As the shooting star fell back into the shrouding darkness, the huge creature that was about to chase came to a sudden halt just as he was about to swallow the whole planet as a result to it snatching his prey .
Lark, what are you doing, the master kept on calling you and your are here dilly-dallying, hurry and get back, don't let me come and force you .
" That annoying guy again, just because he was the oldest disciple of the master, he really think so highly of himself to the point that he was even begin to boss us around " .
The creature then decided to ignore the warning of that acquaintance of his and continued his try to swallow the designated planet , but just as he was about to open his mouth, a door of light suddenly appeared behind him, the moment that door or gate of light appeared the creature stiffened in his still opened mouth stance .
A young man with quite an impressive face came out of the said gate, he wore a white traditional clothes like those worn by the monks it gave him a noble aura and if he was smiling people will probably assume him to be an easy-going person, he had long black hair tied in a ponytail behind him and was currently looking sternly at the huge creature as he began saying in reprimanded tone :
What exactly is this supposed to mean Lark, are you disobeying me or disobeying our master's order , oh a lower planet trying to advance, this will indeed give you a huge amount of fate points that could be of benefit to your training, but little brother, aren't you completely disregarding the master's carful warnings by doing this , are you going to rebel now is that it .
The creature was still fixed in the same place in the same stance as before as if he was fixed in his place unwillingly or was under some kind of binding , but even though he felt somehow uncomfortable to speak, he still said :
Eldest brother i met a massive chance on this lower plane and i hope that you would be a bit more lenient and allow me to get it and i can swear that i will repay this debt of gratitude back .
First tell me about that opportunity first, then i will decide whether to agree to that or not .
The creature smiled warily as he was already able to tell the result of telling this brother of his about the opportunity that he encountered, he believed that his older brother will directly steal the opportunity for himself, but he still gritted his teeth and recounted what happened to his brother .
The young man first frowned, then his frown turned into a smile as he began to say :
You are saying that a creature from this lower plane was actually releasing a very brilliant light that was enough to gain your attention from a massive distance far away .
Yes and he was in some sort of a space package that i was beginning to think that he might be some new son of the world or something , but just as i was about to get my hold on him, he suddenly destroyed the said package and activated some kind of mechanism that as a result agitated the space that surrounded me and he then was swallowed by that weird planet that was trying to evolve .
So, that's why you want to swallow the whole planet with him inside, am i right, Lark ? .
The creature nodded embarrassingly .
The scene was quite funny to behold, but the tension in the air between the two actually began to rise even more , the eldest brother of his again returned to frown .
What did master forbid you to consume in your pursuit of higher rank of strength ? .
The creature went silent after hearing the stern tone that his eldest brother was asking him with, but he still wasn't sure of how exactly should he answer .
Answer , his brother asked him once again but this time his tone was filled with unwavering and unquestionable authority that forced him to cooperate and answer with some guilt barely noticeable in his tone, as he said :
Master said that as long as i served as his disciple and worship him as my master, i'm not allowed to consume intelligent lifeforms or any celestial objects that had lifeforms living on it and he gave me a secret technique to use to figure this out , to not seek to consume stars or a planet that was about to evolve or progress .
As by doing so, i will end up probably missing with the natural order of most if not everything in the sector, something that could lead to break the balance of this universe as a whole, so he forbade me from going for any celestial objects that were about to evolve or advance .
As he finished saying all that his voice was getting weaker and weaker to the point that it was barley audible, just as he finished his eldest senior brother asked him , saying :
Did you abide to the master's words ? .
I did , the creature said tried to look resolute but the moment he raised his head to look at the stern look on his eldest senior brother face, dispersed all of his lies instantly and what his senior brother said after completely dismantled any chance of him arguing his way out of this sticky situation .
Oh, so you did , huh , then mind telling me who was responsible for the void over there , he said and pointed with his index finger in the direction of a massive void in the distance , consequently the void was where the huge creature stayed before .
The creature opened his mouth then closed it without saying much, since he already knew that he was caught red-handed .
If not for the sudden summon of his master, he would have covered his traces after he finished eating but the sudden appearance of that guy previously completely delayed him, otherwise he would have already finished tiding everything here up .
Tell me Lark, how many of those stars you have consumed, how many of them held intelligent lifeforms , how many lives did you take by such a reckless endeavor, better yet what do you expect our master to do when he hear about this .
His new disciple completely and intentionally disregarded his commands and went even against it .
The moment that their master's reaction was mentioned into the conversation the huge creature that was still stunned in his place began to actually quiver uncontrollably as he kept saying :
I'm sorry eldest senior brother, i swear to never do it again, i hope you forgive me and give me a second chance , i will try my best to follow the teachings of master more diligently from now on , but please don't report me to the master .
He said hysterically as if he was afraid that his eldest brother would still feel like telling his master about what happened here .
I can forgive you, but only if you don't do such a thing again , i believe that i don't need to tell you what will i do if i ever found out that you did this again .
I'm grateful for the kindness that my eldest senior brother is showering me with .
Don't mention it, but again i really hope that you understood your mistakes and won't try to do it again behind my back , you have a great potential, the best that my master had witnessed, that's why he didn't want you going around searching for a shady way to increase your strength by .
He is afraid to make your massive potential go to waste by using such a hideous methods, that is very likely to leave you with hidden injuries or a weak foundation even .
Yet, here you are completely discarding away his advice, not only that but you are using your innate ability to hurt yourself than to actually strengthening and improve it .
The lifeforms you just recklessly swallowed could lead your foundation to be completely unstable, due to the lifeforms that you swallowed accumulated hatred and resentment , if you aren't purified of that hatred, your strength will began to regress other than increasing , did you get why the act you just did sound completely reckless and utterly useless .
The master is already content with how fast your cultivation is progressing, so why would you go around collecting fate lines forcefully in such a fashion .
I'm very sorry for the inconveniences that i caused to my senior brothers and sisters, i'm deeply sorry for unintentionally tarnishing the good will of master and i would serve him wholeheartedly from now on .
This time i will write it down as unintentional accident but it will always stay as it will act as a reminder for both of us , agreed ? .
Agreed , but .... .
If you have something to say, spit it out already , we have already spent more than enough time down here , even my body began to accumulate dirt .
About the opportunity that i just mentioned , how should i go around it ? .
You don't , his senior brother said resolutely .
Why, i believe that it will be the greatest opportunity that i had ever had , you can't take it away from me , the creature was beginning to act hysterically at the possibility of him missing such a great opportunity, he kept one precise detail to himself, still afraid that if he said this detail, his senior brother might fight or even kill him for it .
And that was related to the guy he saw earlier being the one having the most brilliant light that he ever saw , so brilliant that even most of the stars that he swallowed previously paled in comparison .
My words are absolute , our master have called you over for something important and you have enough fun in this sector, come with me .
No, i won't move an.... .
Just as the creature was about to finish his sentence a sword light suddenly appeared and completely severed his head from his body in instant, completely reducing his already short chance of catching his senior brother of his off guard and devour that planet .
You have already wrecked quite the havoc in this area and you just agreed that it will be your last time doing something like this, so why bother going against your words for a mere lucky encounter ? .
His senior brother continued to say in a reprimanding tone to the now headless body :
You need to pray that master won't check you out when we go back otherwise, you will be in a deep trouble, you might be punished for doing such a reckless things or even worse .
The headless body began to dissipate together with the severed head and in their place now lay a blue haired blue eyed human figure with a star mark on the top of his head , wearing similar clothes than his senior brother , he currently had a very annoyed expression on his face as he stared at the planet in the distance , but still didn't say a single word .
Now, let's get going .
Sure eldest senior brother, but don't you really want to reconsider , this weak guy might become an enemy in the future , since i have already forced him to a dead end earlier , so i might as well finish what i started .
You will do no such thing, fool little brother of mine, believe it or not but this guy by your reaction and what you told me earlier, had quite caught my attention and i believe that soon in 50 years or so, you will give him a greeting gift as your new nephew in training , or even better if he too caught the master's attention, you might be welcoming him as your new junior brother .
As for the seed of enmity that you sowed earlier, he will probably be unable to recognize much of it and if he did a sincere apology would be able to clear any misunderstanding that happened between you too .
You are very much right, big brother , there are still other opportunities to go around here and there, so i might as well give up on this one and if you are really serious about taking him as your disciple, then i will forget about everything that happened here and be the first one to congratulate you for accepting such a talented disciple .
The junior brother said and looked at his senior brother of his with clear awe but that was on the surface, his eyes though held held a dangerous glint in the depth of them as his thought began to wonder around dangerously :
" 50 years, i will surpass you in at most 20 and when i have the bigger fist, tell me who shall order who around, i have already marked this system and when the time is ripe, i will come to harvest the life of your to be disciple , you want master to acknowledge his talent and take him in , jokes, 20 years and he will be resting in my belly, naive senior brother of mine " .
The senior brother knew of the true characteristics of his junior brother personality, but he paid it no mind but he still taunted him by saying :
I will only accept him as a disciple after i told my master about him, if the master didn't show much of interest in taking him as his disciple, then i will check his aptitude and attitude and if they were passable, i would probably accept him .
His taunting had a quite the effect, since he was able to see that junior brother of his gritting his white teeth and a tick mark appeared on his forehead , yet he was still holding to the hypocrite smile from before , trying to act as if it didn't bother him at all .
" If not for the magical weapon that master bestowed upon him, i would have really go all out and fought him to the death, even at the cost of exploding one of my golden cores, i would still do it , but with that magic weapon, the chances of getting my hand on him are actually quite scarce, if possible at all " .
Anthor dangerous thought in the mind of the said junior brother, that could have had him killed, but he hid his killing intent quite good enough to bypass the sharp instincts of his senior brother .
But trying to lighten the mood between the two a bit and in try of convincing the senior brother of his of his complete acceptance of his suggestion, he said :
Why don't you bring him back with us senior brother, it will expand his horizon more and will probably allow you to safkeep his potential a bit more closely .
If you didn't force him to retreat back to the developing low tier planet, i might have been able to , but now that he has returned to the planet, i won't be able to do much without risking to halt the development of the planet below, you already know the risk of doing such thing .
Wise as always big brother, you are wise as always .
Cease the nonsense already and let us go back, we have already wasted enough time than needed and i hope that you remembered your words just now, otherwise i don't need to tell you what might happen, do i make myself clear .
Yes, brother from this day forward, i will do my best to commit to the wisdom you imparted on me .
Good let's get out of here .
He waved his hand and again a gate of light appeared but this time the gate moved in its own and engulfed both of the two guys in it , making the place once again fall into complete silence .
Then the gate of light once again appeared but this time it was a wrinkled hand that came out of the gate only the hand, it appeared coincidentally in the void and with just a flick of a finger, the said void one again became illumined by a huge amounts of glittering stars , the hands then once again retreated back to wherever it came from through the gate and the scene became finally quite .
( POV End ) .
Cough, cough , cough , i'm finally back .
Arrrgggghh .