Since Baldwin was deeply influenced by his family orientations since childhood, he always believed in taking Shannon home one day where he would hold a grand wedding in front of his parents. So, he delayed the time of the wedding.
After learning of Baldwin's reasons, Shannon did not object, and as the grandeur of Profound Academy, Shannon's father, along with his wife, did not object because they saw the future potential of their soon-to-be son-in-law.
They decided that, as long as the two were willing to be with each other, it didn't matter when they get married. They knew that the higher their essence base, the longer their lifespans anyway. So, there was no reason to worry about time.
As time passed by, Baldwin became twenty nine years old, and the group of disciples he was teaching finally reached the silver level as conveyors and officially completed their graduation from the Academy. His power base had also reached the gold level. On the entire continent, he was among the ranked youngest gold conveyors.
It was precisely because of him that Profound Academy was once ranked among the top three schools on the entire continent.
The high recognition had brought a huge impact on the enrollment of new students in the Profound Academy. In the following ten years, the disciples who were admitted into the Profound Academy would go on to have high power power bases, and they would always be ranked in the top ten during the five-year, nationwide, academic competition.
After receiving his graduation crest, Kaiya and Kiara decided to go back to Kaiya's village first, to hold the wedding, and then go to Kiara's own tribe to hold the wedding again.
Baldwin also decided to take a year off because of this responsibility, and took Shannon back to his hometown to hold a grand wedding in front of his parents. And since the two couples were taking the same route back to the south, they decided to travel together.
The four of them were not in a hurry to reaxh their destination. So, they visited memorable places along the way, tasting all sorts of delicious food and drinks.
After traveling for nearly two months, they finally came to Kaiya's village.
At that time, the tribe of Kaiya was not called the Ironwood tribe, but the Hallow tribe. There were more than three thousand people in the tribe, and their village was not located on the edge of the dark forest, but inside it.
The reason why it was called Ironwood tribe was because there was a giant Ironwood tree of more than ten thousand years of lifespan growing on the tribe's land. This giant tree was not only massive in appearance, but also produced some red cylindrical shaped fruit every two or three years.
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The fruits were not only delicious, but refreshed and energized anyone who ate them. Hence, the clansmen called it the magical fruits.
Because of the existence of the tree, the reputation of Ironwood tribe spread far and wide. Every harvest period, large number of conveyors, adventurers and merchants, would come to buy them from all over the continent. The tribe lived a relatively prosperous life due to the huge benefits brought by the tree.
After Baldwin and his party of four came to the Ironwood village, Kaiya's parents expressed their warmest welcome to Baldwin and his wife, and asked them to stay for a few more days.
According to Kaiya's father, in a few days, the fruit would be ripe. On the day when the fruit was picked, which was also the busiest time in the clan's schedules, the wedding of Kaiya and Kiara would also take place on this day.
Therefore, Kaiya's father persuaded Baldwin and Shannon to stay a while longer. One was to attend Kaiya's wedding, and the other was to take home some freshly picked magical fruits after the wedding.
Since they were not in a hurry to go home, they decided to stay and go home after attending the wedding. Moreover, Baldwin's village wasn't very far from here.
The days passed quickly as the clansmen got busy with the wedding preparations. The four of them didn't miss anything delicious and enticing, including some early-ripened magical fruits which not only refreshed them, but also seemed to have slightly improved their power base. Although it was a minor improvement, it made them happy.
"Hmm, I see." Kiara said unceremoniously. "Kaiya, when you said you're from a small tribe, I couldn't help but wondered how you can have the same essence power value as me. Now I know you grew up eating these magical fruits."
Kaiya could only smirk as Shannon interjected. "Kaiya, does that mean all your clansmen have strong power bases?"
"No, it's not like that. Not everyone in the clan can eat the fruits, because we sell them for money. We use the money to repurchase materials and food for the clan, so most of the magical fruits have to be sold." Kaiya scratched his head and said with a smirk. "But because we can store these fruits for a long time, up to three or four months, we always have a small amount of them to eat during festivals and banquets. Although I have to say that when I was a child, I also stole some of them to eat."
After Shannon heard Kaiya's words, she suddenly came to a realization. "Aha, after we have children, we will come to your tribe to buy a lot of these fruits and give them to our kids every day. Then, they will become prodigies in their classes. Imagine them having copper-based power before they enroll in the academy."
"No way." Baldwin quickly interjected. "You can't do that to our own children. I can't allow you to try that on them. What if it doesn't work the way you think?"
Shannon nodded in agreement, and quickly changed her words. "Yes, what you said is right, Baldwin. Then, why don't we try it out on Kaiya's children when they're born."
Kiara responded with dissatisfaction. "I don't think so, Shannon. Even if you're our teachers, you can't force us into this in anyway. If you want to do the testing, you can do it by yourselves. You don't need to pull us into it."
Kaiya listened with a frown on his face, and said, "Okay, no one need to test the effect of the fruits in the future any more. If what you said is right, then am I not a result of the test?"
"I guess you are, and you're still alive. Hahaha..."
Just as they were chatting and laughing, two clansmen came to them. One was a tall and mighty man with big, strong arms, while the other was a tall, weird, but good-looking, young man.