"This world bows to the strong people, and that should be your aim."
Fate tried to convince Su Kang with his words after his refusal. Fate believes he can gain another spiritual vein for his family, even stronger than this.
Su Kang was silent and thinking about Fate's words. He has to take revenge against the demon cultivators in the future.
He could still see the cruel smiles of the demon cultivators, their eyes gleaming with sadistic pleasure as they tortured his family before his very eyes.
Death of his parents, humiliation of his family, violated mothers begging for their children's lives as they were forced to eat raw flesh of their own husbands.
The images, so vividly etched in his mind, felt too raw, too real, to be a distant memory.
Although Fate told him that his soul didn't time travel back to the past, in his memory everything is extremely clear to him.
After suffering such a tragic incident, his hatred for demonic cultivators has increased to a new level.
His emotions spiraled out of control, and the temperature of the chamber plummeted. Bai Yunxi, who had been standing patiently by, gasped as the air turned frigid and heavy.
The Moonlight Butterfly, its delicate wings trembling, cowered, its usual cheerful glow dimmed by the sudden oppressive aura emanating from Su Kang.
Just as suddenly as it had descended, the pressure vanished. The air returned to normal, but its impact lingered. Bai Yunxi's legs buckled slightly, and she staggered.
Su Kang reached out and pulled her into an embrace.
"This is the second time I've lost control," he thought.
"What ... was this sudden terrible feeling?" She asked with a worried expression.
"Don't worry," Su Kang said, his voice softening as he held her closer.
"Everything is alright now."
He could feel the tension slowly leaving her body as she calmed. He knew he couldn't let his emotions take over like that again. The Moonlight Butterfly left the chamber immediately.
"Wait for me outside." He told her.
He agreed with Fate. Since he was going to do this, he has to confirm something.
"If we are going through with this, we have to be certain. We won't face any backlash from the Heavenly Dao, right?" Su Kang asked.
"Do not worry about this.I will not completely destroy it."
"I merely intend to utilize it; you will not face any hindrance in your breakthrough. I will extract its blessings and luck from the Heavenly Dao and turn it into a lower-grade vein."
"So it won't affect the earth's core or surrounding veins?" He questioned further.
"I can move it into my personal space pocket without causing any damage to the earth veins," Fate confirmed.
It was clear that Fate considered this a masterpiece of strategy, a way to circumvent the rules of the world for their benefit.
Su Kang strode towards the pulsating heart of the chamber, where the spiritual vein manifested as a pool of shimmering, liquid energy embedded in the very ground.
As Fate took action, runes of intricate design bloomed in the air around the vein, glowing with a golden light. They danced and twirled, forming a protective cocoon around the powerful source.
The crystal rose into the air, suspended in the magical embrace of the runes, before vanishing in a flash of golden light.
The ground where the vein had once pulsed was now dull and lifeless, the spiritual energy slowly dissipating into a fine mist.
Without this vein, the array formation guarding this cave will disappear soon without spiritual energy.
He went outside and took Bai Yunxi with him.
"Let's go. I have already taken this vein with me. You will also get your share." He said.
Bai Yunxi shook her head, her face gentle. "I don't need anything."
The Moonlight Butterfly, sensing the abrupt absence of the spiritual vein, felt a pang of loss. This cave had been its home, its sanctuary.
The Moonlight Butterfly saw Su Kang coming out of the chamber, but it didn't ask anything.
It knew it couldn't question the change. It had sensed the immense pressure from Su Kang, and it recognized his power.
"You will come with us." Su Kang told it.
The Moonlight Butterfly accepted its fate with a silent nod.
As they walked away from the now-defunct chamber, the butterfly's light grew dimmer, as though it were mourning the loss of its home.
Su Kang visited his cave in the mountain to pack their belongings. He took out his spiritual boat and waited for the moonlight butterfly to come.
Soon they left and continued their journey back to the Su family.
...
Many days have passed since they left. The journey back to the Su family's manor was just a couple of days away.
Fate has completely absorbed the destiny of the spiritual vein. The spiritual vein has been reduced back to the first-level vein.
Fate also recovered some of his abilities. It is getting used to it now.
Su Kang felt a pang of sadness when Fate told him this. This vein brought them sixteen thousand destiny points, which elevated his mood.
"Fate, how are we going to divide these destiny points?" Su Kang asked.
"You can add 2000 destiny points in your destiny. I will give you cultivation resources." Fate suggested.
Fate has used most of the destiny to recover so it planning to compensate with cultivation resources.
If he adds another 2000 destiny points, Su Kang's destiny will be 10,000 in numbers.
Li Fang had 32,000 when he left the Jiang state. Su Kang felt he would never be able to catch his shadows in this way.
He voiced his thoughts to Fate. After listening to Su Kang's words, Fate responded,
"Stop trying to compete with people who are blessed by heaven."
"You just have to become strong by different methods and think of ways to collect more destiny."
"So what kind of cultivation resources do you want?"
Su Kang thought about this. His most important priority right now is cultivation techniques. He needs superior qi cultivation techniques.
"I want qi cultivation, body cultivation, and soul cultivation techniques. Right now my current qi cultivation technique is better than average."
"But in front of supreme qi cultivation techniques of other geniuses, I'm way behind." Su Kang said his thoughts.
Cultivation techniques are divided into seven levels. Meanwhile, cultivation skills are divided into low, middle, high, and supreme tiers for each level.
A low-tier attack-based skill is weaker than a middle-tier attack-based skill at the same cultivation level.
His current Five Sword Mansion technique is an exquisite level of cultivation technique. His cultivation skills are either middle tier or high tier.
He also needs cultivation techniques for Bai Yunxi and even for his family.
"Good. Tell me specific details about techniques and skills that you need." Fate agreed.
Su Kang doesn't have any thoughts now. He decided to think about this deeply. He wanted a technique that can be easily practiced by his family; he has to think about this carefully; otherwise, without enough spiritual energy, it will be less effective for them.
"I will tell you my requirements about cultivation skills and techniques later." Su Kang answered him.
....
They returned back to Liyun City. As they reached the Su family manor, Su Kang came out of the spiritual boat with Bai Yunxi and the Moonlight Butterfly.
He didn't have any spiritual pet bag to keep the Moonlight Butterfly. Many servants were surprised by this unknown beast, but since it was with Su Kang, they acted normally around it.
Soon Bai Yunxi returned to her residence, and he arranged the moonlight butterfly in the spiritual pet section of the manor.
During this Su Kang heard that his little brother is back. He went to his brother's palace to meet him.
"It's been a long time since I saw that drama queen." He murmured as he thought about his brother.