The image of June’s blush appeared in Noah’s mind and caused a feeling that he had yet to experience since he beca a magical beast.
’Am I aroused?’
Noah couldn’t help but think that when he sensed what that feeling caused inside his body.
Of course, feeling sothing and letting it affect his body were two very different things.
Cultivators had incredible control of their bodies, especially those in the heroic ranks.
Noah easily prevented any effect of that sensation from appearing on his body, but that event still made his mind wander a bit.
’So much for a species of magical beasts with limited fertility! Damned Cursed dragons, how can your arousal be almost as intense as your hunger?’
Noah cursed in his mind while he kept on suppressing that feeling.
He wasn’t surprised about his sexual interest in June, he had always known that he liked her character and that she was quite beautiful.
Yet, he didn’t expect that the sexual drive of a magical beast could match its hunger!
’She even slls like a Heaven Tribulation, she should be the last person able to give birth to these sensations... I guess a beast it’s still a beast in the end, no matter how powerful it is.’
Noah gave up on trying to suppress that feeling when he thought that and simply limited himself to control the reactions of his body.
His sexual drive was just like his hunger, sothing deeply rooted in instincts that were now part of him.
His hunger couldn’t be suppressed, so the sa had to be true for the forr.
Andrew and Faith took their place too, and the four envoys beca the corners of an imaginary square that floated in the air.
Andrew still stared at Noah with an intense battle intent, but Noah’s mind was too ssy for him to care about him.
’I hope this drive will go away at so point or I will need to take care of it once I return on the southwestern coast.’
Noah thought while shining lines appeared under the feet of the envoys and traced a shining square in the air.
The instructions for that exchange etings were quite clear, none of the envoys was surprised to see those lines appearing seemingly out of nowhere.
The Papral nation had prepared the area beforehand and created an environnt where the envoys could trust each other’s words.
Taking a position to form a square would activate an area where the cultivators inside it couldn’t lie nor taint the truth.
Of course, the trigger for that technique was Faith, but the sa restrictions would bound her after the square was completed.
The three big nations didn’t trust each other, especially when it ca to the most important resource of that period.
The sa obviously went for the Hive.
There was the need for an even ground where cheats and tricks were impossible to actuate, which was sothing that the Papral nation found quite easy to create.
After all, oaths and devices with similar purposes were sothing that every nation had.
The cultivation world was cruel, and trust was rarely found among forces with a different origin, it wasn’t surprising that the oaths’ field was so advanced in each country.
The shining lines under the envoys’ feet spread, creating a luminous platform that radiated a peculiar yellowish light.
Noah felt his mind being affected by that light, but he didn’t mind it too much.
The fact that the cultivators inside the square couldn’t lie didn’t an that they were required to answer every question.
Remaining silent was an option, so there was no risk of exposing valuable information to the enemies.
The exchange eting begun imdiately after the square was completed.
Faith suggested simple rules which everyone accepted without complaining.
To put it simply, the value of a diagram had to be decided according to three factors: Its effect, its elent, and its limit.
The last two factors were easy to evaluate.
The rarity of an elent set the base value of a diagram, and the limits to its power defined by how much its importance had to be raised.
For example, a spell of the thunder elent up to the fourth rank would be worth less than a diagram of the fire elent that could be used till the sixth rank.
The first factor was harder to define by precise boundaries and had to be discussed for each specific case.
For example, diagrams like the Warp spell would be less valuable since their effects were hard to apply in battle.
Of course, so spells weren’t battle-related but were still extrely valuable.
Noah saw a spell of the water elent that was potentially able to entirely reconstruct a body as long as the sea of consciousness and dantian of the cultivator were intact.
Its cost in terms of "Breath" and ntal energy was obviously huge, and only rank 6 mages could safely use it.
Yet, it was still a fantastic spell obtained by Faith at the price of five diagrams of the earth elent with limits to the fifth rank.
Noah focused on obtaining the diagrams of the elents that Elder Julia had requested.
The Hive’s main interests were the spells of the fire elent, followed by water and wind.
It was needless to say that Noah had inford Elder Julia about his intention of obtaining as many diagrams of the darkness elent that he could.
Elder Julia didn’t oppose him, but Noah soon discovered that he was bound to be disappointed since no diagrams of the darkness elent were ntioned during the eting.
’This is too coincidental, and so of them are trading spells of the light elent... They did this on purpose.’
Noah imdiately suspected that, but there wasn’t much that he could do.
The only thod that the other nations had to slow down his improvents was to keep the resources that could help him for themselves, Noah couldn’t force those countries to sell them after all.
The lack of spells of the darkness elent though didn’t bother him too much.
He was approaching the next step in his cultivation journey, he knew that he would create his own diagrams given enough ti.
What bothered him was the constant need to suppress his arousal.
Noah tried not to look at June during the eting, but their eyes were bound to et when they traded.
Every ti that happened, Noah had to enforce his control on his body again.
That was quite easy for Noah, but it was also a constant reminder of that feeling.
However, at so point, that drive suddenly disappeared.
A subtle tremor ran through the terrain below them, and the magical beasts inhabiting that area stopped moving.
The envoys didn’t sense that tremor, but Noah felt the sa sensations of the magical beasts below.
He instinctively turned to look toward the center of the new continent, but he could only see the beginning of the mountain chain in the distance.
Yet, another sensation took the place of his arousal, sothing that even surpassed his hunger.
He felt fear.
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