Lightning Is the Only Way

"Catch," Gravis heard a shout from his front, which tore him out of his reverie. Gravis saw a saber flying at him and quickly caught it. He looked at the saber and was stunned by its beauty. It was completely black, similar to his Void-Stone saber, but compared to that, this new saber had a lot of fine Formation Array lines going through its body. It was an Energy weapon and an incredibly impressive one at that.

Gravis looked up from the saber and at Aion, who just smiled at him. "Why? I can understand the cultivation technique since everyone trains in it, but why the saber?" he asked confusedly.

Aion chuckled a little. "That is a personal present from me," Aion said. "You have seen the Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique, so you should know why I am grateful to you."

Gravis thought for a second and then knew what Aion meant. "You mean that guy from the Lightning Guild?"

Aion nodded. "Exactly. He is at the same level as me, which means that killing him granted me quite some Spirit. The Cultivation Technique also works with Spirit, by the way," Aion explained lightheartedly. "It's hard finding Spirit Forming cultivators out here in the Middle-Continent, so I am actually quite thankful for your help."

Gravis smiled bitterly. "But I have done nothing. I have not helped you in killing him."

Aion just laughed. "Even though we are the strongest sect in the world, we still have to abide by Heaven's rules. Heaven is fair, and I am only allowed to kill cultivators that have broken the rules. If that guy hadn't jumped into the sect, I couldn't have killed him."

Gravis sighed and accepted the saber. Even though Aion had been kind to him, Gravis always kept in mind that the Heaven Sect was his enemy. Just him saying that Heaven was fair reminded Gravis of that fact. Gravis had to act thankful, but he didn't need to overdo it. With that thought, Gravis put his new saber onto his back without any bad feelings. For him, this could be considered as plundering his enemies.

He had already looked at the saber and judged that it was a peak-grade Energy weapon. This meant that this saber could even be used at the first level of Spirit Forming without it breaking immediately. Gravis had just thrown out his old saber to save his life from the Spirit Forming expert from the Lightning Guild and immediately got a new one.

Gravis chuckled lightly in his mind but didn't show it outside. 'Father was right. We might not have any karmic luck, but we can take from people with karmic luck. Through my deception, I managed to take two treasures from an organization with a lot of karmic luck,' Gravis thought.

Gravis knew that if Aion and the Heaven Sect ever found out the truth, they would have never given anything like this to him. They would have killed him instead. From the very beginning, it was inevitable that he and the Heaven Sect would become mortal enemies, and Gravis was continually treading on thin ice while being around Aion. Even though it didn't feel like it, one wrong sentence could doom him immediately.

for taking the stuff from the Heaven Sect? Maybe just a tiny bit, but not much. They were his enemies, after all, and Aion being nice didn't change

walked back to the entrance, the gold moving to the side by itself. Gravis followed Aion, and they quickly walked out of the door. A lot of gold was in the reception room, and Gravis wondered what they were even doing with

gold back into the storage room. He then closed the door with a lot of force and

a voice from the entrance of the

red hair and white robes with gold rims entering through the door. He wore the same outfit as Aion, just without the rings. The young man

"Cerb, is that another delivery of

the gold for Magic-Stones, but on the way, I found an abandoned wagon that had huge amounts of gold in it, so I took that as well," he said with

guilty if he brought in some gold? Aion, on the other hand, just sighed helplessly. "Stop bringing home all this gold, Cerb! We don't have any space for it! Why do you think I send you out to

I shouldn't bring more gold, but I just can't help myself," Cerb said with

from reality right now. The Heaven Sect had so much wealth that it was even considered bad behavior to bring

of gold coins. Energy Stones were about as big as gold coins, so exchanging 1,000 gold for an Energy Stone would really help with the storage issue. Yet,

even more gold than you have exchanged! Why do I send you to exchange gold constantly? It's to decrease the volume of gold! Yet, you come back with even

nervous. "But where? My room is even

After Aion said that, the Energy Stones started levitating and flying towards him. When they reached Aion, they just vanished. "Here!" said Aion aggressively, as the door to the storage room burst open again. The gold in the storage flowed out again, and Aion made a whole cubic meter of it levitate. The remainder got

PLOMP!

front of Cerb, and his face whitened. "Exchange all that, and don't come back until you do!" Aion remarked angrily. "And don't you dare exchange your own

onto his knees and looked devastated. What

from his side and now noticed Gravis. He had never seen Gravis before and wondered who that

savior had arrived. "Really?" asked Cerb. "You would do that for me? But we don't even know each other! Why would you

are brothers. Your glory is my glory, and your problems