Two weeks later, Nicklaus and Felix found a sect that was willing to let them in. It was not a well known sect but it was still powerful. They both had decided to go together and find a sect to be in for their own porpuses. Nicklaus for the skills of the sect and Felix for the protection they gave to their disciples.
Of course they started as outer disciples, making Nicklaus almost blow a fuse. He was a Marquis Level expert and they want him to be doing chores to weak disciples! Felix just laughed at him and for a whole week, he never had the strength to sit down because of how hard he was kicked by him.
Anyway, like normal outer disciples, they were given jobs. Luck seemed to be favouring Felix for a female Inner disciple saw him and decided to give him the job of picking herbs with her. Nicklaus told him that his second wife was calling. Felix was angered by this and reminded Nicklaus of his task; cleaning the pigsty and feeding the pigs. He left with a satisfactory smile on his face as he heard Nicklaus cursing inside.
He arrived at the place he was told to go and met with the girl. Her name was Sophia Lecrue. She gave him a basket and led him to the herbs field.
"Heavenly Apothecary Sect's main production is pills and potions. So we have the biggest Herbs Field of all the sect in this realm. Basically, we make sure that all the herbs have the best conditions to grow and that we do not take too much that a herb will be scarce in our fields. Now as you can see, the Field is divided into portions. The first one is designed for disciples like us. These herbs do not need special care while harvesting so you can just uproot them without worrying about harming them. The second portions is for core disciples and masters who know how to harvest them. They need special care for they can be damaged easily. The third portion is for the sect master and the elders. Those herbs can literary kill you and use your corpse for nourishment! Now, as a disciple who works in the apothecary sector, you will get certain benefits like pills. You can get any pill you want for once a month unless it is a ridiculously expensive pill. Second, every month when we get our resources you will get twice the amount of pills. We use that to rope in more students into our sector. Say, that friend of yours the one that always has mean look on his face, would he be interested in our sector?"
"He is a battleminiac," he said and she nodded as she got into quick thinking pose; he had to admit, it made her look cute.
"He will do well with the current hallmaster of the Defense and Offense sector. He's a battleminiac too. Some say he fights with the sect master every week just to feel his blood on his face."
"Klaus is the type who will toy with you and start learning your skills and when he's done with you and he's satisfied he will give you an easy finish. If he's not, pray to whatever gods you have for he will take out his anger even on your corpse."
"You saw him do that?"
"Yep. A Legendary realm expert had to interfere and even him was soon regretting not killing him earlier. Say, can I get promoted to an Apothecary disciple if I manage to refine a pill or potion?"
"If you can do so now the hallmaster, Miss Granger, will take you in as her personal disciple.
For the rest of the day, he kept on chatting with this lovely girl as they picked the herbs. When it was about to be sundown, they parted ways before he went to the pigsty to laugh at Nicklaus. When he got there, he found Nicklaus pouring feed for the last pig.
"Hey Nick, how's the feeding going?" he asked. Nicklaus looked at him, sighed before bursting into pixels. Felix was stupefied. "Shit, did they just overwork a Marquis Level expert to death!" Something, though, told him something was not right here so he went back to their dorm and when he opened the door to their room, he found Nicklaus sleeping. Demanding and explanation, he woke the sleepy man awake, violently.
"How did you do that? How did you burst into those sparkling things?" Felix asked, breathlessly.
"You mean Sacrificial Avatar? I just made an avatar of myself and made him do my work. I have been asleep since you walked out of that door," Nicklaus said sleepily. Felix was stunned then it all turned to anger and jealous.
"Not fair! I had to work all day and you just had to use a skill and sleep all day! Why is there no fairness in the world?" Felix lamented.
"You're the one to talk. You were on a date with your second wife while I had to dream about hiring a prostitute to give a high five in my little brother. Tch, you lucky bastard," Nicklaus said with teary eyes. Felix punched his head hard.
"Enough with the harem things," he roared before he calmed himself down. "Anyway you will be pleased to know that the hallmaster of Defense and Offense is a battleminiac yourself. You should apply there and spar with him." Nicklaus suddenly sat up and looked at Felix seriously.
"I joke about a lot of things Felix but not when I am about to get new skills. This better be true," he said with a seriousness Felix never saw him have before.
"Of course, I'm not kidding," Felix said. Nicklaus suddenly got up and hugged him, tears running down his cheeks.
"Felix-san. You do not know how hard it had been for me. I had to fight you and your pitiful strength all day for two weeks and everyday I just felt like crying. You really are a brother to look out for me like this. I won't soon forget," Nicklaus cried.
"Yeah yeah. It has been hard in y...Oi, who are you calling weak? You're the monster, alright! You do not want to cross into the Legendary Realm because you want to fight opponents of this realm to your heart's content! Just cross over already and leave us pitiful beings alone," Felix said and peeled Nicklaus off of him.
"Right, now to find my new treasure trove. Kukukuku, I can't wait to see what you have, hallmaster of Defense and Offense." With that chilling declaration with a bone freezing smile, Nicklaus teleported away. From the dorms, Felix heard Nicklaus's booming voice.
"My name is Nicklaus and I am here to have a satisfying battle with the hallmaster of Defense and Offense. If you are not the hallmaster then don't come here and start asking me how qualified I am to fight him. I know I am qualified enough to give you a middle finger but I do not know how qualified he is. So come out and fight me or I will tear the sector up and down until I find which tortoise shell you're hiding in!" Everyone in all the sectors heard this declaration and were stunned as the elders and sect master.
"This friend of mine will be the death of many people," Felix said as he shook his head. He sat crosleggedbon his bed and started cultivating. He was about it breakthrough to rank four after his spars with Nicklaus. He had to hand it to the battleminiac, he made sure he worked hard for the strength he had now.