Even after seeing the winged sword emblem which was casted a moment ago as well as the ring who had the same design in Aster’s let index finger, some were in disbelief, the fact that it was impossible to directly enter as a core disciple for males was common knowledge in Galatia at this point.
And it’s not as simple as frogs looking from the bottom of a well, the Myriad Occupation sect has received “visitors” who tried to get that status, through an alternative trial with the same difficulty that was set for Aster and they failed miserably.
After news spread that said visitors were from high ranked stellar systems, it became a law that it was impossible for males to get the status of core disciple from the very beginning, and to acquire it through tasks and contributions they had to wait ten years at least, while only receiving the benefits of inner disciples.
Of course, those “visitors” weren’t willing, some even tried to stir up problems and were kicked out of the sect by the protector law enforcer, in other words by William, some returned with their elders to get justice for them and got trashed together with them.
The green haired woman sighed, since when the lazy William she knows off meddle in the business of others, anyway now that Salazar has officially granted Aster the status of core disciple, there was nothing they could do about it.
But that didn’t prevent her from trying to invite him over to the Lotus peak from which she originated.
“Kid, since your emblem is a winged sword, I suppose you chose the battle peak, however how about you come to the alchemy peak, I can talk with the core elders so they give you all the resources you want as well as all the pills and elixirs you might need”.
Agnes who was approaching them, raised an eyebrow but judging by the understanding of Aster she had, she calmed down immediately, and her assumption was right.
“You can’t give me what I want”, said Aster as he ignored the green haired woman and walked towards Agnes, there were more people arriving and he while he didn’t care, most of them were looking at the girls, especially the inner disciples.
William laughed and after giving Aster thumbs up, he turned into a brown flash which shot itself towards the east.
Salazar then handed the girls their own rings and then three more winged swords were casted on the four planets, as for Kana and Erick they became inner disciples, the law enforcer could only use his right once so there was only a chance for one male core disciple candidate to appear per each batch of new disciples.
So, Erick couldn’t give it a go, but still he was sure he couldn’t defeat half of the aspirants and come out completely unscathed anyway, since his fighting style is close combat oriented.
As for Kana, she was at the bottom in terms of strength, her cultivation was actually lower than the requirements but her talent was classified as level 5, so an exception was made for her considering that she was only twelve years old, she only participated in the third trial to get some experience using the tactics Aster and Lilia taught her.
Of course, any complains other people had about it, faded as soon as they saw her easily running through the whole hour of the second trial, “The rules are dead and the people is alive”, was the perfect way to explain it.
The green haired woman wasn’t willing to give up so soon, so she decided to give it a last try.
“What can the Black Sword faction offer you that the alchemy peak can’t?”.
“Complete freedom, I’m not limited and can do whatever I want while also getting all the benefits of being a core disciple”.
… All the people present including Salazar, the green haired woman whose name was Amelia, the elders and other disciples nearly forgot how to breath.
The title of “core disciple” wasn’t just for showing, they were the core of the sect and were supposed to be the future of it, naturally they received the best benefits but at the same time had to contribute by completing missions and tasks others disciples couldn’t.
So, it was outrageous that a core disciple had zero obligations but all the benefits, and more importantly there were only two ways to get such a treatment, either all the supreme elders agreed to it which was really improbable as they didn’t get along, or receive the favor of a peak master which was even more improbable as they weren’t present in the sect currently.
So that led Amelia to believe her offer was rejected due to how the elders treated Aster before, which made her inwardly sigh as a genius escaped from her grasp.
Still, she didn’t become a law enforcer just depending on her looks, she handed Aster a small bottle with a single rainbow-colored pill.
“That is a low-grade Rainbow Grace pill, no matter the wounds suffered as long as the person is still alive and is below the Void Manipulation realm, it will be fully healed after taking it, limbs will regrow and even cracks on the dantian can be patched in an instant… please accept it as well as my apologies”.
Without waiting for Aster’s answer, the law enforcer Amelia flew away leaving another big commotion behind.
“Come on, how can someone be so lucky, that pill is only given to the top three of the annual classification tournament!”.
“The battle peak elders must be crazy, getting a core disciple who can chose to not contribute and still giving him more resources, just wait until the other core disciples find out, he will be chased out of the sect”.
And other comments like that could be heard among the inner disciples, which reminded Aster of a question he wanted to ask to Salazar.
“Speaking of that, what are the rules in this place regarding how to solve problems between disciples, because I assure you, I won’t hesitate to cut anyone that has malicious intentions towards me or my family”.
All those who were speaking stopped in cold including the inner disciples, only now they remembered Aster decimated a whole batch of participants and he is a core disciple, so offending him was a stupid idea.
In fact, those who badmouthed him hurriedly sneaked out of the neutral city, hoping that he couldn’t point them out later on.
Salazar bitterly smiled as he shook his head and dismissed the crowd, because the words William directly sent to his ears before leaving were still fresh in his mind.
“All of you return to your assigned tasks, given the current results, there will be a second round of admission trials upheld with those who didn’t manage to arrive on time today, dismiss!”.
The voice of Salazar was amplified with his spirit energy and it echoed through the whole place, his authority was absolute so the other disciples had no choice but to obey, in any case a turmoil was going to raise on the sect.
“I will take you to the area reserved for the core disciples of the battle peak but, you are allowed to bring at most five inner disciples and one outer disciple with you, elders can be invited without any restriction, how many mansions do you need?”.
There were four core disciples here, but judging by how two of them were clinging to Aster, Salazar was sure they won’t be living separated from each other.
“Two are enough I guess”, said Aster as he looked at Felicia.
Salazar nodded and he used his token to activate a transportation formation, making them disappear from where they were standing.
…
A couple of seconds later they appeared floating on the sky above a valley, from afar Aster could see a large city, but besides a pair of castles situated on a hill, the whole area of about one thousand kilometers was free from any other buildings.
The other thing Aster noticed was the purity and quantity of spirit energy in this area was incredibly high, looking at the ground with his spirit sense he could see a large black line which crossed the whole property.
Agnes smiled as she nodded at Salazar.
“Senior Salazar, I didn’t know you would be willing to go to such length, I guess you still remember your origin at the Black Sword faction of the battle peak”.
Salazar chuckled as he pointed at the two castles.
“This castles are directly positioned below the castle of the peak master, that line you see is part of the sword law line of the planet, the tip of it to be more accurate, so this whole valley is one of the two best spots to cultivate in the planet… also I’m not doing it because of that, Agnes, originally this place was built for the first ever male core disciple, I’m just skipping some steps because I’m sure Ramon will try to delay everything”.
Salazar handed Aster the master key of the whole valley and then left flying, as he had to organize a second round of trials for tomorrow.
“Ah, before I leave… you aren’t allowed to kill unless there is a valid reason and the fights must be taken to the life and death arena”.
Aster shook his head.
“If they don’t mess with me then I won’t go looking for trouble with anyone, but if they come, I won’t show them any mercy regardless of who they are, if you can’t accept that then I can always leave this sect”.
Salazar couldn’t help but sigh, but he bit the bullet this time.
“I will go expose your case with the supreme elders, someone like you has never existed in the sect, you are bound to draw attention, so we can work something out with that, for the time being you can stay in your property to avoid problems, no one can open the barrier besides you now”.
“I will take my leave too, I need to tell the others, if you need anything just contact me”, said Agnes before she left too.
Aster and the others descended from the sky to the castles, it was a bit weird that they were built next to each other, but this time it worked out.
Erick and his family took the castle at the left while Aster and the girls took the castle at the right, as soon as Aster opened the door he was surprised.
“Now that is something I have never seen before”, mumbled Aster.
The castle from the outside was as big as the one of the Wolfstein family, but inside… it was a whole new world.
‘Well, it seems those two have been busy during this past years’, thought Lilia.