Ace finally found himself amidst this chaos, he had been walking down the paths created by those historical figures. There was no wrong in doing so, but the Slaughter Law was peculiar in its own way.
Only those with extraordinary willpower can walk down the path of slaughter, but all Ace desired was peace. But does peace truly exist in this world? The cultivation world is the survival of the fittest, the strong trample on the weak, the weak struggles and retaliates.
This cursed cycle was abominated by countless cultivators, but none had the ability to break this cycle, not even the number one expert of the human race, who was barely able to defend them from the demon beasts.
The path Ace was going to embark on, was one filled with mysteries and danger. One mistake and his life might be the price, but he had no regrets with going against the nature of the Slaughter Law.
Ace saw more than just killing in the Slaughter Law. If there's death, there's also life. Even in the darkest periods, there would always be that ray of hope. Ace was going to comprehend the life and death laws at the same time, just so that he could comprehend the true essence of the Slaughter Law.
When Ace opened his eyes again, the first round of battles was already over and without any surprise, all the seeded teams managed to defeat their opponents. As for the next round of battles, the match results were already fixed since the beginning.
There was absolutely no way for the non-seeded cultivation teams to win against the seeded teams, for this very reason, the Announcer made an abrupt change to the sequence of the tournament with his own authority, as the great general of the Nebula Kingdom.
"In order to ensure that the battles would progress smoothly, only the champion of the non-seeded teams will be privileged to participate in the upcoming section of the tournament. The champion of the non-seeded teams will be decided within the next three days of the tournament, the tournament only reaches its peak five days from now."
After the Announcer made this statement, the seeded cultivation forces left with their disciples immediately to make their final preparations before the final clash against each other. The other cultivation forces might be nothing more than ants in their eyes, but that wasn't the case for the other cultivation forces that have been their long-time rivals.
"Malene, Fawkes, do you guys have any confidence in becoming the champions within your group?" Ace asked as they grouped up together and headed towards the Mystic Breeze Inn to settle down, the stench of blood might not have dissipated, but with the array that separates the fourth floor from the rest, none has managed to see through the mysteriousness of the Mystic Breeze Inn.
"The other seven cultivation forces wouldn't even be a match for the youngest Elite Paladin, becoming the undisputed champion among our group would be a breeze." Malene answered confidently with a pat of the chest.
Chatting along the way, the group soon arrived at the Mystic Breeze Inn and even though it was crowded, the inn still managed to secure enough rooms for them on the second floor. Considering the population of the Nebula Kingdom, even the smallest inn would have hundreds of rooms on one floor.
As for a large inn such as the Mystic Breeze Inn, there would be thousands of rooms even though a section of the first floor was for meals.
"The price will be a hundred middle-grade spirit stones each night for a room, the payment can be done before leaving the inn." The counterman explained as he led them towards their rooms and passed each of them a card that was the key to their specific room.
"System's conversation function has been unlocked!"
100 middle-grade spirit stones: 1 system point
Coincidentally, the system actually awakened one of its functions at this very moment, the only conversion rate available right now on Ace's nerves when he recalled the price of staying in this inn. There were nineteen of them and if they were going to stay here for a week at the very least, it would be a total of 13300 middle-grade spirit stones, which was worth 133 system points.
It wasn't much compared to the amount that Ace possessed, but since he had been venturing around without really spending any spirit stones, he barely had a thousand spirit stones.
"Thank you for leading us here, here's a tip." Malene passed a bag of spirit stones to the counterman as she received the key cards.
"Thank you for the tip." The counterman thanked before returning to his position swiftly, from just his cultivation aura, Ace could deduce that he was at least a Martial Spirit cultivator, yet why was he taking up a job in the Mystic Breeze Inn?
Ignoring this question for now, he asked Malene out of sheer curiosity, "How much did you tip him?"
Malene raised her brows, but still answered, "Only about a thousand middle-grade spirit stones, why did you ask this question suddenly though?"
Ace coughed awkwardly and shook his head, changing the topic immediately as he turned towards his disciples and told them to gather in his room for a briefing.
Malene knew that Ace was going to be occupied for the next few days and returned to her room, reminding everyone to gather in Fawkes room later for a briefing.
Ace sat on a chair as he looked at the seven disciples that have already grown to the same stage as him, in fact, Ace had a feeling that Alexander and Lancelot were no weaker than him.
"System, I hope you don't let me down from now on."
"Don't worry, the system will only do its best to assist the host." For the first time, the system answered Ace's question which was usually ignored.
"You're finally capable of speaking to me?"
"The system has always been able to converse in the language of humans."
Stellar Elixir: Able to help a cultivator comprehend any cultivation law at ten times their usual speed for three days. 1k system points.
Without any hesitation, Ace exchanged for eight of the Stellar Elixirs immediately, spending almost 1/7 of his system points in an instant. In order to help his disciples improve after neglecting them for a year, this was the least he could do.
"8 Stellar Elixirs have been purchased, 8k system points have been deducted."
System points: 62.64k
"There's nothing much I can teach any of you right now, the best I could do would be to provide cultivation resources. Return to your room and consume this elixir, it should help you to make a significant improvement in the next few days.
Ace said as he passed each of them the Stellar Elixir, but Garen seemed to know this elixir as his eyes lit up in agitation, "Sect Master, is this the Stellar Elixir?"
Ace nodded his head and sent all of them out of his room immediately as he sat on the bed and consumed the Stellar Elixir, entering the state of cultivation immediately. Ace's spirit energy was increasing at a snail but steady pace, but his mind was occupied with cultivating the slaughter law.
From the moment Ace embarked on this path, he realised that the only major blood pool he condensed after much effort had taken on the shape of a tower. Not only that, there were a thousand steps to take in the tower and he could only step onto the eightieth floor, but his slaughter law was definitely stronger than before.
Without a doubt, this had to do with his mindset changing, which led to him stepping onto a path, which seeks more than just slaughter.
Outside the door, everyone was tugging at Garen asking the same question, "What is the Stellar Elixir?"
They have been a group for quite some time and one thing they knew about Garen in common, was that he was someone who had seen countless treasures. In terms of one's expertise in grading the value of a certain item, they were sure that Garen was superior to them, yet he was surprised when he saw the Stellar Elixir.
"The Stellar Elixir only has one effect...that is to increase one's cultivation speed of their specific law by ten times for three days. To put it simply, we'll be spending three days of cultivation to make one month of progress."
"What?"
Everyone was astonished, but none of them entered the room to thank Ace. Instead, they returned to their rooms immediately to begin cultivating, leaving Garen alone in the corridor by himself. But right when he was about to return to his room to cultivate, Grace stepped out of her room.
"What's the matter, why are you alone in the corridor? Shouldn't you be seizing this time to cultivate?" Grace asked with a radiant smile that brightened the entire corridor immediately, but if the others were around, they would only be shocked.
To them, Grace was a cold person who rarely showed any emotions, her lips even curving slightly would already be an unexpected sight to them, not to mention her smile, which only a few have seen until now.
"It's nothing, I was just having a chat with my sect members, if there's nothing else, I'll return to cultivating first." Garen shuffled his feet and explained, turning around a few times to look at Grace before entering the room.
"I've made up my mind," Grace muttered under her breath as she walked towards Ace's room.