Chapter 5 - Decision

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Jiu Vermillion was paying close attention to Arthur since he saw his deathly pale face. When he saw Rose Jade come, he quickly hid himself to listen to their conversation.

When he heard his son Arthur Vermillion exclaim, he was stunned. But when he looked closely at him, Jiu Vermillion himself also wanted to exclaim in delight!

However, Jiu Vermillion can see that there's something slightly wrong with Arthur Vermillion's body but he can't accurately discern what this was which made him frown a little. At any rate, everything would be fine as long as he gives him some medicinal herbs later. Jiu Vermillion was too happy to worry about anything, because...

Arthur broke through!

'His hard work finally bore fruit...', Jiu Vermillion thought to himself. Although he is still behind his peers by a couple of steps, it is fine as long as Arthur is following closely behind.

'I will surely throw him another banquet.', he inwardly said to himself again. With that, Jiu Vermillion returned to his own room quietly with his face full of smiles.

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Arthur Vermillion's mind went blank for a couple of seconds when he found out about his breakthrough. He guessed that this must be that Item Spirit's doing from last night. This was already expected by Arthur Vermillion but he still felt joy in his heart.

"Brother Arthur, you broke through!", Rose Jade cupped her fist. She was genuinely happy for Arthur for breaking through.

Arthur Vermillion on the other hand, is finding this scene a bit silly. In spite of the fact that he too was happy for breaking through. He is still a bit short to catch up to his peers.

The Body Strengthening Realm is divided into five stages. Vigor Stage, Superior Body Stage, Altering Bones Stage, Cleansing Marrow Stage, and Meridian Opening Stage.

Most of Arthur Vermillion's peers are at the second stage of Body Strengthening Realm, the Superior Body Stage. Whilst some geniuses are at the third stage of the Body Strengthening Realm, Altering Bone Stage. Pao Bluan is included in the 'genius' category.

Other than that, there are also those who are at the fourth stage of the Body Strengthening Realm. They are all monstrous geniuses without peers. For example, Rose Jade, she can make a Superior Body Stage martial artist scared out of his wits just by releasing a bit of her genesis energy.

"Sister Rose is too polite, it was just luck.", Arthur Vermillion also cupped his fist while laughing awkwardly. He does not want to include her to his troubles. Therefore, as long as he is still weak as f*ck, he would avoid Rose Jade for the time being.

Arthur Vermillion invited Rose Jade to come inside but since Rose Jade came here to inquire why Arthur Vermillion didn't go to school earlier, she declined and hurriedly went home.

He was a bit stunned at first but upon realizing her intentions. He lightly smiled at her fading back and proceeded to go to the market.

He was planning to buy a medicine called 'Hundred Year Old Ginseng'. Just as the name implies, it is a herb that was grown for a hundred years. It can be used by Meridian Opening Stage martial artists or below to recover their depleted or expended Genesis Energy. When the quality is high enough, it could help cultivators heal minor injuries.

Although the Vermillion Family have plenty of these kinds of medicine. Arthur Vermillion decided to keep anything related to that Item Spirit from last night a secret. Hence, preventing unnecessary future troubles.

The process went out very smoothly, he even received an extra package called 'bootlicking' which slightly annoyed Arthur Vermillion.

Even though Arthur Vermillion's family is declining as the time goes by,

They can still thrash a lowly man like him without batting an eye. Therefore, he has to be careful to not offend this child in any way that might result in him having to pave a bleak path.

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With the 'Hundred Year Old Ginseng' in hand, Arthur Vermillion can slowly recover his Genesis Energy and heal the minor injuries his body sustained when the Item Spirit entered his body.

Speaking of which... where the f*ck is that Item Spirit?!

The pain almost made him forgot how that Item Spirit just entered his body without telling him anything.

He spared no time and immediately started to meditate to probe where that Item Spirit is hiding in his body. Whilst under the effects of the 'Hundred Year Old Ginseng' that was still running wild in his body, he would be able to meditate much more efficiently.

He felt as though he can feel everything within his body. Although he did not know whether if it's because of his breakthrough or if it is because of the effects of the 'Hundred Year Old Ginseng'.

He remembered one of his teachers talk about breaking through the Vigor Stage, but he wasn't sure if scanning your whole body is part of the benefits that a Vigor Stage martial artist could have.

Anyway, he has to focus on finding that Item Spirit. After its brief introduction and the situation it was in. Arthur Vermillion had his interest piqued and wanted to throw it a couple of thousand questions.

He wanted to know where Item Spirits could be found or made. Basically, an Item Spirit is the Spirit of an Item that has gained intelligence. It could be either natural or if the Item survived a heavenly tribulation. This is only what Arthur Vermillion knew about Item Spirits. Actually, everyone only knew this much. In essence, Item Spirit is just a legend since no one has witnessed a heavenly tribulation let alone a weapon being forged by it.

He also wanted to know more about the 'Divine World' that the Item Spirit mentioned. Based on its name, it should be interesting, especially the part where he would travel from one world to another. It could broaden Arthur Vermillion's horizons.

After he finished fantasizing his imaginations about people destroying planets with just a push of their hands and other ridiculous stuff that a 13-year old would think. Arthur Vermillion now seriously started to meditate.

However, he soon discovered that the Item Spirit was nowhere to be seen which greatly disappointed him.

But when he thought back to the words the Item Spirit said last night. It became clear to him eventually and enlightened him. If he was still here, wouldn't that enemy of his come to whoop his ass?

Nevertheless, Arthur Vermillion made up his mind and he decided that he would still go to the 'Divine World' even without the guidance of the Item Spirit. He's not even at the realm where he could fly so he should forget about traveling to the outer space for now.

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