The Society Leader, Vice Leader, Surendranath, and the Death Hall Master were all thinking about something, communicating with each other through voice transmission.
- Society Leader, what should we do now?
The Vice Leader asked.
The Society Leader remained silent for a long time. Then he looked at Sharv and said,
“Sharv, would you like to join the Crimson Heaven Society?”
‘!!!’
Death Hall Master, Surendranath, and the Vice Leader all three of them were stunned. Their eyes widened in shock.
Surendranath tried to object,
“Society Leader, what are you...”
But before he could finish, the Society Leader looked at him and said coldly,
“Did I ask you to speak?!”
Gulp!
Surendranath immediately fell silent and lowered his head.
Anyone could tell just by looking that Surendranath was older than the Society Leader, and normally no one would speak to an elder like that.
But the Crimson Heaven Society was different.
According to their doctrine, only strength mattered. Everything else came later.
Age, gender, caste—nothing mattered. Only strength did.
Surendranath was an elder of the Crimson Heaven Society; he knew this very well. So he didn’t say another word to the Society Leader.
“So, Sharv tell me. Would you like to join the Crimson Heaven Society?”
The Society Leader asked again.
Sharv, who was still lying on the ground, looked at the Society Leader and replied,
“Yes, I do want to—but... what’s the price?”
The Society Leader raised his eyebrow when he heard those words.
The corners of his lips lifted slightly. He understood that there was no need to speak indirectly with this boy. So he replied plainly,
“Nothing much. You just have to tell me everything you know about that Ancient Martial Arts Technique, and if you can then try to interpret it too...”
“Humph! If I tell you everything, you’ll kill me the moment I’m done.”
“Yes, that’s true. But I’m not asking for everything at once. Just tell me little by little, that’s all. And also…”
“…”
“If you tell me about it, I’ll allow you to practice that martial arts together with me. Or rather; let’s say I’ll make you my Quasi-Disciple. How about that?”
‘!!!’
The Vice Leader, Surendranath, and the Death Hall Master were completely shocked.
What was the Society Leader saying? He was going to make Sharv his quasi-disciple?
The Society Leader already had four disciples, any one of them could become the next Society Leader.
On the other hand, the rank of Quasi-Disciple existed only for one reason—if one of the Society Leader’s disciples for some reason died, the quasi-disciple would take their place.
But who would ever dare to hope that a disciple of the Society Leader would die, especially within the Crimson Heaven Society?
That rank had remained vacant for a very long time.
Before this, it had only been used three times. Out of those three, one person was lucky, a disciple of the Society Leader died during his time, allowing him to take that position.
The other two weren’t so fortunate. During their time, no disciple died and as a result, both of them were killed.
After that, none of the Society Leaders ever appointed anyone to that rank again. Because it was a completely useless rank.
And yes the Society Leader’s quasi-disciple couldn’t even compete for the position of Society Leader.
He could only assist another disciple.
But why would any disciple accept help from a quasi-disciple? Who knew maybe that quasi-disciple would kill them instead? No one could say.
It would only lead to wasted time and meaningless bloodshed. That’s why the rank was considered utterly pointless.
Yet now, the Society Leader was offering it to Sharv.
‘The Society Leader has gone mad…’
Surendranath thought to himself, but he didn’t say anything.
Sharv was also deep in thought.
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He knew that the Martial Arts Technique was completely fake. So what exactly was he supposed to teach them?
But right now, something mattered more to him becoming stronger.
No matter what, he had to gain strength so he could take revenge.
‘If the Black Spear King as powerful as him, then he can crush me like a mere insect. I have to become stronger.’
He decided that staying in the Crimson Heaven Society for some time would help him grow stronger.
After that, he could think about his next move. For now, this was the best option available to him.
But...
‘Sharv, something feels off…’
Vijay said. Sharv felt the same. It seemed like the Society Leader was hiding something.
Then Sharv’s master spoke,
‘Yes, something definitely feels wrong. This Society Leader, or whatever he really is, seems to be cooking up something in his mind. But right now… we don’t really have any other choice, do we?’
She was right. There was risk, but there was no other option besides death.
Sharv had to do this.
Even if it meant living on the edge of death every single day in the Crimson Heaven Society, he was prepared. He was ready to take any risk.
All he wanted… was power.
Sharv smiled, clasped his hands in front of the Society Leader, and said,
“Very well, Society Leader. I accept your offer.”
“Haha! I knew you wouldn’t be able to refuse.”
The Society Leader spoke to Sharv and then continued,
“Yes, but you’ll have to pass the Entrance Trial. Otherwise, I won’t be able to take you in. Entering the Society by passing the Entrance Trial is a very old tradition of ours. You must do it. In my opinion, you’ll manage.”
Sharv replied to the Society Leader,
“Yes, I can pass the Entrance Trial. That’s not a problem.”
“Good, then. And yes, I can only take you as my quasi disciple after you become First Rate Martial Artist. They are the rules, I can't do anything in that, you have to become a First Rate first. But I promise the moment you become first rate, I'll take you in...”
“Okay, I'll become a first rate Bas fast as possible then...”
The Society Leader nodded, talking to Sharv was simple and straightforward, then shifted his gaze toward the Vice Leader, Surendranath, and the Death Hall Master, and added,
“This matter must stay only between us five men. Do you all understand? If this gets out, I’ll make all of you impotent. Ah—wait, speaking of impotence…”
The Society Leader turned his gaze back to Sharv and casually asked,
“You can use lunar energy even though you’re a man, does that mean you’re impotent? Do you not have that down there?”
Sharv, without any hesitation, casually replied to the Society Leader,
“No, it’s nothing like that. I’m very much a man. Everything down there is perfectly intact. I’ve been a celibate for 18 years, everything is completely healthy.”
“Really?”
“Of course.”
“Strange. Then how does your Solar Energy withstand lunar energy and keep it balanced?”
“I don’t have Solar Energy.”
“Huh! Then how are you a man if you don’t have that in your body?”
“Let me ask you; what exactly makes someone a man?”
“Someone who can produce children, obviously.”
“Well, I can do that too.”
“Without Solar Energy impossible?”
“Want me to do it and show you?”
Behind them, the Vice Leader, Surendranath, and the Death Hall Master were staring with strange expressions, wondering how the two of them could talk about something like this so casually.
More importantly, why were they even talking about this at all?! It's completely off topic!
“Uh… S-Society Leader, if you permit me, may I say something?”
The Vice Leader spoke.
Hearing this, both the Society Leader and Sharv fell silent. The Society Leader said,
“Yes, speak, but be quick.”
The Vice Leader nodded and then said,
“Society Leader, as you already know, there are certain people in this world who are born with a Kundalini Body. At present, we know of fourteen such Kundalini Bodies. One of them is the ‘Abyssal Shakti Kundalini Body’. It’s possible that this boy possesses that very body.”
‘?!’
Both the Society Leader and Sharv’s eyes widened. Neither of them had thought of this possibility.
A Kundalini Body is a special type of body that a person achieves when both the Ida and Pingala nadis are perfectly balanced—that is, when Solar (Shiva) and Lunar (Shakti) energies are in balance and complete harmony. However, achieving this is beyond the capability of most people.
On the other hand, there are also extremely rare individuals who are born with a Kundalini Body from birth. From childhood itself, their bodies possess a unique power tied to some aspect of nature.
“Abyssal Shakti Kundalini Body?… But isn’t that something only rarest of the rare women usually have?”
The Society Leader said to the Vice Leader. The Vice Leader replied,
“No, Society Leader. History records a few individuals who possessed this body despite being male. For example, the Alliance Leader of the Righteous Alliance from seventeen generations ago—Rajendra. He was born with the Abyssal Shakti Kundalini Body, even though he was a man.”
The Society Leader thought for a moment and then nodded. He had read a little about the Alliance Leader of the Righteous Alliance from seventeen generations ago.
Records clearly stated that he was indeed born with an Abyssal Shakti Kundalini Body and that he was male. He even went on to have many children.
While the Society Leader and Vice Leader were talking, Sharv asked about it from his master. She gave him a brief explanation about Kundalini Bodies, along with some details about the Abyssal Shakti Kundalini Body.
Abyssal Shakti Kundalini Body is extremely inclined towards Lunar energy, hence it gives the user, the ability to control, manipulate coldness, It also helps to generate snow or icy crystal that are as hard as diamonds.
And the person of Abyssal Shakti Kundalini Body is also immune to any other coldness of nature.
But these are just the small thing, the biggest power of Abyssal Shakti Kundalini body is something else, that is; the person does not need to cultivate Lunar energy at all.
He/She would have the ability to take Lunar energy from the nature itself, from it's surroundings, and the amount is not specified either, the user can literally take it an infinite amount of Lunar Energy in their body.
But the drawbacks of this body is that, the taken Lunar Energy from the surroundings, from nature can't be used for Cultivating Prana, if used then their Chakra, and Nadi would start to freeze completely until the user becomes an ice statue.
And another drawback is that, the Lunar energy taken from nature has to be used in a fight or expelled from the body within 5 days only, otherwise the Lunar Energy taken from nature would slowly start to freeze their organs like brain, heart, lungs, kidney, and etc...
But these are the drawbacks for those who unify Shiva and Shakti energy through hardships. Through balancing both Ida and Pingla nadi together. There is another major drawback for those who are born with it...
The Society Leader turned toward Sharv and asked him,
“Do you really have this Kundalini body?”
Sharv replied,
“I don’t know myself, but since childhood I’ve never once felt cold in a bad way. In fact, I like the cold, it gives me a sense of calm.”
He lied, he doesn't have that Kundalini Body at all. The Society Leader thought for a moment, then said,
“Whether you have that body or not, we’ll see later. Leave it for now. For the time being, go back to where you were before, Sharv.”
Sharv nodded, then slowly stood up, but his body was injured, because of which he couldn’t properly use one of his hands.
Seeing this, the Vice Leader decided to go along with him; he would at least apply some medicine and bandage on his wounds. The Society Leader didn’t stop him and allowed him to go with Sharv.
“Alright then, I’ll leave as well. And yes… you two, please don’t fight. And Death Hall Master after the trials are over, we’ll decide what punishment you deserve.”
Saying this, the Society Leader flew into the air and left like a flash.
Now only the Death Hall Master and Surendranath remained. Both looked at each other. And snorted.
Without saying anything further, they left from there, Surendranath on his own path, and the Death Hall Master on his, toward Physician Narayan.
