Volume One: The Nature of the Devil Does Not Change, and the Heart of the Dead Devil Regrets Nothing"
Cold silence fell over the place like a heavy cover, and the only thing breaking the silence was the sound of the night crickets. The trio only wanted to rest—except for Scarlet King, who asked Ikalat for the primitive stones. The only thing lighting their faces was the moonlight that appeared from the cracked mountain, the green grass moving with the wind, the traces of battle, and the dust of the destroyed village.
Ikalat looked at Scarlet King with an arrogant laugh:
-- Oh, I didn't expect you to also know about primitive stones and the spatial ring. But why should I give you the primitive stones? I'd be losing primitive stones for no benefit by giving them to you.-
Scarlet King moved coldly as he stepped closer to him, ordering the shadow by instinct to move behind Ikalat, which made Ikalat startled by the cold, dark blackness behind him. Ikalat's thoughts were cut off by Scarlet King's voice:
-- I can simply drag you to go with the golem leader to receive your fate. What do you think?-
Ikalat immediately retreated, took the primitive stones out of his spatial ring, and spoke nervously:
-- Calm down, man, I was only joking. Take all the primitive stones—just don't send me back to that leader.-
Scarlet King took all the stones, which were 22 red primitive stones, and thought to himself:
( Idiot. He thinks the golem leader will survive after entering the sealed world of shadows. Surely, the shadows there, countless in number and indescribable in power, have already torn him into small pieces. But these stones will be enough for us three to restore our energy. )
Scarlet King spoke again as he threw five stones to Ikalat and five stones to Lin Yuan, saying:
-- These are primitive stones filled with Qi. They'll help us restore our Yuan Qi reservoir. Take them and absorb the Qi from them.-
Scarlet King turned his gaze back to Ikalat, his expression empty:
-- Alright. What's your story, Chaos creature Ikalat?-
Ikalat began explaining his past while slowly absorbing the primitive stones:
-- I'm one of the gifted individuals of the Sect of Chaos Creatures in the ninth dimension, but I caused a problem with the daughter of the sect's eleventh elder. She accused me of harassing her, stealing the sect's belongings, and handing them over to the Sect of Heavenly Creatures—our unnatural enemy. I was forced to flee, and I kept running until I reached here. Their words are just lies. I'm innocent........ or guilty. The point is, they want me dead or alive.-
Scarlet King sat on the ground and began absorbing the primitive stones, cutting Ikalat off as he spoke:
-- I don't care if you're innocent or guilty. I care whether you're useful to me or not.-
Lin Yuan stood like a statue because he did not understand anything from their talk, and he finally spoke:
-- ....Dimensions, Chaos creatures, primitive stones, and Qi..... What are these things? I don't understand what you're talking about, or how I'm supposed to use this thing!-
Scarlet King sighed, his cold gaze fixed on Lin Yuan, and spoke:
-- Qi is the basic energy of cultivation—or rather, the energy of life. And primitive stones are compressed Qi. The amount and purity of Qi differs depending on the color of the Qi inside it. There is more than one color: red, green, blue, purple, white, and black. Red is the lowest, and white and black in a yin-yang form are the highest, best, and rarest. They are divided into mortal stones found in dimensions one to six, and immortal stones from the seventh to the eleventh. One immortal primitive stone is equal to a hundred full mines of mortal primitive stones.-
Ikalat stepped forward and spoke as well:
-- And the world is divided into 11 worlds called dimensions. The first six dimensions are mortal dimensions, and the seventh and above are immortal dimensions. The classification is complicated, but you'll understand it when we advance through the dimensions.-
Scarlet King spoke, directing his words to Lin Yuan, and gestured with his hand for him to do as he did. He sat on the ground in a meditation posture, held the first primitive stone with both hands, and spoke, telling Lin Yuan:
-- Breathe and calm your spirit, and let the Qi flow into your body quietly, or an imbalance will happen that causes the stone to explode if you are unstable inside, or if there is something preventing the Qi from entering your veins.-
While Scarlet King and Ikalat began absorbing the Qi, Lin Yuan held the stone and did the same, trying to absorb the Qi. Indeed, he noticed it entering his veins, but suddenly the stone exploded in his face and pushed him back a little. Scarlet King and Ikalat opened their eyes when they noticed the unnatural explosion of the stone, because the Qi had been pushed back into the stone.
It did not vanish or become distorted—it was pushed back inside, and that was not normal at all for two cultivation experts.
Scarlet King moved quickly and placed his hand on Lin Yuan's head. Lin Yuan spoke, confused:
-- What are you doin.....-
Scarlet King began examining his body and noticed that there was something in his veins preventing Qi from moving inside him. Scarlet King spoke:
-- There is a strange compound preventing the movement of Qi inside your body, Lin Yuan. And if I can't get Qi into your body, you won't be able to create the Essence Aperture for cultivation. But don't worry—I have another way, by obtaining one million blood points, along with some ice and radioactive and hot metals.-
Lin Yuan replied as he rubbed his stomach:
-- Alright, I think it's because the superpower compound made me unable to cultivate. But the things you asked for are easy, not difficult.-
Scarlet King looked at Ikalat, then they looked back at Lin Yuan and said:
-- Prepare three times the amounts, because we will take the same compound you took, and we'll be able to manipulate it to make us several times stronger.-
Lin Yuan replied while coughing:
-- Ahem.... I'm sorry, but I can't provide this compound. But I can help you steal it.-