After Raia took the whole blue tear plant into the storage space, he resumed searching for more and after half an hour of wandering around, he ended up at the edge of a canyon.
He walked closer to the edge and looked slightly below and saw a river flowing with clear water. On the other side of this river was the other part of the canyon.
The scene was breathtakingly beautiful. Raia have never seen such scenery in his life.
For a moment, he was taken away by the wonderful world in front of him.
'I want to build a home here if not for the dangerous beasts lurking around.'
He sighed and bowed his head.
At this moment, his eyes landed on a very familiar plant that he could recognize even from far away.
'A blue tear plant!'
Raia saw a blue tear plant growing on the side of the canyon. The height of the canyon where he was standing was about 200 meters and the blue tear plant was located halfway below him.
He wanted to jump in and pick it up but that would be difficult. The side of the canyon was steep.
Raia stared at the blue tear plant and saw it was already starting to bloom.
However, his shock returned when he discovered that there is another blue tear plant near the first one.
And at some distance below them, there is another one!
"So many!"
Raia began exploring the other parts of the side of the cliff and he was exhilarated.
"Hahahaha!" He laughed without thinking of anything else. He was just happy to see what was below him.
There were a total of ten plants just around this part of the canyon. And calculated that this canyon stretches kilometers away from where he was.
Raia couldn't contain his excitement.
"I need to calm myself down. Getting my hands on these blue tear fruit is the most important thing right now."
He then planned away to secure the plants. He looked around the trees and used the amber sword to cut some vines. He tied them to each other to make a long rope that could even reach the bottom most part of the canyon.
"This should be more than enough to reach the fruits."
He tried the rope into a nearby tree, tied some knots on his body and started rappelling down into the blue tear plants.
He quickly moved but also careful to not fall down below the cliff.
When Raia arrived at the first plant that is almost fully bloomed, he was smiling from ear to ear.
Then he wondered. "There are a lot of blue tear fruits here. Why didn't the starlight wolf come here to get them?"
At this moment, a blue light shone from a distance. It came from the side of the canyon. A blue tear fruit bloomed!
"A fruit bloomed there!" Raia exclaimed.
'Rustle Rustle'
A rustling sound was heard and at the next moment, a beast appeared. It looked below and stared at the blue tear fruit. It growled a little then tried to step down to get the blue tear fruit.
'Crack Crash'
The place where it stepped crumbled and collapsed into the foot of the canyon. The beast retrieved its foot and retreated.
Watching all of these happened, Raia was stunned.
He saw the starlight wolf trying to get its hands on the blue tear fruit but failed. And this was happening near him!
Raia was barely breathing this whole time while the starlight wolf was only about a hundred meters away from him.
'It didn't see me, right?'
Because that would be worst case if he saw Raia while he was still hanging on the side of the canyon.
After a few minutes of not making any movements, Raia realized that the starlight wolf was really gone. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"I would be a good target practice if it found me."
He then moved while still on the side of the canyon towards the new bloomed blue tear fruit.
It was already in front of him.
"If I take this right away, the starlight wolf might come again and try to find me like last time. Well, it seems that no other beasts can reach this palace if the blue tear fruits were growing crazy on this place. Even the starlight wolf retreated. I'll just wait for all of them to bloom, then take them all at once."
He then plucked out the blue tear fruit but didn't send it into the storage space. He just tore one part of his robe and used it as a small pouch.
Raia was waiting if the starlight wolf will appear but it didn't.
"This is good."
Then he remembered the blue tear plant that was in his storage space. He took it out and quickly placed its roots on the side of the canyon. However, only a few seconds later and it started to change.
The blue leaves were turning pale and the bud was also losing its life.
A few more seconds and all its vitality completely vanished.
Raia stared at the dead blue tear plant on his hands in disbelief. He tried to think of a reason what happened.
"I sent the plant directly into the storage space and the time was stopped so it kept its life but the moment I took it out, its roots were not buried in the ground so it will surely die. Of course, idiot, it will die. It seems that I should have put it inside with the land where it was growing."
He would experiment it after he harvested most of the blue tear fruit so even if he escapes, his journey is not wasted.
"The blue tear plant is really strong as long as it's rooted into the ground. It fades away quickly unlike other plants that are still healthy even after a long time of not being buried on the ground. It should be feeding mainly from the nutrients of the soil and only a small part from the other sources. Well, mistakes happen and now I learned some lessons."
Half an hour later and another blue tear fruit bloomed. Raia moved to it and picked it up. He carefully placed it inside the pouch.
After some time, the third fruit appeared, then the fourth.
Five hours more passed and two more fruits appeared.
"This is the first time I am experiencing the night at this place." He said as he stared at the darkening sky.
It was the time he was experiencing night time at the world inside. It was because he didn't spend a very long time inside. After only a few hours and he was already running away from his life and then exiting the place to save himself.
He stared at the sky and stars who started to show their brightness to him. There were two small moons that lit up the dark forest.
It was a quiet time for him.
"Hanging on the side of this canyon is the safest place I've ever been."
He stared at the beautiful small blue lights shining on the side of the canyon. These blue lights were blue tear fruits.
Raia can see many of them on the side of the canyon.
He smiled and said to himself. "This darkness really gave me a better chance of getting these fruits."
Raia climbed back up to the edge of the canyon after he collected all the blue tear fruit into his pouch. He untied the rope on the tree and switched places.
He moved onto another area and descended the canyon.
This time, he didn't wait and just harvested the fully bloomed ones. He just left the other ones that were not even starting to bloom yet. He also didn't want to get them as a plant afraid of just wasting them away like the one that died on his hands.
After he took some fruits, he climbed back to top and moved to another spot again.
He was very careful in his every movement so that he won't attract any attention of other beasts around. With his silent steps and actions, Raia change places time after time.
Fifteen hours passed and the sun started to show itself again.
He was staring at the pile of fruits inside his pouch. It was full already but Raia didn't want to stop yet.
Without any rest, he continued harvesting the blue tear fruits that already bloomed.
Fortunately for him, the starlight wolf or any other beast didn't come near the canyon. It seems that they already knew that they couldn't get their hands on the blue tear fruit even though it was already in front of them.
Because of this, Raia had the time and space he needed to do what he wanted.
Ten more hours and he already gathered more than three hundred pieces of blue tear fruit.
Three hundred pieces!
It was more than enough for him to reach the peak of his body. He can also give some to his family.
Looking at the large amount of blue tear fruit on his hands, Raia smiled bitterly.
"I should have just searched for this place from the very start. Well, can't do anything about it."
If he discovered this place the first time, he would not have to risk his life snatching it from other beasts or fighting for the possession of a single fruit.
He grabbed more than three hundred without any worries.
"I'm here for more than thirty six hours now. I am exhausted."
He sensed the time outside and a little over seven hours passed there. It was almost morning.
Raia then sent all the blue tear fruits into the storage space and exited the world inside.
He appeared inside his room in an instant.
Raia stretched his arms then went straight to bed to rest his tired body.
…
He woke up and it was already noon. First, he took a shower then went outside.
Rose saw him and smiled.
"You woke up late today Raia."
"Sorry."
"It's fine. I hope you are not overworking yourself." Rose said worriedly.
"Mother, don't worry too much." Raia said with confidence.
"I'll prepare you a meal."
"Thank you."
After eating lunch with his mother, Raia went back to his room.
On his bed, he sat and swallowed one blue tear fruit.
The phenomenon arrived and stopped after two hours. He didn't stop and took another one.
After an hour, he consumed his third fruit of that day.
And after some time, he consumed another one.
One after another, Raia took the blue tear fruit without any pausing even for a minute.
It was already night and he was still consuming the blue tear fruit.
…
"Raia is still in his room?" Hauran asked Rose.
Rose nodded. "Maybe he is still cultivating. Just let him be."
Rhea was preparing the table while Rome and Rina was watching TV.
They ate dinner and rested.
The next day, Raia still didn't come out of his room. It made Hauran and Rose anxious. Not just them but the three other kids were worried out him.
On the evening, they were standing outside his room trying to call him out.
"He is not answering us. Did something happen to him?" Rose asked.
"Maybe he is trying to break through to Martial Spirit State." Hauran said casually.
This made Rose' heart thump.
"Well, that could be possible. But why is it taking him a long time? Isn't breaking through to Martial Spirit State takes only a few hours? It has been more than a day now. Also isn't it too fast that he was already breaking through to the next state? He was still at Martial Foundation a week ago."
"I don't know. He has his secrets. But I am sure that he is inside and I feel that he is fine." Hauran assured Rose.
"I am still worried." Rose stared at the door with glooming eyes.
A little girl hugged her thighs. "Why is Elder Brother not coming out?" Rina asked.
"Elder Brother is having an important event in his cultivation and it is taking him a long time. But don't worry Rina, everything is fine. After your brother comes out, I'm sure he'll play with you for a whole day." Rose promised Rina.
"Really?!" Exclaimed Rina with wide eyes.
"Of course." Rose carried Rina in her arms and kissed her.
"Hah. Brother is already advancing into Martial Spirit State and I am still at Martial Foundation. I need to work harder!" Rome shouted.
"Be quiet. You'll disturb him." Rhea coldy said to him. She was also getting worried about Raia.
They talked for a few more minutes and separated.
The next morning, the five of them were in front of the table eating breakfast.
At this moment, the air around them suddenly vibrated and gave off a heavy pressure. In only lasted for two seconds after disappearing.