" Hey, are you sure that this is the right way? " Said Nameless with a doubtful face seeing Shallot " Because I feel that we were walking in circles "
Shallot climbs over a rock saying " I told you that this place will mess with your senses, we are going in the right direction " Then he jumps down from the rock
Chen Kai follows him without saying a word but Nameless still makes a face of doubt ' Don't tell me that all this time he has been following his instincts? what a pain ' Then he climbs the rock after Chen Kai
They continue to follow Shallot, but they can still feel that they are going around in circles, which makes them question Shallot's senses but both hesitate to say anything about it
After a few minutes they saw more evil spirits on their way but none was like the woman they encountered first, these were aimless wandering near the craters or their corpses waiting for the conditions of their hatred to happen
Chen Kai wondered how many of these evil spirits were in the valley and how powerful they are, or how they were when they were still alive so he finally spoke breaking the silence that lasted for minutes " Shallot, do you know how strong these evil spirits are? from what you said about the woman's evil spirit, most of them were very powerful "
Shallot stops and turns around to see them once again then he points at a wandering evil spirit on his right. The spirit that Shallot pointed to looked like a young man, a very young one (around 20 years old) he was like the woman with his clothes looking black and emitting black smoke and his face and skin were as pale as hers. Then Shallot says " That one over there is at least a Half-Step Spiritual Emperor, in life, he must have been a little bit stronger "
Chen Kai makes a surprised expression just like Nameless and both of them turn to see the evil spirit as Shallot continues speaking " The woman we first met was at least a Spiritual Empress in the Supreme State that's why she was one of the most powerful existences in the world when she was still alive but look at how she ended "
The only thing that Chen Kai and Nameless heard was that the woman was a Spiritual Empress and one at the Supreme State an existence considered like a deity in this realm and now a very rare existence
" Sh*t, then all those evil spirits can tear us apart with just a punch " Said Nameless with wide eyes, Chen Kai turns to see the evil spirit wandering around the crater and thinks ' That means that the Sect Master single-handedly killed all those monstrous cultivators and by the way that Shallot talks about him it seems that he hasn't met him yet, is he already dead? '
Finally, after walking through the death forest the death aura seems to be less dense and then Shallot says " We are here "
The place where they arrived was a small mountain compared with the other ones around. The mountain has a cave entrance a very big and wide one and it was perfectly circular the entrance was completely man-made by the shape of it
" The Sect is in there? " Asked Nameless with doubt seeing the cave entrance Shallot said " No, this place is just a Side Sect, this place was built just for the sole purpose of the second phase, even though I don't know where the real Sect is yet, much less I have seen the Sect Master but... "
Chen Kai was watching Shallot speak and couldn't help to see him with an incredulous face as he thought ' Then I was right?! He hasn't met him yet?! no way! '
When Shallot was speaking he suddenly stayed quiet to then turned around to see the entrance of the cave with a smirking face, from the cave steps echoed, and even Chen Kai and Nameless saw the cave with frowning and nervous expressions
" You old bastard, you are still alive? I thought that you would be killed once you ascended " Said Shallot seeing the cave with a smile of disdain then from the cave a man came out. The man that came out from the cave was a handsome middle-aged man, he looked to be taller than Shallot (around 1.95 meters tall) and was a little bit bulkier than him, besides, like Shallot he had his hair was black, but with some strands of light blue hair, his hair was a little bit larger and he ties it in a ponytail leaving to strands of hair at both sides of his face, his eyes are onyx emanating a cold and intense aura combining that with his frowning expression and his black eyebrows like swords made him look very intimidating, even Chen Kai and Nameless couldn't help to feel very nervous under his gaze
The man smirks at Shallot and says " Puny brat, you haven't changed at all, maybe I have to give you a lesson again "
Shallot makes a cold smile as he says " Oh yeah? I want to see you try "Then Shallot adapts a fighting position with his guard up and his legs separated, Chen Kai and Nameless see them with nervous expressions and they unconsciously start to take some steps back but then
" Hahaha! " The man laughed loudly while he crossed his arms after a few seconds he stopped and said " I would love to clean the floor with you, but we have things to do " Then he turned to see Nameless and Chen Kai with a cold smirk in his face making both of them froze in their positions " It seems that they are still a couple of cowards, you haven't done a proper job you puny brat " then he says to them " My name is Fannel, nice to finally meet you brats " Chen Kai and Nameless just nodded slowly
Shallot frowns seeing Fannel as Fannel turns around and says " Besides you know our orders, so just come with me " Then the man starts to walk towards the cave
" Tch! " Shallot clicks his tongue and puts down his guard then he says to Chen Kai and Nameless "Let's go you brats " but both of them are in a daze seeing Fannel. Their expressions were of disbelief and both of them were thinking the same thing seeing the man entering the cave ' He has a tail! ' after all the man's brown furry tail moved a little when he walked but just as quickly as he moved it the tail surrounds the man's waist like a belt
Later Chen Kai and Nameless turned to see Shallot wandering why Fannel had a tail and not him, Shallot knew exactly what they were thinking after all he passed for the same thing so he said with annoyance " He is an ascended, so his tail has grown up, I still have to pass that phase, so let's go you brats before a kill you " Nameless and Chen Kai nodded keeping a surprised expression on their faces then the three of them entered the cave
Chapter 11: Side Sect