CHAPTER 354 ONE MORE REQUEST

Floating in the air in front of Ricky was a colorful fruit with the size of about two fists.

It shone brightly as colorful lights radiated from it. Small thin streams of strength and pure energy

circled around it slowly. It was, by all means, extremely beautiful and charming.

Ricky's eyes widened at the sight of it. As he stared at it, he suddenly found himself unable to move or

utter a word. He could feel the pure energy coming from the small fruit, and there was no doubt that it

was extremely invaluable and powerful. He secretly glanced at the Chief from the corner of his eye and

noticed how much she seemed to cherish the fruit. 'It must be very difficult for her to give this to

someone else, ' Ricky thought.

"Chief, what is this?" Ricky asked in an expectant and exited tone after being completely mesmerized

by the fruit for a few minutes.

"It's called the Glazed Fruit," the Chief of the Sky Manor replied. Her face was as expressionless as a

cold piece of stone.

"The Glazed Fruit?" Ricky repeated. "I've never heard about it before. Chief, could you please tell me

more about it?" Ricky asked as his brows furrowed and a puzzled expression appeared on his face.

"The Glazed Fruit stems out when it absorbs the original energy from the world. Generally speaking,

only one Glazed Fruit can appear in one Realm because original energy is extremely rare," the Chief

explained. Her eyes were fixed on the shiny object.

"The original energy? What's that?" It was the first time Ricky had ever heard of the original energy, so

he raised a question once again.

"All you need to know for the time being is that the original energy is the kind of energy that could be

converted into any other kind of power," the Chief said. "As a matter of fact, I actually do not have much

information about it either, and even an innate spiritual emperor would also be hardly able to

comprehend the original energy. Given that, you still have a long, long way to go before you can digest

it."

"Yes, Chief. I understand," Ricky replied with a nod.

The Chief's explanation was quite clear. The original energy was some kind of profound energy that

could be rarely found in the world. But if an innate spiritual emperor could not completely comprehend

it, then let alone Ricky who was not even an innate spirit yet.

"The Glazed Fruit is a precious fruit which absorbs the original energy from the world. Therefore, it

surely carries the original energy. You can convert it into whichever energy you want, and more than

that, you wouldn't need to use much power of fire or ice to convert it. Only a little power of fire or ice

would be enough to trigger the convention," the Chief continued her explanation to the best of her

knowledge.

"Yes, thank you for your kind explanation. I understand it better now. But since the fruit is immensely

precious, I think I'd better not..." There was absolutely no doubt that Ricky wanted to have it -- anyone

would die to have something that precious. But he also felt that the Chief valued it greatly so he

rejected the present instead.

But before he could even finish his words, the Chief of the Sky Manor interrupted him, "You are right.

The Glazed Fruit is indeed precious. However, it is useless to me."

"Why?" Ricky asked as he grew even more curious.

"Each Glazed Fruit has its own level, and there are nine levels in total. The Glazed Fruit in the first level

is the least powerful one, while that in the ninth level the most powerful one," the Chief of the Sky

Manor said. "This Glazed Fruit is at the third level. It corresponds to the warriors of Bone

Reinforcement. If I refine it, it wouldn't affect me or improve my strength at all. It would be nothing but

an ordinary fruit to me."

"Nine levels..." Ricky murmured in a low voice as he blinked. At this point, his thoughts about the fruit

were racing. "The nine levels correspond to the different levels of martial arts! Chief, are there nine

martial arts levels in total?" After thinking wildly for a while, Ricky was able to come up with a

hypothesis.

"Well, I must admit that I have no idea either. I've heard of no limits in the martial arts. I don't think there

is a highest level," replied the Chief. "No one actually knows the highest state of martial arts. Rumor

has it that there are nine levels of the Glazed Fruit, but for the last thousands of years, the highest level

that anyone has ever come across was only at the seventh level, and that was from a long, long time

ago as recorded in an ancient manual.

It's possible that the eighth and ninth had once appeared too. However, no one has ever seen any, and

there're no records of it at all."

"Oh, I understand," Ricky responded as he shrugged his shoulders. He was still trying to absorb what

the Chief had just said.

"You know, I don't think this is the time for you to think about the limit in martial arts. You are just a

warrior of Bone Reinforcement. Your priority, for the time being, should be to concentrate on breaking

through your current level and becoming an innate spirit. Don't reach too much for what is far beyond

your grasp for now," the Chief of the Sky Manor suggested out of kindness.

"Yes, Chief, you are absolutely right," Ricky replied with a nod.

Then he reached out and accepted the third level Glazed Fruit.

"There is another reward I will give you, but I think it would be better for you to tell me what kind of

reward you want. I will give you whatever it is as long as your request is reasonable," the Chief said.

"I can make a request?" Ricky murmured as he touched his chin.

After a few moments, his eyes lit up all of a sudden. An excellent idea jumped into his mind, making

him all the more inspired.

"Really, Chief? You'll let me make a request?" He raised his eyes and looked at the Chief of the Sky

Manor expectantly as the corners of his mouth curved upwards to form a smile.

Ricky's mischievous smile made the Chief of the Sky Manor feel slightly unsettled. She felt like he was

about to make a troublesome request.

As the Chief of the Sky Manor and a middle spiritual king, she was supposed to fulfill her promise no

matter how troublesome Ricky's request might be. There was just no way she could go back on her

words in front of a warrior of Bone Reinforcement.

Yet, she remained calm, as always, and suppressed her feeling. "Yes, of course. I promise you. I never

make jokes," she said in a distant tone.

"As long as your request is ethical, just, reasonable, and will not harm the innocent in any way, I will

fulfill my promise!"

The Chief of the Sky Manor added in order to refrain him from making some crazy request. It also

provided her with a plan B: if she didn't want to fulfill his request, she would refuse Ricky by claiming

that Ricky's request was against these terms.

"Don't worry, Chief! I will never make a troublesome request to you. My request is simple. I just want

you to promise me that you will save me once if I am ever in grave danger," Ricky replied. His smile

remained etched on his face.

His words were a big shock to her. The Chief of the Sky Manor's beautiful face froze.

If other people made such a request to her, she would say yes without thinking twice. However, as it

was Ricky who made the request, she had to think twice. Come on! Ricky was considered to be an

enemy by almost every force in the Realm of Wilderness. A large number of innate spiritual kings

wanted to hunt down him in the Heaven Wood Land. If she promised to save him, even only for once,

when he was in danger, that meant that she would have to face and fight those spiritual kings.

Indeed, she was a middle Spiritual King. However, there were still other spiritual kings who were much

stronger than her.

Among the many powerful organizations hunting Ricky, the Endless Shadow was his primary enemy,

and the deputy Shadow King from the Endless Shadow was absolutely much more powerful than her. If

the Shadow King ever decided to show up, she would definitely be smashed into pieces before she

could even realize it! She was just far weaker than him.

After thinking about it more, the Chief of the Sky Manor refused him without beating around the bush.

"You have made a very difficult request. You know that, Ricky. I believe you know why with all those

kings chasing after you,"

she said, going straight to the point.

"I totally understand your concern, Chief," Ricky replied with a smile. He was unfazed. After all, he had

already anticipated her response. "You are concerned that I would fight those spiritual kings, right? To

bring you trouble is the last thing I would want, but you are a middle spiritual king. So please, help me

when I fight a middle spiritual king or someone lower than a middle spiritual king!"

Ricky understood why the Chief didn't want to do him this favor. It was indeed trouble to some extent.

However, this was his only chance of surviving. He had to convince her to help him. He was in dire

need of some assistance from an innate spiritual king.

After all, there were too many enemies chasing after him. A little help from an innate spiritual king could

mean the difference between life and death for him.

The Chief of the Sky Manor saw everything Ricky was feeling through his eyes. She stayed silent for a

while, then she finally nodded and said, "All right. I will help you. But just to be clear, if an upper

spiritual king or someone in a higher level than that chases after you, then there will be nothing I could

do to help. They are much stronger than I am, as you know.

But if a middle spiritual king or someone in a lower level than that hunts you, then I will definitely keep

you safe. You have my word." That was the only concession she could make.

"I appreciate your help very much, Chief!" Ricky exclaimed out loud excitedly, his eyes gleaming with

joy. Her final decision encouraged him.

It was much better for him to have a middle spiritual king promise to help him when he found himself in

danger in the future.

The Chief of the Sky Manor, on the other hand, decided to agree to help Ricky at last because of two

reasons. The first one was the relationship between Ricky and Kristen. Kristen was her younger sister

and she cared deeply for her. Kristen had told her everything that happened in the Chaotic Region, and

she understood that how valuable Ricky and Kristen's friendship was. They had supported each other

and faced many life-threatening situations together.

Another reason was that she truly treasured him as a talented genius. She did not want him to be killed

by those spiritual kings. It would be a waste of talent.

As the Chief of the Sky Manor waved her hand again, a white jade tablet appeared in her hand at once.

She passed it to Ricky and said, "This is the Nimbus Jade Tablet. Take it. If you ever find yourself in holds text © rights.

danger, just crumble it and I will come to you within half an hour as long as you are in the Realm of

Wildness."