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Xiao Yu had delivered the gifts previously to the Nether Master. Inside the resources had helped him recover his cultivation a bit. Recovering one Fate went a long way for the cultivator. The notes from Shen Yue gave him much to think about on the situation in his Sect.
One is not to interfere in the killing of some people. If not for the help of the Flame Vortex Glass given to him, he would not have taken it that seriously. But the help from the Dragon Martial Arts from Shen Yue helped both himself and Xiao Yu further in their cultivation. Then the gift from Nie Li contained information on his cultivation manual even further.
The few weeks were well spent. Shen Yue helped him restored one Fate. But Nie Li's completion of his manual allowed him to restore two more Fates. But the Dragon Martial Arts when talked over with Xiao Yu allowed him to increase his battle prowess.
"I will take this under advertisement more." The Nether Master couldn't get over the mention of Yu Yan from what Xiao Yu said. But he did not see the person she talked about in the group. He could also not see through the cultivation of several people. Only what they allowed him to see really. 'I need to find this person Shen Yue to speak with him personally.'
The good news, Shen Yue gifted him Flame Vortex Core Glass made before he broke through to the Heavenly Fate Realm and before he fully embraced the Aspect of Time. It wouldn't do well for him to be assaulted by future events in the form of visions he couldn't control.
"Of course Father." Xiao Yu said. She looked into the pond trying to find Shen Yue and company. But a lot of people were covered up. 'At least father has prepared for Zhu Zhong. Just wished he would have prepared a method to kill him instead of subduing.'
Some lessons were hard to learn.
"Ambassadors, last time no one could catch your eyes. Keeping in mind in regards to that, I will make sure to choose some for you." The Nether Master was glad Xiao Yu told him and brought the information before everything started. "Since you were always discouraged before, I don't see why you really want any of the "seedlings" I have my eye on."
"Haha, well things seem to be different this time." A man with some bangs stated.
"We're all from the Tiny World originally." A woman with a playful gaze said. "Even if we are from different sects, we must lean on each other. We are counting on some more fresh blood to take back with us."
"Don't expect much anyway." An old man stated. "The number of talents won't really make a difference to our sects for a while."
"The Draconic Ruins Realm is vast and Boundless, with so many other small worlds and countless talents are waiting to be recruited." The Nether Master spoke. " Even if the Demon God Sect is more powerful at the moment, if our sources were to join forces, they will able to take the upper hand."
"Enough of this, who are the ones you fancy?" A man that was basically a Viking asked.
As they talked, the situation in the test changed.
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Shen Yue cut the tongue off of the Celestial Qilin. It struggled against the chains in fury. But its mind was to scrambled to really retaliate. If it would have played nice, he wouldn't have to hit it with a Sound blast disrupting its motor skills.
Or poison it with a psychotropic drug.
"Next time behave." Shen Yue threw an elixir to the angry beast. It landed right in its mouth. Slowly it recovered from the physical wounds. Regrowing its tongue in the most painful way. With no tastebuds currently. "Be happy I didn't "tame" you. I have a Celestial Qilin Inscription that would have made it to easy."
The tongue was stored away to feed to the beasts back home. A good bit of the blood was squeezed out and consumed on the spot. Some of it was mixed into a bottle to give to another of the Demon Beasts chained.
"Here you go there fella, let's get you patched up." Shen Yu walked through the protection setup and went up to the old Scarlet Flame Tiger. "That old man did a number on you huh?"
Using the Beast Manual, he was sure the old Demon Beasts understood him. It was not talking really because it couldn't tell if he was even a human. The smell threw it for a loop. And that was before ingesting the Qilin Blood a few seconds ago.
"This will tingle a bit." His hands' place on a few of the wounds. Being extra careful to not hurt it.
"Grro!" The Scarlet Flame Tiger growled a little. But the power of the Star Martial Energy into it, was more than enough to please it and make it relax.
Shen Yue worked on it for two hours steadily. The circulation of his energy inside the ancient beast letting him understand its body more and the difference between the Black Star Tiger & the Scarlet Flame Tiger he consumed previously.
Several of his people had figured it was him due to the treatment given. Their investigation did well enough, but catching Yu Yan just watching because of the Fire around the two sealed it. It was a small exercise so it was not a major matter.
"Well, you should be good to go in another year or so." Shen Yue turned to leave. While he healed it using Star Energy, he became very aware of how to help the Black Star Tiger cubs to advance into a higher Demon Beast.
"Wait." The Scarlet Flame Tiger called out to him. "You are a human with out "A" Demon Spirit. Most unusual." The tiger sounded like an old man. A nice old man at that. "I do not want to remain here any longer."
The voice was extremely sad. Sadder than anything he heard in a long time.
"I will ask the Nether Master to release you. I doubt he does so. The old crazy man.. can't remember the name at this time. The one that put you all here might not like that. Then again, he is schizo and super depressed like all the Inheritors of Kong Ming it seems." Shen Yue shook his head at the memory of the busted strong old codger. "Hmm?"
*Whirl!* The Scarlet Flame Tiger pulled him over with its tail. Not aggressively but very firmly. The difference in their strength was very wide. Since it was not to harm him, his instincts were not triggered in the least.
"Hey! Easy on the merchandise!" The tail pushed a little hard on his front side. "I still plan on using those parts! Eventually! Hopefully! Dammit, it has been a while!"
"Trying being here for countless years." The Scarlet Flame Tiger's eyes flared a little. "I am ready to rest now. Death doesn't sound so bad." Before Shen Yue could protest, The Scarlet Flame Tiger disappeared into light. Leaving behind a demon spirit.
The Beast Divine Core spun a little.
"Well.. damn." Shen Yue looked at it, then was about to infuse it with his flame to increase its power. "No, don't need to do that like this." Taking it into his Soul Realm, he felt the stirring of the Father Black Star Tiger and the other Tiger Beast. It left the Flame Vortex Core and was swallowed by the old Scarlet Flame Tiger. "Well damn, age wins in this case."
The Scarlet Flame Tiger Demon Spirit was quite powerful with the mix of everything. Increasing even further with the characteristics of his Soul Realm.
Getting up, Shen Yue walked to the upper floors. The tiger did more than offer itself up. It passed over memories. A few final desires that Shen Yue could relate to. The Black Flames in the place moved towards him in response to the Flame Vortex spinning.
The Scarlet Flame Tiger was getting refined into a stronger Demon Spirit as well as the embodiment of something. The same as the other inhabitant was before merging with it. The Flame Vortex Star Dragon flew around with out a care. It was the embodiment of the remains of the Star Martial God Technique Dimension after all.
With the Bloodline of a Primordial Demon Spirit, Shen Yue couldn't wait until his Flame Vortex Core was completely recovered. He had a few things he wished to try out.
Moving on up, he came across another Demon beast that witnessed everything he did. But the forceful approach aginst the Qilin when it ticked him off then the gentle approach with the Scarlet Flame Tiger that gave itself over to him.
It was at a lesser level than the Qilin but exuded a power that caused the place to shake when getting to close. The ice from its body is the only thing keeping it alive by the looks of it. It was a Snow Queen Demon Beast.
Basically an advanced version of the Snow Spirit (Yuki Onna) from his Earth.
"I take it you won't help an old girl out?" It was at the Legend Rank but injured more than he expected it to be. The environment not suiting most likely. To be trapped here, she must have done something really wrong. "Oh?"
Shen Yue did not approach as he sent his Astral Sense to communicate. It was good he did sense the Snow Queen was at the Heavenly Fate Realm in actuality. The chains suppressing it while it was forced to burn away its cultivation to remain alive.
"Old girl.." Shen Yue shooked his head in dismay. "..old woman sure. What can you offer me?"
The Snow Queen stared at him trying to figure out who he was and how strong he really was. Aware that Shen Yue knew it's real cultivation but not what he was capable of. He was obviously not a purist human with the way he treated Demon Beasts and the smell he exuded using Astral Sense on her.
The two stared at each other for a while. A bit of pain running through the Snow Woman causing her to expend more of her cultivation to survive.
"Anything is better than here at this point." If she dropped any further, the Snow Queen would last maybe another 5 years before she died from the heat. Shen Yue walked forward and placed his hands on the large woman's belly. She was quite tall after all. "???"
*Schup!* The entire body was bathed in flames before he sucked it into his Internal Space. Far away from his Divine Sparks and the Flame Vortex Core of course. Those who watched only saw flames of black and red burning before dissipating.
It was flames from the tower that he was playing around with before. Moving the Snow Person to the Soul Puppet, he started to engage in talks using it. Exuding the power of a Spiritual God, the Demon Beasts was on guard.
"I think you need a name." Shen Yue spoke through Liang Yu. The environment was constantly changing further to look normal. "I hope we can be civil." The eyes glowed purple as the Soul Puppet was using a modified version of the Heart Method.
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"Those two females near each other..." Ambassador Lingyun was intrigued about them.
"They are both engaged to Duan Jian. And care for each other deeply." The Nether Master stated. "The pink-purple hair girl is only here for the experience. She is not interested in heading to the Draconic Ruins Realm. The others might want to."
"What a pity. But I am sure we could persuade them to separate."
"So many of these hooded ones are worth an investment. But something is off about them." The old man said. "Each of their cultivation prevents probings. To be exact, a protection over their Soul Realm prevents it."
"I noticed that two." The Viking stated. "But they have the physique of warriors through and through. As well as the one who injured the Qilin."
"A few more will have to be eliminated before we see. Hopefully, the youngsters do not create a full-on problem when asked to reveal themselves."