Chapter 9: Pointers

Zixin suddenly lost control over his body and floated towards the Demonic Sect's Sect Leader without the ability to resist or do anything.

[You're not a cultivator so how did you do it?] asked the Sect Leader. 

"I started over. I'm now a Body Cultivator in the early stages of it." quickly explained Zixin. The Sect Leader then sent a wisp of energy into Zixin's body and withdrew the energy a second later. 

[Such dense and strong bones, you were born with a good Physique. Is this why you decided to cultivate the body instead of Qi?]

"Yes." Zixin didn't know what the man was saying and just agreed to whatever he said. 

[Since you're here, I'm assuming you came because you want to join the Demonic Sect, right?]

"Yes."

[Okay, but did Guo explain to you what exactly the Demonic Sect is and what it represents?]

"No."

[Then let me. The Demonic Sect is an evil sect that will do anything to grow stronger or do anything because we can. We kill, plunder, rape and sacrifice humans no matter the age, whether they are young, old, weak, sick, we don't care. So, are you willing to join such a sect? Think carefully before you answer because once you join us, you systematically become the enemy of the world.] said the Sect Leader. 

"I just don't want to be bullied. Is it possible to achieve that?" said Zixin after thinking for some time. 

[It is indeed possible. If you're strong enough, no one will even think of bullying you. Always remember, with strength, you can do whatever you want and no one will say anything.]

"Then I want to be strong."

[It won't be easy but fortunately for you, you came to the right place. Unlike other sects where you have to complete missions in order to get resources. Here, you just need to beat someone up and their resources are yours for the taking. The stronger the disciple you defeat, the more and the better the resources.]

"Then I want to join."

[Welcome to the Demonic Sect, you're officially an Outer disciple of the sect. Guo, find someone to show him around the sect and familiarise himself with it.]

"Thank you Sect Leader." said Zixin after the invisible force had let go of him. He internally sighed in relief. 

…

Guo found a random disciple to guide Zixin through the sect. The disciple first introduced himself as Di before showing Zixin around. 

The Demonic Sect had a total of ten important facilities; Medicine Hall, Weapons Hall, Materials Hall, Training Hall, Techniques Hall, Blood Pool, Pointers Hall, Mission Hall, Death Battle Hall and the Sect Library. 

Each facility served a different purpose like the name suggested. Di then took Zixin to the Mission Hall to receive his sect uniform and the rulebook of the sect. After that, he was taken to the Medicine Hall where he requested for healing pills instead of blood pills. Blood pills were cultivation pills used by the Demonic Sect and were refined using blood essence from humans or Battle Beasts.

Zixin also didn't need a weapon and exchanged that for blood pills since they were also used as currency in the sect. He was shocked by the high standards the sect had. Foundation Building Realm was for Outer disciples, Core Condensing Realm for Inner disciples and Soul Forming Realm for Inner disciples, above that were the Elders, Holy Son and Daughter and Sect Leader status. 

For one to obtain the Holy Son or Holy Daughter status, their talent and potential should be unmatched amongst other disciples or be born with a unique trait. After the tour, disciple Di showed Zixin to his cultivation cave then left. 

"Even though I'm just an Outer disciple, it's still better than being a servant. Now, I must have a training plan in order to efficiently improve my strength without wasting time. Fortunately I don't need a weapon."

Plants and Weapons/Treasures had the same grading system from Common to Treasure. Grading started from Common, Uncommon, Rare, Unique, Soul, Artifact and finally Treasured. 

As for Battle Beasts, their grading system was different. The weakest Battle Beasts were called Soldier Beasts, followed by Warrior Beasts, War Beasts, Domain Beasts, Lord Beasts and finally Overlord Beasts. All these beasts had one to three stars which determined their level of strength within that realm. 

A Three Star Warrior Beast was equivalent to a Qi Solidifying Stage Foundation Building Realm expert and so on and so forth. 

"I'm close to completing the First Volume of the Primordial Horned Giant Dung Beetle Technique. Next will be the Second Volume which I don't know anything about. Let me just focus on completing the First Volume. What method haven't I used to break my bones?" thought Zixin deeply. He thought about it for a while until something came to mind.

"That's right! I haven't tried breaking my bones using Spirit Qi. I wonder if my blood pills are enough to get someone to help me, only one way to find out."

Zixin quickly wore his red robes, all disciples wore the same robes, the only different thing was their tokens. An Outer disciple had a token with one blood drop, an Inner disciple had a token with two blood drops, a Core disciple had a token with three blood drops and anyone above that had tokens with the word "Blood" written on it. 

"Wait a minute, this is a business opportunity. Since I'm in the bottom rung of Outer disciples, I can capitalise on this"

…

In the Pointers Hall, Zixin was sitting cross legged with his eyes closed on the battle stage. In the Pointers Hall, an exchange of fists was often the best method to give someone pointers on where they should improve. Outside the stage was a small board that Zixin had brought with him. 

On the board, it was written that any Outer disciple who could break Zixin's bones would obtain his thirty blood pills and if that person couldn't then he or she had to pay Zixin thirty blood pills since no pointers were given. Currently, it was empty in the hall as it was evening. Zixin planned on sleeping here since there was no difference if he was in his cave or here.

'Mhm? There's actually someone in the Pointers Hall. What's this… break your bones for thirty blood pills?! Don't mind if I take them.'

"Junior Brother, I'm here to give you pointers. Brace yourself."