ABSORBING MONSTER CORE

After winning the tournament, Xiao Tian and Taiwu returned to the kingdom to change clothes and said goodbye to everyone.

"Xiao Tian, I didn't know you were that great. Father is proud of you." Xiao Zhaoye said

"Son, can you stay in the kingdom? I don't want you to leave." Xiao Hong said

"Xiao Tian, are you sure you want to go to the Fire Mountain Sect?" asked Princess Jia Li

"I have to go so I can become stronger. If you want to meet me, you already know how, right?" asked Xiao Tian

"Promise you won't look for another woman when you are away from me!" said Princess Jia Li

"Don't worry I promise I will wait for you to come, Because I went to the Fire Mountain sect not to look for women, and for now, you are the only woman who managed to move my heart," said Xiao Tian while holding Princess Jia Li's hand

"Re...really?" said the daughter of Jia Li with a flushed face

"Ehmm, since when did your relationship become this close?" said Xiao Hong

"It seems that soon I will finally have a grandchild," said Xiao Zhaoye

Hearing the King and Queen's teasing, Xiao Tian and Princess Jia Li let go of their hands and turned around. With blushing faces, it was clear that they were covering up their shame.

"Then I'll go." continued Xiao Tian

"Be careful on the road." Princess Jia Li waved at Xiao Tian.

Xiao Tian left the palace with Taiwu.

"Ehm, it seems I was not wrong to let you at that time." Taiwu tease.

"Shut up, stop teasing me." Xiao Tian continued.

"Pfttt, you can be shy too, huh." The thunder god appeared suddenly right beside Xiao Tian's left.

"Where have you been all this time!" Xiao Tian snapped.

"I'm always with you." continued Taiwu.

"Sorry, I have a need. I can't keep you company."

"Besides a god, I also have a wife and two children. I can't keep you company." said the God of thunder.

"Y-yes, I understand."

"But next time, if you want to go, say first." Xiao Tian said.

"I always give permission when I want to go." continued Taiwu.

"But I go every day when you're sleeping." said the God of thunder.

"Don't you ever sleep?" Xiao Tian asked.

"I sleep every night anyway. What's the matter with you, prince?"

"Why ask such a strange thing?" Taiwu was confused by the strange question that Xiao Tian said.

"You know when you're a god, you don't need sleep." replied the God of thunder.

"So is that so?" asked Xiao Tian as he faced the Lightning God.

Taiwu was starting to notice that Xiao Tian wasn't talking to him, and he'd been being ignored ever since.

"Pri… prince, are you talking to ghosts?" Taiwu asked.

"Ghost your eyes!"

"I'm talking to..." Before finishing his sentence, Xiao Tian stopped because he remembered something.

"You forgot, huh?"

"He can't see and hear me." The thunder god tried to remind Xiao Tian.

"Hahaha, that's right, just ignore him," said Xiao Tian

"Before going to meet Elder Gu Yan, you should first absorb your monster core." said the God of thunder.

"Ah, that's right." Xiao Tian said.

"Pri… prince, exactly who are you talking to?"

"And what do you mean, right?" Taiwu kept asking Xiao Tian, who seemed to be talking to himself and kept ignoring him.

"Let's just pretend I'm talking to myself." Xiao Tian explained.

Xiao Tian took out a monster core from within his space ring. Then sat on a boulder holding the monster core.

"I want to absorb my monster core."

"You do the same, don't disturb my concentration." Xiao Tian explained.

"Okay." continued Taiwu.

Taiwu jumped towards the big rock that was right beside the stone that Xiao Tian was sitting on. He took out a monster core from his space ring then did the same as Xiao Tian did.

"A lot of red ki, it seems that only those matched with the fire element can absorb it. Thank goodness I have a pure fire element."

"Is Prince Xiao Tian able to absorb it huh, I don't know what element he has?" Taiwu muttered in his heart.

"So this is the power of the monster core?" "Truly abundant ki, I will absorb it until it runs out." Xiao Tian thought.

When Xiao Tian absorbed the Monster Core, the weather suddenly changed.

Black clouds gathered above the sky right where he was meditating.

Then the black cloud dropped dozens of white lightning bolts. The lightning continued to strike at him but couldn't hit him.

The lightning always disappeared when an adult was one foot away from Xiao Tian's head. The lightning disappeared as his martial spirit absorbed it.

Xiao Tian, who was focused on absorbing pure fire qi didn't realize what was going on. Meanwhile, Taiwu is still focused on cultivating. The two of them weren't bothered by the loud sound of thunder because they didn't want to fail to absorb the qi.

After absorbing a lot of white lightning, Xiao Tian's martial spirit evolved again to level 7. The God of thunder witnessed this event.

The Lightning God, standing right behind Xiao Tian, continued to observe Xiao Tian's body and martial spirit. He was a little confused

and couldn't believe what he saw. The reason behind his hesitation was because this was the first time for him to see a martial spirit that could continue to level up.

As his martial spirit level increased, Xiao Tian's speed at absorbing qi also increased. He finished before Taiwu finished. Now Xiao Tian's strength is at the 6-star bronze fighter level.

"This is amazing, So this is a top-level monster core, Just absorbing it can make me pass through ten layers." Xiao Tian said.

"If I'm not mistaken, the martial spirit from Taiwu is a tier 9 martial spirit, right?"

"Why is he still cultivating?" Xiao Tian said.

"He was injured once, And now his martial spirit is equivalent to level 3, Even if you healed him it only healed the person, But not the martial spirit."

"If it weren't for your help, Maybe he would be trash forever." said the God of thunder.

"So I haven't completely healed him, have I?" Xiao Tian said.

"Your technique will have no effect. You can't touch other people's martial spirits unless you kill the owner." said the God of thunder

"Then what should I do to help him?" Xiao Tian asked.

"You need dragon thorn crystals and ice crystal flowers. That's all you need to heal the wounds of his martial spirit." said the God of thunder.

"So it's not only his cultivation and body that's injured. The Dark Sect can injure a martial spirit without killing its possessor."

"What a dangerous group of people." Xiao Tian said

"So we have no other choice but to wait for him to cultivate, huh?" asked Xiao Tian

"If you wait for him, it might just be finished tomorrow morning, and you help him by holding his back. Feel the flow of qi in his body trace until you feel the flow of Qi he absorbs from the monster's core. Once you feel the path of the Qi flow, try to control the flow of Qi from the monster's core, and draw all that energy into Taiwu's body." said the thunder god

Xiao Tian was doing everything the thunder god said to speed up Taiwu's cultivation. With the guidance of the God of thunder, he managed to speed up the Taiwu cultivation process. Taiwu felt the pure qi rush into his body, and he also felt someone holding his back.

Currently, Taiwu thinks that the one who helps him cultivate is an expert. After absorbing all the ki from the monster core, Taiwu is now at the level of the 8th layer Grandmaster fighter.

After he finished absorbing Qi, Taiwu immediately opened his eyes and turned around to thank an expert who helped him, But he was surprised that Xiao Tian helped him cultivate.

"Pri… prince, was it you who helped me cultivate earlier?" Taiwu said.

"Who else if not me, you've been cultivating too long. That's why I'm helping you. If I wait for you, we will be left behind by Elder Gu Yan. Let's quickly get up and continue our journey!" Xiao Tian said.

"My prince is grateful. Since my strength came back, I have been trying to cultivate it, but I can never level up because I am slow in absorbing Qi. I didn't think I went up five layers in one day. I am very grateful. My life belongs to the prince, and I promise not to betray the prince!" said Taiwu while prostrating.

"Stop being so formal, and you spoil the mood. I've heard your oath several times, and you don't need to repeat it. After all, we are of the same age, think of me as your friend, So talk as usual, okay." said Xiao Tian.

"Yes, prince," Taiwu said

"Let's stop standing. We must hurry to the borders of the kingdom to meet Elder Gu Yan!" said Xiao Tian

"Yes, prince," Taiwu said.

After they finished cultivating, they went to the border to meet Elder Gu Yan. Arriving at the border Huang Li and Elder Gu Yan were already waiting for them.

"Are you guys done saying goodbye?" Elder Gu Yan said,

"Yes." said Xiao Tian and Taiwu

"Then let's go!" said Elder Gu YanElder Gu

While together with Xiao Tian, I felt something strange. Because he thought that their cultivation rose too high.

He knew that they got high-level monster cores. But he also knew that their martial spirits couldn't possibly absorb that core in just a few hours. Thinking of this strange thing, Elder Gu Yan became more and more attracted to the two of them.