Ling Tian's
Qingque Town
"Don? I have never heard of the Zhuge Clan in this Sky Continent! Who the hell are you?" Long Yuan came back a bit angry from feeling the woman in front of him saying nonsense.
"You certainly won't know it, sir! Because only those who survived after the great war knew the Zhuge Clan!" zhuge Ruxu replied calmly.
"You mean?" ling Tian asked a little speculating.
"That's exactly what Young Master Ling guessed! I was the only Zhuge Clan person to survive that great war!" zhuge Ruxu.
"Then why are you kneeling like that in front of me?" wonder Ling Tian.
"You are the Young Master of the Ling Clan! You must be the descendant of our Zhuge Clan master Ling Dong!" answer Zhuge ruxu honestly.
"Ling Dong!" The turn of Long Yuan who was somehow surprised. He seemed to recognize a man named Ling Dong but he tried to remain silent.
"What's brother Long? Do you know anything about that Ling Dong?" ling Tian asked raised his brows as he naturally knew who Ling Dong from the memories of the previously fused soul was.
"ah! N-no! I don't know anything about him!" long Yuan replied in a hurry.
"Oh.. That's so!" nodding Ling Tian.
"Young Master!" call Zhuge Ruxu.
"Yes." sahul Ling Tian.
"Who is this Young Master's name?" ask Zhuge Ruxu.
"Before I answer your question, stand up! I don't like people who kneel except to their own parents!" ling Tian said giving Zhuge Ruxu an order to stand up.
"Sorry, good Young Master!" zhuge Ruxu said as he stood up.
"En.. My name is Ling Tian Ling Jun's son! And it is true that I am the thirteenth descendant of Ancestor Ling Dong!" said Ling Tian honestly.
Zhuge Ruxu was very happy to hear Ling Tian's revelation and was able to see firsthand the descendants of his master in the past. The same thing happened to Long Yuan who looked very happy and radiated even stronger eyes of respect to Ling Tian. I don't know for what reason no one knows.
"Young Master Tian! This lowly servant apologized earlier for injuring you! I am ready to accept punishment!" said Zhuge Ruxu who was about to kneel down again but was immediately restrained by Long Yuan's invisible aura.
Long Yuan understood enough with Ling Tian and at least did not have to say the word 'don't kneel' a second time to Zhuge Ruxu so that Ling Tian was again unhappy. Really am! Truly the soul of Shen Zhu Long's best servant!
The restrained Zhuge Ruxu immediately glanced at Long Yuan who was glaring at him for a sign of not kneeling down again! He understood and stood up straight.
"No need to apologize! Besides, can't you see I'm okay?" Ling Tian asked with a sincere smile that expanded.
Zhuge Ruxu scoured Ling Tian closely. There was indeed not the slightest wound except for just the traces of blood spewed out earlier. He did not know that Ling Tian's body was a cursed body that not even a god-level vandal weapon would be able to scratch.
"Nothing is it?" ask Ling Tian again.
"No Young Master Tian!" answer Zhuge Ruxu.
"alright.. Just get here. Is there anything you want to say before we go on?" ling Tian asked Zhuge Ruxu gently. He also knows something and plans some things.
"Young Master! Can the servant follow you? I swear I will serve you well!" zhuge Ruxu said in a soft voice.
"Ooh.. Give me a reason why I should let you follow me?" asked Ling Tian smiling slightly grinning.
"H-servant only wants to return to being a servant of the Ling Clan as he should be for the Zhuge Clan to do as it was for Lord Ling Dong!" answer Zhuge Ruxu.
"Hm.. All righty! I allowed you to follow me. But I want you to take care of the fruits I have. And if I need you I'll ask you for another favor!" ling Tian said.
"Hamba ready and swear Young Master!" zhuge Ruxu said happily as Ling Tian gave him permission to follow him.
If only someone else in the Sky Continent knew that Ling Tian was about to hire the Peak Diamond Swordsman to become a gardener, then they would definitely curse Ling Tian to death for his insolence.
"Young Master, is-" Zhuge Ruxu's remark was cut off by Ling Tian.
"Of course I can make a death sound on your body! Come here!" ling Tian said then gave the order.
"Bad Young Master!" the Zhuge Ruxu.
Zhuge Ruxu walked over and approached Ling Tian. He was asked to face backwards and Ling Tian touched his back.
"Absorb!" ling Tian said softly.
Swish...
Ling Tian used his devourer cultivation manual to absorb Zhuge Ruxu's death aura. He did not mind at all with the death aura entering his body. It was precisely Ling Tian who was overjoyed when he had the death aura instantly synchronized with the shadow element of his when he entered the body.
Slowly the aura of death in Zhuge Ruxu was absorbed bit by bit until it ran out. It only took Ling Tian fifteen minutes to absorb the aura of death in his new servant's body. Because indeed Ling Tian had almost completely mastered his devouring manual so his absorption was very fast.
"Done!" ling Tian sighed.
"Thank you Young Master Tian!" zhuge Ruxu said happily as the aura of death on his body had completely disappeared.
"That's it.. Forget that! You are now a part of us. Then come in and please walk to any room and run your duty!" ling Tian said as he opened the gates of the soul world.
"Come into the world of my soul!" said again.
"World soul! B-good Young Master!" zhuge Ruxu replied quivering and then entered into Ling Tian's soul world gate.
Ling Tian closed the gate and sighed again.
"Huhahh.. I really thought," Ling Tian said.
"Then, what are you gonna do again in this place?" asked Long Yuan who from the beginning was just silent and paying attention.
"Of course absorb all the aura of death here!" ling Tian replied smiling. How not? The aura of death is the opposite aura of the aura of life! And Ling Tian was able to absorb any aura or element whose nature was opposite to each other. And most importantly, Ling Tian's strength would definitely increase after absorbing the extremely dense death aura in this Banyan Forest.
"Is it harmless to you?" long Yuan asked a little worriedly.
"Not at all! This is a precious treasure to me!" replied Ling Tian who then immediately sat down cross-legged and processed his devourer cultivation manual to the maximum.
Swooohsshh...
Three black vortexes were created and ferociously absorbed any aura in particular the death aura present in the Banyan Forest.
***
Ling Tian and Long Yuan resumed their journey after the aura of death in the Banyan Forest was completely absorbed by Ling Tian within seven hours. Currently the Banyan Forest has become like an ordinary forest that is not too gripping.
Ling Tian's strength also rose quite significantly. Previously his strength was only at the realm of 2-star Early Platinum Swordsman and he was currently already at the realm of an 8-star Early Platinum Swordsman. What a fast and crazy hike!
The two of them left the Banyan Forest and passed through several villages and small villages.
After a journey that Ling Tian had thought was quite boring for almost twenty hours, they were finally able to see a very large and magnificent city with buildings towering above the sky.
"The city in front of us is Qingque City. Are we gonna stop by there or just pass by?" ask Long Yuan.
"We'll stop and rest. And also I don't want to rush to the Capital!" replied Ling Tian.
The two of them descended after being less than a kilo meter away from the city gate.