They seemed to invoke by baleful and dark thoughts in his mind and increased by contaminating him mind sea.
He couldn't ascertain, but Zhan Shenwei subtly felt he had come into a certain aspect though he didn't quite understand.
The first time he came into contact with the dark fog was after he used the Life Severing Saber.
The Life Severing Saber evoked certain emotions of coldness and bloodlust in it's wielder, these emotions manifested as a dark fog in his mind sea.
And after then when he was affected by the anguish of thoughts of loss of his loved ones.
Otherwise the water of his mind sea were clear.
The dark fog gave him a subtle form of feeling yet it always seemed to elude him anytime he tried thinking about it.
Since he really didn't understand Zhan Shenwei pushed the matter to the back of his mind.
There were still so many things not clear to him but it wasn't so important yet and moreover he didn't have an answer now.
He had a present goal and plan, he had to enter the Mystic Heaven Sect.
Apart from his promise to Xia Yunzi, he also hoped to also increase his strength there to the point where he could return to the Eastern region.
Zhan Shenwei didn't think he would be at peace without knowing the fate of his loved ones and although it wasn't certain, if anything, anything, he didn't want to think of that, but if it came to it, avenge them.
Apart from piles of spirit stones, there were other resources like spirit fruits, herbs, beast meat and battle techniques, but the first gift that caught the attention of Zhan Shenwei was the gift from his father.
Although Zhan Shenwei had used all kinds of weapon that didn't mean he didn't have a favorite.
A long intriguing object was wrapped in black clothe.
Removing the peice of clothe Zhan Shenwei came across a beautiful peice of artifact.
With a long dark rod covered in mystic runes, a spear stood tall and Majestic, the spear head different from the arrow form of normal spears was akin a large broad sword upon the rod.
A great spear.
It was simply a beauty to Zhan Shenwei, just holding the great Spear evoked his innate desire for battle and his blood boiled.
Unlike the rest of the weapons he had, this was real treasure spirit weapon and the mystic runes engraved on it seemed to increase the might and durability of the Great Spear.
Like a kid excited after having received a gift Zhan Shenwei almost couldn't hold himself from testing the spear but it wasn't suitable to do so inside the inn.
Zhan Shenwei smiled widely.
Treasure Spirit weapons were at an higher level than spirit weapons, each one was expensive and required an Armament Master to create one, aiding the use of spells and battle techniques.
Treasure spirit weapons, far above spirit weapons could truly increase battle capabilities.
After fiddling for a while Zhan Shenwei put the Spear aside as he brought out a large brocade box from a corner.
According to Ye Mo this brocade box was left to him by Xia Tianming.
To Zhan Shenwei his time with Xia Tianming wasn't really much but the Emperor was someone who he held in high regard and was also kind to Zhan Shenwei.
His might, legacy, sacrifice and character were things Zhan Shenwei learned from and ingrained in his heart.
He had expected the brocade box to have a lock or sort of mechanism but it was surprisingly easy to open.
There were two scrolls in the brocade box, Zhan Shenwei unfurled the first one and sighed as he read through it, the first scroll from Xia Tianming contained his cultivation experiences, what he knew about certain treasures, herbs, different Races, places and even some forbidden grounds.
Knowledge, a truly precious and formidable gift.
For someone like Zhan Shenwei who didn't know much and was a bit of a greenhorn this gift was well intended and could save him a lot of time and effort and even spare him certain troubles.
The world was a scary place and so many people died out of ignorance, doing things they weren't meant to and trespassing certain areas.
To Zhan Shenwei learning from the experience of someone like Xia Tianming meant he didn't have to cultivate blindly and make certain mistakes.
The knowledge of a predecessor safeguarded one's life, preserving one's path.
Zhan Shenwei dropped the first scroll aside and unfurled the second, from the details the second scroll was most likely a map and although he couldn't understand the location of the place drawn on the map it was in the Canglan continent.
There was a reason Xia Tianming gave the map to him, Zhan Shenwei didn't think the location marked on the map wasn't important and after looking at it for a while he put the scroll aside.
Whenever he had the time Zhan Shenwei planned to check it out.
He wouldn't go blindly without making preparations and but now he had other pressing issues.
Zhan Shenwei really appreciated everything from his close ones.
Taking his former ring as he brought out things he felt were valuable, together with his former storage ring he now had two storage rings.
The new storage ring from Ye Mo was bigger and he planned on putting the things were important in it before selling off the rest.
Although he had a fairly large amount of spirit stones, cultivation cost a lot and Zhan Shenwei still had the intention of getting a cultivation technique.
If possible he would like to get a very good or the best he could cultivation technique that could help him build a better foundation and these were expensive hence he needed every bit of spirit stone he could gather.
Zhan Shenwei didn't want lack of spirit stones to stop him from choosing a good cultivation technique, hindering his growth and future achievements.
But certainly compared to before, the goal of getting a good cultivation technique was more possible.
It was late when Zhan Shenwei was done sorting the storage rings and rather than going downstairs the inn to get something to eat, he ate some of the dry rations he had and his vital broth then he cultivated.
A few hours passed by as he revolved his spirit qi then he opened his eyes.
Although he was cultivating he was having issues meditating and gathering qi, his was distracted and couldn't clear his thoughts.
Standing from his cross-legged position he laid on the bed and faced the ceiling as he mumbled, " She should have gotten to the Sect by now".
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Mystic Heaven Sect, Cang Yuan Region, Canglan continent
The Cang Yuan Region was the domain of Sects in the Canglan Continent.
As on of the topmost Sect in the Canglan Continent the Mystic Heaven Sect was deserving of both it's prestige and reverence.
It was said that the founder of the Mystic Heaven Sect was an extremely powerful cultivator, with his mighty cultivation he took five spirit mountains from across the Azure Heaven World and established them in the place that is today known as the Mystic Heaven Sect.
And thousands of years after it's establishment the Mystic Heaven Sect still stood as one of the Supreme powers in the Canglan Continent.
A large flying Sword moved swiftly in the sky before landing in front of five gigantic mountains that seemed to pierce the skies , on top of the flying sword were the four Elders that supervised the disciple recruitment test together with the older disciples and the newly accepted disciples from the Bright Jade City.
As they got down from the Spirit Sword the new disciples at an empty plain.
Seeing as there seemed to be no entrance to the Sect one of the them asked an older disciple, " Senior Brother how do we enter the Sect "
In response to his question the older disciple just smiled, this was not his first time following the Elders outside the Sect for the disciple recruitment test and everytime someone asked this same question.
After everyone had gotten down, an Elder with a Soaring Cloud insignia sewn on his robe moved forward and made hand seals rapidly then he stretched his hand towards the blue sky.
A large hand formed from his qi grabbed a large floating cloud from the sky and placed it in front of them.
The new disciples watched in amazement as the elders and the older disciples climbed the cloud with no issue before also boarding it.
And surprisingly the large cloud was soft but could also carry their weight.
On the Cloud the older disciple who was asked the question previously looked at the new kid and answered, " The Mystic Heaven Sect has no entrance and is off bounds to outsiders, only the Soaring Clouds of the Soaring Cloud Peak is allowed to transport people from the Mountain foot ".
The floating cloud rose up and the new kids looked around in awe, as they ascended the mountain they could see cave abodes and buildings of all kinds.
The Mystic heaven sect was truly a mystical place!
The floating cloud flew for a while before stopping in front of a Pavilion.
From afar the Pavilion was massive and all kinds of disciples in fine robes could be seen entering and leaving.
After getting down from the Cloud the Elders left while the older disciples led the kids into the pavilion.
Probably because the older disciple was a nice person unlike his peers who just walked in front without saying anything he took time to explain to the new disciples.
" The Mystic Heaven Sect has five Peaks and each Peak has it's own function, the Soaring Cloud Peak handles the management of the affairs of the Sect ".
" This Pavilion is the main hall of the Soaring Cloud Peak, New disciples are brought here to register themselves before leaving for the various Peaks assigned to them ".
Some of the new disciples all cupped their fist in gratitude to this older disciple, obviously the rest in front couldn't even be bothered to explain anything to them.
The older disciple smiled as he waved his hands, " Since we are in the same sect we should take care of each other "
In front the rest of the older disciples sneered in their minds, this older disciple that was being all nice and all, " Zhang Hai ", was actually a wolf in sheep clothing, although he was all smiles when it was time to show his true colors he would transform to an evil fiend.
Of course it was not up to them to say anything, they could not risk offending someone as strong as Zhang Hai for a few new disciples, what was it to them if he played them.
Zhang Hai was all smiles as he kept on talking to the new disciples, he had done this kind of thing so many times that he was so familiar with it.
Deep down in his heart he was gloating, new disciples were the easiest to fool and cheat, they were simply fat limbs waiting to be chewed by him.
Very soon when they collected their allowance he would show this pieces of shit his true colors, his face was already aching from smiling to much he couldn't wait to remove this fake smile from his face.
As for why he did this regularly, he needs the spirit stones.
Unlike most disciples in the Mystic Heaven Sect Zhang Hai hardly took missions in order to earn cultivation resources and credit, it was simply easier to rip off this newbies.
As for if there were genius or something among them he didn't care, he had a Core disciple as his backing, why should he be scared of offending this newbies.
This was only the last resort, he avoided messing with geniuses, he prided on being very discerning, he avoided them.
Why eat hard meat, when there were lots of soft and juicy ones.
Zhang Hai chuckled hiddenly.
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