The wolf and the cat hesitated when they had about the three wishes.
"You can no longer turn back now. Besides, you have passed the first trial," said Ritz confusing the beasts.
"The first trial is the deadliest, but also the simplest. All one has to do to pass is to show no hints of mercy for the humans as he or she listens to my story. You two passed with perfect scores, you did not show any signs of mercy for the humans even when you heard that I killed the innocent. None of you even flinched. It was as though you believe that no human was innocent." said Ritz when he saw the confusion of the beasts.
"To tell you the truth, I set this trial up hoping to choose a human disciple, not a beast. Although some beasts are so talented that humans can not compare, they take too much time to become powerful. I will have to modify the trial to fit you two. This does not mean that I will be decreasing the standards but instead, I will be increasing the difficulty by at least two times.
For your second trial, you must cultivate this technique to at least reach the second stage in half a year. Should you fail, I will kill you on the spot."Ritz continued as he waved his right hand. A black tablet rose out of the floor until it reached the height of a normal adult human.
On the tablet, there was human writing that described a cultivation art, the Faceless Transformations. The art was used to change one's appearance and when one cultivated to the second stage, they could even change into all manner of beasts. The only problem was that this was a human art and beasts could never be able to cultivate it without dying or worse.
After reading through the art, the wolf was amazed by the technique and immediately began thinking of how useful it would be to it.
The wolf was surprised to find that the cat also seemed to be able to read the human words. The wolf had known that something was off with the cat but it seemed that he had still underestimated the beast. The only difference between the cat and the wolf was that the cat seemed to be extremely worried. When the wolf thought about it, it realised that the art was meant for humans, if a beast cultivated with it, they may die.
The beasts looked at Ritz who smiled sinisterly."If a demonic beast wants to be my disciple, it should at the very least be able to transform into a human form before reaching the Xiantian realm. This world is for humans and a beast will never be able to move freely in the world without a human form. Besides, in human forms, we will be able to talk properly, I am tired of reading your intent.
If you are truly talented, you should be able to get inspiration from this human art to create a beast art that can be cultivated on the beast path ." said Ritz before disappearing like a ghost.
The cat swallowed its saliva loudly out of fear. The wolf just moved before the tablet and sat down to begin reading the art.
The cat followed the wolf and sat down next to it.
The two sat there reading for weeks. The wolf was the first to leave the tablet area and sat in a corner of the hall. The cat followed after some time and sat in the opposite corner.
The wolf felt that it could cultivate the art as it was but it also sensed that it would face a lot of difficulties since although it was cultivating the principles of the human path, it was not on the human path since it did not use the origin qi but the word qi. The best solution would be to create its out-transformation art. The wolf began by trying to circulate its world qi according to the faceless transformation art. It then began to make small changes in the circulation path according to where it felt that its qi was not flowing easily. In these places in the meridians, it had to sense the flow of qi in its body to an extremely fine level. What the wolf did not know was that this ability to sense the flow of qi was its only bloodline ability.
For five months, the wolf made alterations to the point that the new circulation path was so different from that of the faceless transformations that the two could not be compared.
With one week left, the wolf was already done creating its transformation art. It walked towards the cat that seemed to still be struggling with the art . The wolf started cultivating its new art to get used to it. It was able to transform into a black cat, a rabbit and even a white wolf .
The final transformation was that of Ritz . The wolf stood there looking like a naked Ritz . The cat who was now looking at the wolf showed no reaction whatsoever .
"Finally, I can get rid of this disloyal servant ." said the make Ritz in a hoarse distorted voice . The cat understood the wolf's words and immediately it stood up ready to fight to the death with this stupid wolf.
How dare it bring up that dark past in the cat's history.
Before the two could begin their fight, Ritz appeared like a ghost at the centre of the hall.
He analyzed the naked man before him and was pleased with the transformation. In truth, he thought that none of the beasts would pass the trial and had come back to kill them .
He appreciated the wolf even more since it seemed to know how to flatter him by transforming into his perfect body .
When Ritz was done inspecting the wolf who had now transformed into a human body, he looked at the cat as though it was polluting his hall.
He did not say anything as he raised his right hand making the hall begin to freeze . An ice spear appeared in his hand and as he was about ready to skewer the black talentless cat, it transformed into an extremely beautiful human woman. The woman was voluptuous with black hair that reached her plump ass. Her eyes were seductive and she was by all means perfect ." Master, have I reached your expectations ." said the woman whose seductive voice was akin to heavenly sounds .
The wolf was flabbergasted by the cat's transformation. The wolf had thought the cat was male and in fact, the wolf could swear that the cat was male .
When the wolf looked at Ritz, he looked to be pleased by the cat.
When Ritz saw the wolf who was now in his form weirdly looking at him, he cleared his voice and regained his serious image.
"You should now turn into the human forms that are true to who you are," said Ritz
The two changed into two handsome young men whose features could easily captivate any woman.
It turned out that the cat was indeed male and just wanted to manipulate Ritz.
The wolf realized this fact when it saw that Ritz no longer paid it any attention and his bias towards the cat was evident.
"You over there," said Ritz pointing at the young man who was the cat .
"You will be my disciple from now on."Ritz continued and just like that, the cat had gotten itself a powerful master.