Rex helplessly looked at Little Aru looking back at him with watery eyes, he was in a very complicated situation, it was like he could see anything but he had to ignore it or if he didn't and this little lad went to Lerna with the same problem then things might get ugly for him.
After hearing the whole story from Little Aru, Rex looked at the Little Coco, whose lips were still carried the traces of juicy fruits she ate before, she felt his gaze and hurriedly wiped her lips with her sleeves to erase the traces.
Rex was speechless.
He didn't doubt that Lerna would trust little rascal over him even if the deed was done in front of her, she was just that doting towards her boy.
Little Aru felt that Rex was taking a lot of time to react so he intensified his sobbing voice to help his father in snapping out of his daze, return to reality and help his poor wronged self.
Rex bitterly laughed, he gently patted his head to console him then looked at Kenery who was looking at the little innocent-looking creature in disbelief.
"My little boy is so kind, to think you put so many efforts in saving these spirit fruits from being robed, I will reward you later okay? So go ahead and rest, for now, let me take care of this bad spoiled bird," Rex said in a bitter tone.
Little Aru nodded, he turned around and was about to leave, but then he looked at the Space Box filled with spirit fruits and changed his route. Little Aru grabbed the box then flew away with the two little girls, he didn't forget to throw a mocking gaze at Kenery from the corner of his eyes before leaving like a winner.
Rex's lips twitched.
Didn't you say, you saved those looted fruits? Then why are you now tacking them away?
It was like the police first intercepted the bank robbers then took the looted money for themselves.
Kenery saw the mocking look in his eyes, she was furious, she fluttered her wings and stomped her claws in frustration as she screamed at Rex, he could understand that she was trying to tell him to use Telepathy to speak but there was never a need for him to really do that.
He knew the nature of both Kenery and his baby, how could he not tell the situation just by looking at their faces. Especially when Kenery was clearly the one who was heading towards him.
"No need to explain, silly blue," Rex said as he tossed out a glass bottle with three pills inside it, all three pills were different, one was white, the second was blue, and the last was red.
Kenery reached out her claw and caught it.
"All three of them are spirit pills I made, take them in the order white, red then blue. The white one is for body cleansing, the red is for body strengthening, and the blue for soul tempering. It's better if you start preparing for your future breakthrough to Calamity Lord from now on," Rex said.
Kenery looked at Rex then at the bottle in her claws, after a moment of thought her eyes shined with joy, she dashed into the sky and disappeared like a shadow.
Her Anti-Rex plan could continue again.
Rex chuckled, her naivety was even above Lerna.
He then looked at Zakiya.
"It's enough for today, we will continue later on," She said while waving her hand.
She was about to leave when Rex stopped her.
"Teacher, I was able to cultivate my body to some extent these days, do you think I can take the other Blood Tempering Pill before reaching Calamity Lord?" Rex said.
Zakiya raised her eyebrow, she extended her hand and placed it on his shoulder, after a moment of probing her eyes widened in surprise.
She didn't ask how he did it, the image of him being in the Bloodthirsty state after fusing her blood to get the characteristics of Blood Race was still fresh in her mind.
'Is he really a variant human? He is more like a hybrid from Purple Star Race,' She thought.
The number of races in history who were able to snatch or copy others' traits and abilities was very few.
"You have a 60% chance of successfully avoiding the backlash from the pill, with your current physique, if I make some preparation then the chances would increase by another 20%, as long as you don't get distracted 80% is enough to safely avoid the backlash," Zakiya concluded.
'Blood Cultivation has a lot of benefits to me, if I had enough ways to raise my blood cultivation without using pills then I would have loved to give it priority, taking it as my main cultivation path, but the only other way is to use Essence Devourer which would require me to literally slaughter a lot of enemies,' Rex thought.
"Okay, we will do that, meet me at the tomb tomorrow morning," Zakiya said then without waiting for his reply, she merged into her shadow and disappeared without a trace.
After she left, Rex removed the silent mode from his smart band and saw the notifications from his two clones. He first contacted Altan.
{You said, you were able to safely send one satellite in the orbit?} Rex asked.
The reply came almost instantly.
{Yes, chief, I'm observing it for more than 10 hours, although we haven't fully started all its functions, but it is safely moving along the orbit, if everything goes well then it would complete the full rotation by the same time tomorrow,} Altan said in an excited tone.
The time a satellite takes to orbit the planet increases the further it goes away from the planet, at low orbits it might not even take a day, and at high ones, they might even need more than a year to complete a single rotation.
Moreover, the time requires for it to travel is no low, it was because the methods used to make the satellite were different so it made it to its target locations faster than the ones on Earth.
{Well done, this one success can easily make up for the loss of the other three main satellites, after observing it for one full rotation, you can send the second batch of four too,} Rex said in a delightful tone.
{Er... Chief about that, I have already sent the second batch, this satellite is from the second batch,} Altan said in a hesitating tone.
{...} Rex was quiet.
{Chief, didn't use say to not care about money? This mission isn't as easy as it seemed, the force of gravity here is way stronger than expected, there are a total of ten atmospheric layers here, some of these layers actually houses strong living creatures living around them, while some possess highly radioactive elements, the last one even has frozen rocks as big as meteor flying around.
Luckily, the ones discovered these things were just Beta Satellites and not the real ones, I had to settle for the low altitudes when sending out the Main Satellites.
I had to collect data and make changes in every satellite I sent out, you know. I would say that we were lucky enough that one satellite made it out to the safe zone without any unexpected case scenario,} Altan hurriedly explained himself.
Rex sighed, he was of course aware that it won't be simple or he would have started this project long ago.
The satellites they made was completely different from Earth, the only reason they were even called satellites was that they could cover a wide range of area and allow the transmission of Qi signals between long distant places, or else, their inner structure, body, and material used in them were completely different.
Furthermore, they were just early-stage Mobile Satellites, they didn't have any way to attack the threats approaching them and only had had an energy shield feature for defending.
{Sigh... Got it, for now, you should continue the work, don't mind the losses,} Rex said.
Altan sighed, just when he was relaxed Rex spoke again.
{You just have to extend your working time by canceling the one-week holiday trip from next month,} Rex added.
Altas's face was dark, he wanted to loudly curse at Rex but no words came out.
In the end, he could only agree in frustration, and be more careful in the future. This incident made him realize, his boss's heart was definitely darker than charcoal.
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Supreme Sword Palace...
Lu Renjiro, the current Sect Master of the Supreme Sword Palace looking through the report given by the Grand Elder with a serious expression.
After a while, he crushed the jade slip containing this information to pieces and rubbed his temples with a frown on his face.
"What is the authenticity of this information?" He said while turning to the beautiful young woman standing beside him.
The woman had a peerless body, she had long hair that extended to her waist, her lips were red and her eyes were sharp as a sword, her skin looked tender and soft like the freshly peeled egg, which complemented her limbs, that were slender and long like a professional model.
She was wearing a white robe and held a long curved sword in her hands.
Someone seeing this woman for the first time can never tell that she was the Grand Elder of an overlord sect-like Supreme Sword Palace.
"Hmm... I see, that aside, what about that boy with Extreme Blade Soul?" Renjiro asked.
The woman waved her hand, a mirror appeared out of nowhere and floated in front of them.
The surface of the mirror showed the image of youth practicing sword art with both of his hands holding one sword each.
The youth hand long black hair, deep black eyes, and a resolute expression on his face. He looked very tired because of continuously pushing his body to the limits, his cultivation base also seemed very low but with every sword slash, a pale blue arch of sword intent would cut through the curtain of air enveloping him.
If Rex was here, he could recognize the familiar youth with a single look, it was none other than Liu Wei, his one and only disciple, he gave the Sword Cultivation Technique to.
"As we expected, not only his cultivation speed is frightening because of the Extreme Blade Soul but his comprehension talent is also incredible, he is a principled person too. All these things can make him the role model for the future generation of the sect but these are also the reasons that are preventing him from joining the sect.
We already tried to entice him with several benefits, whether it was a treasure, secret arts, or records containing the information of breaking through to Golden Core stage and above, even going as far as to promise the sect elder position in the future but he just doesn't waver, he is still stuck on the fact of not joining another sect without the consent of his master. Recently, Guardian Elder Jirou tried to take him as his disciple but he directly rejected it, if it was someone else they would have lost their head, luckily Guardian Elder Jirou wasn't angry and left after talking about his master for a while.
But before leaving, he told me to not force him using any direct or obvious ways anymore, I also suspect that if we persuade him too much then he would try to leave when no one is watching," The woman said.
Renjiro was silent.
Their sect was finally able to get someone with Extreme Blade Soul similar to the Extreme Sword Soul the Legendary Supreme Ancestor Ye possessed but the problem was, they were late.
He was seriously regretting not finding the youth a few years ago.
If he managed to recruit the youth then maybe, their sect's long-lost dream of expanding over the whole continent could continue again. The Legendary Supreme Ancestor Ye had a similar special soul, his uncountable accomplishment already tell the benefits of having such a special soul, if at that time, Supreme Ancestor Ye was even a little interested in expanding their territory then the current Supreme Sword Palace would be way stronger than what it is now.
But according to him, if they try to eat more than they could chew then it would only result in turning the sect's inner structure hollow, the sect would be infiltrated by corruption and they will lose the meaning of being a sword cultivator.
Back then, no one dared to refute him so they just led low but with time, many started to believe that they should have expanded.
Right now, they had the opportunity, to try and fulfill their long lost dream.
If this youth become the next Supreme Ancestor Ye then he would definitely lead their sect to glory.
"Sect Master, this youth can resist both resources and beauty, falling in love tactics won't work either, maybe enchanti..." The woman was saying when she saw Renjiro staring at her and stopped.
"What are you suggesting? Playing mind tricks or brainwashing? Did you forgot the tale of Poison Yin Lady?" Renjiro said in slight annoyance.
The woman closed her mouth and sighed.