Arthur naturally didn't the close the contents of his new cultivation to the rest of his classmates, smiling gently as he ate another piece of his sandwich, listening half-heartedly to the persons sitting opposite him.
".... There was another fight between some of the new refugees, did you hear? Apparently they got into a fight over a Fae that they had both found many years ago, and battled in the main street of the Village".
Andrea sighed before glancing out towards the main section of the Village. Where her, and her family resided.
Arthur shrugged his shoulders before shaking his head.
"Don't think too much of it. The Fae Masters belonging to the Clan are much stronger than those lone Fae Masters from the wilderness. The rising floods this year has caused a lot of damage to the forests and fertile land. They might be here permanently if this keeps up".
Andrea went wide eyed, forgetting about the food in front of her.
"In won't get that bad though, will it? I mean it never has before, and Elder Vova said that everything is under control!".
Arthur nodded, not at all daring to show suspicion against her words.
"You're probably right. Father and Dominic said the same thing, after all".
It had started to get dangerous in the rivers and streams within the Kovacs Clan territories. Arthur had seen a baron Ranked spirit beast in the outskirts of the Clan, a spirit beast that rivalled a Rank 3 Fae Master at their peak.
The current Arthur, even with his Rank 2 moon piercer fae wouldn't be able to defeat such a beast. The scales on the baron Ranked Black Scaled Sturgeon would probably fall off after several consecutive hits in the same spot, or perhaps pierce through the eye and instantly kill the beast.
But underwater, where one's vision was blurred and Arthur's strength limited, he would be the figurative "fish in a barrel" in that situation.
Nothing good came out of fighting a baron Ranked spirit beast without making the proper preparations first.
Arthur also quickly retrieved the vast majority of Fae that he needed in order to complete his ritual. Other than the Body Sea Fae which he had completed, Arthur made sure to retrieve his Mind Sea Fae and Soul Sea Fae from the areas where he had planted his "seeds".
Forest Reverse Fae and Emotion Reverse Fae were also complete.
There were also numerous Fae that Arthur had purchased instead of trying to form them himself. The level of danger outside the confines of the Clan had increased dramatically, and Arthur couldn't guarantee his own safety, even with his current level of strength.
He even resorted to just hunting mortal Ranked beasts in order to feed the blood essence gathering tree. Giving him only one more Blood Fruit.
The Endurance Blood Fruit belonging to a black bear. Pretty good pick up, if Arthur was being perfectly honest.
Arthur purchased a few Connection Fae and Separation Fae, both of which belonged to the Emotion Attribute.
Not to mention the Speed Attributed Movement Fae and the Fire Attributed Heart Flame Fae.
The Heart Flame Fae's level of importance rivalled that of even the Body Sea and Mind Sea Fae. It was one of the few Fae that could only work with when used against the Boundless Forest Yearning Sovereign Boundary Physique.
If Arthur wanted to take the Perpetual Titan Strength, or even the Luminous Golden Light, he would need to use the the Leviathan Fae in combination with the Behemoth Fae, or the Eclipse Fae.
Every Sovereign Boundary Physique had their own abilities, and thus, they needed different Fae in order to be "stolen".
Not including the Fae that Arthur already had in his possession, his current total of Fae had increased to more than forty.
This ritual wasn't a complicated one, which is why it was so scary when the Fae Master who created it, released it to the world.
Stealing the Sovereign Boundary Physique of a Fae Master guaranteed that they would at least reach Rank 5 in their lifetime. So long as they weren't inhibited by a greater power, or just purely unlucky, they could reach it with enough time.
Stealing the Sovereign Boundary Physique of a Fae Immortal was the hard one. The process, which didn't include capturing and sedating said Fae Master, needed over 4,000 Fae, more than a hundred times the current amount that Arthur was using.
Arthur would never forget the name and face of the Fae Master who released this ritual to the Thirty Three Heavens.
Truly, he was one of the greatest geniuses Arthur had ever seen.
He sighed, swallowing the last part of his sandwich.
"At any rate, Elder Vova said that once the water levels return to normal, we might have a chance to go on another excursion again".
Andrea's face lit up, and her eyes brightened.
"Wait, really!? He actually said that!".
Arthur smiled before nodding.
"Once the water levels lower, the environment and terrain of Winter Rain Mountains would've changed significantly. It's getting close to our graduation, so the Clan might send us out to one of the more closer areas to survey the land. Change the maps and update them and whatnot".
Andrea's eyes seemed to light up the entire room as she smiled.
By this stage, her hair had become the most beautiful shade of green, resembling fresh grass amidst the warm spring. Her eyes also turned the same shade of verdant, shining like jewels held up to the bright sun.
She also was getting remarkably close to hadron quartz origin essence, so her skin was becoming brighter, much clearer than before.
She wore a mix of black and white, making her green hair and eyes resemble a strangely harmonic balance between the obvious black and white dichotomy.
Even if she went into one of the enormous cities owned by those large Sects and Clans, she would be a pearl amongst clams. Her beauty might not rival some of the fairies and demonic beauties Arthur had seen in his previous life, but she had a strangely magnetic presence around her.
Arthur smiled as he reached out his hand and gently wrapped it around her own.
He unconsciously sighed, but not for the reason everyone was thinking of.
'The potential of the Boundless Forest Yearning, is almost completely unearthed. She has probably started to "feel" the difference between her and I, but even so, her heart is mine....'.
The Thirty Three Sovereign Boundary Physiques had multiple benefits to Fae Masters.
The first being the 300% origin essence sea, while the second being a origin essence regeneration that exceeded first-tier talents by a longshot.
The third was the existence of a Secondary Origin Fae.
The fourth had to do with the powers possessed by the Physique itself.
Sovereign Boundary Physiques were heaven-defying existences. Not just because of the first three reasons.
All Sovereign Boundary Physiques, possessed their own abilities on top of those that could be utilised by Fae.
Like Fae, they could only possess one ability, however, it varied from Fae Master to Fae Master.
From what Arthur could understand, the wielder of the Sovereign Boundary Physique, would possess the ability of a variation Fae, to that of their Secondary Origin Fae.
For example, Andrea's Boundless Forest Yearning had the Affection Tree Fae as its Secondary Origin Fae.
Once her potential was fully unearthed, she would awaken an ability similar to the abilities of the Affection Tree Fae.
This ability, like a Fae's ability, would be unique to them, and even the next possessor of the Boundless Forest Yearning would awaken something different.
This ability was innate, and didn't use origin essence either.
Some scholars believed that the creation of the Thirty Three Sovereign Boundary Physiques were the result of mixing the blood of the First Man, the collective conscience of a specific Race, as well as the essence of the heavens and the earth.
The blood created the Body. The collective conscience created the Mind. And the essence of the heavens and the earth created the Soul.
Where did the Myriad Races obtain essence of the heavens and the earth?
From Fae.
None of this had been properly verified, as no-one, since the dawn of the First Era could recreate another Sovereign Boundary Physique. Even by using this process.
Arthur naturally accepted this "truth" with a grain of salt, but knew that there was some truth behind this.
Once Andrea awakened her own "ability", her strength would skyrocket, and she would be able to use her Affection Tree Fae in unison with her "ability".
Arthur stood up, holding her hand as though it were the softest piece of porcelain in the entire world.
"Let's go home", he said.
Despite the growing implication of his words, the smile on her face seemed to light up the entire night sky.