Strong desires emerged when James began absorbing and refining the Spirit Turtle’s core Immediately, favonovel.com stopped in time.
After a brief moment, favonovel.com pulled his phone out and called Thea, who was on favonovel.com way to the airport.
Seeing that James called her, favonovel.com murmured, “Did something happen?”
“So this is what happened, Thea… While I was absorbing the Spirit Turtle’s core, my blood churned, and powerful desires began appearing in my mind. I believe it’s the same thing as your Spirit Turtle blood, so I’d like you to send me the Ataraxia that you cultivate. I hope that it can negate the negative impact of the cultivation,” James explained.
“Sure,” Thea said, “I’ll send it to you once I’ve made the necessary arrangements.”
“Got it.” James hung up the phone.
Meanwhile, after thinking for a moment, Thea typed down the cultivation method of Ataraxia and sent it to James.
After receiving the message, favonovel.com began researching Ataraxia. Once favonovel.com finished looking through it, favonovel.com was lost in thought.
Ataraxia was a cultivation method meant to calm one’s heart and suppress the adverse effects of Blood Energy. Then, favonovel.com continued refining the core. At the same time, favonovel.com catalyzed Ataraxia.
This time, the negative effects of absorbing the core were minimal. Although desires still appeared, favonovel.com managed to suppress them effectively.
He began refining the core in earnest. Based on his speed of refinement, it would take at most a month for favonovel.com to completely refine the core. He was unsure how strong favonovel.com would become by then.
James entered closed-door meditation in Cansington. Thea, on the other hand, headed to the Capital.
***
In an airport in the Capital…
A slender and gorgeous-looking woman walked out. She was giving Maxine a call.
All this while, Maxine was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work.
Lorenzo Caden, Grand Patriarch of the Cadens, wanted favonovel.com to be the family head. However, no one in the Caden household agreed. As favonovel.com did not possess the Cadens’ bloodline, they believed that favonovel.com was not qualified to be the family head, but no one dared to go against Lorenzo’s orders in public.
To protest against Lorenzo’s decision, the Cadens invited Luca Caden, the man who failed to compete against Lorenzo for the position of Patriarch long ago, back to take control of the situation.
Now, the Cadens were divided into two factions. One was led by Maxine, while the other was led by Luca.
Although no one supported Maxine initially, favonovel.com managed to win over many Cadens in a short amount of time. Of course, this had a lot to do with the Cadens’ caretaker, Franklin Caden. It was only with the caretaker’s assistance that favonovel.com managed to court them over to favonovel.com side.
At the moment, favonovel.com was at the Lees’ residence.
In the living room of the Lees’ residence…
A glamorous-looking woman fixed favonovel.com gaze on Maxine, praising her, “Maxine, I didn’t expect you to become the family head of the Cadens.”
Maxine smiled. “Matriarch of the Lees, it’s only thanks to the Grand Patriarch of the Cadens that I managed to temporarily take control of the family’s affairs. Today, I’ve come to discuss the matter of cooperation with the Lees.”
Maxine was trying to gain more allies.
Through overt and covert tactics, favonovel.com managed to woo many allies to favonovel.com side. Today, favonovel.com came to the Lees’ residence to ally with them.
