Rant Valo returned and laid down on the grass just around them. His mind is currently in sage mode. He looked at the stars and a thought appeared on his head.

Will I be able to touch one someday?

Rant Valo dreamed. The beautiful expanse of the stars in the sky was so huge.

What am I thinking? I'm not even that strong yet.

Rant Valo sighed and admired the stars for a bit more before sitting up to cultivate. Rant Valo's mind is very clear right now.

Rant Valo saw the empty space inside his core. There was a bundle of white light in the center. A thin white thread extends from it to his body. Mana flowed from the bundle of white light to circulate inside his body.

Rant Valo felt the strength it gave him and how it flowed through the various Mana Channels inside his body.

Mana…

Rant Valo imagined all of the mana in the surroundings entering his mouth. A mini tornado appeared and funneled towards his mouth. The surrounding mana entered Rant Valo's body very freely.

Floriana Sabina opened her eyes and raised an eyebrow. She closed her eyes again with a smile hanging on her face. Rant Valo saw a flood of white lights entering his core. It was like a dam was opened inside him.

Suddenly, white lights left his flesh and joined the stream of mana entering his core. These was the medicinal properties from the Red Star Apple he ate earlier.

Large bits of black clumps left the white light. It all traveled towards Rant Valo's intestines. The medicinal properties of the Red Star Apple essentially purified the white mana that Rant Valo absorbed and separated the impurities to his intestines to be excreted out.

The white clump of light in the center of his core slowly grew bigger and bigger. Another thin thread appeared and twined around the first thread. It reached the ends of his core and connected with his body.

Rant Valo felt his body change drastically. His senses felt more alive and sensitive. He opened his eyes and awe was on his face. He clenched his hands and felt the change of his strength.

"Did I improve a cultivation stage?"

Rant Valo muttered in shock. It felt so fast and easy that it was like he was just daydreaming. He looked around and still saw the surroundings dark. It was like only a small amount of time had passed.

"Congrats, Disciple!"

Floriana Sabina was smiling happily as she looked at Rant Valo. There was pride for her disciple that only a master like her could feel. Rant Valo had his mouth open in shock at the confirmation.

The only thing he did was literally just imagine the mana in the air around him to enter his body. He thought cultivation was supposed to be hard. There was confusion on his face as he looked back at Floriana Sabina.

"Really? It felt so easy…"

"Of course! Your talent is above mine after all. No one has more talent in the world than you do!"

Floriana Sabina explained with her chest puffed out. She picked him and put him on the path to cultivation. The achievement was basically hers.

There could be even a divine Grade 10 talent in the whole wide world, but if that person was not able to set foot on the path to cultivation, it will all be for naught. That is why even if the talent wasn't hers, she still deserves a lot of credit.

"I will cultivate more!"

Rant Valo was filled with determination. Since he was still in sage mode, he was more serious than ever. He wanted to get strong fast so he could return to his village while flying in the air valiantly and marry Zaria-chan.

"Good!"

Floriana Sabina was overjoyed when she saw Rant Valo close his eyes to cultivate again. Rant Valo already lost most of the prime chance for a human to cultivate. He was already 17 years old. For humans, the prime chance starts at 7 years old.

At 7 years of age, the child becomes capable of cultivation. So Rant Valo had 10 years' worth of prime chance to catch up with others. The prime chance only lasts till the age of 25 so Rant Valo is slowly running out of time.

Rant Valo took a deep breath and relaxed. He continued cultivating till it was dawn. He opened his eyes and instead of feeling tired, he was very refreshed and energetic.

"I- I feel so strong!"

Rant Valo exclaimed to himself. It was totally unlike what his strength was last night. He even asked himself why he hadn't cultivated before.

"So fast!"

Floriana Sabina was staring wide-eyed at Rant Valo. She just scanned his body and he was already at the 5th Mana Condensation stage. It only took Rant Valo a single night of cultivation to jump four minor cultivation stages. If the old geezers back at her sect heard this, they would do their all just to take possession of Rant Valo.

He was already destined to become one of the powerhouses of the world at this point. There was no more question about it. She felt even more glad that she took him as her disciple.

"What stage am I at, Master?"

Rant Valo asked Floriana Sabina. He is unfamiliar with cultivation so he couldn't understand what cultivation stage he is at. He can certainly feel that he got stronger, but he couldn't quantify it.

"You are at the 5th Mana Condensation stage. You're amazing, Disciple!"

Floriana Sabina clapped her hands in excitement. Rant Valo looked at her in disbelief.

"I felt like I only drank water…"

Rant Valo murmured to himself. This night was truly so surreal. He released some stress and after that managed to even improve his strength so much.

"Hehehe, you should be proud of yourself, Disciple!"

Floriana Sabina patted Rant Valo's back seeing that he was still surreal about it. She could understand his feelings. It happened to her in the past before after all.