Rain shouts," Stop." He slowly slows his speed, and the two in front of him also slow down their speed. Rain, after stopping, looks behind him from where he ran and sees the smoke, which he guesses is from the tree he set on fire beside the pond.
When Rain thought of the pond, his mind went to the lotus in the pond's center. He remembered that the lotus's color resembled the night sky's. The lotus's color did not pique Rain's curiosity, but the faint marking in the petals did. If the lotus has the same marking as a species of lotus in his mind, then their stay has to be extended.
He then closes his eyes and commands the soul chip, to bring the memory of his when his eyes land on the pond. And in the blank space of his mind, a picture of the pond with the closed lotus emerges. Rain zooms on a lotus petal and sees the five-pointed markings on the lotus leaf and in all the petals in the picture.
Rain opens his eyes and looks at the sky murmuring," Five days for a full moon." Old Gu and Xue Lin hear his murmurs.
Rain hears Old Gu say," Yeah, let us return to the camp. The rest will be worried for us."
They change direction and start walking upwards on the mountain again. Rain says," Tomorrow we will not leave here."
Xue Lin walks ahead, guiding them with her spiritual sense to walk around any monster. She fails to sense the mother bear with her cub because when they step inside the clearing, the distance is more than 10 meters, which gives the mother bear a clear view of them before Xue Lin senses her.
When the other bear came into the clearing, her attention was on Rain fighting the mother bear. She heard Rain and answered," Yeah, we should stay for another night."
Rain reaches the top of the mountain from where he can see the other side. He scans the forest and finds a faint light breaking from the foliage of trees. He replies," Not one night but five nights."
This stops Xue Lin from taking another step forward. She turns to face Rain with a questioning look. She opens her mouth multiple times to speak, but at last, she asks," Why?"
Rain stares into Xue Lin's eyes, glancing at Old Gu behind him for a second, and speaking," Did two of you notice the pond?"
Xue Lin immediately answers," Yes." Then Old Gu answers while nodding," Me too. Is there anything in the pond?"
Before Rain can answer his question, Old Gu himself answers," I only saw a close Lotus flower in the pond."
As Old Gu finishes speaking, Xue Lin answers," Yeah, a dark color Lotus. It was beautiful under the night sky's light from the crescent moon and the stars."
Rain steps forward and hears both of them following behind," Xue Lin, Did you notice the faint spots on the Lotus petals."
Xue Lin speaks," Yun, what do you want to say?" in silence for a second. And Rain hears her again," Wait do not answer me." he hears her murmuring," Faint spots on the lotus petals." her voice changes into an excited tone," Faints spots on the lotus petals... Yun are you sure that lotus petal has faint spots on it's petal."
Without stopping, Rain glances at Xue Lin smiles, nods, and starts jogging toward the camp. Rain hears heavy steps behind him and grabs his elbow after a few seconds to stop him. He turns his head to find the hand gripping him is Xue Lin.
Xue Lin stares into Rain's eyes in excitement, " Is it..."
Rain smiles and gets out of her grip." Starry Night Lotus or Full Moon Lotus." Two names call them because of the power of stars. When they bloom, the markings shine in golden light, making them look like stars shining in the night sky. They bloom on full moon nights.
Xue Lin's eyes shine with joy for a second and then dim again," Yun, If we want to collect the starry night lotus, then we have to take care of the two bears."
Rain knows and his mind already has a plan formed," I know, the mother bear realm is at the limit of beginning first-order demons but has the strength of a sixth realm grandmaster."
Rain sees Xue Lin frown hearing this and Old Gu with a puzzled expression which Rain guesses Old Gu did not know anything about starry night lotus.
Xue Lin says," For my spiritual sense the other bear is likely to be an initial middle-first-order demon."
Rain nods and says," For its aura, I also think it is an initial middle-first-order demon and so its strength must be of a Seventh realm grandmaster, half a small realm higher than me."
Xue Lin frowned," Even if you are not a match against the other bear and the entire camp joining must not be a match for the mother bear, how can you defeat them and pick up the starry night lotus."
Rain starts walking toward the camp and speaks," Now, we cannot defeat them but we have four nights, and with the resources we gather today, I can stabilize my realm and in the next days gather more resources to advance to the fifth realm of grandmaster."
Xue Lin," Then only you can take care of the stronger bear and there is the mother bear still left and I do not think you can fight against two bears alone."
Rain replies while walking," I notice in the group of yours and Gao Li there are 5 or 6 people at the limit of gathering strength realm warrior and I can help them through grandmaster. And the four mountains area is teeming with first order demons and other resources which can help you stabilize your realm and Old Gu advance to a second realm grandmaster and if we find resources with which Gao Li and advance to refining energy realm." As Rain stops speaking, he finds they will reach the camp in a few minutes.
Xue Lin," If the next few days follow according to your plan then we can hold the mother bear from interfering in the fight between you and the stronger bear."
Rain nods as he walks into the clearing the group created for the camp's setting. He adjusts his direction to walk to the camp gate, where he notices some people guarding the gate.
After he few steps he enters the camp and walks with Xue Lin to her tent, they have to discuss with Gao Li the five-night stay and he has to take some of the resources from Xue Lin's space bag for practice.
Gao Li agreed after she heard of the starry night lotus. If her family home was not too far from here, she would have invited people from her family. Both he and Xue Lin disagreed. The starry night lotus has eight petals, which contain energy from the stars that can be absorbed, but it is not enough for them. A Petal contains energy that can only allow one at any of the first three realms of grandmaster or refining energy to advance a realm.
Rain sitting inside his tent cross-leg with the resources of his practice in front of him. He felt his body strength stop increasing after he advanced two small realms in a few hours difference in one day. So, till now he was receiving the feedback of an increase of his true energy.
For an accurate increase of his strength, Rain opened the panel that he created with the help of Soul Chip.
Star immortal World
Personal Panel:
- Name: Rain (Yun Ting)
- Realm: Grandmaster (Bone)
- Body: 4.97
- Soul: 2.01
Techniques:
- Spring Rain Sword Art (Mid. D) – Master
- Palm Technique ( Mid. D) – Master
Mysteries:
- Poison Stone – 0.12%
- Sap of Devil Trap – 0.001%
- Dark Iron – 0.0006%
- Rain Stone (D) – 27.31%
Rain observes the panel, His body strength is 0.03 points behind a Seventh Realm Grandmaster's body strength. After advances to the fifth realm of Grandmaster is his priority after he understands the practice method the soul chip calculated for refining his bones.
He also added the stat of Soul's strength to the panel, He took the Strength of his soul when he advance grandmaster as 1. He now is in the fourth realm of the grandmaster, his soul strength is of a third realm grandmaster.
His Sword technique is one step away from advancing to the late D rank technique because of the Rain in Radiation World comprehension of the Rain stone and his sword technique practice.
He is in charge of the Palm technique after he kills the middle realm Black Zombie, and while he is absorbing the life gem and reviews the fight, he creates the middle D. rank chapter of the palm technique.
He closed the panel and took the container containing the Shadow Leopard's blood. He opened the container and completely drank the blood. He feels the blood reaching his stomach release the demon's energy which starts fighting with his true energy.
People take demon blood after refining it with herbs to neutralize its energy which is harmful to humans. But It decreased the energy-containing in the blood and Rain did not have the luxury to find some to refine the demon energy into harmless medicine.
He closes his eyes and lets the demon's energy ravage his body, his goal is not to defeat the demon's energy but to absorb it. So, while it ravages his body, some demon energy is infected by his energy, and the demon energy also converts his true energy. But the demon energy in his body is rootless. So, Rain has only to wait until all the demon energy is fully transformed into his true energy.
After the Shadow Leopard's blood, Rain used the other resources, and when he finished using all the resources. He looks outside his still night and starts to understand the practice method of the bone realm.
The practice method is created from multiple bone realm practice methods selecting the part suitable for him and it also adds the data he got from Rain in Alchemist World when he consumes a tear-shape fruit that strengthens the bones of the other Rain.
It took Rain around half an hour to understand how the practice method refines his bones. He then starts refining his spine first to maintain his balance, controlling his true energy to enter his spine. After a few seconds, he feels irritation and pain as his true energy slowly refines the outer part of his bones.
Bone refining is divided into three realms, like the bone refining Grandmaster realm. It starts with the outer part of the bones, then the inner part, and the last and most difficult part, which stops most of the grandmasters from refining the bone's marrow.
After the bone's marrow refining is complete, the blood produced from the marrow also changes slowly. Then without active participation in refining the organs, the change blood slowly transforms the organs. But nobody waits for the blood to transform the organs because it is slow.