"Hmm, out of range," Arkhen said before he turned to Lady Rong, "he is participating in a tournament of 3rd-class participants."
"Try with this," Lady Rang handed a comm crystal to Arkhen.
Arkhen took it and used it to contact Jeizy.
Jeizy—, "Hello, who is this?"
Arkhen—, "It's me. I called to tell you that I am leaving and going to the Mercilla Land."
Jeizy—, "Going to meet Meya and Gereld, huh?"
Arkhen—, "Yes. But I also joined that sect."
Jeizy—, "Damn, that's awesome. What about your result in the tournament."
Arkhen—, "1st rank, of course. You better take 1st rank too."
Jeizy—, "Haha, alright! Anyway, the top three are also presented with the choice to enter Cherry Blossom Sect, so I'll be there soon."
Arkhen—, "Alright. Then you better win and take the 1st rank, or I'll be too embarrassed to call you my friend there."
Jeizy—, "Hahaha! I guess I'll have to work hard, now. Can't have the great Arkhen not recognizing me there."
Arkhen—, "Yep. Alright, come there soon. I'm leaving."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJeizy—, "Send my greetings to those siblings."
Arkhen—, "Sure."
…
Arkhen was sleeping on a soft couch on the ship's deck while the ship was flying at a super fast speed. Naturally, there was a barrier covering the ship that prevent air pressure from entering inside and messing up everything.
"I wonder where his wife is? Though she did tell me that she would be gone by the time he arrived for the tournament…" Lady Rong wondered as she controlled the ship to fly towards the Mercilla Land.
The flying ship was moving at 10,000 kilometers per hour, but it would still take roughly two days to arrive at the Mercilla Land.
Time passed as seconds turned into minutes and minutes into hours…
After twelve hours, Arkhen finally opened his eyes and stretched his arm. He was feeling all refreshed and also smelled the aromatic fragrance of food.
Opening his eyes, he turned to his right and saw Ruan, Blancia, and Lucius eating three giant fat grilled meat of some animal from a skewer pipe. Each meat slab was half a meter big!
"Hmm? Where is this?" Arkhen thought out loud as he saw that the sky was dark with glowing stars, and he was seeing faint clouds moving fast. 'Am I traveling?'
[My lord. I didn't wake up you since you were in a deep sleep. Anyway…]
Velshi told Arkhen everything that happened after Arkhen fell asleep.
"So you woke up. Perfect timing, haha. I just finished cooking my food," Lady Rong said as she came out from the bottom floor of the ship and put a big dish on a table three meters away from the couch.
Arkhen nodded and he stood up. 'Velshi, clean my body and my mouth.'
[2 reality motes deducted]
Arkhen's body became fresh as if he just came out of a bath, and his mouth became clean and fresh after spending two reality motes.
"That's some strange power you got there," Lady Rong said with a smile before gesturing for him to sit at the table and opening the lid covering the dish.
"Yeah. That strange power is convenient, that's for sure," Arkhen said with a light laugh as he sat at the table.
"Awooo!"
Ruan the wolf howled lightly and sat down on the ground, unable to finish the whole meat slab.
"Perhaps, the meat is too high-leveled for them," Lady Rong said as she chuckled before turning to Arkhen, "what about you? Take a bite."
Arkhen picked up the fork and cut a small piece from the food dish looking like a veggie-wrapped meat steak. But the steak was giant. He knew that the meat in front of him and the ones his pets ate came from high-grade beasts.
'What grade, Velshi?'
[The one in front of you is a 9th-grade dire beasts' meat. You should be able to take a small piece and digest it over time since your body is as strong as a normal 7th-grade beast].
Arkhen dipped the small piece he cut in the sauce before eating it.
*Burn!*
Arkhen's face turned red as the meat instantly melted in his mouth. A heavenly taste greeted his taste buds and tingled his mind. Soon, his entire body also started feeling full and hot.
"Damn…" Arkhen muttered as he started sweating hard. The energy in that small meat piece was too much!
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Hey, don't puke," Lady Rond said as she rolled her eyes.
"I will not," Arkhen said with a wry smile. His body and face were still red as a tomato. But since he had an innate physique and high body stats, the energy was digesting quickly and making his body's foundation stronger.
His pets were also lying on the floor after taking small bites from their giant meat slabs. Their food was not the meat of 9th grade but from the 6th-grade dire beast. That's why they could eat a bit more. Naturally, their bloodline and beastly stomach also contributed to that.
"Umm, is there anything to drink?" Arkhen asked.
"Fortunately, I have some juice. Have it."
Arkhen saw Lady Rong taking out a glass bottle filled with water of a light green and orange hue. He didn't know what kind of fruit juice it was, but after pouring some of it into a glass and tasting it, Arkhen felt a lot better and light in his stomach.
"We'll reach the sect after one and a half days," Lady Rong said as she took out a different bottle and poured its content into a glass before taking a sip. "Before we reach there, let me tell you your arrangements."
"I'm all ears," Arkhen said as he leaned back on the chair and rubbed his stomach. That one piece of meat was really too heavy since it was not just pure meat. Lady Rong also added some spices and other high-grade veggies during the cooking process.
"After taking into the considering of your current power, I'll recommend the sect to make you a senior disciple of Mortal Chaos mountain peak," Lady Rong said.
"Mortal Chaos…?" Arkhen was surprised. If he remembered correctly, there was also a house of Mortal Chaos in Star Prime academy regarding some competition. Well, he didn't participate in the competition because he became too powerful.
"Mortal Chaos mountain peak is the weakest peak of Cherry Blossom Mountain sect," Lady Rong said with a smile. "However, you can make it strong again. There are five peaks in total, and each peak has a specialized field technique. As long as you make progress and work hard, you will get the top ranking field technique, Mortal Chaos field technique."
"Field technique? First time hearing," Arkhen was curious and surprised.
"That's because no one except for big organizations, kingdoms, and empires has them. Those top five clans in the Pentarix continent have a field technique of their own, but only their core members are allowed to learn it.
Most of all, you were basically in a backyard place of this 1st realm until now," Lady Rong said with a smile as she took another sip from the wine glass.
"Backyard, huh?" Arkhen could only smile wryly.
"Yep. The big powers are all in the three-centric lands. Mercilla Land, Vestar Land, and Wilmord Land. They are also the biggest lands, haha. Get ready for some eye openings when you arrive at the sect."