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"Why don't you go back and rest? Your return this time has caused many troublesome issues. We have to go take care of Third Senior Sister seeing as the Blue Frost Sect will be targeting her in the competition," said a guard. "This time they suffered a loss because of you, so they will definitely find other ways to make up for it."

Garen was dazed for a while, then muttered in shame.

"It's all my fault."

"It's not entirely your fault, Blue Frost Sect's style has always been like this, but we Scarlet Snow Sect are not to be messed with as well! To outsiders, it may seem like a harmonious relationship between the two but in reality…well, Senior Brother Carthage had to retreat this time partly because he was injured by their senior sister." Another soldier muttered coldly.

Garen was silent, nodding his head solemnly.

"I understand…"

"Go back and practice well. You are the only hope for our faction, and your talent is only second to Carthage. If you have any questions in the future, just come to us directly. If it is within our capabilities, we will definitely try to help. As bodyguards of the elders, we can access many things easily," whispered the soldier.

"Thank you so much, I will never forget your help." Garen smiled.

"You're welcome. We will inform you in advance if there is any trouble."

The two soldiers could tell that Garen had a bright future ahead, hence why they so willingly offered to help him.

Leaving Second Great Elder's base, Garen returned to his assigned residential area.

He immediately traveled back to Planet Naga through the usage of Dimensional Jump, and moved out all of his resources, preparing to auction them off in order for sufficient amount of Scarlet Snow Crystals.

Scarlet Snow Crystals were actually the key material for the formation of the Scarlet Snow Sect's Resonance-Leveled crystal. The Scarlet Snow Sect's crystallization was to mainly absorb the object's essence, then together with Willpower, form Resonance Crystals. 

The more crystals, the better. However, the absorption of each person was limited. The more you absorb, the condensation of crystals was naturally stronger. It was said that after reaching Inherited Level, most would have to constantly absorb essences of various resources and its limit of absorption would determine the power difference between every level of Willpower.

Garen did not know what his limit was, but it would not harm to have extra Scarlet Snow Crystals. 

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The Northern Yu Province in Planet Naga

The Black Wolf Peak's reception hall.

Garen sat in the highest seat and beside him was a beautiful girl dressed in a tight, white skirt, with white gloves and white stockings. On her head sat a silver crown, representing royalty. She was the one who gave Garen all her support back then, Princess Aine, who was also known as the Princess of the Merci Kingdom.

"Congratulations Mr. Garen on your promotion to Third Hearted, Your Royal Highness. I initially saw your potential and bright future long ago already, but I never thought it would become a reality so quickly."

Aine and Garen had a mutual agreement back then to mine the Red Peacock Stone; coupled with the gifts they gave each other occasionally, their cooperation had been a pleasure so far.

"Princess Aine, I'll make this quick as there isn't much time left."

"Please do."

"I invited you this time to see if you are able to help me handle a batch of things which I obtained from the Void Battlefields. Do you understand me?" Garen did not tell her directly that the items were loots he acquired after killing people.

However, Princess Aine was a smart lady and she instantly understood what he meant.

"I won't collect any fees for the handling. I can bid in my thirty-five big auction houses simultaneously. What would you like to exchange for? Golden crystals? You don't seem to be lacking those though."

Garen smiled. He opened his mouth and spat out a beam of scarlet light which formed a red ring.

Clang!

The princess' eyes grew wide. The wine glass in her hand fell to the floor, shattering into pieces.

Not only her, the void behind her fluctuated slightly. Obviously, the strong, invisible Resonance-Leveled expert behind her could not help but release a breath of shock as well.

A Level-Five this young to be able to perform it perfectly, what more if he soon entered the Resonance Level…

Princess Aine secretly rejoiced she placed her bets on the right person earlier on, but she blamed herself for not being bold enough to place a higher bet. Although they maintained a decent relationship between each other, they were still far away from being close.

"Mr. Garen…you…in such a short period of time, and you've already touched the surface of Level Five…you are indeed one of the elites of Scarlet Snow Sect." Aine tried hard to conceal her surprise as her long slender legs shook slightly. She somehow unintentionally tilted herself towards Garen with her short skirt riding up her legs, the vague gap between her legs slightly moved according to the movement of her thighs.

At the same time, the smile on her face became more flirtatious as she gave off a slight sexy posture in the attempt of seducing. The white skirt which was barely covering her thighs tempted one to just flip the skirt over to take in the view.

"You flatter me." Garen waved off her compliment. "Alright, I'm sure you know what I'm here for, don't you?"

"Of course, my auction houses still have some remaining stocks of the Scarlet Snow Crystals. I can also easily find some stash from the Royal Family which would be enough for ten or more people to absorb and enter Resonance Level. Yeah, it should be enough." Aine steadied herself as she said lightly with a charming smile.

"Besides that, is there anything else that you need?"

A thought flashed through her mind as she took out the list of valuables she prepared earlier which she wanted to pass to her supervisor. With a flick of her finger, she scrolled through and adjusted the inventory list. Then only did she got up and walked towards Garen to pass him the list.

Garen accepted the list and smiled lightly as he noted her mild, body fragrant.

"Thank you."

Aine's arm brushed against the back of his hand lightly.

However, Garen did not show any sign as he began going through the list.

There were only three items on the list, but just a glance of the first item was enough to excite Garen. Even his breathing quickened.

'Black Scarlet Snow Crystal: The essence of Scarlet Snow Crystal, the best condensing material to crystallize Resonance-Leveled Crystal. 1,500 golden crystals per unit.'

When resonance crystallized, usage level of Scarlet Snow Crystal increased; the purer the crystal, the stronger level one would reach in an instant. Ordinary Scarlet Snow Crystals would push one to reach New-Moon Level after absorption but if one were to use Black Scarlet Snow Crystal, one could straight away elevate to Half-Moon Level!

Carthage did the same thing back then, skipping all the way to Half-Moon Level and then he made a spurt of progress, reaching Two-Moons Level right away. The most important key was that nobody had ever sold this item, so how come there was one available?

It was evident that Aine was trying to do a good favor for him.

Garen concealed his surprise. Every usage of the Black Scarlet Snow Crystal reduces it by one unit as such there was no actual market value for it. Although 1,500 golden crystals were indeed a huge amount, in terms of an item as such, it was basically a gift out of goodwill. After all, this valuable treasure could not simply be measured by gold.

He steadied himself as he continued to look at the list.

'Cold Secret Technique -- Ice Coffin: Inherited-Levelled Snow Exercise, altogether a complete version of three levels. 300 golden crystals per unit.'

This made Garen's heart jumped as well.

But the third item on the list was the one that got him excited all over again.

'Staff of Tree God (Staff of Absolute Yin): Handed down from the ancient civilization, an ornament that represents power and natural prestige. 100 golden crystals per unit.'

"This one!" Garen was extremely happy. His potential points were almost used up, otherwise, his Blood Eagle genes would have been able to continue to break through to a decent standard at least good enough for him to defeat a Resonance-Leveled opponent. Speed was pointless at that point. If he was up against someone of Inherited Level, he was still able to defeat him because the Blood Eagle speed was almost at that level already. Besides that, it was nothing out of the ordinary already.

He would not be on par with a Non-falling Level. If not for the Space-Time Print for the previous two times, Blue Pole Star would definitely catch up to him.

Even though the Blood Eagle speed was inhuman already, it was still nothing compared to one of Non-falling Level.

From the looks of it, the Blood Eagle +2 speed might be fast enough for a Level-Five Energy Machinist to reach the speed of Inherited Level, but for Garen, it was no big deal.

However, if the Blood Eagle speed was able to be upgraded to another level, it would definitely increase his combat power!

"These three items are all urgent needs of mine and Your Highness Aine is actually willing to help me out. I will remember your kind gratitude." Garen said solemnly. He knew the values of these gifts, especially the first item listed above. Even if these items were to be given to the three Great Elders, it was still an exceptional favor. He did not expect her to be so willing to place such a weighty bet.

"As long as you like them," Aine responded with a smile. "You once brought up the third item before but unfortunately, the number is indeed limited. It was pure luck we were able to find just one."

"That's not bad already." Garen nodded and waved his arm. A black wolf by the side walked out slowly with a plastic bag in its mouth towards Aine and gently placed the bag in her hand.

"These are the items for the auction."

The bag was filled with different sizes of rings, necklaces, and wristbands. All of those were Space Equipments, some even still had blood stains on it.

Aine and the bodyguards behind her felt a chill down their spine.

There were so many Space Equipments, and each of it must have been once owned by a fellow disciple from a sect outside. Who knew how many people did Garen kill to obtain these items…

"Will you be there for the auction?" Aine asked softly.

"No need for that, you shall be entirely in charge of that. Also, Bainster." Garen raised his voice.

"Senior Brother." Instantly, a young man with a small mustache ran inside through the door. It was Bainster who was handling matters at the Black Wolf Peak. "What's the matter?"

"How is the extraction of the Red Peacock Stones?" Garen asked mildly.

"They're almost done. They were all done being processed just a few days ago. We have altogether 25 pieces of the essences." Bainster was talking about the emerald essences for Garen to absorb. It was extracted when the Red Peacock Stones were melted. The essences had a higher efficiency after extraction. Absorbing one of it was equivalent to absorbing 100 pieces of the non-extracted ones, and this made things much more convenient.

It just requires an extremely high technical requirement. After all, Red Peacock Stones were highly flammable raw materials, the melting technique could not heat it, and it cannot be heated as well.

All this while, Garen, too, absorbed those essences.

"Bring Princess Aine down to rest."