433 Soul

After the war, Alex did not want to stay longer. The reason was simple, he did not want to deal with the top brass from other influences. After finishing the report of their situation and watching the clean up of the battlefield, Alex came back to the sect.

Of course, before that, he notified the Sect Master from both sects. It seemed Charya was also going to go back together.

Alex came to Honda Sana. "What are you going to do now?"

"I will accompany you to the Northern Continent, according to Lady Song Yu's order. As long as you can cross the ocean safely and become Martial King, then I will go back to Blackwade Clan since it will be dangerous for you to be acquainted with us. At the very least, you won't be able to protect yourself in the Northern Continent." She said.

"..." Alex frowned a bit. He was grateful to have a guide like that, and maybe he could get some information about the Northern Continent from her. However, he wanted to break through to Martial King first, and that advancement process was something she should not know. And he also wanted to make a ruckus in the Nilis Continent. He decided. "I am grateful for the thought, but I will stay on this continent for a bit longer, so you can go back first."

"This… I have promised lady Song Yu to bring you there…" Honda Sana looked at him with a troubled expression.

"It's fine. I am sure Senior Sister can understand. Just say I need something to do, and don't worry about the journey. I can do that alone." Alex smiled, trying to assure her. "Besides, I have the others with me, so I should be fine."

"This…" Honda Sana looked down, weighing something in her mind. After a while, she sighed. "Alright. I will go back first. Lady Song Yu also does not know about this incident and the Martial Kings, but I need to give reasonings to her, so…"

"It's fine. Just say I have several Martial Kings beside me at the moment. But don't disclose their information." Alex nodded.

"I understand. You are one of the Blackwade Clan's VIP, so I will keep your information as a secret." Honda Sana nodded.

"Then." Alex nodded and left.

On the side, Letizia looked at them with a complicated expression. Seeing Alex left, Letizia came to Honda Sana. "Excuse me…"

Honda Sana turned her head and was a bit surprised to see her.

…

Meanwhile, Alex was completely unaware of their conversation. After finishing their discussion, he simply left the battlefield together and went to his spirits.

He wanted to discuss the next plan with his spirits. However, it was at this time Nelson contacted him.

"Young Master, I have finished the job. All the people that have been involved with the Blood Pill and Berserk Pill have died. I have bad news and good news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"Bad news, I guess…" Alex said, a bit unsure.

"The bad news is about the influence in the Nilis Continent. It seems we have underestimated their power level too much."

"Oh?" Alex frowned.

"Even with the Martial Kings coming to this place, they still had a pair of peak Martial Kings and around a hundred Martial Kings below that. They are completely on a different level from us." Nelson said.

Alex was startled by this news. "Are you saying they are going toward this place after this?"

"There is a high chance they will do that. They are one of the peak influences, and it seems they want to rule the Nilis Continent. However, they need enough resources to do that. That's why they want to hoard all the resources in the Wilow Continent for themselves and rule the Nilis Continent."

"I see." Alex pinched the spot between his eyebrows.

"Don't worry. I have a different plan for that. We can just let one of my subordinates oversee this continent and send the others to the Northern Continent so they could investigate the power level there and other things before you arrive." Nelson said.

"How about you?"

"I will go to the Nilis Continent. And when I have reached a certain level, I will destroy the Brynhildr Kingdom."

"This…" Alex did not know what to say.

"I have another thing I want to do. Since Young Master has the promise to wipe out a certain influence in the Sacred Continent and somehow it is related to the Brynhildr Kingdom, I will stay there. This way, I can gather enough information, so when Young Master goes there, everything is ready for you." Nelson said.

"Alright, you have my permission." Alex was speechless. He thought, 'What a reliable guy he is…'

"Yes, thank you for your trust, Young Master." Nelson paused a bit. "Then I will move to the good news, is that alright with you, Young Master?"

"Yeah."

"After calculating all the possessions, I have got around 200 million Spirit Stones, a few hundred thousand rank 2 weapons, a few ten thousand rank 3 weapons, and a few hundred rank 4 weapons and a few thousand other artifacts, medicinal herbs, and so on. As expected, they have brought most of the rank 4 weapons to the battlefield."

"... I never expected the Zhou Kingdom to be even wealthier than the Southern Kingdom. I thought the Southern Kingdom is known for its wealth, right?"

"It is because I get all the loot I can grab… from the Royal Family, a few prominent families, and somehow big families. Meanwhile, I only grab the Royal Family treasure back in the Southern Kingdom."

"I see."

"Well, there is one more thing…" Nelson said.

"What is that?"

"I have got Blaze Tree Seed."

"What!" Alex's heart skipped a beat when he heard that name. "Are you sure?"

"I am a hundred percent sure." Nelson nodded.

Alex's reaction was normal. Blaze Tree was an abnormal tree. Its leaves were made of fire, and the rod itself was considered as a top-notch material for weapons. However, Alex did not care about any of that. What he wanted was its seed.

Blaze Tree Seed was one of the medicinal herbs for his Undying Fire Body. It was for the second stage of Undying Fire Body, which was to refine his Meridians. He was happy, or at least he wanted to be happy about this. But when he remembered the pain just from the first refinement, he just could not.

The refinement was very painful and might be the most painful one he had ever experienced. So, thinking about experiencing it again made him shudder. He was not a masochist, and to get stronger, he was experienced and was trained to become one.

He just resigned his fate since he had chosen to go this way, he should have ready for this. As long as he could meet his wives again, he would walk in this path filled with pain.

[Host, it is good since you want to do it. But I have a suggestion for you.]

"Suggestion?"

[Yes, do you remember when you first refined your body?]

"Ah!!" Alex froze. He only remembered the pain since it was an everlasting memory. When he recalled the after-effect, he immediately sighed. "I see, I should use the Energy Pill first and then do the second refinement. Since the first three refinements are for the Inner Energy, this one should also increase my cultivation speed.

"With that, I also need to get accustomed to my new cultivation speed and breakthrough to the 10-Star with Spirit Stones. After that, the consolidation should not take too long." Alex said.

[Yes.]

"Still, I have not practiced the Energy Pill since I was occupied by the war and tournaments. So, I think I should learn Energy Pill as well as a few rank 5 pills… I might need to learn a few arrays, especially for the attacking array. After that, I will learn the Spirit Steps and search for a few Elemental Arrays." Alex pondered. "Hey, System, do you think I should stop for a while and increase my abilities first?"

[It is up to you, Host. However, System think it is good for you to stop for a while and solidify your basics. You know about the usage of the soul for Alchemist, and the others, right?]

"Yes. It is especially true for my Array Master. I can remotely control or do more than that with my soul. As for Forging Master, it can help you make an elemental sword."

[It is also the same for the Weapon Cultivator.]

"What do you mean?" Alex frowned.

[When you use a Sword Art, what do you think about your Sword Intent or Domain?]

"What do I think about them? I use them to cover the Sword Art to make a stronger attack."

[That's it. You cover the Sword Art with your Sword Intent or Domain. You cover it, not fuse it. When you have cultivated your soul, you can use your Soul to fuse the Sword Art with your intent or domain to make it far stronger than what you have now.]

[Usually, this technique is only taught when you reach Martial Emperor since people do not have that much Soul Strength or Mental Energy at Martial King Stage. However, you are different.]

[Mental Energy is an energy that comes from your mind that will be converted into your Spirit or Will or Soul. Your brain has been evolving because of all of that knowledge you had learned in the past, especially when you received the knowledge in your last Golden Tribulation.]

[I am sure you can start practicing your soul since it is already good enough, albeit barely. That's why solidating your basics will also make it easier for you to combine your soul with your technique and so on.]

"I see." Alex contemplated for a while. If this was true, then it was good news for him. At first, he thought he did not need this basic since he usually overpowered his opponent with his firepower, or he won't use the technique again because of his insane cultivating speed. However, if Soul can be used to do something like that, then it would be better to solidify all of his basics first.

"Even so, I have many things to learn… Array, Alchemist, Sword, Spear, and Fire as well as my Space Element. This is going to be rough, huh…"

[One year is enough, I think. Just give each of them two months… Still, I think with your basics in Sword and Spears, together with your Mastery Cards, it won't take you up to two months. Anyway, just take your time… I know you are rushing for this, but if you rush too much, this won't be good for the long run, and you might reach the end of your potential before you can meet them.]

"You might be right…"

[But, I still suggest you take your tribulation first and become a Martial King before you start practicing all of that. You can experience many things with your soul that way.]

"I know." Alex nodded. "Well, I am a careful person, so preparing for whatever in front of me is a must."

He then said to Nelson. "Nelson, you can go to the Nilis Continent after this. Ah, I am going there soon, so try to check a place where I can hold my tribulation there."

"I understand. I shall choose the best place for you to challenge your tribulation. What about all this loot?"

Alex paused a little before he said, "Meet me in the Sect. I will also gather all your subordinates to make a plan."

"I understand."

Alex then stored back his card and went to his spirits. It seemed Charya was also with them since she was planning to go back early. As for his spirits, they did not want to have anything to do with the influences other than Heavenly Sword Sect and Rainbow Flower Sect.

Alex looked at all of them and nodded. "Let's go back."