Chapter 21 - Entering The Cult

The last match had ended as night fell and the temperature became frosty.

Less than 10% of the total examinees were able to complete the testing of the Blood Gate Cult.

Elder Jiang stood slowly as he left similarly to how he arrived with the two deacons following a step behind him.

"The winners shall follow us as they are acquainted with the Cult and its history. . ." An obscenely fat deacon came.

His fur-lined robe hung loosely as his stomach protruded from within, while his features were quite squished together with a darkened look around his eyes...

"From this day on you, all shall forever forget your previous identities and shall only be known as disciples of The Blood Gate Cult from now on." He continued as he tossed some embroidered pouches to the small crowd.

Xiao LingYue caught his as he reached inside, his hands taking out an intricately designed black rectangular tablet which read ' Outer Cult Disciple, Wan Tao'.

He noticed this was probably his Cult token as he stashed it back into the pouch.

The deacon proceeded to explain the various parts of the Cult as they walked along a swinging bridge as they continued into the Cult.

"The Blood Gate Cult is divided into 3 factions, it is your choice whose faction you want to be under but do heed my foolish advice, don't be a lone wolf, you'd be attacked by all. . ." His gaze passed solemnly over the group of around 20 new disciples.

"The three factions are :

The Cult Master's Faction: 'Blooded Gate'. His Faction controls the most resources and has the most competition.

The Disciplinary Hall's Faction: 'Demon's Den ', which has almost the same influence as the Sect Masters but not as many resources...

and lastly

The Elder's Faction: 'Ghostly Grotto', though lacking the most when it comes to influence and resources, makes up for it by having almost the most teachers and information. "

He approached the end of the bridge and he took them into a darkened valley.

Within the valley was an inconspicuous cave entrance and as he entered, he brought them to an underground blood pit.

"Jump in, I'll continue with my explanation. Whatever you remember it's up to you" as he waved his arm nonchalantly.

The first to jump in was the Six Paths; without hesitation they plunged into the boiling blood pond, the stench filling the air as suddenly they froze as waves of pain assaulted them.

The fat deacon laughed loudly as he watched them squirm, his fat jiggling as his voice echoed within the cavernous walls, grating the ears of all who heard it.

Soon others began to recoil as they watched the others in pain.

LingYue stared at the blood pool as he dragged his injured body towards it before slowly entering.

Pain immediately inundated his body as he sat cross-legged in the blood pool.

The blood from the pool slowly filtered into his body bringing many medicinal benefits along with it.

His body soon began to repair itself as the massive Blood Qi as well as Medicinal Qi poured into him and flowed around his body.

His body and foundation were being reconstructed from the ground up, becoming firmer as traces of black sludge soon filtered out his body, before beginning to burn as it came into contact with the Blood pool.

Flames soon illuminated the area as everyone had now gotten in the blood pool, their bodies alit as they too were undergoing various changes...

'Hmm?'

The blood within Xiao LingYue began to move slightly as it trembled, making him surprised and filled with trepidation.

This blood pool probably was an incredible opportunity as well as an additional test!

As he did his best to suppress his frantic blood, gasps were heard on either side of him, two disciples were fae, similar to him trying to blend in with the examinees.

Their blood flared as they tried to suppress it, slowly showing more and more fae-like features as one male disciple began to grow fur and a female began to grow scales, their bodies expanding as they grew before both being killed by the deacon.

Xiao LingYue kept his face calm as his will showed its prowess as he held on while circulating his Moon Lotus Mantra as he began to calm his Blood Qi and the resonance of his blood.

His blood began to become more and more refined and pure under his cultivation methods suppression, drip by drip it grouped into a golden mass as it was concentrated towards his heart, slowly congealing into a thick substance.

"Okay now that, it is over you can all leave the blood pool." The Fat deacon's voice resounded in all of their ears.

Xiao LingYue knew that what was happening was beneficial to him but he slowly got out without so much as looking back.

'It may have been beneficial but that also was a death trap within the Blood Gate Cult,' he thought as his heart still felt some trepidation.

If his cultivation method didn't specialize in blood and Blood Qi, he'd also be another corpse under the swift blade of the deacon.

He looked at his body, his skin was like snow while his hair was like the blackest ink as his wounds had all but disappeared.

The Fat deacon began to walk in the direction of the main sect yet again as he lead them while passing peak after peak he began speaking.

"The Cult is separated into 1 peak, 2 palaces and 3 valleys.

The peak is called Hollow Heart Peak which is known for its Cultivation Methods, especially its body tempering techniques.

The 2 palaces are BloodFiend Palace which is known for its devil pill concoction techniques and Bagua Demon Palace is known for its devil and demonic arrays.

Lastly, the 3 valleys are known as the Carefree Valley which is known for its Yin Yang cultivation methods, Ghost Gorging Valley which is known for its ghost and corpse control while Phantom Gu Valley which is known for the raising of different types of Gu and their control methods.

You will report on which area you will want to join after you have adjusted yourself.

They slowly came to a stop as he brought them to the side of a cliff, where a huge cavern could be seen.

"This is The Cave Of Feasting Demons, you shall go in and spend your time in here, how you get a cavern grotto is your issue as well as how you keep it. . . tomorrow you shall report to the respective fields you want to follow." The Fat deacon said before he chuckled loudly and left.