18 The Sassy Alchemis (1/2)

Hei stepped into a cave, causing his body to shake as he felt an insane amount of death qi. To which decided to just push his luck, and keep walking, noticing many corpses along the way, realizing that this place wasn't just a pocket space, but an actual alternate dimension.

Hei stopped when he reached the cave's end, and sat down, summoning Vincent and the goblins to watch over the entrance while he cultivated.

Hei had passed out while he was cultivating, and ended up unconsciously cultivating, only to be woken up 9 hours later by a terrifying feeling.

”Child of man, are you the one that has absorbed all the qi here?”

He gulped and nodded. ”Yes, that would be me, senior.”

”That's interesting. What technique do you cultivate in?”

”Nine death dragons technique.”

”Ah, my family's technique.”

”Your- YOUR WHAT?!”

”Yeah, my siblings and I made it back when we were 20, and we just kept improving it as we grew. I won't tell you much, but just expect an upgrade.” Said the senior before his presence disappeared.

Hei let out a sigh of relief. ”That... That was terrifying.”

Hei took the corpses with him, before he began coughing blood.

”Warning: Your body contains too much death qi. You will die within 15 days if you don't find a way to stabilize it.” The system said.

Hei hissed as he read the message. ”Fucking hell. I knew my greed would get me killed, but not this soon.” He said, before putting his monsters back in the summoning space.

Hei sighed and stood up, walking outside, where he spotted a figure wearing full green clothing, with several potions on his clothes. ”Wizard...?” He whispered.

”Is there some sort of wise, majestic aura about me?” The figure replied, after somehow hearing him.

”How the f-” Hei whispered, before looking at him again. ”Witch?”

”Does my voice sound like a woman's?” The figure replied. ”But yeah, you're getting closer.”

”Your sass will end up being your demise.” He said again. ”Got it, you're an alchemist.”

”So humans aren't as dense as they seem.” The man said.

'I will definitely stab this guy sometime soon.' Hei thought to himself, still keeping his guard up. ”Aren't you gonna come and fight me with your magic and sword?”

”Nah, that's too much effort for someone like me.” The alchemist said, to which Hei replied. ”But making potions isn't?” Causing the alchemist to look at Hei in defeat.

Hei grinned at his tiny victory, before heading out of the cave, but was stopped before he managed to leave by the alchemist's voice.

”What do you say about teaming up?” The alchemist said, causing Hei to stop flapping his wings.

'Master, let me handle him.' A familiar voice said in Hei's head.

'Alright, go for it.' Hei said.