First Blood

-MYSTERIOUS CAVE-

"Be careful! That's my body you are touching!" What the hell is wrong with this ghost!

"I am burying you, right? How am I supposed to put you deeply on the ground if I can't touch you?! Not to mention, they're freaking fragile bones!" Man... am I supposed to be hearing his voice over and over again inside my head starting now?

"Yes, you will and call me master!" And damn you didn't mention that you will be able to read my mind since you get inside my body, you freaking gho- I mean master!

"I told you, I'm not a ghost! My name is Wujin Hundun, that's all I can give you for now. But first, bury me carefully, you dimwit!" Asshole.

/Wujin Hundun

Bodiless Soul

10th Layer of Innate Realm/

It took me an hour to bury his remains. Most of the time wasted was due to him crying. After a thousand years, he will finally be leaving this place.

Then after saying his goodbye, he finally canceled the array and with a blink of an eye, I'm back in the forest.

"After a thousand years, this place looks exactly the same." Sure it was. I heard wars broke out before but this forest never once became a battlefield. That's why it's still intact as it used to be.

"KYAAAAAH!" Huh?! That's Sheng Kai's voice!

"Make haste. If you know that person, you better get there as fast as you can." That's why I'm rushing over there. It must be those from outer disciples again, ganging up on her alone!

I tried my best as fast as I could but then when I arrived...

A girl lying on the floor... Chong Zi's stomping Sheng Kai's head over and over again... Sheng Kai!

"Bitch! That's what you get when you disrespect the Bo Family!" You, fucker!

*BAAAM* I did my best to push him away but with my current body refining realm, I couldn't even make him budge that I was pushed back instead! Damn it!

"Oh? It's his weakling friend! Capture him!" Huh?! I've felt like there's someone who appeared behind me!

Ugh! He put force on the back of my knees that I lost control over them while grabbing my left arm and twisted it to my back making me helpless. Now I'm kneeling on the ground while looking at Chong Zi, you, evil creature! You don't deserve to live!

"What are we supposed to do with him, master?" Master? Is he related to the Bo family? Based on his voice, he must be in his thirties.

"Kill him. We don't want witnesses. I'll kill Sheng Kai next after you take his breath." Fuck-

*BAAAAM*

"What?!" The one that attacked me from behind got surprised that I was able to block his attack but it pushed me away. My body moved on its own!

"Kid, you haven't found your master a new body yet and now you're already in this situation. What happened to the kids these days, they would even kill without hesitation." You could control my body?! But... If you could help me, master, please... save her...

"You, brat. You don't have to cry. I'll get rid of them." Wait-

"What are you doing?! Kill him now!" Chong Zi wants me dead here, right now!

"WAVE ART SECOND STEP!" This warrior is strong! He moved so fast that I can't almost see him!

"A mere 7th Layer Innate Realm dares to challenge me! I won't be needing any arts to kill you!" My body! I feel like I'm full of energy! Not only that, but I'm also gathering energy around me! Master is doing this to save me!

*SWOOOOSH!* Ehh? What happened?

I looked at myself and I saw my hand covered in blood. Then I heard something drop from behind me...

A head?! It's the head of the one who attacked me just now! What did you do, master?! You killed a person using my body!

"What am I supposed to do? If I didn't kill him first, he would have killed you. Not to mention, we still need to save that girl of yours." Right! He possessed my body but I know I can still be in control. I only let him do what he needs to do to help me.

"How?! How did you kill a 7th Layer Innate Realm?!" We're both surprised but... seeing Chong Zi's foot on top of Sheng Kai's head...

"Remove your foot on Sheng Kai or I swear, I'll kill you right now!" What should we do?! I don't want you to kill anyone anymore... I didn't expect it to end this way...

"If you dare move, I'll fucking kill her here right now!" Chong Zi pulled out a dagger and pointed it towards Sheng Kai! What should we do?!

"Now, kill him!" The other four lackeys he has suddenly charged towards me! If I dare defend myself, he'll kill her!

"Let me show you an art worth learning." Master must have lots of tricks... Better do it now! My arm suddenly moved on its own.

"What are you gonna do?! I told you, I'll kill her if you move! Kill him!" The four of them jumped at me!

*SWOOOOSH!* Suddenly the dagger Chong Zi was holding flang towards me and... I caught it with my hand! It's like the dagger was sucked by my hand!

"Huh?! I can't move! What happened?!" The four of them who jumped at me suddenly froze mid-air. They just float over there.

"ZWOOOOSH!" With one slice of the dagger, half of their bodies fell on the floor! Blood squirt like fountain everywhere! After a few seconds, the remaining halves fell.

"Fucker!" Shit! Chong Zi's using Wave Art to kill Sheng Kai!

"SWOOOOSH!* Damn... The dagger I was holding flew and pierced right through Chong Zi's skull.

"And that is called Attraction Art." No need to brag... after you mercilessly killed a bunch of people.

...

I couldn't help myself but throw up after all that happened... Shit... this is the first time I killed someone. Not in my wildest dreams that they would be killed this way... it was too brutal.

"You better move right now, your lady in distress right there is bleeding. She must have fought against the 7th Layer Innate Realm." Shit! I better get a hold of myself.

"Sheng Kai!" She's definitely out. What am I supposed to do?! I don't know how to help her. I don't know this place at all and if I want to go back to the sect, it would take at least 2 hours.

"Don't worry too much. She will survive this. I think this is the right time for you to become the owner of the ring as I have some healing pills there. Get on with it." Right! A drop of blood...

I used the common storage ring and pulled the sickle I use for herb gathering and used it to slice my finger for a drop of blood on the epic grade storage ring.

The moment my blood touched the ring, a purple glow emitted from imprints of the ring suddenly shined towards me. At that moment, I knew that I'm its new owner.

"Now use your mind to peek inside the ring. I have a room full of pills and look for a healing pill, a red one." I focused my mind on it and somehow, I was able to look inside and found... a couple of rooms but based on what my master said, I found a room with alchemy related items there like what I saw at the alchemy shop. Found the red pill!

A purple glow once again shined and the red pill suddenly appeared on my hand. That's convenient! Is this the pill you are talking about?

"Yes, it's a high-grade healing pill but she won't be able to eat it so instead, dissolve it with water." Right! I once again used the storage ring to get a cup and mixed the healing pill with water as he instructed. And so I helped Sheng Kai drink it.

Her wounds started to heal but she's not waking up yet. "She'll be ok. She might not wake up for a while. For now, check the dead bodies, I'm sure there will be Energy Cores lying around." Energy Cores? What are those?

"Energy Cores contain energy that can be absorbed by cultivators such as yourself. You can get those when a person dies or a higher realm monster dies. Monster usually gives Energy Crystal, based on how strong the monster, which contains less but is commonly used as a different currency as it also helps cultivators to increase their cultivation. Though, before you randomly kill people for Energy Cores, you will also receive Demonic Energy when you kill a person which stays on your body for quite a long time. This Demonic Energy becomes an aura and can't be hidden and those from higher realms can sense this. So if you meet a person that emits tremendous killing intent even without him doing anything, it must be coming from the Demonic Energy Aura." While he's explaining, I was able to gather 6 Energy cores and the energy core coming from the 7th Layer Innate Energy Realm emits brighter light. I put them on my ring as I won't be needing them right now.

Wait, I already killed quite a lot of people today, does that mean I emit Demonic Aura now?! What if I enter the sect?!

"Well, that's not really a lot since they're only lower energy realms. You should be alright. Your demonic energy right now is close to nonexistent. As long as you don't cultivate the demonic energy, then it won't stay with you that long." Then that's good to hear. Though, I read once before that there's an old sect that permits their disciples to cultivate demonic energy.

"It's possible, but there's a limit to it as well. If you cultivate too much demonic energy over natural energy, it would affect the cultivator. It should greatly affect sanity. Worst case scenario, they will become demons themselves." That sounds scary. I think I'm ready to go back to the sect.

"For now, you can put your girl inside the ring so you won't need to carry her." That's really a great idea. Since she's still resting, I'm sure she won't be waking up soon.

With one sway of hand, her body was absorbed by my ring and was put one of the beds. I still can't believe I own this!

"Thanks to me!" Yeah, yeah...

"Before you forget, you better change clothes. You're covered in bloodstain and you don't want other people to see you like this. You can take a bath in the house inside the storage ring and there are sets of clothes you can use as well." Wow, this storage ring is basically a portable island with a house in it... and so I did what was I told.

After the preparation, I decided to go back.

-OUTSKIRTS OF FROZEN LAKE SECT-

Since I took the warm body pill earlier today, I am doing fine with the climate. The only problem is the terrain. the snow is deeper now that half of my body is in deep snow.

"The night has come, that's why the climate right now is getting worse." Sheng Kai warned me not to stay too long in the forest. Maybe this is the reason.

"To fight against a 7th Layer Innate Realm, your girl sure has guts." Yeah, I didn't think that she will lose the battle though. And now, because of me, she's hurt.

"It's better than being dead. I exhaust a lot of my energy to save both of you. I need to rest. Soon, you have to cultivate and repay all I've given you." Since I owe you my life, I don't think I have the right to say no to that, master.

"When you reach home, you better rest. Tomorrow, I'll teach you how to properly cultivate energy." Then I guess my boring life would change because of this!