The sunlight was harsh, glaring off the snow-dusted ground of the camp. I stepped out of the yurt, the heavy felt flap settling behind me with a muffled thud. The cold air bit at my exposed neck ,chest and hands, but the (Rank 2 Peak Stage) primeval essence surging through my aperture like a dark red tidal wave kept the chill at bay. Every breath felt deeper, more powerful, my lungs drawing not just air, but as if drawing the lingering traces of last night's collective joy: sweat, kumis, wolf musk, and the sharp metallic tang of freshly sharpened spearheads. Showing the enhanced senses of enhanced physique.
Yue Yin followed one step behind, head lowered in the practiced pose of an obedient servant. Her silver hair swayed slightly with each stride. Nobody would expect her to be a rank 4 gu master ,the problem was here too .in the original timeline her presence is non existent the same goes for Hei ziyu .their connection with me is either hidden till the end keeping any one of them if ever existed my trumpcard,or they were used in other places through fate either as refinement material or just lived and died ordinarily. The problem is they being next to me is already affecting the trajectory from what originaly was.
My thought process has become more organized after the first compilation of my thoughts and I see what I didn't pay much attention before , now more easily .it partly is due to my attainment rising in wisdom path to master level and partly because I was more aware of my own situation.
I had to think of a way to resolve this problem in a way they remain useful till the end, they are precious in both having great potential and feeling good with them in relationship, that's not going to be easy though indeed to think over this matter more and for that I need more joyful thoughts .
Looking around ,the camp is in fast movement.
The camp had transformed overnight. The drunken festival fires were now cold ash. In their place rose the rhythmic clanging of blacksmith hammers creating armor or weapon not everyone in the Northern plains like future had gu worms they were precious and not every one of them in our clan was suitable for one on one or group battles as the tribes focuses mostly on strengh path transformation branch like my father having a rank 4 transformation killer move golden blazing unconvinced lion or Enslavement path like most elders , the nervous whinnying of wolf packs being harnessed, the low curses of warriors checking armor straps. Fear hung in the air like frost—visible in the way men's shoulders hunched, the way women clutched their children closer and looked longingly at their husbands as if saying goodbye, the way scouts kept glancing north toward the dark line of clouds gathering on the horizon.
I felt their eyes snap to me the moment I appeared.
"Young leader!"
A patrolling guard—Ju Bao, a lanky Rank 1 with a fresh scar across his cheek—spotted me first. His spear clattered against his shield as he snapped to attention. His pupils contracted as my undisguised aura rolled over him: thick, heavy, oppressive—the pressure of a (Peak Stage Rank 2 gu master, amplified by the latent, bestial weight of the (quasi-Great Strength True Martial Physique) I now carried like an invisible war banner. It would take a while to control this surging aura increase completely .
"Young leader ... your cultivation..." he stammered, voice cracking on the last word.
"I had a breakthrough," I said casually, adjusting the wolf-fur cloak on my shoulders so it fell open just enough to reveal the hard lines of my chest , absolute power flickering beneath the skin. "Where is my father?"
"The Clan Leader is in the main tent with the Elders," Ju Bao replied, bowing so low his forehead nearly touched the snow. "They are discussing battle formations and... the possible Hei retaliation."
I nodded once and began walking toward the central tent. As I moved through the camp, I deliberately slowed my pace, letting my aura roll outward in controlled pulses—just enough to press against the weaker Gu Masters without crushing them. I wanted them to feel it. I wanted the whispers to start.i needed the rumours for the tribe to create a strong persona for me.
Fear is useful. Envy is useful. Reputation is essential it paves a way for me , no matter whether it's good Reputation or bad reputation just like verdant Great Sun exited ordinary abyss using the bad reputation.
The remains of pink-golden thoughts still echoed faintly in my skull from last night's deduction session. Heaven's Will will notice the changes if too much no matter how weak it's control is now ,probably had noticed since hei ziyu became my servant in a way as my luck has decreased too much and it will have a backlash . Red Lotus's will fragment, wherever it drifted in the River of Time, was likely observing the future too. If I displayed too much cold precision and everything was diffrent he will find out easily, too much anomaly, I would become a nail that needed immediate hammering. But if I played the part of the arrogant, lust-driven young master who stumbled into power through sheer luck and debauchery, then I could hide some intentions behind the mask of the lucky venrable of the future. Leaving only the Hei Ziyu a problem.
So I veered off the direct path.
Instead of heading straight to the command tent, I turned toward the logistics and medical area—where the collateral branches, lower-ranked female Gu Masters, and support staff worked under canvas awnings.
"Young Master?" Yue Yin whispered behind me, confusion threading her voice for the first time today.
"Hush," I murmured without turning. "We are going hunting."
I activated a pink heart gu and consumed one of the Gu refined last night there were eight pink light line visible to me only. I looked among them one had no notable beauty to look at i looked at another two which were older than my father and to top it off full of wrinkes ,were they dreaming of eating swan meat here ?,a goosebump flowed through my body and I looked away immediately, the remaining five were acceptable, specialy one of them i know from two years ago at the gu master graduation of the tribe.
I will start with her.
My target was easy to spot near the medicine carts. (Ju Mei). Collateral branch, seventeen, Rank 1 healing Gu Master. Delicate features, timid eyes, long chestnut hair tied in a simple braid. She knelt beside a wounded warrior, applying a poultice to a deep gash on his forearm not every gu master had a healing gu or the primival essence to use on every wound they take to ask healing gu masters service , the poultice was a special concoction used in the clan containing rank one vitality leaf gu and a large amountof other ordinary herbs , increasing the amount of poultice in exchange for the decrease in price and effect of healing . Her movements were careful, practiced, but her shoulders were tense,she knew the war was coming, and she knew she was weak weaker than the person she was healing , the tense atmosphere of the incoming battle was too much for someone like her.
Perfect.
I strode over, deliberately letting my boots crunch loudly in the snow so she would hear me coming. The surrounding activity slowed. Heads turned. Whispers began like wind through dry grass.
Ju Mei looked up. Her eyes widened. The poultice cup slipped from her fingers and landed in the snow with a soft *plop*.
"You," I said, pointing directly at her with two fingers. My voice carried , arrogant, entitled tone, loud enough for every nearby warrior and support worker to hear. "My personal unit requires a dedicated healer. You are coming with me."
Ju Mei scrambled to her feet and bowed so deeply her braid nearly touched the ground. "Y-Young Master Ju Yang!"
"But, Young Master," she stammered, voice trembling, "I am assigned to the Elder tao's medical team…"
"I don't care about the Elders now" I scoffed, stepping closer until I towered over her. I let my Rank 2 Peak aura flare in a controlled pulse, enough to make her knees buckle slightly. "I am the future tribe Leader. My safety is paramount a rank one healer like you is not so important for elder tao to stop me in this critical situation. Beside even if he comes out he wont probably be my opponent. "
I leaned in, close enough that she could feel the heat radiating from my body. I locked eyes with her.
And I activated the rank 3 shared sensation gu in my aperture.
It cost almost nothing campared to last night , only ten percent of primival essence , if i reach rank three it will be only 1 percent truly a masterpiece created by an immortal. a thin thread of Dark Red primival essence. A faint, invisible to others pink mist drifted from my pores, odorless, traceless, wrapping around her like perfume. It wasn't forceful domination; it was amplification and connection. It took whatever faint attraction, admiration, or fear-laced curiosity she already held toward the victorious young master and turned it into a warm, confusing flush that spread from her chest to her cheeks.
Her pupils dilated. Her breathing hitched. The fear in her eyes didn't just disappear, it transformed. It became something hotter, something more submissive.
The inheritance of joyous wind never stops amazing me , let's not talk about the amazing heart lock gu it is an amazing Enslavement method in a way used on the girls but this killer move pink desire chains is an amazing method to recreate the same Gu's effect using a consumable pink heart gu to lock the target , the shared sensation gu as a medium, and Entranced Gaze gu to bring the person's feelings to obedient lust ,also a little joyful thought to consolidate the effect of Entranced Gaze gu .
The only downside of it is that it's only effective on people of lower cultivation and is only effective till they reach the level of the ranking of the highest ranking gu used in the killer move or their cultivation increases beyond the user's cultivation level.
"You have potential," I lowered my voice to a husky murmur only she could hear clearly. "Serve me well, and I will give you resources the Elders would not. Cultivation resources. And most importantly Protection. A place at my side."
Ju Mei swallowed hard. Her lips parted, but no sound came out at first.
"I… I will serve Young Master," she whispered at last, voice trembling with something strange that others thoughtwas becauseof fear and forceful submission.
"Good." I straightened and gestured to Yue Yin without looking back
. "Take her to my yurt. Prepare her for... inspection later." I turned my head to the other four who had a pink line connecting to me invisible to others , pointing my finer to them in turn i called out "you four come forward "as they did as ordered i activated the sared sensation gu my primival essence decreasing another 40 percent , the amazing part of this killer move is it doesn't leak primival essence out so others will hardly notice it being activated.
The look in their eyes changed slowly to what ju mei had changed to."you four too will be joining my unit , take them too yue yin ."I call out to yue yin turning my head towards her
Yue Yin rolled her eyes so subtly only I caught it, but she stepped forward and took Ju Mei's arm in a firm but not cruel grip.
"Move," she said quietly.