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Chapter 253: Almost
Richard was forced to go outside.
He didn’t know how long it would take before the Immortal Moon Soul was formed.
All he could do was wait.
DING!
(Your affinity with the Void Element has increased from 55% to 70%!)
(Void: 70%)
The System gave him an increase during the night.
Richard relaxed beneath a tree, and then he saw something he could never have imagined.
A beautiful blonde woman suddenly appeared about ten meters away from him, hovering in midair, flying while wearing a loose, casual white dress.
Her hair cascaded downward, drifting gently in the wind.
Lilith.
Of course, it was Lilith.
’Is she visiting me?’ Richard wondered, finding it hard to believe.
With a single step, the woman appeared right in front of Richard.
A chair manifested behind her, allowing her to sit down immediately.
"Did you miss me, Sister Lilith?" Richard asked.
The chance to joke had appeared, so he teased her.
"A little. I felt somewhat restless last night," the woman replied.
"Really?" Richard rubbed his ear at her words, wondering if she was joking.
But it seemed she was no longer awkward about their romantic relationship.
"It seems you have something important going on," the woman said while looking at the tree behind Richard.
"Do you know where this place is?" Richard asked.
"How could I not know? I am the Queen of this kingdom," Lilith replied.
Richard nodded at that.
This place was not entirely secret to the core of the kingdom, especially its ruler.
Information about it was practically passed down to Lilith.
"Hehehe, I’m waiting for a new soul for myself," Richard said, not feeling uneasy talking about it with Lilith, since she knew his background.
And she was his beloved lover.
"A new soul?" Lilith immediately looked curious.
"Immortal Moon Soul," Richard said, then explained the details, including how he went to the Order of the Crimson Veil to obtain one of the materials.
However, he did not explain his closeness with Carla, only saying that everything had been arranged by the White Ancestor so he could obtain the Crimson Heart.
"So, will you gain the support of the Order of the Crimson Veil later?" Lilith turned out to be more interested in that topic than in the Immortal Moon Soul.
Richard shook his head.
"It’s not certain yet."
But in his mind, he thought, ’That probably depends on my relationship with Carla.’
"If you are supported by two factions that possess three Grand Sovereigns, you could say you don’t need to worry too much about support anymore," Lilith said.
As she spoke, Richard realized that she was worried. Perhaps because the Order of the Heaven Emperor would soon arrive above her kingdom.
Richard chose to remain silent, not wanting to add to Lilith’s worries.
Coincidentally, at that very moment, a white light in the shape of a crow suddenly appeared between him and Lilith.
Lilith was startled enough to immediately stand up.
The crow looked back and forth between Richard and Lilith.
"Boy, I only asked you to wait, yet you took the time to go on a date," it said.
Richard rolled his eyes and replied, "Did you forget that we’re already married? There’s no such concept anymore."
"Are you the White Ancestor, the famous Crow Ancestor?" Lilith asked after her shock subsided, her eyes filled with curiosity.
Naturally, her tone was quite respectful.
"Yes, I am... Do you admire me, girl?" the White Ancestor replied.
Richard felt like slapping it when he heard it speak like that to his wife.
But he also didn’t dare to be rude to the crow.
"I have long heard of you. You guided two descendants of the Skylight Clan and supported them until they became Grand Sovereigns," Lilith said, making the crow look proud.
"Very well, girl... I’ll take Richard for a moment and return him to you shortly so you can enjoy your night with him," the White Ancestor said.
It looked toward Richard and flicked its head, signaling him to enter the secret place.
Richard entered the secret place and appeared once more in the sky filled with clouds.
His eyes widened instantly when he saw a purple moon that seemed to be made of radiant light, yet was enormous, floating in that sky.
It actually possessed a pair of calm eyes.
"Boy, fly and enter that moon," the White Ancestor said.
Richard nodded and flew without hesitation.
The moon was nothing but light, so of course it could be entered.
The moment he entered, it began to be absorbed into his body at a rapid speed.
His eyes widened—not because of pain, but because of the sensation of his soul receiving a new blend of soul energy. That was indeed what was happening, but he had to focus so the fusion would succeed, since adding a new soul was not something that could be done carelessly.
However, for Richard, the difficulty was not too high. It proceeded smoothly as he maintained his focus until all the purple light was absorbed into his body.
DING!
(You have obtained an additional soul, Immortal Moon Soul, and gained its Innate Arcane Art, Lunar Call!)
[Soul:
Black Heart Soul
Immortal Moon Soul]
[Innate Arcane Art from Immortal Moon Soul:
Lunar Call]
After the System notification appeared, everything became calm.
However, Richard saw a purple moon symbol appear on each of his palms.
It resembled a tattoo, but it was formed of light.
And it seemed permanent.
Still, as long as Richard did not activate Lunar Call, it dimmed until it was almost invisible.
"Go outside and absorb Aether from the moon," the White Ancestor said, then immediately sent Richard out, where he reappeared in front of Lilith.
He was instantly amazed, sensing an abundance of Aether around him that he had never felt before—Aether hidden within the moonlight.
It had accumulated over a long time, piling up without anyone ever absorbing it.
It wasn’t that it hadn’t spread, but rather that Richard’s reach through moonlight was extremely vast. He could reach across the entire Holy Star Kingdom, even farther—up to five times the kingdom’s area. He could observe it all through the moonlight and draw in the hidden Aether within that range.
Richard had no intention of wasting time when there was an opportunity to obtain Aether. He immediately absorbed all the Aether he could sense.
Soon after, his Aether began to increase at an unimaginable speed.
[Aether: 120,000/200,000 <Tier 3>]
[Aether: 140,000/200,000 <Tier 3>]
In about five minutes, he was able to increase his Aether by 20K.
After several more minutes—
[Aether: 199,999/200,000 <Tier 3>]
It stopped just one short of two hundred thousand.
And that wasn’t because there was no more Aether, but because his body could no longer take in any more.