(SceneChange) : ( in somewhere else dark and shady at the Inner Area Of The Pit ) :
A man was clad in dark clothes and seemed to be at the end of his life could be seen sitting on a extravagant chair, as if he was a king, the man looked quite old under the cloak he was wearing .
If not for the weak breathing rhythm and strange and sinister weird energy around him, people who saw him will think that he was nothing but a corpse and even that wasn't the most shocking thing in this scene .
The most shocking scene was that in front that man currently lay a sea of blood, the sea of Blood was not alive, but if someone were to look closely, he would be able to see that from time to time, the face of a screaming human made of the blood in the pool, would appear and even open its mouth as if wanting to devour anyone who stand against it .
The squashing Blood waves should have drenched the old bones of that Man standing on the chair, but what was preventing that from happening was pillers of light that would appear every time the Blood Pool would go berserk and try to do something like this .
The Old Man seemed to raising one of his eyebrows at that, then without any subtle change in his expression, he withdraw a small tablet made of unknown material from somewhere, then he began infusing his energy into that tablet in hand .
A few milliseconds after he did this, a servant appeared in the presence of that man, he was kneeling on the floor, not daring to even say or do anything in the slightest until he was given the permission to, it seem that he was quite terrified from the guy on the chair .
Why I feel that there is less Blood in the Evil Blood Pool Array than before, do you know the reason for that ? .
The voice of that man was quite old and hoarse, it even seemed to spout chills just by sounding in this dimly lit room, the servant that was being asked this, directly kowtowed on the floor not daring to hesitate in the slightest, he seemed to have witnessed a similar situation, or he might have understood how grave was what this Master in front of him was saying .
Master, I have no idea on why would that happen, I have relayed orders that this place is to be off limit until the appointed time on the next month, all the alchemists here don't dare to even think about coming in without permission, not to mention that Master's Array can't be broken through at all .
The old voice didn't sound again, a pair of piercing dark eyes that was currently filled with madness appeared in the vision of that kowtowing subordinate of his, those piercing eyes were enough to kill someone, the pressure exerted by those two eyes, was enough to make that subordinate dare not raise his head anymore .
Just as the situation for that subordinate seemed to be quite grave, the door of the room was knocked on with the subordinate that was knocking strongly on the door saying :
Not good Master, not good .
Then without even the man on the chair moving, the door was opened and the subordinate knocking on the door entered directly, but his entry happened to align with the Blood in the Array becoming chaotic, whatever that those guys had witnessed before, it seem that fear had been installed inside them because of it .
The panicking subordinate to the side was also in the same state, because he was aware of how severe his situation was, the subordinate who came into the room seem to be holding something in hand as he knelt down on the floor .
The thing that was being displayed in that man hand was nothing but another green tablet, similar to the one that this Master of their used to call the subordinates of his, but there was one, but there was one important difference to this other tablet in the other subordinate hands, the tablet was broken .
Without a warning, the pressure in the room seemed to be increased more and more, the two subordinates were sweating buckets and barely were still apple to stop not getting squished on the floor by this pressure .
To whom this Life Tablet belonged to, I will find out myself .
This question was asked with a cold and mechanical tone, the voice lacked any trace of remorse, sadness or anything of that sort, but anger could be seen from looking at the pale faces of the subordinates .
The person who was holding the so-called shattered Life Tablet, tried to bring the Tablet in front of that man, but the latter just pointed forward and the Tablet flew to him, he suddenly closed his eyes and seem to be meditating all of a sudden .
A second later he opened his eyes and there was a ferocious light into them, those were eyes that could indeed kill, the old voice sounded again, but this time it was even more colder than before, he said :
Since he died, then he died, what are you coming here to me for, since I sensed where he died, you should still send someone to avenge him, prepare to let someone from the disciples in Howling Wolf City to go and deal with the culprit, do I need to do everything for you guys .
As he finished saying this, his yelling voice struck the subordinate that came with the news so hard, that the guy couldn't help but bow down a few times while apologizing for the man in front of him, but as if afraid to get punished later for not telling the whole story, he was hesitant to leave .
He feared that the Master of his would kill him after hearing what he had to say, but as if the thought of lying to his Master was even more tormenting to him, he still said with a quivering voice :
Master, in Chen Tu last message he mentioned that he was thankful for the method you imparted to him and that he wanted to help Master by cultivation the Yin-Soul Grass seed he fou..... .
Yin-Soul Grass, did he said that he found the seed of Yin-Soul Grass and you dare to leave such a precious news from me, are your heads empty, why didn't you inform me of this ? .
Without giving the subordinate to even finish talking, the man in the chair raised his hand and seemed to be seething with anger, the subordinate was being hanged in the air using the weird energy that surrounded the first, the Master seemed to be intent on squeezing the life of him .
Yet as he was about to die, he still mustard to say a few words, he said :
Master had went to retreat and ordered that no one should bother him and I..., I thought that there would be no much of an issue to let him do it..... .
He said this and died instantly, but his body wasn't left to be buried, the pillars of the array shone more brightly than before, flashing with red light, as it directly consumed that guy flesh and even the bones weren't spared .
The other subordinate that was in the room was deeply frightened by this, but it seem that he was accustomed to something like this happening, he understood clearly that everyone who agreed to work with their Master, had his life and death controlled by him from the first day .
Relay my orders to the Black Blood Hall, I had engraved a mark that had the breath of the person who did this in it, they should be able to track him and retrieve the Yin-Soul Grass from him, his body should also be brought back, get out .
With a slight movement from his hand, the subordinate that was shaking on the floor, was directly kicked out of the hall after getting his orders, he directly went out to relay them, but just as he finished arranging other matters related to the Evil Blood Pool Array sacrifices and was about to head for the Evil Blood Hall to issue the task .
The jade tablet in his hand broke apart and fell on the floor, shocking that subordinate to the core and terrifying his soul, he almost fainted at this scene, the thought of what his Master might do to him, sent shivers down his spine, he shook his head and seemed to be trying not to think about it anymore for his life sake .
Reaching the Evil Blood Hall, he saw that there might be still a chance to complete the mission and even if the mission were not to be completed successfully, he would still be able to escape punishment by blaming the the incompetence of the Evil Blood Hall .
After submitting the mission as per Master's command after he modified them to be, investigating the culprit and dealing with him and bringing his body and all his belongings back, he got out of the Hall, soon after he left, 10 shadows were dispatched directly and they got out of a stronghold that seem to be in a cave, those shadows were heading for the direction of Howling Wolf City .
There was no one expecting what kind of storm will happen as a result after the Evil Tigers made this kind of move, but for the strong people in the city, alarming bells kept sounding in their minds as an indication of a grave danger approaching .
(Scene Change Ended)(Back At The Dojo) :
What a dream that was, that was the only thought that I had in mind after I woke up from that beautiful and that sound sleep I had, I saw that it was already night, my stomach was roaring at me angrily, I woke up quite hungry .
But I discarded of all these thoughts and was still engrossed in the scene I had the pleasure to witness, I couldn't help but shook my head and felt like clarity had finally hit me, I had only discovered the existence of such desires and urges yesterday after my visit to that Red Light District .
So I wasn't able to keep calm any more, that was too much of an issue here in this world, being unable to control my urges could very much lead to me acting on impulse and that might results in dangerous consequences or even my death directly .
Luckily this was nothing but a dream, but why is my head feel much lighter than before, even quite clear as well, at least much clearer than before, just as my thoughts began to wonder like this, a seal of some kind seem to have been lifted and tons of information suddenly gushed from it into my mind .
Medical skills, Alchemy Techniques, Recipes, all kinds of information was currently assaulting my mind, forcing me to clutch my head and without a warning, I found myself losing conscious again .
I found myself hovering in a space filled with purple clouds, then a Heavenly Purple Crane, I called it heavenly because how big it was, the crane with a flap of its wings directly dispersed the clouds around me, then it turned into light and dispersed, or so I at least thought .
But then I heard a soft familiar melodic voice appeared from behind me, I turned around and saw the goddess like woman from my dream appear behind me, but this time only her purple eyes were clear to me, but through those eyes, I was certain that she was her .
I also couldn't help but wonder how was possible, but then as if there was an electric shock going through my brain and mind, I saw flashes of where I saw those purple eyes even way before that beautiful dream I had .
Those purple eyes were the exact same purple eyes that I saw when I was dealing with Li Fu, no doubt about it, the contempt those eyes held against all human beings can't be faked .
If I was still thinking that this was nothing but another weird dream before, I no longer believe that this was the case, not after hearing what her voice was saying :
I had promised you before that I will give you some things that should allow you to live a good and fulfilling life, all that knowledge is left in this Soul Seal, you can unlock it by trying to mentally call for it, the book had more clear instructions on how to use that seal and other knowledge that is difficult to decipher without this seal, I wanted to leave you some techniques and methods, but I'm afraid that they will end up causing your death instead .
The Cause-Effect bond between us should be severed now, that's for your sake, I had enemies that you can't even fathom, so it's better for you not to get so much acquainted with me, even if we were to meet again, you shouldn't try to approach me or Li Fu, you had already did more than required .
This is my Zi Xue's way to show my gratitude, so you don't have to worry about something like paying me back, just accept my gift and my farewell, Li Fu wanted to tell you not to worry about a thing, he will surely find some Panacea that should allow you to practice Martial Arts again, Farewell then and hope you live well .
Before I able to even mutter anything, the scene around me disappeared and the next second I opened my eyes, I found that I had already returned to my room again, with only one thought in mind, what in the world was going on here, what exactly happened, no my question should be, did that actually happened .
I panicked, why shouldn't I be, the woman in my dream was actually real, I didn't want to believe this at first after all how can be such a beautiful thing like her in the world, but then the headaches and the information that was flooding my mind left no doubt in me that this was real .
I sat up on the bed and pinched my hand just to make sure that I wasn't still dreaming or anything like that, but even after doing this and not getting that much stimulation from it, I still believed that I was completely conscious, no I might even dare to say that I was more conscious than ever before .
Those purple eyes, the knowledge she said she left me, the words she told me, Li Fu promise, her warning and sign of gratitude, that strange dream, Zi Xue, that name was real, that woman in my dream, no Zi Xue visiting me in my sleep was also real, then what in the world should I make of all of this .