Raven had collapsed on the cold ground but he felt that he still had the ability to refine two more batches of ingredients before his Divine Sense was exhausted .
The soul was very delicate thus it could be damaged by smallest moment of carelessness and cause irreversible damage. Some may lose a part of their memories just because they overused their Divine Sense .
Raven could use it all the time passively because he only had it unleashed in the environment, not performing any hard tasks like pill refining. So the soul power that was exhausted was small in amount and recovered quickly too thus never bothering Raven . But now he had used his Divine Sense to refine more than 30 batches of ingredients. It was his first time so Raven had been extra careful with each step thus spending more soul power . So he was on the verge of exhausting his Divine Sense now and Raven would not risk of it falling below the limits . He was afraid of irreservable damage to his soul because he could not simply brush off such matter by just feeling no pain .
In the Raven chose to sleep rather than refining two more batch of pills because sleep was the most convenient way to naturally recover the exhausted soul power . When compared to others Raven had many times power soul but sadly his current cultivation realm was limited . So he could only hope to challenge refining Level 1 or 2 Pills after advancing to Martial Soldier Realm .
Raven instantly fell asleep after hitting his soft bed and went in the land of Dreams .
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Raven was sleeping peacefully but someone else was bent on disturbing his beauty sleep as they continuously knocked on the door .
Raven's residence only had the basic Formations so others could only rely on the rude way of knocking furiously on the main door to wake him up . Raven did not bother changing out of his messy clothes as he slowly opened the door whith a complete uninterested face . He started yawning but abruptly stopped because the visitor was San who had been acting as the acting Head Inner Court Elder in the place of his Father .
For him to rush at night towards his house, the matters must be serious . Raven politely invited Sam inside his residence and the two of them instantly started talking about the matter which had disturbed Sam .
After a few minutes , Raven knew that his actions at the Pill Hall had invited trouble for him . Sam was just here to give him a heads ups so he can prepare for the retaliation from both the Pill and Forging Hall . Raven on the other hand was speechless because they dared to hold such a heavy grudge for a small matter . If it was going to be like this then Raven would have killed those 2 incompetent Elders because he would face retaliation anyway.
" So they have thought that they cannot rope me in their establishments thus they chose to eliminate me ? For what ? The incident during morning was such a small matter Sigh... " Raven helplessly said to Sam even though he thought that he already knew about the black heartedness of this world . Seems like he had underestimated the personality of despicable people a lot as if they tried to kill him for such a small matter , then what would they do if he had killed someone ? Eliminate his whole clan ? Raven was truly speechless at this extreme ideology of these people. Gentle and proud people like his Father were truly rare in this world .
" I could only get this information beforehand from a friend inside the Pill Hall . I'm Sorry young master , my hands are tied . Even though I'm the Acting Head but the authority I wield is nothing like that of Master Mark . I can only punish those who have committed wrongdoings but moving personnel for helping you is out of my reach . " Sam had his head bowed and Raven could feel the bitterness and unwillingness inside his tone.
" Dont Worry , they dared to come after me because Father cannot move for now ? Haha.. they are truly despicable bunch with rotten brains . To actually make a move on an enemy without conforming his prowess before . These foolish people ... Sam , tell me are they moving on the orders of their superiors? " Raven asked with a cold smile because he already guessed the truth and was just confirming it out of Sam's mouth .
" No , to my knowledge they have only 2 experts at 2nd Level of Master Soldier Realm and others are Martial Masters . The information source can be trusted because I Sam , only make friends who can be trusted with my life and death .. " Sam replied with a firm tone and Raven could feel that he was telling the truth.
Raven did not know about the identity of his so called friend but could guess it as there were only few people present during the time of the incident . Only the Lady Elder seemed to act indifferent to the foolish Elders so she must be Sam's friend . Raven's cold smile became wider and wider because he could have those of Martial Soldier 2nd Level into two pieces with a single sword slash as his qi was much purer and he had grasped beginner sword intent too .
" Sam , you can leave now and there is no need to inform Father about this matter . Can you do me just one more favor? " Raven asked with a light tone which amazed Sam because he had only heard about his new young master's prowess from Master Mark before but it looks like he was in for a show .
" Do tell ! "
" Hehe.. I'm still unfamiliar with the grounds of Inner Court so please inform me about the locations of rather deserted places . Oh and also prepare some people who can trusted for disposing off some corpses in secret . Can you do this? " Raven stood up and with a flash his old heavy sword appeared from his space ring .
" That's a small matter .. " Sam said in a low but cold voice which delighted Raven because it was nice to have such conversations with people who already experienced some bloodshed . Father had told him about some of his heroic battles and Sam always accompanied him . So Raven felt relieved because he would face trouble if he had to dispose off some corpses fast by himself .
" Then .... " Raven stopped speaking mid sentence and gestured Sam to not speak a word . Then he slowly led Sam outside of the Mansion from the back door while Raven himself dashed out of the main door in fast speed but it was still slow enough for the guests to follow him .