Dusk

Dusk is the ruler of the Ashura City of Sinful Swords. He was at the Star Rank. He was more terrifying than the old dragon Su Ping had seen in the Realm of the Purple-blood Dragons!

## Plot

“Sir, I have stated that I came here bearing no ill will. I am merely here seeking to learn skills to wield the sword. Fear not, I wouldn’t learn from you for free. You can express your wishes and I certainly will do everything within my power to grant them.”

After a long while, the creature uttered a question. “Human, where are you from?”

Surprised, Su Ping blurted out a question that even himself found odd, “You know that I’m a human?”

He was surprised because the dragons had mostly been unaware of his race in the Realm of Purple-blood Dragons. Only a few dragons at the Fate State had recognized that he was a human being. All that Su Ping was able to see were ghosts and demons in that city. It went without saying that he was the only human present.

“Humans… should be long gone. There weren’t any human survivors,” the creature went on. Su Ping was speechless. Humans had been extinct in the Realm of Purple-blood Dragons, and were also extinct in that Ashura City. It seemed that humans were indeed too weak in the realms of other species.

Su Ping replied, “I will be straight with you, since you can tell that I’m a human. I come from another realm, another plane. As for my intention of coming here, as I said, I’m here to learn some sword skills from you. You don’t want to waste energy on killing me or imprisoning me, or trying to find out what secrets are hidden within me. Such efforts will all be futile. Can we please get along?”

The creature remained silent, merely gazing upon Su Ping, wondering if he was telling the truth.

After a long while, the creature responded, “I don’t detect any aura of this place from you. You’re a human and yet you seek to learn sword skills from me. Never mind. I will teach you. But I’m not sure how much you can learn.”

Su Ping was surprised that the creature had agreed that easily. What about the ferocity and cruelty of Ashura creatures like him?

“Are you sure?”

“Lying is beneath me,” the creature commented calmly. Su Ping was just thinking that he would have to die over a dozen times before the creature realized that he couldn’t end Su Ping’s life, until it decided to have a nice talk. The creature turned out to be more understanding than expected.

“Good. I’m grateful that I can learn from you. My name is Su Ping. Now that I’m a student, I should call you teacher. Sir… I wonder, how should I address you?” Su Ping asked politely. Since the creature decided to treat him with respect, he was going to return the favor. The creature answered after some thought, “Call me ‘Dusk’. I have one condition before I can teach you. Since you can come here, I suppose you can visit other worlds and realms. If you can, I hope you can find a god for me…”

“Her name is Cangyue, Shen Cangyue!” Dusk stared at the green ring in his hand with affection. “The aura on this ring belonged to her and she looks like this…”

With that said, a mass of darkness appeared in front of Dusk and the mist gradually changed into a fair lady wearing green.

The fair lady was imbued in holy light and her beauty was impeccable. Su Ping had only seen such a perfect look on Joanna. Both ladies seemed as if they had been carved out of jade. The difference was that Joanna was more arrogant, while this fair lady was gentler.

“No offense, but I can’t help being curious. What is your relationship with that goddess? Siblings?” Su Ping asked.

He thought of a girl who was always arguing with him.

Dusk answered, “You can say that she is my master. She is a pure-blood god who can sign contracts with demigods to make them pets. Anyway, find her for me, if you can. Tell her that Dusk has been waiting for her here. She will know which place I’m talking about.”

## Trivia

* He taught Suping the skill, Sin Cutter.