Chapter 939 - A New Mission (1/2)
After becoming a Martial Saint in just a few months, her talent was deemed to be one of the strongest in Illevis's eyes. Upon knowing it, she gave her a few million Spirit Crystals, wanting her to take the opportunity to cultivate even faster.
Aria, of course, had no intention to reject it. She simply received the Spirit Crystals and brought them to Alex. But to her surprise, Alex didn't take even a single Spirit Crystal, letting her use all of the crystals.
Alex was a God Rank Expert, so he needed far more than her. And the fact that he took half of the reward they got from the previous mission made her think he needed money.
Alex only told her that they would split if the money came from their joint efforts. If it were her alone, he wouldn't touch her money.
Having this agreement, they proceeded in their training, planning to show even more progress, so Illevis would come again and give more resources.
After another three months, Alex released his strength to 4-Star Martial Saint while Aria had officially become a 2-Star Martial Saint. This progress alone baffled every single elder in the peak. They wanted to visit Aria, but the peak master decided to stop them.
Not long after that, Illevis decided to visit her personally to ensure her foundation. After all, she couldn't afford to see Aria's foundation ruined because she wanted to see her cultivate faster.
When she arrived with Melvie, Alex and Aria received them well.
Alex sat in front of Melvie while Aria faced Illevis.
”May I know what Peak Master wants?” Aria asked with a smile, trying to be as warm as possible.
”I just want to see your condition. But it seems no matter how monstrous progress you have, your cultivation still can't beat…” Illevis stopped talking but staring at Alex.
”Nyx has been helping me this whole time, and he is on a different level from me. Even so, I am still planning to catch up to him.” She smiled as if declaring her rivalry.
”That's good then.” Illevis was satisfied with her determination before falling into deep thought.
”Peak Master. I have a good suggestion.” Melvie suddenly opened her mouth.
”Hmm?”
”Do you know my family?”
”Of course. I have met them several times.”
”Actually, I have a friend in another family. Her family is also an ally of my family for a long time, so I have known her since childhood. Because of the circ.u.mstances, she gave birth a few decades ago.”
”Is that child the one you recommended to me last year?”
”Yes.” Melvie nodded. ”She is a bit over fifty years old, but her strength has reached 1-Star Martial Monarch. Despite having the resources from her family, which was supposed to be a merchant family, her talent was still top-notch.”
”What are you suggesting?” Illevis stopped her, not wanting to prolong her business with Aria and Alex for another few hours just to listen to her story.
”From what I have heard, her child wants to take a test to increase her power even further by accepting the power of their ancestor. Unfortunately, the place is a bit dangerous. It's a kind of a place like Blood Island's Inner Island. So, I am wondering if I can have both of them escort them. Not only can they get a good amount of resources from my friend's family, but I can encourage the talented kid to join this sect.” Melvie smiled.
Illevis blinked her eyes a few times before falling into deep thought. ”This is interesting. First of all, why did your friend's family have such a weird place for the inheritance?”
”No, no. This is inside a Special Realm.”
”I see. Do you want them to go to protect that kid and inspire her if possible?”
”Yes. That's the gist of my plan. And I believe my friend doesn't have any problem with this.”
Illevis stroke her chin a few times and looked at Aria. ”What do you think?”
”I think it's good. It's true that we can increase our cultivation faster than anyone else, but if we don't balance it with fighting experiences and other things, we won't be able to become an expert.” Aria accepted it according to Alex's instruction.
”True enough. You will also get a good reward if the request comes from a merchant family.” Illevis then glanced at Melvie. ”But do they want to have her escorted by us?”
”Of course. She is currently asking me to put on a request on her behalf. The task is for people in 1-Star to 5-Star Martial Saint.” Melvie nodded.
”What kind of challenge will they have in this mission?”
”Well, they will have a problem with monsters, but there is a chance that other families want to take it as well. Using the blood of my friend's daughter, they can open the inheritance for themselves. Unfortunately, her parents and other things are busy handling all those families, leaving one influence that might appear in the mission.”
”Who are they?” Aria was the one who asked, showing she had an interest in this mission.
”They are bandits. It's a famous gang called Divine Tiger Gang. They have been terrorizing so many people. Their leader is a 5-Star Martial Saint, so there is a chance that they will be coming for you. But I think it won't be a problem, right?” Melvie stared at Alex intensely.
With how abnormal Aria's fighting power is, Alex shouldn't be that far from her. In other words, there would be a huge chance that Alex could fight the leader alone. It would be best if he and Aria could fight together, but there shouldn't be a need for that.
Alex took a few seconds to answer. ”Yes.”
”That's great.” Melvie smiled before looking at the peak master, asking for permission.
”I personally don't have any problems with such a mission as long as they agree with the mission. Besides, for a bandit at that size, we need escorts from their family too because I don't know if these two can fight the whole group with just two of them. After all, the opponents are not monsters that are easy to kill.”