Hearing Rod's replies, Elowen nodded: “That’s right, and the heaven and earth in this continent are very thin. No matter how big brother tried to gather talent without enough resources to rival the top clan, seeing that he couldn’t do it, he became depressed and died earlier than I expected.”
Rod added: “That’s right. Before big brother died, he told me to stay with you, even though he knew that we both would die eventually and leave you behind. But things have changed now. I've become a cultivator, and I also have a violet root. As for resources, you don’t need to worry about it. I have my own way.”
Elowen became curious about how Rod could get resources that could rival the top clan: “How? How can you get resources that are enough to support your growth in this continent? We don’t have an alchemist to create pills to boost our cultivation. I’ve been stuck at middle gold core stage for 25 years, and I can’t still make progress.”
When she heard Elowen's following question, Rod smiled and said: “You don’t have to worry. Soon, we will have an alchemist. If you want to improve, then I have something to tell you. It might sound crazy, but it's true. Want to know?”
Upon hearing Rod, Elowen agreed: “Sure, tell me what it is.”
Rod said: “Since we've been together for a long time, I will be direct with you. Swear an oath by using your soul to my Lord, and say you will follow his word and command, and you will never violate his law.”
Elowen was shocked. She didn’t expect that Rod was actually someone's servant: “Who is your lord, junior brother? Is he the one who gave you the divine fruit, and your world before was all a lie?”
Rod replied without hesitation: “Yes, he is the one who gave me the divine fruit. Don’t worry, he might be a pervert, but trust me, he is a good person.”
When Mike heard Rod's words, he couldn’t help but react: “What did you say? For your information, I am the most noble and righteous being ever to live in this world!”
Rod answered humbly: “Yes, yes, my lord. I was wrong. You are the saint among saints, the most innocent among the innocent.”
Mike laughed like an idiot because he was so happy with Rod's praise: “Good, good. That's more like it, hahahaha!”
On the other hand, Elowen was shocked. She didn’t expect that Rod's lord was actually the child that she pitied a moment ago.
Mike looked at Elowen: “That’s right, Rod was my man, but he was not a servant but my general. If you join me, I will also teach you a technique that can help you become stronger. If you join me, you will become my second general, and I won’t mistreat you.”
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Hearing Mike's words, Elowen looked at Rod, since she trusted Rod more than anyone. After all, Mike's promise almost sounded impossible. When Rod saw that Elowen was looking at him, he nodded his head to indicate that it was okay.
Seeing this, Elowen then swore: “I, Elowen, from the Ember royal family, swear with my soul that I will be loyal to you and will follow all your commands. If I betray you, my soul will banish.”
Elowen's body then glowed, and a tiny part of her soul merged with Mike. She was also surprised, same as Rod when he made his oath, because it was not the same as the heavenly oath.
Mike was shocked. He didn’t expect that his second general was a member of a royal family, and he recalled their previous topic about her running away from an arranged marriage. He had an idea that Elowen might be a princess of an empire or a big clan or sect who ran away, but Mike didn’t ask which also made Elowen puzzled.
Elowen asked: “My lord, aren’t you curious about my background?”
Mike looked at Elowen and then stared outside: “It doesn’t matter who you are or where you came from. As long as your soul was innocent, I don’t care. All I care about is that you are now one of my men. Just I promised, that I won’t mistreat you. I will give you five techniques.”
A ball of light then shot towards Elowen and went inside her body, and it vanished. Elowen was shocked. She didn’t expect that the five techniques she received were all high-level techniques. She was even more shocked when she noticed that the flash technique, a movement technique, was a Supreme God technique, the same as shadow strike, an assassination technique suitable for a dagger. Even though the scan technique was a low god level technique, she was still surprised because, for her, even if she was part of a royal family, she knew that their Empire only possessed one technique. But the scan technique was way more profound than the God technique her Empire possessed, even though it was only a support technique. What surprised her the most was the devour technique. Even though it could only be used five times per rank, it was still a heavenly method, despite being a Middle-grade Overlord technique. Even though it was the second to the lowest grade, it was still the best for cultivation. Especially the Stealth technique, which was one of the best concealing techniques she had ever seen.
Elowen was convinced that Mike was not simple. Even the profoundness of the techniques Mike gave was way too profound to be found in this world. After thinking carefully, Elowen was worried: “My lord, these techniques don’t belong to this world. I’m afraid if someone knew we possessed such techniques, the whole world will become our enemy.”
When Rod heard Elowen's worry, he smiled because he knew that Elowen was now fully accepting Mike as her lord.
Mike said: “You don’t have to worry about that. Once a person swears to me, a part of their soul is connected to me. If someone gets captured and they soul-search, it’s also the same as searching my memories. But they can’t penetrate my soul defense. My body may be weak for now, but my soul is the strongest in this world.”
Elowen asked: “What makes you say that, my lord?”
Mike replied: “It’s a secret, but first, we must stay low for now in this continent until I am strong enough to protect our secret.”
Rod nodded his head without asking a question, while Elowen was confused.
While Elowen was confused, Mike asked: “What is the cultivator's highest rank in this continent?”
Hearing this, Elowen replied: “My lord, based on our Freeway information, the strongest cultivator is a saint-rank cultivator, and all of them are either clan leaders or sect leaders. Most cultivators in Mahalaya continent are only at the Nascent level. There are only a few Legend and saint cultivators because the limit of our continent is Nascent. If one wants to achieve a breakthrough, they need to travel to the mainland.”