Emily, soon after finding out Aile's method disappeared happily. Although she lost the bet and have to train Laila and Leia on the basics of fighting. She was satisfied with learning a great lesson from Aile, she can use it to prevent herself from falling to such a scheme again or even use it, similar to Aile.

Fiona too was thinking about how she can use such methods in her business dealings. By the time she came back to it, Aile and Fiona were gone.

Aile quickly changed and went back to his office, and not long after Diana came with a bright smile.

"Hey,"

"Diana!"

Diana acted like a little girl and displayed herself and asked, "What do you think?"

Aile looked at her up and down; noticing her beautiful face, long brown hair, royal blue eyes, and she was wearing a dark blue and black long-dress highlighting her body. Finally, Aile noticed that she finally stepped into the third level of cultivation.

Diana had started to blush form Aile's gaze, and she finally heard him say, "Beautiful... and congratulations on the breakthrough!"

Diana thanked Aile, and with a cheery walked, she left. He thought that she only came to fetch a compliment.

Aile went back to connecting to the body's channels.

The number of channels he has to connect to keeps on increasing, as he progresses. Soon he will need to spend a majority of his time on just forming connections to them.

Thus Aile had to deal with everything else as soon as possible. As the demand for his time keeps on increasing. He will have to focus on taking over the body.

Knock

Knock

"Come in!"

Hazel had arrived, "Hey, you had questions yesterday? Here I am, ask away."

"Good that you are here, I was just going to look for you?"

Aile then asked about the academies. Hazel explained to him that there are many tiers of academies in the whole world. Each has branches in empires, and the kingdoms under them. They are strong forces with a lot of resources to improve people.

They do not interfere in politics and allow the student to support their people in the time of need. In return, the kingdoms do not interfere with them and their methods. There is also rivalry between the academies. She then said that each academy is unique and they will have their own system and rules.

It would be best to only look into the ones that will be available in the kingdom when he is around 20 because that is the age they intake people at. Aile asked her why she did not join an academy. She said that she was tested by the one she wanted to go to. However, because Hazel could not cultivate anymore, they rejected her. She also said that it is not always the best choice to join them as they can restrict people too. She was dejected when she talked about how she could no longer cultivate.

Seeing that the conversation shifted to her damaged soul again. Aile realized if he manages to improve his soul, perhaps he can manage to take over the body quickly or at the very least connect with the channels quicker. So, he wanted to test healing Hazel again to see how much he can improve.

"Do not move!"

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Aile brought his hand to her forehead. Closing his eyes.

Hazel knew what was going to happen as the previous instance was still fresh in her mind. She said, "Wait."

Aile stopped.

She quickly got up and locked the door and came back and sat down on her chair. Aile had thought she would leave; he had a bewildered expression. Seeing this, Hazel became even shyer. Aile then gently placed his hand on her forehead and entered her soul again. The dark evil energy was still there smudging everything.

Aile then went to the broken woman representing Hazel, she was held down by the dark substances, and he found another small area of her soul that he could heal.

Like before he absorbed the tiny bit of dark-evil energy. The empty hollow became visible then Aile concentrated his law of souls to heal her damaged area. Aile felt weaker but not like last time, this time it was a little bit better, he knew that he had improved his soul power.

Then he was brought back to reality, as his body was pulled again by Hazel. This time she pulled his face close to hers and maintained eye contact for a long time before she backed away.

"HOW?"

"What?"

"You actually helped me a little, you were not lying!"

Aile was about to respond to her when Sara shouted Hazel's name. It sounded urgent, and she quickly left. Aile's mental power was reduced, he would recover most of it by tonight and fully restore himself in a few days.

Aile then started to think about tonight, as he will be meeting the bandits again. What he was worried about if they viewed the trade differently now that the towns magistrate's building was destroyed. This did put them in a stronger position.

He was also trying to get in contact with the pirates and try to form a friendship with them. From Emily and Sophie's description, it seemed that they will be harder to deal with.

Aile then got back to meditating and connecting to the energy channels. He closed his eyes when he opened them again, it was already getting dark.

He noticed that Diana had fallen asleep with his lunch sitting on a chair in the side of the room. He did not want to wake her up and make her reheat it. So, he just started to eat food as it was. Not long after Diana woke up from the little noises that came from Aile eating. When she noticed that it was dark, she asked if Aile had reheated the food.

While Diana was talking Aile noticed something and asked if she had eaten. She did not respond, Aile realized that she had not so they both start to eat together. Aile told her that from now on either she wakes him up and they eat together, or she should have food on her own.

Once they were done, Diana left.

Soon Fiona came and said that the carriage is ready to take him to the bandits. He nodded, and Fiona looked at him very curiously.

"What is it, Fiona?"

"Should I come with you?"

"Oh, why do you want to come?"

"I want to see how you deal with them, and you should introduce them to me. Aile... You do not have to go every time there alone. I worry every time you go there."

Sigh, "I would feel even worst letting you go there, and dealing with them. For now, there is no need for you to go. We have not formed a partnership, and it is not a place I want you to go and experience unless I am 100 percent sure you will be fine."

Fiona agreed, and gentleness was seen in her light blue eyes, and her shoulder-length silver hair fluttered as she nodded at Aile. Aile soon became Shadow.

Aile got on the Oxe family carriage and went towards the Eastern Gate, and soon he was out of port Kiar. He threaded the same path in a similar dark night.

Not long after, he had arrived at the area of the decapitated heads on the sticks. He did not see any fresh ones. He was happy Beshoy has stopped his inhumane methods.

The field had become worst as the decay process had proceeded, and the smell became much worst. Reducing the sensitivity of his nose, Aile went past the area, and soon saw the same cheerful group of bandits having another night party. The sound of singing, laughing, talking around the fires came to him along with the smell of roasted meat and booze mixed in the air. This time he was not too reserved and went ahead in the camp with his carriage.

He got out of the carriage when his path was blocked by a few bandits. He got out and told them that he was here to meet Beshoy.

"Oh, ok. I will let Boss know you are here. What is your name?"

"Shadow."

"Nekola, take him to the tent, and I will inform the boss."

Aile was led to the tent he had waited previously for Beshoy as the other guard went to inform him of his arrival. Soon arrived a man 1.8 m tall with a small thin build, black hair that was in the initial stages of baldness. His left cheek had a burn mark, making it look like it was stuck in a half winking state. Of course, it was Beshoy. Next to him was a man with a face that was not completely symmetrical. Although one could not instantly figure out what was it that made it look unnatural. He was wearing casual clothing, but there was a violent aura that he gave off, making people feel pressured. This person released the pressure of the middle 5th level of cultivation, directing it to Aile.