Nobilis of War novel Chapter 41

When Darren woke up, he found himself already back in his room.

His meridians were shattered and he was in severe pain. He found it difficult to even sit up.

"I have a lot to do to improve my cultivation base by assimilating spiritual energy. My talent of the Black Degree can be used to comprehend cultivation methods. But as of now, it can't be used to absorb spiritual energy yet," murmured Darren with a bit of a pity, evaluating his current state.

He then sat up slowly and took out a healing pill.

'I do not know whether or not this healing pill will help with my injury. I can't take it directly, the spiritual energy inside it might damage my meridians, ' he thought.

Considering it for a while, Darren decided to directly assimilate the healing pill.

After a moment, a puff of white smoke rose out from his body.

"Well, that worked. I feel a little better."

Darren found assimilating the healing pill helpful. He then assimilated two more. In a few minutes, he found himself feeling so much better than before.

Darren slowly got off his bed, feeling a bit worried.

If he were to improve his cultivation base by assimilation, he would need plenty of resources. Where could he get them?

Just as he was thinking, the door to his room opened.

"Darren, are you feeling better?" asked a soft voice. It was Fiona, the girl Darren had met on the road before.

She looked around cautiously for fear of being seen.

"Fiona, why are you coming here?" asked Darren.

"I came to see you. It's really unfortunate for you to have to suffer so many bad things. Someone from the School of Blade Skill told me what happened and... Oh, forget it!" Fiona said, embarrassed.

"Ha-ha, did they all say that I would not live long?" Darren said with a smile.

Several books told of how fusing the sword intent seed and the blade intent seed caused someone to gather an immense amount of power for a limited amount of time before the force killed him internally because of broken meridians. Looking back at his fight with Karl yesterday, Darren did realize how powerful he was. Given that, she felt quite sure that he was about to die soon.

Fiona felt bad about what Darren had to go through. She nodded slowly.

"I'm really sorry that something like this has happened to you, Darren. Although you and I have not known each other very long, I still feel very sad for you," Fiona said sincerely.

"It's all right. I might find a way to survive it," Darren replied calmly. In his mind, as long as he did not absorb spiritual energy from the outside world, he should be able to properly protect his meridians.

"I hope so," Fiona replied sadly. "Well, here are the superior spiritual herbs that I got from the School of Blade Skill. They might be something useful for you."

Fiona took out three superior spiritual herbs that she got as a reward when she chose a school of martial arts skill. Now, they were Darren's.

"Oh no, Fiona, you should keep those for yourself," insisted Darren. He knew that Fiona only got a few spiritual herbs every month. Those were very precious to her. Besides, the three spiritual herbs she gave him were not going to do him much good. He really needed a lot of resources.

"Just take it! I have to go now," Fiona said anxiously. "The people from my school are biased against you. If they find out that I came to see you, I will be in trouble. Take care, Darren."

Without even waiting for Darren's reply, Fiona slipped away as quickly as she came in.

Darren looked at the three spiritual herbs and shook his head. He understood how valuable these could have been for her. The gesture moved him deeply.

Then and there, Darren decided that he would do whatever he could if Fiona ever needed his help.

In no time, Darren finished completely assimilating the three spiritual herbs. He had to do it right away as their exposure to air would make their spiritual energy disappear if they weren't consumed on time.

After assimilating them, he accumulated a little sword and blade internal force in his body. Although it was not enough to make him recover completely, it still managed to help him walk.

"I need to find a lot of resources that contain spiritual energy fast. It looks like I have to go to the sect to take on tasks," he murmured to himself.

This was the only way Darren thought he could get the resources he needed.