YIN-YANG DEVOURER

"Wow, what a lot of islands…" Ruvan murmured as he watched the view out the hatch of the spirit sailboat flying at full speed through the clouds.

"That is the Archipelago of the Thousand Islands" At that moment a voice rang from behind as a heroic-looking woman made her appearance, this woman was naturally Natia.

"Big Sis Natia~"

"Don't you have to pilot the ship?" Ruvan asked curiously as he saw the 'captain' of the ship taking a walk while the aircraft was still moving.

Ruvan had chatted with Natia many times during his trip and had even flirted with her a little. Because the two of them had gotten along quite well, Natia had allowed Ruvan to refer to her as 'Big Sis'.

"There is no need… This spiritual sailboat has an automatic control matrix that basically follows the course set by the pilot" Natia said with a smile as she stood next to the hatch next to Ruvan. 

"Have you never seen one of these?" Natia asked.

"Yes, but I have never been on one…" Ruvan responded with a smile as he remembered his countless time training under his grandfather, almost never having been able to enjoy the luxuries of being a member of the prestigious Svarnas family. 

"It's normal... These spiritual sailboats are extremely expensive and few cultivators can afford to have one, much less maintain it" Natia said while boasting about her lady's wealth. 

"I see…The Master must be someone very important in the region" said Ruvan while internally laughing at Natia's childish attitude.

"Lady Xiong is a highly respected cultivator in this part of the world."

"Although you may not know it, The Thousand Desires Sect is possibly the most powerful Dual Cultivation Sect in the world… A large number of empires, kingdoms, and sects are directly subordinated to the Thousand Wishes Sect." Natia said seriously as she tried to project an image of how powerful the Sect was to Ruvan.

"Wow… I imagine that almost no one dares to provoke the Sect" Ruvan said with some amazement upon hearing Natia's description of the power of the sect.

"Not necessarily…" 

"The nature of our Sect is relatively peaceful; however there is no shortage of those powers that covet the wealth of the Sect. Many of these Sects have better military preparation than our Sect due to the nature of our activities" Natia said with a bitter smile as she remembered the mediocre performance that many of the disciples had in the inter-sect tournaments.

'I see… Dual Cultivators have never had the reputation of being great warriors.' 

"And the Sect has not taken measures to try to counteract those problems?" Ruvan asked curiously. 

"Yes they have. The Sect Great Patriarch has made some reforms to improve the combat ability of the disciples and Sect Elders…"

"When you enter the Sect you will realize what I am telling you."

"By the way… I heard from your Master that you are quite good at fighting" Natia said with a smile.

"Mmm you could say that I am someone decent but of course I can't compare with the Big Sis" Ruvan said with a smile as he sought to avoid conflict with this powerful lioness. Ruvan quickly identified Natia as a battle fanatic so he decided to adopt a distant stance trying to avoid problems.

"Oh, come on! Don't be modest... Let's go train a little... I'm bored of being here doing nothing" Natia said while pointing to the training room.

The Spirit Sailboat had a training room large enough for two cultivators to have a practice match. A protective array surrounded the room to prevent the cultivator's attacks from damaging the structure of the spiritual sailboat.

"But Big Sis Natia… With your level of cultivation I am nothing more than a mosquito biting an elephant" Ruvan said with a bitter smile when he saw that Natia was not willing to give in.

"Don't worry…I will level my cultivation realm to yours so that our fight will be even."

"Even if you feel that it is very difficult for you, I can adjust my cultivation realm to be a little lower than yours," Natia said with a smile which left Ruvan with no escape.

'This brat thinks he can escape from me hehehe' Natia laughed internally as she saw the bitter smile on Ruvan's face.

'I'm sorry, brat, but I want to know why the Lady chose you as her apprentice...'

'I want to see how special you are that the Lady went out like crazy to look for you halfway around the world' Natia thought as she took Ruvan to the training room.

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"Well boy, show me what you have" Natia said as she pulled out a giant sword from her space ring.

"Big Sis, please don't be cruel to me," Ruvan said as he took out his black spear from his space ring.

"What a spear user… How interesting" Natia said as a competitive smile formed on her face. The rivalry between cultivators who mastered the spear with practitioners of the sword was legendary in the world of cultivation. Great rivalries had formed between users of both weapons. Each of them sought to find perfection in their weapon to finally end the eternal debate about which weapon was better.

"Start your boy! Show me everything you have" Natia said while waiting without any posture for Ruvan's attack. It was evident that she was provoking him so that he would not hold back.

'Well it seems I can't disappoint her after all now I also represent my Master' Ruvan thought as he took a combat stance.

"Here I come Big Sister! Please don't be so careless" said Ruvan who quickly went on the offensive.

"Krrrkrkr" Golden-colored electric currents began to emerge around the Spear as Ruvan ran with it.

'Oh wow~ In addition to being a spear user, he's also a lightning cultivator' Natia murmured as she waited for Ruvan's attack.

'Void-piercing spear position one' Ruvan murmured as he swung his spear at full speed.

'Oh shit' Natia was barely able to interpose her sword to slightly deflect the trajectory of the spear which ended up piercing one of her shoulder pads.

'Storm Lightning' Just when Natia thought that all the danger was over, she realized that Ruvan had attacked her with a powerful kick, which was imbued with a large amount of golden lightning.

"Kjm" Natia spit out some blood as she flew a couple of meters before finally recomposing herself.

'Wow, this brat is a monster' Natia murmured in surprise as she saw Ruvan who calmly watched her while resting his spear against the ground.