The next day, a black-robed man walked out of the Ancient Capital, followed by a young boy and a little girl. Behind them stood many guards and a few old men from the Fang family watching the man's departing figure. Most of them were internally very happy to watch this demonic god leave the Ancient Capital. But none spoke out their joy aloud, just waiting for the black-robed man to leave.
Chen Yi was walking behind the Blood God, his mind filled with questions that he couldn't ask.
"Brother Chen…" The little girl spoke, seeing Chen Yi lost in thought.
Chen Yi looked at the little girl who was now dressed nicely in clean clothes, much better than when they had first met. Chen Yi smiled at her and asked, "What happened?"
"Nothing," The little girl shook her head and proceeded with, "Brother Chen, are you afraid for your elder sister?"
"Hm, I hope she will find that guy and get back the Blood Jade," Chen said with a sigh, his eyes shifting at the black-robed man walking ahead.
"She will," The girl said cheerfully, trying to cheer up Chen Yi's gloomy mood.
Chen Yi smiled at her as he followed behind the Blood God. Despite being afraid of this unknown god, he couldn't let him leave before he got his mother back.
Since he wore that ring, he felt like his mother was around, the feeling too good to be true. Either he lost his mind or the ring was truly special. Obviously second answer was most believable because the thing given by such a being won't be normal. He heard a legend about a cultivator reviving the dead, an Immortal destroying heaven just for the sake of immortality. So, reviving a mere mortal couldn't be impossible.
In contrast to Chen Yi's fear and hope, for the little girl, the Blood God was just a strong person who needed to be respected, and in her eyes, he was still kinder than most because, despite being young, she had seen the world. She had seen people killing their loved ones for slight benefits, an immortal wiping out her entire village, just because of slight dissatisfaction.
Compared to their Fear, hope and respect, the Blood God was simply walking away, not knowing where to go next. The mortal world had many things to explore, but according to tales told by Wandering, these mortals are quite bland most of the time; however, joining the sect is always fun.
The Blood God suddenly paused in his track and turned towards them, and asked, "Which is the strongest sect in this realm?"
Hearing the Blood God's question, Chen Yi had no answer to his question, but the little girl replied in his place, "There is the Floating Cloud Sect in the north, which is one of the strongest sects, and there is another, which is slightly stronger than the Floating Cloud Sect, Heavenly Sword Sect, but they are evil." Her face turned angry yet sad when mentioning the Heavenly Sword Sect.
The Blood God simply listened to her answer while thinking about which sect to join, as a huge black shadow descended behind him. The Black Dragon landed behind the Blood God, his majestic body completely submissive in front of this black robed man; even the black dragon's shiny scales looked ordinary in front of the simple black robe adorning the Blood God's back.
Seeing this gigantic dragon, the little girl almost freaked while Chen Yi tried to calm her by introducing her to the Blood God's personal mount. The dragon simply ignored these mortals; if not for the Blood God, even those so-called Immortal Sects wouldn't dare step into his territory. Once a majestic dragon reduced to a mount, the dragon sighed at his own fate but didn't dare interrupt the Blood God's thoughts.
"According to the Wandering, the righteous sects have more fun than the demonic sects. So, let's go to The Floating Cloud Sect." The Blood God thought about it for a bit before finalising on the sect.
"Where is the Floating Cloud Sect?" The Blood God looked at the little girl and asked.
Hearing Blood God's question, the girl became slightly happy, but also a bit sad because she herself didn't know where the sect was.
"It's somewhere in the eastern mountain range, but I don't know the exact location." She said in a low voice. But before Blood God could say anything, the Black dragon said, "Lord, I know where the Floating Cloud Sect is."
"Hm," The Blood God nodded at the Black Dragon.
A huge dragon flew above the clouds, traversing the mountain and clouds, the Blood God at the dragon's head, silently watching the world below like a God. Chen Yi tried to calm his heart, while the little girl was amazed by the sight in front of her; there was no turbulence despite them being travelling at such a fast pace, which made it easy to breathe and enjoy the surrounding view.
The Black Dragon was crossing through the Dark Forest when someone blocked their way. An old man with a horsetail whisk in his hand looked at the Black dragon mockingly and said, "The Dragon clan had really fallen from grace."
The Black Dragon was ready to retaliate when the Blood God waved his hand, and the person blocking their way vanished into thin air.
"I don't have time for your quarrel," The Blood God spoke calmly.
The Black Dragon didn't dare stop, as he accelerated towards the Floating Cloud Sect.
In the Dark Forest, a huge crater had appeared, and thousands of monsters gathered there, their gaze locked on the person lying in a pool of blood in the middle of the crater. It was the same man who had dared to block the Blood God's way previously. Though he survived, at the cost of his innate weapon demon demon-subduing whisk.
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A few hundred miles away from the Floating Cloud Sect, three people were heading towards the Floating Cloud Sect.
"Lord, are we going to join the Immortal Sect?" The Little girl asked with some hesitation. Chen Yi also wanted to know about this, because the Blood God was already unfathomably strong; so, how strong would the strongest sect be? If he wants to join the Floating Cloud Sect, there must be people stronger than him.
"Hm," The Blood God nodded without even looking back.
The Little Girl wanted to say more, but she felt a bit scared to talk too much, so she remained silent. As for Chen Yi, he was completely unknown to these things, so he just kept his mouth shut.
When they arrived at the mountain gate of the Floating Cloud Sect, there were a lot of people present there. These people were mostly young ones; amidst these mortals stood out a girl wearing a blue robe.
"The rules are the same as usual. Those who will reach the mountain top will get the chance to join the sect; those who can't shouldn't dream of immortality. Even with a spiritual root without resolve, there is no path to Immortality for everyone." She lectured passionately, and everyone was filled with fire to prove themselves.
Once she signalled, everyone hastily rushed toward the mountain, a huge crowd covering the stairs instantly as they tried to walk ahead.
"Senior Sister Lin, the master said not to let everyone climb at the same time, as it will cause unnecessary casualties." A Boy beside her whispered in her ears, looking at mortals pushing each other just so they can get the chance for themselves.
"I know, but I have to cultivate. If I were to waste my time on these mortals, I would be left behind by that scoundrel." Senior Sister Lin replied to the boy watching as these mortals tried to block each other's paths.
Three of them also came to the stairs, watching the chaos. The Blood God glanced at the mountain top before taking a step forward. Seeing this, both Chen Yi and Xiao Yu felt a bit afraid.
"Follow me," as they were still in doubt whether to follow or not, the order came.
Without wasting a second, both of them followed behind despite the path filled with hundreds of people, and as long as they stepped forward, they found the way clear, unknowingly. In less than a few breaths, they were ahead of the crowd. Seeing them walk leisurely, some people even tried to drag them down, but for some unknown reason, they were unable to reach them.
Just like this, they reach the top in less than a few minutes. At the mountain top, an entire city had been established. But when The Blood God, Chen Yi and Xiao Yu arrived there. The entrance was empty except for two disciples guarding the entrance. These disciples were also very shocked seeing them here because the trial had only begun a few minutes ago. How could someone reach the top so quickly?
The Blood God walked toward the sect entrance, but was stopped by the guards.
"You guys wait outside till the trial ends, then the elder will come to check your aptitude." One of the guards spoke to the Blood God. Which actually horrified Chen Yi because he had seen how impatient this Immortal is. But in contrast to Chen Yi's thoughts, the Blood God just nodded and sat on the stairs, looking at the world from the mountain top. The Blood God's compliance made Chen Yi look up at the Floating Cloud Sect even more.
After an hour, the trial finally came to an end, and only two more people had reached the top by now. There were still a few on the way, but they were simply told to come again next time.
The Blood God group's earlier arrival should have caused a bit of uproar, but no one seemed to care about them; even the guards seemed to forget about them. The Blood God remained nonchalant and cold without caring about anything as the outer sect elder began their aptitude test.
The first to be tested was a young man in ragged clothes. He had arrived second, right after the Blood God's group. The boy came to the elder, pressing his hand on the spirit origin stone, as the burning plant with 6 leaves appeared on it.
"Fire element mid-tier spiritual root, not bad," The elder spoke, looking at the boy.
After this, another boy came forward and placed his hand on the Spirit origin stone. Another plant appeared, but with purple lightning flickering between the leaves, with 8 leaves in total.
"Lighting element High grade spiritual root, Good, Good," The elder commented again, this much happier than before.
After them, finally, it was Xiao Yu's turn, but when she placed her hand on the spirit origin stone, only a broken image of the spiritual root appeared. The elder sighed and was about to send her away when suddenly that root grew into the 6 leaves spiritual plan in red.
"A mutated spiritual root, huh, really one of a kind, alas, it is only at mid-tier." The elder spoke, still disappointed with her result.
It wasn't just the elder; she herself was shocked over her result because her spiritual root was stolen by the cultivators from the Heavenly Sword Sect. She walked forward, standing with others, but she still gave a side glance at the blacked robed man, looking for an answer, but he was indifferent as usual.
Now it was Chen Yi's turn when he placed his hands on the stone, a blue coloured plant appeared with only 3 leaves. This time elder didn't even say anything, letting Chen Yi stand there with others.
Finally, it was the Blood God's turn when he walked leisurely towards the Spirit Origin stone, placing his hand on it.
The Blood God devoured billions of cultivators and their spiritual roots in the past. At his stage, spirit roots are of no use, only things that matter: dao comprehension or creation. Unfortunately, he wasn't interested in understanding the Dao, or he could even have become a saint by now.
"Wood element high-grade spiritual root," the elder announced, as the green plant with 8 leaves glowed on the origin stone.
With that, recruitment came to an end as everyone was assigned their temporary room. Except for Chen Yi, all of them became outer sect disciples, while Chen Yi was thrown into the servant quarter.