Chapter 297 Entering A Three-Month-Long Cultivation


    Ricky''s eyes were full of expectations. Instantly, Doris knew what he wanted from her.


    "Yes. You have seen through me, Doris. If you don''t mind, I''d like to learn from your amazing casting


    skills. Please teach me," Ricky replied with a smile, admitting his purpose quite readily like there was


    nothing embarrassing about it.


    "No problem, no problem at all... It would be my pleasure if you''re eager to learn more about it," Doris


    chuckled. Her words were not just polite formalities, but came sincerely from the bottom of her heart.


    The more passionate Ricky was about casting and the more he asked questions, the more he would


    learn and the faster he would improve.


    "But there is a problem," she suddenly said. "Several parts of the manual you''ve been studying are


    very profound and obtuse. Even I myself can''tprehend them all, at least not with my limited


    knowledge. This manual is quite extraordinary. I''m afraid that I won''t be able to help you much with it.


    All that I can pass on to you is what I already know about casting from my experience."


    She smiled kindly and continued, "Of course, I''d be d to do my best if you still want to pursue the


    manual."


    "Thank you so much, Doris! I won''t trouble you with that any longer. If you could just teach me the


    casting skills, I''d be delighted," Ricky answered with a big smile.


    "It seems that you have the confidence to learn the manual by yourself! Good, let''s focus on your


    casting skills then," Doris said, nodding appreciatively. "Well then, you can stay here before you find the


    chance to transit into an innate spiritual king. Just keep your mind on learning the skills," she reminded


    him.


    "That''s very kind of you, Doris," Ricky said, his eyes lighting up with excitement. He couldn''t wait to


    start his cultivation immediately!


    From what Ricky could tell, Doris was likely a strong warrior whose cultivation level was now beyond


    that of an innate spiritual emperor. It was definitely a blessing that he had the opportunity to learn from


    such a master! He believed she would give him unimaginable and priceless knowledge.


    After a few minutes of conversation, Ricky thanked Doris again and returned to the Manor Pce.


    "Could you detect how high Doris'' level is, Soar?" Ricky whispered to his demi-immortal friend as he


    walked back.


    "Not at all, brother." Soar shook his head. "But since I''m a Great Dragon, I can vaguely detect a certain


    suppression from her in my blood power just now. So I''m guessing that she''s surely beyond an innate


    spiritual emperor," Soar replied. He grew silent, lost in thought.


    "Ah, great minds think alike." Ricky nodded satisfactorily. He was ecstatic. It looked like that he had just


    found himself a great teacher! "Do you think she has discovered that you are a Great Dragon then?"


    Ricky asked after a while.


    "Well...she might have perceived that my blood power of innate spirit wasn''t run of the mill. But since I


    didn''t activate it, she might not have seen that it''s the Great Dragon kind," Soar said with a frown. "But


    I''m just specting, of course. It was really hard to read the mind of someone so powerful," he then


    added.


    "Well, we can only hope that she is still unaware of your identity," Ricky sighed thoughtfully. .


    "Do we really have to do this to Ricky and make him stay here with us?" Tina asked as soon as Ricky


    had left, sounding a tad guilty. She clearly didn''t have the heart to treat the young man like this.


    "To tell you the truth, forcing him like this is thest thing I want to do. But it''s likely that he''s your only


    hope, Tina. I don''t want to but I have to make this choice since we have finally found him. Otherwise, I


    would be too ashamed to face your parents when the timees after forty years. I''m sorry about it; I


    really am," Doris heaved a sigh, looking at Tina with desperation in her eyes.


    "But it is truly selfish of us to do so, Doris. This will lie heavy on my conscience in the days ahead," Tina


    confessed after a moment of hesitation, biting her lip.


    "I know, Tina. But when ites to things concerning your life, being selfish seems to be our only


    choice. I couldn''t bear to watch yourst days draw nearer and nearer without at least trying


    something, anything! I swear to you that from this day on, I will treat Ricky as my own son. I wish that


    will at least make up for things a little," Doris promised, looking into the distance.


    "I have to say that when he refused to go back to our n with us, I was a bit annoyed. But I''ll admit--I


    was actually more impressed by this young man. He''s strong-willed and knows what he really wants,


    which can''t be said of many people his age. Let''s wait and see what he can achieve after ten years"


    Doris said, a small smile curving her mouth.


    "Ten years... I couldn''t even imagine how hard these ten years would be for him to fulfill his promise. I


    hope that everything goes well, and we can seed in the end, Ricky. Or else, I will never forgive


    myself for doing this to you," Tina prayed in her heart, closing her eyes as if to hold back her tears. .


    Upon returning to the Manor Pce, Ricky told the others that the problem had been solved. He broke


    the good news that the Dahlia Pce was about to withdraw from the weapon making industry and


    allow the Manor Pce to grow to monopolize this market in the Chaotic Region again.


    Naturally, Kristen and the other were overjoyed to hear the news.


    But after their initial excitement wore off, all of them began to ask why the Dahlia Pce was willing to


    make the concession.


    Ricky didn''t tell them the whole story. Instead, he told them that the casting master from the Dahlia


    Pce was selling the weapons she cast just to attract his attention. He said that she thought that his


    casting skills were quite excellent and wanted to meet him in person. He also revealed that he''d just


    had an amicable conversation with the casting master.


    Everyone was surprised to hear this, but they all believed in him. Patting Ricky''s shoulder, they


    marveled at how lucky he was to have gained the favor of such a high level casting master. The whole


    pce resounded withughter and cheering.


    ''Don''t me me for not telling you the truth, '' Ricky thought in his heart, looking at Kristen and the


    others. ''I don''t want to, but I just can''t tell you everything between Doris and me.'' His conscience


    squirmed with difort at seeing that they all trusted his words without the slightest doubt.


    After celebrating with everyone for a while, Ricky excused himself. Making sure that no one was


    following him, he headed for the Dahlia Pce secretly. This time, he left Soar in the Manor Pce to


    serve as a guard and protect the people.


    Soon, the shocking news that the Dahlia Pce would stop casting weapons had spread like wildfire


    around the whole Chaotic Region and was widely discussed by all the warriors. As an official


    exnation, the Dahlia Pce imed that it was because their top casting master was merely a


    traveler who was just passing through the region and would soon be packing up and leaving.


    This had surely sparked wild spection among warriors in the region. Some of them had even spied


    on the Dahlia Pce to dig up more information about the event. But their secret efforts were all in


    vain. Whatever Doris wanted to hide from the public would be well-kept secret that no one,


    however powerful they might be, would be able to unearth.


    Not a single warrior would have, in their wildest dreams, ever guessed that this happened all because


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    of Ricky, nor could they foresee the consequences that might follow this sudden change. Because of


    this, Ricky expected that this news would gradually be forgotten by people as time wore on. .


    On the other hand, Ricky and Doris had secluded themselves in a bamboo forest, far away from the


    heated discussions out there.


    After seating themselvesfortably in this peaceful spot, Doris told Ricky that she had set up many


    arrays and wards around the area to protect them. Those arrays and wards were powerful enough to


    hide the ce from all the top warriors within the Realm of Wildness, with no one being able to detect


    or break them. Thus, this ce was of almost entirely imprable safety.


    ''That''s good to hear, '' Ricky thought to himself. From his point of view, this forest would be a perfect


    ce for cultivating intently before the opportunity of bing an innate spiritual king appeared. So


    although he had simply nodded when he heard about the arrays and wards, he was in fact cheering on


    the inside at the timeliness of their ce.


    Curious, Ricky feltpelled to ask about Doris'' grade as a casting master. He chose his words


    extremely carefully, anxious that he might offend her.


    But surprisingly, Doris made no secret of it and revealed that she was at the Demi-sage Level.


    Ricky was astonished to know that her level was so high. Bute to think of it, he should have known


    from the quality and workmanship of the weapons she produced.


    In the next few hours, Doris had not only imparted knowledge of casting to Ricky, but also told him all


    the things she knew about martial arts. She was truly determined to keep her promise and took Ricky


    as her own beloved disciple and son.


    Ricky could certainly feel her earnestness, and he was well aware that she might be doing all these to


    ''I have no choice now. I know that I must give my best efforts to help Tina refine and dispel the evil


    spirit in her body, '' Ricky decided determinedly, furrowing his brow. ''Otherwise, I won''t be able to repay


    Doris'' kindness of teaching.''


    Several days into their teaching and practicing, Ricky found that Doris really lived up to her reputation


    as a great master. She was rich in experience, and had quite an insightful and profound view of all


    aspects concerning casting and martial arts. Every time Ricky listened to her teaching, he felt


    extremely enlightened. He experienced multiple epiphanic moments when it was like he had a sudden


    burst of rity.


    Of all the knowledge Doris had passed on to him, the information about casting skills was a priceless


    thing for Ricky that would help him throughout his life. Some of them were Doris'' unique skills and


    secret weapons that she had nned to bring to the grave. But now, she did not hold back in telling


    Ricky about them.


    In terms of martial arts, she too had given all she had to the young man, including fighting skills and


    tips about how to make big breakthroughs. She had literally shown all of her aplishments to him.


    On top of it all, she had even spent a great amount of her spiritual energy most of the time to help


    boost Ricky''s refinement process. By intensifying his refining, Ricky had made big progress in


    cultivating the Seventh Degree of Nine-degree Body Refining Form.


    Because of Doris'' teaching, Ricky''s progress increased rapidly. It was as though he kept improving


    almost every second! Importantly, Doris had offered to give Ricky many Treasures from Heaven and


    Earth of King Level several times, but he had refused to use them.


    Who knew how much Ricky could have progressed had he epted those gifts!


    He declined them not because he was bashful, but because he had the wisdom to discern that he


    didn''t want to boost his cultivation speed by sacrificing the solid foundation of his cultivation.


    Three months flew by, and with the help of Doris'' spectacr teaching, Ricky had leveled up from the


    third grade of Bone Reinforcement to the peak of the fourth grade. As for his casting skills, he had


    be a casting master of Demi-spirit Level! For the amount of time he''d spent with her, it was truly


    amazing and fruitful progress!