Baleful clouds in the sky,with low whispers in the wind and a spine chilling sensation as though one is walking through the valley of death, what place but the forsaken zone could have these features.
But even with all these features why would all previous empires and kingdoms leave such a place untouched, after all it has become a nesting ground for those who are running from the world. And these aren't your run of the mill criminals , rather to increase your chances to survive in the zone, one needs three prerequisites.
One,power of at least the nascent soul.
Two, a baleful aura that is equivalent to the deaths of over a million souls.
Three, the hatred of the world.
Now what are the uses of these three, well, the first prevents you from easily being killed by the wreaths as the nascent soul realm strengthens the soul of an individual.
The second and third is such that one easily blends in to the environment as it is filled with baleful aura and negative karma.
Meaning that I meet all requirements except the first.
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Unlike what one would think , there are certain rules to follow in this place if you want to live.
1.no dirty business in the brothels
2.you break it you buy it
3.clean up and dispose of bodies after killing.
Anything else goes.
So it's a good thing that I'd made a few preparations such as buying a house under the protection of one of the seven leaders of the forsaken zone.
Hiring a few thugs under a soul contract to do the dirty work of getting the test subjects, both living and wreath. After all, this is all about research for my advancement in to the nascent soul realm ,I need to be thorough.
As such me entering the forsaken zone didn't send any waves and was smooth sailing.
I met up with a nan by the names of faceless who has since been acting as my butler. He brings me food and other necessities, he also gets me my test subjects, communicates with the other workers my orders and collects information about the zone to keep me updated.
And that's how I spent over three years conducting what some from earth may call unethical experiments, the findings of which are quite interesting and will be useful for my advancement to the nascent soul realm.
One of such findings being that wreaths have their own cultivation realms. That's to say that they don't simply devour souls to grow strong but try to imitate human cultivation.
They start out as a mass of soul force with a tiny soul core .
They then devour many souls to increase soul force the core then explodes producing a higher form of soul force that condenses to form the outline of a wreath.
In other words, I need to learn how to use soul force as the nascent soul realm seems to be about soul refinement however little it is and I have a feeling my path to immortality may be through the soul.