Story 4 – What Occurs in a Slaughter Formation, Stays in a Slaughter Formation (1)

ON FAIRY LIN’S TIMELINE: AROUND 400 YEARS EARLIER…

Whereas grinning, I poured Sect Chief Peerless Resolve one other portion of the Aromatic Resplendent Plum Wine I’d bought for him. A number of bowls and hours in and his previous cheeks had a wholesome purple glow.

”So what is that this actually all about, Sect Chief?”

”So impatient.”

What?! Actually? Did he wish to drink for an entire day earlier than attending to the purpose?

”Wonderful. I do know that look… I’ll retire quickly.”

”Congratulations!”

”Hush. Let me end.”

I poured myself one other bowl and took a sip. I had a sense I might want it.

”I’m contemplating having you are taking over as sect chief.”

I managed to swallow my drink simply earlier than I may by chance do a spit take. As a substitute, I coughed. He patted my again however I waved him away.

”Me? Have you ever met me?”

”It took you round 4 hundred years to succeed in the Immortal Bone Creation realm. And the one motive you have not reached Immortal Ascension but is since you spend an excessive amount of time researching when you may be cultivating. You’re the second most good cultivator of your era.”

I glared at him for the ’Second most’ remark. Simply because Bloodsword was at all times a half step forward of me…

”You’re a genius.”

That was higher. Sadly, I could not settle for this place. ”A sect chief must be good with folks. And genius would not essentially imply something near that. In truth, it’s usually fairly the other.” It additionally didn’t imply, ‘at all times proper.’

He sighed deeply and took one other sip of his wine. ”Belief me, I do know, ” he mumbled. ”You simply want extra apply at it.”

”What? And being the sect chief will drive the problem?” I’d fairly proceed my analysis. Dealing with the day-to-day operations of the sect sounded past boring.

”Sure. It will.”

I narrowed my eyes at him. ”That is why you’ve given me all these duties these days! I believed you’d simply been giving poor Daoist Li a break. You realize, he thinks you’re going to offer him the sect chief place.”Up to date from novelbIn.(c)om

”The chief of this sect must be above Nascent Soul.”

And Daoist Longest Li was not.

”Frankly, he ought to take a break to spend extra time cultivating earlier than it’s too late… Like it’s for me.”

I stilled. ”What do you imply, too late?”

”I’ve just a few years to coach my successor then I would like to enter emergency closed-door cultivation. If I can’t attain the Immortal Ascension Stage…”

He would die.

My hand shook a minuscule quantity, nevertheless it was sufficient to point out how out of types I used to be.

I took one other gulp of wine. It was arduous to imagine that I might lose one other good friend to time… No. He would breakthrough. This was the Sect Chief right here!

”Anyway. I believe this place shall be good for you.”

”How?”

”Since you tend to wish to be alone. And I fear that with me gone, you may gap your self up in your cave and by no means come out till you ascend. As it’s, you’re nicely in your technique to turning into an ungainly hermit.”

”You’re one to speak, previous man.”

”Hey!”

”Sorry, sorry. However, you need to admit that outdoors of your place you’re simply as a lot of a loner as I’m.”

”Humph. I wasn’t at all times like this.”

”What occurred?”

He sighed. ”It will need to have been a yr or two earlier than you even joined the sect; after I used to be poisoned by that fool from the Demonic Blood Eye cult. I fell right into a coma and the one remedy required a number of particular religious vegetation that we did not have available.”

I took a sip whereas I deduced the poison and replied nearly mechanically with the names of the flowers he was almost certainly talking of, ”The Resplendent Ochre Narcissus of not less than fifty years, the 5 Petaled Windy Spider Orchid at 300 years or better, and one of many more durable flowers to seek out, the Blood-Soaked Resonant Rhododendron.”

It was a thought experiment I known as Spite Harem. Hehehe… However whereas attention-grabbing in principle, I wasn’t so wicked that I’d demean myself and others simply to spite folks I loathed.

“I can’t imagine you stated that.”

“And I informed you that I wasn’t Sect Chief materials.”

However whilst I smiled and took one other sip of wine, my thoughts couldn’t assist going again to that story.

I used to be nonetheless inquisitive about what occurred again then. Had the late junior sect chief actually died by chance from an incompetent Formation Grasp? Or had that Third Peach Blossom purposefully given him the flawed data?

FAIRY LIN’S PRESENT

I grinned up at an worker of the Formation Masters’ Guild as he, with a heavy sigh, positioned a small bag of spirit stones, flagsticks, and flag silk in entrance of me. With out seeming keen, I grabbed it, emptied the contents into my ring, and gave the bag again to him.

“Will that be all, Fairy Lin?” He requested, clearly wanting me gone. However I used to be too excited to offer a shit about leaving instantly.

This was the final little bit of spirit stones I wanted to succeed in the twelfth layer of Qi Condensation. And for Little Spring to succeed in the eighth… However what was essential was that the twelfth layer was my path’s peak of Qi Condensation!

Every path was, in fact, totally different. Some peaked on the eighth layer, others the sixteenth. However extra layers didn’t essentially make a greater path. What mattered, was what was proper for the particular person. And 12 occurred to be proper for me.

This additionally meant that I might lastly be out of hazard of dying from the dichotomy between my large soul and tiny physique… In all probability. For probably the most half.

I used to be additionally hoping that this might finish my complications and fully clear my head… however having a soul like mine in my present physique, to place it in phrases from my past-past life, was like operating a Home windows 10 program on {hardware} that might run Home windows XP at most.

This system wouldn’t work, however if you happen to managed to get it to work there can be some large points.

Contemplating that, I believe I’d been doing fairly nicely for myself.

Take, for example, my newfound cleanliness obsession. As soon as I used to be lastly fucking ready to make use of that cleansing method, I discovered myself continuously casting it on myself, the realm I stood in, and people round me.

Largely Little Spring.

I couldn’t appear to recollect if I had this behavior again after I was at Immortal Ascension stage however I believe I did, I simply didn’t discover it. In any case, who would complain to somebody on the peak of the world, that they stored cleansing the whole lot round them?

However this was additionally one of many causes this worker gave me the stink eye. I sheepishly bowed to the tremendous clear man. “That’s all, thanks.”

He appeared relieved and hurried away.

I turned to Little Spring who, prior to now three months because the tablet event, had shot up a number of inches and gained some much-needed weight and muscle.

I believe he might have had a birthday in there someplace making him eight years previous. I used to be nearly ten.

All this meant that it was about time we continued on our journey to the Indomitable Will Sect. In truth…

“The Sect Chief of the Indomitable Will Sect misplaced to the top of the Demonic Blood Eye cult?!”

My ears twitched. I turned to see two previous males, one an worker of the guild and the opposite a buyer. The shopper leaned in.

“That’s proper. Final I heard. He’s in a coma. The sect put out every kind of requests trying to find particular vegetation to remedy him.”

Earlier than I knew it, I had walked as much as the person. I clasped my palms behind my again so I wouldn’t seize him by his collar and demand the knowledge. As a substitute, I pressured myself to smile like a cute baby.

“Excuse me, senior. I don’t imply to be rude, however did you say the Sect Chief is in a coma proper now?”

The person turned to me and narrowed his eyes suspiciously. “I did.”

“Do you occur to know the way lengthy it’s been?”

“Round 5 days.”

I bowed. “Thanks, senior.”

My thoughts began operating via that previous dialog I had with the Sect Chief just a few years earlier than he went into closed-door cultivation and by no means returned.

I grabbed Little Spring’s hand and really calmly walked all the best way again to our present residence, a small traditional-style courtyard I rented after the primary week right here.

I bolted the door shut and instantly activated the privateness, obfuscation, and defensive formations I’d put in in our courtyard. I set free a protracted sigh.

“Fairy Lin, that poisoned particular person…”

“He’ll be our sect chief sooner or later so tackle him as Sect Chief.”

He nodded in settlement. “Will he be okay?”

“Completely. As a result of we’re going to assist.” I grinned.