It was two weeks after the competition that Zeron woke up from his coma.
After discharging himself from the sect clinic.
He went to Sake Lodge.
There, he saw the Sake trio.
"Zeron, it's good that you are awake; you scared us during the competition; why didn't you just admit defeat," Chulan asked.
Zeron smiled and said. "I didn't just like her prideful look".
Chulan gave him the stink eye.
"But Zeron won, and that's what matters". Rale said.
"Hey, how did you win?". Sake with a chicken drumstick in his hands asked.
He continued. "I heard that the elder said you won by using an ancient forbidden technique which left you in a coma. Is it true?".
Zeron, not also understanding how he won, just said yes.
"But man, you are impressive; being in the internal organs tempering stage, my master said I should be more like you." Sake said.
"Master?". Zeron asked back.
"Yes". Rale answered.
"After Sake recovered from his injuries, he was lucky to be accepted by an elder; he was the only one that was chosen by an elder to be his disciples; the rest of us were given a normal teacher".
"Except Jiao Dayu, who was made the sect head disciple".
"Yes lucky her". Chulan enviously said.
She then looked at Zeron and said. "So when are you going to choose your master? The sect head said you can choose anyone you want as your master, including him".
The trio has an envious look on their face.
They were jealous of Zeron having the choice of choosing anyone as a master, including the powerful sect head.
"My master? I would think about it". Said Zeron.
After chatting with the Sake trio till evening.
Zeron went to the sect library.
On the first floor of the sect library, which contains journals and documentaries of the Sealore continent.
Zeron was browsing through the books placed on the shelf.
The first floor of the sect library is mostly empty, containing only a few students.
Most students would prefer going to the higher floor, which contains cultivation skills and manual, and not the boring stuff which was placed on the first floor.
Zeron was searching for any book containing the names of experts in the Sword River sect and a brief introduction of them.
After searching for a few hours, he found a book that was documented ten years ago, which contained the names, characteristics, attributes, and level of cultivation of the experts of the Sword River sect.
When reading, Zeron was amazed by the number of experts that the Sword River sect has.
He saw a brief introduction of Elder Lei, and he was shocked to know that Elder Lei is the strongest elder in the Sword River sect, not including the grand elder.
He is known in the cultivation world of the Sundai region and beyond as a remorseless murderer. A terrifying name; he is also called Slaughter King by the evil sects.
The evil sects hate him to the bone marrow.
There was a brief introduction to the power ranking in the Sundai region.
The righteous sect, led by the sword river sect, is the number one power, followed by the evil sect, which is led by the blood flower sect, is the second power; next is the royal clan, and then the nobles, which are ranked fourth.
In the book, ranking in the Sword River sect was separated by levels of cultivation; the mysterious ancestors had the highest cultivation level, followed by the sect leader, grand elder, elders, chief disciples, teachers, etc.
Zeron was given the privilege to choose a master out of anybody in the sect, not including the ancestor's level characters.
Zeron looked at a particular name in the book and what was written there was 'sword maniac - loyal to the sword, disloyal to the gods'
"That's the one". He said
...
In a mountainous area in the Sword River sect, away from the main residence, in front of a secluded hut stood Zeron.
After standing outside for almost eight hours, finally, a voice from inside the hut said.
"What do you want?".
Zeron replied, "I want to be your disciple".
There was a strange silence in the room, followed by a voracious laughter.
"Hahahaha!!!".
"You want me to be your master; have you not heard about me, the useless trash and waste." The voice spoke.
Zeron continued looking at the hut, and with a gaze that could pierce the wooden door and see what was inside, he said.
"What other people think is their business; what I know is that I want the Sword maniac to be my master."
Creek!
The sound of the hut door opening sounded.
A man stood outside the door with wide shoulders and a broad back.
His gaze was electrifying.
Zeron knelt down and said.
"Greetings to chief disciple Hong Khan".
"I, Zeron Plum, humbly pledge to respect you in this life and the afterlife as my master, never to betray you as long as you don't betray me".
The man gazed at Zeron who knelt with his face facing the ground and sighed. He said.
"I don't know why you want a useless man like me to be your master, but, I will take you as my disciple; I hope you will not regret it."
Zeron raised up his head and faced the man saying. "If what was written in the school library about you is true, then I will never regret my choice, master."
Zeron kowtowed three times according to the traditions of the man.
After accepting Zeron's kowtow, he nodded to Zeron and said. "Don't call me chief disciple Hong Khan again; that is my past; you are to call me master raging bull."
The man, who is now called master raging bull looked at the cloud and thought inwardly. (I will not stop raging until my fury is unleashed).