Chapter 456 Mentor and Apprentice Casual Conversation <TOC> Chapter 458 Softworm Eggs
Translator: SumTLMan
As for Angel leading away a branch of the Kulakuka tribe, Sanders had no comment. Clearly, for him, these matters could only be classified as mundane. Even with Totoro, even though Angel mentioned that Naga had once said that Totoro might be a gifted one, Sanders had no reaction. In his eyes, the gifted were not much different from ordinary people. He had once brought nearly a hundred gifted individuals onto the Cloud Whale, but in the end, almost ninety percent of them died in the Nine Cabin Blood Battles, showing his indifferent attitude towards the gifted.
After evaluating Black Castle, Sanders talked about Isabella for a while, then dropped the topic, and the conversation turned back to Angel’s cultivation speed.
According to Angel, when he was in the planar channel, his cultivation speed advanced by leaps and bounds, and he broke through to the second-level apprentice in less than a month. To be precise, it was less than 10 days, because before Angel encountered the Colorful Dragonfly in the first half of the planar channel, he was flown by Toby, and he had no time to cultivate during that time.
Sanders pondered the strangeness of this.
Based on his earlier detection, Angel’s foundation was very solid, and the magical power he sensed from him didn’t seem like it had been forced to grow. It seemed that the cultivation in the planar channel was part of Angel’s own cultivation.
But he had never heard of such strange things before. Although the planar channel had a certain amount of primitive magical power, it was extremely thin and not a good place for cultivation. Why would there be a situation where strength surged crazily?
Could it be that it was due to Angel’s other gifted bias?
When Tree Spirit tested Angel’s talents and qualities, it said that Angel had another gifted bias. However, Angel’s mental sea had too high a passive defense, and Tree Spirit could not break through without using external force. Using external force would cause permanent damage to Angel, so Tree Spirit did not detect what the other gifted bias was. But Tree Spirit pointed out that the hidden gifted bias had a mysterious attribute.
“Could Angel’s other gifted bias be related to space?” Sanders thought to himself. If it were related to space, it would indeed be possible to stimulate some cultivation speed in the planar channel, where spatial energy was active.
With this in mind, Sanders took Angel out of the gravity garden, spent a large amount of magical power to construct a stable planar channel, and pulled Angel into it.
Constructing a stable planar channel with Sanders’ power was somewhat strained.
Angel returned to the dark and uncertain world, and Sanders grabbed his hand, whispering: “Close your eyes, and meditate to see the effect.”
With a mentor by his side, Angel felt a little more at ease. In the eternally silent planar channel, there were no distractions and few stray thoughts, and Angel quickly fell into meditation.
Angel meditated for half a day. When he woke up, Sanders was still contemplating not far away.
“How’s your cultivation speed?” Sanders asked.
Angel shook his head: “The original magic power outside is too thin, and I can only slowly recover my magic power with the magic source. The cultivation speed is much slower than in the outside world.”
Sanders nodded without saying anything, and pulled Angel out of the planar passage.
They returned to the Gravity Garden. Sanders could sense that Angel’s cultivation speed hadn’t increased. While Angel was meditating, he had been paying attention to the surrounding original magic power, which was very stagnant and lazy. If it weren’t for Angel’s excellent guiding spell, these original magic powers might not have bothered to flow. Under such circumstances, it would be abnormal for Angel’s cultivation speed to be fast.
Moreover, as a formal wizard, his sensitivity to spatial energy was also high, and he didn’t feel any spatial energy being activated by Angel. It was clear that her hidden talent was not of the space system.
The only likely reason for Angel to speed up his cultivation in the planar passage was that the channel connecting the desolate village was linked to the Nightmare Plane! With the aura of the Nightmare Plane emanating, his cultivation speed would increase.
This reason was conclusive.
“For you, it’s not a bad thing. After your foundation is accumulated in the future, you don’t need to go to the Nightmare Plane. You can simply use that planar passage for rapid cultivation,” Sanders said. Basically, the planar passage was more useful to Angel than some power-enhancing potions. After all, potions could develop resistance, while the passage wouldn’t.
Not only was it a good thing for Angel, but it might not be a bad thing for Sanders either.
Angel has a Nightmare Soul, and so did he. Although his Nightmare Soul had some functions sealed due to his previous impatience for quick success, he might still be able to quickly improve his cultivation with the help of the planar passage.
Thinking of this, a cold glint flashed in Sanders’ eyes: “You didn’t tell anyone else the location of the desolate village, did you?”
Angel shook her head… Although he hadn’t told anyone the location of the desolate village, Hippocrates had once attracted the attention of Shadow. Whether he would go and look for it was another matter.
“Remember, don’t tell anyone the location of the desolate village. I’ll go there to investigate carefully after a while,” Sanders pointed at Angel: “Of course, you have to come with me.”
Sanders could naturally deal with the Colorful Dragonflies, but the desolate village having Colorful Dragonflies could be considered a natural trap and barrier, blocking outsiders from spying. So he didn’t plan to kill the Colorful Dragonflies. To investigate the desolate village while keeping the Colorful Dragonflies, he had to let Angel accompany him. With Angel’s status as “under the crown” in the Nightmare Plane, it should be feasible.
“I understand,” Angel nodded: “But Mentor, I may go home in the second half of next year. My enlightenment teacher…”
“I probably won’t have time to deal with the desolate village in the next two years, so you don’t have to worry about time conflicts. As for your returning home, you make the decision. I promised you before, if you’re sure you want me to save him, bring him to me,” Sanders said.
Angel lowered his head and nodded slightly. He didn’t dare to take Jon in front of Sanders, but he had no plan to solve the aftermath of the “alien smuggling”. However, he wasn’t in a hurry now. With his current wealth, it wouldn’t be difficult to buy information if he wanted to.
“Your matters have been discussed, so let’s end it for today.” After listening to Angel’s account, Sanders planned to make some adjustments to his itinerary over the years: “You’ll stay here temporarily these days. If you have any questions about your cultivation, you can ask me.”
Angel had many questions in his heart, but as he was about to ask, Sanders suddenly said:
“As for the alchemy issue, didn’t Midora open his library to you? Go and read boldly, and take advantage of the Purification Garden’s opening to gain as much benefit as possible.”
Angel looked speechless. Although he had this idea in his heart, saying it directly was rather embarrassing.
After adjusting his emotions slightly, Angel asked the question he cared about the most: “Mentor, who was it that pushed me into the planar rift at Shadow Demon City?”
He had an answer in his heart, but he still wanted confirmation.
“Twilight,” Sanders said firmly: “However, she has already left the Twilight Deep Well and her whereabouts are unknown. Perhaps she will come to find you and continue her unfinished killing bias. If you want to take revenge, you’d better grow up quickly.”
What Sanders didn’t tell Angel was that when he discovered that Angel had suddenly lost contact, he immediately went to find Twilight and beat her to the brink of death. If it weren’t for Daedweia pleading for mercy, he would have killed Twilight on the spot.
Twilight’s departure was also due to Sanders’ threat, and she left the Twilight Deep Well in shame.
“I will,” Sanders said with a flash of hatred in his eyes. Even though he hadn’t died after falling into the dimensional rift, this hatred had been deeply engraved in his heart.
At first, he indeed broke the rules of the Twilight, so he calmly accepted the punishment. He spent half a month gathering 100,000 magic crystals to compensate the Twilight.
The 100,000 magic crystals were more than enough to offset his mischief during the Twilight auction, showing Angel’s sincerity.
However, even after compensating, he still suffered Twilight’s attack, and if he had gotten lost in the dimensional rift, his soul would have fallen into the ruins forever.
How could he forget this hatred!
After asking this long-cherished question, Angel remained silent for a long time before adjusting the hatred that lay deep in his heart.
“Mentor, why did you come to Sky Mechanical City?”
“Of course, it’s for the Purification Garden,” Sanders smiled: “And I believe you would come here as well.”
“But I heard from Diavolo that there seems to be something fishy about this Purification Garden?” Angel raised his eyebrows.
“It’s indeed fishy, but with great danger comes great benefits.”
As Sanders was about to reveal the truth about the Purification Garden, his ears suddenly twitched. He pulled Angel out of the Gravity Garden and whispered: “Do not mention anything related to the Nightmare Plane or Nightmare Domain outside of the Gravity Garden. I’ll tell you about the Purification Garden later.”
Dripping sounds came from outside the study.
After speaking, Sanders opened the door to see the Magic Eye butler, No. 1, standing outside.
“Report, Master, a guest has come to visit.”
“I know. You may go now.” Sanders had already set up trigger-based illusions throughout the manor, so he sensed the visitor’s arrival immediately.
As No. 1 left, Angel whispered: “Mentor, should I step aside?”
“No need, you can come with me.”
When Mentor and apprentice arrived at the reception hall, Angel glanced at the guest whom he didn’t recognize. He appeared to be an eccentric old man with long white eyebrows that reached his chest. He wore an elaborate blue-black wizard’s robe embroidered with blue vervain flowers and a triangular wizard’s hat on his head. Angel couldn’t sense any energy fluctuations from him, but considering that Mentor had come to receive him formally, his status must be significant.
“Canter, I thought you would bring your apprentice with you.” Sanders sat in the main seat, and after Angel respectfully bowed to the visitor, he took a seat on the left side.
“Canter of the Night, the current head of the House of Lilith,” Sanders whispered to Angel.
Chapter 456 Mentor and Apprentice Casual Conversation <TOC> Chapter 458 Softworm Eggs