Chapter 86 - Council

"So master Jun, do you own the shadow monster tier scroll for necromancy?" Julius asked hoping that the answer would be a resounding yes.

"Sorry Julius, I actually don't have it. The truth is that I only have ownership of a select few scrolls of that tier which the world deeps to be too dangerous. The rest of them are either in the library of the limitless or inside the 'council of the strong'," Jun replied.

"'Council of the strong'?" Julius asked in a confused voice since it was the first time that he'd actually heard of that place. Seeing that he had forgotten to mention it to his student previously, Jun began to speak.

"The council of the strong composed of the most highly ranked guild masters in the world. They have their own separate building which they keep all of the world's forbidden objects such as the shadow monster tier scroll which allows the user to use necromancy. It was recovered after Dae and Knight had stolen it before going into a coma," Jun explained.

"What are guilds and what are guild master?" Julius continued to ask more questions since his master failed to teach him some things over the past 10 months.

"Well, guilds are like a place for cultivators to hang out and talk to each other. Their main aspect is that they have missions which they give out to their members. Those missions could either be to help an old lady get her cat out of a tree or go to a village where monsters are terrorizing the place. Of course there are mission which send the members to dungeons as well too. Nevertheless, it's a good starting point for anyone however, the reason which I didn't sent you there also exist," said Jun.

"Wait what? You didn't send me there of purpose? But it sounds like a good place to be. I can finally be with other normal cultivators instead of just training by myself all the time," Julius complained.

"Look if you think about it, most of your days have been spent on constant training, day in and day out. You even train while you're sleeping. However if you went to a guild, the best you would do would be 4 hours of daily training and that's only if you're on of the most dedicated. The reason for this is because people are distractions. You'll start talking to one of them and before you know it, it's already night fall. That's why I chose to keep you here. If you were to go there right as you were doing your training, you wouldn't read the power you have now for at least 20 more years," Jun explained.

"Are guilds really that horrible? Why would anyone want to join them?" Julius asked.

"I never said that they were horrible. All I said was that they were a distraction. In actuality, they're a wonderful place to find allies and people to bond with. The only problem being that your progress drastically decreases while you're there," said Jun.

"Now as for the guild masters, you should be able tell by the name alone what they do. They're the leaders of the guilds. However, the council of the strong also exists as its own separate power which is composed of all the guild masters in our world and they're usually spending most of their days at the council instead of at their guild, obviously because there are more people like them in the council of the strong," Jun finished explaining.

"So master Jun, why can't I go to a guild now? My training process has already finished. All that's left is my cultivation through battle, as for cultivation through meditation, I'm nearly the end of it since the amount of SP I gain per day has drastically increased as well," Julius asked.

"Well, I guess that would be fine. If you weren't as wealthy as you are thanks to your father, you would've complained about how much of a cut some of the guilds take from their members," Jun agreed.

"Take a cut? I would never agree to that. I need to save all I can for my very own kingdom. I would never give a single sent away for free," said Julius.

"Then why did you burn 10 thousand gold coins are the market so you could teach the people there a lesson?" Jun asked which left Julius embarrassed.

"Anyway, most of the guilds pay rather horribly for someone like yourself. The only ones which would pay to your satisfaction would be the missions which are meant for extremely strong people," Jun told his student.

"Yes but that should be a problem right? Even if my cultivation through battle level is low, my actual strength should be more than enough for those mission," Julius asked wanting confirm his hypothesis.

"Obviously, that's only to be expected. However I should warn you now, if you decide to join a clan, join one of the best in the world so that you can get the best there. Of course since it's rated so high, the people there will be strong and you'll probably end up getting a cut of all the money you make there," Jun explained.

"Don't worry about that, I think that I have a perfect plan to deal with the problem is something like that every arises in the guild," said Julius with a gentle grin.

"Anyway, do you have a full face mask I can wear while I'm there? I don't want people to know who I am while I'm in the guild," said Julius.

"Well, it won't be a problem. You shouldn't need a mask. I'll just cast a secret art on you so that you can walk around normally but to other people, you'll just look like some regular poor kid," said Jun.

"Sure, by all means go ahead. As long as it works, I'll be fine," said Julius which Jun nodded to.

<<Secret Art: Mass Illusion>>

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"Perfect, even I can't see your original form.. With this, we'll be able to get you into the clan without a problem," said Jun with a smile.