Black slowly woke up at first he was scared of the mummified bodies yet he soon got an explanation from Ryuk "They released a final attack somehow and you got knocked out." Black immediately agreed as he believed Ryuk wasn't strong enough to knock him out without him knowing and there was no wound. What Black didn't know was with the various Physician notes he had studied he was capable of knocking someone and sealing their Cultivation using their acupoints or weak spots even death was technically possible if Ryuk hit the death gate. Ryuk took the majority of the stuff the assassins and gave the things he didn't need to Black. Ryuk was confused these people we atleast Truth stage and even if he was fully powered he probably couldn't win against them yet they didn't have any magic stones. He investigated their dried bodies and found various cruel scars that even though now healed looked gruesome. On the four mens hands there was a symbol of a mysterious beast with blood lines stretching out making it look like an infection. Black came forward as well and said "This is a body inscription. From what I can see its a very cruel type done especially on slaves who need to be brought up from young and have attitude problems. Its stimulates a part of the body that sends various shocks that although weak slowly break the mental health down." Black was an inscription and formation masters so he easily understood this as he had put many of these on people to test his own prowess. Black was so talented in formations and inscriptions that he had even made techniques based on formations thats why when he does a technique he does hand signs although hand signs are exclusive to formation type techniques that Black had invented. Ryuk asked "Can you sense who put it from the residual qi put into the formation?" Black nodded "I can but I will have to be close to them to sense it. Furthermore it's not unique to the person because of how long this seal has been there the unique properties of the qi have faded, but the aura of the technique he uses is there. So any person who uses the same technique will be sensed by me aswell." Ryuk nodded. Ryuk suddenly remembered something "Right when I went to the demon sacred grounds no one recognized I was a devil, but you did. Why?" Black said "It's because of the thick aura coming from the token it masked your scent and diluted your unique devil aura furthermore in the devil Sacred Grounds our bloodlines are enhanced no matter how weak in comparison to other bloodlines thats why no one noticed you." Ryuk then asked "What about Mooneye and that other guy shes with their from your realm, but aren't suprised in the least by my being a devil." Black answered "Either they haven't been in contact with one before or they just dont care, but Im sure they felt how heavy your bloodline is. They probably expect that its because of the seal and dont care. But in truth stuff like laws and bloodlines aren't affected by it. Its general knowledge, but people just obsess over the lack of power without going into specifics. I learnt about it for my inscription and formation studies." Ryuk nodded and said "I see. Well shall we set off?" Black asked "If I go let alone the others from the god realm your sect will try to kill me because of my demonic aura..." Ryuk nodded and said "What if you convert your demonic aura to pure yin? Since thats your origin?" Black replied "Demonic energy is an evolution of Yin energy degrading it is long and not worthwhile." Ryuk nodded "Then get in my ring." Black "Wh-" Before he could finish he felt a suction and realized he had appeared in a white space near to him was a young Jackal with a black back and a white swan. Ryo went and bit Black and hissed. Comet on the other had was pale faced when facing the intense demonic aura. Ryo barked "Who are you demon! How dare you enter my masters ring!" Ryo had sensed the Yin qi when Ryuk was in the demon world, but never really got to learn that Black was now the martial brother of Ryuk. Ryuks ethereal shape entered and quickly ran and calmed Ryo down and explained. Ryo understood and then apologized yet like normal Ryo looked in disdain at all except Ryuk. Black was shocked when he saw Ryo yet the years of abuse within the demon race was much worse than a bite. Black quickly got used to the space and although a bit dispirited towards staying in a ring he dealt with it soon. Ryuk had hidden the valuables he had in Hell in his soul. Ryuk had believed if his soul projection could touch the items in the ring as he could probably store them in his soul. Ryuk called Comet out and began his journey back to his sect.
An old man was sitting on a throne and suddenly felt a ripple in his soul. He closed the book he was reading and focused. Soon his eyes opened and his nose flared. He shouted loudly "How dare someone kill my puppet's! That bastard does he understand how much work had to go into making them! Those four bastards took so many years of mental abuse and psychological manipulation not to mention the fact that they were carrying the Green Toad Rambutan that I was using to make my Golden Buddha skin! Damn it!" A young man soon appeared his hair unkept and his eyes rattled. He spoke "Grand elder what's wrong?" The old man shouted "Find out who the four horseman were sent to kill! Furthermore tell 1st elder that I want to speed up our plan atleast by a year I need to make up for my losses!" The young man bowed and left. The old man chuckled "Let the seeds of chaos infect your most trusted. See the fires of the beast emerge from the horizon. If you must blame someone blame the shit who killed my tools!"
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Ryuk after 16 days arrived back at his sect. He entered smoothly and went to his residence yet when he arrived he was suprised to find a note inside from his master. Ryuk although tired quickly had a bath and went to his masters abode. He entered the colorful water room again and found his master walking down the stairs with a hunters robe and a bow on his back with a quiver containing about 30 arrows. Ryuk hurridly bowed. Riel waved his hand and said "Rest here for a while and then let us set off." Ryuk asked "Master where are we going?" Riel said "I'm your master not your resource provider. Of course I have to teach you. Anyway just rest we'll talk on the way the water he enables you to become more comfortable." Ryuk nodded and sat down and began to meditate. Qi rushed into his body and completed many cycles until slowly Ryuks sleepy eyes regained their vitality. After an hour Ryuk and Riel met Riels beast companion a Lazer Imp. A rank 8 demonic beast comparable to a pain stage cultivator. Although Rank 8 might not seem impressive as Ryuk had fought a Rank 7 like other beings there were many many differenced between each beast. The rank 7 Ryuk fought was first of all not like normal rank 7 beasts it was tamed since young and therefore it's instincts had become inactive furthermore it was not a true truth stage. Like the shadows Ryuk fought that day fake truth stage Cultivators are just stronger foundation stage Cultivators and therefore didn't mean shit in any real situation. Furthermore the bloodline, species and environment it was raised in heavily limited its power. Ryuk believed that if it was a real rank 7 he fought he would die easy no question. Furthermore the rank 7 he fought was a newly developed one which could been seen to be heavily dependant on cultivation as it's natural strength could truly destory Ryuks old body. The rank 8 beast in front of Ryuk was about in the middle ranks of rank 8 and it's species was a very rare and unique species allowing its stength to soar aswell as the environment provided by his master Ryuk felt an intense pressure on his body. While it was known that lower rank cultivators sometimes defeated enemies with higher cultivation there were many allowances by fate to allow that. People of a higher cultivation base even if very weak have a innate ability to release pressure and make the qi in lower level Cultivators very viscous. The Imp looked at Ryuk and spoke in a goofy tone "Riel you got another student?" Riel nodded as he tossed a black pearl towards the Imp. "Yes. Here take this ghost pearl I got it from a demonic cultivator they made it out of some valuable material's which can help your bloodline." The Imp laughed and said "Really! Yes!" Ryuk asked Black inside his ring "Aren't Imps demons?" Black huffed "Hmph! Those bastards are always connected to us even though they aren't demons! Imps are born of negative energies like evil spirits yet they posses a body and manipulate it alongside the negative energies. Most imps are born when children are killed in a war zone. Adults are harder to take over and manipulate. Demons are biological creatures that live off demonic qi an evolved form of Yin qi. Many people associate negative with Yin so thats where the connection comes from, but truly there isn't any similarity between us. Although true that Yin qi can make Yin ghosts thats different from what Imps are. Imps are like wisps or qi, but are unable to preserve themselves as they are negative energy so they form a body to house their negative energies by using a combination of positive and negative. They are kind of like anti matter nor exactly but kind of." Ryuk nodded at this explanation before bowing and introducing himself to the Imp "Hello Martial Uncle. Martial nephew Ryuk greets you." The Imp was suprised even though it was a rank 8 Demonic beast it was always looked down as a pet by those who knew he was Riels beast companion of course they showed respect, but he knew that was just on surface. The Imp chuckled and said "I like this brat!" Riel said "Sigrid enough I want to train him and we have a tight schedule lets hurry." Sigrid the Imp quickly settled himself and then his two large wings opened and began to flap causing large gales. Ryuk got on top of the Imps large body with Riel and began to fly. Sigrid said using mental message to Riel "Riel this kid... who is he. Although he's actively concealing his bloodline the residual amount left is making every single inch of me sweat. If it wasn't for the fact that his bloodline is being concealed, he was weak and he hadn't been reborn I would be on my knees without anything. No one I have ever met has such a bloodline. Furthermore his Cultivation base is very rich and boundless. Finally his law I can't even begin to investigate him." Riel replied "I know his bloodlines I have felt too they are intense. His Cultivation base aswell is amazing and his law or laws... I investigated him and recently got some information he killed an entire village in one of our sub countries. We sent some to investigate and most of the families were normal, but one was a demonic family. Ryuk seemed to be the adopted son of one of their members and he was abused as was his mother. She died and later everyone was killed sadistically by him. I don't know who he is, but I'll train him as best as I can." Sigrid asked "Why? He could be dangerous." Riel replied "He just seems like someone I want to protect and guide. Maybe its my instincts telling me to be a chapter of this strong person or my heart telling me to protect this child or both." Sigrid sighed and said "I will follow you. Anyway I also have a distinct feeling on the kid, but my intuition could be a con rather than a pro." Riel laughed.
Soon Ryuk and his master had arrived in a large plain with a forest a bit away. The forest seemed infected with baleful energies and like a menacing hound it opened widely to swallow Innocents.
Riel took out a pill from his storage ring infused some qi and threw it. A large wooden house appeared. Ryuk was suprised. Meanwhile Sigrid dug a hole and went down deep into the earth to absorb the malevolent energies near the bottom of earth. Riel allowed Ryuk to settle in and then began his teaching.
Riel said "We'll be staying here for a month and then you will have about 4 months till the sect competition. Depending on how you do here I'll advise you. Primarily we will be doing theory on many things, but we will also do practicals to test your aptitude and prowess. I will impact my techniques depending on how well you do. Lets first discuss why I won't advise you through foundation stage. Foundation stage like the name suggests is the stage that begins your journey. Your foundation needs to be strong and firm using your energy you have to constantly supplement it. Many even though they can progress to the next stage stay in foundation stage to better themselves. Foundation stage is not only the beginning of cultivation it is the beginning of your search for the underlying truth of the universe. Your qi might have certain attributes due to your laws and the such, but more so it's also carries a trace of a will of the owner. If I tell you my experience your foundation, your foundation will meld into my idea and views then in the future when you need original thinking you wont be able to progress instead your foundation will hinder you. Only by synching your will to your foundation will you be able to enhance yourself. Although it is true it is important to gain external thoughts to mature your own you shouldn't blindly follow." Ryuk nodded and said "I understand master." Riel smiled and said "Be sure on this. This is incredibly important so make sure it is kept in your head. " Ryuk nodded. Riel continued "I'll explain Truth stage and pain stage in broad terms just so you know. You will eventually find out on your own, but its best to be prepared. Truth stage is when your ideas coalesce and eventually becomes truths. Truths are things that hold great power and can shift all. Truths are simple things like water douses fire yet their meaning holds absolute power. Pain stage is the tribulation or rather trial to show the worth of your truth. Truth must be undisputed and if it cannot withstand the questioning then it is false. Although Truth stage seems almighty it is very simple you cant just say The truth is I am a god and become god. It needs to be within the universes allowance and other stuff you will learn in the future. For today and tommorow we will do some theory on laws." Ryuk nodded and began to listen attentively. Riel began to speak "First I will explain the difference between laws. You cant grade laws or call one greater than another. That is foolish. Each and every law is equal and complete. They are perfection. The reason laws in the hands of other beings are graded or compared is because of our imperfections. Furthermore the laws do not exist to be used in battle or to be mastered. The laws are like the seas they dont work for us they are just there and we use them in different ways. Our emotions and ideas of the laws are what determine its strength. You must make your own independent thinking on how to enhance your law so I'll stop there. Then let me talk about laws themselves. As you probably know Laws choose us and depending on our innate compatibility our interest in the subject and other stuff our laws can be discussed as lower level laws and higher ones. The connection between a higher law and the person is incredible and with it one is more powerful innately. So even if someone gave me their knowledge and I interacted and received the favor of a law and enhanced it it couldn't be compared to a higher level connection with a law." Ryuk was wide eyed he never really thought about the laws in such a way he just believed they were like pieces in a puzzle, but now he found out its like carving a statue from very brittle material needing extreme caution in movements. Riel nodded as he saw Ryuk in deep thinking and when he felt enough time had passed he continued "Now this is the very basics and today I want you to develop on them and then tommorow we will discuss more specific stuff. But I have one final thing to tell you about. The actual way we use laws. You must have realized as you thought reality would change when you used your fire law?" Ryuk nodded. Riel explained "Let me give you the example most people use to discuss the way laws are used. Thoughts and emotions are the raw material, our brain or soul is the grindstone that forges what we want our eyes are the connection between illusionary and physical. The potency of the thoughts and emotions are the catalyst that cause the matter to obey you and form. Of course this is the way soul techniques work, but laws are inheritly connected to the soul and work in such a similar way, but theres a difference between soul and law Technique and uses. Body affects reality, soul affects the illusionary world. Body with enough training can interact with the soul and the soul similarily can affect reality with enough training, but no matter how hard you train those two they can affect the fundamental qualities of the universe. Laws are the ones that can do this affecting the very rules that build this world of course this is a very exaggerated meaning. Of course laws can do this, but it's less grand atleast from what Ive seen, but im not even from the spiritual realm so I dont know." Ryuk felt his heard still and almost instinctively he stood up and went to his room and began to meditate. Riel was suprised, but laughed "Kids these days always running without pacing themselves. Ah..."
Ryuk entered his room and muttered "So far my character has been questionable. I do things randomly shifting between a casual and intense attitude. There is no order in what I do. The laws I have haven't melded into my true self and therefore I am fundamentally incorrect. I need to find out who I truly am." Ryuk opened his eyes and realizes he had appeared in his room. Sighing at the sudden realization yet he continued saying. "Im going to be gone for a long time this time. Hai. I wonder how old I really am. Physically and my soul age is about 17 I think. I have honestly forgotten. Well lets get started." Ryuk took a deep breath and whispered "Infinite thoughts."