Floating in the air in front of Ricky was a colorful fruit with the size of about two fists.
It shone brightly as colorful lights radiated from it. Small thin streams of strength and pure energy circled around it slowly. It was, by all means, extremely beautiful and charming.
Ricky's eyes widened at the sight of it. As he stared at it, he suddenly found himself unable to move or utter a word. He could feel the pure energy coming from the small fruit, and there was no doubt that it was extremely invaluable and powerful. He secretly glanced at the Chief from the corner of his eye and noticed how much she seemed to cherish the fruit. 'It must be very difficult for her to give this to someone else, ' Ricky thought.
"Chief, what is this?" Ricky asked in an expectant and exited tone after being completely mesmerized by the fruit for a few minutes.
"It's called the Glazed Fruit," the Chief of the Sky Manor replied. Her face was as expressionless as a cold piece of stone.
"The Glazed Fruit?" Ricky repeated. "I've never heard about it before. Chief, could you please tell me more about it?" Ricky asked as his brows furrowed and a puzzled expression appeared on his face.
"The Glazed Fruit stems out when it absorbs the original energy from the world. Generally speaking, only one Glazed Fruit can appear in one Realm because original energy is extremely rare," the Chief explained. Her eyes were fixed on the shiny object.
"The original energy? What's that?" It was the first time Ricky had ever heard of the original energy, so he raised a question once again.
"All you need to know for the time being is that the original energy is the kind of energy that could be converted into any other kind of power," the Chief said. "As a matter of fact, I actually do not have much information about it either, and even an innate spiritual emperor would also be hardly able to comprehend the original energy. Given that, you still have a long, long way to go before you can digest it."
"Yes, Chief. I understand," Ricky replied with a nod.
The Chief's explanation was quite clear. The original energy was some kind of profound energy that could be rarely found in the world. But if an innate spiritual emperor could not completely comprehend it, then let alone Ricky who was not even an innate spirit yet.
"The Glazed Fruit is a precious fruit which absorbs the original energy from the world. Therefore, it surely carries the original energy. You can convert it into whichever energy you want, and more than that, you wouldn't need to use much power of fire or ice to convert it. Only a little power of fire or ice would be enough to trigger the convention," the Chief continued her explanation to the best of her knowledge.
"Yes, thank you for your kind explanation. I understand it better now. But since the fruit is immensely precious, I think I'd better not..." There was absolutely no doubt that Ricky wanted to have it -- anyone would die to have something that precious. But he also felt that the Chief valued it greatly so he rejected the present instead.
But before he could even finish his words, the Chief of the Sky Manor interrupted him, "You are right. The Glazed Fruit is indeed precious. However, it is useless to me."
"Why?" Ricky asked as he grew even more curious.
"Each Glazed Fruit has its own level, and there are nine levels in total. The Glazed Fruit in the first level is the least powerful one, while that in the ninth level the most powerful one," the Chief of the Sky Manor said. "This Glazed Fruit is at the third level. It corresponds to the warriors of Bone Reinforcement. If I refine it, it wouldn't affect me or improve my strength at all. It would be nothing but an ordinary fruit to me."
"Nine levels..." Ricky murmured in a low voice as he blinked. At this point, his thoughts about the fruit were racing. "The nine levels correspond to the different levels of martial arts! Chief, are there nine martial arts levels in total?" After thinking wildly for a while, Ricky was able to come up with a hypothesis.
"Well, I must admit that I have no idea either. I've heard of no limits in the martial arts. I don't think there is a highest level," replied the Chief. "No one actually knows the highest state of martial arts. Rumor has it that there are nine levels of the Glazed Fruit, but for the last thousands of years, the highest level that anyone has ever come across was only at the seventh level, and that was from a long, long time ago as recorded in an ancient manual.
It's possible that the eighth and ninth had once appeared too. However, no one has ever seen any, and there're no records of it at all."
"Oh, I understand," Ricky responded as he shrugged his shoulders. He was still trying to absorb what the Chief had just said.
"You know, I don't think this is the time for you to think about the limit in martial arts. You are just a warrior of Bone Reinforcement. Your priority, for the time being, should be to concentrate on breaking through your current level and becoming an innate spirit. Don't reach too much for what is far beyond your grasp for now," the Chief of the Sky Manor suggested out of kindness.
"Yes, Chief, you are absolutely right," Ricky replied with a nod.
Then he reached out and accepted the third level Glazed Fruit.
"There is another reward I will give you, but I think it would be better for you to tell me what kind of reward you want. I will give you whatever it is as long as your request is reasonable," the Chief said.
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