Chen Wangjie trembled in fear as he looked at the angry Vice-Sect Master.
He had never expected the small prank he played on the junior brother to turn out this way. This was the reason he hadn't beaten up the junior brother in the first place.
While dealing with direct disciples wasn't that much different from dealing with ordinary disciples in the heat of the moment, the real headache came from dealing with the aftermath.
His anger had landed him in hot water a few times when he had beaten up one direct disciple of an elder or the other. Even then, he knew what level of heat he could handle.
That's why when he saw that the junior brother was the direct disciple of the Vice-Sect Master he decided not to beat him up and be circumspect in his revenge. But, who knew that even that could backfire like this?
"Vice-Sect Master, I didn't do anything. I merely left him half a day's journey away from the sect entrance. I even checked up for any dangerous beasts in the vicinity. There weren't any demonic beasts in the vicinity," Chen Wangjie said a little fearfully.
Chen Wangjie saw that the Vice-Sect Master's eye started twitching once he answered. He felt that there was something wrong with his answer. But, he didn't know what he said that could be perceived as wrong. So, he merely kept silent.
"You fool, my disciple doesn't know the directions to the sect," Vice-Sect Master's irate tone was like a thunderclap to Chen Wangjie.
He felt as if his soul had already left his body when he heard that. He didn't know about this bit of information. He knew that to become a direct disciple, the seedling must have tremendous potential.
Even he, who had a powerful latent bloodline, couldn't become a direct disciple in the Heavenly Demon Sect. So, he at least had an idea on what kind of monster potential it was required to become a direct disciple. And to become Vice-Sect Master's direct disciple, the requirements were even stricter.
If such a disciple was killed because of the prank he played, he knew that the sect wouldn't let him off easily. Just imagining the variety of horrible punishments the sect would impose on him almost made him faint.
Luckily for Chen Wangjie, a knock was heard on the door before the Vice-Sect Master could berate him further for being an idiot. Chen Wangjie saw one of the direct disciples under the Vice-Sect Master enter the room and whisper something into the Vice-Sect Master's ears.
The Vice-Sect Master's face slightly turned surprised and one of his eyebrows rose in accordance with the news he received. Chen Wangjie saw the Vice-Sect Master nod and then the disciple left in a hurried manner.
Before he could dwell on that bit of information further, the Vice-Sect Master addressed him.
"Chen Wangjie, it looks like I will not have to refine your soul. You are incredibly lucky. Despite your blunder, it seems that my disciple is still alive and has even progressed from the misfortune," the Vice-Sect Master said grudgingly.
Hearing that, Chen Wangjie let out a sigh of relief in his heart. He knew that the fate awaited him would not be mere refining of his soul if something had happened to that brat.
"Don't be overjoyed. While this might be considered a fortunate encounter for my disciple, the fact remains that your actions put him in considerable danger. Hence, I have decided to issue you a mission. If you complete it, you will be rewarded with this," the Vice-Sect Master flipped his hand and blood-red fruit with immense spiritual energy appeared in his hands.
"Blood Blossom Fruit!!!"
Chen Wangjie cried out not able to restrain himself.
"Indeed, it is. I know that you need this fruit very much. I can see that you are close to breaking through the Spirit Sea realm and stepping into a higher stage. If you complete this mission perfectly, this would be your reward," the Vice-Sect Master smiled seeing Chen Wangjie's reaction.
"With this fruit, you can easily step into the next realm. Furthermore, this fruit is very beneficial for your bloodline. It will purify your bloodline and help you to upgrade it to the next level. So, do not disappoint me."
Chen Wangjie knew that everything that the Vice-Sect Master said was true. Blood Blossom Fruit was a type of spiritual fruit that only grew in areas where there is dense blood energy.
To anyone else, Blood Blossom Fruit was merely a spirit fruit with abundant spiritual energy. But, to people like Chen Wangjie, who had the potential to awaken their Ancient God Beast bloodline, a single Blood Blossom Fruit was better than ten-thousand top-grade spirit fruits.
The fruit can only grow amidst a large amount of blood with high spiritual energy. This made the fruit a rarity among the treasures of Heaven and Earth. Because, for the basic conditions to be met, a battle between several powerhouses must first take place.
Following that, blood must flow in large amounts from such a battle and no one must have collected the blood of powerful practitioners that was spilled for over 100 years.
Only when the blood energy doesn't dissipate after hundred years will a Blood Blossom Fruit form. Then it will take another decade to mature. During this process, the blood energy must not be drained away by anyone.
Even after that, the matured Blood Blossom Fruit will only be available for a week. It must be harvested within a week. If not, the fruit will disintegrate and turn back into blood energy once more.
Thus, finding a matured Blood Blossom Fruit was almost impossible. It was more of a lucky encounter than something that could be obtained via proper planning.
A treasure of Heaven and Earth that is hard to obtain will always have some unique features about it. The same is true for the Blood Blossom Fruit. Just the spirit energy stored in the fruit alone is enough to help someone breakthrough. Not to mention the other properties of the fruit.
The most important property of the fruit is that it helped cultivators with a latent bloodline like Chen Wangjie to awaken their bloodline abilities. Furthermore, the dense blood energy in the fruit can help a cultivator to upgrade their bloodline and make it closer to their origin bloodline.
Having even 10% of origin bloodline was enough for someone to become a direct disciple of an elder in the Holy Lands like the Heavenly Demon Sect and Seven Clouds Sect.
The reason for that is simple.
The term origin bloodline refers to the bloodline of Ancient God Beasts. There are always rumors that some families or clans in the world were long-lost descendants of these Ancient God Beasts.
Rumors claim that a long time back a war that shook the heavens and sundered earth happened amidst the starry skies in the heavens. During that time, Ancient God Beasts were very prevalent. They also procreated with humans to increase the population of their clans.
Due to the dangerous nature of that war, these beasts sent their human descendants to the lower plane to give them a way out. After a million years, the bloodlines in these people dwindled over time and there were no more descendants with pure bloodline any longer.
These days, finding someone with a bloodline potential was even a rare thing. Not to mention, finding someone with even 10% purity of their original bloodline. When sects find such seedlings, they will nurture them with their whole heart.
The power of the bloodline of Ancient God Beasts isn't something small. If someone awakened even 10% of that bloodline, they would be one of the strongest cultivators without even trying much. The advantages that these bloodlines give them were of such huge proportions.
So, the sects were willing to do that.
But, the scarcity of finding treasures like the Blood Blossom Fruit and other treasures that could help someone with a bloodline improve alone made it impossible to produce these monsters on a continuous basis.
Coupled with the continuous generational degradation of bloodlines, these days it is hard for someone to have a bloodline in their body. Only a few individuals like Chen Wangjie have latent potential bloodlines in their bodies.
As long as Chen Wangjie awakens his bloodline, even if it is just 1%, he will be made a direct disciple or at least a core disciple within the next day. And his status in the sect would go through a large change.
If he consumed this fruit, Chen Wangjie was sure that he would awaken more than 1% of his bloodline. The rich blood energy that was radiating from the fruit was already tempting him to take a bite out of it.
So, this fruit was a must-have for Chen Wangjie. He was ready to do anything to obtain that.
"Vice-Sect Master, order this disciple. I will fulfill any task you set upon me," Chen Wangjie said solemnly.
"I am sure you would do it," the Vice-Sect Master chuckled and spoke further.
The more he described the task that was assigned to him, the more Chen Wangjie felt confusion in his heart. He didn't know what was the reason for this task. But, with the Blood Blossom Fruit hanging above as a reward, he could only complete the task to the best of his abilities.
"Junior brother, I am sorry that you have to go through this. I feel pity for you. Your master is sure ruthless to make you go through this. Your senior brother has no other option. I want that Blood Blossom fruit very much. I will compensate you with more wine in the future," Chen Wangjie mumbled in his heart as he felt pity for that wine-stealing junior brother of his.
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