When Sam came to the cave, he saw Watt and Falck sitting there. While Yanwu is waiting for him. As soon as Sam walked in, Watt stood up and walked towards him and said.
"I need help." Sam raised an eyebrow as he sized up the boy. He is not that much timid anymore, well at least he is not averting his gaze even when his hands and legs are trembling in fear. Sam chuckled and said.
"You know, you have to pay a price, right?"
Watt nodded at the question.
"Okay tell me, what do you want me to help you with?" Sam asked with an amused expression. Never would he thought that there would be change in this guy in one night.
"Make me strong." Watt answered in a low voice. Sam raised an eyebrow and asked.
"How strong?"
"Strong enough to not to ask for help from others and strong enough to always help myself." It took all the courage he had to say this. Sam stayed silent for a bit as he looked at Watt's expression and said.
"You do know what you ask, right? You want to strong enough to always help yourself. Do you know how strong you have to become? You have to be at the pinnacle of the world to claim that. Otherwise, there would always be someone stronger than you and there would be a time, where you have to face them and there would be a time where you feel helpless again. Think carefully."
Sam walked towards Yanwu and sky and just as he was about to speak, Watt shouted from below.
"Then make that strong. Take me to pinnacle." Sam turned around and asked.
"What is the price you are willing to pay?"
"Anything you want."
"Are you sure? Anything?" He asked with a cold smile. Watt nodded.
"Okay, then. From now on you will be my lackey. I will give you resources, opportunities and strength. In return, you will be my lackey and you will only be my lackey. You don't have to follow anybody's orders except mine. Even if the other party is the emperor or the ruler of heaven himself, their words would be nothing. If I tell you to kill, you will do so. If I tell you to fight, you will do so. Are you willing to pay this price?" Sam said with a cold aura surrounding him. His back straight and hands behind his back, with his handsome face, he looked majestic as if he is superior to anything this world has to offer.
"I am willing." Watt said.
"I can't hear you are you willing?" Sam asked as he raised his voice.
"I am willing." Watt also increased his voice.
"ARE YOU WILLING?"
"I AM WILLING!!!!!" Watt shouted at top of his lungs as tears formed in his eyes. This is the only time he felt free and brave for the first time in his life. This is the only time he felt that a huge burden has been taken off of his shoulders. This is the only time, he felt that his life has a meaning. This is the only time he felt that; he did something worthy.
All these days, he bawled his eyes for not having his parents, for not having proper education, for not having enough food, for not having resources and wallowed in his own self-pity. But now, when he was shouting on top of his lungs that he would be willing to a pay the price to obtain the strength he wanted, he felt more alive than combined fifteen years of his life.
Sam walked towards him and patted his shoulders and said. "From today onwards, you are no longer an orphan in slums, but you are my subordinate. You work for me and live for yourself." Then he closed his eyes and looked for through the library of the tower in divine dimension. When he found a suitable cultivation technique, he opened his eyes and said.
"Sit down and wait for a while." Sam then absorbed the knowledge of the cultivation technique and started copying it in a book. After half-an-hour of rapid writing, he finally finished and passed the book over.
"This technique is called a beast warrior cultivation technique, suitable for a wind elemental mage having a beast companion of wind element with him. Remember the manual by heart and destroy it immediately. Under any circumstance, you shouldn't share the info of the manual with anyone." Sam paused for a moment and passed him am spatial ring. "There are some normal spirit stones in this ring. Go to Vickers's shop and exchange it with the wind element spirit stones. Tell him that Sam sent you. Before that change wash up and change your dress." Sam passed a set of normal vest and pants he usually wears. Watt took the ring and dress and walked out in a rapid pace.
Sam looked at the lean figure and smirked. The beast warrior cultivation, he gave to him is a unique cultivation technique created by Ling tian himself. In fact, the Myriad beast bloodline technique, he is using now is also a special type of beast warrior technique. This type of cultivation technique, when cultivated by a mage, will make a contract with a beast and cultivates along with it as well as his body will be as strong as beast at same level, giving him qualities of warrior as well. Just like Sam, this will increase not only the speed of the cultivation, but also the chances of having better spiritual energy and elemental fusion. If there are any bloodline secret arts, they can be used as well.
He turned over and said to Yanwu. "Let us get to work."
Sam took out some formation flags and laid down a formation in order to conceal the energy fluctuations and then he laid another formation. This formation is not a regular formation that can be seen in the books. This the formation, Sam created by himself. He started drawing various runes in between the formation. This is a special type of sealing inscription which Sam created by repeated experimentation.
This inscription is done on a scroll and it works with the formation. In this process, within the formation, Sam will control an elemental attack or he himself launch an elemental attack, while providing the spiritual energy to the inscription circle through the formation. He will direct the attack towards the scroll at the centre and seal the attack in the scroll.
Generally, the attack inscriptions are done by normal inscriptions by using various combinations of the rune diagrams which are made based on the hand seals of the attack. But Sam created this technique only because, his attacks are not conventional and instead based on the science he knew. That is why, he created an inscription sealing method to seal his special attacks, so that they can be used in an emergency situation.
Then why is he using this now even when there is no plan of using it before. Well, he thought of new use to the fire poison, other than increment in his cultivation. So, what he wants to do now is to seal a small amount of fire poison for future use.
By the time Sam laid made all the preparations, Watt returned.
"You can take the wind elemental stones and cultivate. I will be helping sky in following days. If I am not done by the third day from now, go to this address and pass this note to a person named Jack." Sam said and passed over a note to him.
Then he walked towards the inscription circle and stood at the empty node, which he made near Sky's body. He kept one hand on Sky and started extracting the fire poison. At the same time Yanwu placed the spirit stones, responsible for providing the energy to the inscription circle.
After much effort, the fire poison started showing reaction. Sam concentrated on extracting the fire poison near the heart. Sky growled in pain as fire poison separated. When the portion of the poison is separated, Sam didn't absorb it and directed it towards the scroll placed at the centre. The moment the fire poison hit the scroll the inscription circle which was illuminated completely by now converged and sealed it completely. Sky fainted again into sleep and Sam panted for his breath.
After this was done. He removed the formation and laid another spirit condensing formation at the side.
By this time, the sky became dark again. Watt watched Sam sealing the fire poison and opened his mouth in awe. Then he walked to a corner and started cultivating along with Falck.
Sam placed the Fire poison scroll in the middle of spirit gathering formation. This is to use the scattered fire elemental energy that would spread in the cave to enhance the fire poison. After the preparations are completed, Sam sat in front of sky, while Yanwu sat behind him.
He looked at the huge roc and said. "I will begin the process. this might be painful, but I will try my best to make sure that you will stay alive and get rid of this cure."
He then closed his eyes and placed both his palms on the body of Sky and slowly started absorbing the fire poison. He made it so slow that there is no reaction in the poison until half-an hour. He started absorbing the poison and started refining it in his body meanwhile, Yanwu shared the energy along with him, to make sure that he wouldn't reach his limit easily.
In this way a human and a Golden sun crow are working together to save a great roc from the Bifang fire poison.
The night passed quickly; Sam's skin turned red due to the potency of the fire poison. His skin started to become dry. When the morning son came.
*Phew* Sam broke through to the level 6 Acolyte. There are only four days to the competition. But Sam is not even thinking about that. He is fully concentrating on the fire poison and slowly started extracting it. His newly expanded spiritual core, started filling up again, Yanwu is also kept on absorbing the energy from behind. This seemed to be a never-ending process. By evening, both Sam and Yanwu had another break through together. Both of them entered late stages together. While Sam into the late stage of Acolyte while Yanwu into Late stage of Level 2 beast.
Sam who just broke through kept on absorbing the fire poison.
The process continued and the day passed. There is still three days until the competition. If Sam is not done today, Watt is ready to deliver the note to the address and Sam was not done so he went to visit the mansion.
When he entered the Mansion, he was in complete awe. He never entered the mansion as luxurious as that. He is really surprised. He met Jack and passed over the note. Jack right now is preparing to create an 'accident' to Eisen along with Shawn. But when he received the note, Jack smiled and modified the plans. He changed his target to the two lackeys of Eisen.
He met with the other extra person who came along with them to the City to make a deal.
"Do you want to participate in the tournament?" Jack asked without beating around the bush.
The other guy immediately nodded his head.
"5000 spirit stones. There will be a spot ready. You can make your preparations. You can pay on the day of tournament." Jack said in a single breath. The other guy almost couldn't believe his words. He was still in daze when he saw Jack leaving and the he immediately went to make some preparations for the competition. Even though, getting him a spot might be hard, who knows what would happen.
Jack felt that he did a good job in selling the extra spot for 5000, he was thinking how Sam would react.
Time passed quickly. The cultivation level of Sky is getting reduced minute by minute. From the cultivation level, Sam wasn't able to sense at all. He fell into Level 3 middle-stage. Days changed and finally the day after tomorrow will be the tournament. Sam is almost about to break through the Level 9. He is verge on breaking through since morning and he is waiting patiently.
Finally, by night Sam and Yanwu both broke through to the final stages of their respective cultivation. After consolidating for a while, Sam opened his eyes and finally took a good look at Sky.
The great roc, is now in a much better condition, but it is still in pain. Sam slowly stood up and whispered to him. "The next thing I will do to you will pain you so much that, you will prefer death over it. But I want you to endure and hang in there." He didn't even know if sky could hear his words, but he still said it. Sam placed his hands on him again and got ready to proceed with next step.