Dual Cultivation: Beasts and Women!

In the middle of the night, on his first day in City Two, Liam left his cultivation room with a renewed look on his face.

His cultivation had reached the end of 6-Star, not far enough from 7-Star for him to consider advancing this week. His women would certainly be in City Four the next day and with the resources he had already given them, plus the promotion prize, they should advance one to two levels by the end of the next night.

When they cultivated together next time, both sides would certainly benefit more from cultivation!

Reassured by his eventual progress to 7-Star, which would finally enable him to recover the Silver-Winged Leopard and help it get stronger from then on, Liam walked around his estate.

'I'll probably advance to the fourth realm before I escape from the sect... Well, I'll have the opportunity to learn what it takes to become a Fourth Class Runemaster out there. I'll only have to worry about teaching materials again if I can one day become a Spirit King.'

He thought about it until he abandoned more distant thoughts.

'Forget it. The fifth realm is too far away from my current self. I probably won't have any relationship with Demon Gate by then and I'll understand more about the continent that I don't know now. Thinking about that distant future is a waste of time.'

He stood on the balcony of the largest of the rooms in his estate and looked out over the well-lit City Two, but also the dark view of the fjord.

His eyes were adapted to the darkness, and he had a nocturnal observation technique. Even at night, he could see in detail the beautiful view available from his residence.

"What do I do now?" He muttered to himself, still in the dark about the many possibilities of City Two and One, but having already learned several things in the last few hours to readjust my plans.

'Now I have some very different compulsory activities...

I'll still be performing at Runes Hall, which should be the only normal part of my previous routine that I'll keep in the inner wing of the sect. But now I no longer have to do weekly hours in the Beasts Hall or the Battle Hall.

I will have to lead a group of Officers and First Officers of the Law Enforcement Hall, I will have to continue with phase three of the Secret Hunt, following Elder Neill's recommendations, and I will be involved in some way with the Records Hall.'

Earlier, at the General Records Hall, he had heard no details of his duties. To find out exactly what his responsibilities were, he would have to go to the Missions Hall. But he knew from the outset that he would have to deal with the Law Enforcement Hall, the Records Hall, the Runes Hall, and the Secret Hunt.

In addition, he would have to hunt for 10 High-level Ancestor-grade Arcane Crystals once a month and deliver them to the Records Hall.

The big difference compared to his time in City Thirteen City was that he would now receive a better wage and take on more of a leadership role than a subordinate one. But he would still have responsibilities.

'I'll see from tomorrow what my duties will be at the Records Hall and the Law Enforcement Hall. Depending on my duties and possibilities, I may be able to bring my wives closer to me through agreements with the staff of these halls.'

He thought of a way to influence his women's group to be within his reach.

'There's also the Four Leaves group, which I'll still have to get close to in order to see what my role within it will be. I'll have to deal with Leopards, too.' He remembered the new faction he was part of and his old group, which he was supposed to find his people in City Four.

'I'll resolve my departure from the Leopards by using my current position and putting my women in the group. Grace, Nance, and Felicity are members of factions that only exist in the outside area. They will probably agree to join Leopards and the group will do well with women as strong as them joining the team.

As for Four Leaves, they'll put me on some missions, as Amzi said, but I hope they'll really give me the space to focus on my profession, as he promised me.'

"Sigh! I'll see about that from tomorrow, too."

Besides these matters that he would need to find out more about in order to adapt to a new routine at Demon Gate, other matters that depended on him alone crossed his mind, too.

'Now I have a few tens of thousands of merit points. I'm going to visit City One's Lotus Temple tomorrow afternoon and spend a few hours in one of the upper cultivation rooms there. I'll also stop by the Library.

I'll certainly have access to the Spirits' control technique and better fighting techniques there.'

His eyes narrowed as one of his hands touched his forehead. 'In particular, maybe I can finally find some clue about the blue star in my soul space!'

Liam had been searching for this information for months, but he hadn't come into contact with anything that spoke of something similar to what he had been experiencing. But he was hopeful of succeeding in the mission the Incubus had given him now that he was in the rich inner area of the sect.

'Even if I find nothing revealing, my chances of learning where to look for what I need will be pretty high. That will be enough for me.' He stretched out his hands and cracked his elbows, finally leaving the balcony of his room to turn his thoughts to his bed.

After a long day, having woken up early, fought with William and then come to the inner area of the sect, Liam was quite tired. He took a hot bath to relax a little and, without bothering to eat, he lay down, closing his eyes and quickly falling asleep.

...

The next day, Liam woke up in his bed in the same position as when he had gone to sleep.

When he opened his eyes, recognizing where he was and reviewing everything that had happened the day before, he heard the doorbell of his property.

He dressed and before he even went to the door, he already knew who was outside his property.

Toby was waiting for his permission with a peaceful, energetic smile on his face.

Liam allowed Toby's entry by deactivating one of his property's defensive measures, allowing the bald man to come to him in the house's kitchen.

There was no food in the pantry at Liam's residence. But he had food in his spatial ring, so he could improvise something to eat that morning.

He offered Toby something, but the man refused before hearing a question from his boss.

"I have good news about these four names, Chief Porter. The former residents of City Thirteen, Mary, Joan, Electa, and Ann have already left the outer area and entered the inner area of the sect. Right now they should be in City One finishing their registrations, or in City Four, where they will reside from now on."

"What about Grace?" Liam asked in the middle of his breakfast.
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"It seems she's still in City Thirteen. She has, however, gone through the promotion and should arrive in City Four by the end of the day."

"Great." Liam smiled as he brought his cup of hot liquid close to his mouth, already imagining cultivating with his women between today and tomorrow at the latest.

They sat in silence for a few moments, until Liam finished eating and led the way out, intending to return to City One.

By now, Liam was dressed in his Division Chief uniform, marked out by fabrics in different shades of red, with a blood-red cape that was hard to ignore.

In addition to the eye-catching appearance of the typical Division Chief uniform, those clothes had several special properties.

They could completely hide the cultivation of the wearer, without the need for a technique. They could protect the wearer's body from water, being 100% waterproof, including being repellent to dirt and any substances that could get on them. They also had good resistance and, according to what Liam had already learned, they could withstand attacks from up to 3-Star Spirit Sky cultivators.

Apart from these characteristics, each garment had a flexibility and ability to adjust to different body measurements and always maintain the wearer's comfort.

Liam didn't like Demon Gate, but hell, even he couldn't help appreciating those garments, which he was sure cost far more than the Division Chief's wage.

But he had no thoughts of gratitude towards the sect. That was the least Demon Gate could do for its members, given the way they kidnapped and forced most of their disciples to serve the sect's rules.

He followed one step ahead of Toby, while the man seemed more satisfied now that his boss was appropriately dressed as Division Chief.

The first people who saw Liam this morning looked at him differently, with Officers and First Officers in his path greeting him or moving out of his way in respect for his high position.

Liam totally wore the features of his clothes, so no one on the path could say for sure what level he was. Naturally, most considered that he must be a mid-level Spirit Earth cultivator, the average cultivation of those newly promoted to the position of Division Chief.

So they arrived in City One a few minutes after leaving his residence, where Toby soon began guiding his boss in the following order: Library, Lotus Temple, Runes Hall and finally, General Records Hall, where he came across a group of women not yet in uniform.