The whale snorted heavily, its eyes fixed on the horizon now filled with divine cultivators from the Moonlight family. Everyone watched silently from below, without employing any Qi, but their souls and senses were focused on them.
A stunningly beautiful woman emerged. Her face was round, she was slightly taller than Ruri, and radiated a beauty like that of an eastern fairy. She slowly took center stage in the group, all the elders around her seeming to await her words. Alm and Bruno watched her coldly; she was a high elder, her cultivation at the elementary level of the Divine Origin Realm, the eighth level of cultivation and the second of the divine realm.
After crossing the tribulation of this realm, a cultivator could absorb some celestial laws and runes into their body, obtaining the power of a true god. With her mere intention, she made the entire planet and its life forms feel their souls and bodies being searched.
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However, the woman narrowed her eyes in disbelief. She realized she couldn’t clearly visualize the bodies and powers of the simple mortal cultivators below. It was as if she were facing someone with celestial power of equal or greater level... how could that be possible?
Through the array, Alm and Bruno quickly used their divine souls to cover almost everyone there. Deryu, who wasn’t in the array, had nothing to hide.
Tension filled the air; suddenly, an elder roared. "You dared to kill someone from our family! Great... we will investigate carefully. Don’t think you’ll leave here alive today!"
The whale just smirked maliciously and waved his hand. Suddenly, a dense soul power emanated, and the decapitated body flickered. A figure with a twisted look emerged from within. His soul was completely sealed, and it floated toward the whale’s hand. He was grabbed by the neck, and the whale stared dryly at the woman above.
"Come to investigate? See for yourself the kind of trash you let loose." The whale simply gestured, and the soul shot toward the woman above.
"HOW DARE YOU!" The elder roared, channeling all his Qi to attack.
However, he felt a celestial power forcefully seal all his power within his body. He stared at the woman in front of him and forgot to breathe. Compared to her, he was a mere insect.
"Silence. I am here, I do not need you to speak for me." The woman’s gentle voice sounded like a blade.
She turned and waved, causing the shot soul to stop, trapped before her. She looked at the whale with seriousness. That man... round... was he human? The soul he manipulated and sealed, as if it were nothing, had been nourished with divine fragments; not just those natural to cultivation, but also those of the family, which could enhance it. Even with his dead body, he should have been able to kill a mortal cultivator with his soul power... but he was completely subdued without any resistance. Who the hell was this round figure?
She snorted and waved, touching the soul; memories flowed into her. It wasn’t a long investigation; she only saw the last two days of his until it stopped. It took two minutes for the woman to wave again; that soul was immediately chained by a violet power and disappeared.
The woman turned to the whale and spoke slowly. "My name is Kaiyka. I am the high elder who was tasked with dealing with and negotiating with you in a few days. But the problems around you have only increased."
The whale smiled sinisterly, while Ruri took a step to his side and looked up, gripping her weapon as if she were about to attack at any moment. Kaiyka observed her slowly, analyzing her.
"So you are Ruri... it was decided that I would recruit you and be your master."
"I have only one master," Ruri replied curtly. "You allowed these bastards to come and kill my people... and still have the audacity to pretend nothing happened?"
The woman above sighed. "It is true that he acted on his own, without the family’s permission. I am not in favor of that, but he still acted within the rules. The external branch is always replenished as they said. On the other hand, you killed a cultivator from the main family. And to make matters worse, Fuzyu, who was your son, was the standout of his generation. Many resources were lost with his death, the family must receive an explanation for this."
Ruri laughed dryly with a malicious expression. "Explanation? Here’s one: he was a bastard, and I killed him. I may be just someone from the external branch, but I won’t let anyone from my people be treated like trash and killed. Screw your rules; my master will take care of them now, and they won’t be stepped on by anyone."
All the elders around narrowed their eyes furiously. They wanted to attack immediately, but they felt an instinctive fear of that woman. She was always cold and indifferent; no one knew what she thought or wanted. She was like a hidden and unpredictable blade. But... these mortal idiots couldn’t get away with it.
Kaiyka, in the center, remained indifferent. She stared at Ruri as if pondering something, and her eyes became cold and serious. The whale felt the fluctuations of her soul and quickly became strange. Externally and internally, that woman was a bit indifferent, and even a bit enraged. No one could perceive it, but thanks to the divine soul, they felt from her soul a subtle excitement.
"Young spoiled and reckless. Rules are made to be followed. Do you think you’re above everything and everyone?" Kaiyka said dryly.
Alm was doubtful, while Bruno quickly affirmed. ’She liked Ruri. This woman doesn’t seem to be so loyal to the family.’
’How the hell do you know? Her outward words and soul fluctuations are different, that just shows she’s deceitful and manipulative,’ Alm retorted.
Bruno just scoffed lightly. ’Meh, she just doesn’t allow herself to let others know what she thinks. I’m used to dealing with idiots who say one thing but act and feel another. Trust me.’
’What nonsense... well, her karma is minimal. Even though she’s a high elder, the common elders behind her have much denser karma. She seems minimally decent,’ Alm replied indifferently.
Their mental conversation lasted only two seconds until Ruri responded. "What do you know? Would you bow your head and accept a bastard wanting to taint you? There’s only one man who can touch me. These rules are stupid, made by idiots."
Kaiyka coldly snorted, but Alm and Bruno felt the fluctuations of her soul even more agitated. She thought for a moment, looking at Ruri, and then turned to the whale.
"No matter what you think, the lineage of the external branch must be replenished. The death of a promising young man cannot be left like this, but..." She looked at the whale as she spoke, a hidden meaning became clear.
Ruri responded before the whale. "You want to take me as your disciple and a substitute for the family? I don’t trust you, and I only have one master. If my master wishes, I will be just a common member of the family; I won’t associate with you."
"You brat! You...!"
The elder roared furiously but was restrained with Kaiyka’s simple intention. A cold sweat ran down his back; if he spoke again, he was sure his head would fly. His status meant nothing compared to this woman; she could kill whoever she wanted and handle almost anything from the family on her own.
The woman pondered deeply. Alm and Bruno felt that she became very serious internally. It seemed like she wanted to recruit Ruri and keep her close at all costs. Kaiyka was extremely dissatisfied with being sent into this current situation, which created a very bad first impression.
Suddenly, she noticed a subtle movement below and looked at Ruri, who instinctively held the whale’s hand. Soon, something clicked in her mind. ’She only called him Master? She gets so close to him like that... her body even moved towards him without her even thinking... this means...’, Kaiyka thought quickly, then spoke immediately.
"Hm... let’s solve the first problem. You are the only one alive from the main clan of the external branch. If you don’t want the people’s lineage to be restored the way it always has been, you, luckily being a woman, can handle this on your own."
Ruri’s eyes turned bloodthirsty at those words. At the same time, Kaiyka looked at the whale. There was no outward fluctuation or change... but... when she looked into his eyes... it was as if her soul had been sucked into darkness and emptiness.
Her breath caught, and an agonizing pain struck her. Her heart raced frantically, and her cultivation instinctively circulated rapidly, protecting her. She took a deep breath, dispelling it, and then looked at the whale, confirming what she suspected.
Kaiyka had an idea and continued slowly. "Well, if you agree to go to the family with me, with our resources, your lineage will become denser and denser. You don’t necessarily need to be with another from the family."
Ruri’s eyes subtly lit up, and Kaiyka noticed. At the same time, Alm and Bruno felt a strange premonition. She nodded and continued.
"You said he will take care of the external branch, right? Well... if he is someone connected to the family with high status, a temporary concession can be given to him. The external branch can be left under his care and laws. There is precedent; in the past, an elder lived for centuries on the planet and established his own rules in the branch."
The woman in the sky explained calmly, and Ruri’s eyes brightened. "As my disciple, your status will be high. I am the youngest high elder in the family, but the high elders can handle small things like these on their own."
"If you come with me, Fuzyu’s death will not be a problem. You are more important to the family than he was. His father was someone of little value; he only took advantage of his son’s status to cause trouble."
She paused, looking at the two, and continued. "You being my disciple automatically makes you someone with status very close to an elder. The pair of someone from the family naturally becomes part of the family. The entire external branch will be under your care, and in the future, you can expand the lineage of the main clan yourself."
Her explanation was straightforward; going with her would solve all of Ruri’s current and future problems. The only detail was that her master was just one master. Ruri and Kaiyka exchanged silent looks. Quickly, Ruri nodded in satisfaction; she no longer had any dissatisfaction with her, her intentions to help her were clear.
"Well... the day of the meeting in that city is in five days. You can think until then and give me the answer later. You have nowhere to run; the family will demand an explanation from you sooner or later; this solution is good for everyone." Kaiyka gave one last look to Ruri and turned. "I have to make a report to the family about everything that happened here; goodbye."
All the elders were stunned; were they just going to leave like this? But with just one look from her, they dared not say anything. In five days, they would return; by then, they would demand the family take action against these mortals at all costs, or their prestige would fall.
Kaiyka entered the channel, already imagining the headache she would have in the days to come. But... she was happy. She found someone she considered special and different from the idiots around her. And on top of that, there was this mysterious round figure. It would all be worth it. She left, and all the elders entered the spatial channel and quickly departed with her.