The night came and went quietly inside the room. Then, in the first minutes of the new day, Ruri slowly awakened. She stretched, feeling the soft and warm bed she was in. Then, she opened her eyes and found herself in that elevated place, and the bloody and agonizing memories flooded her mind.
She quickly focused on her master, who was completely unconscious, showing no signs of waking up anytime soon. But, despite still being red, a new layer of skin was already subtly covering him. Seeing that, she sighed in relief. She had seen her master’s recovery ability before and knew that since he got to this point, her master would eventually go back to normal.
Then, she noticed a strange gaze upon her.
Ruri turned around, and her eyes met Almin’s. He was completely ensnared by earth runes. Even his mouth was sealed. He wasn’t fully recovered yet, but even if he were, he wouldn’t be able to easily get out of there.
"Hm?" Ruri felt his strangeness without understanding.
She then jumped off the giant and soft mound of fat. Turning to her master; only then did she realize. Both of them were completely red... and her master was without clothes... again. How many times did her master end up without clothes because of some ridiculous situation? She already lost the count. Her gaze then quickly shifted away.
Almin was there, still focused on her with a strange expression, while Ruri tried to calm down from the shock. After a few seconds, she took steps in Almin’s direction gently.
"Master, for some reason, wants you as a... pet. I’m already enough, but if he insists..." She murmured, unsure if she was speaking to Almin or to herself.
Almin felt a chill on his back after hearing those words. ’He... he truly wants me too!’ he thought.
Ruri closed her eyes, feeling something, then opened them slowly with a smile. She didn’t know why, but now she could use the array whenever she wanted, and a small amount of earth runes was transferred to her.
After a while, Alm and Bruno would realize that Ruri’s soul had reached a whole level above a cultivator in the same realm as her. It seems that, due to the overflowing power of their divine soul being poured through the array, she was slowly nurtured by it. With that, a small part of their soul merged into hers. Thus, she could manipulate the array slightly.
Ruri used some of those earth runes that were restored along with the whale’s body and managed to release the part covering Almin’s mouth. She wanted to seize the moment.
Ruri then asked firmly, "Master seems to like you... you’re a dual cultivation practitioner... you’re only interested in women, right?"
She looked closely at those eyes that trembled in astonishment. She had to know the truth once and for all. Or she wouldn’t be able to dispel this unease.
It took a few seconds for Almin’s mind to process, and he exploded, "Where the hell did you get that damn idea, you brat! Your grandfather, I, am very straight!"
Ruri instinctively took a step back. But... she seemed to feel something strange in those words... and in that look... and in that aura...
’They are... extremely similar. Even the way of yelling.’ Ruri mentally concluded, surprised.
Ruri then sighed, astonished and, at the same time, relieved. It seems there’s something there that she didn’t know. ’In the future, when master trusts me more, he will tell the truth.’ She concluded.
Soon, her eyes turned to Almin, who was still emanating intense fury. Then, an innocent smile bloomed on Ruri’s face as she thought of something. She immediately turned into a cute and innocent little girl. Almin’s aura was disarmed immediately, and he felt something very strange... something he thought had died a long time ago came back alive in him.
’Hm... indeed, very similar.’ Ruri confirmed again. This was the most effective weapon against her master. Just be a bit more incisive and pretend to cry a bit, and Bruno would do whatever she wanted.
She then spoke calmly and sweetly, "Why were you looking at me like that? Do you also have those hidden inclinations of my master..."
Almin had no idea what she was talking about but felt extremely annoyed being compared to that fat lolicon.
"I’m not like that guy, don’t be stupid."
Ruri covered her lips, smiling, understanding his earlier look. Indeed, the scene was very strange if one didn’t know the context. But strangely, she didn’t want to clarify completely.
She then had an idea and said, "Master isn’t that bad, not exactly what you’re thinking. But I won’t be small forever, so I just have to eliminate any others that come close, and everything will be solved." She spoke with a sinister smile.
Almin sighed, seeming to understand something more. "This whale must like those Montide girls. My master also likes them a lot and takes better care of them than usual." Suddenly, Almin stopped, feeling a killing intent directed at him. One must remember that Montide was Ruri’s home country, the same one conquered by the Divinestone Clan.
"You... does your master have people from my land with him? Did he kidnap them?" Ruri asked seriously.
"Not exactly. We got lucky. When we were adventuring a few months ago, we encountered a caravan heading towards the Three Extremes Sect. They came from the West, and strangely, they didn’t have much protection. There, we found a dozen Montide women, all already slaves."
Ruri immediately made the connection and couldn’t believe her luck. Exactly a few months ago, and exactly twelve women from her land. "From the west?"
"They belonged to some young cultivator who was in the West, and he sent them to the central sect. But he didn’t personally protect them; it was a great find by my master." Almin spoke calmly.
Ruri now had certainty and gave a smile. Those were the slaves that the Divinestone clan gave to Innoa; their screams when Innoa violently took them in a fit of rage echoed in her mind for several nights.
"Are they here in the sect?" Ruri asked somewhat anxiously.
"Yes, my master likes them; he even avoids hurting them too much. When they behave, of course," Almin replied without much interest.
Ruri then clenched her fist firmly, trying to calm herself. That old man was taking advantage of them... but at least they weren’t killed or being tortured too much. Now, she had the opportunity to save them.
"Don’t think anything strange, my master..." Almin was quickly interrupted.
"Master here, master there... why do you still call that old bastard like that?" Ruri asked, making Almin look at her strangely.
"You are now the pet of my master. He even slapped that old man and made it clear that you wouldn’t come back... if you try, he will kill you for sure." Ruri laughed maliciously, recalling Alm’s words to the old man.
"What?!" Almin was astonished. But from Ruri’s look, he was sure she wasn’t lying.
"Don’t be so dramatic. Master will treat you well and won’t let that old man touch you. Just be obedient when he gives you a dark look... and be..."
Ruri continued talking to Almin for quite a while. Without Alm or Bruno asking, she took it upon herself to establish some relationship with this new member. She already knew her master well enough to know that he wasn’t very tactful in building relationships.
It didn’t take long for Almin to start talking without realizing about the location of the girls. And Ruri subtly started extracting many other things, like tips on the sect’s dual cultivation technique. Almin easily became an open book in front of her. And that was her greatest success in manipulation; perhaps it’s because Almin was strangely similar to her master, whom she knew well.
***
Three days later, Alm and Bruno woke up. Their physical cultivation once again demonstrated its power. The level of those wounds should take one or two months to recover for any ordinary cultivator. But in a few days, they were physically perfect.
Alm and Bruno got up from the floor and found themselves covered with a blanket. Soon, the image of Ruri on the bed in a meditative state appeared.
Then, to their total surprise, Almin was in the corner of the room, fully recovered and without any earth rune binding him. He was also meditating silently and didn’t even notice their awakening.
’That brat is already showing her manipulative claws. Excellent,’ Alm thought to himself, laughing sinisterly.
Bruno then commented awkwardly, ’Well... she helped a lot. We didn’t really know how to deal with that troublesome brother since we couldn’t keep him sealed forever.’
They then focused on their bodies. They confirmed that the separated world they used as an inventory continued to emanate its power. They only had to use the two techniques from time to time to restore its power.
So, they fully absorbed the Yin and Infernal Laws from inside the crystals. After everything was consumed, their cultivation only increased a bit. Well, they still reached the second level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and the second wing was finally completed. Although it seemed slow in their minds, it was actually crazily fast to anyone else.
Another point was that, to their surprise, their bloodline became incredibly denser than before.
’A second drop of bloodline, now running in our veins... how is this possible...’ Bruno commented.
Upon careful analysis, Alm and Bruno realized that the Infernal Laws, the abyss, the queen, and everything inside that place were connected to the Behemoth bloodline.
They almost died for not knowing this before. But now, they have discovered a method to become incredibly more powerful quickly and enhance their bloodline. Obtaining crystals became an absolute priority, and knowledge about these things would come as they grew stronger.
This 𝓬ontent is taken from freeweɓnovel.cѳm.