Chapter no.9 An Otherworldly Warning

[ Black Lotus Cult - Demon Prison Cave ]
A huge underground cave stretched out beneath the Mount Meru.
Words couldn't describe how expansive this cave was that if not for the torches hanging all over to light up the place, it would be impossible to even guess the size.
This underground cave system was used as the Demon Prison Cave.
A training facility of the Black Lotus Cult that creates a demonic cultivator unlike the other cultivation sects which train students from a young age to become a part their forces.
Deep inside the prison, lied the office of the general director of the Demon Prison Cave.
" Here are the reports of the mortals, Sir."
Picking up the reports, the general director Sang In-hyo sighed.
" Hmm, so 50 or so committed suicide."
" Yes, Sir."
" Have there bodies collected and given to the Crimson Fairy Traders ?"
" As you wish, Sir."
"How much time before the initiation process begins ?"
" The process will begin in a few days."
Sang In-hyo nodded before closing his eyes.
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[ A Few Days Later ]
( ~ Whoosh ~ )
The wind twisted as a woman with long black hair tied in a bun with a giant scar going through her face. She wore a white robe with a scarlet hakama / Kù.
The woman silently moved towards a metallic door in the end of the hall ignoring the corpse of the man she had just killed.
( ~ Clang ~ )
Soon the iron door opened causing a disgusting smell to spread out as if someone had intentionally left feces besides the door so anyone who entered would encounter the smile but the woman's face didn't change.
" Excuse me, can you hear me ? My name is Biyu, I am here to help you." Biyu's words echoed through the hall before someone answered back.
" A,A,Are you here to save me ?" A small whisper called out from inside the darkness.
" Yes." Biyu answered back as she heard the steps coming towards her.
In a few moments, she saw what appeared to be extremely lean male with his hands behind his back. He had a few tears in his eyes.
" Really." The male said before suddenly his right hand jerked forward catching Biyu offguard as she saw a white snake thrown at her.
With a swipe from her grey tassel, the snake was thrown back as the male used this opportunity to lunge at her with his left hand out.
Biyu's eyes widened as she saw the male's fingers especially the nails which had been grown out and with just the help of the teeth, the nails had a convex grind to them making them essentially human caws.
Biyu could smell the feces from the human claws but she couldn't help but be impressed. This mortal had used his body to make a weapon and even a plan of attack in such a hopeless situation.
Biyu's tassels glowed with a few kanjis at it's handle as the male was enveloped by a blueish aura.
The male suddenly found himself frozen inside his lunging position.
" Clever," Biyu said to the boy whose eyes gave away his panic even though he had an indifferent expression on his face.
" But I am way out of your league." Biyu said as took out a piece of paper with weird symbols drawn in red.
Placing it on the boy's head who tried to struggle but the force that had frozen him in place was too strong.
The talisman that Biyu placed on the boy's head glowed before the surrounding water swirled around the boy's body cleaning him up.
Biyu channeled Qi into the ribbon attached to her tassel as the ribbon hardened into a blade as she swung at the boy who closed his eyes instinctively brassing for the pain or the death.
" You can open your eyes." Biyu said with a smirk as the boy peeked out before blinking.
He was alive ..... He was alive ..... Damnit, he was alive.
The boy glanced at Biyu's tassel.
" How ?"
" You will soon learn." Biyu said as the boy feel down when the restrictive force was release.
The boy looked at his hands and his perfect cut nails.
Was swordmanship of this level possible?
Even though he had experienced it first had, the boy thought that this was just a dream.
" Well, that was an interesting first experience. Why don't we introduce ourselves? My name is Biyu."
The boy backed up towards the wall as he tried to look for a way to escape.
" Rude, you know I was the one who saved you." Biyu said but she could see the distrust in the boy's eyes.
With a sigh, Biyu pointed to the side causing the boy to glance before a chill went down his spine as he saw the headless corpse of a man judging from his build and lack of breasts. Besides the corpse was a bowl of scrapped foods that would be delivered to him.
The boy breathed in and out slowly before glancing back at the smiling Biyu.
" Don't worry, I am not here to hurt you, I am here to save you. So let's introduce ourselves." Biyu said with a warm smile causing the boy's eyes to narrow before he replied," I, ne...ver had a name."
Biyu nodded while asking," Then what should I call you ?"
" I don't care."
Biyu sighed and placed her hands on her hips.
" Now that won't do. Can I call you Xiǎo nánhái ( little boy ) ? "
" Whatever."
Biyu puffed her lips as she saw a few tears escape from the boy's eyes.
' Makes sense, he has lived in the dark for so long. It would be weird if a mortal could withstand such light after living in the dark.'
" Then let's go." Biyu said.
" Where ?"
" You'll see."
" Miss Biyu."
" No that won't be necessary, just call me Pretty Sister." Biyu said as she brushed a hair to the side.
" Pretty Sister, can I ask you something?"
Biyu clicked her tongue when the boy didn't show any reaction to her beauty.
Oh, how blind these men are to not see this jade beauty ?
Biyu thought with a chuckle before asking.
" What is it ?"
" Can I see my room for the last time ?"
The boy's request was strange to Biyu.
Why would you want to go back to the place that was your prison ?
Even then Biyu smiled and said," Sure."
The boy stood up as he went to get the torch but Biyu was a little faster as her ribbon grabbed the torch and threw it to the boy who just caught it.
Biyu smiled to the boy who just rolled his eyes.
' I wasn't going to try to escape.' The boy thought before going back into the dark.
Even if his eyes were in a hell of a pain, he wanted to confirm something.
If those murals were real or were they some kind of coping mechanism he had developed to not go insane ?
The light of the torch lit up the entire room showing the boy murals carved into stone.
It wasn't just a delusion.
The Boy sighed in relief as he began to read everything from the beginning.
[ To think a day like this would come where I, Alexander Jones, would find myself in such a place. As an atheist, I never believed in things like religion but I could feel the irony when I was born into this new world but why the hell did God send me to the birthplace of Twitter; the abyss. This new body's memories are interesting yet I can't piece much together with what I presume is due to the degeneration this body experienced before my soul had taken over ]
The boy slowly stood in the room, not being able to process much.
" Hey, we don't have much time." Biyu called out from the back causing the boy to nod as he turned to the other murals.
There was no time to be shocked. He needed to read everything.
[ Day 10!: Goddamnit, this isn't a dream .....
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Walking through the damn halls, the boy and Biyu stood there quietly while Biyu was happily whistling. The boy stood in the back with a lot on his mind.
He had read those murals multiple times in the dark but those words would always make him believe that the murals were just a figment of his imagination or insanity but now after reading it for the last time, the full weight of the words carved into the walls of his prison and the story of the being from the other world fully set in.
Even though most of it was just Alexander's ramblings. The fact that they were carved out by someone from another world had left the boy in utter shock.
They were so many questions swirling through his mind that he couldn't think straight but out of everything that Alexander had carved into those walls but now the weight of that last passage had set in for the boy.
[ Don't trust these people that will come to save you. ]