Chapter 214: Joining (1/2)
The elder smirked at Gravis. ”Isn't it obvious how I know all these things?” he asked with a smug voice. ”My Heaven told me.”
Gravis narrowed his eyes. ”Your Heaven?”
The elder laughed a little. ”Yes, my Heaven. As in, the Heaven from my world. It is not allowed to help me in any direct way, but it can, at least, send me information about potential recruits. So, are you interested?”
Gravis stayed silent for some seconds and then turned to Fear City on the horizon. ”You obviously know my strength, so why do you say that I will die if I enter Fear City?” Gravis asked. He had already decided against going into Fear City at this point. This person knew his power, and he told Gravis that he would die. Was him choosing this city bad luck?
Karmic Luck is a complex concept. For example, if someone runs right into an ambush of several powerful cultivators and dies, that could be considered bad luck, right? Yet, if that person managed to kill those people with his own strength, his will would have been tempered, and he would have acquired several useful resources. Wouldn't that be considered good luck then?
In the end, bad luck only meant encounters with mortal danger. Yet, if someone managed to survive these mortal dangers, one would become more powerful. In the end, Karmic Luck meant lots of enemies. If one dies, it's considered bad luck, and if one survives, it's considered good luck, but in the end, only strength mattered.
So, what about Fear City? Gravis wanted to know what would have waited for him there.
The elder chuckled again. ”Fear City is the main outpost for the Darkness Sect,” explained the elder. ”They always have two people at the Sapling Stage stationed there. A fight against two Sapling Stage cultivators will be supremely dangerous for you, but not impossible. Though that is not the real danger.”
Gravis thought for a bit. ”If Fear City is the main outpost for the Darkness Sect, it probably means that the Darkness Sect itself is pretty close. So, if I fight those people, they will quickly contact the Darkness Sect, which will send more Sapling Stage cultivators to me. Like this, I would be overwhelmed. Though, I probably still have some time to win and flee. On top of that, why would they attack me?”
The elder laughed again. ”You underestimate the Sects and their methods. Spirit Forming people leave part of their Spirits in sealed glass bottles in the sect. When they get killed, the Spirit inside the glass bottle will also get destroyed by the same thing that has killed the cultivator.”
The elder pointed at Gravis. ”You have killed someone of the Darkness Sect. They know it was a lightning cultivator who killed the person. Of course, they don't know that it's you, but that's not important. I think you forgot a major fact.”
Gravis looked unamused at the elder. ”Which is?”
”It's unimportant if you killed the person or not,” the elder said with a smirk. ”You have the lightning element, and are, therefore, in their eyes, a member of the Lightning Sect, and as you know, the Darkness Sect and Lightning Sect are at war. They will attack you simply because they think you are from the Lightning Sect.”
Gravis took a deep breath. He had forgotten that part. It was actually logical, and Gravis was a little frustrated that he hadn't thought about that point. He should have seen something obvious like this. Yet, as he thought about this, another thought appeared in his mind.
”How come they haven't attacked me yet?” asked Gravis. ”The Spirit for a Sapling Stage cultivator has a bigger range than my Spirit, so all of us should be inside their Spirit. What are they waiting for?”
The elder showed his right hand. On his ring finger, a ring sparkled a little bit, drawing the attention of Gravis. ”This artifact is making us invisible to the Spirits of others. Every one of our members gets one of these.” Like he had issued a command, the other four people also showed the identical rings on their right ring finger.
”That's possible?” Gravis asked with interest.
The elder did the same thing that he always did. He laughed slightly. ”In this world? No. This world hasn't uncovered the methods to forge this object yet. The only person that knows how to create these artifacts is me. Don't forget that my Heaven has chosen me. Forging something like this is nothing special to me.”
”Speaking of, what qualifications do you have that your Heaven chose you?” Gravis asked.
”In my homeworld, I am at the Self-Stage,” said the elder, surprising Gravis. ”Of course, it would be unfair if I went and destroyed all the Sects by myself. Therefore, my strength is greatly reduced in this world. If we were to fight, I would have no chance against you. After all, I am a teacher in this world, not a fighter. I am also a professional in all major cultivation jobs. I have had lots of time to kill.”
The elder then looked deeply into Gravis' eyes. ”So, let me ask again. Will you join or not?” he asked, some impatience appearing in his voice.
Gravis had already made his decision. ”Yes, I will join you, but only until those so-called Greens are defeated. As soon as the Greens are gone, I will leave. There shouldn't be an issue with that, right?”