Burp!
"That's the best food I had in years!"
In the cave Ceceada can be seen rubbing his belly in a circular manner that is bulging. At the same time, he is intermittently burping while looking at the heaps of bone that is what all remained from the pig.
He had heard that the meat from animals who had the potential to cultivate are extremely delicious. The higher the potential of cultivation, the better the meat.
Since the piglet can cultivate in the future, he expected the pig to be delicious. However, he didn't expect it to be this so good already.
Although Ceceada is already full, he can't help but wonder in his heart how delicious would be the other animal with higher potential.
The pig that he head just eaten only had the maximum potential to reach the level four of body refinement realm, but it is already this good. This alone surprised Ceceada.
Swish!
However, this wonder was interrupted as he turned his head on the cave's entrance, his brows furrowed.
He can feel an incoming threatening presence, making his eyes close slightly as he turned his attention towards it.
Who is it?
...
In front of the cave entrance, two figures can be seen stopping on their tracks. One of the figure is an old man with a strapped humanoid figure on his back. Next to the old man is a middle-aged man with a confident look in his eyes.
They are Jared and Auster.
"Are you sure he is here?"
In front of the cave entrace, Jared asked while his son while clenching his fist, eager to take back the red sword.
"Yeah I'm pretty sure," Auster said with confidence evident on his face.
Jared heard this and sized up the cave, wondering whether this cave is where Ceceada's bandit group can be found.
Yes... In their minds, they had already concluded that Ceceada is part of the bandit group. An evil group that may had been planning something devious for their sect for a while.
For them, it is also very likely that the red sword is no longer on Ceceada's hands and is already on the hands of a superior.
Whoosh!
Thirty other black cladded figures quietly appeared behind the Jared and Auster. They are the elders of Sun sect.
"Master, we had already checked the periphery and so far, the only odd thing that we found is a huge patch of destroyed land not very far away," One of the cladded black figures said with respect.
Jared nodded and focused on the cave, not sure if the bandit group that Ceceada was part of was actually inside the cave.
From the outside, the cave looked like it had never been explored, making Jared feel confused.
However, Jared shook his head. Even if of the bandit group wasn't inside. If torturing Ceceada doesn't work, he had another plan in mind to make Ceceada relinquish the exact location of his group.
The strapped humanoid figure on his back having the biggest role for making this plan possible because it is Ceceada's brother, Jerome.
They are planning to blackmail Ceceada!
At the same time, they will be able to get the treasure that made Ceceada break through several realms at once!
Jared looked at the entrance of the cave again and took a deep breath and walked inside the cave, followed by his son and the elders.
Drip
While walking, the silence in the cave amplified the echoing dripping sounds from the stalactites, making the cave much, much more mysterious.
Although they had already experienced a lot in their lives, their eyes still glistened because of the natural beauty of the cave, easing their worries about the sect situation a bit.
After walking for a while, they noticed the heaps of bone with a puddle of dried blood under it.
Seeing this, they are now sure someone was here!
"Let's end this real quick," Suddenly a young man's voice resounded in their ears, making them prepare their weapons while looking around trepidation.
Auster turned his gaze through a huge, slightly opaque stalagmite. Through looking at it he can see the faint outline of a robed figure behind it.
"Don't worry. I can still sense him there," Auster pointed to it and said to everyone calmly, making everyone look at it cautiously while pointing their weapons.
"Come out!" An elder bursted with a loud shout, trying to scare Ceceada out from his hiding.
With a smile on his face, Ceceada moved to the side and revealed himself slowly.
He looked at everyone in front of him and sized up their cultivation with cold look in his eyes.
After a moment of sensing their cultivation, just as expected, the strongest is obviously Jared Burn with a cultivation of Elemental Formation Level 1, same as Ceceada.
The second strongest among these people is Auster, with a cultivation of Body Refinement level 9, whereas the black cladded elders are just basically lower than that.
Even though he once respected all of these figures, he felt like he is already stronger than everyone else here, with the existence of his physique making him feel invincible.
"Come," He said arrogantly while looking at Jared, not afraid anymore of the person he once called the legendary patriarch.
Before, he can only dream of meeting such a person. However, all of the things that happened in such a short period of time had already made Ceceada aware of his strength.
Fight you?
Jared heard Ceceada arrogantly telling him to fight and didn't know where is Ceceada getting his confidence from, making him laugh a bit.
According to Auster and Jerome, Ceceada is only at the Body Refinement Realm. Thus, it surprised him a bit that Ceceada is actually this arrogant.
Although at first, Auster thought that Ceceada is an old man at Elemental Formation Realm before, only hiding his real appearance. With Jerome being the brother of Ceceada, Auster quickly relinquished the idea.
In Auster's mind now, Ceceada is only at Body Refinement Realm. As for how Ceceada managed to beat him unconscious, Auster can only think that another stronger bandit probably secretly intervened.