Chapter 57 The Castle Part 3 (1/2)

Chapter 57 The Castle Part 3

”It's talent in cultivating the spirit” muttered Daniel in realization

He then sat in a lotus position, and before starting to cultivate, he activated 'Tiain

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The moment the last bit of beast core disappeared, Daniel session of cultivation had ended

His spiritual cultivation had now reached the e, or mid rank 5

When Daniel opened his eyes, he found himself in the middle of a room filled with books His first reaction was to take a look around, so he got back up on his feet, but after he turned around, he noticed a very old lookinga thick book peacefully

At Daniel's attempt to approach him, the oldtalent you have It's only been a few thousand years Has the world changed this much?” Said the old man

This old e tattered old robe, and a hood hid his face entirely The only thing that indicated his age, was the hoarse voice, and the wrinkly hands which slowly rested on the book's cover

”Who are you?” Asked Daniel while sitting on the chair on the other side of the table

The old ainst the wooden chair, and said ”I shouldn't have come back to this place such an obvious mistake” His voice sounded depressed and he couldn't help but sigh every now and then He see to himself

After a moment, he raised his head and looked at Daniel's face ”You look pro What happened to you? How are you this powerful at Wait” Shock grew on his covered face, and he jumped up from his chair

He then looked carefully at Daniel, and said ”You are a martial cultivator!!” his voice became more surprised the more he talked ”How is it possible for you to be here if you are a martial cultivator?”

”I am not a martial cultivator I've passed three tests for spiritual cultivators to get here” Responded Daniel with as much calm as possible

”You can deny it however much you want, and yet, I can smell your weird ki clearly” said the old man Before the old man could calm down, his eyebrows arched in sudden realization, and asked ”Are you an anoed in humans recently?! Were you born like this?” one question after the other were thrown at Daniel

Daniel was slightly irritated, as the old man hadn't answered to any of his questions yet

”Hold on a second, can you tell me who you are?” Asked Daniel with a louder voice than intended

The oldHe then sat back on his chair, and after what looked like fixing his clothes, he said ”My apologies I ae”

”Weren't you supposed to have Ascended to a higher plane reserved for those above the ninth rank?” Asked Daniel curiously

Froht as he finished asking his question, Daniel understood that the oldabout

”I've never ascended past the ninth rank I started a competition with an old enemy, the Dark Warrior” He said in an explanatory tone

Daniel was utterly confused He didn't belong to this area, so he wasn't that attached to its history What he was curious about, was hoas possible for such a large number of people's memory to deviate so much from what truly happened

”What was the competition about?” Daniel asked to the old man

The old man's voice became melancholic as he recounted the story of how the feud between hi to what the old e and the Dark Warrior had been friends at first But as tie His physical superiority started to twist his vision of the world Toin the world As long as one was powerful enough, then, he had the right to decide the fate of others

At first, the Dark Warrior had started to show no mercy to those who offended his It had reached a point where, unable to find another solution, the Clear Mage had decided to terminate their friendshi+p, and swore to hier to humanity

After fifty years of constant battles, the Clear Mage had decided to conduct their final battle the day they met in this island

Once arrived, the two battled to a point of near death

The Dark Warrior, at this point of his life, had beco for the smallest reason, as if human's life orth less than the breath spent to pronounce a sentence But if there was so that the Dark Warrior liked, was a powerful cultivator That was the reason why, regardless of how ed to bring hi their fight with both of their deaths, the two cultivators had decided to trap themselves into a formation, and after thousands of years, they would bet their lives on the nature of the human's heart

The next time a monstrous talent would participate in this tournament, he or she would be able to decide which ht one The compassionate one, or the ruthless one

Thousands of years had passed, and someone with a monstrous talent had finally arrived

”I assu to ask ht fists, as he said ”Reach the treasury room, on the door, you will find a heart with a sword stabbed in it Remove the sword, and prove what compassion is to my old enemy Or twist the sword Put an end to his life, and prove ht”

”Wasn't I supposed to reach your cha from it with me in the treasury in order to open it?” Asked Daniel with a confused face