Trapped!

Itachi saw the rewards and didn't think twice. The mission was too enticing to pass up. Without hesitation, he accepted the task.

The notification chimed, wishing him luck on his endeavor.

As he stood in his dorm room, the sounds of doors slamming and opening reverberated through the air. The new recruits were letting out cries of confusion and fear.

Itachi knew that it was only a matter of time before the Elders and Inner Sect disciples would come to raid his room as well.

The tension in the air grew thicker with each passing moment, his senses heightened in anticipation.

Footsteps approached, growing louder and closer. Itachi took a deep breath, steeling himself for what was to come. The door to his dorm room was blasted open, and in came two senior Inner Sect disciples. Their stern expressions sent a chill down Itachi's spine, but he maintained his composure.

Without any warning, they began to search the room, tearing through his belongings with ruthless efficiency. Itachi stood there, his gaze steady and his heart calm. The disciples seemed to pay him no mind, their focus solely on their task at hand.

One of the disciples, a senior brother named Lu Zhou, eventually noticed Itachi's calm demeanor amidst the chaos. He approached Itachi, his eyes narrowing with suspicion.

"Young man, have you seen any suspicious individuals roaming around?" Lu Zhou questioned, his tone hurried.

Itachi met his gaze and respectfully cupped his fist.

"Senior brother, I have not. May I know what is going on?" Itachi asked, his voice steady.

Lu Zhou harrumphed in annoyance, clearly irritated by Itachi's question.

"You're not qualified to know. Don't ask questions," Lu Zhou replied sternly.

The disciples continued their search, turning the room inside out in their quest for any signs of wrongdoing. After a few tense moments, they found nothing of interest. They were just about to leave when one of the disciples suddenly glanced at Itachi, a look of disgust crossing his face.

"Trash. I can't sense any cultivation from this idiot. Since when did our sect allow freeloading scum?" the disciple sneered, his disdain evident.

Itachi felt nothing at the insult, it was just empty words that held no value. He had experienced worse in the ninja world. Not to mention, showing any form of emotion now would only worsen the situation.

However in the next second without any warning, the Inner Sect disciple unleashed his killing intent!

His hand poised to strike Itachi's heart!

Itachi's senses screamed danger, but he knew that his enemy's power far surpassed his own. He was defenseless, unable to react in time.

BOOM!

Just as the disciple's palm was about to land, Lu Zhou intervened, grabbing the disciple's hand and lowering it slowly.

"Enough. We have more important matters at hand," Lu Zhou said firmly, his voice cutting through the tension.

The Inner Sect disciple slapped Lu Zhou's hand away, his frustration evident, and stormed off, leaving behind a grunt of disapproval.

"Hmph!" he scoffed.

Lu Zhou followed suit, walking away without even sparing a glance at Itachi. Itachi stood there in silence. His back was drenched in sweat, his heart still racing from the sudden near-death experience.

"Too powerful... If an Inner Sect disciple is this strong, how strong are the higher-ups of the sect?" Itachi pondered, his mind filled with a sense of urgency to become stronger.

Itachi calmed down and re aligned his thoughts at the task at hand.

"Sigh, this room is a mess "

Itachi spent the next hour fixing his room, he peaked out his window and saw the moon in all its glory. The shouts and screams from a moment ago seemed like a fading illusion.

The whole mountain was deathly silent , the calm of the night had planted itself.

Itachi didn't even bother summoning the system to check for the cultivation rewards he had gained from his previous advancement. His eye lids were ever so heavy and were screaming at him to sleep.

Itachi put the covers over himself and slowly drifted off into deep sleep.

***

The next day. Early morning.

The sunlight seeped through the dorm rooms windows, light invaded every square inch of the room.

Itachi had already woken up and was getting ready to leave for his job at the ancestral book pavilion. He had to comply in order to stay in the sect, the elders weren't to keen on him joining the sermons or classes. Since they thought he had no cultivation.

Itachi summoned the system and looked at his rewards from the previous day. He opened the cultivation package and was stunned at the contents.

{ X25 mid grade qi condensation pills, x1 Immortal grade cultivation technique: Veiled shadow technique , x2000 mid grade spirit stones, x50 system points , x1 lucky draw ticket }

" Immortal grade cultivation technique? "

Itachi narrowed his eyes, he knew there were many grades to techniques and Items.

Starting from Earth grade, sky grade, heaven grade, Immortal grade and supreme grade.

" An Immortal grade technique , the system is becoming more generous… System examine the details of this technique. "

{ Veiled shadow technique: Able to hide ones cultivation realm from the eyes of others. Unless the person is a supreme existence, this technique when learned to its maximum efficiency will be able to hide your realm. }

"Excellent, this is just what i needed right now. If the sect knew that i can cultivation they would probably kill me and examine my body for a spiritual route. I dont want to harbour any suspicions. I just need to cultivate in silence and grow stronger "

The technique manual disintegrated into blue light and entered Itachis mind. It would take him a while to learn it properly but it was worth it.

Itachi put on his robe and walked out of his dorm room, the sun shining in all its might. The day looked good, the new recruits were all leaving their dorm rooms and heading to class.

Clearly they were still recovering from yesterday night, they looked exhausted. Especially bai xiou chun, he looked like he had lost 20 pounds of weight!

Itachi met up with Bai Xiou chun as they walked, they spoke briefly and then parted ways. Itachi was heading towards the ancestral book pavilion.

After finally arriving at the massive pavilion , Itachi opened the large doors and strode inside.

However exactly the same time he entered, what greeted him was pitch black darkness, surprised by the current revelation Itachi tried to calm himself and realign his bearing.

He could not tell left from right or up from down, everywhere was shrouded in utter darkness, threatening to consume Itachi alongside it.

He tried to run back to the doors but nothing was there. Everything had disappeared! He could not escape or run, he was trapped!

He felt like he had entered an infinite dimension of darkness.

" What is this?! "