"Ricky, I can tell from your aura that you have made a significant improvement with your cultivation!" Soar looked at Ricky with great excitement.
"You are not wrong. I have taken and refined five enlightening marks in this month alone, which is indeed a great booster for my cultivation. Otherwise you would have to protect me in the coming days," said Ricky.
"Ricky, to my knowledge, one could not refine the enlightening mark with the level of demi-immortal. So you must have used the Chaotic Fire Zone," Soar said, contemplating and concerned. "If this is the case, someone may be able to figure out that you have something extraordinary on you!"
"I do not have a choice. I need my strength at its best," Ricky replied.
He naturally knew what Soar meant. This was the turf of the Oriental College so it was very likely they could find out his secret.
Hearing Ricky, Soar dropped the subject, since he understood Ricky would crave for power because he wanted to go to the Phoenix tribe as soon as possible.
"Master Soar, I think it is bad for Master Ricky to be pursuing power like this. Gifted as he is, he could still lose his way and cave in to the devil inside." Alva spoke after he learnt of Ricky's condition from Soar.
"Trust me, I know this too. He gives the impression of having gotten over Grace, but from a closer look, he wouldn't easily let it go. I will have to help him get out of it gradually," Soar replied solemnly.
"Soar, have you met Madeline and the men sent by Scar before?" Ricky inquired moments later.
"I have met a few of them. However, no one seemed to care about looking for you except Madeline, so I did not join them," said Soar.
"I see. I was wondering if the men could help me with something. But it looks they are not as loyal as advertised," Ricky said with a little contempt in his voice.
"In the world of the warriors, loyalty is nothing compared to personal benefits. You know that," Soar consoled Ricky.
"By the way, what do you need them for?" Soar had been mulling over this since he first heard it.
"Soar, it is not what I want. It's more about what our enemies are after. Now that most of the weaker third-class lower spiritual kings already perished, I think I am their next target. Especially Pearl would want me dead in revenge for the painful loss I inflicted on her last time," Ricky explained.
"I think you are right." Soar nodded.
"So I thought that Scar's men might be able to protect us against these people. After all, there are so many of them, and we are only two of us. We are on our own," Ricky sighed.
"Ricky, I believe Madeline is actually trying to protect us. I think she will lend a helping hand," Soar advised. "Besides, her strength may well be above ours. Most likely, she has made it to the first-class lower spiritual king.
I have met her a couple of times in the past months and she gave me the protocol of contact to avoid detection."
"The first-class lower spiritual king is probably the strongest in the battlefield here. It is good that we have her on our side, but it would be better if she could conceal her strength at first," said Ricky.
Ricky couldn't afford to be careless now. Pearl and those geniuses of hers were still formidable. They were way more powerful than those at the Realm of Wildness.
"I know, Ricky." Soar nodded and set to contact Madeline using the communication protocol she had given him.
"Ricky, I've heard a place of opportunity—the enlightening passage, which could significantly improve your cultivation. In the enlightening spatial passage, there are enlightening vortexes.
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