Chapter 145: The twilight moon sect.

"Hello, you have reached Lian Ling." The woman called out. It sounded like she was busy as her voice was strained like she was reaching for something.

"Hey… It's Haru. I need your help with something if you're not too busy." Haru said as soon as she answered. She had no time to react and seemed to stop everything she was doing as she heard his voice.

"I'm not busy at all. So what is it? You didn't seem like the type to have trouble with something so you must really be in need of help right?" She asked as she remembered his strength.

"I just need some information, to be honest. I made a deal with someone but I want to make sure I have all the facts first before I jump into anything." Haru said as he began to walk away from the man who was waiting for his response. He walked just out of range for him to hear anything they talked about.

"Information? Okay, that will be easy then. What do you want to know?" She asked. She figured it would be something to do with the association since she was one of the only people Haru had met from there.

"Have you heard of a sect called the twilight moon sect?" Haru then looked over at the man who seemed impatient.

"The twilight moon sect? I have heard of them. But I can't tell you much about them I'm afraid…" She then hesitated.

"Is there something wrong? Why can't you tell me?" He asked before he heard her sigh.

"Well, The association isn't the only cultivation organisation. There are a few more we are just the largest. There is another organisation of cultivators that are currently running all the crime in China. They go by the name crimson spiders and are a force to be reckoned with.

I wouldn't recommend you go against them since their leader is just as strong as Bai Fu, he was the old man I was with when we first met. There are even rumours that he is close to breaking through to the stage above nirvana.

The twilight moon sect is owned by them so I wouldn't try anything reckless unless you had that evil god to back you up…" She said with fear as she recalled the strength that Teacher Lin had.

"Is that so? So it's safe to say that they really are sacrificing people to make themselves stronger?" Haru asked. He was confident that he wouldn't need help. By Li Jun's estimation, he would be able to fight against someone a whole two stages above him so he didn't care for the consequences.

He would become much stronger once he could absorb the beast core so he needed to get this whole thing over with as soon as possible.

"Thank you. I will consider your warning." He said before hanging up.

He then walked back over to the man who was waiting for him.

"I don't have much time. Lead me to where they are and I will make sure they don't bother you again." Haru let him know and then sent a text to Yun.

"You can go straight home once you finish class. I have something to do first. But I will meet you there and then you need to help me with shopping like you said you would. Okay?" He sent it and then turned it off so he wouldn't have any disruptions from the task at hand.

He followed the man until he stopped at the street corner and held his hand out to stop a taxi that was driving down the road. They both got in and then the man gave the address to the driver.

The drive to the sect took about thirty minutes in total as they drove through the city and then up into the hills. It was located at the top of the hill and was surrounded by a forest to keep people away. The man paid the taxi driver once they arrived and then they both gt out.

The ground crunched as Haru stepped out onto the layer of pebbles that covered the gravel beneath. They were so far away from the city that there weren't any roads. Just dirt and gravel

The taxi driver drove off into the distance as Haru took in the scenery. There were tall trees all around them and what seemed to be little stick figures hanging from the branches.

"Look… That's the sign of a witch." The man said as they began walking toward a small wooden gate that leads to a dirt trail. On their way past the gate, they passed a sign saying, Beware of wild animals. Which showed the picture of a bear.

"That's how they managed to have so many bodies show up on their property without people suspecting that they were murdered…" The man said again as he too noticed the sign.

"You seem to know a lot about this sect…" Haru said as he thought about it. He didn't even know this man's name yet he was so confident that he could help him that he didn't bother to ask for it.

"Well of course I am familiar with the sect. They were the ones that killed me…" He then turned to look at Haru. His skin seemed paler than he was before and his eyes were dark black in colour.

"What? They killed you?" Haru asked. He was confused. How could this man be dead? He had heard his heart beating when they had first met.

"Yes. They killed both me and my sister! And then that old witch put this fucking curse on me!" He shouted. His voice shot out through the forest causing a few of the trees to shake.

"I was walking down this trail with my little sister almost half a year ago when it happened. She had begged me to take her for a walk through the Forest. It was all fine until we sat down to have lunch. One we started eating my sister noticed one of those weird stick things hanging from the tree.

She walked over to get a better look at it and that was when it happened. There were sounds of movement all around us. Twigs started to break and leaves began to rustle. At first, I thought it was a pack of wild dogs coming for our food so I grabbed her hand and began to run back towards the road.

I had been injured during a basketball game and was slowing her down so I told her to run ahead of me and call for help. She agreed and then ran off into the distance.

But as soon as she disappeared out of sight I heard her scream. By the time I arrived, she was already laying on the floor in a pool of her own blood. That was when I saw that fucking witch. She stood there with her hand covered in blood, Holding my sister's still-beating heart.

But before I could even scream for help my vision went black and I woke up in a dark cellar where I remained for a week without food or water. And that was when I realised I had no pulse. I grabbed my chest to feel my heartbeat but there was nothing.

I couldn't feel a god damn thing because that old hag took it and fed it to one of fucking psycho sect members." The man explained sounding like he was on the verge of tears. But not a single tear formed in his eye. How could it? He was already dead.

"But then what about before? You looked so much different just a few minutes ago… Why do you look like a corpse now?" Haru asked. The whole story just added more questions.

"It's the curse. Corpse Reanimation. It creates a perfect human body for me as long as the sunlight touches my skin. Since we are in the shade I look like this. My life has been a living hell ever since this happened and there isn't a single thing I can do about it! Please help me get justice for my sister." The man then begged as he explained everything to Haru.

Haru was reluctant, but he felt sympathy for him. His feeling of justice that he hadn't felt since he was engaged in war slowly rose through his body. He didn't know the man very well but he imagined the same thing happening to the people he cared about and he couldn't stand the feeling so he decided.

"Fine. I will help you. At first, I was just going to make sure they left you alone. But now I feel like I can't let any of them live. Hurry up and show me the way." Haru said with his blood now boiling with anger.

The man then led him through the forest for a further fifteen minutes before coming to a path hidden behind a cluster of boulders. He followed him through a small gap in them and then walked down a narrow corridor constructed of rocks before it opened up into a field with long grass.

There was a square structure in the centre of the field. It looked to have a stone base and then a concrete wall surrounding the whole thing. A few pointed roofs peeked over the top of the wall. It seemed to be a compound of some kind and probably housed many cultivators.

But that didn't matter to Haru. He felt nothing but rage as he continues onwards toward the front gate.

"Wait stop. What are you doing? They will know that we are coming!" The man jumped out in front of Haru and said in a hushed tone.

"That's the point. I will let them know the same fear that you and your sister felt." Haru said as a sinister grin formed on his face. He hadn't felt like this in a long time.