Even if Milena or Nyssa wanted to ask about notions such as Ascension, Bloodlines or Spirits, Arthur would just pretend not to know. Neither Elder Vova nor Elder Anatol were eligible for such information and even within large Sects and Clans, information regarding Ascension was limited to the general populous.
It was a type of loyalty and control that the upper echelons of any organizations placed on those lower on the ladder, but also a way of keeping power centralized, considering that Elders and Sect Leaders could give out this information as they see fit.
And as such, descendents of Elders and Sect Leaders were by no means limited by information. Resources perhaps, but information....
Arthur would keep knowledge on cultivation, Fae, locations and future events completely to himself, never once sharing those particular pieces of information.
He even knew when in the future certain Boundary Physiques could be obtained, or were created by certain Sects, Clans or even individuals. He planned on reaping the benefits from all of these future events as well, taking every single piece of information possible and accumulating it all for himself.
There was the Nine Coloured Malignant Poison Boundary Physique which would be discovered in the Amber Pride Continent in the near future....
The creation of the first ever Alchemy Attributed Boundary Physique, the Golden Trismegistus Boundary Physique. Such a thing would come with an innate Law image, and a special Alchemy Attributed Flame Essence....
A 100,000 Year Old Lightning Bodhi Tree would bear fruit for the first time in the coming years, giving birth to a large conflict in the Golden Sloth Continent. The Lightning Bodhi Fruit would allow a Fae Master to possess an Imperial Lightning Vajra Boundary Physique....
In the Crimson Sea, a young girl would find the remnants of an ancient Fae Immortal and drink from the Tears Of Enlightenment, gaining the Sky Piercing Essence Boundary Physique....
And on the Orchid Gluttony Continent, within one of the three Frozen Cities, another young woman would undergo a unique Bloodline Transfusion. Even with Arthur's former capabilities he had no idea how such a thing was possible. This young woman would awaken the Heavenly Rumination Boundary Physique....
It was possible for Arthur to take some of these, if not all of them if he played his cards right. Perhaps with the exception of the Nine Coloured Malignant Poison Boundary Physique, Arthur could take all of them....
The first was Poison Attributed, followed by Alchemy Attributed, the Lightning Attributed, and then Spirit Attributed, and finally Thought Attributed.
Even if Arthur couldn't possess them himself, he could always plant a few seeds of consciousness into the Minds of lower Ranked Fae Masters and give it to them. He wouldn't just be able to control them, but he could research them as much as he wanted, for as long as he wanted.
He didn't know what the exact requirements for all Boundary Physiques were, but a Fae Immortal needed to at least possess the sixth level of Laws in order to create one themselves. Even in his previous life, Arthur still fell slightly short.
Sovereign Boundary Physiques on the other hand.... they were well above Arthur's current level of comprehension. In fact, between the World of Madness and Sovereign Boundary Physiques, Arthur couldn't even begin to place which one was more difficult....
The A.I. made things simpler, but every Sovereign Boundary Physique was different.... The Boundless Forest Yearning would undoubtably have differences to the Celestial Yin Moon. Just like how the Euclidean World Theory would be different to the Eternal Hourglass Absurdity.
"Comprehending a maximum of three Laws also limits a Fae Masters research. Otherwise, just to calculate all of the Sovereign Boundary Physiques, you would need at least eleven Fae Immortals all with compatible Laws and attainments....:".
Arthur just shook his head, rubbing at the bridge of his nose.
"At any rate, I'll forget about that for now.... My research into the path of Ghosts has hit a little bit of a roadblock, and considering for the time being, I even begin to form a Ghost Attributed Law, the only thing I can do is just trial and error. I have an abundance of Wood Attributed Fae materials, and creating Ghosts that don't particularly interest me still allow me to understand some of the more finer nuances between how mental energies are compatible with different types and strengths of spiritual essence....".
Arthur opened up one of his little notebooks, writing something down within it while gazing at the two Ghost Nurturing Swamps in front of him. While one possessed numerous different types of Wood Attributed Lotus', Kelp and Reeds, the other possessed numerous Wood Attributed Source Waters, as well as a few Wood Attributed Seeds.
Behind him, two more Ghost Nurturing Swamps could be seen, although within them, the faint shadows of Wood Yin Ghosts could be seen! Arthur had already started to form the basis for what his current experiments were based on, and he had succeeded in the creation of Wood Yin Ghosts using his Ghost Nurturing Swamps.
The success rate in comparison to using the Ghost Spectre Trees was only about one in five, however the time needed to create a Wood Yin Ghost was cut down to a tenth of the original time!
It didn't matter if Arthur didn't succeed every time, he could just disperse the remnant Thoughts, Emotions and Desires and start again!
The two Wood Yin Ghosts behind him were going to be used in the experiment he had mentioned earlier. The one where he was trying to provoke a variation of the Dusk Vine Revenant by using "Falling Lotus Root" and "Lightning Wood Sap" instead of Ghost Tendril Seeds.
The two Ghost Nurturing Swamps in front of him however, were trying to do something different.
Despite the fact that both were filled to the brim with various Fae materials and Source Waters, the one filled with Lotus', Kelp and Reeds possessed the bones and blood of numerous humans at the bottom. The water took on a very light shade of pink, as a result of all the blood and flesh inside....
The other one, the one filled with Wood Attributed Source Water, was instead filled with the bones, flesh and blood of numerous Fish-species spirit beasts. Arthur was trying something similar to the creation of the Viridis Forest Serpent Revenant, only this time, using Fish species spirit beasts instead.
Theoretically nothing should go wrong, but perhaps due to an imbalance in the bones or flesh, in relation to the Thoughts, Emotions and Desires could cause Arthur to fail and all the materials to either lose some of their spiritual essence, or go to waste completely.
The reincarnated Fae Immortal eagerly eyed the shifting waters, extending his origin essence slightly to feel for any dramatic changes in the spiritual essence or states of the Fae materials....
Arthur stood there silently, watching intently for more than four hours before-.
His eyes widened, and he instantly activated his Flowering Shield Fae. A massive explosion, rocked the Ghost Nurturing Swamp filled with human remains, causing a wellspring of blood and Fae materials to shoot up into the air.
Arthur immediately activated a few Fae, preventing the remnants from this experiment from affecting the others around it, destroying the leftover bones and flesh before it had a chance to touch the other Ghost Nurturing Swamps.
Arthur just gazed at the large, half-empty hole in the ground, sighing slightly before shaking his head.
"I wonder what was wrong with this particular experiment.... an explosion of that size could only be caused by a dangerous reaction between two opposing materials. The human remains and the Fae materials I included shouldn't have such a negative reaction towards each other.... Did I accidentally mix up something?".
Arthur gazed down at the half-filled hole in front of him. All of the Fae materials were destroyed, and only a human-deep puddle of blood and bones remained.
Narrowing his eyes, Arthur could see a faint shimmer come from beneath the waters surface. Jumping down into the dirty pool, Arthur reached out to grab it only to pull out a-.
"Fae?".
A single Blood Attributed Fae.