The Blood King

When levi reached the sect gate, he saw two people walking out with grim expressions.

A middle age man, along with one of the sun sect's disciples he saw at heaven city.

It looked like they came to complain about what happened at that time, but things didn't go how they would've liked.

Just as he walked pass them, the disciple shouted.

" Ah! He was there too! He's that little demon!" He pointed to Levi.

The middle aged man turned and looked at levi as if trying to remember his face.

Levi didn't even stop to look at them, he just kept walking.

Levi went to his room to get a clean sect robe and left to take a bath.

When he got out of his room, he saw ryan talking to Ava.

They also saw him.

" Levi! Why didn't you come when i called?!" Ava said as she pouted.

Levi stopped and turned around.

When they saw his eyes they froze. Golden with black slits down the middle.

" I think you are misunderstanding something."

" I traveled with you so that i would be able to get into this sect, otherwise i wouldn't have associated myself with you."

" I don't need family or friends, so when you see me, don't talk to me." His voice cold, he turned around and left.

People...wouldn't they turn their back on him later?

Only if he had sufficient strength would people not think about betraying him.

Ava stared with her eyes wide with shock.

After bathing, he went straight towards the mission hall.

As it was evening, not a lot of people were inside.

He walked up to the counter and took out the mission.

" Did you fail the mission?" The old man asked.

Silently, Levi took out the bone cleansing grass.

When the man saw it, his eyes sparkled.

" Where did you get this bone tempering grass from?" He asked excitedly.

" Bone tempering grass?" Levi's voice had a hint of confusion.

" After a few hundred years of growing in an extremely poisonous location, bone cleansing grass would turn into bone tempering grass!" The man explained.

" So does that mean i fail the mission?" Levi asked calmly.

" What? Why would you fail? You will be rewarded with the amount mentioned on the mission and the actual price of this bone tempering grass!"

" So in total, it will be 1,100 silver coins! You can buy things for cultivation within the sect, the sect can't provide you disciples with everything for free after all!" The man explained.

" Then i'll take the money now." Levi said.

thunk!

A pouch of silver coins were dropped on the table.

Levi picked it up and counted the money before putting it into his robe.

He didn't want to use the spatial ring in front of people, it might cause problems.

" Then i'll be taking my leave." Levi turned around and walked out of the mission hall.

The man seemed to remember something as he facepalmed.

" I forgot to ask where he got the bone tempering grass from! And why did he look so weird when walking out?" He mumbled.

Levi was going back to his room when he remembered the poison fruit that was still in his possession.

He thought for a while before deciding to go back to the enlightenment forest.

That man might be able to identify this fruit.

Although he was still worried about whether or not the man would want to take it for himself, if he didn't know the fruit's purpose, what would be the point of keeping it?

After a while of walking, he found himself in the little forest once again.

" Thank....you.." A soothing voice made it's way to his ears.

When he came back to his senses the lights were already gone.

" Thank you? What does that mean?....It doesn't look like that old man is here, so i'll just go back." He mumbled, as he turned around.

" Oh? You were looking for me?" Just as he turned around, a voice rang out.

" Is it fun to appear out of nowhere like that?" Levi turned around.

" Hahaha, doesn't it make me seem mysterious?" He laughed.

" No." Levi said.

' It just makes you more annoying.' He thought.

" So, what did you want?" The man asked.

" I found a fruit in a cave and wanted to see if you knew what it was." Levi replied calmly.

" Oh? is that all? Take it out then." The man looked at Levi.

" I can't take it out here, it will kill the trees." He said.

" Oh?" The man lightly waved his hand.

In the next instant, they were inside of a large, dimly lit hall.

" Can you take it out here then?" The man asked.

Levi said nothing as he put his hand into his robes and touched the ring.

He pulled out a vine with small jagged leaves, with a palm sized purple fruit stuck to it, while giving off an extremely poisonous aura.

" Oh? Is that...." The man's eyes widened slightly, a bit of surprise on his face.

" Divine poison fruit?" He continued.

" What's that?" Levi asked.

" It was said that once upon a time, there was a divine poison master."

" His poison arts were so strong that even the gods didn't dare to fight him."

" When he died, surprisingly, a plant grew from his poisonous body."

" The plant grew a purple fruit that gave off an extremely powerful poisonous aura."

" It was so strong that the kingdom that it grew in was completely wiped out from just the aura alone." The man closed his eyes as he recallef the story, before looking towards levi.

" It's just a legend, but divine poison fruits are real, just rare." He said.

Levi listened without saying anything.

" That fruit in you hands is probably a divine poison fruit. Wait, does that mean that-" Before he could continue, someone came running into the hall.

" Sect master! Something has happened!" It looked like an elder of the sect.

" What's the matter?" The man asked.

Levi was shocked, ' This old man is the sect master?!' He thought.

" The poison fog has dissapeared!" The elder said, voice trembling.

" What!? What do you mean?" The sect master was startled.

He turned and looked at the fruit in Levi's hand.

" So it is..." He mumbled.

" This is good! That pesky poison is gone!" The elder shouted happily.

" Don't get excited too quickly. Although the poison gas was a nuisance, it also kept the sect safe for a long time." The sect master suddenly said.

" Huh?" The elder looked at him strangely.

" The demonic god sect has a lot of enemies."

" Those 'righteous' sects wanted to get rid of us for a while." the sect master spoke.

" We also had a few disputes with other sects in the past, but even though they wanted to attack us, the poison gas prevented it. But now that it's gone, we're probably going to see those sects soon." He continued, while looking at the divine poison fruit.

The elder had a shocked expression on his face.

" This..." He couldn't say anything else.

The sect master looked at Levi, his lips curling into a smile.

" Why..." He paused for a while.

" Don't you become my disciple?" He asked.

The elder was shocked once more, he finally realised there was someone else in the room.

" I refuse." Levi's voice rang out.

" You replied very fast. Why? Most people would jump at the chance to become my disciple." The sect master asked.

" If i become the disciple of the sect master, i would have to trust the sect and the people in it."

" But i don't trust the people in this sect..." Levi paused.

'...or any where else for that matter.' He thought.

" The only person i trust, and am willing to give up my life for, is myself." Levi said.

The elder was shocked and angry.

" You ungrateful brat! How can you call yourself a disciple of the sect?" He shouted.

Levi's golden eyes locked on to the elder, which made the latter stiffen a little.

" What i have right now is a result of my own work. What does it have to do with this sect? Furthermore, i only arrived here a few days ago. Why does the sect master want to make some new disciple, with no strength, his disciple?" Levi questioned.

" You..." the elder couldn't find anything to say.

" Also, if i become your disciple, and something happens to this sect, i will be the first person to leave."

" As i said before, the only person worth risking my life for, is myself." Levi turned toward the sect master.

He was a little nervous when saying these things, since he could be kicked out of the sect as a result, but he wanted to take a gamble.

And even if he were to be kicked out, he calmed himself with the thought of the blood evolution skill, even without this sect, this skill could still allow him to get stronger.

Surprisingly the sect master's expression didn't change.

" You don't have to worry about those things.

If you become my disciple, you will get the benefits without any of the restrictions." He said smilingly.

" Then, master." Levi cupped his fist, bowed slightly, a drop of sweat dripping from his face.

The elder saw this and the vein on his forehead almost burst.

Wasn't this brat just trying to scam the sect master?

" Sect master, you.." Just as he was saying something, Levi threw the divine poison fruit, vine and all, to the sect master and walked out of the hall.

Qi rose from the sect master's body, causing the vine to turn to ash, as the sect master sealed the fruit's poisonous aura and held it in his hand while looking in the direction Levi dissapeared in.

" Sect master, how can you let someone like that become your disciple?! he.." He was cut off.

" What kind of skill do you think he cultivates?" The sect master suddenly asked.

" This.. I don't know..." The elder replied truthfully.

" I don't know either. Yesterday i found him cultivating in the enlightenment forest, and yet he is still sane." He said.

"what?! that's imp-" The elder was cut off once again.

" Also, yesterday when i saw him, his eyes were black. But now, they're golden." He continued.

The elder was silent with shock, so the sect master continued.

" Also, with his self-serving personality, if something were to happen to the demonic god sect, at least he would survive."

" Even if he doesn't get revenge for the sect, at least the demonic god sect wouldn't die out completely." The sect master said.

" So in my opinion, he is the most worthy person to become my disciple." He concluded his explanation.

" I-I understand. I didn't think about it like that..." The elder said.

The sect master went to sit.

" He is also the person that found this divine poison fruit. His luck is good, though i wonder how he got close enough to pick it." The sect master mumbled.