A strange silence hung in the air. At that moment, the two Feys froze and felt a cold sweat run down their backs. Slowly, they turned towards the whale nearby, and their gazes met Ruri’s smiling face.
"Well, well... MY HUSBAND makes friends very easily..." Ruri’s words sounded full of bloody innuendos, and immediately the two let go of him, feeling a primal fear.
’You may not realize it, but one is 12 and the other 11. Don’t think foolishly; they cultivated a technique for rapid body development, but they’re still kids... in a tough situation,’ the whale explained through the array.
Immediately, Ruri’s expression changed. The two clearly saw in shock, while Ruri’s aura and expression went from demonic to angelic in seconds.
"That... is that human weird thing?" Ambry murmured, wide-eyed.
Kisala completed with the same feeling. "Dual personality... does she talk with two voices in her mind? Humans are so twisted..."
"Get out!" The whale pushed them away abruptly, clearly annoyed with those words.
The two sighed and stepped back, somewhat dejected. They knew they were treated equally and didn’t mind for the moment. They would have another opportunity to talk.
"I’ll be waiting for you at Dragonkin Haven Forest," they both spoke simultaneously in a strange synchrony. They were smiling when they spoke, but immediately exchanged glares and a deep and completely illogical hatred filled them. They walked away with contorted faces and a strange aura, nothing escaped Ruri’s gaze.
The whole scene was observed in silence by everyone present, still confused and shocked. The whale just sighed... now they were officially the focus of everyone’s attention... the dream of being discreet didn’t last long.
’Master... they... this is very cruel...’ Ruri spoke through the array, a little trembling.
’Yes, the divine world is crueler than any other ascending place. If they can use children to fight, they will do so without hesitation. That’s why... I ended up getting emotional remembering someone, and I helped them,’ the whale responded softly.
Ruri only understood upon hearing and seeing them. A deep pain made her eyes tremble, it was like seeing the reflection of her past self. They were children pretending to be adults, but deep down they were clearly broken and twisted. They must have gone through a lot and seen a lot, still very young.
The two grabbed the whale and clearly tried to seduce him... how could little girls feel that desire? They were taught by life to do so, and saw no wrong in selling themselves that way.
Ruri spoke seriously. ’Don’t reject them on my account. I want to repay what you did for me, I want to take care of them.’
Alm and Bruno sighed. All Feys did something similar, but these two, in particular, because they were the most prominent of the clans, were pressured and pushed to the limit from an early age. Unknowingly, they developed a distorted and broken mindset. Idris was also very young, but he seemed like a child without so many problems, even a bit foolish; that was the case with most. But they... if nothing changed, they would become extremely problematic adults.
As soon as they moved away and everything returned to normal, little Idris approached the whale gently. They just waved to him, and he smiled, stopping beside them excitedly.
It took several hours for the elders of the sect to register everyone. During this time, the whole whale group talked to Idris and made him tell the whole story in detail. Ruri sealed the space around them so that his words wouldn’t leak; everyone already knew she was a spatial cultivator, so she could use that at will.
When it was the whale’s turn, there wasn’t much bureaucracy. Everyone underwent a simple test to confirm their race and bloodline, something important for these Feys, after all, a race focused on Yang would be useless in the sect, even if they passed the test.
"Half-Human, and... wait... impossible, Primordial Beast?!" The elder Fey spoke in shock, and everyone looked at the whale’s results, equally stunned.
Alm and Bruno realized that their plans were doomed from the start; now they just accepted it. But, they needed to explain this to avoid misunderstandings.
"I came to this sect on the recommendation of a member. His name was Nafeyu..." With that, they gave the name of that Fey, also mentioning the name of their home planet. Quickly, the elder sent a message. It took only a few minutes for the known Fey to appear with wide eyes.
The whale explained, showing the people who were with him. He couldn’t abandon them; they were his family and life siblings; so he chose to take the test and come alone with everyone. He made a point of mentioning that he left the planet a few months after Nafeyu left, and it took several years of trials to get here. It was necessary; because Nafeyu still didn’t know what happened to the Pristine planet, but would eventually research it.
After hearing everything, Nafeyu exchanged silent messages with the elder. He must have explained about the whale’s home planet and given the reason why he had the behemoth bloodline in his veins. In the end, it wasn’t just him; Quirio also had that bloodline, and this divine sect was more than happy to have them with them.
"Race... what?! Impossible!!"
When everything seemed to have calmed down, another elder spoke loudly in shock. The whale turned around and saw Corin facing the elder, who stared at him completely bewildered.
"Chromaraic, what’s the problem? Your race exists and descends from mine, why is it impossible for me to exist?" Corin replied curtly.
"That... the pure Chromaraic bloodline should be extinct..." the elder murmured, unbelieving.
’Extinct’ was just something said when it wasn’t easily found, the universe was so vast that no one could say for sure something like that. It was perfectly possible for the race to have survived in an isolated place.
It was so possible that the whale saw another Chromaraic in the Heaven’s Realm, and they killed him at the time. The queen kept this pure race close to her somewhere in this universe, so Alm and Bruno were sure this wouldn’t cause such big problems.
A silent exchange of messages took place, and soon that elder just waved and calmed down. The sect superiors must know a lot and told this elder that it wasn’t anything so abnormal. They were more than happy to have Corin in the sect, and wouldn’t leak anything or ask unnecessary questions.
Everyone in the group drew attention. Whether it was because of their bloodline or being considered ’Empyreans.’ They were the only ones out of all the recruits, and probably had hardly any others in the entire sect. No Empyrean would want to enter this sect, after all, there were no related techniques or others to teach them; it would be foolish to want it. So, this group was special, and news of their arrival reached the entire upper echelon of the sect.
Everyone drawing attention together was the plan, and it would be good. That way, doors would open easily for all of them. Just couldn’t let one stand out too much... as the whale ended up doing.
"Let’s go, I’ll guide you and explain everything." It was Nafeyu who took over, leading them once everyone was registered. Even Idris was among them and was considered one of them.
They were guided to a teleportation array and quickly arrived in a large hall. They were alone, and Nafeyu handed them a tablet that glowed red, starting to explain.
Everyone, upon entering the sect, was appointed red disciples. There were three categories of disciples; above them were gray disciples and black disciples.
It wasn’t something exclusive to the Yinblood sect, practically all divine sects in all divine universes had this division. The reason was simple: in this and all galaxies, there were the so-called sealed worlds; this was the name given to the worlds like the one they took the test in.
In total, in this galaxy, there are 33 sealed worlds. They were divided into red, gray, and black levels. It was an exact division, 11 worlds of each color. In the sects, disciples of each color categorized themselves as such because they were capable of exploring them.
"The red sealed worlds are almost exclusive to the largest sects. We are required to share one of these with the others, but we have three of them in total. The gray and black ones, on the other hand, have no owners; whenever one of them opens, a wild dispute ensues among all sects."
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Alm and Bruno felt a certain relief. This meant they could cultivate in the other two sealed worlds without being pursued by the Shadow God branch.
There was a restriction for the maximum cultivation of each disciple category, and the sealed worlds also had this rule to enter them. Red disciples could only reach up to the Divine Origin Realm at most. Grays could go up to the realm above, the Heavenly Saint Realm. And the blacks, up to the next realm, the Divine King Realm.
There were prerequisites for changing categories, and if they were not met and the cultivator’s realm did not correspond to the limit, they would be forced to become a sect worker.
"This tablet serves to record your individual points. Changing to the superior color is simple: each year, you will have the opportunity to exchange ten thousand points for advancement." The fey explained, showing his gray tablet, and teaching them how to check their points by manipulating the runes.
"To earn points, there are only two methods: the first and the most obvious are the sealed worlds. But they only open once a year, for a week each; and if you think they are as easy as the test you took, you’ll be sorely mistaken; even I, if I enter a red world today, have to be careful or I’ll die easily."
He spoke seriously, but found it strange that only the Fey from that group trembled with fear at his words.
"The second method is the simplest: the entire domain of the sect on this planet is separated from the rest for a reason. A unique treasure sprouts randomly around the land. It gives its name to the sect and is called the Yinblood Jewel."
The Yinblood Jewel was something small and black, which inside possessed a completely imperceptible remnant of the sacred bloodline that created the powerful cultivators of this sect. All red disciples hunted this jewel in the Dragonkin Haven Forest and handed it over to the sect in exchange for points or resources.
The sect had a secret method of extracting the sacred bloodline from the jewels and accumulating it until it formed a drop of bloodline. Everyone knew this. The founder of the sect was a Fey, who created this technique.
Then, the sect sold this bloodline to the disciples for points. Each drop cost ten thousand points, and the red disciple should choose to use points to become a gray disciple, or receive a drop of bloodline.
"If you absorb the drop... your affinity with Yin, cultivation speed, physical power... everything... all your individual power multiplies with a drop." Nafeyu explained seriously. "But... if you advance to a higher disciple level too quickly and are weak, you’ll be forced to go to the higher realms and will die on the first day. It’s a difficult choice when to advance; I strongly recommend buying at least nine drops before thinking about advancing."
He paused and looked at everyone closely, then continued to make it clear how serious this was. "90% of those who turned into gray disciples die in the first year for advancing early, be warned."
Everyone nodded, and he continued. "Even in the forest, it’s not easy to get the Yinblood Jewels. You must have felt or seen when you arrived. The forest doesn’t have common beasts; you’ll compete for the jewels with races that have extremely pure Dragon blood. Wyverns, Drakes, Hydras, Wyrm, Sea Orc... they’re all terrifying opponents who desire the jewels at all costs. Unlike other races, they can absorb the jewel directly, and their power and bloodline become much purer and more terrifying."
"They can absorb... we’re not required to hand over the jewels?" Ruri asked calmly.
He replied emotionlessly. "They are members of the sect, but not disciples, it’s a special condition. By the sect’s rules, you can do whatever you want with the jewels; but only those with Dragon bloodline can absorb them directly. If you try, you’ll have a literally explosive death; all other races depend on our technique to extract the blood; that’s why other sects don’t try to steal the jewels from us. There’s no reason for you not to hand them over; with the points, you can exchange for techniques, equipment, everything you want to find the sect has to trade."
Everyone took a deep breath, reflecting on the information received. Then, Bruno commented mentally: ’Indeed, it’s simple to advance. Just be strong enough and wait at least a year. There’s no cultivation level restriction to advance, only to remain. But... we’re not in a hurry. We have many things to steal... I mean, explore and discover.’