C16 A Valid Reason?

After looking at the Level-10 stone's dust pile, Rasul could only helplessly stop cultivating. If he tried to cultivate by relying solely on the scattered Daniel, without support from any external item, his improvement rate would take a steep fall.

Actually, he had already tried that. Cultivating without relying on any external help, I mean. Not long after entering Level-2, he tried to absorb the scattered Daniel using only his talent; as a result, he felt like he was trying to watch a 4K movie with a 2G connection.

After enjoying a 5G connection, the 2G experience almost made Rasul lose it. He just couldn't accept the snail's pace of Daniel accumulation.

The slow improvement walk could've given him internal demons, so he could only stop helplessly.

Rasul got up, stretched his arms and legs, and then began walking around the cave.

He decided to move his joints a bit and use that time to think.

Since Rasul had no spirit stones to assist him, he pondered how to return to the Knowles family.

From the day he ran away from Hubery to the day he became a Level-2 Daniel Refiner to the present day, a month had passed.

In simple words, it had been a month since any human saw an alive Rasul. Perhaps those people from the Knowles family had long thought that he had died in Endless Forest. If he suddenly returned to Old Howelllin Town, he had to give those who thought he had died a convincing reason for his wellbeing.

Apart from that, Rasul was no longer the useless trash who couldn't cultivate; instead, he was someone who went from trash to Level-2 Daniel Refiner in a month. This kind of cultivation speed far exceeds his peak Level-8 talent. Should he inform the higher-ups of his family about this matter?

This matter was another thing that worried Rasul to no end. The only reason he could cultivate now was thanks to his “copy-paste” ability—an ability he got due to his transmigration. A power that could shake the heavens shouldn’t be disclosed so easily, right?

Other than him, this kind of heaven-defying ability absolutely couldn't be known by a second person.

However, if he didn’t tell his family about the ability, he couldn’t return to his house. Then, he would’ve to cultivate by relying on himself in the future. He would have to fight for all the resources he needed. And if he encountered some life-threatening danger, he would’ve to deal with it on his own.

‘No!’

Rasul quickly rejected this idea. Cultivating alone in the cruel and competitive environment of the Eternal Continent was simply too unrealistic. Let alone gathering cultivation resources—he might even struggle with survival!

Even those famous experts who seemed to be lone rangers actually had powerful forces behind them. Otherwise, they would have died in the hands of some other guy who belonged to a sect.

Furthermore, apart from spirit stones, pills, and divine weapons, a cultivator also needed high-grade cultivation methods.

Take Taixuan Heart Sutra as an example. After becoming a peak Body Refiner, Rasul would’ve to rely on the third level of the Taixuan Heart Sutra to break through further. However, the Knowles family patriarch, Hollis, had a firm grasp over the third level of this cultivation method. So, if he went rogue, how could he cultivate any further?

Rasul had to inform his family that he could cultivate again and reveal his extraordinary talent to attract the attention of the higher-ups of his family. At that time, Rasul could have it all, be it higher grade cultivation methods, advanced martial skills, or a massive amount of cultivation resources,

As for the assassination plots from other forces, Rasul wasn't afraid of them. If a cultivator wanted to stand out from the crowd and reach the apex, they had to swim through a sea of blood. If he cowered in the face of some unknown assassination, he would probably amount to nothing in his entire life.

Furthermore, the higher-ups of the family would not let a peerless genius like Rasul be in danger: they would secretly protect him for sure.

What Rasul needed now was a valid reason that could explain his newfound cultivation.

"That's right, Meridian Protection Pill!" While thinking about a convincing reason, Rasul recalled a pill that the Knowles family alchemist mentioned.

Conradck then, after Rasul became a cripple due to some battle’s aftermath, the Knowles family tried everything they could to heal his meridians. After all, they couldn’t just let a peak Level-8 talent go to waste. In the entire Daniel Country, a talent like that was hard to come by even in a hundred years.

As long as someone with such a top-tier talent didn’t do anything stupid—like getting caught in the aftermath of some battle—they were bound to become a peak Body Refiner. Furthermore, even a breakthrough to the realm after the Body Refining realm wouldn’t be difficult for them.

Conradck then, not only was Knowles Kingdom Zhontian talented but he was also considered quite mature for his age. Otherwise, the higher-ups and patriarch of the Knowles family wouldn't have allowed someone from a branch family to cultivate the Taixuan Heart Sutra—something only the patriarch cultivated.

After Rasul's meridians were damaged, the Knowles family also sought help from their resident alchemist. After much research, he discovered a pill that could wholly heal Rasul’s meridians.

The Meridian Protection Pill was a low Level-7 pill. The ingredients needed to refine it weren't very precious. With the Knowles family's strength, they could’ve easily collected the herbs. However, to refine these ingredients into a Meridian Protection Pill, one had to be a Level-7 alchemist.

Let alone the Daniel Country—one couldn’t find a Level-7 alchemist even in its surrounding ten kingdoms!

Only a stronger dynasty would have a Level-7 alchemist. Unfortunately, the Knowles family's resident alchemist was a mere Level-9 one, so he couldn’t refine the Meridian Protection Pill.

Rasul thought about it carefully. He felt that this excuse was enough to convince everyone. So he put down his worries and started thinking about how to return to the Knowles family safely.

Whenever he went out to gather fruits, he confirmed that the path was safe. So, Rasul was confident that he could cross Level-9 strange beasts’ territory safely.

It was the Level-10 beasts’ territory that gave Rasul a headache. Why? Well, for starters, when the Knowles family experts entered the Endless Forests, they barged in with sheer brute force. Since they had simply killed all the Level-10 beasts they had encountered, there was no safe route that Rasul could pick now.

With Rasul's current strength and lack of combat experience, he was no match for a beast of the same realm. Not to mention, within Level 10 beasts’ territory, there lived some even stronger strange beasts.

Although the Strange Beast in Endless Forest was very dangerous, as long as Rasul encountered the docile ones or didn't provoke the powerful ones, he could still escape with his life. However, the most dangerous thing in the Endless Forest wasn’t the beasts but the humans.

Cultivators who entered the Endless Forest all had their lives on the line, so they were as ruthless as one could be. If Rasul encountered them, he would definitely lose his life.

"Forget it! I don't want to think about it anymore. Whether I can return alive or not will depend on my luck." Rasul could not predict the dangers he would encounter, nor could he come up with a safe route, so he decided to take it one step at a time.

"Next, I need to learn some martial skills. That way, I’ll have a bit more confidence.”