First of all.... let me start with...
Thank you to...
•BlueFlame_Mecc
•The_Abyss_Returner
•MADYAN_WANI
For the Gifts. \(°3°)/
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After chatting with her mother and grandfather for a while, Althea returns to her room, and just as she was about to start cultivating, she heard a knocking sounds on the door. Opening the door, she saw Ethaan standing straight and tall with his back facing her.
"Did I perhaps disturb you?", asked Ethaan as he turns around to face Althea.
"No not at all", Althea shook her head like a rattle drum. In front of Ethaan, Althea didn't know why but she always seems to lose her composure every time they stood face to face. Maybe because he is her fiancée or maybe because he was the one she had been waiting for or maybe because he gave her a feeling of security.
Althea quickly invited him inside the room.
Ethaan didn't beat around the bushes and went straight to the point, "Your spirit seed, how is it?"
If he wanted to help her grow strong then the most important thing right now was to heal Althea's spirit seed. Althea didn't need to hide anything from him so she honestly told him everything from the start and how her spirit seed started healing after reacting with the other flame dragon.
"It has almost healed now, I think around ninety percent now", said Althea as she closed her eyes and observed her spirit seed. A few months back when she first regained her memories, the cracks on her spirit seed were like that of a spider web. But now except for a few small cracks, her spirit seed was in much better shape.
"I will help you heal it completely", said Ethaan as he looked at Althea who had her eyes closed. Ethaan knew that for a person who had already tasted the peak strength, it is not easy and super frustrating to be deemed as a weakling. Many people had developed heart demons when their cultivation regress what more of Althea who had to start all over again from the beginning. He knew that Althea longs for her peak strength, she wanted to climb back to her former glory as soon as possible.
Hearing Ethaan's words, Althea abruptly opened her eyes. Ethaan said he will help her heal her spirit so she couldn't help but think of the previous incident when her spirit seed started healing at a great speed.
Ethaan seems to know what was going inside Althea's head. He smiled and said, "If I am not mistaken, the flame dragon can borrow and lend energy to each other. That is why your flame dragon was able to heal your spirit seed faster when it sensed my flame dragon"
Ethaan's conjecture was not wrong, after all, the twin flame dragon belongs to the same dragon token and its full potential can be unleashed only when they are together. Of course, their individual strength cannot be underestimated too.
Ethaan instructed Althea to sit down in a lotus position and told her to connect with her flame dragon. At the same time, Ethaan also sat down opposite her and did the same thing. But before that, he casually waved his hand and weaved a barrier outside the room.
Two Flame Dragons emerged from their bodies and entangled each other like a pair of twisted vines climbing up a tree. After a moment, the flame dragons separated and started to circle the two persons sitting below. Chasing each other in a circle the flame dragon continued to encircle them sending sparks of flames. This went on for half an hour and the two flame dragons immediately stop and shot back into the bodies of their respective host.
At the same moment, the flame dragon entered, inside Althea, the small cracks on her spirit seed started to heal at an astonishing speed. The flame dragon wrapped itself against the spirit seed and the spirit lights started to shine brighter than before. It looked like a complete circle rainbow acting as a majestic robe to the flame dragon. Althea continuously circulated her spiritual energy and started to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth wildly. Like a famished person longing for a table full of food, Althea could feel her hunger for spiritual energy from the depths of her soul.
Ethaan opened his eyes and noticed the spiritual energy rushing towards Althea wildly. Even he was surprised at the scene before her. He didn't do anything and simply choose to observe the situation while maintaining the same position. If something went wrong, he is ready to make a move but looking at the situation he felt like someone is going to benefit greatly this time.
Althea continued to madly absorb the spiritual energy. Her spirit seed was like a bottomless pit, no matter how much spiritual energy she absorbs, it was still far from filling it to the brim.
Inside the Baro clan's training hall.
"Elder Wend, What's going on? I cannot absorb the spiritual energy"
"Same here with me. It is like the Spiritual energy has been marked ownership refusing to be absorbed by me"
"I feel the same way too"
The younger generations of the Baro clan started complaining. Elder Wend furrowed his brows and shouted "Silence"
After throwing out that one word, he rushed out of the training hall leaving the confused youths behind.
The same thing was going on in different locations inside the Baro Clan's territory.
Sounds of cursing and swearing could be heard from the Hall of Alchemy accompanied by the smell of burnt herbs.
'puchi…..' another cauldron of herbs was wasted.
"What is going on? Why is the spiritual energy slipping away?"
"my herbs….", cried the other.
The whole Baro clan was in a clamor. It even alarmed those who were in closed-door cultivation and seclusion. Hruth and Furiana were alerted too as all the Elders and clan experts started rushing towards a certain direction.
"Why are they heading towards my courtyard?", Furiana asked with a perplexed expression.
Hruth seems to notice the unstable air around them. He immediately closed his eyes and tried absorbing the energy but in vain. He seemed to understand what was going on and immediately grab Furiana's hand and headed towards the courtyard.
Unaware of the situation she had caused outside, Althea at the moment heaved a sigh of relief because she could feel that her spirit seed was finally filled to the brim. But before she could rejoice further, something strange happened leaving both Althea and Ethaan who was sitting dumbfounded.
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