Celebratory Banquet 2

The gifts other than the ones he got from his family were mostly the same consisting of herbs and pills alongside some gold and treasures.

It looked like many families and surrounding powers wanted to get in the Torvus family good graces however they didn't seem to want to invest too much gold into a waste of space like Messor.

Even if he had recovered everyone believed no matter what miracle happens he'd never be able to catch up to his peers.

Most kids start cultivating as early as 3-4 years old, so starting his cultivation journey at 15 put him at a significant disadvantage.

No one currently knew however that not only has Messor already started his cultivation journey, but his cultivation speed is also monstrous.

If they currently found out he was at the 8th stage of QI gathering after having just started cultivating 2 weeks ago they'd most likely have a collective aneurysm.

Even worse, if they found out he reached this height after effectively only cultivating for a handful of hours, they would be sure to die from shock or risk their all to get in the good graces of such a heaven-defying divine talent.

Everyone hoped someone would embarrass the young master to show him how the true world operates and that even if his power supports him he should know without them he is nothing.

To their joy and later horror one such person had appeared.

The man who Messor paid attention to earlier had gotten up and gestured some servants to bring in his gift.

Messor leaned over to his mother who seemed to have hearts flying around her as she looked at Messor and asked her a question.

"Who is that man?"

"Hmm?" Lila looked over where Messor was looking and her happy expression briefly changed to that of disgust but changed so quickly that unless they were paying extreme attention, others wouldn't be able to tell.

However, Messor had noticed the expression and could already deduce what had transpired in the past.

"That is my cousin, John Kitck" Lila said in a low voice so no one could hear her.

"He once pursued me and tried to gain my hand in marriage, however no matter how much I refused he wouldn't get the hint"

"He would blame your father for stealing me away from him and that if he never showed up I'd be all his" Messor nodded along as his mother told him the story of her admirer.

"When you were born…" Lila started saying something but trailed off deciding not to finish the thought.

"Well, it doesn't matter, just remember to never trust him" It might have sounded like a suggestion but Lila's authoritative tone and smile made it sound to Messor like he would be seriously injured if he ever trusted his cousin and he wouldn't even be the one to hurt him.

Messor nodded quickly in agreement when his attention was called to the center of the banquet hall.

"Greetings my lady and young master!"

"I'd like to congratulate the Torvus family on this joyous event, to help celebrate I've brought a unique and exquisite gift" John smiled while gently guiding everyone's attention to a beast that had just been brought in by a servant.

Gasps could be heard and people started talking and discussing the beast.

It was a 3 Meter tall White Saber-toothed tiger. Despite being asleep as if it was heavily sedated it still gave off a dangerous aura that seemed to say death is the only thing you'll gain if you come closer.

"As many of you know I'm a collector of rare beasts and this happens to be one specimen in my collections"

"I've decided to give this beast as a present for your miraculous recovery young master" John bowed politely showcasing his deep respect for Messor and the Torvus family.

"This beast as you can see is a young Earth Grade Snow Saber-toothed tiger. Currently, its cultivation is that of a Stage 4 QI refinement."

"As many of you know this puts this young beast on a similar level of peak QI refinement experts."

A sinister smile appeared on John's face however no one noticed it as their attention was on the beast calmly resting within a ginormous cage.

"Once it reaches maturity it should make an excellent companion, how about it young master Messor, would you like to come closer to the beast and from a bond right here?"

'Odin, what's a bond?'

[If you can overpower the will of a beast using a technique they can enter a contract with you]

[There are different variations and ways of forming one but the most common way of forming a contract is forcing the beast into submission]

'Hmm, I wonder what he is up to, do you think I'd be able to form a bond with that beast?'

[Not a chance, unless the beast acknowledges you or you gain a slave technique from the store you shouldn't be able to]

[If it was just born or had a lower cultivation base it would have been possible, he just wants to embarrass you it seems]

A smirk appeared on Messor's face as an idea popped up in his head.

Lila was just about to stand up and decline the offer for Messor when the latter grabbed her arm and responded

"Thank you for the wonderful gift, I would be delighted to take you up on your offer and try my hand at forming a bond"

Messor slowly made his way towards the slumbering caged beast while John moved away to the side, both smirking as if something exciting was about to happen.

"Make sure to take this talisman" John proceeded to have one of his wives pass on a piece of paper to Messor who looked at it in confusion.

"Ah you've never seen one of these, my mistake" John chuckled loud enough for others to hear him.

"You need to smear some of your blood on it and then place the talisman on top of the beast's head" John explained calmly however his tone sounded a bit condescending.

Lila was gritting her teeth in rage as she knew John was being condescending and trying to embarrass her and her family, however, she wanted to see if Messor could handle himself and how so she refrained from getting involved unless Messor's life depended on it.

Messor nodded then took a knife from a nearby table and was just about to slice the palm of his hand when he heard the familiar annoying know it all voice.

[Remember it needs your blood but they didn't say how much so don't go slicing your hand like an idiot and just do a finger…]

Messor's expression looked blank and a bit blocky for a moment but he composed himself and went to slice his left thumb.

ROAR

The second he had drawn blood a deafening roar could be heard.

Plates, cups, and food were sent flying left and right by the powerful shockwave from the roar.

Around 15 meters away from Messor the Snow Tiger that had seemingly been sedated was now standing up in its cage.

The blood lust it emitted was powerful enough to send most of the servants cowering.

Those who were too weak to handle the beast's blood lust suddenly found themselves to be able to breathe once again thanks to the calming aura Lila enveloped them in.

ROAR

Another roar sounded within the hall before the Tiger swiped its powerful claws slicing the cage that was supposed to hold it as if it was made of paper.

Its ferocious red eyes were firmly placed on Messor, more specifically his bloody finger.

After it made its way out of the cage it took a pouncing stance before pouncing towards Messor.

Lila panicked at this sight as everything had happened so fast she hadn't had time to react. She never believed the beast would just target her son.

Unlike cultivators, beasts have the natural ability to gauge one's strength naturally from birth.

While some beasts are stupid enough to go after cultivators who they know to be stronger, the majority if not all when given the option choose to take out the weak links first, and with the servants being present Messor was far from the weakest even with his late start.

The beast was nearing Messor, it's head almost big enough to eat Messor in two bites was meters away from Messor.

As it inched closer a blade appeared in Messor's hand, he familiarly twisted his body and sliced at the beast's neck as he ducked underneath it and did his best to roll out of the way to not be crushed beneath its body.

Screams and yelps of fright could be heard. Lila had both of her hands on her face frightened to death from the possibility of losing her child once again.

To everyone's surprise, once the dust settled Messor could be seen standing, his clothing was slightly dirtied but other than that he looked pristine as he did at the start of the event.

No one currently could understand what happened but they had no time to think about it as the remainder of the play was yet to play out.

Despite this everyone wondered how Messor could cut the head of such a beast in an instant like that.

Even though the beast was weakened severely it entered the berserker state increasing its strength making it quite frightening despite being weakened.

That's when Messor released his aura showing his 8th stage QI gathering cultivation.

Even though it was quite low for someone his age, everyone knew at most he would have a week to learn the language even if he was a heavenly genius this would still make him a monster.

To top it off he managed to become a cultivator and rise 8 levels within another week, something that was unheard of.

"What is the meaning of this?" Looking at John, Messor demanded answers with anger clear in his voice.

John gulped swallowing his saliva nervously before answering "I-I honestly don't know what happened. Please allow me to atone by punishing my servant who was in charge of the beast"

John truly had no idea what happened, while his plan was for Messor to get attacked by the beast the plan was to save him, however for some reason the beast was stronger and more ferocious than expected.

If Messor died to the beast his life would be over, it still could be if he doesn't shift the blame onto a servant but that was always part of the plan.

"Why should you punish him?"

"Eh?" confused John looked at Messor's face

"It was my death that was almost caused by this event, shouldn't I be the one to punish him?" Messor explained

"Ah, yes! Yes, you are correct, bring him forward" Now that they were making their way into the hall, John commanded some of his guards to bring forward the servant who was in charge of the beast.

The man was brought into the center of the hall, just as he was about to open his mouth to plead for mercy Messor surprised the crowd once again and sliced the servant's throat.

Unlike when he cut the head of the beast blood splattered all over the place including Messor's face.

The innocent and angelic face from earlier remained angelic but not so innocent anymore with blood splattered over his face.

"I think everyone here can agree that there is only one punishment for being involved in endangering my life…" Messor smiled before continuing talking while looking directly at John releasing his bone-chilling blood lust sending shivers down everyone's spines.

"Wouldn't you agree?"

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