Born Almighty Warrior

Chapter 297 Entering A Three-Month-Long Cultivation

Ricky's eyes were full of expectations. Instantly, Doris knew what he wanted from her.

"Yes. You have seen through me, Doris. If you don't mind, I'd like to learn from your amazing casting

skills. Please teach me," Ricky replied with a smile, admitting his purpose quite readily like there was

nothing embarrassing about it.

"No problem, no problem at all... It would be my pleasure if you're eager to learn more about it," Doris

chuckled. Her words were not just polite formalities, but came sincerely from the bottom of her heart.

The more passionate Ricky was about casting and the more he asked questions, the more he would

learn and the faster he would improve.

"But there is a problem," she suddenly said. "Several parts of the manual you've been studying are

very profound and obtuse. Even I myself can't comprehend them all, at least not with my limited

knowledge. This manual is quite extraordinary. I'm afraid that I won't be able to help you much with it.

All that I can pass on to you is what I already know about casting from my experience."

She smiled kindly and continued, "Of course, I'd be glad to do my best if you still want to pursue the

manual."

"Thank you so much, Doris! I won't trouble you with that any longer. If you could just teach me the

casting skills, I'd be delighted," Ricky answered with a big smile.

"It seems that you have the confidence to learn the manual by yourself! Good, let's focus on your

casting skills then," Doris said, nodding appreciatively. "Well then, you can stay here before you find the

chance to transit into an innate spiritual king. Just keep your mind on learning the skills," she reminded

him.

"That's very kind of you, Doris," Ricky said, his eyes lighting up with excitement. He couldn't wait to

start his cultivation immediately!

From what Ricky could tell, Doris was likely a strong warrior whose cultivation level was now beyond

that of an innate spiritual emperor. It was definitely a blessing that he had the opportunity to learn from

such a master! He believed she would give him unimaginable and priceless knowledge.

After a few minutes of conversation, Ricky thanked Doris again and returned to the Manor Palace.

"Could you detect how high Doris' level is, Soar?" Ricky whispered to his demi-immortal friend as he

walked back.

"Not at all, brother." Soar shook his head. "But since I'm a Great Dragon, I can vaguely detect a certain

suppression from her in my blood power just now. So I'm guessing that she's surely beyond an innate

spiritual emperor," Soar replied. He grew silent, lost in thought.

"Ah, great minds think alike." Ricky nodded satisfactorily. He was ecstatic. It looked like that he had just

found himself a great teacher! "Do you think she has discovered that you are a Great Dragon then?"

Ricky asked after a while.

"Well...she might have perceived that my blood power of innate spirit wasn't run of the mill. But since I

didn't activate it, she might not have seen that it's the Great Dragon kind," Soar said with a frown. "But

I'm just speculating, of course. It was really hard to read the mind of someone so powerful," he then

added.

"Well, we can only hope that she is still unaware of your identity," Ricky sighed thoughtfully. .

"Do we really have to do this to Ricky and make him stay here with us?" Tina asked as soon as Ricky

had left, sounding a tad guilty. She clearly didn't have the heart to treat the young man like this.

"To tell you the truth, forcing him like this is the last thing I want to do. But it's likely that he's your only

hope, Tina. I don't want to but I have to make this choice since we have finally found him. Otherwise, I

would be too ashamed to face your parents when the time comes after forty years. I'm sorry about it; I

really am," Doris heaved a sigh, looking at Tina with desperation in her eyes.

"But it is truly selfish of us to do so, Doris. This will lie heavy on my conscience in the days ahead," Tina

confessed after a moment of hesitation, biting her lip.

"I know, Tina. But when it comes to things concerning your life, being selfish seems to be our only

choice. I couldn't bear to watch your last days draw nearer and nearer without at least trying

something, anything! I swear to you that from this day on, I will treat Ricky as my own son. I wish that

will at least make up for things a little," Doris promised, looking into the distance.

"I have to say that when he refused to go back to our clan with us, I was a bit annoyed. But I'll admit--I

was actually more impressed by this young man. He's strong-willed and knows what he really wants,

which can't be said of many people his age. Let's wait and see what he can achieve after ten years"

Doris said, a small smile curving her mouth.

"Ten years... I couldn't even imagine how hard these ten years would be for him to fulfill his promise. I

hope that everything goes well, and we can succeed in the end, Ricky. Or else, I will never forgive

myself for doing this to you," Tina prayed in her heart, closing her eyes as if to hold back her tears. .

Upon returning to the Manor Palace, Ricky told the others that the problem had been solved. He broke

the good news that the Dahlia Palace was about to withdraw from the weapon making industry and

allow the Manor Palace to grow to monopolize this market in the Chaotic Region again.

Naturally, Kristen and the other were overjoyed to hear the news.

But after their initial excitement wore off, all of them began to ask why the Dahlia Palace was willing to

make the concession.

Ricky didn't tell them the whole story. Instead, he told them that the casting master from the Dahlia

Palace was selling the weapons she cast just to attract his attention. He said that she thought that his

casting skills were quite excellent and wanted to meet him in person. He also revealed that he'd just

had an amicable conversation with the casting master.

Everyone was surprised to hear this, but they all believed in him. Patting Ricky's shoulder, they

marveled at how lucky he was to have gained the favor of such a high level casting master. The whole

palace resounded with laughter and cheering.

'Don't blame me for not telling you the truth, ' Ricky thought in his heart, looking at Kristen and the

others. 'I don't want to, but I just can't tell you everything between Doris and me.' His conscience

squirmed with discomfort at seeing that they all trusted his words without the slightest doubt.

After celebrating with everyone for a while, Ricky excused himself. Making sure that no one was

following him, he headed for the Dahlia Palace secretly. This time, he left Soar in the Manor Palace to

serve as a guard and protect the people.

Soon, the shocking news that the Dahlia Palace would stop casting weapons had spread like wildfire

around the whole Chaotic Region and was widely discussed by all the warriors. As an official

explanation, the Dahlia Palace claimed that it was because their top casting master was merely a

traveler who was just passing through the region and would soon be packing up and leaving.

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on the Dahlia Palace to dig up more information about the event. But their secret efforts were all in

vain. Whatever Doris wanted to hide from the public would become well-kept secret that no one,

however powerful they might be, would be able to unearth.

Not a single warrior would have, in their wildest dreams, ever guessed that this happened all because

of Ricky, nor could they foresee the consequences that might follow this sudden change. Because of

this, Ricky expected that this news would gradually be forgotten by people as time wore on. .

On the other hand, Ricky and Doris had secluded themselves in a bamboo forest, far away from the

heated discussions out there.

After seating themselves comfortably in this peaceful spot, Doris told Ricky that she had set up many

arrays and wards around the area to protect them. Those arrays and wards were powerful enough to

hide the place from all the top warriors within the Realm of Wildness, with no one being able to detect

or break them. Thus, this place was of almost entirely impenetrable safety.

'That's good to hear, ' Ricky thought to himself. From his point of view, this forest would be a perfect

place for cultivating intently before the opportunity of becoming an innate spiritual king appeared. So

although he had simply nodded when he heard about the arrays and wards, he was in fact cheering on

the inside at the timeliness of their place.

Curious, Ricky felt compelled to ask about Doris' grade as a casting master. He chose his words

extremely carefully, anxious that he might offend her.

But surprisingly, Doris made no secret of it and revealed that she was at the Demi-sage Level.

Ricky was astonished to know that her level was so high. But come to think of it, he should have known

from the quality and workmanship of the weapons she produced.

In the next few hours, Doris had not only imparted knowledge of casting to Ricky, but also told him all

the things she knew about martial arts. She was truly determined to keep her promise and took Ricky

as her own beloved disciple and son.

Ricky could certainly feel her earnestness, and he was well aware that she might be doing all these to

compensate him or pay him back.

'I have no choice now. I know that I must give my best efforts to help Tina refine and dispel the evil

spirit in her body, ' Ricky decided determinedly, furrowing his brow. 'Otherwise, I won't be able to repay

Doris' kindness of teaching.'

Several days into their teaching and practicing, Ricky found that Doris really lived up to her reputation

as a great master. She was rich in experience, and had quite an insightful and profound view of all

aspects concerning casting and martial arts. Every time Ricky listened to her teaching, he felt

extremely enlightened. He experienced multiple epiphanic moments when it was like he had a sudden

burst of clarity.

Of all the knowledge Doris had passed on to him, the information about casting skills was a priceless

thing for Ricky that would help him throughout his life. Some of them were Doris' unique skills and

secret weapons that she had planned to bring to the grave. But now, she did not hold back in telling

Ricky about them.

In terms of martial arts, she too had given all she had to the young man, including fighting skills and

tips about how to make big breakthroughs. She had literally shown all of her accomplishments to him.

On top of it all, she had even spent a great amount of her spiritual energy most of the time to help

boost Ricky's refinement process. By intensifying his refining, Ricky had made big progress in

cultivating the Seventh Degree of Nine-degree Body Refining Formula.

Because of Doris' teaching, Ricky's progress increased rapidly. It was as though he kept improving

almost every second! Importantly, Doris had offered to give Ricky many Treasures from Heaven and

Earth of King Level several times, but he had refused to use them.

Who knew how much Ricky could have progressed had he accepted those gifts!

He declined them not because he was bashful, but because he had the wisdom to discern that he

didn't want to boost his cultivation speed by sacrificing the solid foundation of his cultivation.

Three months flew by, and with the help of Doris' spectacular teaching, Ricky had leveled up from the

third grade of Bone Reinforcement to the peak of the fourth grade. As for his casting skills, he had

become a casting master of Demi-spirit Level! For the amount of time he'd spent with her, it was truly

amazing and fruitful progress!