Chapter 505: Unexpected Visitor (2/2)
Even though he recently just had a new batch of Avatars to help him, there's just way too many things on his table and it's possible that there's more to come in the future. He felt that he couldn't have enough Avatars for this. The problem is that, the materials needed for the other stages of Myriad Incarnations Scripture will only progressively become more expensive.
He doesn't even have a solid way to earn Merit Points yet for crying out loud.
Finally, as for the 9 Cleansing Plumes, he had learned them all. He didn't dare to say that he mastered everything but at least he could perform everything while omitting the chants needed altogether. He managed to achieve this due to his closer connection to the flame seed - which by the way, shrank in size. When he received the flame seed earlier, it's size was that of a regular seed but now, it became hardly visible.
However, even if it shrank in size, the purity of its flames and the runic lines covering it became even more intense. Which is why he was able to control it better than before. All in all, despite what he said, this short bursts of seclusion are still giving him fruitful results.
And even though he isn't actively cultivating, he wasn't afraid of being left behind thanks to the existence of the Crown. If he really wanted to, he could focus all of his attention to cultivation and he'll have a breakthrough in no time, but for the sake of possessing the most solid foundation he could possibly get, he'll just let breakthroughs occur naturally.
Although Raven just recently entered seclusion, he felt somewhat agitated which prevented him from sleeping. Therefore he decided to do some exercises under multiplied gravity just to tire himself out and fall asleep.
”Hey, Raven.”
Another voice called out to him. Raven turned around and was surprised. It wasn't Jason who called him, it was Henry.
”Senior Brother! I didn't expect you to be here!” Raven greeted, ”I'll call everyone else, just a moment…”
”No need.” Henry stopped him before he could call out to the rest. ”I'm actually here because of you.”
”Me?” Raven was surprised again, pointing at himself even.
”Don't worry, you aren't in trouble.” Henry chuckled, ”Can we talk somewhere privately?”
”O-okay…” Raven replied somewhat hesitantly. Nevertheless, he followed Henry as they entered a vacant room. Henry locked the room and placed a Silence Seal around to prevent others from hearing what they're about to discuss.
”Before we start, I just want to say that the contents of our conversation right now concerns a very sensitive subject. It would be for the best if you don't leak this information to another soul or else you'll be forcing my hand, understood?”
”Yes, Senior Brother.” Raven nodded with a serious expression. He sat on the table and was ready to hear whatever Henry has to say.
”Thank you.” Henry stated, he then sat down in front of Raven and smiled: ”So, a little bee has told me, that someone managed to meet the Flames of Olympus face to face and got himself a Flame Seed. I wonder if this news was reliable?”
'Oh, so he wanted to talk about that. Whew, for a second there I thought that the Crown was exposed.' Raven inwardly sighed in relief but didn't dare to show any changes on his expression.
”Yes. That news is reliable. The Flames of Olympus did give me a Flame Seed when I met with it.” Raven revealed, causing Henry's smile to widen and eventually turn into a booming laughter.
”Good! Good!” Henry said with a wide smile, ”This is good news! I truly did not expect this!”
Henry then cleared his throat and looked at Raven intently, asking: ”If you don't mind, can you tell me everything that led up to this point?”
”Sure, no problem. It all started when…”
Raven then proceeded to explain everything to Henry, not hiding anything from his encounters. Henry listened to him closely and was somewhat surprised by the end of the story, so much so that he started mumbling to himself.
”The flames…can't remember what his name is, huh…”