First Breakthrough

So, a lot happened after the shop incident.

Antony gave a testimony that the third young master was at Berdly's shop as a life experience lesson from Elena. Elena agreed to the scenario. She didn't want this issue to turn big.

But Bianca wasn't going to let it be just like that.

Because of Elena's involvement, everything was done without making too much noise.

She investigated the whole issue and found Jon to be the culprit. She gave him punishment for his negligence in his duty, while Aliotte got an earful from Rhea for allowing this to happen.

But no one asked anything from Elena. She was said to be off-limit from Bianca.

Elena didn't care about these small matters. She had something else to do in the meantime.

At the moment, she was with Olen in her bathroom again.

Olen got a few days' rest. Today, he was again here to continue his training.

Elena wanted to wait a few more days. But the growth of Olen made her wonder if there was any progress in his cultivation.

She wanted to know every bit of it.

So, again, Olen took off his clothes to get in the bath.

Elena too got ready to observe. She partially activated her heavenly eye.

Olen started to circulate the spirit as he had learned. At this moment his proficiency in it is a lot better.

At the start, it was like all other time. But by the time Olen started his fourth circulation, both he and Elena saw some changes.

For Olen, it was like the first time he cultivated.

He was again in a dark space.

The front of him started to light up. He again came in front of the light source.

The unwind string of light was still here. But unlike before, where it just looked like a rope with unwound strings at the top, it looked more stable right now.

It almost looked like a tree that had no leaves on it.

The strings looked a lot thicker, and so did the base.

Olen doesn't remember much from last time.

But now he can clearly see the base of the rope is embedded in a white round base.

Olen got closer to it and looked at the thick strings. There were a total of seven strings.

Miss Elena has asked him to count them next time he sees them.

She said it is of great importance. And it shows that a person's potential depends on how many strings he has.

After looking at it for a bit, he concluded that he really liked his spirit tree.

And right now, some changes are happening at the base of his spirit tree.

The white color was changing its color.

It looked like it had just come to life. The white was getting darker and darker and at last, it turned into a light green color.

Olen felt elated. He just became a light green rank spiritualist. Miss Elena has told him all about it.

When one gets to the cultivation base of green, they can be called cultivators.

Well, people who live past seventy could automatically get a light green cultivation base. But they get too old to do anything with it.

But it's a whole different thing when it is done by a young person.

From what she told him, he should get at least twice as strong as before. And his life expectancy would jump from ninety to hundred and twenty years.

Olen was thinking of this and that when something pulled him out again.

This time, he didn't get unconscious like last time.

Olen opened his eyes only to find that Elena was looking at him intently.

But her mouth turned into a smile after seeing him opening his eyes.

"Congratulations." –Elena.

"Thank you, Miss. Do you think everything is all right now?" –Olen asked. He learned a lot from Elena. So, he also heard that many things could go wrong when cultivating. So he asked.

"Yes, everything is fine. You just need to consolidate your cultivation." –Elena.

"Wow, that's so cool. Oh, oh. Miss, does that mean I can use those martial techniques now?" –Olen.

"Sure. Why not?" –Elena smiled. Olen was always making a bitter face for not knowing the martial techniques. Now, he could finally use some of his own.

Martial techniques are techniques that utilize the spirit energy to convert it into physical energy and turn it into a powerful attack several times more powerful than a normal attack.

And to use those, Olen at least needed a light green martial base.

Seeing him so excited, Elena couldn't help but smile too.

"All right, Miss. Can I leave for today?" –Olen asked. "I'll get Mom to give me the best martial techniques to practice."

"Nope. Not happening." –Elena directly shut him down. "Keep cultivating. You need to consolidate your cultivation as much as possible tonight. So, you'll be here the whole night. You understand me?"

"But I never heard anything like that before." –Olen said bitterly. He didn't know how to contain his excitement. He just wanted to go out there and brag about it to everyone. But he was forcibly sat down to cultivate once again.

"There are a lot of things you haven't heard. That doesn't make them less true. Now do as I say." –Elena.

"But I want to learn a technique now." –Olen was still resisting.

"Those can wait. Tell you what... If you cultivate obediently now, I'll give you a technique that would make those 'mountain-crushing fist' or whatever look like child's play." –Elena made an offer.

Listening to it, Olen's eyes went wide. "You would? Well, sure teacher, I'll be very obedient. Don't worry even a bit."

So, Olen kept cultivating under Elena's persuasion.

Elena sat there all night long.

She wasn't using her 'heavenly eye' anymore. That would be very strenuous.

She sat there to continuously keep adding more of that alchemical mixture in the bath so there wasn't any shortage of heavenly energy.

She was thinking about which one of the techniques she should give to her disciple for his first breakthrough.

The heavenly eye is too advanced. He wouldn't even be able to begin to understand it. So, what can she give him that is easy to understand and powerful enough to blow his mind away? There were very few to choose from. But Elena finally remembered one.

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At the same time, in another part of the mansion.

There was a person who was in a very difficult situation.

How should I say it... He was in between a rock and a hard place.

That man is Antony.

The Rock here is Jon, and the hard place would be Aliotte.

When he reported the issue previously, he reported that everything was under control, and Miss Elenora was there to supervise Olen all the time.

But Bianca and Rhea had dug out the whole incident.

As the main culprit, Jon got another salary cut and the toilet cleaning job for the whole guard quarter.

As for Aliotte… Rhea was very embarrassed and gave her to Bianca to receive punishment. But Bianca didn't give her any. So, Rhea just told Aliotte to work under Bianca for now.

Both Jon and Aliotte would have gotten a harsher punishment if it weren't for the fact that Bianca was assured of their loyalty and the situation they were currently in.

On top of that, there was that whole issue of Antony's testimony of Elena's involvement.

So, the punishment was lessened by a lot.

But that wasn't the reason for his misfortune right now.

The only job he was given was to find out who this Mr. Adams was who got involved at the last moment.

That put him on the bad side of both Aliotte and Jon.

"Hey, Antony, my man. How are you doing?" –Jon.

"Oh, what are you asking, you stupid brain? He must be nice. He screwed up big time, yet look how he's acting like a free man while his superior is still waiting to know of the punishment she is going to receive in the future." –Aliotte.

They both ambushed him at a side of the mansion.

Aliotte could formally punish him as his superior anytime. But it was Jon's idea to get him.

And you have to understand when you have a thing against someone, nothing feels better than bashing him with your own two fists.

Maybe bits of Jon was rubbing onto her. But she didn't care. All she knows is that it is this moron's fault that all this happen. Her clean record just got tainted.

"Mam, please, I have a job to do. I won't be able to do it properly if I'm injured." –Antony wanted to leave the place. It's very scary how these two blocked all of his escape routes.

"Oh, don't worry. I'll do it for you. I think I'm more capable of doing that simple investigation than you." –Aliotte.

"Man, I'm really sorry. But you know how things work, right? I'm feeling very itchy right now. But I promise I'll be as gentle as I can. It'll only be a bed rest for two weeks." –Jon smiled like a hoodlum.

No one knew what happened later. But no one saw him for two weeks after that.