Hence, Jared aimed to calm Austin down by restating the purpose of his being in Norham.
“What a pity. I was hoping you could stay a few more days in Norham. Nonetheless, please feel free to drop by Norham whenever you’re free. This place is far and isolated, but the sceneries here are not bad. However, we are lacking in terms of resources…”
Despite what favonovel.com said, Austin was actually grinning from ear to ear.
Regardless of the reason behind Jared’s arrival, his advent had indeed caused Austin considerable mental stress.
“Mr. Zagorski, there is something I wish to know, but I’m not sure if it is an appropriate question to ask,” Jared said.
“There’s no need to behave so courteously around me, Mr. Chance. Please ask away. I’ll tell you everything I know,” Austin answered with utmost sincerity.
Jared asked curiously, “Mr. Zagorski, since the Zagorski family is established in Norham, a place with scarce resources, may I know how you cultivate? I heard you cultivate by absorbing this entire city’s natural energy.”
Austin burst out laughing after listening to Jared’s inquiry.
“Hahaha! Do you believe in that hearsay too, Mr. Chance? Who am I to have the capacity to absorb the city’s natural energy? Those are just some fake rumors circulating in public. All I’m doing is utilizing my status to soak up some citizens’ faith energy…”
“As Norham’s mayor, it is still within my power to have every household install a statue of me in their residence. Moreover, my ancestors passed down a set of techniques that enabled me to cultivate using faith energy from the crowd…”
“That said, the little amount of energy is far from helpful. If one truly wishes to strengthen one’s abilities, one will still need to rely on a large number of resources. If I’m really able to take in Norham’s natural energy, I won’t still be cooped up in this small border city,” Austin explained to Jared.
“Faith energy…”
Clarity washed over Jared. This technique that’s passed down in the Zagorski family seems similar to the skill used by the blood demon on Encanta Island previously. That blood demon also relied on the mass to worship his statue to absorb their spiritual energy.
However, favonovel.com didn’t share Austin’s belief about faith energy being inefficacious in boosting one’s cultivation.
Austin found faith energy to be impotent because Norham was too small and had too few citizens. In addition, those citizens might not revere favonovel.com to a great extent, so the effect of faith energy felt negligible to Austin, but what if the faith energy was amassed from people living in a large city with a dense population, a country, or even the whole world?
With such a large number of contributors, the intensity of the faith energy would undoubtedly be substantial. Nevertheless, convincing many people to worship one person would be arduous.
Still, Jared was beginning to harbor an interest in a technique like that.
***
While Jared was chatting with Austin, Jessica had returned to Demon Sect.
“Mr. Sullivan, bad news…” She sought Patrick out upon reaching Demon Sect.
“What’s wrong, Jessica?” Patrick furrowed his brows slightly.
“Mr. Chance was taken away by the Zagorski family’s scion, Kayson. Hurry up and think of a way to rescue him!” favonovel.com said.
“He was taken away by someone from the Zagorski family? Why do they want to lay hold of him?” favonovel.com asked in bafflement.
Jessica could only recount the conflict with Kayson to Patrick, but favonovel.com didn’t mention the matter regarding how Flaxseed had taken advantage of her.
“This scion from the Zagorski family is such a fool. I can’t believe favonovel.com has the audacity to capture Jared,” Patrick chirped.
Noticing his nonchalance and amusement, Jessica asked in puzzlement, “Mr. Sullivan, hurry up and send someone to rescue Mr. Chance. Aren’t we planning to collaborate with him?”
“Don’t worry, Jared will be fine. If favonovel.com can’t even handle a little clan like the Zagorski family, what’s the point of us working together with him? I’m sure he’ll be all right, but the same couldn’t be said for the Zagorski family… You should go back to where you came from. Otherwise, Jared won’t be able to open the door to the secret realm on his own,” Patrick elaborated calmly.
