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The Leveling Cultivator
Chapter 4: Losing my Favorite Zombie and my First Quest

Chapter 4: Losing my Favorite Zombie and my First Quest

Authors Note: Will be in POV so thoughts are just text, italics are skills, and Character: “i want to ride my BI-CYCLE!, BI-CYCLE! I want to...” will represent dialogue

Wanted to say thank you for all the follows and favorites and if you have any criticism hit me straight up with it i can take it.

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**Favorite Zombie, Yu Lily POV**

*Kill*

*Consume*

*Kill*

*Consume*

*Kill*

*Consume*

*Kill*

*Consume*

**2 Weeks Later**

Ahhh my head...why is the sun sooo bright…

I throw up a mess of bones and rotting meat

I look at myself seeing my torn and bloody clothing...where the fuck am i...wait...HIM..THAT BASTARD DID THIS TO ME...first he probably made that perverted father of mine into whatever he made me to get him to kill me and then he made me….he made me…….

Yu Lain: “DAMMIT I’LL FIND THAT PIECE SHIT AND CONSUME HIS FLESH!!”

Wait...consume his flesh..why do i want...my stomach grumbles as i think of delicious mouth watering beautiful human flesh….ahhhhh

**Third Person POV**

Slipping into darkness the now Ghoul, formally zombie, Yu Lily loses her mind and runs towards a small village smelling the human flesh she craves...little did that tiny village know their deaths would come from such a beautiful undead creature.

**Sandro POV**

I wake up in the middle of the night feeling something is missing, ahhh no my favorite zombie, to think my last living and favorite zombie has perished… i can only pray to my alien overlords she only went outside of the range of my Evil Qi. Dammit where’s my checkpoint feature. Speaking of last living the school actually helped and managed to clean up all the zombies in the city...frightening...there were thousands.

It has been 2 weeks since i’ve taken over the identity of Lur Tong, no real problems as of yet considering his identity, it's not like this depressing guy had any friends.

I did get accosted by some of the other disciples, but of course i’m not some sort of MC, so i happily hand over my monthly Qi pills and ask them if i could gather more could i pay for their protection. Of course being reasonable NPCs they accept…

Heh heh heh just wait till your school becomes the second coming of the Undead King!!

Speaking of which i recently got that title too, though i don’t think i got any rewards for it unfortunately, maybe the aliens knew i’d be more than happy with just the title.

Currently i’m facing a major exp situation and my first QUEST!!!

Status

Player Name: Sandro

Evil Qi: 4,000/4000(+2000)Level: Qi Realm: 9/9

Exp: 27,822/50,000Stat Points: 0(-150)

Skill Points: 0(-9)Title: Evil Qi Cultivator, Necromancer, Undead KingStrength: 20(+10)Intellgience: 18Agility: 125(+50)Wisdom: 5Vitality: 123Reaction Speed: 100(+64)Evil Qi Control: 76(+26)SkillsIdentify: Level 3(+1)Inventory: Level 1Drain Vitality: Level 6(+3)Soul Trade: Level 1 MaxAlter Stats and Skills: Level 1 MaxChose Skill: Level 1 MaxRaise Undead: Level 10(+4) MaxEmptyConceal Presence: Level 10, MaxWindWeaver: Level 2Mimic Qi Signature: Level 1 MaxEmpty

Getting a new skill to protect my life...

Soul Trade: “Allows the user to trade a soul from a cultivator of equivalent realm at time of death for a full body regeneration. Also gives the user the ability to store a single soul in his Dantian. Gathering the Soul, 1000 Evil Qi Cost, Soul Trade, 1 Evil Qi Cost

Perfect for all the close calls i keep getting. Now speaking of my first quest…

Realm Advancement Quest: As an Evil Qi Cultivator you don’t follow the traditional realms of normal cultivators, your next realm is not the Profound Realm but a choice of three other realms. In order to advance into the next realm you must refine and use both the body and blood of 3 Profound Level cultivators. The closer these cultivators are to advancing into the Spirit Realm the the stronger and purer your Evil Qi will be when you advance to the next realm.

Objective 1: Gather 50,000 total Exp, Current Progress [27822/50000]

Objective 2: Gather 3 bodies of Profound Cultivators and place them into your inventory [0/3]

Objective 3: Find a safe place and draw the Sigil corresponding with your choice of realms with your blood [0/1]

Final Objective: Sit in the center of the Sigil and use the Turn in Quest command to advance into the chosen realm

Blood Asura Realm: Will greatly enhance the user's blood bone and body. Bloodthirst will increase greatly.

Blood Soul Realm: Will greatly enhance the user’s Soul and subsequently the amount and control of the Evil Qi.

Blood Demonic Realm: Will lighten but strengthin the users bones and grow wings on their back.

I’ve already planned on how to raise the rest of the exp but i decided to bide my time until the after effects of my undead army dissipate...the school put out a 10,000 Gold Bounty for the Evil Qi Cultivator responsible for the incident, they even managed a portrait...it’s my face, from when i tried to identify that 9/9 Profound Realm old man. I bet he’s in massive trouble for letting someone go he sensed had Evil QI. unless he properly lied. The clans of the 2 1/9 Profound Realm cultivators my zombies managed to kill before being mowed down are constantly scanning the school for what i assume is evil qi, but of course they won’t find any with my beautiful mimic skill.

Speaking of gold, Inventory

InventoryCopper: 6721Silver: 20,221Gold: 230Platinum: 1Beguiling CloakFeather BootsSoul Dagger level 8 200/400Tang Iron Sword x 64Bloody Bed SheetsBloody set of Clothes x 3Error: Unknown ObjectSet of Beginner ClothesSet of Merchant ClothesOrnate wooden and jade box

All coins covert at a 100-1 rate with the exception of gold to platinum which is 1000-1. The conversion rate vary on rarity and availability but it's pretty steady from what i’ve heard.

I’ve sold most of the herbs and assorted objects i got from the gangs and the city lord’s vault, of course i used a total of 42 different faces and Qi signatures( that i collected when i was heading out of the city leaving to the school after i raided the city lord’s mansion.) while selling the city lord’s items just in case. I now know how massive the amount of gold is set for my bounty, i’m getting the feeling that the clan experts searching for me are actually just there for the money.

Back to completing my quest, i’ve got several plans, first at the end of every month outer disciples are guided along with a Inner, often Profound Realm, disciple( who gets rewarded nicely if no one dies or gets crippled). People have gone missing in the past and it's always attributed to Stronger demonic beasts heading to lower areas. Given my focus on agility, reaction speed,and use of Conceal Presence, with my beautiful dagger i should be able to kill the Inner disciple so long as he’s at the lower end of the Profound Realm, and then raise him and the others who came with us and send them as far away from the school as possible while still being in range of my Evil Qi Transfer to hunt demonic beasts day and night. Then i just have to injure myself a bit and run back to the school crying and slobbering about how a powerful demonic beast came out of nowhere and the brave inner disciple gave his life to defend me.

Hmm as if i’ll personally go hunting in the mountain, fuck that, i’ll enjoy the steady stream of exp while chilling in a bath.

I’m a bit worried how exactly i’ll get a vampire that’s listed as having “high intelligence” to obey me but hopefully it won’t be too bad. Of course if the inner disciple happens to be a beautiful women i’ll have her hunt in a much safer area waiting for her Undead King to order her to his side. Even better the second month i'll come back as a completely different outer disciple, it's flawless.

Ahh the romance, or not.

Of course i won’t settle for anything less than 9/9 Profound Cultivator Realm bodies for my advancement, that's the basics of the basics which is exactly why i’ll be raising those inner disciples, but 100 of those may not be enough to kill one of those monsters..

So yeah i managed to get a more accurate Identify on the old man now that my Conceal Presence could hide me...he’s fucking strong, the moment i’d take out my dagger i’d already be dead. I can only imagine the Spirit Realm Elder of this school is incomparable. No wonder my zombies got cleaned up like dust on a floor. I’m starting understand that losing my zombie elites to the school even though they barely killed anyone was perfect...had that Spirit Realm Elder not been distracted by both the city and school i’d definitely run the risk of being caught when i was switching identities.

Yan ZhengLevel: Profound Realm 9/9HeadMaster of Red Serpent School, The one who let evil walk awayStrength: 1201Intellgience: 9Agility: 981Wisdom: 8Vitality: 1002Reaction Speed: 1012

And those are just the attributes i know of… who knows what hidden attributes and also what kind of life saving skills he has. I got lucky the city lord’s barrier wasn’t instead some kind of treasure or skill that blocked a mortal blow, i’d be fucked then. So for now i’ll wait for 2 more weeks for the end of month raid.

**Somewhere deep in the forests north of Red Serpent School 2 weeks Later**

**Ghoul, Yu Lily POV**

Incredible Incredible Incredible if those pompous bastards at the higher ranked schools knew how fast my strength was rising they’d beg my master to turn undead...FUCKING HELL, i thought of him as master again...i can feel it, his presence reaching out for me, forcing feelings of fondness and reverence...no i refuse...i’ll find him and end his hideously beautiful existence…

i sigh as it happened again.

Recently advancing realms i can feel i’m at something that should be the lower Profound Realm but i doubt its that for an undead like me, the Qi in me it doesn’t feel the same as before. Its violent unpredictable and as magnificent as my maste…….. Absorbing the Qi of every kill, of every piece of meat i eat, such a heaven defying talent has made me give up of any thought of torturing my…..creator….to turning me back to what i was, no i’ll stay this way, i’ll gain power just like the first time when i evolved and escaped his mindless control.

And then i'll find him and make lov…..END HIM.

**Inner Disciple Sai Reilia POV**

Its that time of the month again…..the pain….the suffering…..

Where i have to lead a group of outer disciples into the Beast Mountain. I’m not like the other disciples here i don’t have my clan’s backing..at least not anymore.. And i need the extra pills they provide for inner disciples who participate.

As i’m heading to the meeting place i see three boy surround another looking about as menacing as a small dog, but still i step over about to get them to stop when….

I see the creepiest looking boy in the middle of those three start rubbing his hands together giving a crooked smile and

Outer Disciple: “ke ke ke don’t you worry bosses, you’ll be getting everything i gather...ke ke ke just make sure i get out alive...ke ke ke don’t give me such a look, if i die who will skin the beasts for you”?

And then he gives me that same smile and somehow manages to give me an even creepier version before quickly looking away.

Huhhhh…...it's going to be a long day….to think someone so young could be so shameless, i don’t know why but i get the feeling he’ll be coming out ahead of those other disciples.

We’re now about 3 hours jogging distance into the forest, and that shameless boy hasn’t killed a single beast...i can’t complain, at least he’s diligently skinning them as he said.

I start thinking of my clan again...to think they’d banish simply because i refused to marry that boring man 100 years my senior...blaming me for refusing to be a trading token for their interests, if it wasn’t for my aunt hiding me here....my parents, it was a side to them i wish i had never seen.

As i come back to the scene ahead of me i see the shameless boy running straight into me being chased by a middle rank 1 demonic beast...how did he even get into this school...As i’m about to go attack the demonic beast i suddenly feel the most devilish aura of Qi i’ve ever felt, as if time is in slow motion i watch the dagger responsible for that aura stab me right through the heart...his face slowly changes completely away from that creepy boy to a man who stares at me as if i’m some sort of treasure, his face,  it looks oddly familiar...and then it all goes black.

I wake up and i find myself biting?...no i’m drinking..i’m drinking the most delicious thing in my entire life, even the immortal wine i once got to drink at a clan gathering is nothing before the Qi and flavor flowing into my brain...and then i remember.

I look down at horror at what i was drinking, feeling revolt and disgust i try with more effort than i have before to regurgitate..the blood-d-d...i just drank.

It's no use…..trying to calm myself with a deep breath...ah there's no breathing...why aren’t i breathing...panicking again i start glancing and see all the disciples i was supposed to be guarding thrown around the area throats torn out blood drained…except for one..i know where i’ve seen him before...he’s the one on the wanted poster.….oh my god what did he do to me..am i one of those things he used to attack the school last month.

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He stares blankly in front of him for a few moment moving his eyes back and forth randomly and then speaks.///

Evil Man: “huh you really made a mess of what should of been my future minions ya know...if you weren't the most perfect thing i’ve turned to date i’d be pretty angry.”

And there it is turned...no...i grip my fists tightly staring at him..no i if i kill him i might be stuck like this forever, i might even die, assuming i can even kill him.

Sai Reilia: “What’d-d- y--you-u do to-to me? D-d-did you make m-me into-to one of those t-things?” i squeak out..

There goes any hope of intimidating him i sound like a scared little child.

Evil Man: “What did i DO to you? To compare your perfection to one of those pitiable creatures i made earlier is blasphemy. You are a Vampire, my first i’ve ever made. You live forever, feed off of blood and Qi, are unreasonably beautiful, and practically unkillable so long as your soul is intact.”

“Ahaha of course your now dripping with some form of Evil Qi so you can’t exactly go back to school, so you’ll be spending the next few months hunting in the forest for me..ah don’t go too deep though i don’t want you dieing.”

Finally calm enough to speak normally

Sai Reilia: “Why did you do this to me, and why would i listen to and stay in the forest, i could run back to the school and turn you in..i can tell even with your powerful Qi you're still in the Qi Realm, you think i’ll just do what you say!” i yell outraged

As i prepare to rush him i feel a wave of vile and familiar Qi press down on me….

Evil Man: “Kneel”

With no room for resistance i’m thrown down to my knees...no it's as i feared…

Evil Man: “For the Next Three Months you will tirelessly hunt kill and drink demonic beasts. You will take no rest and you will avoid all human contact. You will go deep enough into the forest to avoid other groups of outer disciples. GO!”

I start running with no room to resist as all i can think of is completing my orders.

**Sandro POV**

Making sure she’s far enough away i collapse to my knees….holy fuck that order drained all 2800 of my Evil Qi i had left, combined with the 1,000 she passively takes and the 200 forcing her to kneel costed i'm in a bad state..

She’s absolutely perfect, i mean she was beautiful before but to think making her a vampire would have such a stereotypical effect.He previously brown hair turned darker, her eyes a fierce crimson, whereas my favorite zombie could be prided with a single primary asset Reilia is a balanced combination, with a half foot in height advantage, and a ditzy teacher atmosphere, her wisdom matches that assessment. Hopefully with her intelligence intact she’s able to get stronger because now there’s no way i’m going to risk raising another vampire until i advance realms, but i still need them to advance..ugh what a conundrum.

Now that i remember didn’t my favorite zombie drain some my Evil Qi when i told her to pleasure me...does that mean?....ugh i miss her… her dead green eyes, and that overly described ass, give me back my favorite zombie you damn game.

It's good i was able to control Reilia like that, she got decently stronger from the transformation:

Sai ReiliaLevel: Blood Realm 1/9Former Princess of Clan Fey, VampireStrength: 221(+50)Intellgience: 11Agility: 267(+100)Wisdom: 6Vitality: 2002(+1850)Reaction Speed: 191(+50)

I turn around to start heading back when i fall flat on the ground..

**Ghoul, Yu Lily POV**

I stare down at my creator seething in rage at what i just watched..to think he sees me as nothing but his failed creation and that...woman...is apparently the perfect creature..HAH.

I had been tailing him ever since i felt his presence enter the forest, i had been careful up until now staying away from the school and students as i figured they’d be on high alert for things like me after what my creator did to the city. Yes, i’ve settled on calling him my creator, it prevents the urges to call him something nicer.

When he created that bitch and ordered her his hold over me disappeared completely.

Without pause i rush over to him and slam him into the ground..i wrap my arms around his neck.

No..killing him now won’t change anything...stronger...yes..it's all i’ve been doing getting stronger and now that i’m seen as an abomination by most of the world i’ll be to even stronger.

Sandro:”HAHAHA to think my favorite zombie is still alive how magnificent!”

Does he not realize the kind of situation he’s in? Or does he really not care?

Putting my arm back on his throat,

Yu Lily: “Listen closely because you have only one chance before i snuff out your pathetic exsitence. One your going to link me back with your Qi so i don’t have to eat so fucking much raw flesh and Two your going make me stronger...alot stronger...anything less and your dead”

Yu Lily: “And don’t try to fuck with me i saw what happened to you when you ordered your “perfect” woman..and i’m different”

**Unknown POV**

I doubt the ghoul will kill him, even if she does i'll suppress soul trade long enough for her to leave...but still i can’t keep leaving him ignorant to his situation...when that ghoul leaves it's time to return some of his memories and wisdom back to what it should be..otherwise he’ll definitely die trying to gather those bodies. I can only hope he’s changed enough to not mind what hes done.

**Sandro POV**

What the fuck she’s talking..and she remembers..shit shit shit, Identify

Yu LainLevel: Flesh Realm 3/9Former Daughter of the Perverted City Lord, GhoulStrength: 467(+100)Intellgience: 14Agility: 225(-25)Wisdom: 12Vitality: 2500(+2300)Reaction Speed: 180(-50)

Doesn’t this mean not only did her race change she advanced a realm?? No wonder i lost control of her. Ah wait..if i have no control over her.

Achievements

Achievement:  Undead King: Used an army of undead to raze a city and kill a majority of the population. Allows your undead to absorb qi from their kills and advance in cultivation. Under rare circumstances undead can evolve.

Truly worthy of an undead king...but how the fuck am i going to make her stronger? Oh wait maybe now that there's a ghoul they’ll be a ghoul skill listed?? Haha perfect.

Ghoul Skill: Obsidian Claws: Allows the Ghoul to telepormaily grow their nails to be the equivalent of being rated at the peak of their current realm.

Sandro: “Yes yes of course no problems, in fact if you help me out with a little favor afterwards i’ll be able to make you even stronger in future.”

**Ghoul, Yu Lain POV”

I start to feel the familiar tug of his Qi, as repulsed as i am i let it wash over me...ahh finally after so long, no more hunger. Thoughts of familiarity accompany them but i shove them down as i’ve practiced.

He starts waving around his hands meaninglessly and saying words that can only be gibberish...this bastard..i won’t be satisfied with just killing him.

Sandro: “Alright it's done, just chant Obsidian Claws in your head and think of your nails growing and you’ll grow claws equivalent to an artifact at the peak of your realm.”

Sigh...i might as well try, it could actually be a benefit of being connected to him..or perhaps it's something i’ve always had...either way he ‘gave’ it to me so i’ll let it go.

I feel my nails..no claws growing i look down and see a color that can only be decribed as a deep void, i immidentaly slash at tree and am at first confused when it feels my hand just went through...did he fucking he use an illiusion technique to make me think i grew claws?

During my planning of various tortures i’m interrupted by the tree i slashed falling down.

**Sandro POV**

1500 Qi passively taken from me for my formerly favorite zombie.. I guess she’s stronger than my Vampire, kinda makes me disappointed in my Vampire, though how could anyone be compared to my formerly favorite zombie. Or is the two levels she has on her affecting it that much?

The glowing face smiling face of my Favorite Ghoul tells me she deemed it acceptable...the glowing part is probably my imagination.

Sandro: “Now that we got that out of the way i was wondering if i could request your assistance with advancing my realm?”

Still admiring her claws

Favorite Ghoul: “So long as you’ll actually have a legitimate way of making me stronger it's of no issue...don’t think i don’t know what you did earlier was just random shit”?

Damn...well it doesn’t seem to bother her too much...

I explain to her what exactly i need, she oddly accepts without batting eye, probably enjoying the opportunity to test her new toy, and then runs back into the woods telling me to call when she’s needed. I’ll wait until she’s reached the peak of her realm...maybe she’ll even be able to advance again??

Now down to business..i’ve already decided that old monster, the headmaster, has to die, he’ll be my first sacrifice… now the problem is how am i even going to meet my second and third sacrifices? I can’t fight for shit so it's not like i’m going to get noticed by any of the teachers...hmm in the end all that's left is to incite a little chaos and hope they come running.

Arriving at where all the other disciples were killed i suddenly see a flash of light and a massive migraine that accompanies it before i fall to darkness..

4 Days before coming to this new world

**Sandro POV**

I’m walking home from school when i see it...a woman dressed with fox ears and tail lying down in the garbage...about to pretend i saw nothing i see her ears twitch and her tail slightly move...not only that..she doesn’t have ears???

Staring at her she looks back at me..ghostly looking bluish grey eyes meet my own.

Pervert/Maybe fox women: “please….i can’t….”

And then her face falls right back into the garbage.

Present Time:

The fuck was that, i don’t remember that ever happening, the only thing i remember is walking home from school going to bed and the next morning i roll down that hill.

One more scene starts flashing through my mind...The Fox Woman...yes for some reason i now feel she is definitely as she appears..Stabbing a crystal into my chest saying thank you for the help before falling over and then disappearing inside of it….The space around me starts to warp and i’m….sent….to...this...world…..

System: Wisdom has been restored to previous 15

I glance around me at the dead bodies i’ve caused...i think of all those…...people, yes people, i’ve killed….The children...the families..the city i’ve destroyed...

And nothing. I feel nothing. Now that i think about it even when playing a game how many people actually go down the evil route? It's always the least popular even then it's only half baked evil at best. I mean the first thing i did when i got here was start killing people who i thought were NPCS. No real information gathering no nothing just harvesting... Was i always a psychopathic murderer constrained by modern society? Or perhaps i’m already too far gone to see actual people as anything other than sources for my future power..either way i start heading back to school rethinking my cockmainy plan of just randomly having zombies attack the school in an effort to lead out some powerful Profound Realm Cultivators...how in the fuck could that have ever been a good idea? Dozens of them could have flown out for all i know...I’ve got a big plan ahead….

AND THAT DAMN FOX WOMAN, I CAN’T EVEN BOTHER TO REMEMBER HER NAME I’M SO FUCKING ANGRY, HOW COULD SHE LOWER MY WISDOM!!! I understand now, she’s with that crystal that was inserted into me and somehow altering its functions, it’s the reason she ended up at earth and...nope don’t care.

I start cringing at all the stupid mistakes i’ve made so far, sure it worked out but all of them were a step away from me being obliterated with no recourse...i mean attacking a fucking city with zombies? Who knows what kind of powers i’ll end up attracting with such a wanton display of destruction. I mean they were cleared away so quickly there's no fucking way this small school did that on their own...who knows what kind of fucking cultivators came to help. Sure it was fun and rewarding but the smart thing to do would be to flee the moment i ordered my zombies to start infecting. I’d be long gone before anything dangerous happens...but instead i go to a fucking school filled with a different kind of monster...

I turn around right away and decide to leave the school no way this is a good place to stay at, and head towards where i sense my Ghoul is. Speaking of another fuck up...thank god she’s power hungry enough to not kill me.. But still cultivators are fucking crazy, or maybe just she is, i killed her family, turned her into a monster, forced myself on her, and she’s more than happy to let me go just to get stronger….though looks like i fit perfectly in this world.

And speaking of undead cultivators, i should go get the vampire woman as i'm leaving, maybe i should try to convince her to help me?? NO fuck that stupid mistake or not i'm still the fucking UNDEAD KING, i'll let her believe i can easily control her and once i advance realms there's no way i'm staying subservient to a ghoul...hahahahaaa.

**Fox Woman POV**

No...if he was always this way why didn’t i just let him be...now he’s mad at me so i can’t even make my grand entrance..hmm and something went wrong with the memories restoration, he lost all the time we spent together before i had to implant the crystal along with my soul into him...haaaaa...how do i fix this.

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Realm Explanations So far: 

Qi Realm ->Profound Realm ->Spirt Realm ->Sky Realm ->Cloud Realm ->Immortal

Qi Realm->Blood Asura Realm -> ??

Qi Realm->Blood Soul Realm -> ??

Qi Realm->Blood Demon Realm -> ??

Qi Realm-> Blood Realm -> ??

Qi Realm-> Flesh Realm -> ??