6 Revealing the Inheritance
"This... this is a Golden-grade cultivation technique! Truly unbelievable! I would have never thought that something like this would appear in my hands my whole life!
Hell, even the sovereign of the territory, King Brown, only has one technique even that is ranked at Silver grade."
Dillian blurted, definitely having trouble finding words to express.
"This is really incredible, young master! It would be best if you started cultivating this technique right away. And even if it has only six phases, it will still be much better than the techniques that I have. With this, you will be able to become a Spiritual King in just a matter of a few decades!" said Dillian, who was fervent about the Pushing Air technique that was in his hand.
But this also made the old man quickly realize that Minos' claim of having received a God's inheritance was definitely not a joke.
After all, one had to know that there would be no such well-classified techniques in this region of the Central Continent, and even the young Stuart's mother couldn't have something so good.
Now, all that remains was the explanation that his young master was chosen by a great being. As for whether this specialist was the God Henricus Longus or not, it made no difference to Dillian.
Watching the pleased expression of the middle-aged man before him, Minos continued, "Grandpa Dillian, to tell you the truth, this is just one of the many techniques that I received. I have inherited senior Longus' knowledge and his Spatial Kingdom too. In this realm, there are numerous high-level cultivation resources, but for now, they cannot be used since our levels are not enough.
However, there are still some ways in the Spatial Kingdom that can help us improve this region. I just need to find out what the exact problem with this place is.
As for this technique, Pushing Air, it's for you. I'm already cultivating another technique which is similarly classified in Golden grade and has 11 phases."
Dillian's eyes widened in surprise when he heard this, especially in the part when Minos said he was already cultivating. Of course, that's because he hadn't noticed it till now. "Is the young master already cultivating? Even after traveling with you for more than three days, I didn't even realize it. Is the young master already at level 1?" he asked with a wide smile on his face.
Minos replied while shaking his head, "I started cultivating before we left the City of Setting Sun. I'm at level 2 right now, and should be able to reach level 3 in the next two days."
Dillian's grin only widened after hearing that. Minos was already more talented than his father with such speed, so it won't be long before the young Stuart had the strength to protect himself, even without any outside help.
"Very well, young master. If the general were still alive, he would have been extremely proud of you. Even if he wasn't the type to go to parties, if he knew about this, he would have thrown a banquet in honor of the young master," Dillian spoke with great confidence.
He had met Albert Stuart more than 80 years ago. Back then, the young Albert had helped him in a life-and-death situation.
After that incident, he decided to follow Albert. The two traveled together, going through all kinds of situations that made them great friends in the future. So, it wasn't wrong to say that the butler knew Albert Stuart very well.
Hearing him, Minos felt heavy in his heart. He lost one of the very few people he loved right before his eyes.
And because of that, he was determined to obliterate the ones responsible for this!
After feeling sad for a moment, he asked, "Grandpa Dillian, do you know who was responsible for what happened to my father? Even though I saw them attack, the enemies were hiding their identities back then."
The middle-aged butler responded with an unfriendly expression, "During the six years that the young master was unconscious, I did some research, but I was not able to exactly find their identity. All I know is that two of the killers were hired. As for the remaining two, I can't figure out where they were from either.
But because the Silva family got their hands on the Red Valley while the young master remained unconscious, I suspect that they are involved. Perhaps even the Miller family since they also disputed for the land after the master's death."
"Hmm, for now, we won't involve ourselves in this matter. We're very vulnerable in the current condition, and if we were to start looking for the truth, we might attract a disaster. So, we'll strengthen ourselves in secrecy," Minos spoke calmly and logically.
He was committed to his revenge, but that wouldn't compel him to be an idiot and act recklessly. Revenge was a dish best served cold, and he wanted to be in control of the situation. He wasn't simply going to risk his life away for something avoidable.
He loved his father, but Albert was already dead.
Minos wanted justice for him, but he didn't need to risk his life for it.
He knew that as long as he had time, he could have anything he wanted, so Minos was in no hurry.
'A job well done would definitely pay off.' That's what he believed.
Not wanting to spend any more time, Minos then changed the topic, returning to talk about planning to develop the Black Plain. "For the time being, we'll keep our focus on the problems of the Black Plain. Revenge can wait. Grandpa Dillian, prepare the things I mentioned. We need an agriculture team as soon as possible and also the information about array masters and blacksmiths so that we can plan on how to proceed further.
Tomorrow, I will start my day by going to the lands next to the city to study the place. Please prepare a team to accompany me."
Dillian calmed down and nodded, "All right, young master, I'll get everything ready as soon as possible."
After that, the butler left to carry out the work requested by his young master while the young Stuart continued studying Dry City documents.
...
After nightfall, Minos had dinner and visited his new room after which he entered the Spatial Kingdom to begin another cultivation session.
He cultivated for a full four hours before stopping. That was because given his current level, he still needed to sleep in order to recover from his daily fatigue.
Moreover, in the various stages of cultivation, there were limits to the amount of spiritual energy that one could absorb, and that required some interval between each cultivation session.
Furthermore, since he was only at the Body Foundation, Minos couldn't use spiritual crystals to cultivate, which slowed down his cultivation speed even more.
In this world, cultivating with spiritual crystals or cultivating free spiritual energy in nature had only one difference: gathering spiritual energy.
In order for a cultivator to cultivate free energy in nature, they had to gather the spiritual energy from the surrounding area before absorbing it. However, a cultivator with spiritual crystals could skip this step, since the energy was already gathered in the crystals.
This means that even in regions with high spiritual density, the time required for cultivation would also vary depending on the method used to absorb the spiritual energy.
The advantage of being in a high-density region was that, in addition to faster energy gathering, there would be a substantial amount of production of these crystals, resulting in generating considerable wealth in these regions and also enabling a greater average force as well.
For example, the average strength of the Spiritual World is at the 5th stage of cultivation, which would range between levels 40 to 49. This is very good if one were located in the North of the Central Continent, which was relatively weaker, as the highest-level experts in the region of Black Plain were only between levels 50 and 59, which was only slightly better than the global average.
As a result, Minos was unable to cultivate continuously and his speed would remain limited until he could reach the Spiritual Beginner stage, at which point he could use a low-grade crystal to cultivate with.
Anyway, the young Stuart slept peacefully for the night, as if he had already adapted to his new residence.
...
The following morning, the sun slowly rose on the horizon when Dry City started to 'live.'
The movement in the streets also gradually increased as people and some of their low-level spiritual beasts moved on the street.
At that time, six men moved through the city riding on their horse-like beasts headed to the west side of the city.
Of the six, one was a young man with brown hair and eyes, his appearance wasn't exaggerated in any sense.
Although he couldn't be considered admiringly handsome, he still had a face that was pleasant to look at. The young man wasn't dressed very flashy, only in black trousers and a blue shirt.
This was Minos.
And of the other men around him, two were the members of Dry City guards, one of whom was Commander Pyke, whom Minos had met the day before, two personal guards who followed Minos from the kingdom's capital, and the butler Dillian.
The destination of the six was an area on the west side of the city where the new sovereign planned to establish the first agricultural land. Of course, some believed that the young sovereign would have a way to turn the barren land better for agriculture.
A few minutes passed, and they finally arrived at the place, it was not any different from any other parts of the Black Plain.
But according to Commander Pyke, the region's spiritual roots were closer to the ground here, something he learned after witnessing an expert coming to study the problem in the region about 20 years ago. At that time, such a person had claimed that the west side of the city was the closest and also the best place to study the local spiritual roots.
