Chapter 705: Foresight

Chapter 705: Foresight

It was not until the seventh year after Elisa’s breakthrough that Azelia finally broke through to Rank One.

The fox maiden clearly pursued the path of a Beastmen World’s shaman priestess, evolving from a humble Wind Whisperer to a Rank One Soul Priest.

Beyond her personal growth, the fox maiden had also mastered numerous War Song Haloes, all self-taught—a probable reason for her delayed breakthrough compared to the mermaid.

Shaman priests in beastmen tribes emphasized tradition. Hence, many ancient war songs and haloes were passed down orally.

Previously, without a senior priest to guide her, the fox maiden relied solely on the bronze codex, a gift from Sein procured through the Magus Alliance.

Upon her promotion to Rank One, the strength of her Thunder Beast also improved.

Before attaining this rank, the Thunder Beast transferred portions of its life and thunder energy to the fox maiden due to their soul contract.

However, after reaching Rank One, the fox maiden began using her enhanced soul power to support her Thunder Beast, now a contracted familiar.

This type of evolution was unique to the Beastmen World.

One should never underestimate any world in the Astral Realm.

The Beastmen Plane, despite its challenges, had managed to evolve into a major world, with a civilization evidently more advanced than many others.

The fact that the soul priority of their contracted familiars was more significant than the soul magic mastered by Sein proved that the Beastmen World was indeed a world with substantial heritage.

The flourishing trade of enslaved creatures, however, remained a controversial yet “defining aspect” of the Beastmen World.

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The fox maiden’s promotion to Rank One occurred more than a decade after Sein’s return to the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring.

From the moment of his return, Sein seldom allowed himself any respite.

He only occasionally relaxed to improve his focus for subsequent studies and research.

By the seventeenth year since his return to the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring, Sein’s mana, focus, and constitution had significantly increased.

Sein’s mentor, Lorianne, arrived slightly late, mainly because Sein never informed her about his wedding.

She sent her clone to attend the ceremony, and upon her arrival, she slightly reprimanded Sein through mental focus before offering her blessings and presenting her gifts.

For Natalya, she had prepared a precious Viridescent Potion—the most potent passive evolutionary potion she could concoct for knights, infused with numerous rare plant essences from her world laboratory.

For Sein, she presented a Viridescent Seed.

Many knights from the Order of Steel Fist recognized the value of the Viridescent Potions Natalya received, yet few could discern the significance of the milky-white seed.

However, those knights who had participated in the Verdant Leaf World War immediately recognized it and quietly informed the others that it was a magic item capable of growing into a demigod-level creature.

This revelation immediately caused many knights to look at Sein enviously.

Sein ignored the envious stares and was amused by the familiar milky-white Viridescent Seed.

It made him wonder if his mentor was actually preparing him for the upcoming challenges in the Verdant Wilderness World War that would happen in several decades.

It seemed like his mentor had demonstrated her foresight in choosing such a gift.

However, watching Lorianne smiling naturally in her verdant dress, Sein wondered whether he might have misunderstood her intention.

“I can’t believe you didn’t tell me about something this important and I had to find out for myself,” Lorianne complained to Sein via mental focus as she blessed the newlyweds.

To an onlooker, Lorianne was probably telling her apprentice to take care of Natalya or something along the same lines.

With all the guests around, Sein could not not respond to Lorianne. Besides, he simply felt that it was unnecessary to bother Lorianne about something like this.

“I’ll be back next year,” Lorianne said to him by transmitting her voice.

It appeared that she had concluded her business in the Verdant Leaf World.

Sein could not help but wonder about the initial gains she had made from her conquest of that microplane.

According to their plans, Sein was set to accompany Lorianne to the Capiche Business Alliance to purchase a space fortress in about a decade.