Jev and Bhadru flew away from Maple Town at full speed, only stopping when they entered a dense forest. They landed on the bank of a wide river.
Both of them couldn't hold on any longer and...
**Boom!**
...farted out loud. They were panting heavily but soon stopped at the 'sweet' aroma. Quickly shutting their mouths and noses, they felt a little uncomfortable, so they jumped into the river.
After bathing for a full hour, they returned to the shore and smiled at each other.
"Looks like it was a wise decision to gift the Flaming Amru pearl to the expert. He must have seen our goodwill and given us that divine tea. But alas, we're too weak for something like that divine tea," Jev shook his head in regret and said.
"Yes, we just took one sip, and I can already feel the circulation of my Profound energy in my body increase. Even the quality of my Profound energy has improved. It's much denser than before. But alas..." Bhadru replied.
Bhadru's eyes lit up as he remembered something and said to Jev with excitement, "We don't have to worry much. We'll have more chances for bootlicking... cough cough, I mean showing our goodwill. Remember to take good care of his disciple. Also, don't interfere too much with her. The expert probably wants her to experience the world. And warn all the brats who'll go with you tomorrow. Tell them it's my order. If they accidentally offend her and the expert decides to take revenge, that will be the end for us."
Jev listened to every word of Bhadru with full attention and agreed with him.
"Let's go. I'm going to break through in the next few days," Bhadru said.
Jev and Bhadru then flew away toward the capital city.
The next morning, Jev arrived at Maple Town very early and went to the bookstore. Upon arriving, he looked at the bell button as if it were his biggest enemy and knocked on the door. He wouldn't make the same mistakes as before.
Soon, the door was opened by Aadi, who smiled and invited Jev inside.
"It's okay, sir. We have to leave early, as there are other people who have also discovered the tomb," Jev reluctantly declined Aadi's offer.
"Ah, I see. Well then, I'll call Aurora," Aadi said as he went inside to call her. Soon, Aurora arrived, full of enthusiasm. She was really looking forward to this adventure.
"Well then, we'll hand Aurora over to you and hope she returns safely," Aadi said with a sad expression. He looked like a father sending his daughter to school on her first day.
"You can rest assured. She'll be safe with us," Jev reassured Aadi and gestured for Aurora to come with him.
Aurora bowed in front of Aadi and said, "I'm going, Master," before heading toward the exit of the town with Jev.
Asty jumped over Aadi's head and said, "So we aren't getting much screen time for a while, huh?"
"Yeah, I really want to skip this treasure hunt arc, but this is important for Aurora, so I'll deal with it for now," Aadi said, closing the door.
"Well, this is good. I can sleep in the meantime," Asty said, content with her current situation.
"Well, I'll also finish reading *Battle Through the Hell*. You should try it, Asty. It's about a boy collecting Fires," Aadi suggested but saw that Asty was already in deep sleep, so he didn't continue.
On the other side, after arriving outside Maple Town, Jev and Aurora stopped. Jev then took out a small ball from his storage ring and infused his Profound energy into it.
Suddenly, the ball shot out from Jev's hand and turned into smoke. In just a few moments, the smoke cleared up, revealing a small, 100-meter-long, red-colored boat with runes engraved on it.
"As we're only a small kingdom, we can only afford this small traveling boat. Get on board. My team is just a distance away. After picking them up, we'll head to the tomb," Jev explained as he jumped on the boat. He thought that since Aurora was Aadi's disciple, she must have seen many high-tier treasures and might find this boat small.
In fact, it was the total opposite. Aurora had only heard about these fast-flying boats when she was in her clan. She was amazed by the sudden appearance of this boat. But the first thing Aadi taught her was to keep her emotions in check and control her facial expressions. This lesson was imparted when she was getting beaten, so she kept a calm expression in front of Jev, impressing him even more.
After both of them were on the boat, it ascended into the air and flew toward Wute City, where they were going to pick everyone up.
The boat's speed was very fast, and they reached Wute City quickly.
Jev stopped the boat a little distance away from the city and landed it on the ground. He then took out a red stone and infused his Profound energy into it.
This stone was engraved with runes and worked as a communication tool. By infusing their Profound energy, one could communicate with another part of the same stone. It also worked for sending signals, which Jev used to signal everyone.
Aurora felt something and looked at a particular stone boulder a little distance away. Seeing nothing there, she felt strange and decided to remain alert for anything.
At the side of the stone boulder where Aurora looked, a figure in a black cloak was sitting behind a tree, observing both Jev and Aurora.
"Interesting. She really deserves to be a disciple of an expert. She even detected me, a Ruler Profound Stage Artist, with just her Spirit Profound Stage. What powerful instincts," the figure murmured, a smile forming on its face. It was genuinely impressed by Aurora's instincts.