After confirming Xuanyin left Arc took a deep breath before turning towards his formation flag and saying
"Ink-star, you can come out of the flag now"
Ink-star who was already getting bored flew out of the flag on to Arc's head happily,
"Hey look what I learned to do"
Ink-star then excitedly began showing up the technique that Xuanyin had taught him
Arc seeing the technique found it quite interesting, it was made using combining several basic techniques, using them to the maximum of their capabilities
It was designed to maximize damage output while also decreasing the energy usage
As someone who masters this technique could even use the energy within the air around him without needing to activate his dantain
Arc then attempted to practice the technique, he brought out his "mana" taking it to the limit of his range
placing the entirety of his aura into a singularity; the pressure was intense, it appeared similar to a gas giant
A solid core surrounded by highly dense gas atmosphere, one could see endless storms clouds with lightning
As the core rotated at it extreme rate; Arc found that his energy began having the properties of gravity and electromagnetism within the "planet"
It was only natural, since his aura is made up of earth and thunder spirit qi and ki
This was merely his aura brute forcing the effects to take form; it wasn't very efficient,
This technique is typically used as a long ranged blast; thus in battle, it would not be condensed long enough for these effects to form
Arc found that the time he could maintain it wasn't very long, around fifthteen minutes
One of his greatest strengths is the high density of his aura but that becomes a limiting factor in a accumulative technique such as this one
Arc knowing this tried applying it into several parts, seemingly attempting to make several singularities flowing around each other
Each singularity halved the amount in energy within the last, so Arc began determining what would be an appropriate number that he could actively control during combate
Arc first attempted double them and found a problem immediately, since they have the properties of gravity they pulled each other severely hindering his control over them
With this in mind Arc pulled out his notebook and began calculating the speed and pull of the gravity
If Arc could get a baseline he could determine the method in which where their rotation would cause a heightened amount of spirit energy to get sucked in
Arc began calculating but found that this would require very much effort as he wasn't trained in such a thing, so he would be using an extremely inefficient method
Arc muttered lightly while shaking his head "Well shit, i should have studied physics more"
With this realization Arc gave up the idea on using calculations and began relying purely on his senses
This could be a good opportunity to increase his skills in sensing spirit energy and manipulating them
After a few hours of practice Arc found himself drenched in sweat; the technique was effective and he felt as though his understanding of spirit energy increased significantly
He didn't have any real progress in maintaining several singularities, but he managed to also double the amount of energy within a normal one
Then Arc heard a knock on the door, he opened it to see wuji, who seemed to be very vigilant
Arc seeing this invited him in expecting something interesting would happen considering his "MC potential"
Wuji was still stunned from what he learned from the old man, leading him to come here to ask Arc some questions regarding Xuanyin
"Arc you seem to know that dragon, who is she and why is she really here"
Arc only answered the first part of the question seemingly ignoring the second half, "Well she is the mom of that dragon who is playing in my room"
"Her name is Xuanyin, and she is a abyssal dragon who lives within the astral realm"
Wuji unsatisfied continued his questions,
"Then why does she allow you to watch over her son?"
Arc's eyebrows raised before he spoke once more
"Don't ask things you're unqualified to learn"
With those words Arc shook his hand lightly, just then a push of energy flew toward wuji
Wuji immediately activated his defensives only to find the attack dealt no damage; he instead was sent flying backwards
By the time he could control himself, he found that he was already outside of Arc's room
Arc had sent two energy blasts, the first was to send Wuji backwards the second opened the door behind him
Wuji felt embarrassment only to hear a laugh in his ears, coming from his ring
"I told you he wouldn't say anything, but i had never expected him to be so strong"
Wuji muttered "i could beat him"
The old man laughed once more
" if you used all your trump cards it would be possible, but it would be a waste to give them all away"
Wuji seemingly annoyed retreated knowing he wouldn't get the information he wanted from Arc
Arc after closing the door had not dropped his guard he had his senses locked on wuji where they remained until he left his range
Once he left Arc muttered to himself lightly "if i said anything Xuanyin might start freaking out considering how prideful she is"
With that being said Arc began cleaning up the room as his training had caused quite a mess
Suddenly he felt a pressure in the distance, it was intense while not quite as strong as Xuanyin; it was greater than Aurora's
Arc face curved into a slight smile as he realized they had finally arrived
Arc wasn't the only to have this realization, once they felt the pressure everyone on board knew they were approaching the Devil crow valley sect
The sect master and Aurora had stern expressions on their faces as they exchanged hidden messages; seemingly planning and predicting what will happen
Xuanyin seemed to be the only one unaffected by this drama as she isn't a member of the sect
She yawned lightly as she thought to herself
'i hope these humans can hurry this up'
Arc and the other all left their rooms to meet up, once they were all united the sect master's eyes trailed the room seemingly confirming whether everyone was here
His eyes froze slightly as he saw Xuanyin standing near Arc as she watched ink-star sleep within his arms
'How the hell am i supposed to explain her attendance to this event'
The sect mater muttered lightly before looking at Arc
Before he could say anything Xuanyin looked up at him before speaking
"I won't get involved in your politics for free; i'm just here for ink-star"
The sect master sighed lightly as he spoke, "what is it that you want in exchange"
Her pointed her hand towards Arc as she spoke calmly
"I will borrow him; i want to take ink-star to the astral realm, and i suppose he would want Arc around"
Aurora face scrunched up as her energy began escaping her body before she could say anything the sect master spoke
"That's fine. the specifics will be determined by you and Aurora at a later date."
This seemed to satisfy Xuanyin and delayed Aurora's outburst
With that being said the carriages soon came to a stop and they all exited ready to face this new challenge
Once Arc exited the carriage he found that hundreds of other sects had already arrived,
it wasn't hard to tell they were minor sects seemingly attempting to gain a powerful backing,
Suddenly that pressure Arc had sensed began growing closer, he raised his head to see an old man
He looked almost like a shriveled corpse, his face…. Arc's eyes opened wide as he saw that he had three heads
Each had a different expression, the head on the left held great sorrow, the head on the right was filled with burning rage
The head in the middle had a slight smile as his eyes trailed their group seemingly analyzing them
His eyes stopped on Aurora as he spoke to her, seemingly ignoring the sect master
"It is my pleasure to welcome the black mountain sect here; welcome home Aurora"
Aurora's face scrunched up clearly annoyed at the disrespect as she spoke clearly
"it has been thousands of years since the demon sect has existed; this has never been my home"
Suddenly she turned silent seemingly listening into something, Arc assumed it was a message from the sect master.
She seemed to calm down as she opened her mouth and began speaking once more
"The black mountain sect carried the will of the eldest ones"
This caused the three headed man's faces to all turn into smiles; hearing this Xuanyin glanced lightly at Arc trying to find a change in his expression
With this said he kindly invited Aurora and the sect master as he told his disciples to lead them to their accommodations
Jusg as man was about to leave his eyes trailed the group once more seeming glad the black mountain sect was willing to negotiate
His eyes then froze as he saw Xuanyin, who's attention was locked on Arc; he seemed shocked as he felt no power from her body
This could only happen if she was a major realm above him; She would have to be at the minimum middle stage nascent soul cultivation
Xuanyin sensing this turned towards him, her eyes trailing his body as she spoke gently
"A blood buddha, i didn't think your kind still existed"
Arc recognized that look which appeared on her face to be that of hunger,
he hoped she would be able to remain rational during the duration of this conference
The old man cleared his throat lightly as he spoke respectfully
"I am regent, grand elder of the devil crow valley sect, I don't believe we have met; may I have your name senior?"
Her eyes lowered lightly as they glanced at Arc and inkstar before returning to regent as she spoke
"I am Xuanyin Sí Túshā , you may refer to me as Xuanyin"
The old man bowed respectfully as he invited her as well, yet his mind never stopped
Due to having three heads he is capable of thinking at a much higher rate than the average cultivator
He began contemplating the reasons on why someone such as her would arrive here without notice guided by the black mountain sect
He recalled how Xuanyin looked towards Arc, and the small dragon within in hands
'Considering the horns and the tail,
She could be of the same clan as the young dragon'
'Perhaps that young member of the black mountain sect has been chosen as a training partner or servant to the young dragon'
As this thought entered his head Regent began to consider it as fact
As due to the low reproductive abilities of dragon's they take very good care of the young to prevent their deaths in this stage
As for Arc and Xuanyin being the parents this did not cross his mind, he did consider Xuanyin being a parent
Her being the mother was considered until he remembered her name,
Xuanyin was fairly known within the astral realm, a powerful and arrogant dragon that traveled across all its forgotten corners
One of the most well known stories about her was that she once fatally injured several dragons
who attempted to become her partner as she would never accept someone weaker than her
As for Arc being a parent, this didn't cross his mind even as a joke as he it was so far removed from reality
Xuanyin looked over at ink-star seemingly lost in thought before nodding her head slightly as she floated upwards with the others
Arc and the others watched as the sect master and the rest of them took off elsewhere to begin the negotiations
Once they were out of sight, a large man with two heads cleared his throat lightly before speaking
" if you would all follow me, i will take you to your rooms for your stay"
Arc and the other were then taken to their rooms situated by their position in the sect, this made Arc believe this sect had stricter hierarchy
As a Core diciple to a nascent doul cultivator and the fact he was holding the small dragon within his arms
Arc received the best accommodations, and was treated as the leader of the diciples;
this caused some annoyance to other disciples, he was quick to shut down anger
Arc reveled the sect master did in fact put him in charge for the duration of the trip
Arc opened the door into his room and found there was a team of mortal nearby, they bowed slightly and seemed to flinch at his every move
Arc looked out of the room towards the two headed man and asked
"Who are they?"
The man seemed somewhat confused by the question as if it the answer was obvious he then answered truthfully
"They were originally from master Regen's food supply but we received more guests than anticipated so now they are servants"
Arc felt a chill as he looked back at the people who didn't even dare to raise their heads, he had forgotten that this was a "devil sect"
'I have forgotten what it means to be a devil sect…, but to resort to cannibalism'
Arc thought to himself, yet his expression did not change
Since his sect was also considered one he didn't really care to much at first but he was now coming to realize what that truly meant
Arc then responded to the name his voice neutral, "okay, thanks for the answer"
Seeing Arc was satisfied with his response he began situating all the other disciples leaving Arc to his thoughts
Arc sat down seemingly lost in thought as he looked at the mortals, they didn't dare to raise their heads
One of them after finally working up the courage his eyes still not lifting from the floor beneath Arc spoke
"How may we serve you immortal master"
Arc spoke softly
"prepare me a meal"
This caused them to freeze as some felt tears rolling down their face as despair rolled in
Arc realizing this clarified
"Not that kind of meal just bring me some wine and a chicken dish"
This caused them to calm down though their fear was greater than before believing Arc had done that on purpose to mock them
Arc remained lost and thought and believed that there would a a shift in the political situation, this would be due Xuanyin's involvement
She being a late stage nascent soul cultivation is on the cusp of advancing to the stage of earth immortal making her a significant threat
This is without mentioning the fact that she is an abyssal dragon, and has the immortal body of a vampire
Xuanyin not being a member of the black mountain sect might cause the devil crow valley sect to recruit her
Should they be unable to they will attempt to form a non action agreement so that she doesn't get involved should the sects go to war
His mind wondered endlessly as he recalled the words that Aurora spoke to Regen
'The will of the oldest ones, hmm these sects were once part of the demon sect, perhaps it's creators are still alive'
Arc thought before finding this strange
Were this the case, then why did the demon sect dissolve into several different groups?
Arc pull out books from his spirit ring regarding the demon sect, seemingly attempting to find out who were these 'eldest ones'
He read book after book before stumbling into a passage from one that seemed to point in the correct direction
'In the first age was the age of gods, man cultivated faith and served their lords this prosperity was ruined as outer worldly beings came flooding the world'
'They fed on the living and from the dead they were born, the world was brought to its knees'
'those ancient demon devoured the people and their gods'
'The eldest lord the defeated bdkebebejeifjfkejdbejekdjdvevcuebr'
Suddenly right before Arc eyes the text began to change
He found that all the information within the page was replaced, with random lines and sentences each that had the same message appeared
"Stop looking"
Arc muttered with true fear in his heart as he felt a pressure over him this was unlike anything he had ever felt
It was like a million pairs of eyes were on his body, as they each gave him a warning to not overstep
Yet he found this feeling incredibly strange as this pressure wasn't painful nor did it carry any malice
It felt as though he was a child who was caught red handed doing something wrong by his parents
The pressure then disappeared just as fast as it appeared,
he looked down once more to the book and found it was now a different book entirely with the title "one thousand and one nights"
Looking at the book his eyes seemed to lose it light, he sighed gently before putting it away in his spirit ring
He then looked to find his meal was being devoured by a hungry ink-star who seemed to have been woken up due to the smell
Before he could say a word one of the mortal rushed in carrying in his hands another plate
Arc feeling extremely tired just began eating without a word finding that everyday his life becomes more exhausting
Xuanyin sat proudly at m head of the table, Aurora and the sect master to her right
Regen sat across from then, accompanied by two other, on his left sat a woman who appeared seductive
She had long hair black hair that stopped just before her large breastsand her hands seemed to trail her body as she spoke;
her large bright eyes scanned the room seemingly treating everything like pray
she radiated a danger as if any who courts her would die painfully in her hand
Beside her was a man he was silent and expressionless, he had long white hair and red eyes that had several pupils
The seductive one spoke first seemingly as she spoke softly
"It seems we are still missing someone"
She crossed her legs and leaned back raising her breasts higher, attempting to gain the attention of everyone present
Yet almost all present moved their eyes away from her they knew the danger she held
Not even the other members of the devil crow valley would risk looking directly at her
The only one who didn't look away was Xuanyin, yet her aim was different, her eyes were on the women neck
Xuanyin had already lost interest in regen as she found that he wasn't a true blood buddha and instead advanced to that stage by absorbing mortal blood
This make her lose interest in its taste considering it impure, but she was always curious if charm techniques also influenced the taste of someone's blood
Xuanyin licked her lips lightly causing the seductive woman to smile gently
She felt as though she was winning her over unaware Xuanyin wanted to eat her in a literal sense
Suddenly the door open and the last person arrived he had a large frame and was wearing dark blue clothes he carried himself with dignity and might
Seeing the already intense energy everyone radiated, he smiled lightly before saying
"Sorry i'm late, lets began the discussions"