Time passed by in a blink of an eye. During the year, the royal family tried once again to investigate the background of Alice and determine how she had gotten such a powerful bloodline. However, they returned empty-handed, as no concrete evidence was found. Meanwhile, Maxwell spent most of his time taking care of Alice and playing with their child. The addition of a new member to the royal family brought great activity and improved the environment of the royal palace. Maxwell's mother, Falkor's grandmother, was also very interested in her grandchild and spent a lot of time taking care of Falkor. Max's two elder brothers also spent time with their nephew, but other than that, everything remained the same.
During this time, Maxwell's strength started to increase, and he also felt an affinity towards the space element. The system had said that after he reached tier 5 and stabilized himself, the skills of the bloodline would directly come to his mind or he would inherit them from his bloodline.
Maxwell searched the system store for any valuable potions that could strengthen his child or improve his bloodline purity. After five months of research, he found a series of potions ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 5. Each potion had to be given to the child per year, with a gap of one year between each portion. The potency of the purification effect varied depending on luck. For Tier 1, it was 0.1% to 1%, for Tier 2, it was 0.2% to 2%, for Tier 3, it was 0.5% to 3%, for Tier 4, it was 0.8% to 4%, and for Tier 5, it was 1% to 5%.
To his great surprise, Falkor's luck blessing was very powerful. When he fed the first Tier 1 portion to Falkor nine months after his birth, the effect was a 1% purification of his bloodline.
Despite wanting to find ways to increase his income, nothing came to Maxwell's mind. Eventually, he bought a patch of land near the capital and started growing crops. He then opened a Chamber of Commerce and employed some people. Although he had to pay from his own pocket during the initial period, after three months, he harvested the crops and sold them for a good price, making a profit of about 20 gold coins. With this profit, he paid his workers and reinvested the remaining income by buying another patch of land.
Two years passed since Falkor's birth, and he had already consumed his second portion. This time, Falkor's luck was not the best but also not bad, as his bloodline purity increased by 1.1%.
Maxwell had also improved in strength and had reached Tier 4. His business income from harvesting crops had increased to 500 gold coins. He found a suitable meditation technique for his wife, Alice, and gifted it to her during their marriage anniversary. The technique had great effects and was very compatible with her bloodline. Alice also had a very high talent, which might be even greater than Maxwell's, limited only by the meditation technique provided to her.
It could be inferred that Alice might reach the limit of her strength in the current level or Tier 5 strength in the next four to five years, which was a very promising prospect for Maxwell. He was glad that he wouldn't have to go to the upper realm alone, but he was concerned about leaving Falkor alone with his grandparents and uncles. So, Maxwell was thinking of postponing his ascent to the upper realm so that he could spend more time with his child at least until Falkor reached the age of 15 or above.
However, while he was contemplating this, his eldest brother, Jack, had advanced to Tier 4 in the warrior path, and Luke was on the brink of advancing to Tier 5. It would be up to Luke whether he wanted to advance in the warrior tier before searching for the trial grounds or if he would ignore the warrior path altogether.