154 Thorn City (2/2)

”Is there anyway for us to carry that many?” Raven asked, he wanted to know if there is a way to carry all of those things without having to drag them along thier way towards the city.

”There is.” Elyion nodded and handed over a single pouch that was hanging on his waist. ”We have this.”

”Oh, you have Storage Pouches. This should be easier then.”

Raven didn't speak and instead went towards a tree. He clenched his fists and punched hard, shaving a good chunk of timber off of the tree. With a fierce tremble, the tree feel over and Raven looked towards the dumbfounded Elyion.

”Come! Harvest this.”

Elyion could only smile wryly, this guy just took down a tree using a single punch, inwardly he was starting to think that he wasn't the shape shifter here and was this guy instead.

He came towards him and placed the wooden log on the storage pouch. Elyion was about to look towards Raven but he suddenly felt his surroundings shake fiercely. He looked over and saw that Raven was nowhere to be found and at least five trees were falling down at the same time.  He looked around him and found Raven behind him. Not too far away from him, another batch of trees fell which made Elyion somewhat lightheaded.

'How in the world is this guy so freakish? He took down 10 trees under a minute! Is he really a human?'

”What are you standing around in a daze for? Go and collect the trees.” Raven urged as he disappeared from his spot again.

Elyion had nothing to say, so instead of standing around and doing nothing, he went towards the fallen trees and collected them one by one.

In the end, he managed to collect at least 30 fallen trees in total. He didn't know why Raven took down so much but he isn't complaining as he was informed that 10 of those were meant for him since god knows how troublesome it would get to gather enough materials in order to enter the city.

While he was sorting out the storage pouch, Raven's voice suddenly fell on his ears.

”Do you any Jadestones?”

Elyion raised his head and nodded, taking out a smooth green stone on his bag, he passed it towards Raven and allowed him to inspect it.

Raven touched the smooth surface of the stone. He also ran his fingers through the ridges on the stone and it's peculiarity. At first, he thought nothing much about the stone and was about to give it back to Elyion when all of a sudden, a very vague feeling ran through his body.

His pupils contricted as he closely examined the jadestone once more. He then turned his back against Elyion and closed his eyes to inspect the jadestone even further.

Raven's palms suddenly emitted a suction force. Raven once again felt that vague feeling on his body but this time, he was able to really follow the sensation.

His eyes flashed open, glee surfaced in his face. These Jadestones contained Vital Energy! Which means he could continue cultivating his Body Path here! What an awesome find!

Now that Raven found a way to make this challenge easier for himself, he absolutely have to take advantage of it!

Without revealing any changes on his face, Raven glanced at the Jadestone in his hand. Aside from losing some of it's luster, nothing really changed from it's apperance. But Raven was sure that he absorbed every Vital Energy contained in this Jadestone already. He felt inwardly excited, he could do so many things with this knowledge.

He then handed the Jadestone back to Elyion, who had no clue about his findings. Raven then asked him a question.

”You said that Thorn City lacks raw materials, correct?”

Elyion tilted his head when he heard his question but he nodded. ”Yes, that's correct.”

”Why don't we gather some more materials before we enter the city. We could use some jadestones inside the city anyway and it shouldn't take us long before we gathered enough materials.”

”Not a bad idea.” Elyion nodded in agreement, ”10 wooden logs, 15 jugs of water or 3 beast carcasses are all roughly equal to 50 Jadestones. With that amount, securing a place to stay for at least a week should be enough.”

'Yeah, for you that would be enough. But for me, it's not.' Raven inwardly thought.