Currently, in Suzhou City, 4 Water Shroud Sect disciples lamented their bad luck.
"Dammit, Dammit, Dammit! Where the hell did that next Basilisk come from?" One yelled.
"I... I'm not sure, it wasn't there the last time we went" Li BiLing said.
"Senior sister Feng Mi, please calm down we'll place a request for some Frost Temple disciples to assist us." As Li BiHua added she gave a furtive glance to her younger cousin.
Three of these girls are the recently admitted Li Merchant Family members. They were in the Water Shroud Sect for roughly a month and had gotten wind of the Osiria Orchid.
"Do you think those stuck-up Frost Temple bitches will help us?" Senior Sister Feng said.
"Senior sister, please!" As Li BiHua glanced around she continued, " Qian'er go place a request to the Frost Temple at the Flowing Cloud Agency."
Frost Temple was also a subsect of the Snow Palace.
It held a notorious name due to their disciples being well-trained assassins who were frequently hired for espionage.
They were also well-practiced in Ice and illusionary techniques.
Due to their Icy-Jade Maiden Technique which culled their feelings and desires, they were like cold dolls who only followed orders.
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Suzhou's City Gate, YanNan...
Inner Sect Punishment Hall disciples arrived as they spread out using their movement skills to search for their junior.
Upon reconvening, information was shared that their junior was renting a room til earlier today.
"He couldn't have gone far, search the area!" Head Disciple Jian Feng ordered as he watched them spread out.
Jian Feng was a tall, lean sword cultivator around 17 years old with stoic features. He was entrusted with this search due to being Elder Yu ZaiMing's first disciple.
Upon understanding what had happened to his future junior-apprentice brother he was somewhat disappointed in the corruption.
As a part of the Orthodox Path as well as being a sword cultivator, he believed that such acts were unbecoming of The Titan's Gate Sect...
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Blood Buddha Sect ...
"So you're trying to tell me 1 Qi Gathering Realm cultivator fought all of you and killed My JUNIOR BROTHER?!"
A slender young man around the age of 19, with unblemished, pale skin with rosy cheeks, indigo hair, and a face that would put women to shame, shouted in an effeminate voice.
"Yes, Senior Lián" A male disciple responded in a voice so low it was almost a whisper.
"What? Speak Up!" Lián Huā sounded shrill as he fumed.
"Yes! Senior Lián!" He whimpered.
Lián Huā snapped his fan shut as he rose,
his red and white daxiushan trailed behind him. His hair was pinned in a tight bun with a wooden comb and jade hairpin accessories.
He cut a severe figure, as a slender feminine finger reached from inside his sleeve.
A line of blood qi shot out and pierced the disciple between his eyes as he limply fell to the floor.
Blood pooled beneath him as Lián Huā walked around the blood as to not get his garments sullied.
"Clean this mess at once!" He shrieked to the other disciples in frustration.
"I want to see who has the gall to kill my men," he gazed out as he sat beside the window.
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Madlenkosi ate the snakes first as he refined their meat while practicing his body cultivation.
The first snake was the Peak Rank 3 which allowed him to jump straight to the peak of Prana Gathering.
He consolidated his realm as he got comfortable with his strength. His next step was preparing the half-step rank 4 BaleFrost Basilisk as he proceeded with his breakthrough to the Heart Modification Realm.
The Heart Modification Realm was the condensation of Prana to Life Qi.
Life Qi was far more potent than Prana as it increased the body's overall attributes as well as vastly increasing its healing and regeneration.
It also helped Body Cultivators to refine beast cores as a way to temper their internal organs further.
As he proceeded with his Breakthrough into the next realm, he utilized his Body Cultivation Manual as he broke through to the 4th stage.
As he began his progression to the Modification realm, his heart pumped the Prana around his body.
With every circulation, his heart pumped stronger as it concentrated his Prana.
*DRIP*DRIP*
Slowly day by day, Life Qi was squeezed out of the concentrated Prana. As 5 drops of viscous crimson Life Qi swirled around in his heart, his heart changed to a fiery golden color as a golden Baobab tree symbol imprinted on it.
"AARGH, Shit! Why'd it hurt so damn bad!" He screamed as he clutched his chest.
The Life Qi felt like molten steel as they began to acclimate to his body.
His muscles got even more toned as he grew slightly.
His eyes became much more golden in color and his skin and hair had a lustrous shine.
Once he reached Heart Modification Realm he noticed his Dantian grew slightly as he readied the Osiria Orchid for refinement. As he placed in between his hands and spat a turbid breath he slowly began refining the Osiria Orchid.
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As the days passed more and more people were looking for Kosi.
Titan's Gate was looking to bring him back to the sect.
Blood Buddha Sect sent disciples to bring back his head.
And Water Shroud Sect and Frost Temple disciples were searching for who stole the Osiria Orchid.
Each had different agendas but all searching for the same person.
Meanwhile, Madlenkosi was refining the orchid as his keep was repeatedly washed and purified.
It was great he had such a large dantian since even after he purified his Qi cultivation layer didn't drop.
The next part of the Orchid was taken place as his Dantian quickly filled and he finally broke through to the 9th Layer.
Once finished Madlenkosi left his den as he hadn't seen the sunlight in a little over a month.
He breathed in the air as he took in the sights around him, completely unaware of what was coming...