Vampire Cultivation System in a Hidden World of Monsters

"Four billion," I said, nonchalantly.

Ed started breaking down in tears.

"Is your money really that much more important to you than your daughter's life?" I said callously.

I kept reminding myself he wasn't real. This was a mini-game. I was just role playing this scenario for maximum profit. If I thought this was real, I'd vomit.

"No…," he said, in between sobs. "Three billion?"

"Done!" I said, shaking his hand. "Denise?"

"Yes?" She said, still on the call.

"Write up a contract for the agreed three billion and send it immediately," I said.

"Yes, yes!" Denise stopped making noise but she stayed on the line.

Twenty minutes later, a contract had been written and it was signed by both parties, me and Ed.

"Alright," I said. "I'll take that check thank you very much!"

Ed feebly handed over the check. "I'm slightly worse off than I was before! Oh, the agony!"

"Ok, give her the antidote! I gave you what you wanted!" A distraught Ed said.

"We have to do it in private," I said.

"Why?" Ed said.

"It involves her gluteus maximus," I said.

"Her what?" He said.

"Her butt! I have to inject it in her butt! Will you let her have at least a little privacy?" I said.

"Ok, fine! Use the office down the hall. It's empty," he said.

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I turned music on loud in the office, so no one could hear what we were saying, and I said to his daughter, "I'll give you two percent if you don't tell him I made all that up."

"Two percent? Give me fifteen." She said.

"Five." I said.

"Ten," she said.

"Done," I said and shook her hand.

[Mini-game completed!]

[Main objectives completed!]

[Secondary objective completed!]

[Calculating rewards]

The scene turned gray. Two glowing safes appeared next to each other underneath the desk in the office we were in. I got down on the floor to inspect them. They didn't have combination locks on them. They both just had glowing key holes in them.

I opened the bigger one first with the portal key.

[You have received 30 million Gold Giblets! Storing in wallet]

'Wallet? What is that?'

[It is like an inventory but just for your money. You would not be able to carry 30 million Gold Giblets]

'Nice.'

[3 million Gold Giblets have been subtracted for npc Lara, the president's daughter. 27 million Gold Giblets remaining]

[Financial requirement has been met]

[The Shop has opened]

A shop huh? I wonder what that will do for me? That was something to worry about later though. I still had another reward to unlock.

I opened the second safe and a motorcycle appeared in front of me. It was very similar to the one I stole from Gary, except it had a skull on the front of it and it was detailed with black and gray.

[You have acquired The Phantom motorcycle]

Interesting. I have to admit, I had a lot of fun with the motorcycle earlier. And this one sounds special. Like it has cool powers or something.

A portal opened down the hall in the office I was still in. I got on the motorcycle, started it up, and went to drive through the portal, but stopped just before it because I had remembered something. I hadn't locked the dungeon yet.

So I got off the bike, looked around, walked over to the dungeon lock, inserted the key, and turned it to the right.

[Dungeon instance has been locked]

Then I got back on my bike and left. The portal closed up behind me until it was just a bright glowing keyhole in the air.

Victoria was waiting for me on the other side. "I don't know what I'm going to do with a motorcycle in a place that operates primarily on trains, but I like it," I said.

"No, there are roads down here. People still drive," she said.

"Oh, really? Then maybe I'll take this baby for a spin someday. Ride with me?" I said.

"What, like now?" She said.

"Yeah, on the way back to the sect," I said.

"Ok," Victoria said as she hopped on the back.

You might be surprised to find out I can ride a motorcycle, but as I've said before, I had a rebellious youth. Of course, I've ridden a motorcycle. I may be a bit rusty, but I can still ride. Technically, at age twenty, I still am a youth, but it doesn't feel that way.

We made our way back on the dirt roads of the vampire territory. It still bugged me that the vampire territories seemed so lifeless and empty. Something had to live down here right? For a moment, I thought I heard the flapping of wings, but then it was gone.

We put away our flashlights for the ride back and I just used the head lights of my new motorcycle, The Phantom, to light my way. It was important to remember that light wasn't produced naturally down here.

There weren't any bioluminescent fungi, plants, or animals. Other territories might have that but ours sure didn't.

To set up an electrical system over such a large territory would take years and millions of dollars. Dollars that up until recently, I didn't have. Still even with the money, it would take years to create a system like that, and I didn't have years to save the world. I barely had a week.

When we got back, I let Victoria go do her own thing—probably sleep—and I went straight to Elder Ravenkin's place. I knocked on the door and he opened it immediately, like he'd been standing on the other side the whole time.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Yes?" He said.

"I'm ready to continue my training, master," I said.

"Very good. Come on in," he said.

We ended up in the yoga studio again, which I had started calling the training hall. Master Ravenkin informed me that the next phase of my training would be to master the next major realm after the Vi Condensation Stage which was called Blood Foundation Establishment.

This major realm or phase wasn't as monumental of an achievement in itself, as it was a preparation for the next major realm where I would form a Crimson Core. This process was called Crimson Core Formation. Once I had formed a Crimson Core, I would be considered a True Disciple as well his Direct Disciple.

While technically Direct Disciples were of a higher status than True Disciples, being a True Disciple was more of a symbol of cultivation achievement than a specific rank. True Disciple was also a rank, but one you couldn't become until you had formed a Crimson Core.

The hierarchy went from Outer Sect Disciple to Inner Sect Disciple to Core Disciple to True Disciple in ascending order. Direct Disciple was an additional rank that held higher esteem and authority than True Disciple, but not because of strength, which most ranks were determined by.

It was because Direct Disciples were seen as an extension of an Elder's will, who held the highest authority in the sect.

Ravenkin informed me we would skip the first two stages of Blood Foundation Establishment. I had already completed them. They were the formation of the Lifeblood Crystal in the center of the heart, and the expansion of the crystal through layering minor realms of life essence over it.

He had me finish layering the minor realms of life essence I had accumulated from the pit fight and the second portal dungeon. Once I had completed that, it was time to begin the next step, Vein Reinforcement.

I had already infused my blood with Vi in the Vi Condensation Stage, but this was different. I was reinforcing the blood vessels themselves, increasing their durability and strength.

This was practiced by allowing the Lifeblood Crystal to rapidly shed a few minor realms of life essence, converting it into Vi and sending it through the vessels at the exact pressure the vessels were capable of holding without bursting.

Then slowly shed more minor realms and increase the pressure of Vi in the blood vessels, until they could handle higher and higher concentrations of Vi.

Simultaneously I would allow Vi to seep into every layer of my blood vessels. From the tunica interna to the tunica media to the tunica externa, which were the layers that made up the blood vessels, I allowed Vi to seep into them, fuse with them and absorb into them, reinforcing them and increasing their durability.

I did this over a period of three hours. I finally got to an obscenely high pressure that I wasn't sure I could get past, so I stopped. A side effect I've noticed of my vampiric and troll regeneration is that micro injuries like over stretching and tears healed almost instantly.

This makes the process of stretching and strengthening tissue significantly faster and beneficial for a longer period of time. It wasn't infinite, but it made a huge difference in increasing my rate of progress.

"What's next?" I said to Master Ravenkin as I collapsed to the floor and went unconscious.