"What happened, master?"

Strauss and Franz felt something was wrong and asked their master about the reason behind these scoldings.

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"I want those 16 disciples to reach the master realm within a year,"

The old man Fionk stood up from the ground and said to them without wasting any time.

"What? Master realm?"

"How is that possible master?"

Strauss and Franz looked at their master with shocked expressions.

Master realm is the beginning of a new phase for a cultivator in his cultivation journey.

In this cultivation world, every two realms are considered as a new phase.

Phase one, Body cleansing realm and Muscle-strengthening realm,

Phase two, Energy condensation realm and Energy transformation realm.

And Phase three, Master realm and Grandmaster realm.

After that, it is the immortal realm. No cultivator of the Aswor province or other province has a clue about how that realm feels before until now there were no traces of anyone who reached the immortal realm.

Except for some old records which only mentioned the cultivation stages and no one knows what would happen when one breaks through the grandmaster realm.

'They are less than 20 years and reaching the energy transformation realm would alone cause the envy of other mountain masters,'

Strauss didn't understand what his master was thinking in his head as he silently thought in his head.

Currently, all 16 disciples of the newly formed 'Elite beast tamers' division' were less than 20 years except for a few who were exactly 20.

So, according to their master, by the time they reach 21, they had to become the cultivators of the master realm.

'What kind of logic is that?'

Strauss and Franz looked at each other's faces before looking at their master.

"Yes, as long as you do that, I will take you into the 'Forested isle', which is going to appear in less than 2 years,"

The old man Fionk walked towards his disciples as he said in a low tone that made both of his disciples' bodies shuddered after hearing his words.

"What? Forested isle will be appearing in less than two years?"

"It's been only five years since it last appeared and it should take a minimum of five more years to appear again, right?"

Strauss and Franz knew about the 'Forested Isle'. So, they were shocked to the core after hearing their master's words and hurriedly asked him.

A forested isle, is a floating island that comprises various forests and it only appears once in ten to 100 years after it's disappearance.

Since it appeared five years ago, it should take at least five more years to appear. So, they were shocked when they heard that the floating island would come within the next two years.

"Don't worry about it and don't ask me questions about how I know it. As long as you complete the task, I will take you into that floating island,"

The old man Fionk maintained a serious expression as he replied to his disciples.

"We understood, master,"

Soon, they nodded their heads while separately thinking in their hands, 'I should not miss this chance.'

Whenever the Forest isle appeared, not only the Blazing inferno sect but the other sects in this world, would also enter it.

Moreover, there were only limited people who could enter it and those spots were decided by the sect leader of the sect.

So, as long as they enter any one of the forests in the forested isle, they are bound to find many valuable things that could help them increase their cultivation.

'I hope, my master has the capability to bring us into the forested isle,'

'Wait a second?'

'What am I thinking?'

'When did the master lie to us?'

There were still some doubts regarding their master's words; however, after thinking about it they remembered that their master never lied to them until now.

"Also, don't feel that this task is very difficult. It is just a little bit difficult as those 16 disciples' cultivation progress much faster when they reach the energy condensation realm,"

After finishing his words, the old man went into his cultivation abode to cultivate.

"Right! So, this task is not as difficult as I thought,"

"As long as we make them undergo all the trials we went through, they would definitely reach Master realm within a year,"

"Strauss, we can enter the forested isle, reaching the peak of the grandmaster realm within 100 years is possible,"

"What are you saying? I am confident to reach level 10 of the grandmaster realm within 50 years after coming out of the forested isle,"

"Yes yes"

"So, what are we wasting our time for? Let's prepare a proper schedule for our new division,"

After their master left, Strauss and Franz had talked for a while and started planning a training schedule for the 16 disciples.

...…

The 16 disciples who had formed a contract with the beasts from the 'Altar of the forest' were excited at their tamed beasts and were unable to sleep.

From time to time, they would look at their tamed beasts and unconsciously smile from ear to ear.

However, what they didn't know was their good days were over and hard training days would start soon.

.....

Within a couple of hours, the baby fire monkey entered Henrick's cultivation abode; however, it didn't disturb the sleeping Henrick as it went and slept beside him.

....

Soon, the two blood moons in the sky were replaced by two huge burning suns.

"Spark, you are back,"

The moment he woke up, Henrick noticed the baby fire monkey sleeping in his arms and hugged it.

"Master, I am unable to breathe,"

However, the baby fire monkey was unable to enjoy the hug because Henrick used a little too much force in his hug.

"Huh? Sorry,"

He hurriedly released the baby fire monkey from his grips and asked, "You went to the beast mountain again?"

According to Henrick, the baby fire monkey must have come down from the beast mountain and when it didn't find its master in the cultivation abode, it must have gone back into the mountain.

"No, master. I never came down from the mountain as I was busy with something very important,"

The baby fire monkey rubbed its tummy as it shook its head with a satisfied look on its face.

"Oh. So, you never thought about it in these last seven days, right?"

Henrick looked at the baby fire monkey with a bitter look as he asked it.

"Yes..no I thought about to every second,"

The baby fire monkey unconsciously nodded its head; however, it noticed that something was not right and shook its head and changed the words.

"Sigh"

How could Henrick not understand it's words. So, he just sighed as he took out 21 high-level fire fruits from his inventory and gave them to the baby fire monkey.

As soon as he gave them, Henrick stood up to wash his face. So that he could go and meet his master.

Yesterday night, he again received three high-level fire fruits from the daily missions' reward.

'More fruits?'

As for the baby fire monkey, it looked at the 21 high-level fire fruits in front of it and shook its head.

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Got time to write an extra chapter today...hope you enjoy it.