255 Space

After teleporting all the people outside, there were only Zwaka, Putri, Alex, and his group in this realm.

"Well, it seems you haven't done anything to them because of those two girls. I will help you then, I don't have anything to do at this time," Zwaka said while shrugging his shoulders.

"Thank you, Senior," Alex thanked him

"Anyway, this field alone is huge, and we need a special treatment for some Medicinal Ingredients."

"I..." Putri wanted to help them too, but she didn't have that much knowledge about Medicinal Ingredients. If Song Yu was the one here, she might be able to do it. But Putri... She couldn't.

"You should refine the wind gem in the meantime," Zwaka said to Putri.

"I... Alright," Putri could only accept his suggestion.

Alex then looked at Anna and Fabio.

"I'm sorry, Alex. I don't have that much knowledge about Medicinal Herbs. Only Jean knows about Medicinal Herbs," Anna said while blushing red because of embarrassment. She was thinking about reading a book about Medicinal Herbs after they came back. Of course, Alex's book.

Fabio also shook his head.

"Are there any monsters outside other entrances?" Alex murmured.

"There are. Their numbers are massive too. Why do you ask?" Zwaka answered Alex's doubt. Anna and Fabio got enlightened.

"We will kill those monsters immediately," Anna became a bit more motivated again. If she couldn't help Alex in here, then she could just level up and get Gacha Tickets for him.

"It's not like I am not proficient with Medicinal Herbs, alright!" Fabio was on the same page with Anna.

Zwaka was confused about why they suddenly got motivated by monsters. He didn't know about EXPs or Gacha Tickets, so he didn't know about that joy. He only thought monsters as a hassle.

He only took advantage of monsters so he could get Spirit Stones from a natural mine created by his realm. He made a special realm by locking this entire place by Array and Space Element.

The array blocked the natural flow of Spiritual Energy and trapped them inside this place. That was the reason why this place was filled by a massive Spiritual Energy.

The mine started appearing one after another in the underground. Of course, because of this place, the monsters had a good place to raise their strength. If not because of the limitation he placed on this place, those monsters might reach Martial Lord if not Martial King.

But, because they couldn't the monster population had become high enough to be feared. At least this white building was special as monsters wouldn't be able to enter this place.

Alex could only shake his head helplessly. "Well, Senior, I hope you don't mind with them killing the monsters outside."

"Sure," Zwaka wasn't sure why they were excited, but at least they seemed happy when they learned about it. So, he just ignored it.

"Senior, should we start?" Alex asked politely.

"Yeah."

...

Three days later,

Alex and Zwaka had just finished storing the plant into the Space Ring. Zwaka was really shocked by how huge his field was. At first, he was too bored, so he planted all of those plants.

Without him knowing, he had planted more than ten thousand medicinal ingredients. And they stored it one by one. They truly had worked hard for this.

"Well, this is the ring. If I remember it right, you seem to want to use that white lotus. You can refine it first. After that, I want you to come again to the previous place and refine the crystal, which has my understanding of Space Element."

"...yes," Alex answered him with a bit apologetic sound. Now that he thought about it, he really struck it rich. And he still got helped by him in loading these medicine ingredients to his Space Ring.

Zwaka was very understanding too. He decided to fulfill his wish as soon as he had the qualification to erase that 'Devil Blood Sect'.

Zwaka then went back, leaving Alex alone in the garden.

Seeing Zwaka leave, Alex then sat on the ground as he took out the white flower from his Space Ring. The nectar of this White Lotus was very beneficial to eyes, especially to his Spirit Eyes.

Alex dropped the nectar to both his eyes. His eyes felt burning, but it didn't hurt that much. At least, it wasn't that hurt compared to the other things he had been through.

Alex didn't let out a single scream or even a groan when refining his eyes.

Alex used a week to refine his eyes. When he opened his eyes for the first time, he noticed that his eyes were enhanced a few times. If he focused his eyes to a specific place fifty meters in front of him. He could see every detail in that place.

Alex then tried to activate his Spirit Eyes. He was surprised to see the world even more clearly. Before, he could only imagine some vague image. Even the color he could see only consisted of seven colors, which were the rainbow color.

After refining his eyes with this White Lotus, he could even discern far more color. Although it wasn't on the level of normal eyes, it could at least discern more than fifty colors.

He also could shape more clearly than last time. Alex tried to find Anna and Fabio with his current eyes. Not long after, he could see Anna and Fabio fighting numerous monsters.

Alex could only cheer for them from him since he had more important things to do. He rose from the ground and walked to meet Zwaka.

Noticing Alex had finished his cultivation, he was happy. Alex looked at Putri, who was cultivating in front of a green gem. It was the gem in Zwaka's mouth.

"She should be like that for a few more days. Have you finished your business?"

Alex nodded.

"Then come with me."

Alex followed him to another room. In this room, there was a pink crystal hovering on the air. It was glowing and illuminating the room.

"I want you to refine the crystal. It holds my understanding of Space. As for how much you could understand from this crystal depends on your ability. This crystal will be destroyed a month after you started refining it.

"If you are ready, you could start right away. Just sit in front of it and try to pry it with your Spiritual Energy."

But before Alex nodded his head. Sherry and Kyle came out of his body. Zwaka was surprised to see the sudden appearance of two monsters.

When he saw Kyle, he was surprised to see a Phoenix came out of Alex's body.

"Phoenix?"

But the most shocking thing he could see was Sherry. At first, he was confused. He thought Sherry was just an ordinary fox. But, he couldn't relate her to any fox species.

Not long after, he found a fox species that fit perfectly with her description. But he found it more unbelievable. It was a beast that was even far rarer than a phoenix.

"You... you are a Celestial Fox?"

"Wuu!" Sherry tilted her head in confusion. She just came out as she wanted to cultivate. She came out to ask him that. After all, this environment was really good. She and Kyle might have made good progress in here.

"Wuu!" She remembered that Alex's Master told her that she was a Celestial Fox. She then nodded her head to Zwaka.

Zwaka opened his mouth in astonishment. He thought Celestial Fox was only a legend. He wanted to deny Sherry's existence, but it couldn't be any other species except Celestial Fox, according to their description.

"Wuu Wuu Wuu!" Sherry said something to Alex.

"You want to cultivate here because the density of Spiritual Energy is far higher here? Kyle wants that too?"

"Wuu!" Sherry answered. Kyle also nodded his head.

"Well, this place is not mine, but..." Alex looked at Zwaka.

Zwaka immediately snapped from his shock and tried to regain his composure. "Well, if you want, I could do it. I can make the Spirit Gathering Array too. Sadly, I can only make rank 4 Spirit Gathering Arrays since all high ranking blood I have in my possession has been unusable."

"Are you sure, Senior?" Alex asked.

"Yeah, it's fine since... nevermind. You should start first. I will make the gathering arrays after you start."

Alex nodded. He sat down on the floor and released his Spiritual Energy. He controlled his Spiritual Energy toward the crystal.

As soon as his Spiritual Energy reached the crystal, indescribable knowledge started flowing to his mind. He had experienced it two times as it was similar to his Golden Lightning.

But, the difference was in this crystal. The information he received far vaguer than the Golden Lightning. No, it might can't be called vague anymore. It was like getting one-word information continuously, and Alex needed to compile it in his mind.

Alex wasn't sure how much he could get in a month. He could only try.

Seeing Alex had started, Zwaka turned to Sherry and Kyle. "Follow me."

Sherry and Kyle nodded. After looking at Alex for the last time, they followed Zwaka to another room. Zwaka easily made rank 4 Gathering Array. He was a rank 6 Array Master, so making this was not a challenge for him.

After so many years, the high ranking blood inside his treasury had been coagulated and unusable. He could only make a rank 4 Spirit Gathering Array, and it had been exerting all of his expertise since he made it from Grandmaster Stage monster blood, which should be made from Lord Stage monster.

Of course, if the blood weren't a peak Grandmaster Stage monster, it would be impossible even for him to make that array.

...

"Crack!"

After a month, Alex had completely finished absorbing the crystal. The crystal started to crack before crumbling to the ground.

Alex finally opened his eyes. He felt that this one month was very bountiful. Although he couldn't describe it, his mastery in Space Element had leveled up several levels.

Alex looked around and didn't find anyone in the room. He activated his Spirit Eyes to search for everyone's position. Sherry and Kyle seemed fine.

In this one month, Sherry became 9-Star Grandmaster Stage Beast while Kyle became 6-Star Grandmaster Stage Phoenix. He also found his Senior Sister, Putri, was talking with Zwaka.

He then rose from the floor and went toward them.

...

"This place has been surrounded by many people. But don't worry, the barrier can ho-" Before he finished his word. He felt immense pain in his heart.

It was the signal when Alex had finished refining the crystal. He raised his hand and looked at it. His hand started becoming transparent.

"Senior, you-!" Putri was shocked to see Zwaka's hand suddenly get transparent.

"I'm fine."

Not long after, Alex came and saw Zwaka started becoming transparent. He immediately ran toward him and activated his Spirit Eyes. He saw that his energy changed a lot, and it became weaker. "Senior, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. It seems you got a good amount of knowledge in Space from the crystal. I'm glad."

"It's all thanks to Senior."

"I can only exist for another two months."

After hearing that, Alex suddenly realized something. "Senior, don't tell me that crystal?"

"It is the one thing that kept me alive here. Anyway, it's been so long since my own death. It's time for me to go but don't worry, I still have two months. If you want to cultivate here, you only have two months.

After two months, I will disappear. This building will collapse, and the barrier for this realm will crumble. After that, the people that surrounded this place will immediately go there. I want to ask you, do you want to cultivate here, or I can teleport you a hundred miles from here."

Alex and Putri looked at each other. Putri then said, "I will go back. I need to inform Master and Senior Sister that you are alright. Eric might also worry about me. So, I will go back."

"Are you sure, Senior Sister?" Alex asked.

"Yes. I didn't help that much this entire time. If I go with Mega and Eric, the reward can't be compared to what I got here. You should cultivate here and surprise me at the Inner Disciple Tournament." Putri explained with a smile. Then she turned to Zwaka.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Alright," Zwaka agreed with her request.

An Array appeared under her feet. Putri formally thanked Zwaka once again for the opportunity he had given to her. She waved her hand to Alex and disappeared.