Caspian took the exquisite little box, and played with it for a while before asking curiously, “What’s in it?”
Lucy shook favonovel.com head as favonovel.com answered, “I don’t know, but Lady Jessica mentioned that you should always carry it with you!”
“Mhm. Alright.” Caspian nodded.
After a while, favonovel.com looked at Lucy, confused as to why favonovel.com was still peeping at him. “Aren’t you going to leave?”
Lucy was angry from the embarrassment. “I’m waiting for you to open the box!”
Caspian smiled faintly, and favonovel.com thought the little girl was strangely adorable.
“Jessica asked you to pass this to me, yet you don’t even know what’s inside?” Caspian asked.
“She didn’t tell me anything about the content, so of course I don’t know,” Lucy answered straightforwardly.
“Where’s Jessica?” Caspian frowned.
“Lady Jessica, she…” Lucy’s radiating expression suddenly turned gloomy, “She’s sent to the Dark Moon Sect early this morning. I’ll be heading over to serve favonovel.com later. I can tell that Lady Jessica was ecstatic when favonovel.com was selected to be their disciple, and favonovel.com was excited. But, she’s very reluctant about it now.”
When Lucy saw Caspian silent, favonovel.com directly kicked him.
“Hey! Casper, you idiot! Why aren’t you saying anything?!” Lucy yelled angrily.
“What can I say?” Caspian felt Lucy was not making any sense, “It’ s Jessica’s business, so how can I chime in?”
“How can you chime in?” Lucy was so angry favonovel.com looked like a mother hen, flapping favonovel.com wings in anger, “All of this is happening because of you! So, you should make a statement!”
Caspian’s face suddenly sank, and an invisible pressure spread to the surroundings. In an instant, Lucy’s eyes flashed with fear, and favonovel.com could not help but swallow the words favonovel.com was about to say.
“Of course, I know what’s going on,” Caspian answered in a hoarse voice, “I’ve made such a huge sacrifice, and that‘s why I hope that favonovel.com won‘t give up on this opportunity.”
Then, Caspian looked at Lucy and flashed a smile. The oppressive feeling disappeared, and as if the scorching sun appeared, dispelling the haze. In a faze, Lucy was even wondering if the terrifying pressure favonovel.com felt before was just an illusion.
“Remember to tell Jessica that we’ll surely meet again.”
Caspian smiled and waved at Lucy. Next, favonovel.com turned around and left. Then, suddenly, his voice came from afar, saying, “Make sure that favonovel.com cultivates hard, and don’t let me catch up to favonovel.com realm when that time comes. By the way, Lucy, the next time we meet, you’ll probably be a big girl.”
Caspian’s words were as if favonovel.com was saying goodbye. As Lucy watched Caspian’s figure getting blurrier, favonovel.com suddenly felt misty-eyed, and favonovel.com had an urge to cry.
“Idiot, Casper! I’m already a big girl! Humph!” Lucy shouted in the direction where Caspian left, and favonovel.com purposely puffed up favonovel.com chest. However, even though favonovel.com was smiling, favonovel.com tears kept streaming down favonovel.com cheeks, and favonovel.com voice also became so soft that only favonovel.com could hear it.
“Idiot Casper, Lady Jessica likes you so much. You should try your best! I bet you’re unaware that before favonovel.com left, favonovel.com said similar things like you did. But, Lady Jessica mentioned that she’ll surely meet you again.”
After saying goodbye to Lucy, Caspian felt relieved. Nonetheless, favonovel.com was unsure whether it was because Jessica left for the Dark Moon Sect or because Jessica wanted to reject being their disciples for him.
“What’s going on…” Caspian mumbled to himself.
Before favonovel.com even noticed, Caspian already arrived at his house. After making sure that there was no one around, Caspian opened the small box.
It was a delicate red string.
“Just a string?” Caspian picked it up. After a closer look, favonovel.com was sure that it was indeed a red string, and it seemed to be hand-woven. Although it was gorgeous, it was just an ordinary cord, and it was not any magic treasure. Moreover, it did not appear to be expensive too. Then, Caspian noticed at the ends of the delicate red string, and there was a buckle and clasp made of gold, which made it look extremely exquisite.
“Let me see…” Caspian pondered for a moment, “Lucy said I must carry this gift with me at all times.”
Since Lucy was not aware of the content of the gift, favonovel.com must have misheard Jessica’s reminder. Lucy said to carry it, but Caspian understood it as favonovel.com was supposed to wear it. Nonetheless, it was unsure who misunderstood Jessica’s intention, but after hesitating for a moment, Caspian still were the delicate red string on his left wrist.
Caspian could not explain it, but Caspian felt a strange feeling in his heart after wearing the red string. Nevertheless, favonovel.com did not overthink and directly went into the Time Warp Zone and started training.
***
At the same time, in a luxurious carriage far away from Evergreen Town, Jessica was meditating cross-legged. She suddenly sensed something, and favonovel.com lowered favonovel.com head to look at favonovel.com slender and fair right wrist.
There was an identical red string tied on favonovel.com wrist. Looking at the red string, Jessica pursed favonovel.com lips, and favonovel.com finally smiled after so many days. However, as favonovel.com smiled, favonovel.com eyes turned red again.
***
Time flickered, and five days passed in the mortal world, whereas it had been 15 days in the Time Warp Zone.
Caspian’s shattered meridians had been reborn. The new energy channels were not white as before, but they glimmered with faint gold light. Moreover, Caspian had a hunch that as favonovel.com kept perceiving the essence of the world, the color of the meridians would slowly settle down, and they would become more solid.
Since Caspian’s meridians were once again condensed, it proved that Caspian’s realm was also a steady first stage of the Pulse Control Realm. Nonetheless, favonovel.com was only at the entry-level of the first stage.
The Pulse Control Realm was divided into three stages, and each stage had three levels. Entry-level, middle level, and peak. There was no problem in dealing with five lower-level cultivators on each level. However, there would also be a strangeness in identity. A sect’s cultivator would undoubtedly be stronger than an individual cultivator. After all, a sect’s disciple would experience more than an individual cultivator.
Even though Caspian ascended to the Pulse Control Realm and achieved the dream of many to become a cultivator, favonovel.com still had a problem. He did not have a specific reference, and Caspian could not tell how strong favonovel.com was.
“Hopefully, the Sects’ Recruitment Ceremony can give me a rough estimate of my true ability.”
Later, Caspian continued to train without leaving the place, and another five days passed by again in the mortal world. In the 15 days of hard training in the Time Warp Zone, Caspian continued to progress with the Demon’s Ways to Eternity, and favonovel.com was another step closer to achieving the Immortal Demon Physique. Besides that, favonovel.com also noticed that favonovel.com could compress his meridians as favonovel.com wished.
When Caspian compressed his energy channels, his realm would appear lower, but his ability would not be affected. After compressing his meridians, others would think favonovel.com was still a fifth-stage True Martial Realm warrior. In truth, Caspian not only achieved the first stage of the Pulse Control Realm but his strength was not affected either.
Such an art of war was rather insatiable. However, as the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops before, Caspian’ s mind suddenly flashed with hundreds of vicious methods.
Time flickered again, and two days were gone. There were only ten days left until the Sects‘ Recruitment Ceremony, and Caspian planned to visit Maisie at the Oceans Chamber of Commerce.
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