Along an old road that bared the marks of many carriages shuttling through,
two figures raced ahead towards the city's direction.
With speeds no less than any horse-pulled carriage, Arthur and Charlotte
travelled from the early start of the day to the end of it, the blue sky went
from grey to dark and the once-covered stars had their time to shine.
By the time a tent was set, Arthur managed to hunt a goat sized low tier
monster that would serve as their meal for the night, soon Charlotte brandished
a shift-make knife and displayed her devastating cooking skills.
With the help of some spices & herbs - from Arthur's 'emergency supplies' -
and dry wood to start a fire with.
Soon a tasty meal was prepared, it didn't take long for the two to start
digging in to satisfy their craving.
....
Long hours passed,
Arthur started cultivating after he was done eating, while Charlotte went to
her tent,
" Even if she healed her injuries, I guess she will take a while to deal
from the backlash from using the secret art... Till her origin essence is
recovered... I believe this may take a few months without the help of an
excellent healer! " a faint frown formed on his face,
" Even if 9 said I want to stay, it's merely because I don't feel like I could
find the way on my own, and
The night officially ended with the first ray of sunrise, Arthur and Charlotte
resumed their travels towards Blue Feather City.
Along the travel, Arthur absorbed the spiritual energy and regained the
recovered to the 7th Order Mortal realm
....
As the duo resumed their journey, with no time Arthur smoothly reached the 8th Order of the mortal realm.
" In this manner, I could recover to the Martial spirit realm once I reach the city, " he thought to himself.
....
The sun hung in the sky like it always did, burning the surface, two figures stopped in front of an old giant wooden city gate.
Arthur raised his head, looking at the old wooden blake painted in cyan-blue,
The words ' BLUE FEATHER CITY ' were written in a beautiful font, smooth and filled with elegance.
The gates were open and since Arthur didn't see any guards collecting entrance fees, he along with Charlotte entered, following the flow of the people in the street, the duo walked around the city, moving to the more crowded areas.
Within the city, the people walking around had cultivation bases ranging from the low level of the mortal realm to a few at the foundation realm, Arthur's eyes scanned his surroundings with curiosity as an adventurous spark sprang in his heart.
Following the signs in the streets, the duo walked to what seemed like a shopping district,
Merchants stalls were erected left and right, with bigger stores in the buildings,
" I want this one! " a middle-aged man said.
Arthurs listened to the conversations from the stalls around him.
" What a sharp eye! Just for you, I shall give you this sword for 100 silvers only! " a young-looking man said to his customer as he showed his goods
….
" They are using gold and silver coins, I will need to make some money... I think selling some unimportant things will give me some change, also I need to see about this spirit guild! Along with the…. " Arthur thought to himself as he walked,
After thinking so, Arthur sold some convenient unimportant gadgets along with 2 normal swords, receiving 70 silver coins for each sword and 60 silver for all the other things combined, for a total of 200 silvers.
With such an amount, Arthur started looking for a place to stay in, assuming their stay in the city would range from a week to a month, an inn felt like the suitable choice, after asking a number of people and visiting a couple of inns, the duo finally settled for an inn to stay in.
'Blue-Lion Inn' Arthur muttered the name of the inn as he entered his rented room.
" Sigh, 30 silvers a day, I never felt so broke! Better make some money,... I wonder if I can sell my energy stones for gold " he mused.
Charlotte, whose presence was barely sensed since entering the city, suddenly spoke " Young lord, You cannot! not to mention how judging from the spiritual energy density there is no way a energy stone mine is in the surroundings, in other words, we don't know the value of energy stones in this land, showing them to the public might bring unwanted attention. ".
" Umm, well you are right. "
"Young lord….". Charlotte started speaking.
" yes. "
"..... I will be looking around for a while, young lord, you will have to move on your own from now on. "
" Where are you going? " Arthur asked.
" I have a few things I want to look up, it will take 2 or 3 days. "
" Alright, for now, I will be cultivating until I breakthrough then I will decide what to do... I'm interested in the spirit guild so I'm thinking of looking it up later. "
With a bow, Charlotte's figure merged into the darkness of the wall and disappeared.
Arthur looked at the wall for a while then retracted his gaze,
" I should cultivate, it really doesn't feel good, to think I'm in such a low realm where a few days ago I could have defeated anyone in this city with a wave of my hand, it feels odd~ …."
" I need to reach the middle stages of the martial spirit realm at least. " Arthur thought to himself.
For a moment there, Arthur thought of using the energy stones in his spatial ring to cultivate but it didn't take a moment for the thought to be thrown away, cultivating using energy stones was more dis-advantageous than advantageous, especially in lower realms, was a straight way to ruins someone's foundation and future potentials, a energy stone's had more than enough energy for a mortal realm practitioner to make multiple breakthroughs, but the chaotic and unrefined energy wasn't something a low-level cultivator could refine completely, therefore producing an imperfect spiritual energy which would increase the difficulty of future breakthroughs.