6 The Pledge (2/2)
”Mmm...”
The middle-aged man kept looking at the scroll with a strange expression on his face.
”Is something wrong?” Rainer couldn't help wondering,” Have I got a halo of a protagonist on me? They all wanna mess with me today!”
”It's okay, boy. I was just checking the signature. Everything's fine. Wait here.”
Rainer sighed at the thought that he was taking everything too seriously, not everyone has to be against him.
A few moments later, the middle-aged man returned with a wooden box in his hands.
”Here you go, growth herbs for spiritual beasts and spiritual gathering pills to improve your cultivation speed.”
He explained the herbs and their uses to Rainer.
”Thank you, sir.”
The youth left after expressing his gratitude, but the man did not take his eyes off Rainer's wrist, where a small snake was bound in the form of a bracelet.
”That snake... I feel something strange about it.I must be getting old....”
After returning to his room without further incident, Rainer ate his breakfast while chatting with Alisha and gave her a fake explanation about the origin of Lerna, his spiritual Guardian.
” Amazing, Young Master, I told you, I knew you'd summon your spiritual beast!”
”Hehe, thanks for believing in me Alisha and like I said, don't worry about Yren, I'll come up with something.Trust me.”
”Nn! I always trusted in your actions since that day you saved me.”
Said Alisha when an angelic smile appeared on her face.
*Thump Thump*
After looking at Alisha's smile in the sunshine, Rainer felt like a child and his first love.
” Dear Lord, I'm actually almost twice her age, even if it's spiritually. I can't let my emotions be reflected in my face. Poker face, poker face...”
However, Rainer couldn't help but blush and get caught by Alisha.
”...?”
”Young master, you didn't fall in love with this big sister, did you?”
”Stop talking nonsense Alisha, it is just that today it's a little warm so you shouldopen the window.”
Alisha seemed upset but she still opened the window.
”If Young Master asked me to...” A blush appeared on his cheeks as Alisha thought on Rainer.
”I have other duties to do so I must go now, Young Master!”
”Alright...” Rainer hadn't finished talking when Alisha was already out of sight.
”This chick is quick when she wants to be.”
”Well, it's time to cultivate!”After giving Lerna the growth herb and swallowing a spiritual pill, Rainer sat down on his bed and went into a meditative state.
He could feel the energy channels in his body carrying the spiritual energy to his Astral Gate.
”Let's attempt to breakthrough the first stage of cultivation, the Manifestation stage!”
After a whole afternoon of cultivation, Rainer did not make it to the Manifestation stage.
”It's not that simple as the books illustrate.”
This was the threshold that put an end to the hopes and dreams of many Guardians.
A small step in their cultivation but a huge improvement in strength.
The first stage of cultivation, the Manifestation stage, awakened the spiritual beast's innate talents from its lineage, a beast could trigger two innate abilities that would be the foundation for future fights.
Of course, their master would also trigger an unique skill that could be useful even in later stages of cultivation if they were lucky!
”Damn it! I just have two months to increase my strength to Yren's level or it'll be the end for Alisha...”
On his way back to his lodgings, Rainer had no choice but listening to some servants talk about Yren, who had already reached the Manifestation stage after the Grand Elder handed him a rare herb that the clan was keeping for exceptional times.
”He just gets further and further away from me...But I can't give up, Alisha is trusting in me as well!