A Word of Advice

Seeing Selina in such a state of utter despair, Leian felt a pang of sympathy, but also a great sense of headache.

After all, his purpose in contracting Selina was to protect his family, but in her current state, let alone protecting others, it would be a miracle if she could even protect herself.

No, he had to find a way to get her to pull herself together.

Thinking this, Leian deliberately provoked her: "What, have you lost all confidence?"

Selina hung her head, lying there motionless; she truly had no confidence left at all.

Although Magic Beasts were generally stronger than humans of the same rank, she was only a rank nine Magic Beast. Even if she could break through her bloodline limitations and enter the Saint Realm by relying on a Saint Realm magic core, she would likely be the most ordinary type among Saint Realm Magic Beasts.

Compared to the peak Saint Realm powerhouse Jabir, the gap between them was likely as vast as the gap between the Saint Realm and those below it.

With such a disparity in strength, how could she not feel despair?

Leian roughly guessed some of Selina's thoughts at this moment. He thought for a moment and said: "I think you have fallen into a misconception, stubbornly judging strength based on bloodline."

"Isn't that how it is?"

Seeing a human like Leian actually discussing Magic Beast bloodlines with her, Selina couldn't help but retort.

In her understanding, the strength of a Magic Beast was determined by its bloodline. A rank seven Magic Beast was rank seven when it reached adulthood, and a rank nine was rank nine. Aside from rare cases of bloodline mutation, there was almost no existence that could break through bloodline limitations.

Although she had thought of the method of using a Saint Realm magic core to break through her bloodline, she didn't actually have full confidence that it would succeed.

However, Leian shook his head and smiled: "Of course not. In my eyes, bloodline is merely the lower limit of your strength when you reach adulthood, not something that remains fixed forever. Humans can become stronger step by step through cultivation; is it impossible for you Magic Beasts to do the same?"

"Cultivation?"

Selina was somewhat bewildered. For so many years, her goal had always been to break through to the Saint Realm. While she understood the concept of "cultivation" to become stronger, she subconsciously felt that was something for after reaching the Saint Realm, because she had never heard of any Magic Beast breaking through bloodline limitations through cultivation.

Leian waited for a while, and seeing that Selina still had no reaction, he reminded her:

"You are a darkness-type Magic Beast, and Margaret also practiced Dark Battle Qi. When you were with her, did she never mention the profound mysteries of the Laws of Darkness to you?"

Upon hearing this, Selina gradually fell into deep thought. Not long after, she suddenly leaped up, excited: "It seems she did mention something. What was it? Let me think..."

As she spoke, she circled in place, struggling to recall. After a while, she stopped abruptly, staring straight at Leian, and transmitted through soul communication:

"I remember now! Margaret once said that according to my talent, I am best suited to practice the Shadow Clone Technique. Yes, that's it, the Shadow Clone Technique. She also said that to practice the Shadow Clone Technique, one could start with the Stealth Technique..."

Speaking of this, Selina suddenly paused, and her round eyes revealed a rare look of human-like regret.

It turned out that Margaret had long ago told her the path to becoming stronger, yet she had turned a blind eye to it all along.

At this moment, Selina felt like the most foolish Magic Beast in existence.

Seeing that Selina had gained some insight, Leian smiled with satisfaction. The reason he had gone to such lengths to inspire her, besides being moved by her determination for revenge, was that he was quite optimistic about her future.

As a Magic Beast, to be constantly thinking of revenge without having her character twisted by hatred was truly rare. Based on this alone, it was not impossible for her to have a chance at becoming a god in the future.

With this thought, Leian didn't say anything more, quietly bypassed her, and walked toward the front courtyard.

It was early spring, and the weather was still quite cold. Barry and his wife were sunbathing in the garden, and nearby, a Golden-Haired Stone Ape over three meters tall was napping on the ground.

The Golden-Haired Stone Ape was a rank nine earth-type Magic Beast. The one before them, named Carter, was one Leian had specifically gone to the Youquan Mountain Range to capture years ago, and its contracted master was Barry.

Back then, to make this Golden-Haired Stone Ape willingly sign a master-servant contract with Barry, Leian had made a promise to give it a Saint Realm magic core.

The strength of the Golden-Haired Stone Ape was only upper-middle among rank nine Magic Beasts. The reason Leian captured it was not for its strength, but for its ability to cast the Gravity Spell.

And the only purpose for capturing it was to use the Gravity Spell to assist his family in their cultivation.

Leian had thought of this method during his early cultivation, but at that time, he wasn't strong enough to capture such a Magic Beast.

In fact, cultivating under the Gravity Spell did have quite good results.

Nowadays, both Barry and Aili had reached rank seven, and even Annie, who started cultivating the latest, had the strength of a rank six warrior.

However, perhaps due to their advanced age and exhausted potential, in the past year, aside from Aili, Barry and Annie had stagnated in their cultivation, which left Leian feeling somewhat helpless.

Of course, it was only helplessness; it hadn't reached the point of giving up hope, because Leian was confident that he would become a god-level powerhouse before his parents passed away.

By then, he believed that with god-level strength, it wouldn't be difficult to find treasures to help his parents break through directly to the Saint Realm.

As for his younger brother and sister, he didn't need to worry too much.

Five years ago, he tested the talents of the two little ones. His brother Allen possessed medium wind-type affinity, and his sister Bella possessed superior earth-type affinity.

Although their elemental affinities were not top-tier, Leian believed that with his guidance, it would absolutely not be a problem for the two of them to reach the Saint Realm.

Of course, although Leian was happy to guide them, he didn't keep the two little ones locked at home. Five years ago, he had already sent them to the warrior academy in the imperial capital.

Therefore, they were not at the manor at the moment.

After chatting with his parents for a while, Leian entered the imperial capital to stroll around quietly, and later, went to a tavern for a few drinks.

There, Leian heard quite a bit of interesting news, such as a certain noble's wife being caught cheating, who had made a breakthrough in strength, or which unlucky fellow had died in the Youquan Mountain Range, and so on.

Of course, there was also plenty of news about himself, but most of it was speculation about when he would become a Saint Realm powerhouse.

In addition, there was Stefan, a rank nine powerhouse from the Beni Empire who was often compared to him. It was rumored that this person still hadn't broken through to the Saint Realm, to the point where the Beni Empire had changed its promotional figure to Robert, who practiced both magic and martial arts.

Robert hadn't been idle since becoming a Saint Realm powerhouse; over the years, he had been challenging those young Saint Realm experts, and it was said he hadn't been defeated yet.

Leian felt that if news of him becoming a Saint Realm powerhouse were to spread, this Robert would likely come to challenge him, and perhaps not just him alone.

Thinking of this, Leian suddenly lost the interest to stroll around. He immediately returned to the manor and began a new round of arduous cultivation.

Damn, my throat is itchy, my face is a bit hot, I might be catching a cold.