Evelyn looked at Yasenia and smiled while caressing her face. "Well, let's talk about what we've learned."
Yasenia exhaled comfortably and nodded. "Go ahead."
Evelyn and the others told Yasenia about the powers in the city, upcoming events, and the value of Transmuted items. Yasenia listened attentively, retraining all the information and creating a power hierarchy in her head.
After listening to everything, Yasenia got thoughtful ."Besides the auction, are there any other noteworthy events?"
Evelyn nodded. "Yes, he mentioned it in the passing, but there is a tournament in a nearby city only a month from now. It appears to be a tournament for juniors. How about it, interested?"
Yasenia shook her head. "It wouldn't be wise to participate in the tournament. We can build a reputation quickly, but we'll also lose some mysteriousness surrounding us. We'll be dancing with danger a bit in the future, so we can't leave any clues that allow people to measure our general strength."
Andrea said. "So, we forget about it?"
Yasenia shook her head. "No. We should go as spectators. We can understand a lot about the strength of the juniors in the Continent that way. We are considered recently graduated juniors in the Sky Continent, but I guess it isn't like that here."
Tatyana chuckled. "You are giving yourself a little too much credit, little treasure. With the Transcendent Realm Experts roaming the Sky Continent, only Dantian Spiritualization Realm experts have the right to create any sort of institution, and that's taking into account that they must be willing to be under a major power as long as any of them become interested."
Yasenia sighed. "I see."
Tatyana said softly. "Now it's even worse. After the invasion of the Demons, businesses that can't face a low-level Demon Monarch are bound to meet catastrophe eventually."
Yasenia and the others sighed. "I hope we aren't that powerless in this Continent."
Valeria commented with confidence. "You aren't. I've been scanning the living beings in this city, and I can tell that strength-wise, you girls are in the top one hundred."
Yasenia and the others nodded. Angel asked curiously. "How would we fare against the top experts?"
Valeria shook her head. "We'll warn you about them, so don't offend them. At the moment, you only have enough strength to run away."
Evelyn commented. "Well, leaving aside that conversation, I think we should participate in that auction event. Although it will happen one and a half months from now, it shouldn't be too inconvenient."
Kali asked. "What about the merchant Jorey?"
Yasenia commented. "As long as I tell her about our intentions, I think she should help us. She has become quite fond of me, after all."
The others looked at Yasenia strangely. Yasenia felt a shiver and said. "I don't know what you are thinking about, but I don't have anything to do with her!"
The others chuckled, and Evelyn took out a piece of raw meat. "Look here, dear~. Do you want a treat?"
Yasenia saw the dangling piece of raw meat dripping with blood and licked her lips.
Jorey's piece of meat was very delicious. Yasenia sniffed it for a bit, and after confirming that it smelled good, she opened her maw.
Evelyn excitedly fed Yasenia, and the others saw Yasenia's jaws closing and munching the raw meat. Yasenia squinted, "Yummy~. Almost as good as cooked meat. It is like a juicy piece of candy that melts in the mouth."
Well, they were now convinced that Yasenia did like raw meat. No matter how human-like, she was still their dear little beast.
Kali commented. "So, we've decided to stay in this City for at least two months?"
Yasenia was still savoring the piece of meat, so Cecile answered. "Yes. If we can get closer to Jorey, we can use her to deliver a letter to Ebirah's family. They must be worried after not seeing Ebirah for three months."
Evelyn said. "Worst case scenario, they consider Ebirah died or something."
Ebirah was listening from the side and became restless. "When will we be able to send the letter?"
Andrea petted her and softly comforted her. "One week at most, okay?"
Ebirah nodded and laid back down on the carpet.
Sierra commented from the outside. "Since we will live here for a while, we should expand our nest, right? How about invading the adjacent buildings?"
Evelyn blinked and smacked her head. "I forgot to explain to you about properties and ownership. Sigh. Sorry, Sierra. We'll have another lesson later to explain the basics of society."
Sierra blinked and nodded. "Sure."
Tatyana asked. "Do you know how to read?"
Sierra nodded. "A bit, Evelyn has taught me."
Tatyana nodded. "Train that skill the most. You'll be able to learn a lot from books. Sadly, I can't use my spatial ring with this body."
Sierra suddenly remembered and asked. "By the way, Lady Tatyana, how did you manage to get pregnant without intercourse? I would like to know that method."
Tatyana asked. "Why?"
Sierra said calmly. "In case I don't find a good father. I'm already an adult and should have little cubs soon. I've been looking around the city as we walked but haven't found an attractive bloodline."
Tatyana said. "Well, then you should search harder. That method is not replicable. Moreover, we should be in the Sky Continent if we want to try. However, I don't recommend it even if I learn how to replicate the ritual."
Sierra asked, confused. "Why?"
Tatyana's face was strange when she spoke. "Strange things can latch onto the kid too easily that way. I almost lost Yasenia twice, even before she was born."
The others were speechless. 'Strange things can latch. What does she mean!? Are the gods considered strange things!?'
Yasenia changed the topic. "Once we present items to the auction house, we should try to contact their superiors. We could create connections with them and use their establishments in other cities where our strength is not near the top. Our items should be very exotic for this place, after all."
Yasenia estimated. "If we combine our strengths, we should be able to challenge a Dantian Spiritualization Realm expert, right?"
Tatyana burst into laughter.
The others looked at the laughing Tatyana with wry expressions. 'I guess our dragoness shoot too far up.'
Yasenia sighed. "I guess I underestimated Dantian Spiritualization Realm cultivators. However, half-steps shouldn't be out of reach, right?"
Tatyana chuckled and said. "You would be lucky if all of you together could win against a level eight Unification Realm expert."
They were stunned.
Tatyana saw their expression and shook her head. "Individually, little treasure would be able to fight against a level six and win, but level seven is already out of reach. Of course, I'm speaking by considering the quality of cultivation in the Sky Continent. Moreover, I'm also assuming that both sides are competing fairly and with similar equipment."
"However, body cultivation is not a laughing matter, so it shouldn't be too far off. Of course, this is an estimate made in a superficial evaluation."
"I'm quite excited to know that body cultivation still exists, to be honest. If I manage to learn it, I may be able to increase my strength further."
They all blinked and looked at Tatyana. Tatyana continued. "Anyway, the power difference between levels and realms is increasingly larger. If you need a step to cross to the second level, you'll need five for the third and twenty for the fourth. The Unification Realm has another name in the Sky Continent."
They looked at Tatyana as she said. "The Genius Killer Realm."
Their expression became solemn. Tatyana commented. "Not only is the first realm that you need actual comprehension of the secrets of cultivation, but it is also the cultivation realm where most potential is brought to the surface. The main reason is that you need to understand the concept of the soul and master it. Without mastering this concept, you'll never be able to Spiritualize a Dantian and keep advancing in cultivation. I can't count the number of genius cultivators I've seen get stuck for hundreds of years in the Unification Realm because they rushed their advancement."
Tatyana looked at Cecile, Kali, and Angel and said. "You three will benefit the most in this realm, even more than Yasenia. Angel will manage to start absorbing Fu Jing Jing's soul power hidden inside her soul, Kali will be able to absorb the undigested Heart Demons, and you, Cecile, will be able to assimilate further with whatever it is that you have."
Cecile blinked and asked. "This thing?"
They saw a fist-size ball of pure and solid translucent energy appearing on Cecile's hand and frowned. They didn't know what it was, but the aura it gave was terrifying. Tatyana nodded and asked with a confused expression. "Yeah, that. What is it?"
Their mouths fell open. 'Not even Tatyana knows what that is!?'
Cecile commented. "Hmm, I don't know. I absorbed it when I reached the center of the True Phoenix Tear lake I trained in. However, I never managed to do anything with it, so I thought it was useless."
They didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Something found in the middle of a tear shed by a Primordial Phoenix was classified as useless!? They wanted to hit their heads with tofu and faint.
Cecile felt Yasenia's feelings, and her cheeks flushed. "W-Well, I tried to use it many times, but it didn't work. That's why I thought it was useless."
Mirrory appeared and floated above the fist-sized silver sphere. She thought for a second and frowned. "Hmm, I've seen this somewhere, but I can't remember."
Valeria also materialized and looked at it. The three seniors frowned and spoke between themselves.
Our girls were like cows listening to music as fantastical names flew out of their mouths eloquently. Tatyana asked. "It can possibly be [Primordial Heart Phoenix Essence], right?"
Mirrory shook her head. "She found it in a phoenix tear, so it is impossible. Could it be a [Void Soul Purifying Tear]? The conditions the child described are enough for it to be created."
Valeria shook her head. "That can only be created by the tears of a [True Fire Phoenix]. That tear most likely came from an Immortal [Moon Phoenix]."
Mirrory counter-argued. "Didn't you hear the child? That tear comes from a True Primordial Phoenix."
Tatyana intervened. "Can we really believe whoever spoke? Even a Phoenix tear of someone near my level of strength would be able to purify Cecile's bloodline as it did as long as it is related with a [Moon Phoenix]."
Mirrory nodded. "That person wouldn't lie to a junior. Although some of his thinking is a little crooked, he usually is quite eager to help youths. Moreover, the effects wouldn't be that thorough. The tear lake even changed the child's soul, after all."
Tatyana then asked. "So, is it the void thingy you spoke about? I've never heard of it in my life."
Mirrory nodded. "Well, it is an item only found in very high-ranked Worlds. I can't think of any other item that can condense in the middle of a True Phoenix Tear that gives that aura. The aura is of a Supreme-level item, after all."
The listening girls almost choked to death. 'A what item!?'
Cecile's hold on the item became extremely careful in an instant. Then, remembering how she threw it in the corner of her spatial ring as if it were trash, she wanted to cry and apologize to the senior.
The three seniors looked at the anxious girls as they looked at that item and felt their lips twitching, especially when they saw Yasenia's money-grubber eyes.
Mirrory coughed, attracting their attention. "That item is already bound to Cecile's soul, so don't worry. Anyway, it would be best if you kept it inside your Dantian from now on. It is similar to an energy crystal, so it will slowly dissolve, leaving behind its energy for you to cultivate. Your soul should become fifty times stronger after you consume it completely."
Cecile instantly swallowed the fist-sized item but began choking.
Mirrory looked at the choking chicken- Cough, Phoenix, and cut a finger on Cecile's hand. "Swallow the blood."
Cecile obeyed, and after her blood touched the [Void Soul Purifying Tear], it shrunk and went into her dantian. Cecile took a deep breath and then calmed down.
Evelyn laughed aloud, almost rolling on the sofa. "Can you image our powerful phoenix choking to death because of a treasure? Hahaha."
Cecile glared at Evelyn, making her hiccup.
Yasenia sprawled over her dears again and said. "So, what should we do now?"
Mirrory said. "How about training with the Intents."
Yasenia tilted her head. "Intent? What's that?"
Their mouth twitched, 'A genius who unlocked Intent without even knowing about it... Truly, you leave us speechless, dear.'
Tatyana looked at Yasenia and asked, "Before we do that. Little treasure, what happened with the Dragon egg? I think it is quite a good time to hatch it."
Yasenia's eyes shone, and she immediately took out the egg.