5 Cultivation and Ar

After the pounding session with Anne, Karan observed that his cultivation base has increased. He is now a third-step Elementary Magus. He didn't have any knowledge about cultivation realms but he instinctively knows at what level he is. It was an exceptional gain as previously he was just a mortal. He tried to see Anne's cultivation but he was not able to. He had expected it as most likely her cultivation is higher than him so he was not going to figure it out.

Karan started putting on his clothes while Anne was laying on the bed. He still had some unanswered question so he decided to ask her as it doesn't seem like Xiuying will be here anytime soon.

"Hey Anne, where are we right now?" Karan asked as he finished wearing his clothes and sat on one of the sofas near Anne.

"This? We call this place the 'Pure Flower Palace'. All the disciples your mother took for you-know-what lives here. This is Xiuying's room." Anne replied. Her face was filled with satisfaction.

"Ohh... You are now a third-step Elementary Magus. That dual cultivation method worked better than I had expected." Anne said.

"Yeah. I'm feeling a lot stronger than before. It's something very new to me." Karan replied. "Although I am not able to see your cultivation level."

"Of course, you will not be able to as I'm at the Divine realm," Anne said with a proud tone. She then explained Karan about cultivation levels.

"You must be very strong. I wonder how much time it will take me to where you are." Karan said.

"A lot of time. All of us here are at least at the Divine realm. A few of us have even entered the Heavenly realm." Anne said nonchalantly.

Karan was shocked. Heavenly realm. That's incredible.

"Let me guess. Xiuying is in the Heavenly realm." Karan predicted. "She seems like a leader to me."

"Yeah, she entered Heavenly realm a few years ago," Anne replied. "Well, she's more like a manager than a leader. She's a very dependable and kind person."

"When will I get to see more of the outer world?" Karan asked. "I want to explore your world."

"Umm... For that, you have to ask Xiuying." Anne stood up and started wearing her clothes. "I'm sure she will at least take you for a tour."

"I'll ask her. Are you going?" Karan wanted someone to talk to so he was a bit down seeing Anne wearing her clothes.

"Yeah, I have to go. But don't worry Xiuying will be here soon." After Anne wore her clothes, she gave Karan a tight hug which he reciprocated earnestly and went out of the room.

Karan was all alone now so he checked his phone so maybe he can talk to Esha. But just as expected, there was no network. He really wanted Xiuying to come as soon as possible. Just before he can think of what to do now he heard the sound of footsteps like someone is coming towards the room. And there she was. Xiuying walked into the room with a manual in her hand.

"Looks like you are bored Karan."

Xiuying went up to Karan and kissed him on lips. But before she can step back, Karan grabbed her waist and pulled her towards him.

"Of course, I'm bored. After all, you left me alone in an unknown place." Karan said it very cutely which made Xiuying giggle.

"I went to bring something good. You will definitely like it." She raised the manual towards Karan.

"What is this? Something similar to the dual cultivation method." Karan asked. "Why are you bring this type of thing one after another."

"No. It's a technique that will help you in battle." She replied. "As your fiancee, I have to make sure you are fully prepared. Now just open it."

Karan gave a smile to her after hearing the word fiancee.

Karan let go of her and took the manual in his hand. Similar to the dual cultivation method, just after he opened the manual, a light appeared and his brain got filled with various information.

"It's known as 'Weapon Embodiment Art' which will allow you to create weapons out of thin air." She explained. "At the start, you will be able to create one or two weapons but as you grow further creating more is very much possible."

"Give it a shot and create a sword."

Karan found this technique to be very cool. Creating weapons as he wishes. That's really amazing.

Karan imagined a shortsword in his mind and a moment later two shortswords appeared out of thin air, one in each of his hands. He and Xiuying both had a sense of happiness on their faces.

"THAT'S SO COOL," Karan exclaimed. "I wasn't expecting that you will bring me something this awesome."

"I brought the manual that will best suit you from the treasury," Xiuying replied. "I am glad you liked it. You can only create common weapons, for now, it will take more practice to create better weapons."

She then explained Karan about the level of weapons and items. Since Karan was already familiar with cultivation levels he didn't have any difficulty understanding this.

Karan looked at the manual which was on the ground and asked Xiuying, "Can you also learn this art?"

"A manual can be used only one time so I can't learn it. Although for most arts there is more than one manual, though I have other arts and techniques that I prefer." She replied.

"Well, you do you," Karan said. "I fought a lot with guys from my school so I do have some experience in fighting but I never used a weapon. I wonder how much time it'll take me to master it."

"Don't think much about that. You should focus on increasing your cultivation base for now." Xiuying advised. "I will arrange something that will help you to fight better."

"Thanks, Xiuying."

Karan focused on his swords and they disappeared similar to as they appeared. Since weapons were made from Karan's energy he can destroy them too although he will not get his energy back.

After that, Xiuying and Karan talked about various things. As Xiuying already know almost everything about Karan's world she started talking about the cultivation world. She told him about 'The Belated World' where cultivators in the Mortal realm and mortal who couldn't cultivate resides. She told him some general stuff about sects, continents, clans, rulers and their faiths. After an hour and a half of talking, Karan asked about other residents of Pure Flower Palace as he wanted to meet them.

"Some are free but a lot of them are outside the palace. I have talked to them and hopefully, all of them will be here by tomorrow morning." Xiuying replied. "They are too very eager to meet you. After all, you are their future husband."

"But how am I going to meet with so many women personally? I mean there are 12000 of them." Karan asked curiously.

"Oh, even I didn't think about that," Xiuying said sheepishly and thought for a moment. "Wait. I have an idea."

With one snap of her finger, she summoned a pocket watch in her hand. It was very dark looking and was giving an evil aura.

"What the fuck is this?" Karan asked curiously. He was feeling very uneasy as he felt like the watch was trying to suppress him.

"It is a Heavenly Artifact. It's called 'Watch of Kronos'. If supplied with enough energy it can alter the flow of time around a particular area. Although it needs a lot of energy, it has already sufficient stored for our use." Xiuying explained. "You just have to press this button and take it with you."

"Will I be able to meet all of them in a month with this?" Karan asked. "After that, I have to go to university. I think I can use this month efficiently for that."

"Yeah, it's possible. You just have to not do anything except for meeting your future wives." Xiuying grinned.

"Haha... well let's see how it goes." Karan just laughed it off.

"Since it's already very late, I think I should go to my room," Karan told her.

"I was hoping that you will stay here. I guess you didn't like my room." Xiuying replied in a sad tone. "I can arrange a better room for you too so..."

"It's not that. I wish I could stay with you but I want to talk to Esha." Karan showed his phone to her. "See? There's no network here."

"Is that so?" Karan's words cheered her up a little. "It can't be helped for now. I'll make sure that you can talk to her without any network problem from tomorrow onwards."

Xiuying snapped her fingers and a portal appeared in the room. Karan walked towards the portal to go to his room. The portal was not new to him and he was feeling very comfortable going across it.

"Would you like me to accompany you tonight?" Xiuying asked in a seductive voice.

"Not tonight. I have a lot to talk to Esha so... next time." Karan politely refused her but still, it disappointed her once again.

"Are you going to tell her everything that happened today?" Xiuying asked. "I don't think it's the right time to tell her. Still, you are the one to decide."

"Don't worry. I will tell her when I feel the time is right. Bye Xiuying" After saying those words Karan walked through it.

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Karan was now in his room. These couple of days were a lot heavy on him. He ate some food and after that called Esha.

"Hey Esha"

"Hi, Karan. What were you doing? Your phone was not reachable."

"Yeah. I was kinda busy."

"Hmm... busy with a girl? I see."

"Actually... girls"

"You... jerk..."

Karan and Esha talked for around an hour and after that, he went to sleep. He thought about how his meeting with other girls going to be. Once he thought about Xiuying and Anne, he was very hopeful that other girls will be cool too.

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Karan was now ready to start meeting the women. He wore his best clothes so that no stone is left unturned. After all, the first impression is the last. Although he didn't believe that, it doesn't hurt to dress to impress. Xiuying was already in his room waiting for him to be fully prepared.

"Let's go, Xiuying." Karan declared.

Xiuying summoned a portal and both of them walked through it.

After walking through the portal, Karan observed his surroundings. It was a huge balcony like from where a King can greet his people. Anne was standing there too. Once she saw him a huge smile appeared on her face and she ran towards him.

"Hi, Karan... mmmm..." Both of them kissed till Xiuying appeared and stopped them.

"Control yourself, Anne. Today's very important day." Xiuying said in a stern voice.

"Huh? So you didn't kiss him when you went to bring him." Anne's assumption made Xiuying blush as she had made out with Karan for at least a minute when she was in his room.

"Don't worry Xiuying. It's for some time anyway." Karan once again took Anne's lips, sensually kissing her.

After a while, he let her go.

"So I suppose we have to go there." Karan gestured towards the balcony.

"Yeah," Xiuying answered. Karan walked towards the balcony followed by Xiuying and Anne.

Once Karan reached there, he got amazed by the view. It was the first time he had looked outside the palace. The area was very green with lots of grasses and plants. He can conclude that the palace was built on high altitude most likely on a mountain. Below him was a garden and in front of him a similar building as he was standing now. He figured the structure of the palace as a box type with a garden inside. The palace had a very western feel to it. It was mainly in white and dark-red color.

Once he finished observing the palace his eyes went towards the occupants of the garden and he was absolutely startled.