I Have Seven Dragon Souls In a cultivation world

The fact that these pills could elicit a reaction from his Dracolich Soul which was already at the Elder dragon level spoke volumes of the kind of high quality they were.

Knowing the possible benefits of this pill Dante's eyes glowed even brighter before putting them away and turning back towards the general.

"You, what's your name?" asked Dante

"The name is Brendan my lord."

"Well then Brendan, today your discoveries have impressed me so feel free to take two Martial Journeyman treasures from the bandit camp. These are separate from the ones dedicated to your lord and can come directly from my share."

As soon as General Brendan heard this he was overwhelmed with  an burst of excitement.

He'd been stuck at the 4th layer of the Martial Journeyman realm for many years now and his chances of breaking through in the future seemed extremely low. Despite gaining a load of treasures from the bandits the thought of using one to break through had never crossed his mind.

They were still soldiers of the surrounding city lords. Any spoils or rewards they gained was not theirs but property of the city lords they served.

If word got out that generals and soldiers were secretly embezzling treasures that belonged to the city lords , countless heads would have to roll including those of his family.

General Brendan was eager to make progression in his cultivation but his fear of death prevented him from trying anything stupid.

But now Dante had granted him two Martial Journeyman treasures specifically from his storage the hope of progress was reignited once more!

A deep look of gratitude and reverence burned in General Brendan's eyes as he looked towards Dante.

"Thank you for this grace Lord Dragon Son. I swear to repay this lords favour if given the chance in the future:"

Dante just said nothing and lightly waved in acknowledgement of the mana words.

"Let's move onto the next topic."

"Of course my lord" responded Brendan.

"The final topic I have to bring up to my lord is prisoners abducted by the bandits. After counting up the numbers we've managed to account for at least 100 missing people and from the reports of the prisoners they were only a fraction of the true number of abducted as they were the only ones left who survived. The rest were all used in demonic sacrifices used in creating the large blood pool That Lord Dragon Son used his treasures to purify. "

Hearing this Dante nodded.

It seemed like his narration of purifying the blood pool had been accepted by the prisoners.

As Dante heard this he internally breathed a sigh of relief.

Previously, As soon as Dante had finished showing of his strength to Hans he had quickly dropped back down to the now free prisoners and explained that scenes of the blood pool earlie were him using a powerful treasure to purify the tainted blood a free the souls of the tormented and killed.

Of course this was complete and utter bullshit on Dante's behalf. The entire blood pool was obviously devoured by his system and converted into energy needed to awaken and level up his Dragon soul. It's just that if words for out that Dante, The Dragon son of the Vaenam Kingdom had absorbed a pool of blood to power up it would be catastrophic.

At worst he would be lacked as bloody and cruel cultivator which wouldn't help his image in the capital but in worst case scenario he could even be labelled as an evil cultivator. At that point even the title of Dragon Son and Prince consort wouldn't be enough to save him. The Hidden Dragon Academy backed by the Vaenam Kingdom was completely opposed to the rival sect of the Blood Moon Palace. If there Dragon son turned out to be a demonic cultivation techniques. He would quickly be suspected of being a spy and bg then The Vaenam Kingdom would be furious and rightfully so.

If the position handed to your most talented students and disciples was actually taken by a surprise it would be a humiliation that they wouldn't be able to live down. A humongous army of Martial adept cultivators would be sent to hunt him down. And don't look at Dante's defeat of  Bandit Chief Jackson and use it as a point of reference. Jaxsom was a true wild cultivator a man only fortunate enough to reach his current level through great luck and many fortuitous encounters.

He was completely lacking in high level techniques that could utilise his true strength and also lacked much Experience in fights of the similar rank. Both things the Martial adepts sent out by the Hidden Dragon Academy. It wouldn't be a understatement until saying that a cultivator trained by the Hidden Dragon Academy would be three times as strong as Jaxson!

With that kind of power coming after him Dante would quickly be killed under their relentless onslaught.

That's why Dante was so thankful that the Prisoners believed his words because if doubts and rumours had been spread Dante would have been forced to silence all of them.

If he was questioned about their disappearance back at the academy he'd just say that the Corpse Master placed a curse on them in his dying breath.

Fortunately this didn't have to happen. They'd already been through a lot so Dante would feel like a true bastard if he killed them  even if it was for  his own protection in the end.

Quickly gathering himself again Dante turned back to Brendan and spoke

"Gather the remaining prisoners and create some splinter forces to escort each prisoner back to their villages. If the prisoners' villages have been destroyed by The corpse Master and the bandits tell them that they can either follow other prisoners back to their village or join the team back towards Vainwatch city. I can guarantee that anyone who goes to Vainwatch city can find work but the city won't raise any idlers. The choice is theirs to make."