At daybreak, Hilda's closed eyes suddenly trembled before a pair of bewitching gray eyes surfaced, and deep within her pupils, a flash of gray current passed them.
After reaming sitting in the lotus position for over ten hours, she didn't feel any pain or fatigue; on the contrary, she felt a foreign power coursing through her entire body.
'Is this destruction Qi? It's probably hundreds of times more powerful than the silver element magic I had yesterday. Furthermore, I feel even more powerful from my peak state.' A hint of complicated emotions shone in her eyes.
'So, Lord Cyrus didn't lie to me when he said cultivating in Destruction Qi will give me unimaginable power. The Qi gathering realm should be equivalent to Common Sorcerer (1st Class Sorcerer), but I'm quite confident in defeating my Experienced Sorcerer (3rd Class Sorcerer) self…'
However, her thought process was instantly disrupted when a potent, noxious smell suddenly attacked her nostrils, and she had the urge to throw out. She lived in all kinds of environments, but this smell was something she never had smelled before.
When she tried to find the source of this nasty smell, her eyes widened because the source of this filthy smell was none other than herself. She found herself covered in this grisly, sticky black substance.
'Are these impurities released from my body?!' She couldn't believe it, but that smell told her otherwise, 'I can't let them see me like this!'
Panic surfaced in Hilda's usually cold eyes, and without hesitation, she stood and sprinted toward the water source close by. Since the barrier could be exited without Cyrus's help, she was able to leave without much hindrance.
While running, Hilda felt suffocated under the mask since even her face had released the impurities, and the mask, which usually remained clean no matter what it was, now also smelled like hell.
She had been wearing this mask for five years, and she always felt it as part of her body and never had the urge to remove it. But now she was suddenly not feeling comfortable wearing it, and she wanted to remove it.
'Should I take it off? According to Lord Cyrus, there's no problem until I reach 25 years. Then, this mask served no purpose. Forget about the purpose; I might die of this smell if I didn't take it off!' Hilda looked around, and after seeing there wasn't anyone around, she quickly tried to take the mask off.
However, she was startled when she found she was unable even to budge it, and when she tried to force it off, she felt like her entire face was being pulled, like she was pulling her own skin, not some foreign object.
"Why aren't you getting off?" She grimly muttered as if it was her first time try taking this thing since she always believed in the temple priest's words.
According to him, this mask will never drop until she takes it off herself, and it should be indestructible.
'Could it be he make it permanent so I would not take it off before I turn 25 and only he could take it off? But why didn't he tell me?' She felt doubtful, but she was too occupied by that stench, and she was already in front of the small river stream.
Now, she could only hope to wash this mask with this water from inside. After taking another glance around and making sure no one was there, it was still quite dark as the sunlight only started to get bright.
The next moment, the filthy dress on her body slipped down, revealing a breathing figure, and the next moment she gracefully entered the river stream…
Cyrus opened his two-color eyes at this moment and looked down and saw Rita was still sleeping while clinging to him and had this content faint smile over her lips.
'I haven't slept like this in ages…' Cyrus thought as his lips curled up before he gently escaped from Rita's grasp without awakening her from her sweet dreams.
He was so proficient that Rita didn't even flinch, and Cyrus was already standing up as if he had done this action millions of times.
After stretching his limbs and donning a lost robe while preparing another one for Rita and placing it on a corner of bedding, he walked outside with the intention of taking a bath.
While walking, he also opened the notification interface to read the notification from last night since he couldn't be bothered reading them because he was too 'busy.'
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[You have collected 800 LXP from Rita (Tier-24)]
[You have collected 900 LXP from Rita (Tier-24)]
[You have collected 1,000 LXP from Rita (Tier-24)]
[You have collected 1,100 LXP from Rita (Tier-24)]
[You have collected 1,200 LXP from Rita (Tier-24)]
[You have collected 1,300 LXP from Rita (Tier-24)]
[You have collected 1,400 LXP from Rita (Tier-24)]
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-Reward(s):
-LXP: 7,700
[Lust Experience Point (LXP): 10,000/10,000]
(NOTE: 1,800 Extra XP will be added to the new LXP requirement of the next rank.)
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[Congratulation, your Rank has increased to Mortal Tier-15!]
[User Status has been updated!]
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-Power Rank: Mortal Tier-15
-Next Power Rank Required:
[Spirit Points (SP): 0/20,000]
[Lust Experience Point (LXP): 1,800/20,000]
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Cyrus's eyes shimmered, 'Last time, she was tier-21, but now she appeared tier-24, which means the early stage and the middle stage are three tiers apart from each other, and the volley of LXP also started from 500.
'So, this could only mean the stronger she grows, the more lust point I'll be able to collect from her. Or it could also be because of the Devil's Spouse Technique's existence since this technique increases lust tremendously.
'Well, I found out about this fact as long as I slept with another woman. As long as Hilda breaks out of her shell, I'll be able to confirm it, or it's not like this world has any shortage of women.' His lips curled up before he closed the interface.
As Cyrus walked out, he saw the sky was already bright, and the sun was rising, and he then glanced at Hilda's isolated space.
'Don't tell me she's still cultivating? Did she not be bothered by the stench of impurities, or did she not have any, which is impossible? Well, she should've made quite some progress. I should check on her after taking a bath.'
Cyrus didn't walk toward the river stream since he already had his Qi. He won't be bothered by that impure water. His mastery of yin yang allows him to create anything out of nothing, and if he can't even create a simple hot bath for himself, then he should just call him a donkey instead of God.
With a wave of his hand, he created a 10 square feet hole in the ground one meter deep. Before, he used wood Qi to make it as smooth as marble, and he used water and fire Qi to fill it with hot water.
He even used a strange spell called 'Pixey Tear' to make the water turn even more crystalline, and an extremely pleasant scent drifted in the air.
"Now, this is a bath satisfactory for a mortal emperor. But this will have to do until I can cast ascension spells at will." Cyrus muttered ruefully before the bathrobe on his body vanished, and he stepped into the steaming pool.
His entire body felt comfortable as he sat with his back leaning behind the smooth wooden wall and his long hair half soaked in the crystal-clear water.
Thereupon, Cyrus closed eyes suddenly snapped open when he heard footsteps approaching from ahead. His eyes shimmered in a red light before they returned to normal, and his lips curled up in a knowing smile.
'So, there you were.' He thought before he snapped his fingers, and a wrapped white towel materialized over his exposed wrist and crotch.
Hilda had this listless expression in her eyes as if she had gone through a great battle, and there was a new pink dress over her body now.
Although she managed to wash away that nasty stench, she still wasn't able to wash her face properly, which made a girl like her extremely uncomfortable she felt like worms were crawling under her skin as she could still feel that faint stench from her mask.
She almost tears her face off when she tries to use force to get rid of the mask. Now she's hoping to seek Cyrus's help on this, or she won't be able to rest with that nasty stench lingering over her face.
However, as she got closer to the camping site, she suddenly smelled an extremely pleasant smell enter her almost destroyed nose. Her listless eyes instantly lit up as she was drawn by this cent, and her footstep quickened towards it.
She finally spotted steam coming from not far from the campsite, and the source of that scent was exactly that steam.
As she went closer, she was dumbfounded when a large pool with crystal clear water appeared out of nowhere. But she was quickly alarmed when she saw a blurry figure sitting in the corner of the pool.
"Would you care to join me?"
Cyrus's gentle voice drifted into her ears, making her tremble slightly!
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