Monarch of Darkness

While Evan was lamenting his lack of wealth inside the Greencloud treasure house, vice-principal Lewis was meeting with a visitor. It was the same person who had visited the vice principal during Evan's detention period. The appearance of this visitor was obscure and with the addition of his long black hooded cloak, he was appearing extremely mysterious.

"Commander, it is my pleasure to see you again. I wonder for what reason you have traveled to the capital city again?", Lewis looked at the mysterious person curiously.

"Oh, it is again fot that little brat. For some unknown reason, eldest prince is extremely protective of that little brat. Have you managed to persuade him?", the mysterious looking man asked in a amiable tone.

"I am sorry commander. I have tried to tell Evan that the competition is going to be dangerous. But he is a extremely stubborn child. He will join the monthly hunting competition tomorrow", Lewis replied.

"Oh, no problem. His action is very much within my expectation. This time I am allowed to dispatch a shadow guard to protect him. I will send the best person available", the mysterious person said with a chuckle.

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Evan was feeling disappointed by his lack of wealth. There were so many good things to purchase but he had only seven hundred spirit stones. Evan saw many eye-catching pills which was very beneficial to him. Bone strengthening pill, Meridian nurturing pill even some common soul nurturing pills were there which were very benefitial to him in his current cultivation level. Evan skipped the pill section reluctantly.

The next section gace Evan a nice surprise. It was the herbs section and he found some materials for his devil body cultivation. The rate of herbs were many time lower than the rate of pils and the herbs Evan needed were comparatively cheaper as most of these herbs were yin herbs which deemed poisonous for human cultivators.

Yin and yang two part of creation. One refered to negative energy, another refered to positive energy. Yin energy considered as devilish but it was actually not. It seemed devilish for those who were not suitable for it. In the creature male was considered as yang and female was considered as Ying, it didn't mean females were negative or devilish. Yin energy was something they were gifted by the creation. 

It was the same for devils. Those yin substances which were considered as poisonous or negative by the humans and gods were like the heavenly resource for devils. Evan felt delighted by seeing the yin herbs in Greencloud treasure hall.

He selected a few herbs to buy and quickly scanned past the herb section. Then he came to the heavenly resource section. Heavenly resources were some unique materials birthed by heaven and earth which stored different types of energies within it. If one cultivator found suitable heavenly resources, he could easily breeze past through cultivation realms.

The name of different types of heavenly resources, came into his view. Evan directly ignored the heavenly resources useful for five heavenly elements. He searched for the heavenly resources whch could provide darkness energy. The list was neither long nor short. Evan quickly scanned through it and his lips curled up. "Found it", Evan shouted loudly inside his mind.

There was no fixed price for heavenly resources. Many time Greencloud treasure house would gather many weired heavenly resources which had some unique energy. 'Hell stone' was one of such treasure. "How much spirit stone for the hell stone", Evan asked the attendant.

"It is two hundred spirit stone", the attendant replied with a smile. She had a amused expression on her face after seeing the eager look of Evan. "How much pieces of hell stone do you have here", Evan asked again.

"It is a rather weired stone. We only have two of it with us. These stones were here even before I joined this place and no one was interested in these", the attendant smiled at Evan.

Evan didn't think much about her words. He only wanted to know the amount he had to pay. He spent all seven hundred spirit stones and bought those hell stones and some of the yin natured herbs. After leaving the Greencloud treasure house, Evan went to a nearby restaurant. He had not eaten any good food for a long time. So, he decided to visit a restaurant to satisfy his craving.

Evan walked toward the entrance of the resturant. 'Purple star restaurant' was written on top of the entrance. Evan saw two child with tattered clothes. Despite their torn clothes, their clothes were clean. Currently a wealthy looking man was berating them. 

The two children were a pair of brother and sister. They both were looking younger than Evan. What attracted him was their soul fire which was glowing more brightly than others. Evan felt intrigued and decided to know what is happening. If it was before his breakthrough in soul, he could not have noticed the anomaly but now he could the soul aura of everyone in a certain range.

Evan walked toward the scene. He saw the little girl who was the eldest of them holding the hand of his brother. After his breakthrough, Evan was not at all reserved while using his soul consciousness. According to him only warriors who had reached Law manifestation realm could detect his soul aura.

He heard their entire conversation while walking toward them. The younger brother of that liitle girl broke some plates while washing them. Now the restaurant worker who was at that time incharge of cleaning the dishes, threatening them to not pay them a single coin. Moreover he was demanding them to work free for an entire month.

Evan felt enraged. It was his first time walking alone in a market and he started to discover some ugly sides of cultivation world. Without showing any sympathy for such young children, this hotel staff was trying to harass them. Evan walked over and looked coldly at the office staff.

"Leave them alone", Evan shouted at the restaurant staff. He felt rage for some reason when he saw the face of that young girl who was sobbing silently. They were demanding money not for them but for their mother. Their mother was sick, so they were working in this resturant to earn money for her medicine.

Evan didn't know why he felt so enraged. Maybe their situation opened up his old scar. Evan looked coldly at the hotel staff.

"Brat, mind your own business", the restaurant staff yelled at Evan. Seeing he was being shouted at by a young boy, he felt irritated. "Are you deaf, I say leave them alone", Evan said coldly to the restaurant staff. The restaurant staff felt humiliated by the repeated yelling of Evan. He was just going to shout but when his gaze fell upon the eyes of Evan, he felt a cold shiver.

"But they have broken some of the costly plates, If I don't get them to pay, then I will not get any salary this month", he said stammeringly. The restaurant staff was feeling wronged now. He never had imagined that something like this was going to happen. He knew the young child infront of him who had a appearance of thirteen or fourteen year young man was no pushover. So, he didn't know what to do.

Evan looked at him coldly and threw him a gold coin. The restaurant staff thanked him by bowing his head. Evan didn't bother about him. He left the area with the brother and sister pair.