While Adrian was pondering, he looked toward Jac and said, "It’s not impossible to just keep you here, but would you be willing to accept a slave mark?"Jac felt a bit despondent. For a dignified young master to be branded with a slave mark was a tremendous humiliation. It would give Adrian leverage over him.With the slave mark, Jac could return and ask his family's elders to kill Adrian. However, once his stubborn family members discovered he had been branded, it would spell the end of his career as an heir.In their family, there were nine heirs, and ultimately, one would be chosen as the family leader’s successor. None of them would willingly give up their position. If Jac did, many others would eagerly vie for his place—something Jac understood far better than Adrian.Adrian, looking at Jac earnestly, said, "Don’t be nervous. I won’t do anything to you. I might need your help in the future. Branding you with the slave mark doesn’t mean I’ll treat you like one."Jac's frown ea
Adrian waited quietly for the phenomena to be over. Soon, both the portrait and the meditation cushion vanished, leaving behind only an emerald slip. Adrian probed the emerald slip with his divine consciousness and discovered it contained a technique.The technique was called the “Dark Word Technique,” a long-lost divine consciousness technique divided into several parts. However, a significant portion was sealed, requiring Adrian to reach level-eight to access it. For now, he could only use two parts.The first part was Dark Word Technique: Pain. This technique taught the user to shape their divine consciousness into an invisible, cone shape to attack the enemy's divine consciousness, causing severe pain in the enemy’s head and enabling an effective offensive strike.Adrian had heard of such divine consciousness attack methods before. It was a crucial part of ancient techniques and something he had always yearned for. To his surprise, he obtained it today.Even though Adrian had n
Adrian, hailing from Earth, valued ancient ruins and figures not just for their potential in level breakthroughs, but for their role in nurturing one’s character. He believed that spending time within ruins and enjoying nature often led to a more open-minded outlook. And open-minded individuals, he felt, tended to have clearer minds.As Adrian carefully examined the beast familiar room, he noticed signs of life on a partially sunken rock—two beast familiar eggs—and became overjoyed. Could today be his lucky day? It seemed everywhere he went, he encountered opportunities!However, Adrian’s excitement quickly turned to disappointment. The two eggs appeared to be on the verge of death. They had likely been there for a very long time, and their life force was nearly depleted. Still, since there was some life force left, there was a chance to save them. If Adrian hadn’t arrived, the eggs would probably have turned into fossils.Confident in his ability to save the eggs, thanks to extensi
As Adrian dripped his blood into a basin, his lips turned pale and his nail beds lost all color. He then sat down nearby, forcing himself to stay alert as he carefully mixed the celestial herbs in the correct proportions.Eventually, Adrian created a blue-glowing spirit liquid that carried a red tint. "One freshly brewed Beast Nurturing Liquid coming right up,” he quipped in satisfaction, relieved that everything had gone smoothly in the final steps.After double-checking all the details and finding no mistakes, Adrian placed the two beast familiar eggs into the liquid. To his delight, the liquid began to decrease at a visible rate. Adrian was thrilled but then realized he needed to give up more blood. The death aura in the eggs was dissipating while the life force rapidly increased. Adrian could feel life force emanating from the eggs, but it was still far from enough.With no other option, Adrian allowed his blood to drip into the basin, muttering, "Little ones, you better make
Adrian named the female Invisibee “Cheery” and the male one “Toughy,” hoping they would grow up strong and happy.The two little creatures rested on Adrian’s shoulders, playing for a while before becoming tired and softly calling out for food. Adrian couldn't afford to offer his blood again, so he took out the remaining celestial herbs and flowers he had. The Inivisibees quickly flew toward the millennium-old herbs, clearly tempted, and what happened next baffled Adrian.The Invisibees quickly scarfed down more than half of the celestial herbs, leaving the remainder insufficient for their next feeding. Adrian couldn't understand how such small creatures could have such enormous appetites. He had no idea when the next feeding time would be, but newborn beast familiars usually needed a lot of nutritions, much like human babies.Adrian knew he had to hurry back to Lumia Isle. Without the celestial herbs and medicines from the Exile Realm, the two little ones might go hungry. And having
Of course, Eloise had to protect the Invisibees closely. These two little creatures were invaluable, with potential rivaling Adrian's own, not to mention their rarity.Adrian was deeply concerned about the two young critters. To him, the beast swarm was merely a source of nourishment, but he couldn't underestimate it. Ensuring the safety of Lumia Isle was paramount.He hadn't yet found a suitable foothold in the open sea, so he was reluctant to give up this area. Moreover, the concentration of aura essence near the spirit spring was equivalent to that of a large celestial vein. Without finding a suitable replacement, he would never abandon it.Everything depended on Celesta Rain Island's stance and where Clyde decided to draw the battle line. If Clyde decided to abandon all the outer islands to consolidate the defenses of Celesta Rain Island, it would be possible but would forfeit a lot of benefits. It would also harm many other independent immortals' interests, which was a signific
Cheery, who was incredibly clever, repeatedly struck the belly of the beast snake. When the snake counterattacked, she seized the opportunity to sting its weak spot. The beast snake, realizing its vulnerability, had to stop attacking Cheery and twist around to protect itself. This exposed its belly again, allowing Cheery to finish off its opponent first.Cheery then looked at Toughy with a proud expression and flew back to Adrian’s shoulder, rubbing affectionately against him.Seeing this, Toughy felt jealous and launched a frenzied assault on the other beast snake’s weak spot. However, while the snake couldn’t hurt Toughy, it easily deflected his attacks, leaving Toughy unable to inflict significant damage.Adrian shook his head, feeling helpless about the angry little Toughy. He prepared to intervene and deal with the snake himself. Unexpectedly, Toughy suddenly evolved to a level-two dark beast. It seemed that the previous consumption of many celestial herbs had stored a lot of e
There was a light portal in the sky of the Exile Realm drawing in nutrients from the outside world. Countless streams of spiritual energy flowed through the portal, entering the Exile Realm and being swiftly absorbed by the Spirit Gathering Formation, creating a vacuum of spiritual energy outside.Adrian nodded in satisfaction, praised Eloise's outstanding work, and then left the Exile Realm. Today, the lady of Lumia Isle was returning. He had received a message from Lexie earlier, indicating that she would return to Lumia Isle today. From her tone, it seemed she had made significant gains.Adrian was comfortable with her being away for so long due to her previous level. Even though she had fallen back to the Foundation Stage, her past experience at level-nine allowed her subsequent training to progress smoothly, without getting stuck at any stage due to comprehension issues. This was something Adrian couldn’t envy—it was like someone walking a path they had already traversed, knowin