Chapter 450 - Sect Leader Position In Trouble (1/2)

Alex started contemplating what had happened tonight. He had met his sect's top disciple that was supposed to have disappeared and lost him.

Also for the first time, he had intentionally killed a person.

He didn't know how to feel about that. He certainly felt bad about killing someone, even going as far as to call it horrible. but there was also a sense of freedom to it as well.

He always knew that it was inevitable for him to kill someone himself. But, he didn't want to do it— for he knew that killing one person would lead to killing many.

However, he also knew that it was impossible to survive in this world without the resolve to do what was required, even if it meant killing someone.

He felt absolutely horrible about killing someone, but he also felt a sense of relief. Now that he was over this hurdle, it wouldn't be hard to gather his resolve to do what needed to be done.

Throughout the night, Alex walked around and found many ingredients that had grown all over the Southern Forest.

He was scared that he might come across more bandits or stronger beasts, but thankfully, the strongest beasts he came across were only at the Meridian realm.

The night felt slow, but even so, it passed by, and right before dawn, Alex could see the sky start to light up.

”So that's East,” he thought and brought out his boat before flying in that direction.

Along the way, he drifted more and more to the left to come out of the forest. Finally, after an hour or so of flying, the boat came out of the forest and Alex finally saw the road.

'The caravan must've gone way further ahead,' Alex thought and sped up. He didn't plan on going back to the caravan, however. That was just something he had to do for the sect.

He could later lie to the caravan people that he was saved by someone. For now, he just flew.

'Did they take a detour to escape the bandit's way?' Alex thought when he couldn't find the caravan even after hours.

'Or maybe I missed them?' he thought when he saw the number of caravans start to be more and more.

'I'm getting closer,' Alex thought. Soon enough, he saw a figure of a wall very far away.

”I'm here,” Alex said excitedly. He was finally back to the Scarlet City. Once he was close, he dropped somewhere in the forest and walked out of it.

He walked over to the gate and entered after showing his Tiger sect's badge.

He walked through the crowd of the noon and made his way to the sect. He entered through the front gate and met with his elder brother.

After talking with him for a few minutes, he made his way towards his master's manor.

Wen Cheng had already been informed of his arrival, so he was waiting for him at the manor.

”You guys are back quite early. I didn't think you would've returned until tomorrow morning,” Wen Cheng said. ”Where's your sister though? Did she go to her house first?.”

”Sister did not return, master,” Alex said. He went on to explain what had happened in the Rubyroad city, followed by what happened on the way back.

”You met the Black Venom bandit group?” Wen Cheng was truly surprised.

”Yes, master. I was in quite a lot of danger too, but I was able to escape thanks to the talisman you gave,” Alex said.

”Oh, that talisman came in handy huh? Thank god. I'm surprised it didn't come in handy during your encounter with Zexi. Although, he was too weak to activate it, or your life was never in danger when he got you,” Wen Cheng said.

”That was really dangerous. I was correct in being scolded so badly.”

”Anyway, let's forget about that. So, your sister won't be back for another 2 weeks huh? That's… going to be a slight problem,” Wen Cheng thought.

”Sister says she will take care of it all when she comes back,” Alex said.

”Sigh, I don't know if she can. Little Yuhan really is very strong. I might just have to give up my spot as the Sect Leader now,” Wen Cheng said.

”Don't worry about that, Master. You have 6 months. I will surely help you get back the spot for you,” Alex said.

”It's fine, the sect master's spot was meant to be ever-changing in the Tiger sect. That's why only the disciples under True realm and less than 25 years of age count,” Wen Cheng said.

”Forget about it, for now, you have something else to worry about,” Wen Cheng said.

”Huh? What?” Alex asked.

”I… may or may not have gotten scolded for letting you go to a different city during these dangerous times without consulting Ma Rong,” Wen Cheng said.

”Oh, uhh…. I think I will return back to the Hong Wu sect then. Damn, I really wanted to go a few ranks higher. I managed to enter the Mind Tempering realm too,” Alex said.

”Oh, you did? Congrats! It was only a matter of time I guess,” Wen Cheng said. ”Alright, go get your return registered in the Disciple hall and go back to Ma Rong.

”Yes, master. Goodbye,” Alex said and left. He walked across the right side of the crater and entered the city crater before he lined up for the disciple hall.

Since it was Sunday, there weren't that many students, and he wasn't recognized as much.

He let the elder working there know that he was back and left. He walked back under the gazing eyes of many and went directly to the gate at the front.

After saying goodbye to his elder brother, he left.

The afternoon sun was hot, and it was much hotter than what should have been really. Alex looked around and realized that the people weren't really wearing anything thick.

'How come it's not cold here?' he wondered.

The busy marketplace slowed down his speed quite a lot as people walked past him multiple times, but he still reached the sect in under half an hour.

He was initially stopped at the gate, but once he showed his nameplate, he was let in.

”Master, I'm back,” Alex left a message on his talisman and walked ahead.

Alex looked at the outer sect disciples that had joined the sect. He wondered how many, if any, of these were players.

While he wasn't sure about it, he was confident that there would be other Alchemy-related skills similar to the Alchemy God's Knowledge that would help the people join the alchemy sect.