Approaching the sect, it was clear they wanted it to be as hidden as possible
It was built into a mountain with only its gates being shown
Knocking on them we awaited an answer
Then I felt the air behind me shift a bit
Raising my arm up I blocked a strike aimed at my throat
"Now why would you attack me?" I asked the masked assailant
"We cannot let the location of our sect leak!" He yelled backing off a bit
"You need not worry about that, I have no plans to expose the location of your sect" I said
"I just wish to make a deal with your sect leader" I explained
The man hesitated
"Come in, if you make one wrong move everyone here will aim to take your life" The man said
With a sequence of five knocks we were let in
We were led through tunnels and tunnels of man made caves
Until we reached a large door
Opening it the gatekeeper pointed in
"He is in there" He said
'What if he closes the door behind me and I can't open it from the inside?' I wondered
Instructing Cao to stay behind I went in by myself
"For what purpose have you come here?" A voice asked seemingly from every direction
"I have come to make a deal with the sect leader, I'm assuming that's you?" I asked using qi sense and looking right at him
"As you can see me you can speak to me" The man said
"I am Geulimja" a man with a mask said
The mask was white with purple feather like patterns on it
Looking at his body he seemed to be fairly old with how frail he is
"Do you wish to gain strength?" I asked
"Bah this body is too old to be trying to gain anymore strength" The old man said
"But what if you could be younger again? What if you could stay the same age and never decay back to where you are now?" I asked
'I don't know if we don't age but it should entice him' I thought
"There is no such thing in the world I've checked" Geulimja said looking up
"There is, as long as you join me" I said
"Oh and I'm guessing I'm going to have to do your bidding before you will grant it?" The old man said a bit snarkily
"No just agree to have your whole sect convert and I'll grant it to you" I said
"I…what's the catch?" He asked
"You may have to join a war but it isn't anything your unaccustomed to" I said
"But another benefit you get will make you drool over going to war" I said
"For each enemy you kill you gain their qi, isn't that an enticing idea?" I asked
The old man stood there
"Deal" Geulimja said
I explained the process for the third time today and we started
The old man's body shook
It grew to the size of a normal person but he still shook
His qi seemed to condense onto the outside of his body rather then dispersing
Removing his arm sleeve I saw many black tattoos start to appear there
'Well that's interesting' I thought