Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Queen
Lu Zhen snuck into the Sect and immediately went to his courtyard. He took a long bath and wore a new set of clothes after bathing. He then sat cross legged in his bed and scanned his body. The power and vitality contained in his body was boundless, his blood vessels were many times thicker and wider than a normal person. If anyone didn't know better, they'd think he was a monster in human form.
His blood had also gotten purer and as a result, he gave off a feeling that a terrifying beast was sealed within him and was waiting for an opportunity to release itself from its shackles.
His internal organs changed from gold to red, they were strengthened even further and his inscriptions glowed with a golden glow although they were masked by the chain tattoos. He decided to name the chains 'Chaos Chains' since they had absorbed the destructive power of the heavens from the spears and Pentagon.
Just as Lu Zhen continued checking his body, he saw a small insect sitting on his shoulder. It was a mosquito about two centimeters in size and it was a female. It tried to fly away after sensing Lu Zhen's gaze but something restricted its movements before it could do anything.
Lu Zhen suddenly smiled, "Why didn't I think of you?" he asked himself. He then bit one of his fingers and dripped a droplet of blood on the mosquito. The blood didn't contain a lot of energy, he didn't want it to explode. It then swallowed this blood droplet.
The mosquito squirmed in his palm as it underwent tremendous changes, its grey colour changed to black, it grew ten centimetres in size and its eyes became red. It squirmed on his palm for an hour. It sat on Lu Zhen's palm and looked at him with delight. "I want you to subdue all the mosquitoes you can find and bring them to me three days later."
The mosquito made a buzzing sound to show that it understood. It then shrank its size to a centimeter and disappeared into the dark. It could now enlarge and shrink its body at will, as for its limitations, they were yet to be tested.
Lu Zhen had been thinking about ways that could help him in gathering information. He thought of choosing a few humans to train them as spies but that would have taken a lot of time, energy and resources which Lu Zhen literally didn't have. Coincidentally, as he scanned his body, a mosquito was sitting on his shoulder.
He didn't think much of it at first but when the mosquito was trying to fly away, he realized that he didn't hear the mosquito when it approached, it even sat on his shoulder without him noticing. If he wasn't scanning his body, he might have not realized it and that's why he chose them to become his spies. Lu Zhen can be said to have the best senses and for it to bypass them, its talent was in full display.
They were literally ten times better than assassins. His cultivation had reached the peak of Qi Condensing Realm, both his dantian and beast core were brimming with energy.
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A few days later, at night, Lu Zhen who had been familiarizing himself with his body was visited by a swarm of mosquitoes. There were at least a million of them. "Great work!" Lu Zhen complimented the mosquito and it became happy, he didn't care as to how they were able to get here without being noticed.
Lu Zhen realised that he hadn't given the female mosquito a name and decided to call it Queen. It became his tamed beast and they could communicate telepathically.
Lu Zhen then dripped blood on a little pond he made and told the mosquitoes to enter it. The pond immediately became black as mosquitoes filled it. Thirty minutes later, mosquitoes came out from the pond looking different, all of them had turned black with red eyes but their size was five centimetres which was half that of Queen's.
The mosquitoes had suddenly gained intelligence and could exchange information from a hundred kilometers away but that information could only be received by Queen. The other good thing was that Lu Zhen could at least share his vision with all the mosquitoes. "Enter my Spiritual World, I'll take you out when it's time." All mosquitoes then entered the space between his eyebrows.
The Spiritual World was not a physical world but a world only tamed beasts could enter, they could also grow stronger both physically and mentally depending on the Spiritual World.
A Spiritual World wasn't easily obtained because it needed the fusion of a person's Will, Qi and Soul Force. Soul Force would be obtained when one entered the Soul Condensing Realm.
It was also risky to create the Spiritual World since one mishap could result in death or being crippled.
Lu Zhen's soul was naturally within his blood essence so he had formed his soul long ago although it was injured.
The mosquitoes entered the Spiritual World and what they saw was beyond their comprehension. This world was covered in pure white snow, the sky was pitch black without stars and the sea was made of blood.
The mosquitoes floated above the blood sea and absorbed its blood.
What they didn't know was that in the deepest part of the sea, Lu Zhen's soul was sleeping there. Its body spanned for hundreds of meters, its mane was crimson red , its body alternating between black and white. Two huge pitch black horns protruded from its head.
Lu Zhen continued familiarizing himself with his body until the Matriarch came to visit him.
She knocked on the door and Lu Zhen let her in. Immediately after entering and seeing Lu Zhen, all her hairs stood on end and her back became cold. Although Lu Zhen had suppressed his aura and looked like an ordinary person. Her instincts were telling her that if she made one wrong move, then her life...would be forfeit.
"Hello beautiful." said Lu Zhen with a huge smile on his face. He walked closer to her and pulled the chair for her to sit.
"To what do I owe this visit?" "The Guardian Beast Holy World will be opening in a month's time and I was wondering if you wanted to go."
Lu Zhen knew nothing of this Guardian Beast Holy World and looked at the Matriarch with a puzzled look. The Matriarch then explained.
"We don't know how this world came into being, what we do know is that it opens every hundred. There are beasts inside called Guardian Beasts, once inside, a beast that deems you as qualified to be its master will allow you to form a master servant contract. It will then become your Guardian Beast, guarding you for life."
"I see, sign me up then."