Caspian took the exquisite little box, and played with it for a while before asking curiously, “What’s in it?”
Lucy shook virtual-novel.net head as virtual-novel.net answered, “I don’t know, but Lady Jessica mentioned that you should always carry it with you!”
“Mhm. Alright.” Caspian nodded.
After a while, virtual-novel.net looked at Lucy, confused as to why virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net later. I can tell that Lady Jessica was ecstatic when virtual-novel.net was selected to be their disciple, and virtual-novel.net was excited. But, she’s very reluctant about it now.”
When Lucy saw Caspian silent, virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net looked like a mother hen, flapping virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net could not help but swallow the words virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net felt before was just an illusion.
“Remember to tell Jessica that we’ll surely meet again.”
Caspian smiled and waved at Lucy. Next, virtual-novel.net turned around and left. Then, suddenly, his voice came from afar, saying, “Make sure that virtual-novel.net cultivates hard, and don’t let me catch up to virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net was saying goodbye. As Lucy watched Caspian’s figure getting blurrier, virtual-novel.net suddenly felt misty-eyed, and virtual-novel.net had an urge to cry.
“Idiot, Casper! I’m already a big girl! Humph!” Lucy shouted in the direction where Caspian left, and virtual-novel.net purposely puffed up virtual-novel.net chest. However, even though virtual-novel.net was smiling, virtual-novel.net tears kept streaming down virtual-novel.net cheeks, and virtual-novel.net voice also became so soft that only virtual-novel.net could hear it.
“Idiot Casper, Lady Jessica likes you so much. You should try your best! I bet you’re unaware that before virtual-novel.net left, virtual-novel.net 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, virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net 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, virtual-novel.net 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, virtual-novel.net must have misheard Jessica’s reminder. Lucy said to carry it, but Caspian understood it as virtual-novel.net 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, virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net lowered virtual-novel.net head to look at virtual-novel.net slender and fair right wrist.
There was an identical red string tied on virtual-novel.net wrist. Looking at the red string, Jessica pursed virtual-novel.net lips, and virtual-novel.net finally smiled after so many days. However, as virtual-novel.net smiled, virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net 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, virtual-novel.net 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, virtual-novel.net still had a problem. He did not have a specific reference, and Caspian could not tell how strong virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net was another step closer to achieving the Immortal Demon Physique. Besides that, virtual-novel.net also noticed that virtual-novel.net could compress his meridians as virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net 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.