First Disciples

"You, follow me to my estate." Xiang Xiang coldly said to the woman who informed her of the magical beasts within the forest.

On her way back to the village, she was nervous and trying to form plans in her head to withstand the world epoch. It all felt way too rushed and sudden.

Finally, when she made it back to the village, she planned to take a few villagers to the hill and teach them how to cultivate. Xiang Xiang knew that in order to withstand the soon-to-be chaotic world, then she'd need a powerful force.

The woman was frightened when she heard Xiang Xiang but had no choice but to follow her atop the hill.

As Xiang Xiang walked through the village, she was looking for worthy villagers, though none of them had any true talent and didn't know too much about cultivation either.

None of them even knew about cultivation realms. They were like cavemen in the 21st century to the rest of the cultivators.

"You, follow me as well." Xiang Xiang said as she pointed at a 16-year-old girl with blonde hair and green eyes. The girl's mother looked reluctant and afraid but all Xiang Xiang did was give her a single look and she submitted.

Now, there were 2 villagers following Xiang Xiang to her house.

"What is the Miss going to do with Remona and Song Luixian?"

"I hope those two will be okay..."

"D-Do you think the Miss will harm them?"

"Don't say such things! What if it comes true!"

As Xiang Xiang and her co. went up the hill, many villagers began worriedly discussing the fate of the two villagers who followed her, Remona and Song Luixian...

"From now on, you two are to stay in this house and cultivate. You're not allowed to leave unless I give you permission or its something urgent." Xiang Xiang said in a cold voice as she stared at the two frightened and nervous villagers with narrowed eyes.

They didn't bother to respond for a moment as they both had confused and afraid looks on their faces.

'Oh right, they don't know what cultivation is...'

"Copy what I do." She said before sitting in front of the duo in a lotus position. They looked at Xiang Xiang for a moment before struggling to sit in the same position as her. Song Luixian, the 16-year-old managed to do it rather easily.

Remona, on the other hand, was struggling to do it because of her aged body. She was around 34 years old and didn't do any form of exercise or hunting so her body wasn't in good shape.

'It looks like she needs to do some stretching before cultivating.' Xiang Xiang wasn't annoyed or frustrated by this, after all, she knew what it was like to raise a kingdom from the ground up. She had trained many people into warriors in her lifetime.

"Stop, I'll help you." Xiang Xiang said in a slightly soft tone. She got up and went behind Remona and put her body in various positions that would help increase her flexibility.

"Haa...Haa...Ha! O-Ow! T-That hurts...Haa...I can feel my entire body burning! I've never felt like this before!" Remona said with a slightly pained expression while sweating.

She was currently doing a split, something she never thought she could do and something she felt was slightly inappropriate and obscene.

After all, her privates could be seen by anyone in this position.

'Its a miracle that she can hold a split and I've only been stretching her body for an hour...I think she 's ready now.' Xiang Xiang thought to herself as she looked at Remona's cleavage.

They had light brown freckles and were bigger than average.

"Okay, you can stop now. Try sitting in the 'lotus position' as I call it. That girl is already ready." Xiang Xiang said as she looked over at Song Luixian.

"Actually, what's your name little girl." She asked.

"M-Me? My name is S-Song Luixian, Miss Xiang Xiang..." Song Luixian said as a bead of sweat rolled down her head. She became nervous just by answering Xiang Xiang's question.

It was partly because of Xiang Xiang's black and red robe, it looked rather intimidating.

"Right. You, hurry and get in the lotus position so we can proceed already." Xiang Xiang said, turning her focus back to Remona. Remona seemed pressured so she quickly got in the lotus position and waited for Xiang Xiang's instructions.

"Now, close your eyes and feel the air around you." She instructed.

"Yes."(Remona)

"Okay."(Song Luixian)

"..."

"What is that? It doesn't feel like the air, it feels warm and cozy..."(Song Luixian)

"Indeed...Huh? W-What is that dangerous presence I feel?"(Remona)

"I can feel it getting closer, it's overwhelming my body!"(Remona)

"This is Evil Qi. Do not panic, let it envelop and invade your entire body."(Xiang Xiang)

"..."

Xiang Xiang instructed the duo on how to cultivate, which was to absorb the True Qi around them and convert it into Evil Qi. Though, cultivating in a place naturally filled with Evil Qi would have been better.

The duo were afraid of the Evil Qi at first but when they began cultivating and producing it, the Evil Qi became welcoming to them.

They were no longer afraid and began cultivating wholeheartedly. Noticing this, Xiang Xiang put the monster core of the magical beast in front of them for them to absorb it.

She later found out that the magical beast was called the Yin-Yang Crystal Bear through the system.

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"Now what do I do with you...?" Xiang Xiang said as she held the Guidao Shen Heart in her hand, though she had it wrapped tightly in a layer of Evil Qi.

Soon, a system message appeared.

Which is uncommon.

[You can assimilate the Guidao Shen Heart into your body by removing your original heart and replacing it with the Guidao Shen Heart. After that, circulate your Mortal Qi(Evil Qi) for an entire week to assimilate heart with your Mortal Qi and Soul. Doing this will tie your fate with the rest of the human race, if you die or the heart is destroyed, the entire human race will perish. If the human race survives the epoch, then the fate of the race will be released from the Guidao Shen Heart and you will not be tied to the fate anymore. Benefits of the Guidao Shen Heart will remain.]

'T-Too much information at once! Do I really have to circulate my Evil Qi for an entire week just to assimilate this thing? Not to mention my fate will be tied to the entire human race if I do...'

Xiang Xiang was troubled at what to do with the treasure.

"If I do assimilate it though, I'll get some type of benefits...Alright, fine. Power is more important than anything right now!" Xiang Xiang said as she viciously ripped her heart out of her chest without a second thought.

She only grunted from the pain and quickly put the Guidao Shen Heart inside her bloody chest and began desperately circulating her Evil Qi.

Even though the system told her that that was what she needed to do, she still felt nervous. After all, the system came out of nowhere and provided her with various details and information so she didn't know if it was somehow planning something.

'If I die because of this, I'll be so embarrassed...' She thought as the pain from ripping her heart out was gradually subsiding. The pain was extremely intense and it felt as if she just got out of the shower and stepped out of the bathroom.

Her chest was attacked by a strong bone-chilling coldness that gave off the sense of death.

Slowly but surely, the pain and weird feeling subsided and all that was left was a mystical feeling. Xiang Xiang could also feel a tingling sensation where the Guidao Shen Heart was as an unknown gold and red energy spread through her body.

She could see the energy glowing inside her body, matching up with her veins, bones, muscles, her entire body was outlined with a glowing gold and red color.

"Aah...AH! AAAH!" Xiang Xiang began gradually shouting louder and louder as the gold and red color pulsed violently inside her body, burning her insides. It felt like she was on a grill being cooked.

Strangely enough, she didn't see any blood leaking from her body during the entire process which only meant that this was the correct outcome.

'D-Damnit! Do I really have to do this for an entire week?! If I stop now, I'll die and the pain only just appeared so what will it be like later on?' Xiang Xiang was immediately regretting her decisions as she gritted her teeth and small bits of tears down her cheeks.

"What's that sound?"(Song Luixian)

"Is that Miss Xiang Xiang?!"(Remona)

"Let's go see what happened!"(Remona)

"..."

Remona and Song Luixian appeared in front of a closed house where painful screams could be heard from within.

They were brought on top of the hill, away from the village, but they weren't brought to Xiang Xiang's house so they had to run there.

Xiang Xiang made sure to condense a tremendous amount of Evil Qi into the form of a door in front of her home that would give off a dangerous aura.

Even if Remona and Song Luixian tried to absorb the Evil Qi, it would take them more than a week to do it, so it gave Xiang Xiang more than enough time to assimilate the Guidao Shen Heart.

"Let's stay here and try to get rid of this door, Miss Xiang Xiang is currently weakened I think."(Remona)

"What do you think we should do?"(Song Luixian)

"...Attack her..."(Remona)

"Okay, let's try absorbing the Evil Qi then. It'll only make us stronger when we attack her."(Song Luixian)

"I'm nervous though..."(Song Luixian)