"Hey, come with me," Ramon said to Rocky as he wore a serious expression on his face.
Rocky quickly nodded and informed Tessa, "Nightshade's condition has basically stabilized already, but
I still need to disinfect its wound and put on the necessary medication every day. So, I guess I'll be
coming here every morning from now on."
"All right. Thank you very much for all your help," Tessa replied with a bright smile on her face.
"No. I should be the one thanking you for introducing me to a new job," Rocky said before he finally
followed Ramon.
Then, shortly after, the two of them left the Fragrance Pavilion.
"Brat, you can't fool me. What's your real purpose?" Ramon asked coldly. As soon as they got out of
the pavilion, Ramon's strong spiritual aura suddenly rose and enveloped him.
"Purpose for? I can't follow what you're talking about." Rocky pretended to be ignorant and denied
everything that Ramon was speculating.
"I don't think you are who you claimed to be. Besides, didn't you say yesterday that your ribs were
broken? Why does it seem that you didn't suffer any injury at all? What stunt are you trying to pull off?"
Ramon tried to grill him until he folded.
"Well, I'm not a doctor, so I can't really say if I'm injured or not. It just felt that something was wrong in
my body at that time. I'm actually glad that it turns out to be nothing serious," Rocky answered with a bit
of a supercilious expression.
"Humph! I'm warning you, brat. If I learn that you are up to something, you won't get away with this."
Ramon wasn't stupid, and he knew that Rocky was also the cunning type. Thus, he instantly got
annoyed that he couldn't corner the newbie. At the same time, he also knew that Rocky had already
gained Tessa's trust, which meant that he couldn't just do anything rash. All he could do right now was
to keep an eye on Rocky and look for a chance to expose him. As long as Ramon could find some dirt
on him, he could easily kick him out of the Sword Spirit City.
After a while, Rocky and Ramon reached the beast farm where they had been yesterday. When the
man in charge saw Ramon, he quickly rushed towards him and said, "Captain Ramon, the person you
brought here yesterday suddenly disappear..." Before he could even finish his sentence, he saw Rocky
appear from behind Ramon. He was instantly stunned and was rendered speechless for a brief
moment.
"Yeah. It turns out that he's alright. From now on, he will be working here on the beast farm. But you
don't need to be polite to him. Just order him around and make sure that he does his job well," Ramon
ordered as he scoffed coldly.
"Yes, captain! Don't worry about it." The man in charge was still actually a bit confused but he
immediately responded without asking any question.
Ramon glanced and snorted at Rocky before he finally left the beast farm.
"I'm Basil. Nice to meet you!" Rocky cupped his hands as he introduced himself to the man.
"Basil, huh? Okay, come with me." The man then waved his hand and signaled Rocky to follow him.
Although he didn't know why the guy, who suddenly disappeared yesterday, was now assigned to work
in the beast farm, he had no choice but to obey since it was a direct order from his superior.
With that, Rocky followed closely behind him.
Then, the man accompanied Rocky around the beast farm and made him familiarize himself with
everything that was in there. He also told him about some matters that needed continuous attention
and other basic things that he needed to know. After a brief tour of the place, he gave Rocky a task,
asking him to clean the farm and feed the spiritual beasts.
On the other hand, Rocky was already very familiar with this kind of job. In fact, when he first arrived at
the Crimson Dragon Group before, this was what he did. So, it was just like taking up his old job. At the
same time, it also gave him a good opportunity for some data gathering. Working on a beast farm
without too many eyes to guard him meant that he could freely collect blood samples from all of the
spiritual beasts that they kept here. Then, he could analyze their genes and make some new
discoveries.
Thus, Rocky decided to temporarily settle down in the Sword Spirit City.
Meanwhile, at the junction of the human race, the spiritual race and the Shura Race, a group of men
and women, who looked like prisoners, were being escorted by several members of the Shura Race
towards the battlefield of the human race.
Unfortunately, Rocky wasn't there to witness the scene, because it turned out that these men and
women were the people he was looking for.
After the failure of destroying the door that connected the Wild Spirit Land and the alien land, several
powerful spirit manipulators, including Bryant and the spiritual masters of the spiritual race, were all
captured. When they were brought to the alien land, they were imprisoned for a few days before the
Shura Race eventually divided them into dozens of groups. Then, some were sent to the border
battlefield of the human race, and some to that of the spiritual race.
One of the groups was comprised of Shirley, Bryant, and most of the spirit manipulators from the
Timber Deity Empire and the Magic Phoenix Empire. However, it could be seen that Alyssa was not
with them.
"Hey, hurry up! We still need to reach the border before nightfall. Move faster, you laggards!" one of the
members of the Shura Race shouted with a ferocious look on his face. Then, out of spite, he swung his
spiritual whip towards Bryant.
After the creatures of the Wild Spirit Land had been captured, their spiritual power was all sealed.
Therefore, right now, they were no different from ordinary people. When Bryant was hit by the whip, the
skin on his shoulder instantly tore open, and the damage looked terrifying.
"Grandfather!" Shirley, who was directly standing behind Bryant, shouted in exasperation as she glared
at the man who hit his grandfather.
"I'm fine. Don't make a scene no matter what. If we want to find an opportunity to escape, we can't
make any trouble right now," Bryant said in a low voice as he shook his head.
"Damn it! If only Basil was here. He would definitely save us from these miscreants!" Shirley could only
curse upon the fate that they had suffered.
"Don't lose hope. At this moment, we can only rely on ourselves. This is not the time to wallow in
despair. We need to be strong in order to survive. Most importantly, we need to find Preceptor Marcia.
If she's still alive, our chances of getting back to our original world would certainly increase," Bryant
said with an unwavering spirit. He had already experienced countless battles throughout his life. As
long as there was still a shred of hope to cling on, he would not give up whatever situation they might
be in.
"That's right. But I don't think anyone knows where she is right now. Let's just hope that she's fine..."
Shirley said softly.
In the Sword Spirit City, there weren't many people who worked at the beast farm, so their workload
was kind of heavy. However, Rocky didn't mind because he was happy at what he was doing here.
Studying spiritual beasts was one of his passions, so he almost spent his whole time doing this, except
when he was required to visit the Fragrance Pavilion to check on Nightshade's progress.
There were not that many spiritual beasts in the beast farm where Rocky worked. From what he
learned the past days, spiritual beasts were much rarer in the alien land than in the Wild Spirit Land.
Since the alien land was enveloped by the evil spirit, most of the beasts were diabolic spiritual beasts
or demonic spiritual beasts. Both of the two kinds were much more difficult to tame than ordinary
spiritual beasts. In fact, human spirit warriors only possessed the strength to tame the ordinary spiritual
beasts. Moreover, in the alien land, besides the Shura Race, the human race and the spiritual race
were really not that proficient in beast taming. Thus, they were more focused on pursuing the martial
arts, gaining them the title of spirit warriors.
For the spirit warriors, there were actually three realms—the Spirit Realm, the King Realm, and the
Emperor Realm. Although there were still higher realms after the Emperor Realm, aside from the Shura
Race, it was impossible for the other two races to reach them.
At the Spirit Realm, there were a total of seven grades, and only upon reaching the seventh grade
could one have the ability to break through to the King Realm. However, once a spirit warrior already
reached this realm, they could not simply improve their strength in the regular way. Upon breaking
through the King Realm, initially, one had to cultivate another spiritual body—the Spiritual Infant. For a
spirit warrior, it was like an avatar. It could not only enhance one's strength but also speed up their
cultivation process.
There were two ways to cultivate a Spiritual Infant. First, one could cultivate it on their own, but the
chances of succeeding were pretty low. Therefore, most spirit warriors would be stuck in their
cultivation as they reached the King Realm because of their inability to successfully cultivate their
Spiritual Infants. The other known way was to merge it with the martial spirit of a dead Emperor Realm
warrior. If one managed to pull it off, they could directly cultivate the Spiritual Infant. However, martial
spirits of dead Emperor Realm warriors were also extremely scarce. Thus, even for spirit warriors,
making it to the Emperor Realm was such a nearly impossible task.
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