After cleaning himself off in the river, Crux stood bare while bathing in the moonlight as drips of water slid down from his body. After completing the Clearing Meridians stage in the Demonic Subding Qi, Crux felt as though his entire body was one entire unit. Rather than the usual four limbs, Crux felt as though they were all connected through some invisible force. If he were to punch out, he would gather power unconsciously from his entire body. According to the Demonic Subduing Qi manual, the clearing of the meridians would allow him to gather World Qi from his surroundings, using the world's elements to further strengthen and cleanse his body. Examining his outer body, Crux couldn't help but be in awe. Before today, Crux was just a 5'6", malnourished little boy full of scar tissue and calusses. Having cleared his meridians, the scar tissue and calusses had already begun to fade away. His original 5'6" body had grown an inch and a half. And this was just clearing his meridians! He couldn't begin to imagine the changes to his body if he were to complete the next stage, Cleansing Body. Uncontrollable excitement began to boil up from within himself.
Calming himself down, Crux looked up to face the moon. Seeing the moon still high in the sky, Crux decided not to return to his shed yet. Walking over to a nearby tree, one that would need two people to wrap around. Crux took an awkward fighting stance, and with his shoulder cocked, sent a punch straight to the trunk of the tree. With a loud bang, Crux's fist smashed through the outer bark half a foot into the tree, sending woodchips and tree sap flying around in the surroundings. Astonished, Crux examined his fist. Not a single drop of blood, not a single blemish to be seen. Only a slight ache can be felt on his fist. Excited, Crux sends a kick flying straight to the side of the tree. Bang. His kick nearly unhindered through the outer layers of the tree, the kicks force only stopping after nearly making it to the center of the tree.
Hearing slight cracking sounds, Crux's face abruptly contorted. Removing his leg, Crux immediately fled away from the now falling tree. Crashing sounds sounding out behind him, he books his way back to his shed without looking back, his face flushed with happiness.
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Having made his way back to his shed, Crux was sitting on his bed with his mind racing. Thinking about what he should do now. As of this moment, he is still a slave for Baron Aschner of Dhylia City. When he was six years old, Crux was an orphan who was bought as a slave by the Baron for a measley three gold. Being as weak as he was just yesterday, Crux never had any ideas of making extra money to buy his freedom. He was at the very least fed rations every day, and was given a place to sleep. The life is still slightly better than dying on the streets. However, now, with the Demonic Subding Qi and all the other techniques he can practice in, Crux can't help but want to immediately get rid of his slave statusl. While he's at it, he cannot forget Chelsey and Jack. Jack had been a slave for the Baron even longer than he has, being nineteen this year, Jack had been a slave since he was three years old. In a way, he owes his life to Jack. If he had the chance to give him a new life, he wouldn't hesitate. The only issue is finding a way to make some money. With his newfound strength, he could easily go and complete a few hunting jobs and make the money. The only issue is that, with his slave status, the Adventurer's Guild wouldn't accept his identity as a slave without permission from the Baron.
Thinking about wealth, Crux's mind couldn't help but slip towards the ring that he was given by the man who transfered all his techniques. He has no idea what happened to it though. When he dripped blood onto it, the ring disappeared into his body. Looking at his finger where the ring disappeared to, his head began to ache. Thoughts began to overload his head, and when he focused on those thoughts, he felt like he was struck by lightning. He immediately understood many things about the ring, like what it was, how to use it, and all sorts of other things. As if it was something he had known all his life. With just a thought, Crux felt something moving through his veins, moving from his heart, to his arm, and to his finger. A ring began to manifest on his left middle finger. However, he was stunned to see that the original pitch black ring, now had blood red lines flowing on the surface of the ring as if alive.
Tracing the surface of the ring, Crux's lips began to curve unconsciously. According to what he now understands, in the world there are things known as spatial rings. Spatial rings were created by someone who understood the Space Laws, and created an independent space within the ring. And according to the strength of the person, the size of said space differs. However, this ring on his finger isn't an ordinary spacial ring. In the world of the man that gave it to him, it's known as a Demonic Bloodsworn Ring. It does indeed have space within, but that isn't all. According to what the bloodied man knew, this ring also assists when cultivating in demonic techniques. The ring liquifies into the bloodstream, then sends energy into the meridians to assist in the cultivator's ability to move and absorb Qi. Which explains why it was so easy to complete the Clearing Meridians stage, as the liquid was able to move within the meridians, any blockage within the meridians was completely removed with the liquid's cleansing. According to his knowledge, this ring could be seen as a Divine Artifact for demonic cultivators. The Demonic Subduing Qi is itself, a demonic cultivation technique. And not just an ordinary one. Demonic Subduing Qi is a demonic technique that adheres to non - demon races. The word 'Subduing' does not mean to subdue demons, but subdue all enemies. In other words, The Demonic Subduing Qi could also be called the Demonic Killing Qi. It's a Divine Demonic Technique that isn't classified within the regular standards of Mortal, Earth, Sky, Heaven rankings of where it originated from. Meaning, those who can cultivate the Demonic Subduing Qi, will be nearly unbeatable within the same realm.
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Crux could barely hold in his excitement. From the knowledge he has gathered from listening to the Baron and his family's conversations, the world he lives in has Mages and Knights. Mages are weak bodied people that are able to use the World's Qi to use the five elements. Knights are people who use Inner Force to have strong bodies, and have explosive physical abilities. Of course, there are people who are both a Mage and a Knight at the same time, however that is a rare occurance. After all, on average, the ability to become a Mage is only 1 in 10,000, and those lesser Mages focus only on Magic, as they don't have all the time in the world. Only those super geniuses are able to cultivate both Magic and Inner Force. For example, most Mages are barely able to become higher ranked Mages' throughout their entire lifes work. And if they were to focus on becoming a Knight as well, they would never have the time to reach new heights. Mages' are categorized into: Apprentice Mage, Junior Mage, Journeyman Mage, Low Mage, Mage, High Mage, Archmage, followed by Pure Mage. After Pure Mage, he hasn't heard of it. Knights' are classified as: Foot Knight, Lesser Knight, Low Knight, True Knight, High Knight, True High Knight, Great Knight, and Grand Knight. Again, Crux's knowledge of his world is limited, so he can't be sure what follows. The information a slave can gather is quite limited after all.
Thinking of all of this, Crux is dumbfounded when he thinks of his own Demonic Subduing Qi. He had never heard of the concept of 'Qi' before. It could be because he hadn't heard of it, but something in the back of his mind is telling him that that isn't the case. And that 'Qi' is a force greater than anything these Mages and Knights had ever heard of. Remembering the second layer of the Demonic Subduing Qi, the Spirit Realm, Crux remembers seeing the outline of that layer. At the Spirit Realm, a demonic cultivator can command the elements to do the cultivator's bidding, creating strong elemental and spirit attacks. With Crux's knowledge, most Mage's are only able to use one or two of the elements. Compared to a Demonic Cultivator who can command the elements, a Mage seems sort of weak.
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Pushing those thoughts aside, Crux brought his attention back to the ring. According to what he knows about this Demonic Bloodsworn Ring, besides the ability to help in Demonic Cultivaton, the spatial aspect of the ring is much more profound compared to regular spatial rings. And with the knowledge he found in his head on spatial rings, anything non living could be placed inside. And remembering how strong that man seemed, if all of his treasures are within, Crux would become unbelievably rich. According to the method of opening spatial rings, Crux focused his entire mind onto the Bloodsworn Ring.
As Crux began to feel unbearably dizzy, before he lost his consciousness, Crux found his surroundings began to distort. He found himself in a room about the size of his shed, with rippling walls surrounding him on all sides. Like four waterfalls on all sides, blocking his vision. Before he had a chance to look around, a familiar, hollow voice began to sound out in his surroundings.
Hehehe. Brat, it seems you already cleared your meridians, and made your way into the Demonic Bloodsworn Ring. Good, good. This is one of the wisps of consciousness I left in the ring for you. As you are still weak, I sealed the ring into multiple sections. As your spiritual sea expands, more room will open and you will be able to claim more of my inheritance, heheheh. As you haven't made it to the spirit realm, this room is all I didn't seal. However, after I sifted through your memories, I left a few things that might be useful to you in this unsealed section. I have a bit of time to explain them to you.
As the hollow voice was speaking, a silver face mask began to float up from one of the corners of the room to the front of Crux's consciousness.
This is the Unforseeable Truth Mask. Like the Bloodsworn Ring, after dripping blood onto the mask, it will enter into your body. With a thought, the mask will cover your aura, as well as has the ability to completely altar your facial features. After falling to your realm, I send out my senses and found the general power level of your surroundings. Almost nobody should be able to see through the mask, you should be able to understand what this can be used for. Heheh. Aren't I a generous master? Heheeheheh!
Ecstatic, Crux watched as a black robe began to float over to the side of the Unforseeable Truth Mask.
This... this black robe, is one of my most prized posessions. The Great Demon Robe, any and all attacks are completely and utterly nullified, and all of your power will multiply by 500%... Heheheh!
Kidding, it's just an extremely comfortable black robe that has a cooling and form fitting enhancement. It doesn't have a name. Heheheheh! Kid, you barely have any strength, don't expect to much. Hehehehe.
Dumbfounded, Crux watched and listened as three grape sized beads floated forward, along with a palm sized black jade.
These pills are the Body Cleansing Pill, Bone Strengthing Pill, and the Blood Strengthing Pill respectively. You should understand how to use them. And this black jade, is a Blood Weapon I found a long time ago. A Blood Weapon is a weapon tailor fit for the user, that grows as you grow. Naturally, I found it late in my life and saved it till I found a successor. Naturally, this falls to you. When you drip your blood onto the stone, the weapon will fuse into your soul and you can summon it at will. Naturally it won't immediately be a divine weapon. But as you grow, the weapon will as well. Someday, it might even form a conscious soul of its own. Naturally, not even I know what sort of weapon it will be. That is up to your soul and the Blood Weapon's decision. It could be Great sword, a whip, a spear, anything. Anyway, those crystals in the corner are spirit crystals. I wouldn't recommend selling them yet, as they are helpful for you in absorbing World Qi before you transcend the Spirit Realm. Now, I must go. Once you reach the Spirit Realm, return to the ring and you will find see me again. Don't disappoint me, boy. Heheheh!
As the hollow laughter faded out, Crux found his surroundings once more distort. Finding himself in his room, Crux looks around to see the Black Stone and the mask sitting on his lap. Crux unhesitantly cut open his finger, and dripped blood onto the Black Jade Stone, the Blood Weapon.