Chapter 20: 20

‘Alright, that’s enough for now. I pretty much could grasp how strong I am if it’s solely based on Cultivation alone, and I’m confident that I could overwhelm any cultivator’

Daniel smiled as he concluded how powerful he is, and a second later, his spiritual awareness that could easily cover the whole forest was ringing.

‘What’s going on?’ He questions.

If there was a way to describe what Spiritual Awareness is like, it would be akin to a map, and inside the Map, there are dozens of dots that represent lives, and currently, there was a battle happening.

Curiosity took over him, and he projected his sight by combining it with Spiritual Qi and Spiritual Awareness into the area, and he discovered that he could see what was going on.

He noticed that the battle had ended and perhaps due to luck, the location was ahead of the route.

Some may question why didn’t Daniel use this ability to find the Tristan Household or tear the Void to reach his destination immediately.

His answer to this would be ‘Where’s the fun?’.

He wanted to witness whether or not the myth of encountering delusional young masters would appear or those heroines that he’ll meet that needed his help or had some sort of a secret identity.

‘Still, I shouldn’t waste any more time because of my curiosity’ He wanted to complete the mission as soon as possible, including the recruitment of 5 female disciples.

As Daniel got closer to the location of where the battle had ended, he noticed there were a hundred cultivators, a man, and a young woman.

‘I guess the battle had ended but there were sacrifices for it’ He gazed at the corpse where the cultivators respectfully placed the corpse in a carrier that they’ll bring back to their household for a burial ceremony.

‘I don’t want to be rude for asking at the wrong time, but this should be interesting’ He smiled as he wondered what kind of event would it occur if he involved himself with them.

“Hello fellow cultivators, do you mind if I ask for directions toward the land where Tristan’s Family lives?” He went up to the man that he assumed to be the leader of this group.

Daniel’s appearance had caused all of them and Zuke to be in silence as they paused their work.

After all, Zuke’s emotions were in turmoil since he lost his men, and he thought that everything had been too good to be true for it to be a coincidence.

And now that a random stranger had approached him, Zuke’s suspicion towards Daniel had increased alarmingly.

To not attack or attack was a series of questions that Zuke is fighting against.

It was strange and ironic that a stranger was asking for directions where Tristan Households lives, yet the very same person was questioned by Daniel.

‘What does he want with the Tristan Family…?’ Zuke narrowed his eyes with suspicion and he could tell that his men were agreeing with him.𝗻𝗼𝘃𝐞𝐥.

He nodded his head toward them and all of them continued their work to avoid suspicion the stranger might have.

“Young man, I don’t mean to be rude, but may I know why you wish to seek directions for the Tristan Household?” Zuke smiled, but behind that smile contains wrath that if Daniel answered wrongly, he’s willing to kill another life.

“I wish to recruit a person named Elizabeth Tristan as my disciple” What for would Daniel keep it a secret? There’s no need for him to be unclear about his intentions.

“…” Zuke had more questions than answers, and he gazed at his daughter with worries.

Zuke wasn’t angry with his answer…but rather peculiar. If there’s one thing that he had learned throughout his life, then, he would not underestimate anyone no matter who they are.

He had met countless geniuses and foes to the point, it was not unbelievable for Daniel’s age to be a master. But the next question…is why?

“Sigh, I don’t know if you know about this young lad. But the Lord of the Tristan Family had countless times attempted for Sects to take her in, but all of them refused as they found her unable to cultivate”

Zuke felt his heart pained and Elizabeth was clenching her fist.

“Furthermore, I…don’t see any fluctuation of Qi around you young lad…” Zuke didn’t want to be rude with his words, hence, he stopped there.

‘I know what you mean. You want to prove my cultivation right…Zuke Tristan?’ Daniel was smirking on the inside and he wasn’t an idiot to piece everything together.

‘An impressive man with an unfathomable aura and a young lady with no ounce of Spiritual Qi, and a hundred men roughly at the Foundation Rank…and what does this mean?’

‘They got to be or belong to an organization’ He concluded, and what reaffirmed his conclusion was his Inspection of Function where information about the man was revealed.

Name: Zuke Tristan

Age: 40

Rank: Origin Stage 1 (Unstable)

Race: Human

Bloodline: Lightning Trinity

Physique: Blue Flash

Spiritual Root: Storm Bringer

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‘Unstable? Did he forcibly enter the Origin Rank without any preparation…?’ He lifted his eyebrow in surprise.

‘This is a chance to prove my capabilities’ He smirked as he found a chance to prove his capability.

There were many ways and methods that Daniel could utilize to solve the issue of Zuke’s instability, but he decided to go with ‘that’.

“You’re currently having issues with your cultivation, right? If I have to say, it’s unstable…am I wrong?” Daniel pointed out.

“That! How did you know!?” Zuke was baffled that his cultivation could be seen through, and only masters could detect how unstable his rank was.

It was not simply seeing or sensing, but rather, prying to the very core of his body that laid down the ability to cultivate, and that’s the Spiritual Root.

“Of course. It’s because I have a higher cultivation rank than you. Otherwise, I won’t be able to tell the abnormalities that you have” Daniel further explained.

“That’s…” Zuke could not deny it and he was right to safely assume that the young lad was a hidden master and that alone is enough to prove his capabilities.

‘If I had acted differently…would my life still be intact…? After all, most of the powerful cultivators have nasty personalities’ Zuke gulped his salivae as he recalled some unpleasant memories.