My mind pours over the information flooding into from my scan. The star renewal flower is an extrely rare 10 pedaled flower that grows in deep, jungle-like, spiritual beast territory. Knowledge about where it grows is rare because uses for it have not been publicly determined at this ti.
Its na cos from its appearance, as well as the fact it seems to periodically bloom at night. In addition, it has the tendency to bring lightning bugs around it when it blooms. Only problem is, these bugs are parasitic and will latch onto low tier cultivators, like ticks. With similar risks and treatnt needed. Not a fun situation, especially if you have to head to a physician covered in the equivalent of Christmas lights.
That isnt the serious part, though. Its the fact that you have to go deep into a jungle with a large variety of creatures, plants, diseases, and a whole ss of other traps/environntal hazards. This jungle is also covered in low tier spiritual beasts of all shapes and sizes.
A treasure trove for higher tier cultivators that can easily handle such dangers and near impossible for low tier ones (without support).
With that said, if you had support, as would normally be expected, you would be able to buy a number of different concoctions and talismans to be able to make it through this journey.
So, in all technicality, this really is a normal request for low tier cultivator that believes they have the support and frawork together to be able to handle a normal inner court request. Especially, since anyone who is able to make it into the inner court would normally either have the skill or the backing to support them being there.
Now, for soone like , with the scanning and taming ability, this is sowhat difficult, but manageable. I found the information needed, can move quickly, and can handle most of the environntal dangers (including the spiritual beasts).
But all of this should still be, from her perspective, impossible. All because of one stipulation shes added, the ti limit.
The information itself on where to find it would be possessed by alchemists, who would have a relationship with the guild, or the guild itself.
If I skip the guild, they could delay the information by putting pressure on the alchemist I contact. Even for a normal request, this ti limit is short. They only need to delay for a few days and that would be enough to make fail (if I was normal).
If I go directly to the Alchemy Guild, they can help and assist in getting into the inner court at a huge cost.
Its likely she doesnt know of the attempt on my life, but even considering that the Alchemist Guild would likely still negotiate. They could extract a lot from in that position. For both past offenses and the current request.
There are a lot of things that make this request an absurd one. One that no one in their right mind would take.
Almost mirroring my thoughts, she gives an out but stresses this point.
In a day, I will be back here watching so of the other tests. If you would like to cancel this challenge, you can do so at that ti. Otherwise, I expect this completed within 16 days, at the end of this series of examinations.
I see.
By giving an impossible challenge, she can show shes followed the guidelines, but is still giving face to the person who requested to keep in the outer court and the Alchemy Guild. If I accept a request like this, it will show that she didnt have a chance to prevent in the first place.
On the other side, that shes still giving a chance to rectify this shows that there is no true animosity between us. This is an extrely gracious asure, considering what Ive just done. Now, whether it is a calculated move or a natural part of her personality remains to be seen.
With all of this in mind, I plan to take full advantage of it.
After these words of hers, everyones eyes have fallen back on . Those behind are watching as my back straightens and my head lifts with pride.
I stare into her eyes and I bow deeply before raising myself back up with a nod.
I then use my enhanced vocal cords to speak with deep respect. A little bit of which, I strangely feel after experiencing her spiritual pressure.
Yes, Elder Song! As you commanded, I will co back with the petals in hand or I will be a dead man. Thank you for the opportunity!
And imdiately turn around and launch myself like the Hulk, up and over all 2000 of the other applicants. Unfortunately for , I did not anticipate how strong going through the spiritual pressure training would make .
I jumped almost a kiloter within about 6 seconds.
I moved so quickly that suddenly being in air shocked a bit. Even more scary was the ground coming to et so quickly. I jumped again in fear of being hurt by it.
This jump took even farther about two kiloters out, at within a slightly longer amount of ti.
As I bounded away, a look of shock ca over her face at my words and then actions. My scan barely saw the twitch of her hand reach out slightly, but I was already quite a distance away.
My close personal group seems to mull over the events and what to do, while the personal group is both anxious and excited.
Most of the Applicants are itching to be able to contact their information networks about what just occurred.
Senior Song holds them there, though. She even stops the cultivator that I fought with and the other overseeing one, to have them listening, even when its clear that they want to head back to elder Ro and the other to their contacts.
The last my scan shows, as the distance grows between us, is her looking thoughtfully in my direction and letting them know she has quite a bit more to tell them.
It seems to be a move to give more ti.
Does she know that I have enemies in the crowd?
Without scanning her, its so hard to tell what she knows and doesnt know. Either way, I can assu this is done with good intentions.
Finally reaching the ground, I use my height and speed to move extrely quickly down the mountainside.
I could use the rchant path, but my scan shows that going down that way will gain much too much attention. I have a small window of ti from where information will be shared and Ill start getting tracked by different groups.
Part of the reason that I did the challenge at the ti I did was because at that point in ti only the elder there is usually watching. It would be considered rude for another cultivator to use their spiritual sense to watch whats going on.
By her keeping everyone there, including that cultivator that was interjecting, shes bought enough ti to reach the forest, if I rush.
The item Im looking for can be found in several jungles. The most easily accessible is The Injured Web, hundreds of thousands of kiloters away.
While there are other jungles with the item that is physically closer, they connected this one to a teleportation network in the outer city. If I can get there and pay my way in, I can be there by the end of today.
At the speeds Im traveling, I actually make it down the mountain well within 30 minutes. Each step downward was a strain, but my ti in the tunnels and the constant healing of my body helped deal with it.
It scared a little.
What would happen if I actively trained my limits?
Distracting from this train of thought is sothing like a notification from my scan. A thing I knew would happen eventually, but was surprised happened right now.
As of this mont, every holess person on the streets in this part of the outer city has been healed. They havent gotten past the giant walls sectioning off the other areas, but within here the healing rats spread to every place.
My first step into this sa part of the city reveals sothing else. Sothing that directly contradicts what I just received from my scan.
The sick old man is on the corner. The one I saw at the temporary dorms when I first entered the city. And the scanning vibes I get from this is that if I heal him, Ill have it.
My Cultivation thod.
This seems way too much of a coincidence.
right?
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