'I absolutely need to get my no game stronger,' Noire determined with a deep sigh.
Presently, Noire perched on top of his Fire Essence Flood Dragon, his first comprehended manifestation of Qi after reaching the third mastery level over his element.
Next to him sat Yinfer and Qinxu as they both can't fly yet, not before reaching a power comparable to the Eclipse Realm.
By each flank of the Dragon, Anastasia and Kirin tagged along. Kirin wanted to see Qinxu off whilst Anastasia offered to travel with Noire.
Noire had no reason to say no, she was a peak Eclipse monster and she is Tianshi's mother. Technically speaking based on Noire's relationship with Tianshi, some sentiment exists between the two of them.
He also inquired about the reason she left the Luhei Province since it was under the control of Monster Race, the answer dumbfounded him.
That Arima guy is just too mischievous.
....
"What are you working on?" Yinfer closed in on Noire, almost shoulder to shoulder as she glanced over Noire's lap.
He was holding something similar to a pigeon egg but it had the luster of jade. Noire seemed very focused on this piece of jade, his index tracing numerous sigils and profound lines that emitted a desolate aura.
With her petite body and royal fragrance, not to mention her Phoenix Bloodline that was ultimately enticing to Noire, he struggled to maintain his composer before answering frankly.
"Yin'er, I'm installing an inscription on this jade to craft a protective pendant for you. With my soul-force, I should be able to make a protective inscription that would thwart any invasive spiritual sense from detecting your bloodline."
Noire explained briefly before continuing, "This will be a long process because the jade material is delicate, if I poured too much soul-force the jade will breakdown. Don't disturb me too much."
"Oh," Yinfer nodded in understanding before taking a distance back, but she still stared at Noire with eyes full of admiration.
"Oh! Can I call you senior brother?" Yinfer inquired. In fact, she noticed that this is how humans address each other in her memories.
They often refer to themselves as Daoists, brothers, and sisters in the Dao, or senior and junior brothers, sisters, and whatnot.
Since they are going to a place crowded with martial artists, she might as well practice speaking like them.
After giving it some thought, Noire had to acknowledge that she has a point so he nodded.
"Okay. We can address each other in consonance to status, I'll also call you junior sister Yinfer from now on."
Yinfer shook her head lightly and said, "No need, senior brother can call me Yin'er, I like it that way."
Yinfer said with an innocent smile, her round azure eyes sparkling as she did.
Qinxu was watching this in a daze, 'the Queen is surely bold...' Qinxu thought to herself.
If it was her, she wouldn't find it easy to be so direct and straightforward, she even began to question her resolve as a woman.
The trip towards the Eastern Region wasn't difficult one bit, Qinxu and Kirin separated from the group at one point in time to head towards one of the adjacent Regions to find a decent city and sect for Qinxu, leaving Noire alone with Anastasia and Yinfer.
....
About three weeks after the departure.
The reason their travel consumed that much time is simple, Noire's top speed can't compare with that of a Peak Eclipse if he relied solely on his Fire Dragon. But, he didn't care, he needed the time to finish up the jade pendant for Yinfer.
Yinfer had to promise Noire to stop wearing his robes on top of her clothing in order to receive the pendant, which she reluctantly agreed to.
From above, Noire can see the harsh state the humans are suffering from, he couldn't help but sigh with emotions.
Earlier, he would have been apathetic towards humans, but not anymore.
The way of heaven is the way of karma, and he also decided that this will be his way of the martial heart.
Those who score good points with him will receive good in return, those who score bad karma with him will also receive the same.
In this world, there's no right and wrong, it's all a matter of perspective. Therefore, whenever he is put in a decision to choose, he wouldn't bother thinking about what's fair or unfair, but rather who had a better impression in his heart.
Most of the humans were wrapped in cold chains, women being dragged around the sandy landscape while butt-naked, some humans have also joined the monster race to bully other humans, the scene was so barbaric it left Noire speechless.
"Disgusting!" Yinfer snorted coldly, although these scenes didn't compare to her inherent memories, this was still awful.
It didn't take long before a powerful spiritual sense enveloped Noire and his group.
Then, one can see a black dot zooming in from the distance, after a mere three breaths, one can figure out Arima's characteristics, peculiar crimson hair, and blazing ruby iris.
Seeing this, Anastasia tensed up lightly and moved in closer towards Noire, hoping to seek some sense of safety.
"Hahaha, good! Good! Did you come here to be my guest now?" Arima shouted from the far distance before stopping a dozen meters away from Noire.
He didn't even spare a glance at Anastasia or the young-looking female near Noire, he simply looked at Noire as he teased.
"You really have some good luck with women! What do you say, how about I take them off your hands?" Arima spoke in a lustful manner, his thin slitted tongue wandering about near his lips
"Find your own women!"
It wasn't Noire who responded, but rather Yinfer.
Noire's lips twitched and he sighed, he took two steps to stand in front of Yinfer before she accidentally releases her Royal Bloodline Suppression. He looked at Arima deeply in the eyes, not saying a single word.
After ten breaths of time, Arima felt his heart clench and he couldn't help but spit out in disdain.
"Che, what do you want then?" Arima impatiently asked. He didn't want to bring Noire back to the Palace, nor does he intend on fighting in the open, might as well get things done with here.
Noire didn't beat around the bush, the faster he obtained the resources the better.
"I need cultivation resources, medical treasures, and the fastest flying treasure the Luhei family has. Don't dare conceal anything from me, Anastasia has a good idea about the Luhei family's wealth. Also, human resources are useless to you anyway, you're not losing anything."
Noire spat out his demands, Arima's face turned blue and veins bulged out.
"You... Don't toast to drink crap wine, Noire!" Arima gnashed out his teeth as he yelled out.
Noire was very disinclined to bother with this, he went on.
"I want the Golden Crow's cultivation method, at least 10,000 high-grade Qi crystals, extreme yang attribute spiritual herbs, and the low human-grade flying treasure. I'm on my way to cross the Chaotic Ocean, and I'm disinclined to bother with the sea monsters along the way."