After Jason finished laughing, he separated from Arthur and went away. His steps were lighter than usual, and his mindset had changed subtly.
Arthur watched him go for a while before turning away. After he turned away, he looked outside the airship and thought to himself, "Good for him."
He doesn't know the maximum potential of other people, and he doesn't know his maximum potential either. He doesn't know how far he can reach, but he believes that whatever happens in the future, his situation will be better than his peers'.
His confidence comes from the Mountain Sitting Dao. Just the Mountain Karma divine ability is enough for him to be confident of himself.
Currently, the Mountain Karma divine ability multiplies his power by 4. It is why he can match the power of other S-grade disciples of the Blood Skull sect at the peak of the second mortal coil when they use armaments.
He is just at the fourth transformation of the second mortal coil, but other disciples will need to be at the peak of the second mortal coil and activate their armaments for double power in order to match his power.
This is his current power without activating his armament. Once he activates his armament and doubles his power, even his fellow disciples at the peak of the second mortal coil won't be able to match him. So how can he not be confident of his future?
He doesn't know how far he can reach on the path of cultivation, but he is certain that his situation will be better than the people around him, including people like Jason, because even if he reaches a limit in terms of cultivation, he will always have the power to fight beyond his level and fight for the resources to advance. So he feels carefree.
He doesn't feel anxious about the future. Not that feeling anxious about his future will change anything for him. After all, he is already doing his best to grow stronger quickly.
He is always either cultivating or learning how to forge armaments or writing books to sell. He rarely takes time off, and he never does frivolous things.
He hasn't let the fact that he possesses the Mountain Sitting Dao let him slack off. He is always pursuing excellence and power.
He has both talent and hard work on his side. He also has the resources and the environment to put his talent to its full use through hard work. So he has the right to be confident about his future.
As he was thinking to himself, he saw something on an airship. Some people were crying, and someone was staring at him with hatred in their eyes.
The person was the talented lady from the Sword Way sect that Goldwyn was chasing together with Jason earlier. It seemed that Goldwyn didn't manage to kill her.
She wasn't looking at him in particular. She was staring at the whole airship he was on in hatred. It looked like she was plotting revenge.
This sight made him chuckle and say, "Everyone has different problems."
He found the sight funny because Jason, who was also part of the hunt, only had his mind on reaching the fifth mortal coil. Meanwhile, there are many people down below who want to have a taste of flesh and have made up their minds to do everything they can do to have that taste.
Of course, he knows that the difference in their goals is because of the difference in their circumstances. One of them is from the strongest sect, while the other one is from the weakest sect.
But this difference in the circumstances is why he appreciates his situation even more. He is thankful that he is not in her situation and can look down on her problems with amusement.
He chuckled and left to speak with Roar.
Everyone got busy doing different things. Some were happy, while others were sad. But no matter what they thought, people had to leave and return to wherever they came from.
Officially, everyone was to return after the elders concluded their meeting and after the disciples finished their banquet. So by morning, everyone should have left.
But the Blood Skull sect and Purple Flower sect were delayed by something. Something held back their elders, so these two sects were the last to leave.
When the elders arrived, they offered to buy whatever the disciples didn't need. They also made everyone swear not to sell anything from the secret realm to outsiders.
No one was allowed to sell the produce of the secret realm to people that aren't part of the sect. This ban will remain in place until the disciple reaches the third mortal coil and enters the inner sect.
The elder explained that this was to ensure that the sect won't have to regret giving them the opportunity to enter the secret realm when they sell such valuable things to outsiders.
The other explanation was that even if the disciples are hell-bent on selling to outsiders, they themselves must reach the third mortal coil first and make sure that the opportunity given to them to enter the secret realm will actually increase the power of the secret realm.
The elder had said, "We can't take a loss in this matter." We refuse to. At worst, it will be 50/50. You reach the third mortal coil, and outsiders also get some benefits."
Arthur didn't have any problem with this. He didn't have the intention to sell what he got in the first place. He thought it was smarter to use what he got on himself first, before he helped others with it.
He had this thought even though the person he had in his mind to sell the valuable plants to is his mother. He also had this thought in regard to selling to the sect.
Everyone also had this thought. It was why very few people decided to sell to the sect now. They wanted to reach the third mortal coil first before they sold anything to anyone.