he walked towards Ximen Wei, his arms open wide in a hugging gesture.
"Child, no need to be afraid or respect, are you lost in the mountains? Come come! Let big brother show you the way back home!"
The young man said in a friendly tone that seemed to soothe hearts and put minds at peace, however, the sense of danger and crisis in Ximen Wei exploded tremendously as he took few steps back, by now, the young man is only couple feet away from him, and the invisible pressure from him made it impossible for Ximen Wei to run away, just taking those couple steps back took up all Ximen Wei's energy.
'What should I do? What should I do?'
Countless ideas flitted through Ximen Wei's mind, he was trying to think of ways to escape this crisis! Clearly the seemingly harmless young man in front of him had ill intentions, he was definitely a Qi cultivators, and one who is absurdly powerful too!
Despite trying to evaluate the young man in front of him, Ximen Wei could not tell whatsoever what was his cultivation base or what techniques he trained in, same goes for the black horse next to him, all he knew that these two must be supreme Qi cultivators.
'Show the Immortal Devil Sect's Medallion?'
Thought Ximen Wei to himself, he judged that the young man in front of him is most likely an Immortal Devil Sect cultivator because usually they tend to engage wanton slaughter and other cruel, merciless and demonic acts that are beyond reason.
This person is close the the Immortal Devil Sect's territory, he's absurdly powerful and he is acting innocent towards a young ten-year old child despite harboring ill and malicious intentions for no reason at all, all these clues served to tell that Ximen Wei that the person in front of him is a fellow Immortal Devil Sect disciple.
However... If he isn't an Immortal Devil Sect disciple, then Ximen Wei is dead for sure!
Because almost all powers and sects hate and loathe Immortal Devil Sect cultivators, they call them bastards, miscreants and other mouthfuls... And usually whenever a powerhouse meets an Immortal Devil Sect disciple, they would spare no effort in killing him or her, after all, the Immortal Devil Sect disciples engage in wanton slaughter and massacre, they made far too many enemies along the way and the amount of sin that swirles around them is astonishing to say the least.
If it weren't for the ancient figures that stand guard over the Immortal Devil Sect's headquarters, then the sect would have been annihilated years ago.
Also, even if Ximen Wei shows the young man the medallion given to him by Long Gen, who says that the young man won't try to kill him? The medallion could be considered his entry ticket to the sect, so he's not an official disciple yet, plus he's too weak and too young, with no backing whatsoever.
And most importantly demonic and evil sects such as the Immortal Devil Sect does not stop internal strife amongst disciples because... they believe the world to be a place where only the strong will survive, if a disciple dies at the hand of another disciple, then one can only blame himself for his own weakness and inadequacy.
Nothing is stopping this young man from killing Ximen Wei at all.
"Young child, why are you stepping back? Come, come! Get closer to big brother! I definitely won't harm you!"
The young man kept beckoning to Ximen Wei to get closer, he crouched down and looked towards Ximen Wei, a beaming friendly smile plastered on his face, he extended his arms as he said.
"If you don't come to big brother in three seconds, then big brother will get angry!"
As the young man said that, his appearance started turning strange... It became demonic, monstrous and most importantly.. Devilish.
Two sinister looking horns protruded out of his heads, his eyes transformed into viper-like eyes, his tongue became split and two fangs could be seen in his mouth. His elliptical pupils creepily stared at Ximen Wei.
"Fear not child, I shall make it painless."
Ximen Wei almost fainted due to the enormous pressure he's feeling right now, the pressure was so great it made him unable to move a single muscle, let alone cast Qi Techniques and perform incantation gestures. He was rooted in place, staring at the monstrous entity that lay in front of him, due to the pressure, he can't bring forth the Immortal Devil Sect medallion to get out of this dilemma, the moments of hesitation from before now resulted in this situation... If only he brought out his medallion earlier...
The young man's skin started changing strangely, turning from a pristine white color into a scale-like dark crimson skin, at the same time, a barbaric aura started coming off him.
"Three seconds has passed and you, young child, did not come to big brother.. Now big brother is really angry!"
His voice turned jarring eerie, anyone who heard it would have all the hairs in his body stand on their ends, it was an extremely terrifying inhumane voice. When Ximen Wei heard the change, he almost fainted in terror.
After all, he was new to the mysteries and strange affairs of this world, who could blame him? If it were anybody else in his shoes, they would have went insane years ago.
Locked in place, and seeing the monster in front of him getting closer and closer, Ximen Wei did everything he can to calm down and look for the slightest chance of survival. At a moment like this, Ximen Wei couldn't hope for anything else but a miracle to happen!
If the monster saw the Immortal Devil Sect medallion, maybe he would give face and spare Ximen Wei's face. If he doesn't notice it, then Ximen Wei would be thoroughly gone, his journey in the Qi World will end miserably right here, right now!
The scaled red monster is only three feet away from Ximen Wei right now, Ximen Wei's nostrils has been assaulted by the nauseating smell of the wallking abomination in front it, giving rise to an unstoppable urge to vomit, unfortunately he can not give vent to that urge because every single muscle of his body was rooted in place, unable to move, even unable to close off his eye's lids.
When the monster was only one feet away from Ximen Wei's face, something unexpected happened. It was the very thing Ximen Wei was hoping for all along, it made him go wild with joy and gave him the hope for survival, a chance to keep his life!
A dim purple light could be seen coming from Ximen Wei's pockets, inside there lay an unadorned iron medallion that was totally inconspicuous, if one looked at it, one wouldn't be able to tell that it was an item used by great sects such as the Immortal Devil Sect to recruit talents and people, or an item that was once inhabited briefly by one of the continent's legends, the White Devil.
The Immortal Devil Sect medallion was vibrating slightly, seemingly calling to someone, or more accurately to say, resonating with something... something nearby.
When the monster saw this, he stopped in his place and extended his pale skinny hand towards Ximen Wei's pocket, picking up the medallion with his long sinister-looking nails, he studied it for a brief moment before returning it to it's place.
And magically, in front of Ximen Wei's wide eyes, the scaled monster transformed yet again into the innocent looking young man, the heavy atmosphere that hung over completely dissipated, alongside the pressure that made Ximen Wei unable to move.
The young man put on a smile on his face as he said apologetically to Ximen Wei.
"Oh, so it's a fellow disciple of my Immortal Devil Sect! Please forgive me for my earlier rude actions, little brother. I'll make it up to you sometime, okay?"
With that, he clasped his hands towards Ximen Wei as he winked couple times in a friendly manner. However, Ximen Wei was totally not having it, although he still put on the cold expression outside, inside, he was terrified and stupefied!
Just couple moments ago, he transformed from a harmless-looking young man into an ugly monster that was about to eat him, but when he heard that Ximen Wei was a fellow disciple of his school, he returned back to his earlier appearance, put on a friendly attitude and acted like nothing happened.
This was far too terrifying!
If it was any other 10 year old child, he would be traumatized, scarred for life, experiencing multiple mental issues. Fortunately, Ximen Wei was no ordinary 10 year old child, but a man who experienced two lifetimes!
He let out a sigh of relief as he dared to not act disrespectfully in front of the young man in front of him, he doesn't want to get eaten just because of a few words.
"This junior brother doesn't mind at all, in fact, it's junior brother's fault for not recognizing senior brother's magnanimity and benevolence." Said Ximen Wei as he clasped hands and bowed respectfully. Upon hearing that, the young man's expression twiched a bit, he couldn't help but look at Ximen Wei in a different light.
"Haha, since junior brother doesn't mind my earlier offence, then we shall let this matter drop!" Said the young man laughingly.
'Let this matter drop? I should be the one to say that! You nearly devoured me just couple moments ago, no matter what, I won't let this matter drop!' Grumbled Ximen Wei to himself, naturally, he wouldn't speak his thoughts out loud in fear the young man in front of him may change his mind and transform into the earlier monster.
"Since we're all good now, say junior brother, are you going up the mountains to the school?" Inquired the young man.
"Indeed senior brother, I'm going up the Tang mountains to join the Immortal Devil Sect." Replied Ximen Wei respectfully and honestly, he wouldn't dare to lie in front of the young man.
"That's awesome! I'll get to accompany junior brother to the school, I'm He Weizhe of the Battle Hall, what about you, junior brother?"
"I'm Ximen Wei, senior."
"I'm pleased to meet you, junior brother Ximen. I couldn't help but notice you're still not an official disciple of the school, may I ask who gave you the recruitment medallion?" Asked He Weizhe.
"Elder Long Gen of Western Wen's Green Lotus City provided me with the medallion to go and seek tutelage from the Immortal Devil Sect." Replied Ximen Wei.
"That's good to hear! Come on, let's go and go the sect!"
With that, Ximen Wei, He Weizhe and the obisidan-like horse were walking up the pathway that leads to the depths of the Tang Mountains, their destination? Obviously the headquarters of the fear-inspiring Immortal Devil Sect, where many demons and devils dwell.
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