Eye System

Chapter 194: Next Step Part 1

Despite the happiness that he felt after everything had worked out, Lex knew that it wasn't the time to be complacent and the threat wasn't removed, it was only delayed.

"Before you guys begin cultivating, there are somethings we must talk about" stated Lex, seeing that Angela wanted to begin cultivating straight away, wanting to catch up to Lex in terms of strength and cultivation level.

"Do speak, we are listening" said Ella, curious as to what Lex had to say.

"Well I wasn't able to kill the demonic cultivation master and after I dealt him a blow that was almost enough to kill him, he escaped through an escape portal that he opened using a treasure and he is most likely still alive. I couldn't follow him because I didn't know where it led and I had already expended my energy, so I lost consciousness and fell from the air" summarised Lex.

"So what do we do next," asked Angela who had reverted to her warm self around her friends and the way that she acted was as though she was Lex's younger sister, even though she was older than him.

"Obviously we must increase our strength as much as possible, but this continent is restricting us and we should all leave to explore the rest of the Lower Plains when we are confident enough in our strength, which is soon" answered Lex.

"However before we do that there are some aims that we must make clear, other than increasing our strength as much as possible, there are many things we must also accomplish. From what I head from the demonic cultivation master, he is an elder of a demonic sect known as the Blood Moon Demonic Sect and he will definitely be back to not only take over and massacre the people of this continent, but the rest of the Lower Plains. Apparently, they had once almost achieved that until they were stopped, but it seems they have returned" stated Lex informing them of everything that he had learnt from the demonic cultivation master.

"The Blood Moon Sect" repeated Ella, recognising the name.

"You know of them," asked Lex curiously, still unsure of Ella's exact origin.

"Yes I have heard of them and a many centuries ago they had managed to group all the demonic cultivators of the Lower Plains. Any demonic cultivation sects would either submit and join them or would be destroyed by the power Blood Moon Sect and they had aimed to wipe out all the people off the Lower Plains, leaving only demonic cultivators. They wanted to form a world of chaos where strength reigned supreme. They were led by an extremely powerful cultivator that had unrivalled strength in the Lower Plains and it was only until all the powerful sects joined up with the strongest righteous sect to take them down" answered Ella.

"What righteous sect was it," asked Lex who was interested in finding the Jade Palace, which the Jade Empress was once part of.

"It was the Holy Sword Sect, which is known as one of the most powerful and influential sects in the Lower Plains and there are only a few other sects that can rival them in terms of power. But their strength must have declined after their most powerful cultivator sacrificed himself to seal the Sect Master of the Blood Moon Sect along with the 13 elders below him" answered Ella.

With that Lex had a better idea of how the Lower Plains was and he was interested in maybe joining the Holy Sword Sect. Not because he was righteous or wanted to help the sect, but in order to increase his own strength and look for any treasures that the most powerful cultivator, that had managed to seal the Sect Master of the Blood Moon Sect, might have left behind after his death.

"How hard is it to enter these powerful sects," asked Lex to Ella who seemed very knowledgable about the Lower Plains.

"They have many branches of the sect and one main branch of each sect that would probably have its own place that cannot be entered by outsiders. As long as you pass their entrance exam, which you can do easily, you will be able to join and can begin cultivating as part of the sect as soon as you enter" stated Ella.

[If it is that easy, I should be able to join the Holy Sword Sect and Angela could also join the Jade Palace, while Ella can choose what sect she wants to join, while we all must make sure to hide our abilities until we are confident enough in our strength to show them] thought Lex to himself.

"Angela, let me speak to the Jade Empress" stated Lex.

Angela was startled by Lex's request and had forgotten that Lex had known about her still residing within the bracelet she had passed on to her, but she had no problem with allowing him to speak to her as he was the one that introduced her to the Jade Empress in the first place.

'Tell him to place his hand on the bracelet and to stream energy into it, then I will allow him to speak to me" communicated the Jade Empress to Angela.

Placing his hand on the bracelet and streaming some energy into it, like Angela had instructed, Lex suddenly heard a voice within his mind like he usually would with the system.

"What do you want child," asked the Jade Empress within his mind.

"Do you think Angela could join the Jade Palace and slowly reach the peak of the Jade Palace, or do you think it is too dangerous?" asked Lex who planning for them all to join a sect of sorts in order to increase their strength and influence and to also widen their horizons.

"No I am completely against it and Angela has more skills and methods with her now than in the Jade Palace and also has my expert tutelage, which cannot be found anywhere in the Lower Plains. It would only be putting her and yourself in danger by joining a sect and with your unique abilities and methods, you would increase your strength faster and gain more experience by exploring the Lower Plains independently" stated Jade Palace.

Lex could see the truth in her words and decided to change his future plans, remembering that he had the Eye System that surpassed anything that a sect would be able to provide him.

"Our next step after increasing our strength to a satisfactory level, is to explore the continent and not joining any sects" decided Lex.