For the next few days, Ryker spent most of his daytime cultivating. His cultivation had stagnated as he focused on trying to get more money and resources.
However, with the rewards from the Crown Prince, the results of his business deal with Sophia, and the money he gets from the auction, such things no longer worry him.
So, he mainly focused on cultivating. Not to mention, he received a lot of boon by taking Sophia and her servants and employees first time.
"To think I will gain this much Prime Yin Qi," he said to himself as he circulated the Yin and Yang Unity Art, pouring his yang qi with the Prime Yin Qi and refining it.
He had reached the 6th Stage by just refining Sonet's Prime Yin Qi. Of course, it will not be the same with the others. Ilun, Irni, and Arna are weaker than Sonet, so the effect will be weaker.
If he had to guess, the combination would only help his cultivation reach the 7th Stage. However, he still has Sophia's Prime Qi. The Prime Qi of a Noble realm expert would no doubt allow him to raise his cultivation easily.
However, he needs to keep an eye on his cultivation. After all, raising it so quickly will cause his foundation to be weakened and may affect him in the future.
"Baby step," he told himself. Besides, Yin Void Storage allowed him to use the Prime Yin Qi whenever it was convenient, so he did not have to refine it at once and cause his foundation to be shaky.
He closed his eyes and began to cultivate.
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"Looks like he might become a 7th Stage so quickly. Then again, the dual cultivation art he gave us would no doubt help him a lot, not to mention he took our Prime Yin Qi," Sophia commented as she watched Ryker cultivate.
Beside her, both Sonet and Ina are watching as well, though the latter is also training. After all, she needs to improve as much as she can if she wants to catch up to the others.
"Yeah, not to mention the pills," Sonet exclaimed. She had used the Meridien Advancing Pill, Blood Purifying Pill, and Bone Augmenting Pill. Even with her being at the peak of the Genesis Sea, the pills helped her.
In fact, she believed she could break through in 8 more weeks, though she could do it even faster. It just will take some time and she wanted to spend with her lover before focusing on advancing.
"True. It's a pity it did not affect me," Sophia said. Only she was not affected, Ryker attributing the outcome to her being a Spirit Grand Realm expert.
"However, Ryker said that it is possible to create the improved version meant for the Spirit realm expert. It's just he needs to be a Spirit Rank Alchemist to be able to even refine such pills," Ina added.
"Yes. It is still unbelievable he is also a Genesis Rank 8 Alchemist and Formation Master. Not to mention being a Genesis Rank 7 Blacksmith, Item Crafter, and Rune Specialist.
What a terrifying person," Sonet said as she observed his cultivation. From the looks of things, he will reach the 7th Stage soon.
Then, he emitted golden light as the energy in the chamber was absorbed at a terrifying rate.
"Sophia, what is he doing?" Ina asked the strongest person in the entire room. She could sense he was doing something but her weak cultivation made her unable to guess what is it.
"I think he wants to breakthrough to the 8th Stage in one go," Sophia guessed, though she became more confident that is what he attempted to do with how much energy he absorbed.
Without a word, she took out a Low-Grade Spirit Crystal and put it near him. The energy from the energy crystal should be enough for a normal breakthrough from the Genesis Lake to the 3rd Stage of Genesis Sea but from the look of things, it might not be enough.
However, she did not add more for fear of making him absorb too much energy without refining it, causing his Genesis Lake to contain some impurities inside it. Besides, she believes what she uses is more than enough for the man.
Indeed, her judgment is correct as Ryker was able to reach the 8th Stage, before stabilizing his cultivation. After he finished stabilizing his foundation, he stopped his cultivation before looking at the women in front of him.
His eyes fell on Sonet before asking, "Do you want to spar, Sonet?"
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The spar was postponed, the combined might of both Sophia and Ina is something even he could not hope to match. The auctioneer agreed to it but told him it would happen in 3 more days, as she needed to work for several nights and she would be unable to handle her workload if she sparred with him.
And so, Ryker spent most of the day training inside Sophia's training room. Considering the room in question could handle the move of a Noble expert, it should hold his strength.
"Monkey Chief Fist!" he used the first technique he learned, while in the Celestial Body. The effect is terrifying as he causes a shockwave to form in the room.
"Looks like my strength is now comparable to peak Genesis Sea expert," he exclaimed, clenching his fist.
"And that is just the normal Monkey Chief Fist. If I infused it with any of the elemental Law, how strong will it be?" he asked himself.
He clenched his fist one more time before infusing it with Flame Qi and activating his Celestial Body as well. With the Flaming Monkey Chief Fist, he punched the target once more.
This time, the effect is more pronounced as he managed to put a slight dent into the target.
"So it gets much stronger if I infused my attack with different laws," he said. At that moment, he heard someone coming inside the training room.
"Master!" Ilun said, in her arms are towels and a basin.
"You know you don't have to call me that, right Ilun?" he told her.
"I call you that because you are my master," he shook his head. The girl had been receptive to being with him. Though it seemed she was interested in the master-servant roleplay, to which he have a lot of experience with it, to her satisfaction.
"I heard a low explosion here, so what happened?" she asked.
"I used one of my techniques on the target, and managed to dent it somewhat," she nodded until she heard the part of him denting the target.
"Dent. It," she asked. When Ryker nodded, she ran to the target before spotting the dent. It is a small one but he still managed to dent it.
"Master," she said seriously, "You do realize that this target withstand even Sonet full powered attack without even denting,"