“Umm, sister Miren. I’m not sure if you remember me, but we met during one of the professor's lectures”

“I remember you brother Cain. Is there anything you need?”

“Well, I’ve just had a problem that I couldn’t solve for a long time. Seeing as how smart you are, I’m wondering if you could help me out”

“Okay brother Cain, what are you struggling with”

Oldman Belmon suddenly gave Cain more advice.

“Kid, this is your chance. Scoot in a little closer, she won't even notice”

Cain listened and moved closer to Mire. She seemed to focused on trying to answer Cain, she didn’t even notice he had gotten so close. Just like that, the day went on. Cain would ask questions and Miren would answer. At the start it was just so Cain could have a chance to talk to her, but he soon realized he was actually learning a lot. Miren was extremely talented in genetic research, and constantly gave Cain new inspirations and ideas. Without noticing, they had spent the entire day talking, and it was time to leave.

“Sister Miren, I’ve really learnt a lot from this. I’m wondering if I can come find you if I have questions in the future?”

“You can just call me Miren, brother Cain. I’m here all the time so you can come whenever you want”

Miren gave off a beautiful smile as she spoke. Cain wanted to stay and look at her for a while longer, but he realized it was time to go, he said his goodbyes and headed into the night. He didn’t go back to his previous house, instead he went to the place Lambard used to live. Now that he’d beaten him, this is naturally his home now. When he arrived he noticed that Lambard and his lackeys were nowhere to be found, it looks like they already expected Cain to come so they had packed up a long time ago.

“Alright kid, were one step closer to achieving our goal. Let's begin the search tomorrow, as long as we're lucky we can find the inheritance spot in a few months”

“You keep talking about the inheritance, but what exactly is located inside?”

“It’s an unimaginable, mind boggling, earth shaking, world shattering, heaven busting secret.”

“You’ve forgotten, haven't you?”

“...Heh, it’s better this way. If I told you the secret, then half the fun would be gone. Now we can surprise ourselves”

The next day the two started their search. They would travel around the base of the mountain looking for any spots that stood out. Just like that time passed. Cain days would be split into 3 parts. Searching with Oldman Belmon, discussing and getting closer with Miren or hanging out with his friends at the Greenwood Faction, and finally training. A week soon passed and Cain noticed plenty of changes. His relationship with Miren was much closer, the Greenwood faction had expanded a lot, and his cultivation had slowly but surely increased.

He spent a large chunk of his contribution points buying a new spear, it was called ‘Nine Divine Spear,’ Cain had named it himself. It was custom crafted for Cain, this spear alone cost him nearly 50,000 contribution points, however, it was worth it. The spear was made out of the finest materials and would be able to follow him for a long time. Oldman Belmon said that it may even have a chance to develop a spiritual awareness if he used it enough.

“What's exactly is spiritual awareness?”

“You think only humans have souls? Of course not. Everything in this universe can develop a spirit as long as enough time passes. Good material’s are the best way to speed up that process, as long as you invest enough blood and passion into the weapon, that will act as a catalyst to awaken its soul. A weapon with spiritual awareness can act on its own, and it has absolute loyalty towards the person who awakened it, so you never have to worry about it betraying you. All top treasures in the universe have this awareness, or else they wouldn’t even be considered, no matter how strong they are”

“There's really such a thing?”

“Kid you are still too fresh. Once you leave this backwater part of the universe, you’ll finally enter the real world. Over there you’ll start to learn a lot of new things, and you’ll realize how small you really are. Let's not talk about that anymore though, our progress on finding the inheritance is going better than I expected, won’t be long before we find it. Also you’re doing quite well with that little girl Miren. Heh, I told you following my advice would reap you plenty of awards”

“Sure, but I feel like the only thing I talk about with her is genetic research”

“That's because you’ve only applied step one of Casanova Belmon’s dating advice. Now that your relationship has progressed a little bit, it's time for step 2”

“Step 2?”

“Asking her out on a date, of course!”