Sealing

Zhao Nan looked at Sathius, who was lying on the ground but still appeared quite stubborn, and after a moment of thought, he spoke again: "Sathius, since you don't want to become the contracted magical beast of my apprentice, how about you take me as your master instead?"

"Take you as my master?" Upon hearing Zhao Nan's words, Sathius was stunned for a moment, then repeated the question before asking: "Although you are a Saint-level powerhouse, you don't seem to know how to guide a magical beast in its cultivation, do you? After all, the cultivation methods for magical beasts and humans are not the same!"

"Haha. The differences between the cultivation of magical beasts and humans only exist before the Saint-level. Before reaching the Saint-level, as long as a magical beast's bloodline is sufficiently powerful, it only needs to silently absorb energy to grow to the strongest level its bloodline can support. However, once you reach the Saint-level, humans and Saint-level Magical Beasts are effectively the same. Since you are already a level-nine magical beast and only one step away from becoming a Saint-level, teaching you is much the same as teaching anyone else. So, how about it? Will you take me as your master?"

"If I take you as my master, you won't make me become someone else's contracted magical beast, will you?" Sathius felt the pressure on his body vanish, so he raised his head to look at Zhao Nan and asked.

"If I had made you become my apprentice's contracted magical beast, I would have taken you as a disciple anyway. But since you are unwilling, I will let you sign a contract with him. However, you must still look after your junior brother in the future!" Zhao Nan explained.

As soon as Sathius heard the term "junior brother," a look of dissatisfaction flashed in his intimidating eyes, and he said: "Why must he be the senior brother? Is he stronger than me?"

"Not at all. His strength is currently only that of a level-three mage, which is far behind yours." Zhao Nan glanced at the status panel of Ace and revealed his current strength.

When Sathius heard that Ace was only a level-three mage, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Impossible! The great Sathius will absolutely not become the junior brother of a weak level-three mage!"

"Oh? By the sound of that, does it mean you agree to take me as your master?" Zhao Nan's heart stirred upon hearing Sathius's words, and he couldn't help but ask.

Sathius did not refute Zhao Nan's words, but instead said directly: "Your strength is sufficient, and you said you could help me become a Saint-level Magical Beast, so I am naturally willing to take you as my master. But as a level-nine magical beast, I will never bow my head to someone weaker than me."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Nan replied directly: "Your potential is indeed no weaker than that of my disciple, but you also know the gap between the cultivation of magical beasts and humans. Although you are stronger than him now, you must believe that he will surpass you very soon. So, what will you do when his strength exceeds yours?"

When Sathius heard this, he simply replied: "Then I'll just call him senior brother when that time comes."

Zhao Nan didn't bother to argue over such trivialities. Although he was bound to the Apprentice System, he had no desire to be a nanny for his disciples; at most, he would provide them with some protection. It was like helping Ace intimidate the opposing family, or helping Linley resolve some troubles. However, Zhao Nan did not want to interfere in the conflicts between his disciples. After all, he would be taking on more and more disciples in the future, and they would inevitably have all sorts of personalities. When he was present, everyone might get along, but what would happen if he weren't there and a conflict arose? Since that was the case, it was better to simply follow the unspoken rule of the Coiling Dragon World: the strong are respected. Therefore, Zhao Nan didn't bother to correct Sathius's mindset and decided to just let it be.

With these thoughts in mind, Zhao Nan looked around the cave. He knew that the reason for the endless elemental energy in this cave was the presence of a magic array, or rather, a place of sealing. Zhao Nan searched all around, but he didn't find anything at all.

Subsequently, Zhao Nan pondered the specific details from the original story. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly realized that the place of sealing was only revealed when Linley transformed into a Dragonblood Warrior and attacked the surroundings of the cave.

As Zhao Nan thought about this, he began to strike the ceiling of the cave repeatedly. Sathius watched Zhao Nan's actions with a confused expression, finding his newly recognized master's behavior very strange.

Zhao Nan's movements were swift; in just ten minutes, the rocks at the top of the cave were smashed to pieces by him. Following that, a massive black circular platform was revealed at the top of the cave. This black circular platform was embedded directly into the ceiling, with plenty of rocks surrounding it for cover. On that black circular platform were extremely intricate magic patterns. And right in the center of those magic patterns lay a purple longsword.

Zhao Nan was extremely covetous of that purple longsword, but he also knew that this sword was exactly what was sealing Dylin, so he would absolutely not pull it out. However, Zhao Nan was also very covetous of this location. If nothing else, he didn't want to give up this place, which had nearly a hundred times more elemental energy than the outside world.

However, Zhao Nan had his own matters to attend to at this moment, so he spread his large hand, and a dense surge of earth-style energy converged, rapidly sealing the black circular platform.

After hiding the black circular platform well, Zhao Nan looked at the somewhat dazed Sathius and said, "Alright, my business is finished; I will take you to meet your fellow disciples now."

"As for the matter of your seniority, you can discuss that amongst yourselves!"

After Zhao Nan finished speaking, he turned around and walked toward the outside of the cave.

Although Sathius had not yet recovered from the astonishment of the black circular platform's appearance, he still quickly followed Zhao Nan out of the cave.

After exiting the cave, Zhao Nan immediately waved his hand, and dense wind-style energy gathered, directly lifting Sathius up; then, Zhao Nan stepped into the void and headed toward Wushan Town.

When Zhao Nan came, he had spent three days because he needed to search for the Misty Valley, but on the way back, it took less than a day to arrive in Wushan Town.

Because Zhao Nan was bringing Sathius this time, he did not enter the home of Hogg, but instead landed on the back mountain.

As Zhao Nan touched down on the ground, he immediately sent a telepathic message to Linley and the rest of his disciples, as well as Hogg, telling them to come to the back mountain.

When Hogg, Linley, and the others arrived and saw the massive Sathius, they all collectively took half a step back.

But upon seeing Zhao Nan, they immediately halted their retreat.