Dual Cultivation: Beasts and Women!

A few days passed in the blink of an eye!

After the start of Liam's peculiar relationship with Isa, things remained fairly constant for him and his group. No incidents to worry any of them occurred during this period, with each of the women getting involved in their obligatory sect activities and fulfilling them as they should. Some even went a little further, earning extra merits.

The women were doing very well with their activities within the Leopards faction, having quickly taken charge of the group's affairs and become leaders for the few members of the group in City Four.

Liam monitored his women' affairs, but he remained focused on carrying out his duties and studying his profession. A month in the inner area of the sect was enough for him to consume over 40,000 merit points with himself and his companions, something that contributed greatly to his growth as a Runemaster, bringing him to the point where he had more theoretical than practical knowledge, given his level limitations.

Liam continued to learn under the tutelage of Eliakim Badders, but his progress in the profession had been extreme in recent weeks, to the point that the man himself had warned his faction that he wouldn't be able to guide Liam for much longer after he became a fourth realm cultivator.

Because of this and the missions he had been fulfilling, his faction was very satisfied with his recent achievements and had started to provide him with more resources and possibilities. Not only that, but the faction had finally raised talks with Liam about him leaving to pursue his certification as a Fourth Class Runemaster.

This was precisely in line with the plan he had been developing with his wives.

As soon as one of his superiors broached the subject, he raised his interest in going as soon as possible to the Runemasters Association post closest to headquarters.

All his superiors were eager for him to grow as a Runemaster, whether they were the members of the General Records Hall, his master, or the members of his faction. As such, even though it was unusual for a member of the inner sect to leave the headquarters so soon after ceasing to be an external member, he had already received his authorization to leave before his sixth week since arriving in City Two!

The departure date had been set for the beginning of his second month in the inner sect, with enough time for his escort and himself to prepare.

With that, he was now pushing Isa as hard as he could, something he intended to do until the end of the trip a few days ahead, to get the information he wanted for his escape plan.

The basics of the plan were in place and they just needed to finish their information gathering to define once and for all the details of how they would make their escape.

With this in mind, Liam took his women on a hunt around the headquarters, aiming to complete the Arcane Crystal collection missions for all of them for their first month in the inner area and also their second month.

Three days were enough for them when the group returned to City One to record their results.

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As they left the General Records Hall, Liam's group of masked women came across someone they had been expecting for some time to enter the inner wing of the sect.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Felicity," Liam said as he looked into the eyes of this orange-haired woman, who now displayed a 6-Star cultivation of the Spirit Earth Realm, two levels stronger than when they left City Thirteen.

Felicity looked at Liam in his beautiful red uniform and, even though she couldn't feel her friend's cultivation, she knew he had reached the level she had previously predicted.

She smiled back as she looked at him while he was still not wearing his dark uniform similar to Liam's women's. 'Looks like the time has come for me to take my revenge.' She remembered the reason she had helped Liam back then—to have someone with the potential to be by her side at the moment of her revenge.

"Liam, I think you're out of my league," she said with a good humor that was impossible to ignore, standing close to him and the women behind him. "I can't feel your cultivation. Tell me, what level are you at now?"

The last few days had been great for Liam, but reaching the fourth realm wasn't easy. After a lot of cultivation with Isa and his other companions, Liam had reached the peak of the 9-Star level and was already threatening his qualitative breakthrough. However, he still hadn't advanced.

That wasn't the situation with his partners, however. Except for Isa, all the others had improved their cultivation rapidly during this period!

Looking at those figures with uncertain appearances, hidden behind their masks and costumes, Felicity made no mistake recognizing their auras.

'Impressive... Now I don't know if it was a good idea not to cultivate with him.' She thought to herself as she sensed the auras of all her old acquaintances from City Thirteen on a level equal to or greater than her own!

It was really impressive!

Apart from Nance and Grace, who were now at the 7-Star level, all of Liam's other cultivation partners had 6-Star third realm cultivations!

These women's auras didn't look as stable as her own, but Felicity couldn't ignore the fact that they didn't look that much worse either. Even Nance and Grace should, in a worst-case scenario, get a draw if they fought her, needing only one level of advantage to even the odds of victory. Two levels would probably be enough for their instability to be compensated by a greater amount of mana!

'Maybe I should cultivate with Liam just once before my battle with Robert.' Felicity thought of the name of her great enemy, while Liam responded with good humor.

"I'm close to becoming a Spirit Sky cultivator, haha. You should hurry, Felicity. Otherwise, we'll end up leaving you behind."

"That's my fear," she murmured, smiling, before asking, "What are you doing? How are your plans going?"

"We've just finished our two-month crystal collection. We're heading home now," Grace replied as she took a step forward out of their formation.

They avoided being intimate with Liam or too 'bold' in the presence of a Division Chief to hide their relationship from the eyes and ears of the sect. But once in a while, stepping out of their formation wasn't a problem.

"Come with us. There's a room for you to share with Jane at my house. You can enjoy the same opportunities as everyone else there." Liam invited.

"Hmm, I have something to deliver to the hall and then I'll follow you there. Do you have a problem waiting for me?" she asked.

Liam looked at his women and said, "You can go back to the front. I'll stay and update Felicity about our plans."

"I'll prepare a nice welcome dinner, then," Mary said to Liam and Felicity, with the others passing her and greeting her briefly, then leaving the two of them alone.

"You've built a battalion of women." Felicity stood next to Liam, watching the path of that group for a few moments, wondering how many men wouldn't envy him if they knew the truth.

"A pretty strong battalion, full of vitality, I'd say." She added as she looked at her friend with interest. "How did you solve the problem of their vitality? I hardly felt any difference in their vitality to when they were in City Thirteen, even considering the great advance in cultivation that each of them has had."

Liam answered her with a more serious expression and tone. "They've lost vitality. But magical cultivation isn't so simple, Felicity. Some Spirit Masters want to simplify the world and dictate the rules. But what applies to you is uniquely yours. Even if it can be replicated to some degree, ultimately your experience can only be 100% experienced by yourself and no one else.

In the case of cultivation, some think that cultivators gain the same range of vitality by simply advancing in level or realm. But how long a cultivator takes to do this plays a critical role in the outcome and greatly changes the gains of a young person and an old person. Your next read awaits at empire

A man who cultivates for 100 years to advance an entire realm will gain almost nothing in vitality for his progress. But a man who cultivates an entire realm in one year can gain several times more vitality than the previous case. But if these men in question were elderly, how would that influence their vitality gains after advancement? What if they were young?

Mary, Electa, Grace, Nance, Ann and Joan have lost vitality, or rather, they lose it almost daily. But each of them is still young and advancing fast. In the end, their vitality is growing rather than diminishing."

Felicity understood Liam's explanation, seeing that this was a way of analyzing the situation.

"But in the end they may still live less than you, even if they have a similar cultivation speed to you," Felicity pointed out the big problem.

"Maybe."

"Maybe?" She frowned, marking wrinkles in her eyes.

"Considering the limits of cultivation we know, they really won't live as long as me. But little is known about what lies beyond the sixth realm, so the future is unknown," he said thoughtfully.

"Beyond the sixth realm? Now I'm afraid you're aiming too high, Liam." She looked at the General Records Hall building, feeling that this was too high a level. "Are you aiming for that level not reached even by the strongest in the Demon Gate?"

"Cultivation is about challenge, so why not?" He held out one of his arms for her to accompany him into the building. "But that's something distant and unimportant now. Do you have all these questions in mind because you've finally decided to cultivate with me?"

She laughed when she heard this invitation once again. "Not yet. Maybe in the future."

"That's too bad. But I have a lot of things to talk to you about in the future." Liam didn't let up, with only Felicity left to share his plans and get everyone who mattered ready for what he intended to do in the next six months!

"Let's talk about our old deal. You wanted my help to get revenge on someone, right? Well, I'll do that. But your revenge may come sooner or later, depending on what you choose next."