One month later, both Master Timber and Elder One look at the [Beast-Tamer League] base worriedly. It's been a month yet the kid still didn't go out. Fortunately, they didn't heard any news of disturbance about the [Red Skull Bandit] or they'll think that Cole blindly attack the group without regards with his life.

But since there is no any news, they knew that the kid must be inside his base.

After Master Timber heard the news about Cole accepting the mission about the [Red Skull Bandit], he instantly felt great worry about the kid. No matter what said and done, this disciple and his beast maybe strong, but fighting a whole group of bandits should be out of their capabilities. Afterall, there was this saying 'an army of ant could still kill an elephant', meaning overwhelming their enemy with numbers. No matter how weak those members of bandit group, if they unite, they could still kill an expert.

What lessen their worries was that the kid didn't do it. Instead, he lock himself up in his base, intending to raise his strength. It was a good thing that the kid seems to know that revenge ten years or even hundred years later is never too late.

Still, they couldn't verify if the kid was truly inside his base. But they can't just barge in eventhough this was part of their territory. It was a taboo thing between cultivators to disturb someone within their seclusion. Eventhough it was not established legally, it was still a great law. Even a Sect Master disturbing a [Body Tempering-Stage] cultivator was still very inappropriate. It should be known that only [Nascent Soul-Stage] was the minimum requirement to established their own sect.

Master Timber was not worried of Cole because of some malicious intent, but worried in sincere and pure way. Unlike others who covet Cole's property like his [Elemental Beast] and his secret techniques, what Master Timber want was the kid itself, specifically, his great potential. After all, he witness personally how Cole face the tribulation and no matter how hard he deny, the kid seem do it with almost no effort. But this was hard to believe since facing the wrath of [Heaven] was never an easy task.

One of the most basic reason people knew why some individual resort to being a beast tamer was that their potential wasn't that great. Most of those person was those got stuck in their stage, unable to improve any further. For instance, a cultivator who got stuck from [Mana Gathering-Stage] and unable to improve resort to taming a beast to do a battle much higher than the tamers level. Those person use beast to fight for them and also use as the key to further improved themselves. They used the beast to acquire their needed resources.

But Master Timber know that Cole wasn't like that. In fact, he believe that if Cole thread another path like way of the swords, he'll also be a very talented sword cultivator. But he can't just instruct Cole to abandon his chosen path.

Also, Master Timber was curious by that little girl who uses a purple mist. That girl helps to fend off one of [Tribulation Phenomenon' Lightning Horned Python] then she must a great expert. Added to the fact that he saw how she captured the lightning of [Heavenly Tribulation] with her purple mist, he's totally convinced that that girl was truly an expert of her own.

He did a research himself as he wanted to find an answer of how that lightning should be utilized and he came out with an answer that someone will comprehend that lightning! Ah!

Most of the cultivators started with basic kind of energy. For instance, a fire cultivator cultivates a normal flame but there some kind of special flames like demonic flame, blue flame, black flame and so on. Lightning also have that different kind like destructive lightning, black thunder and the girl captured was one of that, a heavenly lightning!

Heavenly lightning was special as it also carried a special ability. Unlike other, the heavenly lightning have some judgement property which could multiply the offensive characteristic of the lightning by up to 4 times!

Even Master Timber wanted to ask a favor and let him have a sample of that lightning. Although he can't use it but the sect still have a number of disciples with affinity with lightning. If they could comprehend that heavenly lightning, their capabilities will increase by several fold which is a very good thing not only for those disciples but for the whole sect itself.

It pass to Master Timber's mind that the girl could be another one of the kid's beast but it was immediately toss aside. That was just absurd.

Beast were known that they could only shapeshift to human if they reached [Tier-7] or if they have a great bloodline. And no matter between those two, they are both hard to believe. The most plausible reason he could think off was it was a expert of high caliber.

Seeing that there is still no movement, both Master Timber and Elder One wanted to leave. They have high status and they also have a work of their own, they can't just wait here all day long.

Master Timber look at the disciple who was tasked at monitoring Cole, "Inform him to look for Elder One the moment he came out of his seclusion."

The disciple bowed "Yes, Peak Master." and answered politely.

Master Timber nod then both him and Elder One leave.

Meanwhile, after Master Timber and Elder One leave, the disciple who was tasked being a watchman was smiling ear to ear.

And this disciple was Hard, the one who was tasked of guiding Cole in the sect when he firstly arrived. He was so happy, incredibly honored as the one who tasked him this time was Elder One and even managed to be instructed personally by peak master of Wood-Peak, Master Timber. It should be known that even Inner-Peak disciple can't even be on the same spot as them, yet he did, an Outer-Peak disciple. He was even addressed! Goodness! He felt that even Master Timber instructed him to sweep the whole Wood-Peak, he'll still feel incredibly honored.

This was the first time that he felt that being a watchman was an incredible thing.

∞

After what seems like only a number of days, Cole finally open his eyes. And the first thing he observed was that he felt incredibly good. His world seems a lot more better and light. The colors his eyes perceived seems more realistic and vivid than ever.

Even his connections with his tamed beast seemed gotten much more stronger. He felt connected to them more better and deeper.

There is also a new information appear in his mind, the new ability his [Myriads Beast Soul-Branch Technique] unlocked after he reached its fourth stage which is the [Soul Sea] and [Soul Mimicry].

For every stage, his [Myriads Beast Soul-Branch Technique] unlocked special ability, or in some other term, skill. It was not recorded on his [Skills Tab] though.

For instance, the first stage unlocked an ability called [Soul Link]. It was the most basic and the most important skill of the technique which as stated by its name, it's the ability to link both his and beast's soul.

On second stage, it acquired the ability called [Soul Fruition]. It will only formed if his tamed beast reached a 100% loyalty to him and be his soulbound beast. He didn't know yet the intricacies of this ability but one of its main skill was that it could heal his soulbound's beast soul damage using his soul energy.

On third stage, the [Myriads Beast Soul-Branch Technique] acquired the ability called [Soul Communication]. It was the ability of communicating between him and his beast regardless of their language. It was a very great skill since human and beast language was vastly different but with [Soul Communication], they could talk using their soul energy through their [Soul Link] or [Mind Link].

And on fourth stage, the latest, he acquired [Soul Sea] and [Soul Mimicry]. This was both great and mystical ability.

The pond that form inside his spirit see where his soul tree was submerged was the very [Soul Sea] itself. Just like its name stated, it was a sea made up of soul energy. Only, it was just a pond now but overtime, it should formed a sea.

Every person have a limited soul energy, even him. But with [Soul Sea], although it cannot be said that it was unlimited, the capacity of his soul energy greatly increased. Before, if the capacity of his soul energy were just like of a phone if full, then now, it increased greatly with capacity of like a power plant. Of course, that was just an exaggeration, but it was not a pure jest either.

Meanwhile, the [Soul Mimicry] was the one Cole was very excited to. It was one of the offensive ability of [Myriads Beast Soul-Branch Technique]. Just like its name stated, it was the technique of copying his beast skill through his [Soul Link] with them. For instance, he could use Shelly's [Void Bullet], Bell's [Mental Shout], Groot's [Root Spike] and so on.

Of course, this skill have some restriction. For instance, he could only mimic his beast skill if he have the corresponding energy which means he was only restricted to copying Celia's paratism techniques. He doesn't have a grand mist energy. Also, he can't use skills if he don't have the corresponding body parts like Coal's [Tail Slam] because, obviously, he doesn't have a tail.

But not most of it. For instance, he could still use Blue's [Claw Swipe] using his nails as the substitute or Coal's [Rend] when he bites.

This [Soul Mimicry] ability was his greatest harvest this time. It also solve his problem of not actively joining in the battle beside being the brain and commander. This will be use greatly for his upcoming revenge by Red Skull Bandit].

But Cole felt very bothered as the [Spiritual Jade] stops emitting soul energy. If he didn't know any better, he'll thought that this piece of equipment might just be a normal piece of jade rather than an [Heaven-Rank] equipment it used to. Even the soul flame inside the [Spiritual Jade] seems to get a little weak. Fortunately, it didn't do any long-term and irreparable damage, it just that the soul energy the [Spiritual Jade] contains almost got dry by him when he formed his [Soul Sea]. It only need to refill its lost soul energy and it'll be fine again.

The soul energy the [Spiritual Jade] contain was massive. It was accumulated over the years but it was actually just enough for him to form his [Soul Sea]. It should be known that the years of its accumulation was very long. It was the reason the Pisces was born in that lake and Pisces age was also great that it didn't even bother to counts their years.

Cole thought of how should he cultivate his [Myriads Beast Soul-Branch Technique] to fourth stage without the assistance of the [Spiritual Jade]? With how great amount of soul energy it needed, it should be very long that he don't even want to thought about it.

Feeling bad for [Spiritual Jade] current situation, specially to the little flame inside who looks like will go out in any moment, Cole wanted to help it in any way like help it stabilize the little flames predicament since it did him a great favor.

Suddenly, as if he was heard by the Messiah Tree, it rustle and exploded with energy until it covered the whole [Inner World]. Seconds later, much to Cole's shock, hands made of soul energy emerged from the tree.

It actually use his [Unseen Hands Technique]!

Without waiting for him to recover, those hands float towards him and acquired the [Spiritual Jade] which he hold. It floated in the air.

All the spiritual hands converged towards the [Spiritual Jade] as well as all the energy the Messiah Tree produced. The energy accumulates and when it did, it actually form into flame.

The flame burn the [Spiritual Jade] until it becomes liquid state.

The spiritual hands move and it knead the liquefied jade until it reformed to being... a what seems like a bangle.

One of the hands travel to where the [Eternal Ink Grass] was planted. It did a hand motion and a drop of ink black were extracted from it.

It return to the bangle and it actually draw to the body of the equipment. The moment it was finished, those black lines vanish inside and the bangle return to perfect jade appearance.

Those spiritual hands brought the new bangle equipment in his front. After that, the flame the Messiah Tree created fuse with the bangle. Ten hands also fuse with it.

After a few seconds, the phenomenon vanish and a perfect bangle made of jade was floating in front of him.