The rise of the pervert primordial - Chapter 706 - 706: Into the gate (part 12)
While the treatment at the side of the Myriad Occupation sect had started and the results were noticeable, given the comfortable expressions that the girls and elders from the sect had on their pretty faces, with less than a minute to decide, a debate had blown up on Wade’s side.
“There is almost forty people on our side who were wounded, we are all going to get treated right?”, asked a female elder from the Pleasure Palace,
“And who will take the pressure and without resting during the whole damn trial?”, to which an elder from the Bayer family sarcastically said.
“Humph, coward, there is a Star Axys realm cultivator taking the pressure for thirty people over there!”, exclaimed the female elder as she pointed at Aster, only for the male leading elder from the Pleasure Palace to add.
“It’s not the same, the wounded on our side are mostly all in the Transcending realms, besides what if we go for the treatment and end up not being able to move, due to enduring the pressure of the process”.
Seeing the members of his side bickering with each other, Wade interfered, not because he cared about them, but because the minute they had to decide was ongoing and he had people on his group that needed treatment,
“Enough, let’s first decide who will benefit the group the most by being treated…”, however his sentence was cut in the middle by the leading elder from the Redheart family.
“I don’t think that will be fair, the ones that will take on the pressure should get to decide who they want to give the treatment”.
Of course he was against giving Wade the power to decide, because among the participants, there were few people whose main path was the body one, like the members of the Blazeheart family to be more accurate.
So, if someone from his group was going to be taking on the pressure, it had to be for the benefit of the Redheart family, not for the ones that Wade wanted to prioritize.
Naturally, the previous made Wade inwardly grit his teeth, since a random elder from a second-tier force like the Blazeheart family, was openly going against him, unfortunately his authority over the group had hit rock bottom, and there was no designated leader for the groups in the trial, it was a democratic system.
As in, if the vast majority voted against his decision, the flaming board will not listen to it, in Aster’s case, it looked as if he had the absolute choice making power, but that’s only because none of the girls from the sect objected, in fact it was already interesting to see that the trial had recognized the division in their “sides”, when originally they were counted as a single entity, probably the flaming board took how things developed so far and adapted to the situation.
Just like how it decided to share any discovered rule to everyone, regardless of who discovered it, to Wade’s surprise, Fawn took the initiative to speak before he could.
“We can designate three people, one at the Mortal Transcending realm, and two at the Genesis Manifestation, if we do it like that ten people can get treated”.
“She is right, if we designate those whose realms aren’t more than two major realms above the ones receiving treatment, then the ten second penalty won’t apply”, added a mercenary from the Marius family.
And in case you wonder why no one thought it was weird for Fawn to express her opinion, it’s because of the chubby uncle-like bearded elder who carried the stone plate in which Fawn sat, Otto, is a main body path cultivator.
And unlike the guys from the Blazeheart family, Otto was originally a Law Integration realm cultivator, or more accurately a Gate Transcending realm one, as a high ranked bodyguard he had an elixir to suppress his realm, ready for situations like this so he was the sole originally peak Trasncending realm cultivator that came into the gate, on both Aster and Wade’s sides.
Of course, the elixir used will be charged to Fawn’s mother who hired him, but the point is that due to the previous, Otto should be able to endure the pressure of multiple Genesis Manifestation cultivators who were wounded, without losing mobility and Fawn gained a solid position in the negotiation table thanks to that.
“Four people is the limit, I’ll take the pressure of four Genesis Manifestation cultivators, but in exchange, I want four spots for my young miss and her subordinates, you guys decide who will take the treatment for all I care”, said Otto.
It was a really good deal, treatment for four Genesis Manifestation, in exchange for treatment for four Star Tribulation realm people.
Which made Wade swallow the complains he was about to express, there were only two people on his side who really needed the treatment, because they wounded their legs, which was forcing them to need others to carry them, otherwise they would have been able to move on their own, even if they aren’t participants, they were elders from the Iron Hall.
‘Two less people to carry will lessen the load on our group so those guys shouldn’t have the face to complain even if they are not healed themselves… besides Fawn’s group getting treatment is one of the best outcomes, ultimately she is tied to the Mountain Amber family’, he thought to then clear his throat.
“Ahem, I agree with the previous, and I would like to take two of those four spots mentioned, in exchange I will hire the young mercenary from the Marius family to take care of miss Fawn’s treatment, and the group from the Golden Scale can take the other two spots, what do you say?”.
There are 94 people left on their side, if Wade had Fawn’s group votes, then the big three had 45 people, which is still less than half, but luckily the group from the Golden Scale auction house which consisted in people from the Marius and Telles families as well as their hired mercenaries, had a peak Mortal Transcending body path cultivator, among them.
And if they joined, the total would be of 55 people, with that the decision will be accepted by the flaming board, regardless of what others wanted.
“Deal”, said the representative from the Marius family, who was the one that hired the mercenary mentioned above, what’s more he was all smiles because while the Telles family does need a spot for treatment, they don’t, so he can auction it.
“The Bayer family will take the last designated spot, in exchange give me the two remaining treatment spots, one for my family and the other will be given to the highest bidder”, immediately said the representative from the Bayer family, luckily their family had both main energy and main body path cultivators.
And the vice-leader from their group, should be able to handle two Genesis Manifestation cultivator’s worth of pressure, as he is originally a Void Manipulation body path cultivator,
“Perfect”, though Fawn was the one that started it, Wade naturally took the initiative to deal with the finishing details, since it was an opportunity to regain the lead, the light brown haired potential Fey princess didn’t really care about it, she just wanted herself and her subordinates to receive treatment.
“Hey and what about us!”, of course there were people who complained, namely those that didn’t have enough capital to bid for the two treatment spots that were being auctioned as of current, by the Marius and Bayer families.
The Redheart family members were also dissatisfied, but they could do nothing but bid for a treatment spot for that guy related to Iris’s cousin, because though they are main body path cultivators, physical strength isn’t their strong point, so the Bayer family member was more qualified to be the one taking the pressure.
And that just left, the members of the temporary mercenary union and those guys from third tier forces as well as the rogues that grouped with them, unfortunately the mercenary alliance was not that united since they were from five different groups, and only members from two of them were wounded, so they could do nothing to stop Wade’s arrangements.
That being said, the resentment did grow even if a somewhat reasonable decision was taken, because only a fourth part of the total wounded were going to receive treatment, and since each session only got rid of a tenth part of the pain, and there were theoretically twelve resting periods, one per hour, then they were screwed.
Now add to that the fact that the wounded and non-participants on the side of the Myriad Occupation sect were being tended by the participants, who had designated a couple of minutes of their resting time to help others accommodate and the like, since they knew they wouldn’t need the whole ten minutes to get back to their prime state, with the exception of those that acted as main pillars, all this was possible because of one person, Aster.
And as if to rub salt on the wound, the very moment the treatment started on Wade’s side, Aster whose eyes were closed, opened them to then stretch his body, he had gotten used to the pressure and the ground below him wasn’t cracking anymore, he still couldn’t move as he wanted though.
‘What the hell, how is that bastard not being forced into the ground by taking the pressure of those elders, how is his physical body so damn tough!’, he inwardly cursed.
Wade refused to believe that Aster was as physically strong as a Sea of Knowledge cultivator, while not being even a body path cultivator, but he could still somewhat convince himself to believe that his body has been tempered enough to endure pressure akin to it.
As if the previous wasn’t enough to piss off Wade, it angered him even more that Aster didn’t open his eyes because of anything related to the trial, he did so because Alice had sneakily gotten close to him.
“So, you can’t move right~”, she said with an amused light in her pretty red ruby eyes as she prepared to pounce on him, to which Aster chuckled in response.
“Don’t even try, I can’t walk but restraining naughty dragon princesses is completely within my possibilities”.
In other words, Aster opened his eyes not because he had managed to stabilize himself, but because he felt Alice’s presence getting close to him, and now he was flirting with her, all this while Wade had to grit his teeth and see if the treatment was paying off, so you can understand why he found it specially annoying.
Anyway, the next hours consisted of pretty much the same dynamic, with each hour being the reset, after walking for forty minutes a ten-minute resting period was given by the trial, and so we get to the tenth period of rest.
Why is the tenth resting period special you ask, well, it’s because after the tenth treatment session, those whose limbs were paralyzed on Wade’s side, will finally recover, and as for the side of the Myriad Occupation sect, the pain those girls were suffering will completely disappear.
Or at least that what Aster thought, when he nodded at the flaming board to accept the pressure of the treatment, only for him to see a different result than what he expected.
[The will of the group doesn’t align with the request; the treatment has been rejected]
Aster couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow as he looked at the girls from the sect who were just one treatment session away from being completely healed.
“Since we are only one treatment session away from being fully recovered, we agreed to let senior brother rest to recover first”, said one of the junior disciples among them.
After ten hours of walking and taking on the pressure of the treatment, without a chance to circulate any kind of energy, and just relying on his physical body, even Aster had started to shown signs of tiredness.
He finally started sweating after the ninth hour, it was barely noticeable though, and Aster was sure that with just one resting period he’ll be back to his prime, which is why he wanted to finish the treatment first and then focus on recovering, but apparently the girls from the sect had other plans, of course they knew they were going against what Aster had planned, so they came up with proper reasons for it.
“Isn’t it better for senior brother to be in his best condition, so he can lead us later”, said one of the veteran disciples, to which another junior added.
“Mm, we’ll take care of senior brother this time”.
Seeing their determined eyes, Aster looked at Valentina, she must have known about this, since more than half had decided against him taking the treatment pressure this time, only for the lightning princess to shrug as she gave her verdict.
“You heard them, no treatment this time so go and rest a bit”.
“Fine, fine, you stubborn girls win this time”, said Aster as he raised his hands in defeat, which made the disciples giggle, at least until they saw a sea of bright yellow light, manifest with Aster as the center.
The girls from the sect touched the yellow light and a soothing and warm sensation surged within their bodies, making them feel invigorated.
It’s normal, that was ten hours of yang energy which Aster had accumulated, after all, he had restrained even the paragon body from helping him take on the pressure, so this sea of yang energy was the result of that.
“Hey senior brother isn’t this a bit too much…”, mumbled a junior disciple whose face was flushed due to the warmness that was invading her.
“I don’t know what do you mean with that, this is just a side effect of my recovering abilities, perhaps next time you should share your plans first”, casually said Aster with a smirk.
Now, normally a teasing expression like the one Aster had, accompanied by being exposed to yang energy, would result in an uncomfortable sensation for the disciples, but the only thing Aster was radiating was pure and untainted vitality, with nothing else mixed into it, quite different from the yang energy that dual or even pure yang cultivators have.
The origin of their flushed expressions, was the ticklish sensation they experienced due to the vitality which was being absorbed by their bodies, but had no place to go since they couldn’t circulate any energy as they weren’t participants of the body trial.
“Not fair, senior brother is doing it on purpose to get back at us!”, exclaimed the junior disciples, that being said, their relaxed expressions didn’t match their words
“Now, now, no complaining, this is good for you, isn’t that right miss Valentina?”, said Aster with a playful voice as he gazed at Valentina, who though wasn’t showing any external reaction, was reminded of the incredible night of sleep she had, thanks to being lulled by Aster’s yang energy, previously.
“Ahem, leaving aside the “side effects”, it’s a good way to exploit a flaw in the rules of the trial, so bear with it”, she limited to say.
Technically, Aster was only circulating his yang energy to recover himself, it wasn’t his fault that the others were too close and were bathed in the vitality he radiated in the process, what’s more, this vitality was so pure and concentrated that they were enjoying its benefits without the need to even actively circulate it.
In comparison things at Wade side, had gotten chaotic once again, because those that hadn’t received a single treatment session, wanted to at least have the last two.
“What do you mean with “no”, there are still two resting periods left, even if we can’t be completely cured, we might regain some mobility with two treatment sessions!”, exclaimed a female elder from the Pleasure Palace.
“I only accepted the deal in order to heal my young miss and her subordinates, she will be perfectly fine after this treatment session, so the deal will be finished, besides I will barely be back to 70% of my perfect state after two rounds of energy circulation”, said the bearded uncle-looking Otto.
“Bullshit, that guy took on the pressure of so many people as a non-body cultivator and you who are originally a Gate Transcending realm body cultivator, can’t hold for two more treatment periods!”, added a male elder from the Redheart family, they had managed to get the spot for one of their two young masters, but they also had elders who needed treatment.
“Well, I dealt with the pressure of four peak Genesis Manifestation, ten times within ten hours, without a chance to circulate any energy, anyone would be tired, besides it’s not like I’m the only one capable of enduring the pressure, aren’t the cultivators from the Redheart also main body path ones, take it upon yourselves to heal your teammates”, casually concluded Otto.
And this same situation repeated with the other two people who had been managing the treatment process, the people they had to take care would be fine after this round of treatment so they wanted to have the last two resting periods for themselves.
“What senior Otto said is reasonable, we won’t get in the way of those that want to use the last two resting periods for treatment, but you’ll have to fix it among yourselves in exchange”, said Wade.
What a joke, earlier no one volunteered to take on the pressure of the treatment, he had to hire a mercenary in order to have those two elders healed, so he of course didn’t have the slightest intention to help others now, it was already “benevolent” of him not to oppose their decision of taking the treatment, instead of resting, since he had around half of the votes of the group.
And it’s also true that Wade didn’t want to take any risks now, who knows what awaits them at the end of the road, so saving as much manpower as he can is for the best, he won’t tire the elders from his core group just to treat those guys.
The previous made those who weren’t going to receive any treatment, feel incensed, they saw the people from the Wanderer sect who originally were a part of their group, but joined the side of the Myriad Occupation sect, being perfectly rested even after carrying the stone plates, and felt envious.
Past the dramatic tenth resting period, the groups continued their journey and soon the usual forty minutes had passed but… there was no sign of the flaming board appearing.
“Let’s keep going”, after having recovered at the previous resting point, Aster was as good as new, as for the others, they have been resting at every period so they were at their best condition.
It took them another twenty minutes of advancing for the flaming board to finally appear in the sky.
[Congratulations on reaching the eleventh and final resting point, the resting period here is of twenty minutes, however the pressure being applied to the participants beyond this point will increase to the early stage of the next major realm]
“What!”, naturally the previous was like a bomb in the minds of the people from Wade’s side, since it meant that the difficulty will go up by a whole notch.
And it also didn’t help that the next second, the darkness which covered the road ahead of them, vanished, revealing what should be their goal line.
“Is that a wall?”, asked an elder from the Green Lotus, to which Aster shook his head in response to then say.
“It’s a gate, perhaps that’s the “High grade eastern gate” mentioned when we entered the road”.
Aster’s words made the elder in question frown, her confusion was understandable, since what could be seen far into the distance was a rectangular stone plaque which extended in every direction, in fact it reached high into the sky and didn’t end there, since above there were clouds made out of the same darkness that covered the road.
And that gate continued up there for sure, even the darkness at the sides of the road was covered by that wall-like gate, it was the end of both the road and the empty vastness that surrounded it at both sides.
