Female Novel
Chapter 283
As Gravis traveled to the Freya Clan, he thought about the last time he met Joyce. Back then, he had been so naive. He alsoremembered how affected he had been by the Hunting Guild's offer to help him. Right now, it was unthinkable for Gravis to beaffected by something as simple as that. Well, at least not nearly as much.
It had been nearly three years since Gravis and Joyce had last seen each other. He still remembered how nervous he was whiletalking to her. Yet, as he thought back, she didn't seem prettier than the two twins that he had rejected when he had still beenpart of "the Greys".
‘By the way, whatever happened to those two?’ Gravis thought. 'l guess they should have been part of the Darkness Sect, butthey also left after our talk. At that time, | thought that it was because they didn't want to temper themselves anymore, but | thinksomething else happened. It's possible that our talk made them feel something for me. They probably left because they didn'twant to be part of the scam anymore.’
Gravis chuckled a little. ‘It doesn't matter. Our paths are different. They probably won't ever reach the Sapling Stage. After all,their fear of losing each other is too restricting. This won't allow them to take risks, which will, in turn, make it impossible for themto temper their Will-Auras. Well, right now, the strongest people of the Darkness Sect are at the Seed Stage. The twin's mindsetis better than most others from the Sect, so maybe they can change the future Darkness Sect a little.’
As Gravis shot through the environment, he got sidetracked and looked around. It was currently dusk, and the orange huebathed the surrounding trees, mountains, and clouds in a warm glow. Seeing the glow, some melancholy appeared insideGravis.
His loneliness wouldn't break Gravis, but being alone also didn't feel good. He had been part of a community for the past oneand a half years, and being alone again, reminded him of the other times where he was alone.
"Well, the old man said that friends come and go," Gravis muttered. "Just because | am feeling a little lonely right now doesn'tmean that this will always be the case."
Gravis knew that he could join some organizations now. He had kept watch over Old Man Lightning's and Lasar's Karmic Luck,and surprisingly, none of their Karmic Luck had been affected by being close to him. Gravis had thought about this issue for awhile and came to a conclusion.
‘This whole lowering-the-Karmic-Luck-of-others thing had stopped as soon as | reached the Spirit Forming Realm. This meansthat something at that point has changed how Heaven looks at me. | also think it's not just this lower Heaven, but also maybe thehighest Heaven,’ Gravis thought as he rubbed his chin in thought.
‘| guess my desperate actions back then made Heaven cautious of pushing me into a corner. The fact that my father hadappeared, together with a power that | assume is the highest Heaven, shows that my breakthrough was way more serious than |had anticipated."
Gravis looked into the sky. ‘Well, the results show that the more Heaven suppressed me, the more powerful | became. Withoutthese constant attempts at my life and the pressure surrounding me, | wouldn't have achieved my Destruction Lightning, UnityWill, or my special Spirit.’
Gravis chuckled a little. I guess Heaven is taking me seriously now. Yet, ironically, taking me seriously means giving me lesspressure and more freedom. It's funny how contradictory some concepts seem if someone doesn't know all the information."
Gravis shook his head to get back on track. ‘Enough thinking about the past!’ Gravis shouted in his mind. ‘Joyce is the last thingbinding me to this lower world. Everything else has been resolved. According to Lasar, this whole resource war thing will also goon for multiple years. At that point, | should already be ready to reach the Unity Realm. After all, the Self Stage needs noaccumulation, just like the tenth Stage of Energy Gathering. As soon as | reach it, | can directly advance to the Unity Realm.’
After some minutes, Gravis came closer to the Freya Clan. The plants became bigger and more powerful. Gravis could even seea lot of Energy Plants. Though, surprisingly, he didn't even see a single Spirit Plant. ‘The Freya Clan practices Life Lightning,which is the best nourishment for powerful plants, but | guess since the Freya Clan isn't nearly as powerful as a Sect, theyprobably don't have that many Spirit Forming Experts. Because of that, they probably can't spare so much of their Life Lightningfor the plants.’
By now, the Freya Clan was visible in Gravis’ Spirit. It basically looked like a small town. There was one light-green castle in themiddle, with lots of houses strewn around the area. In comparison to a town, the houses looked a bit bigger and more expensive.The only cheap-looking buildings were some sheds in some gardens.
‘Well, it makes sense. After all, a Clan is basically just one big family. Why wouldn't they give their relatives a nice place to stay?On top of that, | heard that the Freya Clan is warm and welcoming, apparently even to the degree that it's damaging the Clan.The whole world looks at the Clan like they are introverted push-overs that don't dare to raise their voice.’
Another interesting thing was that Gravis' Spirit was blocked from entering the houses. Every single house had its own FormationArray that stopped the Spirits of others from looking inside, which was quite surprising to Gravis. Typically, only cities and Sectshad one such Formation Array stretching all over their whole area. Gravis was absolutely sure that deploying one FormationArray over a bigger area was way cheaper than placing many smaller ones.
‘Huh, they really are nice,’ Gravis thought as he scratched his chin. ‘Spirit Forming cultivators live for a long time, so the youngestand oldest members are so many generations apart that any familiar feeling is already basically lost. On top of that, to keep theClan populated, they need many people from outside their Clan to marry into it. Yet, the Spirit Forming cultivators are actuallywilling to spend so much money for every single family member. That's really generous."
Gravis also noticed a gigantic tree beside the central castle. It looked identical to the Freya's Birch in the Lightning Sect, whichcould only mean that this was the only other Freya's Birch in this lower world. It was even a bit taller than the one in the LightningSect, and Gravis felt that it was a mid-grade Spirit Plant. The only one for many miles around.
Gravis also finally saw some other Spirit Plants, though all of them were low-grade. There was a thorny bush that actuallystretched all around the whole Clan. They probably had that to protect themselves from attackers. Gravis also noticed somethingelse. Something that he would have entirely missed if he hadn't been so interested in the bush.novelbin
Under the bushes, several small mushrooms could be seen. If one didn't pay attention to them, they would look like a lot of smallmushrooms, but one had to remember that the actual mushroom was never just the cap above ground, but the gigantic plantunderground.
Every single mushroom was connected in the underground, and all their roots met in a big clump below the middle of the FreyaClan. When Gravis saw that, he was quite surprised. ‘Another mid-grade Spirit Plant,’ he concluded.
One had to know that it was verydifficult for one's Spirit to penetratesolid matter. The whole clump ofroots was nearly ten Ores.under t ground, bare inside therange of Gravis’ Spirit. Gravis’ Spirit'srange was vaster than the Spirit'srange of Tree Stage cultivators. Hecould, already, barely see the clump,so it would be even more difficult forpeople at the Tree Stage andstraight-up impossible for anyonebelow that. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
As Gravis saw that, he lifted aneyebrow in an unsure expression. '|thought they were so nice the werepushovers, but subhlak drrangementigactual Very sneaky. Only SectMasters would be able to barelynotice the dangerous mushroomwhile anyone weaker than that wouldthink that the Freya Clan could beeasily robbed.’ The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Gravis grew more interested as herealized more things. ‘An incrediblyrich town of people with very weakbattle-strength ee cheircelemiént.
o.wendlen fart ? rob that? Yet,aS long as they didn't have someoneat the Tree Stage, the attackerswouldn't even notice the mushroom.The mushroom may only be at themid-grade, but if it gets the drop onsomeone, anyone below the TreeStage will die.’ The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Now, Gravis smiled. ‘Oh, | see. When the Clan is under attack, the bush will become bigger and create a powerful barrier. Theattackers will then concentrate on the bush and attack it, but when they are only halfway through, all the mushrooms willprobably release powerful spores that kill anyone near the bush."
‘Are they actually luring powerful bandit groups or similar organizations in to attack them? | mean, that would give all the plantssome top-grade nourishment while the Clan gets a lot of wealth.’
Gravis chuckled a little. ‘So that's how they managed to survive so long with their weak attitude. Taking them down would requirepower on the level of a Sect. It would probably even require the Sect Master himself to take action. On top of that, they are underthe protection of the Lightning Sect.’
"Interesting," Gravis said as he walked closer to the front gate.