Chapter 203 – Soul (1/2)

Chapter 203 – Soul

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“Alright, that makes the fortieth tile.”

Calron muttered while stacking the last piece of God Tile on the floor.

The sunlight shone on his tanned skin, illuminating his hard and well-chiseled muscles. It was early in the morning and both Rebran and Ellie were currently sleeping inside his hut. Calron slept briefly, but had to wake up early in order to finish creating the God Tiles for the Azure Pavilion today.

Standing up from the ground, Calron walked into the hut and placed the stacks of tiles on top of the table for Roran to find later.

“Contrary to what he says, he sure does get along well with little kids.”

Calron smiled, gazing down at the scene where the mini-Rebran was sleeping while Ellie cuddled him on the bed.

Ellie’s arm was curled around the tiny white cat as she hugged him close to her chest. Rebran continued to snore softly, unaware of what was going on.

“He’ll throw a fit when he wakes up.”

While chuckling, Calron left the hut and made his way to the usual spot where he cultivated every morning.

Activating the Divine Perception, Calron walked towards the statue of the bird where the golden dragon’s soul had previously resided. None of the clan members ever approached that area as it was a restricted zone by the Patriarch, but Calron still used the Divine Perception ability to make sure he didn’t bump into any of his friends on the way.

He still had to remain hidden for another day.

You’re up and early.

A voice sounded out from the crystal in Calron’s possession. It was the voice of the Patriarch.

Good morning, grandpa.

Calron yawned, still sleepy from the lack of sleep last night.

Your friends from the mission came by yesterday evening to ask the Elders if they had heard back from you. They seemed really worried about you, brat.

The Patriarch informed.

Although the four of them were only together for a short while, Calron felt a strange connection to them, and it warmed him that they felt the same way as well. However, even they could not know that he had returned if their plan for the speech tomorrow was to succeed.

We only have a day left. I’ll explain everything to them after this ordeal is dealt with.

Anyways, that’s not why I contacted you. I need you to come to my room tonight, I have something important to show you. I’ll send a guard over to pick you up at midnight since you’ve never been to my place before.

The old man stated and abruptly ended the message, not allowing Calron to reject his invitation.

“That was weird.”

Calron shrugged his shoulders and continued to walk towards the statue. The Patriarch was probably up to something, but Calron knew he would never be able to figure it out, so he pushed those thoughts aside.

After a few minutes, he arrived before the statue of the bird.

Taking a deep breath, Calron proceeded to sit down in front of the statue in a meditative pose. The main reason why Calron always chose to cultivate near the statue was because the lightning essence here was much denser than anywhere else within the mansion.

“Pheww…”

Controlling the rhythm of his breathing, Calron began to circulate the essence surrounding him. Waves of golden essence surged around his body, entering his skin, blood, muscles, bones and his elemental core.

He tried to expand his core by forcing the essence to stretch the boundaries, however, it was only met with resistance. For months, Calron had been trying to breakthrough into the Saint stage but failed every time.

The Patriarch’s answer was to pick the correct path of lightning for him, but Calron instinctively knew that wasn’t the case with him. If it was true, then Asra would have already entered the Saint stage long ago due to his mastery of one of the lightning’s path.

What am I doing wrong?

Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, his mental energy was previously drained after creating the God Tiles and now it was taking its toll as Calron tried to control the essence inside of him.

“Ugh!”

All of a sudden, he groaned when he felt sharp stings of pain inside his head. It was akin to the pain he experienced when the Divine Perception went out of control.