Along the way, when Ning Qi was approaching, he heard system notifications, but he told the system not to issue the mission rewards right now, as he wanted to send this woman somewhere safe first. He also felt that his mind was kind of immune to killing, as except for the disgust at the way they died, he didn't feel any remorse for killing a living person.
'Is this kind of special talent something that will come with the growth of cultivation, or am I secretly a cold-blooded person in general and didn't have the chance to find it before?' Ning Qi thought for a moment, before shaking his head. He knows himself very well, as he never felt any such thoughts towards anyone before, except today.
'It's probably because I am already getting used to it from those arena matches and also because I kind of never took these scum as human beings. That's probably it.' Ning Qi contemplated for some time before coming to a conclusion. But he knows that he already started the journey of his killing from this day onwards.
Just right after Ning Qi came out of the bamboo forest, he saw those two fellow sufferers talking with each other around 200 meters away from the entrance and, at the same time, probably waiting for him.
Ning Qi quickly reduced his speed to that of walking and slowly made his way toward them.
Shi Hao and Chen Feiyu, who just informed their sect master, started talking about what they experienced today with a bit of enthusiasm. They are also waiting for Ning Qi to express their apologies, as their sect master told them to do, not wanting to get on the bad side of a soul transformation realm expert since they are not involved in this mess.
The Heavenly Wolf sect master wants to maintain neutrality by showing goodwill towards both sides.
But once Ning Qi came around 30 meters, Shi Hao and Chen Feiyu quickly got alerted. But they let go of their alertness instantly, seeing that it is Ning Qi, who can kill them anytime he wants.
They both hurriedly moved toward Ning Qi, as though welcoming him from his conquest. But they saw Ning Qi carrying an extra person along with him. And he even carried her in the princess carry position.
"Welcome back, senior! I hope you forgive us for our rudeness before." Shi Hao said as they stopped 2 meters away from him.
Ning Qi got quite bewildered by their attitude, as this guy was quite determined to stop him before. But now, he is already apologizing... after roughing him up a bit. With the strength of their sect, backing him... Ning Qi never expected them to apologize. But soon he shook his head, not bothering with that anymore.
Since they are being friendly, it will be easy for him to ask them for the favor that he approached them for.
"It's alright! You are quite young and still hot-blooded. Always make sure to know, who you are facing and what is their strength, or else you won't even know how you are dead." Ning Qi said genuinely, as he remembered this fellow's bold words, saying that he can at least prevent him from leaving, without even knowing his strength. This is the type of person that will die early in this cultivation world, as they always try to face their opponents with nothing but 'bravery'.
"Thanks for the senior's teachings. I will make sure to follow your teachings. And..." Shi Hao also hurriedly said, as he already felt his decision at that moment was kind of rash. If it was some other person, they would have already killed him or at least badly injured him.
After saying that, he wanted to ask what happened with the red blood sect but was quite afraid of how Ning Qi would react.
Seeing him hesitating, Ning Qi waited patiently for his question, as he didn't perceive what was in this fellow's mind.
"That..." Shi Hao still couldn't gather the courage to ask, making Ning Qi frown a bit.
"Say it already! Do you think I have all the day for you to speak here?" Ning Qi said as he wanted to go and check his rewards quickly, not wanting to waste so much time here.
Seeing that this senior brother was still hesitating, even after Ning Qi told him to ask, Chen Feiyu couldn't help but speak in his stead.
"Senior! What my senior brother wanted to ask is, 'What happened to the Red Blood Sect branch?' "Cheny Feiyu said, as he pressed the question a bit.
"Oh, I have already eradicated their branch here. A total of 33 people, right? But don't go inside the forest before your elders come, or else you will get into unnecessary trouble." Ning Qi said as a warning, as he didn't want them to explore without their elder-level figures, or else when the Main Sect of the Red Blood Branch comes and finds them, they will be in big trouble.
"Oh, thanks for the advice, senior!" Shi Hao and Chen Feiyu both said at the same time, as they had never thought of exploring it in the first place.
Seeing them agree, Ning Qi finally decided to ask them what he came for.
"Alright! If you don't have any more questions, I wanted a small favor from you." Ning Qi ultimately said, as they finally stopped talking.
"How can we be of help to you, senior?" Shi Hao hurriedly asked, as he suddenly felt they had the chance to get acquainted with such a powerful figure.
"Nothing Much! I want you to take her to a safe hospital, as I have some other things to tend to, or else I would have taken her by myself." Ning Qi casually lied, as he has nothing else to do but felt extremely troubled with this woman, who kept tempting him.
"Oh, that isn't considered a favor, senior! It's alright, I will make sure that she is admitted to the hospital, safe and secure." Shi Hao hurriedly vowed, even before Chen Feiyu said anything. Chen Feiyu simply cursed this shameless senior brother a bit in his mind but didn't say anything.
"Alright! I hope that you will do as you promised! If you can do as I promised, I will do you a favor in the future as long as it is in my hands. But, if you try to do something funny... " Ning Qi said and handed Liu Feiyu to Shi Hao, as he warned him, before rushing away from there.
Shi Hao looked blankly at the Liu Feiyu in his hands, in the same princess-carry manner. But he didn't dare have any thoughts on her, as he felt that Ning Qi probably had some interest in her. He even promised him a favor for a mortal, and that too was such a simple favor.
A soul transformation realm cultivator's favor for just taking a mortal woman to the hospital means that this senior has quite some interest in this mortal or at least has some other plans for her.
"Senior brother! I hope you don't put her down anywhere. I felt that senior is either interested in her or even has some connections with her..."
Chen Feiyu added some more oil to the fire, instantly making Shi Hao's countenance turn solemn, as he held Liu Feiyu more carefully, not wanting to commit any mistakes.
"Alright, junior brother Chen, you stay here for the elder to come. I will complete this task the senior gave me first. I am going now, then" Shi Hao said, as he ran at a normal pace.
If Ning Qi were to listen to their conversation, he would have laughed so much at how they cared for Liu Feiyu and the stupid, solemn faces they made.
But Ning Qi is already on his way to return to the sect. Just as he was about to exit the forest, Ning Qi stopped and sat on a rock nearby to check the system notifications.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the side mission."
"Ding! The system is issuing rewards... Issued successfully! Please check them, host."
"Open the sect's Treasury!" Ning Qi said, to see the pill details.
Sect Treasury: [Astral Qi Cultivation Technique (only for Sect disciples), Divine Strength Technique, 4 healing pills, and 2 divine grade foundation establishment realm pills.]
Foundation establishment realm pill: A foundation establishment level pill, which is above the top level, is not available in this world. This pill, instead of increasing the speed of cultivators, like its predecessors, will directly raise the cultivation level of cultivators by 2 levels.
Grade: Divine
Restriction: One user can only use one pill per life.
"Damn! This pill is a bit too powerful, isn't it? But it has the restriction, or else..." Ning Qi said to himself, but ultimately didn't dwell much on that, as he is unable to use them anyhow.
"System! Add 2 stats each to every stat and open my panel." Ning Qi commanded.
Personal stats:
Name: Ning Qi
Race: Human
Title: Sect Master of the Taohua Sect
[ Passive: Effect - Have the aura around the host that causes those who don't exceed more than 3 levels to feel intimidation and makes them unable to move. Over time, the ones that are under the aura will die. But the host can withdraw or release his aura with just a thought ]
Range: 10 meters and not effective on those who don't have cultivation]
Cultivation: Foundation establishment layer 1 ( 900/1000) *XP required for leveling up [ every 9 levels have a qualitative change to the host]
Life Span: 28/200
Health: 5700/5700 (cannot increase with stats) (can only increase with particular requirements and leveling up)
Body stats:
Strength: 39 (3,900 kg)
Agility: 36 (360 m/sec)
Intelligence: 32.2
(Ordinary humans have stats around 1).
Special Stats: (Available: 0)
Time affinity ( Earthly ): level 0 (6/10)
Law Ability :
Time shifting (passive): The host can shift an object's state from present to future. The host can only manipulate an object's state for up to 3 seconds of its future.
Range: 100 meters around the host (outside of this range, the host will lose the ability on the object).
Darkness affinity (Earthly): level 0 (0/10)
Martial Techniques:
Divine Strengthening Technique - Stage 1
Skills: 1. Master-level hand-to-hand combat techniques - UPGRADABLE (23/100)
2. Master-level Gun mastery - UPGRADEABLE (5/100)
Unique ability: Eye of spirit.
Overall Strength Rating: Can fight against a foundation establishment level 2 cultivator and overwhelm him.