Day 150- 200 Sishui County Part 4 Demon Wizard Cult & An a small outing

As the situation died down and his villa was cleaned up, Rexford looked at the Ghost Flute. Running his Divine Sense through it, he understands how it worked but something about it disgusted him on a fundamental level. He wanted to try it out and to use the techniques inside but opted out against it several times.

"Why is this thing so.. ugh!?"

Circling his Nature aspect, the Villa lit up in green qi. The white flute lit up spinning into the air. The countless souls the flute had access to appeared one after the other. The desire to swallow them into the Black Gold Vortex passed easily enough.

The green glow from Rexford intensified as those who did not belong in the world went to the "Afterlife" it felt like to him. Ji Xingyu and Tiva moved their hands creating a barrier. Spirits attached to the two gatherings wayward Qi into themselves.

Wei Lan watched from the outside area with Chitang. Both were surprised the Evil energy was absorbed by one of Rexford's Spears. Fear was able to take in what was considered evil easily. Both in actuality, it was resentment that festered from the souls and what they were subject to.

"This is not even something they made, something from an older era they came across." Rexford shook his head in dismay at that thought. The Ghost Flute almost developed a mind of its own and influenced whoever used it. "Handling the affairs with that group.. you think you two can handle it fully?"

"The young Witch Lord has what he wants and I am sure he won't cause too much trouble in the midterm." Ji Xingyu was cautious about starting further trouble. The power dynamics in the area would have changed by now thanks to the involvement by the Ansatusken the last few days. "Already talked with my parents about it, taking an internship at the company while taking classes online."

"The area needs more of a stronger approach for the "Defense Array" you are preparing. We would be perfect at it." Tiva was ready to pitch her case but it was unneeded. Seeing the waving hand to tell her to stop, she was offended. "Do you think someone else would be better?"

"You misunderstand you mental patient." Rexford didn't have the patience to be friendly with the woman. "The task is yours. Do not fall back on the other work and fill out the correct paperwork to make sure adjustments are made."

"Thanks." Ji Xingyu answered as his partner was shocked it was that easy. "It will be submitted before the week is out. Is "Inventory" a problem yet?"

He was referring to items produced from the Black Gold Vortex. They still had no idea where Rexford got the material from all this time. Just that it worked really well for Arrays used.

"No. Make sure to try and get the Cadaver Refining, Ghost Reining, and Curses the Sect has hen meeting them." Moving away, he sent a message on his phone in response to an invite. "Do take care to continue and push your cultivation. If you slack up, you may end up like Xiaojing and the others."

Tossing the flute over to the two he walked outside basking in the light. Cultivating the Black Gold Sun Art faster than before, he thought a little of the Cadaver Arts he knew currently and definitely needed to supplement it with some more information to help with creating bodies. Chitang and Wei Lan went sightseeing with a few others introduced by Ji Xingyu so he didn't have to worry about it.

'Let's push my Divine Sense out to check on the Qi deeper in the atmosphere once more.' With a flex outward, an almost tangible energy went up into the sky. Only notice was done by the Witch Region who could detect it. 'Nice deep amount up top. Need to lead down to myself.'

In the sky, the Master Hands formed moving in the same way as his hands in a swaying motion. After gaining a good hold, he switched it to a stir motion causing the clouds to condense. So much so that his Divine Sense was able to enter into the clouds.

Observing the water molecules build up with the naked eye was quite the sight to see. Padding the clouds and stretching them for further observation lead to his understanding of Nature increasing.

"Haaaa.." Taking a deep breath leads to the actual air stir. But only around the clouds themselves. "..aahhh." Exhaling sent a small breeze from the clouds. A little of it breaking off with. "Let's see how far I can move the cloud."

Under the guidance of the Master Hands and his Divine Sense, the clouds were moved to the South Western Region after some effort. To a dry spot of land that did not see much rainfall over 20 miles away.

"Hear me Demon Wizard Cult," Rexford wanted to have some fun while practicing. His voice projected from the cloud echoing across the land. "come out now!"

The disrespect alone made them act at first. But seeing the formed clouds and the Black & Gold hands in the sky molding them into a larger mass, they were a little shocked. The Qi control alone was more than they had seen before.

The Young Witch Lord had only begun to refine what was given to him before this occurred. Coming out with the elders, he too was now understanding the difference in skill they possessed.

"Master Mingyun!" The Cult Leader gave his son a side look wondering if he kept anything out from him. By the looks of his astonishment that was not the case. "What can we assist you with?!"

"It is I who wishes to clean up the situation that plagues the region!" Smiling, the clouds actually formed into his face with the Master Hands floating to a spot close to the side. "I am sure you have heard of what happened to Wu Shanhe and others who crossed me!"

"Of course it is known!" The Cult Leader knew a good bit of them were cleaned out and Mr.Shi was elevated to a further position. Even his cultivation had come to surpass his in a short time if rumors were believed. "We have not offended you have we!?"

"No, but your practices.. are a problem done to the regular populace. With so many convicts and undesirables out there, you should focus on them. My students will visit you soon, hide nothing from them if you know what is good for you."

"What do we get in return?" The Young Witch Lord spoke out not wanting the Cult to not get anything out of it.

*Rumble!* The clouds rumbled turning dark and violent. Taking a deep breath and swallowing all of the air in the area caused the Demon Wizard members to drop onto the ground clutching their chests for a moment.

"Wooooo!" The pressure from the exhaled controlled just enough caused a small tornado of Qi to whip through the area. Controlled by his Divine Sense it circled then dissipated harmlessly. "You get to live of course! Business can only thrive from terrible people disappearing!"

Shaken, the cultivators bowed and thanked him for the mercy shown to them.

"I am not a complete tyrant. The Cult will belong to my forces in time. I cannot have you weak." The cloud changed into an Array in the sky creating fog across the border of the territory. "Collet the rain that falls!"

*Rumble!* The clouds started raining golden raindrops with diluted Rich Qi inside it. It only took a few drops from the Black Gold Vortex to do it. Each drop that touched the ground caused the land to turn fertile.

The cultivators burned a little from the touch as it also caused a bit of purification from the harmful practice they used before. But it also caused wounds on their flesh to heal at an alarming rate.

Pulling away, Rexford would let the rest develop for a bit. The Array would last for a while and would only rain for a half-hour until he took control of it again. Besides that, it would slowly take Qi from the upper atmosphere and spread further for him.

"Later, grab to take. If anyone tries to mess with the Gathering array, it can be turned into a Killing Array quickly." As his cultivation settled down, Rexford was looking for his planned trip to the beach in a few weeks. "I feel so refreshed!"

Going to take a quick shower, he had to stop the water that circled around his limbs gravitating a bit. The heat from the Black Gold Sun Art not affecting it at all. A type of cohesion happening between his cultivation.

'The Cult has a few Silhouettes forming but it will take a while before they form fully. Hopefully, it will go well for Ji Xingyu and that angry one.' The Mini watched everything take place in an observational capacity. 'I will make sure to keep the Cult members in a separate part in the Internal Space just in case.'

A separate section protected by his Aspect of Space prevented the budding Silhouettes from mixing with the others. Or the others from wandering towards them as well.

*Vrmm!* Picking his phone up, some good news was displayed. Yanyan Hu arranged a meeting with the Medicine Hall to acquire some herbs. The only problem was that it took place at a certain time in a few weeks.

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Outing with old classmates-

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Wu Mountain Hot Spring Resort was a typical old-school sauna in appearance and only few upgrades over the years. The streets and the overall community surroundings were designed to match. Something straight out of the kung fu days really.

"Heard what happened to.." Lin Weiwei felt the situation was so crazy but hearing it was still a lot to take in. Her parents even confirmed some information about cultivation and encouraged her to not miss an opportunity like this.

"Hey, nothing to worry about yourself." Rexford gave her a small smile rubbing her bare shoulder. "You are very attractive but I am not planning on doing the whole refined your body thing for my gain if that is what you are worried about."

Tomboy that she was, Lin Weiwei still shivered and tried to deliver an elbow strike to his ribs in embarrassment.

"That's not it at all!" Her strike was blocked without much effort. "We need to spar to see how good you really are!" Delivering a high kick directly towards the temple, it was dodged with a lean back and a slap to the calf.

"Sounds good but not here." Rexford smirked. She had a good body foundation that just needed a little tuning before deep cultivation could start. Some of the stuff used for decoration is from the Qin period. I rather not waste money on repairs."

"He is right.." Wu Junjie spoke quickly. "the facilities of the inn are very advanced to. During this time it was hard to get ahold of tickets that went like hotcakes."

"Fine!" Weiwei calmed down after seeing so many people staring at them. "Damn, there are so many foreigners!"

"Cost of business and expansion." Rexford looked a few people over with his Divine Sense. Checking for anyone that could be a little more than what they looked on the surface. It was all clear, unfortunately. "Economy flourishes because of it. Or would you rather they all go away and you meet no one knew or anyone with different views than yourself?"

"Yeah, don't be silly Weiwei." Yan Xiaobai teased.

"Who are you calling, silly?" Weiwei narrowed her eyes ready to throttle him for the remark. Just because she was told to calm down a little, that doesn't mean Xiaobai can take shots at her.

As they moved to go inside, another car pulled up with a few people getting out. Wei Rao, Yu Wenjin, and Wei Ziqing had come to try and mediate the problem before it had a chance to fester. They also found out about the place and wanted to try it out.

"Master Rexford." Wei Ziqing saluted respectfully making sure any in the area knew the pecking order. "You mind if we join in?"

Rexford shrugged and pointed to Wu Junjie. It was his idea to gather to eat and by the looks of the love-struck fool, he was going to say yes just so he could see her. The odd grouping went inside somewhat quietly.