ken woke up next morning and this time he was baffled as he used his mental power to check the room which had become his daily habit now . the mental power had become at least 10 times stronger than which was already absurd advancement but ken could feel that density which meant penetrative power of his mental power had become too great.
ken was from modern earth so even though he spent most of the year out of cities but he was aware of the security measures like CCTV etc . so in this cultivation world of course with spell formations , the elders could try to spy on the sect disciples secretly . well nobody else was like ken who had too much knowledge about formations to notice the difference after all .
alchemists are really important to the guild so Ken's first thought after receiving his own room was that he could be spied on . so he had checked for any sort of spell formations that could prove bad news for him . of course ken had every right to be cautious because technically he was using most of the ingredients he got from the guild for a job for himself . fortunately ken didnt find any formations like that and the guild's evaluation rose a little inside his heart . maybe they just hadn't thought that any alchemist would try to cheat them so much anyway ken was the one who was silently benefiting so of course he was thankful .
this time he just scanned the room lightly once and even the most basic formation like air freshener formation which was buried deep under all sorts of a little advanced formations was naked in front of him with just a glance . ken felt happy with the improvement and went outside the room with a smile .
like usual the guild was bustling with disciples pouring inside for various pills and requests while the staff was busy managing them . it was good that elder gentle's presence proved to be a deterrent for disciples who like to complain too much and try to haggle the price . well points were too precious after all.
" good morning ! suman , I'm leaving and will be back in an hour or two . please save a task from higher ups for me ." ken smiled at the beautiful lady who was busy with her work and didnt even look at him . who wouldn't like a beautiful lady who was working diligently ?
" mn , alright ! " she just waved her small hand a little telling that she had heard ken . ken knew that even though she can act like an airhead sometimes, suman was relatively an efficient person who could be counted upon . so he leisurely made his way outside through the crowd . as usual people mostly glanced at him once and that was all .
ken spent an hour in the public library while reading various books that he could find and was on his way back to the guild . for ken , he could absorb knowledge much much better than of a sponge so he of course read many books in his free time . now he was much clearer about the various regions of this cultivation world and couldn't wait to start adventuring outside . but spending time in the sect while increasing his power consistently was now more important to ken as he could always travel to more places after becoming stronger .
outside the guild building , ken spotted an anxious outer disciple who looked like was hesitating to enter the guild . there were many of them as some had no points or had offended someone from the guild etc . this young man had a relatively handsome face and sharp eyes but ken was puzzled as he could not sense any qi from him .
out of curiosity ken scanned his body with his mental power and frowned. his mental power was too profound for disciples to notice anyway but ken found the reason this young man didnt emit any qi fluctuations. there could be reasons like his qi control was profound or he couldn't cultivate , both of them were impossible here. in fact his spirit nerves were clogged and were being corroded by something slowly . spirit nerves were connected to the spirit root and the energy cultivator absorbs travel through them before being refined and reach the root .
ken could see that this disciple had an unfortunate encounter and was infected with some kind of parasite . his condition was too serious now and ken instantly knew that the parasites were from tri coloured snake . this particular snake beast could be considered one of the dangerous beasts in this realm . its venom was too potent and could kill even earth realm experts in seconds by eroding their body from inside . the antidote was available so most of the powerful experts carry it with them . but this snake has one more troublesome ability . the parasites that are born inside its territory can easily enter body of cultivstors anytime and the aftermath was like that of the disciple , clogged veins .
powerful experts could cover their body with a thick layer of energy but for this disciple who was only a qi condensation realm disciple before , it was an impossible feat to constantly supply energy for protecting his body in the vast territory of the snake . most likely this disciple didnt know about the place he visited was the territory of tri coloured snake and unfortunately was infected by the parasites . welll at least he could come alive out of there as the adult snake was a peak tier 4 beast . even the most powerful best in this realm was only tier 5 and the snake even had its venom and parasites as unique abilities .
" hello friend ! " ken spoke with a friendly tone.
" eh, alchemist ? I'm sorry , I was just going to leave now . " ken was confused by this reaction . it looked like this disciple had some kind of feud with an alchemist and a somewhat powerful one at that . it was easily deduced by ken as he would not even approach in a few kilometers around the guild if the alchemist he had offended was too powerful like a tier 3 or more .
" look , I just want to tell you that it's useless to visit the guild . your problem , they cannot solve ! " ken spoke with a little harsh tone because this disciple had become too submissive now and for people like this using a little harsh tone is much effective than kind one . " what is your name ? "
as expected the disciple had calmed down a little now . ' this alchemist doesn't look like he knows that demon alchemist claus ' he thought this and introduced himself " my name is zhao . I know that my condition is too worse now and the guild doesn't have a cure . " Zhao became dejected as he remembered about his condition .
" hmm... I can introduce you to someone who can definitely cure you . " ken said as he noticed the pitiful expression of this kind looking disciple . ken usually wont bother helping someone but good people were different . ken could feel that zhao was a kind person and was different from the other arrogant cultivators who ken despise . so ken decided to help him .