A Simple Idea

"How did it go, any problems?" Silvermist asked Alex after he walked out of the mountain.

Alex shook his head. "It went exactly as it needed to, master," he said. "My Wood root is much better now. So much better than before." He looked down to where his spirit root would be, still feeling the massive change that surprised him.

"That is good to hear. You have no idea how difficult it was to find all of those treasures in such a short period of time," Silvermist said with a thick grin. "I would've likely gone on a ranting spree had it not worked."

Alex gave a small smile after hearing this and chose to keep his thoughts about improving his Water and Earth roots to himself for now. There was no point in asking so much from his master at once. After the tournament was done, depending on whether he won the whole thing or not, he would feel less guilty about asking for such a thing.

"Let us return then," Silvermist said, and they left the sect.