Chapter 89

He didn't know how others were doing, but it was surprisingly easy for him.

Sam continued to cultivate at times, interrupting only for meals. He had already checked and his body became a little stronger and faster.

Time passed and after about 20 days by the standards of Mara planet, Sam already greatly condensed his Qi, absorbing about 70 stones.

The Qi circulation was noticeably stronger, although he had not yet reached the peak of the stage.

Until the end of the month there were only 5 days left, he promised that he would go with Pamela and Douglas for reconnaissance.

They gathered in the morning and set off.

During this time, Pamela was able to absorb only 6 stones and Douglas 5, it became clear that the difference in the speed of cultivation was simply huge.

Sam even suggested that his mutation helped him even in this matter, since the difference between them was too great.

They reached the 50 km mark and saw various rocks in which devils lived, there were only a couple of them outside, although how many were hiding inside was unknown.

Their goal was not to kill devils, but simply to check what is 100 kilometres away.

So they chose a place where they could walk not too close to the rocks and went ahead.

Sam realized that the difference between them is so huge that when he gets to the Core Formation, they may not even have time to even reach the middle stage of the Qi Condensation, and in fact, there was no point in communicating with them.

Surely this was one of the principles on which the hierarchy in the universe was built, and it was not only the current level of cultivation that mattered, but also the potential.

And their friendship was based rather on common interests and the fact that they are the only people from Earth here.

It is difficult to even call it friendship, rather they did not have much choice, but clearly no one was going to risk each other here. Well, at least Sam for sure.

On the way, he occasionally killed animals and replenished food and water supplies. They finally reached the desired mark and, as expected, through binoculars saw the endless dead lands.

No wonder, they are all more or less close to each other, and this also meant that these lands occupy a considerable territory in width as well.

Returning back, they again passed the rocks, the devils clearly noticed them, but they were not particularly aggressive and just watched them go.

This simple mission was accomplished without any problems, so they soon returned to the castle and went about their business.

Sam sighed while sitting in his barrack. Assuming that about 1000 stones need to be absorbed for the Foundation Stage, then Douglas and Pamela will need more than 20 years of almost continuous meditation to reach this stage.

And Sam didn't know what difficulties might arise in the process, because he didn't have any difficulties yet.

He tried to imagine how he would feel in their place? And it was damn awful.

Throwing unnecessary thoughts out of his head, he continued to meditate.

Soon the patriarch arrived, this time he brought hundreds of people at once. For the most part there were just variations of human races and most were not much different from people.

The old man himself was obviously some kind of human race, so he obviously recruited people accordingly.

This time the old man did not immediately recall the ship, but flew into the castle on it, apparently to unload something else.

Another 50 people stood apart from the rest, presumably those who became a cultivator, the old man gave them 30 stones for each and said that in a week there would be a tournament.

These 50 people were clearly younger. Sam even saw children as young as 12 or so. Apparently the time of stupid muscle thugs is over.

The old man said that after the tournament a hierarchy and responsibilities would be established, but in the meantime all the newly arrived cultivators had to look after the mortals so that they did not die of hunger or animals.

Muscle guys, including Sam, had to prepare logs and timber for future construction. The old man even threw off twenty axes.

After these announcements, the old man disappeared into the castle again.

Sam did not think long, grabbed one ax and went to do what was required, he could look at the newcomers later, and he was definitely not going to test the old man's patience for strength.

Yes, and he did not deserve to be patient with him yet, he would simply be swatted like a bug.

The ax was no worse than a Type 3 sword in terms of strength and sharpness, and it was easier to work with.

Sam cut down trees that were not too big, and even quite large and thick branches of other trees.

He enjoyed the power of his cultivation and got used to the possibilities of his body as he worked.

At times he remembered sparring with Jane and Ashley, they sparred not only with swords but also in fistfights, although Sam did not have much time to learn.

But still, even this little helped him in working with both a sword and an ax.

Spiritual feeling also increased slightly, although these two meters were clearly not enough to feel safe.