"Indeed..." Davis nodded his head to Nadia, "This is rather incredible. I did expect it to happen, but the chances were very less. I mean, it took me a heavenly resource to get you to King-Tier, to have that kind of prowess, and even that was only possible due to your low cultivation at that time. So what kind of purity would it take for this already overpowered Lightning Elemental to increase its prowess?"
Davis couldn’t help but chuckle, "The answer is clear..."
"I’m glad that master’s faith in her hadn’t gone to waste..." Nadia smiled as she turned to look back at him.
Davis’s focus switched to Nadia as he looked at her face. Her rosy lips became a bit more relevant to him that he almost felt like plucking them with his lips. Nevertheless, with their soul connection, Nadia quickly became aware of his intent and blushed slightly as her smile faded. She avoided his gaze, making him smile before he turned to look at the incoming figure.
"Master, I could already cross a level to fight against other beings. It was just that I got suppressed badly and hungry that I was unable to muster much prowess when you made me submit."
Eldia, who couldn’t read the atmosphere, joyfully spoke as she replied to them.
Davis couldn’t help but laugh.
"Haha, you wouldn’t be ranked third if you couldn’t at least do that, Eldia. You’re one of the grand Lightning Elementals that people would give up their souls to obtain. Refining a Purgatory Extinction Lightning will aid Eighth Stage or Ninth Stage lightning-attributed cultivators in increasing their prowess and destructive powers to a tremendous degree."
Eldia danced around Davis, looking happier than ever as she heard him speak.
"What other change have you noticed?" Davis curiously asked.
Eldia stopped in front of him. Her humanoid figure stopped crackling before she raised her head as if she was thinking.
"I... Other than feeling that my extinction lightning has become extremely powerful, I think I will be able to reach a breakthrough to the next stage within... a year or two..."
Davis nodded his head. In fact, it was even better than his expectations. He felt a few years was in store, but one or two years were way better. Nevertheless, he had the confidence to shorten that as long as he could grow in cultivation, superseding her cultivation, but then she would become weaker than him at that point.
’Where can I obtain more extinction lightning resources...?’
Davis’s gaze became sharp as he turned to look towards the core region of the Dark Thunder Island.
’Ninth stage lightning...? I’m rather courting death for thinking that I could even try to enter...’
Davis inwardly chuckled before he looked at Eldia.
"Eldia, have you ever seen people in red robes...?" Then, he suddenly asked, "They have this ability to use this red-lightning which is called infernal lightning..."
Eldia’s lightning eyes flashed with a dark black hue as if she blinked.
"Oh them... Whenever I see those red-robed people with patterns of lightning, I always hide on that island because I know that I could not match their prowess. They always appear to hunt beings similar to me and search for resources. I also know that they would appear in a particular time frame, so it was easier for me to hide at that time, running off to that island, but I didn’t expect that I would get caught by that fox-human..."
Her tone became sad by the end that Davis couldn’t help but purse his lips.
"Come on, Eldia. Do you still hold it against them? You said you would forget about that if I let you come here for some time, no? It was your words..."
"Master, it isn’t like that... " Eldia shook her head, "I don’t want to kill them anymore. It is just... when I think that I would’ve been a peak-level existence by now, I couldn’t help but get angered at them..."
Davis’s heart trembled as he heard her statement.
She could even worry about her future!?
The more he conversed, the more he felt like he didn’t know about her.
Just because she had emotions doesn’t mean that she could think for the future and have past regrets as well! So she was really overturning Davis’s views on elementals or spiritual beings even though he may have had already considered the possibility of them being this rational.
However, a possibility was just a possibility.
Davis really didn’t think she would consider her past and future.
Even when she said that she would forget about the Silverwinds, he felt that it was merely a logical conclusion derived from emotional inclinations, such as she wanted to stick to him to be provided with the energy she wanted or search for some treasure back in the Dark Thunder Island.
He was proved he was wrong at this moment when she actually didn’t find any and looked like she enjoyed feeling nostalgic, having lingering feelings towards this place where it could be seen that she held on to her past dearly as she cared about her future now.
Nevertheless, seeing that she could hold up her own words, he felt heartened because he didn’t want anyone who could easily go against their words near him. If they don’t protect their own words, how could he possibly expect them to listen to his?
He would’ve been the biggest fool or had some other reason if he did, but the latter were outliers that might fit in this situation because this was a strange case of communicating with an elemental.
"Eldia, I changed my mind. I’m not going to have you with me all the time. You’re free to do as you please until I return again..."
"Master...?"
Eldia’s voice sounded confused, even a bit apprehensive.
Davis shook his head.
"This place is more suitable for you than being with me at this moment, not to mention that my plans have changed. Originally, I felt doubtful of leaving you here, and with the threat of those red-robed men, I was even more inclined to not leave you here, but then, those red-robed men wouldn’t come here until centuries later, so I felt that it would be safe if you stayed and ate, growing in this place you like until I come back. You have proved yourself to me, Eldia..."
Davis possessed a heartened smile.
However, in truth, he just didn’t want to waste Eldia’s potential.
The heaven and earth energy back in the Grand Sea Continent is so scarce that it would probably not be able to support her growth or make him be able to replenish his soul force or other types of energy with endless reserve.
It was more like he would be creating a void, making the place he was in devoid of heaven and earth energy for some time. It would be the same, or perhaps even more, if Eldia returned with him. After all, she would be passively absorbing all the heaven and earthy energy in the atmosphere that she would’ve pulled in all the energy into her body, emptying out an entire city in a day or two to cultivate.
If the Grand Sea Continent could actually support their existences, Spirit Stones wouldn’t have gone extinct either.
Nevertheless, feeling like his decision was apt, Davis turned around and left. However, after moving ten meters along with Nadia, he stopped and turned to look.
"Eldia, why are you following me...?"
"Master, why are you leaving me...?" Eldia sounded confused again, "Did I do something wrong...?"
"Didn’t I just explain...?" Davis became flabbergasted.
Could it be that his explanation fell on deaf ears...?
"But..." Eldia shook her head, "I don’t understand... I don’t know what I did wrong?"
Davis’s lips twitched.
What part of the explanation did she not understand? But he felt like he vaguely understood.
"Eldia, I’m telling you that I don’t have another treat like the heavenly lightning with me and that it is better for you to grow here until I come back. Don’t worry. I believe that you won’t betray, so you can stay here as long as you want until I come back to take you back."
Davis repeated twice, having a genial smile on his face before he waved.
"Take care then..."
He turned around and left as he flew.
However, the sound of crackling lightning still echoed behind him without a change in the distance, making his brows twitch. He turned around, looking as if he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
’She seriously became attached to me for a treat...?’
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Three hours later
Davis was in the Purple Guest Palace.
There were a few places reserved for herb gardens to grow for decorative purposes. He took out the plants and other unneeded beautiful flowers surrounding the place and neatly made a four-meter square space free on the spirit soil.
He made the spirit soil highly enriched by throwing in some eighth stage magical beast manure and a few other enrichers before he took out the viridian fruit from the jade container, garnering its overexcited intent over the highly enriched spirit soil it senses and also because of his touch.
"You’re so impatient..."
Davis chuckled as he patiently extracted the seed from the root. Its intent actually became clearer to him before he found himself influenced by its ecstatic emotions that he had to stop passively using his Heart Intent.
He shook his head, feeling that it good that he didn’t leave this poor fruit spirit out there all alone. It was in the advanced stages of forming its own consciousness and just lacked the ability to talk. It was just like a baby.
This situation actually made him recall the Sage Tree. He had its pill essence derived from it, and the tree seemed like an actual sage from the descriptions, so he was convinced that trees or even plants could grow to have their own consciousness in this world of cultivators after seeing this viridian fruit’s growth process.
"Sigh... seems like I’m a real cultivator now..."
Davis planted the seed with care on the spirit soil and placed a few display cases around that housed... strands of viridian lightning.
Yes!
He had gone to plunder that viridian lightning from the hidden island with Eldia’s help and collected them inside these display cases. That was why it took him a few hours.
These display cases had a unique glass material where they were able to reflect the energy from inside to outside, so it made it suitable for the seed. He also kept the fruit on a display case so that it would provide the energy radiating from it back to its spirit new form.
Davis looked around and saw that everything perfectly fit into place.
The environment was artificially made suitable, and the seed of the viridian fruit was now good to grow!
Davis extended his hand and declared to his two followers.
"Nadia! Eldia! Witness the heavenly miracle I’m going to perform...!"
Pure white energy surged out of his palms as it descended on the spirit soul, seeping into the seed that was buried a bit deep.
*Pop!~*
The seed actually broke through the soil surface at this moment, enlarging into a tree sap!
Nadia and Eldia blinked as they witnessed this shocking sight. It was not new to them but to think that their master actually mastered the art of this miracle but never did they know that he did not rely on a mere stone in the first place. Even Nadia had been more or less fooled at that time.
However, it did not stop but continued to grow as the surrounding viridian lightning trembled as they ran out of energy, and before long, Davis took out a few more display cases that contained the viridian lightning and enriched the tree sap that had already grown a meter tall!
At this point, a voice echoed.
"Ahhh~"
Davis, Nadia, and Eldia’s eyes widened. Then, all three of their expressions froze as they felt that the voice undoubtedly came from this growing tree!