162 Another Transcenden (2/2)

After a moment of pondering, Leon shook his head. He didn't expect the phenomenon to provoke him to ponder so deeply about the big unknowns of the world. If it the past, he would not have spared so much thought. But after being betrayed in his past life, it compelled him to understand the unknown.

If he didn't understand the unknown, then he wasn't in control of his own life. If he had understood the hearts of those around him, his father wouldn't have been betrayed and they would have suffered such an ending.

The unknowns were unstable factors that could potentially harm his life. Only by understanding the unknown would he know how to face it and be in control of his own life.

”Congratulations on your breakthrough to the Transcendent Realm, mother.”

Bypassing all guards, Leon arrived at his mother's cultivation room and congratulated. When Elizabeth saw her son return, her mood became jubilant. To her, the breakthrough to Transcendent Realm paled in comparison to her son's safe return.

”My dear son, you're home! Come, let mother have a look at you.”

Elizabeth inspected him to make sure he was perfectly fine for her own peace of heart, before dragging him to her nearby courtyard where they could sit down and have a mother-son talk.

”Quickly tell mother, how was your trip to Extreme Misty Forest?” Elizabeth asked.

Hearing her question, Leon shook his head. ”Never mind that for now. It seems the Capital had made some great discoveries and undergone some startling transformation?”

”Right, these crystals have completely flipped the cultivation world upside down. I'm afraid once the news spread to the surrounding kingdoms, all the Awakeners in the Human Domain will flock to the Capital.” Elizabeth nodded with a heavy expression, not minding the change of topic. ”Mother had taken preemptive measures to lockdown the new and kept within the boundary of the Capital, but if there are any spies within the Capital, it would be meaningless.”

Rubbing his chin, Leon mysteriously said, ”This could be both a bad and a good thing.”

”What do you mean, son?” Elizabeth was bewildered. How could it also be a good thing? Such an influx of Awakeners would affect stability of their kingdom and cause chaos. Was getting robbed a good thing?

”Indeed, it would be bad if they are completely unscrupulous and try to rob our resources, but mother is now a powerful Transcendent. You can kill as many as they come. The crucial point is that our kingdom is currently lacking capable hands. Undoubtably, they would come for the crystals once the news spread and they would resort to force to obtain it, if they can get it through normal methods. But if we can recruit them with the crystals as bait, they would be of great help to the development of our kingdom.”

”My son, that is a dangerous thought. That is akin to letting fierce tigers into the house. Don't you fear being bitten by them and forced to set the house on fire in order to get rid of them?”

”That is correct, mother.” Leon smiled. ”But if they come, there is no stopping them from coming. So, we might as well let them in.”

Elizabeth crease her brows in puzzlement, ”Then your intentions are…?”

”We just have to train these fierce tigers and turn them into tamed kittens.” Leon answered confidently.

If the noble cats of the beast race heard Leon's belittling words and inferior comparison to tigers, they would have been enraged and rallied together to wage a war to prove their superiority.

In the Capital, metal was no longer scarce. They were being mined, processed, refined and used for construction throughout the Capital as they spoke. With the spread of so much metal and a Transcendent metal-user at the hem, his mother would have absolute control over the Capital. There was no need to fear things going wrong. This was the reason for Leon's confidence.

Elizabeth was not slow-witted. Seeing her son's expression, she immediately understood his reason and remembered she was now a Transcendent. She had been preoccupied with her son; she had even forgotten about her recent breakthrough.