Swallowing the Stars: Recruiting Apprentices and Getting Cash Back

Chapter 128 Master-Disciple Relationship

"Teacher!" Ba Qi, who was cultivating a secret technique, sensed Carlos's aura and hurriedly left the Blood God Palace, flying towards Carlos.

"Teacher, what brings you here?" Ba Qi asked knowingly.

"I couldn't get in touch with you, and I thought something had happened to you, so I came to check on you," Carlos said as he flew towards the Blood God Temple.

"What could be wrong with me? I'm not in seclusion, that's why I turned off the communicator," Ba Qi replied. He then intentionally or unintentionally blocked Carlos's path, preventing him from entering the Blood God Temple.

Seeing Ba Qi's actions, Carlos became even more suspicious that there was something wrong with him.

"I heard you exchanged a million Blood Crystals in the treasure vault. What did you use them for?" Carlos stared at Ba Qi with his sharp eyes.

Ba Qi replied, "Naturally, it's about cultivating my own power. As you know, teacher, I've always wanted to break free from the Blood Luo World. If one day I do break free from the Blood Luo World, I'll need a power that is completely loyal to me."

"You are a member of the Immortal Temple. Once your strength increases, the Immortal Temple will naturally become your faction," Carlos said in a deep voice.

"There are too many senior figures in the Immortal Temple, and I can't expect everyone to submit to me. Moreover, the people from beyond the heavens are always watching the Immortal Temple, making it too conspicuous. I can only secretly accumulate strength and then soar to the heavens." Ba Qi said out the explanation he had in mind.

"Disciple, do you know what lies beyond the heavens—alas, by doing this, aren't you making an enemy of the temple, stealing its geniuses, and undermining its foundations?" Carlos hesitated, clearly knowing that Ba Qi was indulging in wishful thinking. As the deputy temple master, he knew better than anyone the terror of the outer heavens, but he was worried about discouraging his disciple, so he changed his tone.

"How can this be considered going against the Immortal Temple? We are one in the light and one in the dark, complementing each other. One day, we will surely be able to break through the Blood Luo World together and carve out our own niche in the vast universe," Ba Qi shouted.

Snapped!

A resounding slap landed on Ba Qi's face.

Carlos roared, "You're utterly arrogant! Do you think we didn't fight back? Back then, I was only at the cosmic level, and the Ancient God Ruins didn't even exist yet."

Our Beast God was incredibly powerful, and he commanded a large number of immortals, yet they were still wiped out by those extraterrestrial beings.

In the past, the Blood Luo World revered the descendants of the Beast God, and humans could only serve as slaves, holding an extremely low status.

After the extraterrestrials killed the Beast God, they began to exterminate the Beast God's descendants in the Blood Luo World. If it weren't for the fact that we are both human, I wouldn't be alive today.

"In other words, you gave up resisting a very, very long time ago," Ba Qi said in shock.

"Yes." Although I was reluctant to admit it, it was the truth.

"No, no. Your education of me was clearly about being irreconcilably opposed to those from beyond the heavens, about achieving the great revival of the Blood Luo World, and about breaking out of the world and venturing into the universe."

I've been working towards this goal all along, but now you're telling me it's all a lie!" Ba Qi swayed, overwhelmed by the powerlessness of his collapsing faith.

"Should I teach you to just wait to die? It's useless. We're just a bunch of domesticated pigs, waiting to be slaughtered in the pigsty."

"Wouldn't our whole world come to a standstill, with everyone living in pain, oppression, and despair? How could you possibly become immortal!" Carlos said, tears welling in his eyes.

Even if a civilization is so weak as to be appalling, it must not lose its spirit, otherwise the entire civilization will be doomed.

"But what good is becoming immortal?" Ba Qi said with a bitter smile.

"Becoming immortal means you can live forever, and miracles might happen while you're alive. But once you're dead, nothing is possible. Child, just stay in the Temple of Immortality and stop causing trouble," Carlos advised.

"Teacher, I'm not reconciled!" Ba Qi, like a wounded child, buried himself in Carlos's arms.

"I know, I know, I—ah!" Carlos was comforting Ba Qi like a father, stroking his head. But unexpectedly, Ba Qi used a dagger to stab Carlos in the waist.

This is no ordinary dagger; it possesses terrifying destructive power and is frantically eroding Carlos's divine body.

"Ba Qi, why did you do this!" Carlos looked at Ba Qi in disbelief.

"Teacher, I'm sorry, I had no choice in the matter." Ba Qi shed painful tears.

"I have no choice in my own body! I am a slave to my soul!" Carlos suddenly realized something, roared, and his figure vanished from the spot.

Clang!

The dagger fell to the ground.

"Come out here!" Carlos's figure appeared not far away. He had already mastered immortality, so even if he was stabbed in the kidney, he would not die; at most, his divine body would be damaged.

"This is a training world, and immortal members are not allowed to enter. How dare you break the rules!" Carlos roared.

"Shut up your teacher." Pangu's clone was still fusing with the Blood Crystal and didn't have time to say anything more to Carlos. He directly ordered Ba Qi, the soul servant, to attack.

"Teacher, I'm sorry!" Although Ba Qi was extremely unwilling, he had no choice but to carry out the orders of Pangu's clone.

The master and apprentice then began to fight in the pit.

The commotion caused by the Immortal War was immense, and the surge of divine power made the ruins of the ancient gods even more dilapidated.

However, in order to avoid disturbing Pangu's seclusion, Baqi guided Carlos to fight in the pit.

The distant, immortal temple.

"This is the aura of the Vice Hall Master. And the aura of Ba Qi as well."

"Why did those two, master and apprentice, start fighting?"

"Could it have been pre-arranged?"

"I heard that Ba Qi exchanged for one million Blood Crystals."

"That's for sure. It must be that Ba Qi betrayed the temple, and the deputy temple master stepped in to clean house."

"Yes, that must be it."

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and help the Vice Hall Master!"

"Does the Vice Hall Master need help? Ba Qi is his disciple, and he has only just advanced to Immortal. How could he possibly be a match for the Vice Hall Master?"

"You idiot, of course I'm not really helping, I'm just using this as an excuse to watch the show."

"Let's watch the show! Okay, okay, I'll go, I'll go."

In an instant, streams of light from the Immortal Temple all converged on the Blood Temple.

These Pangu clones, who were in seclusion, naturally had no idea, nor did Ba Qi, who was engaged in a fierce battle with his teacher.

Carlos truly lives up to his reputation as a teacher; many of Ba Qi's moves were anticipated. Carlos was completely dominating Ba Qi.

"You extraterrestrial being, come out here! Don't be a coward!" Carlos roared. He still hoped to find the extraterrestrial being and free his disciple from this soul-enslaving secret technique.

"Teacher, this is a new secret technique I've learned, be careful!" As Carlos roared, Ba Qi slashed at him with his sword.

This is a secret technique that Ba Qi has recently learned, which was taught to him by a clone of Pangu. It is called "One-Slash Slash".

This slash was a move that Carlos had never seen before, and it also had extremely strong explosive power.