Chapter 181: Vampiric Regeneration.

"Oh, so that's what happened... I wonder why no one told me about that. Even my grandpa made it sound like we were the ones who were wronged. But if it is how you say then we were the ones who were in the wrong" Erstin said with a look of pain on his face after finding out his view of his family was wrong. He sat still contemplating everything he knew before looking up at Haru with questioning eyes.

"Do you think that maybe they hid the information from me on purpose?" He asked Haru as he couldn't understand why they wouldn't tell him about his families history. It seemed like the only reasonable explanation for why he didn't know about any of this.

"Well, I guess it's possible that they didn't want you to know so you wouldn't sympathise with your food source. But I think it is more likely that they don't know for themselves.

What I just told you was all ancient history. It happened hundreds of thousands of years ago.

I know you live longer than regular humans but I doubt even your strongest experts could live long enough to be able to tell their descendants about what happened." Haru told Erstin which instantly made him feel relieved.

He wasn't on good terms with some of his family members but he didn't think that his grandfather would lie to him. Their relationship was too good for that to be the case. So he also came to the same conclusion that Haru had.

Even the oldest member of his family didn't know about this. If he told his father then that would make sure that he could take over as the head of the family without any complaints but he didn't even want to think about doing that.

When Erstin was young his cousins and uncles used to bully him and injure him pretty badly and his father never cared. He would always say it was vital for a leader to learn how to fight so he would let them continue to beat his son.

He wanted to know about where his grandfather had come from in hopes of returning to his people. This was a world filled with humans after all. They were practically aliens that migrated to escape the war.

Or at least that is what Haru's information made him think. It wasn't every day when you learn your whole life was a lie so he felt betrayed by his family but also intrigued to know more.

"So this blood Qi... You mean to tell me that I was actually born a cultivator and I never knew about it?" Erstin asked Haru.

"Pretty much yeah. You have a cultivation technique running through your veins. But it is a somewhat limited technique.

Instead of absorbing Qi from the world, you absorb it from the people who have absorbed it from the world.

You are basically a parasite so that will limit how fast you can grow in strength. I guess that is why you have a long natural life span. So you have enough time to cultivate your strength so you don't have to worry about dying again." Haru explained to him.

"A parasite? That hurts you know. Well, we think of your kind as livestock so that isn't much better...

But if I wanted to get stronger and find out more about my people in... What did you call it? The upper realms? How would I go about doing that?" Erstin asked another question but this time it was about him personally.

Haru had no idea what he could do. All people are different and all people will grow at different speeds. He figured that it was probably the same with vampires so he couldn't say for sure.

Judging from his current power. He hadn't even broken through to the first stage. He had just absorbed enough blood Qi from people that it had strengthened his body.

So in the worst-case scenario, it could take months if not years just to step onto the path of cultivation. And if he was being completely honest with himself. He didn't care if Erstin could become a cultivator. He didn't owe him anything and he eve tried to drink Haru's blood just a few hours ago.

To add to the reasons not to tell him how he could try to get stronger. He also didn't like the thought of a vampire running around and drinking the blood of cultivators.

That is how the majority of vampires in the upper realms gained strength. They attacked and fed on cultivators to absorb not just their blood Qi but also their actual Qi.

A vampire that had formed a dantian was much more dangerous than a regular vampire since they could also store Qi within their body to use to attack.

The vampires without a dantian were much easier to deal with since they only used the blood Qi like nutrients. It would revitalise their body but it wouldn't make them much stronger unless they drank a lot of it.

"How would you get to the upper realms? Well from what I understand there are gates that can open up to transfer people between different worlds and realms. You can either look for one of those.

Or you could be nearby when someone is about to ascend to the upper realm naturally. Which would probably be much easier and more reliable.

And you also know someone who will be leaving this world for the middle realm soon." Haru said with a smile. If he could ascend to the upper realms without becoming a cultivator then he would no longer have to worry about the consequences of that being the case if he learned how to cultivate before going.

"I know someone who is going to ascend? Wait... Is it you?" Erstin asked. Mistaking Haru's plotting smile as him being proud of himself.

"Me? No, I am still far away from being at that level." Haru almost chocked on his saliva as he laughed at the assumption he had made. Hary was still three stages away from being able to cultivate and he didn't even know how long it would take for him to be ready to breakthrough.

"Then who is it?" Erstin raised his eyebrows and asked. He didn't know too many people after all. He could count them all on one hand so it wasn't a hard thing to figure out but he decided to ask anyway.

"I'm talking about Ma Hanying... He will be breaking through and then leaving earth behind. And for that to happen a gate will have to open.

If you really want to go then you will have to be nearby him when that happens. And you can just simply enter behind him." Haru sighed before explaining what he meant.

For someone who was a few hundred years old, he wasn't very smart. It was a shame that all vampires could absorb from humans was their blood because this particular one was in need of some brains.

'Maybe his calling is to actually be a zombie?' Haru thought to himself before laughing.

"Ma Hanying? He is going to be leaving for the middle realm? I will ask him to take me with him then. Thank you. You have been a great help to me.

If you ever need my help for something then I will be happy to. All you need to do is say the word." Erstin said before getting ready to leave but Haru stopped him before he could stand.

"Actually I do need your help with something..." Haru smiled sinisterly.

"You do? What is it?" Erstin asked. Oblivious to the elephant in the room, Being the look on Haru's face.

"I noticed that your tooth has grown back. After I took it from you I used it to create a pill.

I will just be blunt with you. I want a few of your teeth. If they grow back then it shouldn't be anything to worry about. And you did say that all I need to do is say the word.

You don't go back on your promises do you?" Haru schemed against him in order to make some more rank three pills. The one he had taken was only for strengthening his soul. He wondered what would happen if he made a Qi increasing pill. Would it have similar effects?

"My teeth... Erm well. Yeah, my kind can regenerate every part of their body with time but really? Do you want my teeth? I will still feel the pain if you pull them out like you did last time." Erstin said in response to Haru's request.

"So the only thing you are worried about is the pain? If I could take them out without you feeling any pain then it's fine?" Haru asked.

"That's not what I was..." Erstin began to say but he couldn't finish before Haru flicked his thumb, shooting out a strong painkiller down his throat and then pulling out two of his teeth within an instance.

Erstin didn't react at all. The pain killers seemed to have kicked in as soon as they travelled down his throat and he didn't even realise his teeth had been plucked out until he felt the inside of his mouth.

"You! You argh evilfh" Erstin managed to get out with a lisp as his teeth slowly began to push their way back through with his instant regeneration. He then ran as fast as he could back to his house before Haru could say anything else.

"If I knew they grew back that quickly then I would have taken more... I was being considerate just in case he needed to feed on someone..." Haru complained as he ran away into the distance.