East Meet West

133- Marriage Discussions

So, I guess I have to make a trip to human settlements.

And luckily, Bertha’s 1 year closed door cultivation is about to end. So, I can be done with the last remaining treatment. Actually, I don’t even need her help. If I wash my body few more times, then I can easily eliminate the poison, or if the ‘Poison Resistance’ levels up few more times then either the poison would be eliminated or the efficacy of the Antibodies will reach 100% and they will fight with the poison and suppress it. So, even if Bertha takes few more months to cultivate, I can eliminate the poison.

Now, I only need Sheela’s help in eliminating the [Devil’s Breath] which is slowing down my cultivation speed and absorption of [Spiritual Qi].

It took me almost a year to step into the Peak of Evolver stage.

A year to cultivate to the Evolver is an extremely good speed and if people from Kingdom hear this, they will surely think that this is fake. Because their geniuses take at least 5-6 years to reach the Peak of Evolver stage. And even in the history of the Saurastra kingdom, people who were able to reach the peak of the Evolver stage took at least 3 years. While I took only 1 year to reach that stage. No, to be precise there are still 2 months remaining for a year to be completed. So, I took only 10 months. Not even people who are from Empires are able to cultivate so quickly.

But even if it took me 10 months to reach this stage, I am not content with it. Because I feel that if the [Devil’s Breath] was not slowing down my cultivation then I could have reached the peak of the Evolver stage within 4 months. No, at most 2 to 3 months. Because I have experienced in these stages, so with that experience, the time taken to cultivate will drastically decrease.

Maybe within a year or 6 to 8 months, I could have reached the peak of the ‘Demi-Human’ stage.

Yeah, some people might say that cultivating so fast might lead to an unstable foundation and even I wondered if there would be some similar drawbacks, but it just so happens that according to the system, I don’t have to worry about that as I am still in the Mortal realm and with the help of system there is no such drawback in lower stages.

So, in a month I will be getting married to Armelia and then Sheela will help me eliminate the [Devil’s Breath] through ‘special techniques’, then I can get out of this forest and get some updates on Lily and the three bastard friends and then plan my course of revenge.

And before I get out of the forest, if Bertha manages to come out of her closed door cultivation, then I can get rid of the poison if not then I can try solving the poison after earning some ‘Low grade energy stones’ and washing my body.

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For the past 9-10 months, I have been spending most of my time cultivating in my room, while my food was being delivered to my room. As for interacting with other people, I mostly had a small chat with Armelia. As for Emily, she would just drop by once in a while and of course, Emma would also tag along with her but there was no conversation between us. As for Amy, Julie, Sheela, or any other Lamia’s with whom I am acquainted, I just met them a couple of times.

If I was bored of cultivating, I would try to level up the jobs and skills.

I am seriously bored in this forest and I would like to eat some good food too, as the Lamia people’s diet is very different, so I can only reluctantly eat the same food every day.

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After two days,

‘Knock Knock’

I opened the door and the one who knocked was a Lamia guard.

“Sir, our Leader has called for you.”

“Oh ok.”

I followed the guard and after walking for few minutes, we reached the garden where Sheela was sitting with Armelia and another woman, whom I haven't seen for many months, Bertha. It seems she is done with her ‘Closed Door Cultivation’.

Well, good thing, I can save some money.

I had previously tried using ‘Observation skill’ on Sheela and Bertha, but other than the information that they are in the ‘Royality’ realm there was no information regarding their stage. So, it is difficult for me to gauge their strength, especially Bertha’s as her cultivation seems to have increased.

“Orochi, you are here. Good, have a seat. Lucha, pour some tea for all of us.”

Seeing me arrive, Sheela greeted me and asked a servant to pour tea.

“Oh, you have already reached the Peak of Evolver stage? And from the looks of it, I can say you are already stronger than average humans who have just entered the [Human stage of Transformation realm]. Honestly, I am surprised.”

As I sat on the chair, Bertha was the one who spoke and she has already determined my strength, well she is an expert and has high cultivation, so of course, she can estimate my strength.

But of course, Bertha is only able to estimate the strength that I have gained through cultivation, while the ‘Locking stats’ is still working and all the stat have been locked by 95% except the ‘Sense’ stat, so the strength gained through the system cannot be estimated. But if there is a technique or method in this world, which can also hide or suppress cultivation level, similar to the one’s in novels then I must practice it.

I replied

“Haha... Miss Bertha must be joking. Even if my strength is equal to an average human who has entered the [Human stage of Transformation realm], I don’t think I would be able to handle more than 100 moves from anyone belonging to Monster tribe who has entered the [Monster stage of Transformation realm] and humans from the Empire, should also be equally strong.”

“Just call me Bertha, no need for formalities. And you don’t have to be polite because you have that strength.”

“Then I must thank you for praising my strength. Also, I must congratulate you, as you are out of [Closed door cultivation], that means your cultivation has increased. Congratulations.”

“Thank you.”

Bertha replied with a small nod.

So, after exchanging a few more greetings and sentences with everyone present, Sheela spoke.

“So, the reason I called you here is related to your marriage. I just wanted to ask both of you, do you want to proceed with the marriage or not?”

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Author's Announcement:

I know that I said that I will be uploading a chapter yesterday, but there are some changes in the story and within 5-6 chapters, MC will be going out of the forest. So, he has to perform extracurricular activities with some female companions, and I am planning to upload those 2-3 chapters at the same time, hence I am getting delayed.

Let's make a few goals.

Mass Release on Monday:

350 Power stones = 3 Chapters

420 Power stones = 4 Chapters

500 Power stones = 5 Chapters

(Only if I reach this goal, will I be Mass releasing the chapters. Because If I could see your support through this, I can reassure myself that ‘Yeah, I can still work on this novel and can also start new works’ for my readers. And I am a graduate who is required to find a job; hence your support can give encouragement. I hope you people understand and continue your support.)