The scattered orbs of Aether looked like stars in the midnight sky. Dazzling and mesmerizing.
The intoxicating sight knocked the air out of Lana’s lungs.
’Holy god Nytheris... why the heck are there so many orbs here?’
Normally, the orbs in the surrounding area are individually floating around, but the scene in front of Lana was entirely different. The orbs were clustered in groups, and suddenly she understood what Mr. Crow meant.
Attracting a cluster of orbs could boost the cultivation, but for Lana, who already attracts the orbs in clusters... she can attract even more clusters in one go now.
With that thought, Lana’s mood soared.
After 3 hours of cultivation, Lana reached a bottleneck and frowned. "What the heck... why can’t I attract any more orbs?"
Opening her eyes, she thought for a while and decided to consult Professor Axel. He was present in the cultivation room; his sexy black hair fell to his shoulder length while his beautiful eyes were trained on a book.
The gentle sunlight streaming from the window bathed him in a golden hue, magnifying his handsomeness. If Lana hadn’t met Lucian, she might have fallen for this handsome professor.
However, Lana wasn’t in the mood to dwell on the romantic topics.
"Professor Axel." Lana walked up to him and asked the question when she had his attention: "I seem to have encountered a bottleneck."
Her voice was deliberately lowered since she didn’t want to disturb her other classmates’ cultivation state.
Professor Axel’s gaze narrowed, and he put aside the book. He motioned her to follow him and left the cultivation room; his footsteps were quiet to the point that Lana even suspected if he was flying.
To match his pace, Lana tiptoed, and her posture made Mr. Crow cackle with laughter.
’You are looking like a thief.’ His voice was filled with mockery.
Lana ignored him; sometimes keeping silent was beneficial. Not to mention she had teased him for no reason earlier...
Once outside, Axel stared at Lana and asked in a soft voice, "What kind of bottleneck?"
"Ugh... I can’t absorb the orbs of Aether." Lana pointed out while her hand moved along with her explanation.
"As... are you having difficulty attracting the orbs, or aren’t they being absorbed by your body?" Axel asked gently.
"My body can’t absorb the orbs at all."
Axel fell into a deep thought before putting forth his theory, "You have reached the first stage of Black Rank."
Lana sucked in a deep breath. According to what Mr. Crow had said, Black Rank had 1 stage, and once she reached stage 1, she could easily deal with a ghost possessing 5 years of cultivation.
But... he had said that she would need at least 3 months, if not half a year.
You are a one-in-a-trillion genius. Mr. Crow wanted to praise, yet he held back. However, the pride flashing in his eyes was unmistakable.
"That’s great progress. Instead of continuing to cultivate, though, I would suggest that you take missions and fight against the ghosts. Battles are the best way to pass the bottleneck." Axel explained tenderly.
When nurturing a talent, his arrogance and cold indifference always vanish into thin air. Especially a talent like Lana.
’Thank God, I admitted her right away. Such a good seedling needs to be in the mystic department.’ He thought with a satisfied smile.
Lana took Axel’s words seriously. She was going to apply for missions. What would be a better time than now?
"However, your current mystic energy is limited. Apply for E-rank missions."
Lana gazed at Axel in confusion. In her previous life, she hardly took ghost exorcising missions, so she didn’t know what type of cultivation a ghost on an E-rank mission would have.
"E-Rank missions mainly have ghosts with only 2 to 3 years of cultivation. Though your pure energy may help you deal with ghosts, having 4 years of cultivation, it’s better to be safe than sorry."
Lana nodded and said with a huge smile, "Then I will apply for it now. Thank you, professor."
Her beautiful smile was infectious, and even Axel found himself smiling. "Good."
Just as Lana was about to leave, Axel called out, "Wait!"
"Anything else, professor?"
"Here, keep this with you." Axel took out a yellow talisman from his pocket and passed it to Lana.
"It’s a teleportation talisman. Encountering a powerful ghost in an E-rank mission will be highly unlikely, and you will also receive a teleportation talisman from the mission hall lady, but it’s better to always have a plan C."
Lana blinked before taking the talisman with a cheerful smile, "Professor Axel, one day I would gift you 100 of these."
Axel laughed hearing Lana’s words. Hundreds of teleportation talismans? How?
They weren’t sold for money. High-level talismans like teleportation were hard to make and equally hard to get. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel✶fire.net
To get one, one needs to do many favors, and they also need to have special connections with the Talisman Guild.
Even he had to work hard for a year before he got the chance to buy any.
But Lana was promising to gift him 100 of teleportation talismans... truly, kids nowadays was...
"Alright, I will wait for your gift then." His eyes flashed with mirth, and he tried his best to act sincere, yet the faint amusement in his body language was overflowing.
Lana only smiled before leaving.
’Why are you even so grateful to him? You haven’t even promised to give Monk Anaro any.’ Mr. Crow asked in confusion.
’Well, Monk Anaro will have some, but this teleportation talisman... it’s way more valuable.’ Lana explained, ’It may come in handy when I encounter a problem I couldn’t deal with. It’s like an extra life. Maybe... even with my $950 million I won’t be able to buy a teleportation talisman. Not because I don’t have enough money... but because I lack connections.’
Hence... the simple teleportation talisman... meant more than the starvine Monk Anaro had given to her.