"How did this happen?" Third elder Zihao De asked with narrowed eyes. "Last night her health started deteriorating for no reason. At first, it was not so serious, but it got worse with every passing minute. Her parents gave her healing pills and potions, but they had no effects. When the situation got worse, they called the healing cultivators, but it was already too late. She died by the time healing cultivators arrived." Tai Qi told everyone. The man who had arrived a while ago told this to the Clan leader. This was the reason there was a slight change in Tai Qi's expression when the man muttered this in his ear. "But, why did her health deteriorate?" Elder Wang asked the Clan leader. "That's what I want to know as well." Tai Qi also does not know and looks at the man. This man is a servant of the clan leader. "Elders, we don't know the reason yet, but after investigating, we found out that she had taken a potion from Yang Zhai yesterday before the competition started. However,
By now, Ai Hao should have already died: Yang Zhai thought. He was walking back to his house. However, he had a determination on his face, as if he really had taken clan leader Tai Qi's speech to his heart and wanted nothing more than to win the final round.The formula of the potion that I made was created by me for the sole purpose of giving it to Lie Yi, but it came in handy to be used on Ai Hao as well:Yang Zhai was his plan that he had created before he even died. The potion that he gave to Ai Hao was something that takes its effects after a few hours. And Yang Zhai made it so that it would spread in every inch of the body and attach to the veins like leeches. The only way to separate this poison was to activate a powerful healing technique that could spread in the whole body and instantly clear the poison, or the antidote that Yang Zhai had created to counter it. Otherwise, it was like a virus that would keep on spreading if even a few cells of the poison were left. This was
Third elder Zihao De entered the room and saw Yang Zhai cultivating. Yang Zhai heard the noise of the door opening and opened his eyes. He saw the third elder Zihao De standing in front of him. He stood up and greeted the third elder. "Elder, greetings, I wonder if you need me for something?" "No, no, I don't need you to do anything. Sit down, I just wanted to talk to you." Third elder Zihao De sat down and then asked Yang Zhai to sit down as well. "Tell me, how's your cultivation going?" Third elder Zihao De inquired. Oh, I wonder if I can obtain benefits from this: Yang Zhai thought inwardly, but he still showed a saddened expression. "Elder, I am ashamed to say this, but I am stuck in my cultivation and can't seem to advance. It's like a chain, binding me and restricting me." Yang Zhai stated. "Oh, don't worry, everything will be alright. I wonder if I can do anything to help you?" "No, Elder, I can't. I have already done something unforgivable, but you still forgave me. I
"Here," Yang Zhai handed a scroll to elder Eun Woo."Good, very good, you kept your promise." Eun Woo kept on nodding after seeing the scroll.Yang Zhai had handed her the full Red Poison technique. It was as he had promised. After that, she left. "Sigh, I can finally relax. At least, I can relax until the final round. Zihao De is no joke."Yang Zhai heaved a sigh.It was because he was aware of how much Zihao De was loyal to Tai Qi. In Yang Zhai's previous life, it was the third elder Zihao De who fought with Tai Qi until the last moment. Even in the war, Zihao De had cared more about Tai Qi than himself. At one point, he even went to the point of fighting against the whole Ma clan alone for Tai Qi. He was sure as long as the third elder Zihao De was the one protecting Yang Zhai, the Ma clan would have difficulty approaching Yang Zhai.The next day,"I have already gotten permission from the clan leader, come with me." Third elder Zihao De said to Yang Zhai.Yang Zhai followed eld
Two weeks passed, Yang Zhai was sitting in the gazebo. Whilst, Si Kim was sitting far away from Yang Zhai. It was because Yang Zhai was absorbing the spiritual energy around him and Si Kim could not obtain too much spiritual energy sitting close to Yang Zhai: thus, he sat far away from Yang Zhai. Yang Zhai was in meditation and his eyes were closed. Nothing was out of the ordinary here. But,I am about to break, I need to be careful: Yang Zhai muttered and looked in his aperture. His aperture was shaking as he was about to advance to the next stage. After six hours, Yang Zhai broke through to the rank 3 mid-stage. One more yellow line had appeared in his aperture. Now, there were five red lines, five orange lines, and two yellow lines in his aperture. Outside, everything was normal. Yang Zhai was still sitting quietly, and his eyes were closed, and he did not act or anything. It was as if he was really meditating and cultivating. However, he had broken through to the next stage
The Death Warrant was not just a normal treasure. It was considered one of the many deadly treasures. However, it was mostly useless at rank 1 and almost had no value. But, its value would keep on increasing with every increasing rank.But the lifespan it consumed also kept on increasing with higher ranks. However, the massacre it could produce was beyond imagination if it advanced to higher levels. What was more impressive was that the more it killed, the stronger it would become. It was a double edge sword and was considered worthless. After all, by the time it advances to the higher ranks, the owner would already be dead because of lifespan consumption. Nevertheless, it would still be protected as to not let it get into the wrong hands. However, someone wanted to steal the Death Warrant tonight.A man wearing a veil on his face cut the neck of a cultivator from behind. The cultivator could not scream as his face was covered by the hand of the man. After a while, the cultivator fel
This is strange, why did they suddenly agree to let me enter the clan's treasury?: Yang Zhai was thinking. Both Yang Zhai and Zihao De were walking toward the clan's treasury. He had asked Zihao De to let him enter the clan's treasury to choose something helpful to him. He had asked this on the basis that few treasures drew cultivators toward them because of affinity or some other reasons. That's why Zihao De had not asked why Yang Zhai wanted to enter himself, and did not ask Zihao De to choose something for him. "Make sure to pick something good, this chance doesn't come easily. Especially when you are unable to advance, the clan won't care much as your limits might have already been reached, but you got a rare chance. Tell me if you are unable to pick something valuable, and I will help you." Elder Zihao De said and thought inwardly: The Bai clan has no records of the Death Warrant, nothing related to the Death Warrant was ever spread in the clan, except for the Ma clan, nobod
Yang Zhai stood there silently for a while as if thinking of something. When Elder Zihao De saw Yang Zhai, he thought that Yang Zhai had fallen into his trap. "It is indeed good," Yang Zhai praised the fake Death Warrant. "Yes, it is indeed good." Zihao De smiled as well, and pondered: he has fallen for the trap. "But, I don't need it." However, after saying this, Yang Zhai walked away. Zihao De:"..." "Yang Zhai, are you sure that you don't need it?" Zihao De stopped Yang Zhai and asked again. Yang Zhai turned around to look at elder Zihao De and spoke, "Elder, I don't feel anything toward this treasure, in fact, I feel like it will hinder my cultivation even more. So, I think I will choose something else instead." His thoughts were instead: This Zihao De is up to no good, I will definitely get in trouble if I go along with his scheme. Anyway, the real Death Warrant not being here is even more concerning. Could it be that it disappeared or something? "I think you should reco
"One thousand mid-grade essence stones is no small amount for a common disciple for sure." Zing Ghe thought and was impressed that the Ma clan was serious about bribing Yang Zhai. These many essence stones were nothing in front of Zing Ghe, but what surprised him was that they were being given to an ordinary disciple, who would be happy even with just 100 low-grade essence stones.Not only that, but the Kroy city's emblem was no joke, even Zing Ghe was surprised. It was like: the Ma and the Bai clans were ready to lose a huge amount of benefits with just this emblem that even 1000 mid-grade essence stones could not compare to. And at that, they were willing to even give up their nomination spot. Kroy City was no ordinary city. Even the Ma clan and Bai clan joining together were like ants in front of Kroy City."Let's do it like this, Yang Zhai, if you accept their offer, we will do everything in our power to assassinate you, even if it costs us the annihilation of the whole clan, reme
"Next, the final battle will be between Yang Zhai and Jun Haru, please come up to the stage."Yang Zhai and Jun Haru walked up the stage after hearing their names. Both stood on opposite sides of the stage, and in the middle stood Zing Ghe."Are you two ready? If you are, then begin" Zing Ghe asked the two and was about to begin the fight when he heard Jun Haru's voice."Wait,""What is it?" Zing Ghe stopped and asked."Yang Zhai, tell me, have you been happy in the Bai clan?" Said Jun Haru."Why suddenly ask that?" Yang Zhai asked with a calm face."Well, I have an offer for you, what do you s
"I don't think I need to explain the rules of the competition. So, without further ado, let us begin the final round of this competition." Zing Ghe announced the start of the final round and continued, "The first battle will be between Ke Xin and Ai Hao." Even though Zing Ghe knew that Ai Hao had died, he still called her name. The reason was that he was an over-watcher and had to follow the rules so that nobody could blame their loss on him. After all, the Bai clan could say that they lost because Zing Ghe did not call for Ai Hao and gave one victory to the Ma clan for no reason. Ke Xin walked up the stage and stood proudly as if he had conquered the competition by himself. "Look at his proud face. He should be thankful that there is no one facing him; otherwise, he would have already been thrown out off the stage.""Right, he lost his first two battles in only two fists. Two fists were all it took to defeat him in two rounds. And look at him, standing as if he has won because of
A month and two days passed, and the day of the final round of the competition had finally arrived. A huge crowd was gathered around the empty stage. On the two sides of the competition venue were two camps: one side belonged to the Ma clan and the other one to the Bai clan. Today was very important for both clans, so both clan leaders of the two clans were here. Even the second and third elders of the two clans were here. Besides them were also a few other elders.Zing Ghe came onto the stage and began his usual speech, "Today, as everyone knows, is the final round of the competition. Betting on anyone is also on. You can bet anything, even your life. As everyone knows, I am an over-watcher. I know many secrets that you don't. I not only looked over the competition, but also over what happened during the breaks that happened between the competition rounds. Allow me to introduce to you the real situation of the competition. The real Death Game!!!"When Zing Ghe spoke these words, t
Yang Zhai's arms started to change colors constantly and returned to their original color after a while. After a while, a colorless aura began to enter his arms. Si Kim sat in his place and the aura did not affect him. However, "I am unable to detect this aura's true origins, I cannot even sense to which path it belongs. But what is even more strange is that my detection method started to change itself when it touched the aura. Just what exactly is this aura?" Zihao De muttered with confusion. He did not look away from Yang Zhai and kept his focus on him. After a while, Yang Zhai's arms completely absorbed the aura that they had released a while ago. Yang Zhai's eyes opened, and he looked at the floor around him. The area of the floor around him had small cracks in it. The small particles which were moving in Yang Zhai's bones had been absorbed by his bones. Only a little while had passed when Yang Zhai's mind went blank. "Change, everything changes. A sapling becomes a tree. A
Yang Zhai took his Kas and left the room. He returned to the room that was given to him by the Clan leader. "His body cultivation talent is not ordinary, I thought he would not even be able to put a single dent in the Brown Dacite, especially after knowing that is still a kid and had not experienced the world." Zihao De said to Tai Qi after Yang Zhai left. Tai Qi, however, was pondering something about something. After a while, he said, "I am more surprised about his will. It is obvious from his performance today that he has a lot of talent for body cultivation, but being able to endure so much is beyond unbelievable. His will is too strong. Zihao De, Yang Zhai owns a strong will. Forget about others, even I don't have this much of a strong will. His determination and endurance are beyond normal. Did you notice that a few strands of his hair even turned white from the pain? And his endurance is strong even without experiencing the world yet. If he becomes evil, he will unleash a gr
"Yang Zhai, stop, that's enough." Tai Qi stood up and stopped Yang Zhai from going any further. The sun had set and It was already night. Around five percent of Yang Zhai's hair had turned white from different spots. The dents had increased from nineteen to twenty-two. His arms were swelling and so did his hands. His face had red lines below his face as if he was crying: however, this was the result of his training. Because he had punched the Brown Dacite so much that his eyes and ears had started bleeding, even his nose and mouth were bleeding. But, Yang Zhai did not care and continued his training because he knew that the Clan leader would heal him after he stopped his training, the reason was that he was needed for the final round. And this was an opportunity that he could not waste. Yang Zhai stopped after the Clan asked him to. Yang Zhai stabilized himself first and stood straight with great difficulty. Because of standing in the same stance for more than eight hours, his legs
Yang Zhai walked forward and came in front of the rock. This rock was around a normal man's size. The color of the rock was brown, filled with red lines all over it. Yang Zhai touched and moved his hand lightly on the surface of the rock and felt its smoothness. "Brown Dacite…," Yang Zhai thought. This rock was not an ordinary rock, but was used by the cultivators to check the determination of the cultivators. This rock could endure the hit of even rank 5 cultivators. There was no way Yang Zhai could break it even with his full strength. However, if he wanted to put a dent in this rock, he would have to hit the same spot again and again until his blood spilled out of his fist and touched the rock. However, the rock would continuously send shocks into his hand, preventing it from getting injured, but his bones would continuously be affected by this rock, modifying his bones slowly. The pain he feels would keep on increasing with every fist. Nevertheless, it was an opportunity for Ya
"So, how's your cultivation going?" Elder Zihao De asked Si Kim and Yang Zhai. "Elder, my cultivation is going smoothly, and I am not facing any issues in my cultivation, but brother Yang Zhai…" Si Kim replied and stopped while speaking, "Yang Zhai what?" "Brother Yang Zhai is not advancing in his cultivation, in fact, his cultivation has dropped to rank 2 early-stage." "Hmm," When Zihao De heard this, his eyes narrowed, he was surprised, at least, that was what his expression looked like. He looked at Yang Zhai with a questioning expression. However, Yang Zhai looked at Zihao De and said with a slight hesitation on his face, "No, Elder, brother Si is lying, my cultivation is going fine. There… is no problem, you don't need to worry." "Hmm, are you sure?" Zihao De looked at Yang Zhai as if he did not believe Yang Zhai. "Brother Yang, what are you saying? You clearly told me that you were having issues with your cultivation, and it was decreasing. Why are you lying now?!