During the time of the discussion the students of each sect were allowed to visit the various places with the devil crow valley sect
There were even various activities for them to participate in, while waiting for the party to officially began
Since the party wouldn't officially begin until the end of the week Arc would have to remain on guard
He or anyone in the group might be "scouted" at any moment with this in mind whenever Arc gave instructions to the sect diciples
He would give slightly different directions to every single member of their group,
This was to assure if someone did something like leak information, he would know who is it based on what got leaked
This was something he told no one, he gave everyone their orders independently; and told them they are not allowed to disclose them
Arc sat in his room as he watched the servants play with ink-star, since Xuanyin told him to keep a close watch on Ink-star before she left
Arc decided to trust her instincts and thus has prevented any disciples of the sect from getting close to ink-star
This caused ink-star to get bored so he started commanding the servants to play with him
Currently no one has attempted to buy him, but he will remain vigilant; after all it has only been two days since they have arrived
Demon cultivators are patient hunters they will wait until the last second to strike
While Arc was lost in thought he suddenly heard knocking on the door,
before he could stand up one of the servants got up and answered the door,
Arc looked to see that it was Xuanyin, she looked refreshed and relaxed
Ink-star upon seeing her jumped into Xuanyin's arms happily and began telling her of all the fun he was having
Xuanyin sat down next to Arc and they began chatting about ink-star education, she also asked
"Did you listen to my warning?"
Arc nodded slightly as he gave a breakdown of what happened the last two days
Xuanyin smiled glad to hear that ink-star was safe, she then sighed lightly before speaking
"These negotiations are so boring, they are renewing trading agreements and creating new ones"
"That one fellow; Quince is particularly annoying, he showed up late and he kept picking fights; seems that he prefers that the sects wage war"
Arc clicked his tongue lightly as he spoke
"His sect has a hidden location all we know is that it is in the sea, so he would very much like the major sects to battle so he can clean up the scraps"
Xuanyin laughed lightly before turning her head slightly towards ink-star
She smiled before saying in a soft voice, "ink-star go play with the servants in their room, i wanna talk to Arc in private"
After confirming that they were left alone Xuanyin turned towards Arc and began to speak
"Aurora and the other are still in the finalizing state of the current agreements"
"since i'm not a member of your sect i no longer necessary, i will return to the conference once new things are discussed"
Arc with a troubled expression, spoke
"You shouldn't be telling me this, i'm not qualified know this"
Xuanyin laughed lightly at that statement before speaking
"The reason i bring it up is because they also agreed to several of my own conditions"
"As you know I will soon take you and ink-star on a trip in the astral realm to my palace, from there we are going to pack my things to move onto your sect grounds"
"it just so happens there is an event coming up soon, i was thinking that we could take ink-star while on our way back"
Arc nodded his head slightly before asking
"What kind of event are we talking about!"
"This is a special one; hosted by a immortal, as a way to give guidance to weaker spirit beasts"
Xuanyin spoke with an emotional expression
Arc eyes lit up, as he spoke
"Will I get to enter, or is it spirit beasts only?"
Xuanyin rolled her eyes slightly before responding
"Please your a borderline spirit beast, yes all species are allow to attend but only spirit beasts can expect to gain something from the immortal"
Arc excitedly began asking questions regarding the event, Xuanyin answered several before stopping and smiling gently
" Attending such an event isn't free"
Xuanyin spoke as she grew closer her eyes locked on his neck
His face froze slightly as he understood what she wanted, Arc's face flushed red as he turned his neck slightly
She smiled lightly feeling pride in his submission, as she thought
'Even the outer realm demons would want to met a true immortal'
She got closer seeming taking her time to increase Arc's embarrassment
Xuanyin licked her lips slightly the dominance she held over Arc tasted better than any blood
Arc was embarrassed as he felt her breath on his neck, then a sharp pain
A rush of pleasure appeared making Arc feel guilty, he shouldn't be doing this
"It's so good"
Xuanyin licked her lips seemingly intoxicated by the taste,
Arx with a scrunched face rolled his eyes as he spoke
" Are you done?"
Xuanyin looked at him before smiling lightly as she spoke arrogantly
" you should be thrilled; it is an honor to serve me"
Arc scoffed as he spoke
" i doubt that; you are not a very stable person"
Xuanyin flicked his head softly seemingly annoyed yet she maintained her cool with the taste fresh on her mind
"Don't act like your not enjoying it, you simply don't want to admit it since you have your own pride"
Before Arc could respond he was pushed down onto the floor, Xuanyin climbed over him and began taking small bites all over his neck and shoulders
This caused Arc's heart to flutter, isolated feelings are much easier to ignore than one that affects several areas in the body
His blood flowed into her mouth Xuanyin felt her hunger began to decrease significantly
Xuanyin knew if she took to much blood Arc would die, so she began slowing down as she trailed her tongue across his neck
Arc felt his control grow weaker, this was a supernatural level of pleasure something that couldn't be understood without experience
Xuanyin raised her head slightly her eyes meeting Arc's her mind was unfocused as she relished on the taste, his next move caught her completely off guard
He leaned forward and kissed her, Xuanyin's eyes opened wide as Arc's arms wrapped around her and his tongue explored her mouth
Xuanyin felt her vanishing hunger multiply significantly, another emotion was also being amplified…
The next morning Arc awoke his body aching in pain, he lifted the blanket off his body and found hundreds of bites covering almost every inch of his nude body
His movement caused Xuanyin who was next to him to wake up,
Xuanyin felt a pain in between her legs
she looked down to see blood, her own blood and a white liquid running down her leg
she locked eyes with him as they realized what they had done, Xuanyin felt disgusted she grabbed Arc by the throat
She swung her claw quickly attempting to take his life yet Xuanyin's hand stopped, her instincts warning her that it was dangerous
Her thoughts rushed as she recalled that there was a high probability he was a outer realm demon in disguise
She released him slightly, tears in her eyes, she stood up turning away as to prevent Arc from seeing her expression
She spoke coarsely
" if you ever tell anyone about this, i will kill you regardless of what ink-star says"
Xuanyin deflected her reason for letting him live, if Arc truly was an outer realm demon then the longer she held that over him the better
Xuanyin felt rage and embarrassed, as she thought to herself
'If i don't get rid of the abyss's control over my body, i won't ever be free'
Her despair was unimaginable, she had lived eons, a powerful dragon who the could destroy civilizations at will
Yet her "mother" pushed her against her will, always making her act out in ways she shouldn't
Arc ignoring the aching pain he looked towards Xuanyin's bareback,
It was covered in scars that seemed to stretch the entire length of her body
His thoughts flew rapidly yet he found that none of them told him how to handle the feelings that welled over him at this moment,
He felt something that he couldn't yet comprehend, it was coming through the connection to ink-star,
Arc abandoned his thoughts, walked up to her and gave her a hug from behind, as he kissed her lightly on the neck
Xuanyin froze slightly as if she had not expected his arrogance,
He dared touch her in such a manner, the worst part is that she enjoyed it; in his arms she didn't feel so alone; this alone wasn't able to stop her anger from building up
He then spoke lightly seeing her begin to shake with rage
"I've read up on the abyss, and its effects only grow stronger with time, since you bottle up your emotions they explode out all at once"
Her body froze lightly as she understood what Arc was getting at, her legs felt weak as she thought about it
This entire time she was going about it the wrong way she was only delaying it, yet that caused its effect to be "explosive"
Allowing her emotions to build up or ignoring them and trying to limit what she felt was fundamentally flawed
Her pride had forced her to act in such a manner, without considering an alternative
Xuanyin felt warmth at the care he was showing her, She turned her head back toward Arc as she spoke
"I hope you know that you are an idiot"
Before Arc could respond her lips met with his, Arc then wrapped his hands around her possessively
Xuanyin felt something she couldn't understand against her better judgment she gave into that feeling
Arc without breaking from their kiss placed his hands under her butt and lifted her,
This caused her to wrap her legs and tail around his body, Arc walked slowly before placing her gently onto his bed,
A few hours later ink-star and the servants returned to find Arc and Xuanyin together on the sofa,
Arc was writing in a notebook camly; Xuanyin had her head placed on his leg as she slept soundly with a smile on her face
Ink-star flew towards them the sound woke up Xuanyin, she yawned lightly as ink-star began telling her about the game he was playing
Xuanyin turned her head slightly looking towards the servant, before responding to ink-star
"Seems you have enjoyed their company, i suppose we can keep them"
This caused smiles to appear on the faces of the servants, they knew that once Arc and the other left
It was a very high possible they would once again be added to Regen's food supply
Leaving with ink-star was the best opportunity for them, with this in mind they bowed towards Xuanyin calling her mistress
She nodded her head, as a dragon commanding other was first nature making this completely normal in her mind
Arc smiled lightly yet his eyes had never left his book, he slowly continued to write
Xuanyin leaned over curiously, only to find that it was a language she could not recognize
She quickly lost interest, and began playing with ink-star; and for the next few days nothing really happened
Xuanyin came and went, sometimes needing to return to the negotiations, yet she always came back happily
Neither of them got physical like that one night but because of it Xuanyin grew much closer to him
Xuanyin has travelled across the universe has seen countless wonders, which she shared many of them with him
Arc had read thousands of books and had many interesting stories to share of his own, just like that time passed quickly
On the fifth day Arc heard a knock on the door, just like usual it was opened by one of the servants
Yet when Arc leaned over he was surprised to see someone he couldn't recognize,
He had short black hair, brown eyes, he was wearing a wine red robe that had golden stripes woven into it
the man seeing Arc, smiled lightly before speaking
"It is my pleasure to you Archean, i am Johan, you have been called to attend a special meeting"
Arc's eyes narrowed slightly before he responded
"What sort of meeting is this?"
Johan's face turned arrogant as he spoke dismissively
"Come, you will know once we arrive"
Arc rolled his eyes slightly, he could feel the malice radiating from Johan's body,
this clearly was a scheme, yet he decided that he would follow since if he remained locked in his room it would look bad
Arc was placed in charge of the disciples thus he was expected to take the front of the devil crow valley's "attack"
"Whatever, might as well go"
Arc said lightly before following him out the door
As he was leaving Arc made sure to inform ink-star of this through their connection
He also had warned him to not exit the room until Xuanyin returned tonight
Johan walked forward leading Arc silently, Arc felt in the distance several eyes on him
His every move was under surveillance, he showed no change of expression as if he was completely unaware
Johan's movements never stopped, he continued to lead Arc, soon Arc found that they were in a isolated area
Without a person in sight, at this moment Arc felt those who were hiding approaching silently attempting to make themselves unknown
Johan stopped walked and spoke lightly " Askel of the black mountain sect"
"Your father was a elder of the black mountain sect, before going missing five years ago"
"you were raised as an outer disciple because of your father's strict personality"
"While your mother is still alive you aren't on speaking terms,
This being strange as she still lives within your father's properties even though the ownership is now in your name "
"After his passing you changed your name to Archean, and continued living in the outer sect"
"Yet Suddenly out of nowhere, you became a student of Aurora and jumped into the rank of core diciples isn't that interesting "
Arc rolled his eyes slightly before responding
" so?"
Johan's expression froze slightly as if not expecting such indifference, usually there would be a reaction after telling someone their whole life story
He coughed lightly before speaking once more
"I can tell you why your father died"
"So?"
Arc responded with unconcealed boredom, after all he knows his "father" died
His response made all the sect members of the devil crow valley hiding believe he was a heartless person
'Someone who is power hungry is much easier to control than someone with loyalty'
Johan thought to himself before speaking once more
"Well i thought you would be interested in knowing since it involves the demon sect of old"
changing his strategy Johan attempted to appeal to Arc's greed
Johan believed that Arc had used information he gained from his father as leverage to become a core disciple and he wanted a slice of that cake
Arc shook his head lightly before responding "You wasted my time on this?"
At this moment the people who were hidden relieved their position, Arc glanced at them and noticed their faces were covered by masks
One spoke seeing Arc turn his head in their direction,
"You father knew something, something important and we believe he told you"
"As long as you give us the information we need, we can aid you as well"
Arc's eyes raised slightly as he didn't know if his father was involved in a conspiracy regarding the old demon sect
Yet he knew that his father death didn't have to do with the demon sect, Arc knows this because
He killed his father with poison and disposed of the body himself;
Because his dad was using a demonic techniques, and planned to harm him and his mother
He also refused to tell her why he killed his dad, this caused resentment and to this day his mother to stop speaking with him
The only "information" he could possibly have is the technique Arc took off his corpse,
If that technique really had something to do with the old demon sect than they would most definitely be mad since Arc burned it to ash
With this in mind Arc laughed lightly before beginning to walk back towards his assigned room
Suddenly his senses felt danger causing him to step to the left, just then a blade flew to his previous location aimed where was standing
Arc looked directly at the one who fired the attack, and attacked before any of them could say anything
Arc had closed the distance and reached for his throat, just as he was about to break his neck he remembered this was a set up
Arc stopped slightly his hand just inches from the man's neck, causing him felt a chill from nearly dying
Arc using his connection to the formation flag sent a message of his location to ink-star
"Ink-star send this message Xuanyin"
They all drew their blades surrounding him as they threw mocking words at him
Johan still in the back smiled lightly before speaking
"What a shame, had you finished your attack we could've killed you without repercussions"
"Oh well, it's not like any else is here to defend you, so we will tell them you struck first"
"Or… you can cooperate you dog"
Johan's expression twisted seemingly enjoying putting Arc in the position
Seeing their gloating expression Arc's face curved into a smile as he felt ink-star's presence growing closer
Seeing him smile Johan sneared
"That look is pissing me off, kill him"
Just then he saw someone appear standing by Arc holding a small dragon in her arms
His eyes opened wide as he recognized her to be Xuanyin, he tried pleading for his life but before he could get a word off he felt his body freeze
Xuanyin looked over at Arc annoyed after using her powers to freeze the humans
"you really called me for something this simple?"
Arc put an innocent expression on his face as he said
"I was only asking ink-star to bring my notebook i was unaware it was on your person"
Xuanyin rolled her eyes at his crappy excuse, she looked at the disciples of the devil crow valley before speaking to Arc
"They are much weaker than you, why didn't you just kill them?"
This brought chills to the disciples, as they knew their lives were in danger
Arc laughed lightly before response
"That would've been the plan i just wasn't aware if they had a golden core hiding nearby"
Xuanyin nodded her head before extended her divine senses to the maximum,
This immediately caught the attention of Regen and the other nascent soul cultivators
"You guy can continue here I'll go check with Xuanyin"
Regen spoke quickly to prevent Aurora or Quince from exiting
Arc turned his head slightly and found that Regen appeared, since Arc couldn't feel Xuanyin's divine sense he assumed that Regen was nearby
Regen turned towards Xuanyin, after his eyes scanned the surrounding area, it wasn't difficult to tell what happened
They attempted to force Arc into a deal, and since he was Xuanyin's "servant" she came out to stop that