It’s been a few days since I’ve arrived in Bull Red City. Since that time, I’ve been staying in “The Stable Inn.”
I found out some information from the people in town, but it really isn’t easy to ask questions about the common sense of the world.
It seems that this is the Azua continent, which contains twelve kingdoms. The kingdoms are named after the current ruling family, and right now I’m in the Hela Kingdom.
From what I’ve heard the level of cultivation in this world is really low when compared to X Online. It only has the Development, Foundation, Evolution, and Core realms of cultivation. Though I have heard that there is one other continent, and people of this city say that they have beings above the Core Realm living there. Yet no one really knows anything about that continent, or what realms of cultivation it has.
But what I find the most strange is that the name of the realms of cultivation in this world is the same as the ones in the game X Online. I’ve also learned that the currency here is the same as the games. I’m not sure why, but it’s probably that I’m not the only one who has come here from the game before.
Well, I probably won’t find many answers in Azua, but it’s not like I really wish to risk my life and go to the other continents. In the game when I sought after power, it was just a game, and I couldn’t really die. But now I’m assuming this is reality, which changes everything.
But who am I really kidding? In this kind of world, no one is safe without power, so I must try to increase my own power. I’ll just have to do it from the shadows. I hope this works.
I am pulled back to reality when I see three men surrounding a black haired beauty with green eyes. Her curves, which could be seen through her clothes, would put most women to shame. She looks to be around 15 or 16 years old, while the man looks to be around 20. All the men had disgusting looks on their faces. It is obvious what they are thinking.
‘Well, I can see that this won’t end well. The girl is only at the fifth-star or the Development realm, while two of those guys are at the sixth star of the Development realm, and the 3rd is at the seventh-star Development realm,’ I thought to myself.
In the Development realm, there are seven stages, which are called stars. The Foundation realm has six stars, and each two stars are divided into initial, core, and late. Evolution is similar, but has three stars instead of six. The last star in the Foundation realm is also known as the proven level. Only after passing the 6th star in the Foundation realm has one proven that they have a good foundation. This means they didn’t mess up in setting their foundation, because if they had, then they would have collapsed their foundation. And then they would have been stuck at the 6th star of the Foundation realm forever.
‘I just said that I need to keep a low profile, but the thought of what will happen to that girl pisses me off,’ Jen thinks to himself. Just like anyone else, there were certain things that made Jen furious, and taking advantage of someone just for pleasure was one of them.
‘I’ll listen before I do anything,’ Jen thinks to himself.
“Come with us and let’s have some fun. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it, or at least we will. You don’t want to ruin our fun do you?” says the strongest of the three men, while the other two have sinister smiles on their faces.
“I can’t believe how disgraceful you are! Not only do you have such filthy thoughts against your own family, but you show those thoughts in a public place like this!” The female can’t hold her anger anymore.
“Just shut up and obey your superiors. You’re a bastard who doesn’t deserve our family name, and now that your father has died there is no one protecting you. Who do you think will go against me, the son of the family chief? So then, unless you want a thrashing, I suggest you don’t say a word about this to anyone, and just come with me peacefully,” the man in charge of the group demands as he grabs the arm of the girl and jerks her towards him.
As he pulls her towards him, the girl raises her hand to punch him away, but her fist is caught by the man.
The man then moves his face close to her and whispers. “Just because of that you’ll be lucky if you can walk after we’re done with you. And from now on you better be ready, because whenever we want to, we’ll come for you and use you until you pass out. But don’t worry, I’m a merciful person. We’ll only do this until the day you die from it,” the leader says in the coldest voice the girl has ever heard.
The girl is frightened to the point that she felt like vomiting. Her legs are shaking to the point that anyone passing can see it, and if not for the man holding her, she would fall to the ground. She would rather die, and that is what she decided to do when given the chance.
“And don’t kill yourself, or your brother would wish that he had followed you to the grave,” the man says with a sinister smile that could turn a person to stone.
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Now she had no way out! With that realization, a warm feeling comes from down below.
“Ha-ha, look at the prideful Xia now! What happened to your cold look, or the strong girl you used to be? Now all I see is a pitiful bastard in her rightful position! Ha-ha, she even pissed herself. Oh man, I can’t wait to see your expression when we start!”
The people around just look on helplessly. Doing this out in front of everyone. This bunch is just too shameful. But they still did not dare to say anything. Why would they risk offending them and their family for a bastard, not of their own family? Doing that was like jumping in blasting hot water with no way out. They didn’t want to die because of someone else’s bad luck.
“What kind of men are you!? Scaring a girl to the point of pissing herself, and then laughing at her! You’re not men! You’re bastards yourselves!” Jen barely holds back his anger as he shouts at the men in front of him.
“Who the hell are you? Do you know who we are? I’m Evlee Lum of the Evlee family. If you don’t want to offend us, then rub your face in the dirt and apologize.” The leader of the men says.
“Hmph. I didn’t ask for an introduction. I asked what kind of men you were, and then decided you not to be men, but instead bastards. Oh, and by the way, I don’t ask anything of bastards like you. I demand from bastards like you, so now I’m demanding you to get the hell out of my sight. If you don’t, then you who have already offended me, are just asking to die,” Jen says in a bone piercing voice, as he unleashes the pressure of a first star Foundation realm cultivator.
“Hmph, you’ll regret this!” Evlee Lum says as he coldly stared at Jen, before leaving. Evlee Lum isn’t stupid when it comes to matters of strength. He knows that his followers and himself are not a match for a cultivator of the first star Foundation realm. But he still keeps his arrogance, because he knows that his family will not let this person get off easily after he insulted Evlee Lum. If any outsider insults a family member, it is the same as insulting the family itself. And Evlee Lum is not just any family member, but the son of the family’s chief.
All the onlookers are completely shocked. Who is this young man that dares to go against the son of the Evlee family’s chief? Did he not know what he had just gotten himself into? But even if he didn’t, it won’t matter since death doesn’t take one’s ignorance into account. This young man just signed his death warrant!
‘So much for a low profile. All I had to do was walk away, but my anger got the better of me. Sigh, well at least I didn’t release my full power. What would people think of a 16-year-old Core realm cultivator? And though I’m not sure how advanced they are in the area of soul mastery, I can easily tell that it shouldn’t be too high, because of how weak the cultivation is on this continent. If I had released my soul power, then being known by all five kingdoms and those other continents wouldn’t be an exaggeration,’ I say to myself while in deep thought.
A Soul Master isn't one of the occupations a person in the game could get but is a special class. The Spiritual Path only had two fully known realms of power. But their strength can’t compare to cultivators, because the highest stage in the 3rd realm is equal in strength to a cultivator who has just stepped into the Celestial realm. Yet Jen was different because he is so far the first and only person to reach the previously unknown 4th realm. With his soul power, he has equal power with a pinnacle Celestial cultivator. The reason for Jen’s success in the area of the Spiritual Path is because he is the leading force behind the exploration of this field.
The girl Xia walked over to Jen and said, “Thank you for your help, but do you know what you’ve gotten yourself into?”
“I’ve got an idea, but you have your own problems to worry about. You should pack up your things and leave now,” I say in a serious tone.
“I can’t. Running from the family would be an insult to them. They’ll find me and kill me, and whether I take my brother or not doesn’t matter, he’ll receive the same fate,” she said with a stern face, but a hint of sadness and fright could be heard in her voice.
‘She must be trying to hide her fear,’ I thought to myself.
“Well, enough talk about that. You should go and change your clothes. From here on, all I can do is let things unfold however they will,” I say bitterly. If I had run away from this event, then I would have regretted it, but since I didn’t I’ll have to deal with the consequences. Either choice I made, I was screwed. But I feel I made the right choice.
Xia’s face turns red as she remembers what had happened in her pants earlier. She turns around, and then runs off to change.
‘I hope she will be ok for now,’ I try to use that thought to comfort myself.
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Edited By: Xan120