Chapter 67 – Departure (III)

“Master, do you think he will give us the information so easily?”

Once Aiden and Lia left Heavens’ Net, the youth standing behind the old man, Han, asked curiously. He had remained silent during the previous conversation, giving the impression that he was nothing more than attendant. But the truth is, he had payed attention at every detail spoken.

“He will.” Said the old man without hesitation. “He is a smart boy, so he will understand the power behind us. With his current status, there isn’t anything he can do to resist if he goes against his word.”

The old man looked upwards, beyond the roof in the room, to the pair of youths walking to the city lord mansion.

“To be honest, I would prefer to realize a few experiments with him. However, I owe something to the old blacksmith. I cannot do something like it.”

Laughing bitterly, Han looked to his master with a strange gaze. Then, disappearing between the darkness, he left the room.

“To be honest, I like they two very much. So I’m relieved knowing that you will not do something against them, master.”

In the dark room, only the old man was left. Many thoughts coursing through his head.

…

When the pair left Heavens’ Net, they returned to the city lord mansion without hesitation. To be honest, they have too many things to think about.

Holding the heavy pile of documents in his hand, Aiden and Lia read through them carefully once they returned to their room. Currently, they were very curious about the information inside it.

After half an hour, the pair had read halfway through the information gotten. Similarly, their expression had became darker after knowing about the things written here.

The information was very detailed; and included things from the moment when Lia was kidnapped by the organization, until the moment when the organization was destroyed, and she escaped.

Nothing, from the different experiments she went through, to the conclusions reached by the investigators after observing the results, was ignored. Everything was in the documents. At the point where Aiden thought that Heavens’ Net was perhaps related to the organization responsible by the experiments, God’s Hand.

After going through the information, many things became clear to Aiden and Lia. For example, the fact that Lia’s second soul wasn’t considered a spirit. Instead, it was more like a demonic beast bloodline; allowing for her cultivate with a speed many times greater than a normal human and acquire some abilities from the beast soul.

However, they also learned about the side effects of such power.

Lia’s mind, because of the strength of the second soul, was constantly in risk of being swallowed.

It was something impossible to avoid. After all, Lia’s second soul belonged to a demonic king, and it was already a miracle that she was able to assimilate it with her own soul.

Aiden and Lia searched through the documents. Hoping to find a method to cure Lia just like the old man from Heavens’ Net said.

However, until the end, only two solutions appeared.

The first was constantly advance her cultivation; stimulating the demonic bloodline inside her to increase her strength faster than the second soul inside her gains power. Suppressing it constantly.

Such method, however, was only temporally. After all, on the moment when she hits a bottleneck or her cultivation slows down, she will be in risk of being swallowed by the second soul.

The second solution was more permanent though. However, the difficulty was incredibly high.

Breaking the bloodline shackles of Lia’s beast soul.

When Aiden read it, he could not help but laugh bitterly.

Lia’s second soul belonged to a demonic king beast. So, to break through the bloodline shackles, she must become a spirit emperor.

Spirit emperor! That is the highest realm of cultivation found in the world!

Aiden now understand why the old man said that he must increase his cultivation quickly.

Lia, to avoid the side effects of her second soul, must increase her cultivation quickly. And he, if he wants remains together her from here onwards, could not allow himself to lag behind.

For a moment, a hint of despair invaded Aiden’s heart.

It wasn’t necessary to be a genius to understand the meaning behind this information.

If Lia wants break from the side effects of the experiments, she must do the almost impossible feat of breaking to the spirit emperor realm. To do it, she must stimulate constantly her bloodline, seeking challenges and facing enemies constantly so her bloodline can awaken with the fastest speed possible.

Aiden, in turn, must breakthrough at a similar speed if he doesn’t want to become a burden dragging Lia down when she is facing stronger opponents.

However, it took Aiden four years to breakthrough from core-forming to core-fusing.

If he wants to breakthrough with a similar speed to Lia, who have a powerful demonic bloodline, then it’s practically impossible.

Aiden didn’t know what was harder. If Lia’s requirements to break her bloodline shackles, or his to breakthrough at the same speed.

But when he saw Lia looking to the documents with a lost expression, he knew what he had to do.

“Don’t worry, Lia. I’m sure we will figure a solution.”

Lia wasn’t able to answer Aiden’s words immediately.

Looking to the information in the documents, Lia bitted her lips with a frustrated expression. Then, looking downwards, she spoke with a depressed expression.

“I’m sorry young master…”

“Silly, what are you thinking. You don’t have to apologize.”

Tears accumulated quickly in Lia’s eyes. Currently, the pressure she was feeling was higher than ever.

“But young master, you also read the information in the document. It’s impossible to do something like it…

“I’m not even a young spirit yet! How am I supposed to become a spirit emperor!? Besides, you will be in risk too standing with me! If I lose the control even once, perhaps I will end killing you!”

Lia’s tears began to fall in the ground. The desperation she was feeling now was too great for such a young girl.

Aiden didn’t know why fate was so cruel to Lia? What sin could she have done to deserve something like it?

What sin had they committed to deserve such cruel fates?

However, he knew what words Lia needed to hear now.

Hugging her from the back, Aiden kissed softly Lia’s head. Then, with a gentle tone, he spoke.

“Silly girl… With your talent, what is so difficult about breakthrough to the spirit emperor realm? Your bloodline practically guarantees becoming a spirit king. From there, you only need to take one more step.”

Caressing softly Lia’s hair, Aiden continued hugging her body while speaking softly.

“Besides, we are together in it, Lia.”

For a moment, Lia didn’t answer.

However, after a few seconds of silence, a soft voice reached to Aiden’s ears.

“… You promise me?”

“Huh?”

“Stay together, forever…”

For a moment, Aiden made a surprised expression.

But immediately, he answered with a smile in his face.

“… Yes, I promise.”

An instant later, he felt Lia’s lips against his.