Damien wasn't worried that Tristen Gale would appear as a dead person in everyone else's eyes. After all, why would anyone suspect anything when Tristen Gale wouldn't be doing anything out of the ordinary. In fact, he would be walking around as if he was alive.
He was also not worried about Typhoon Lord finding any clues about his dead grandson. After all, it was pretty much a dead end.
There was not even a body left, and he found out through Lily that the Imperial Ethereal Court had already discarded the three dead bodies before Typhoon Lord arrived to not let any blame fall on their heads.
A better way to wash off their hands was simply to say that the bodies were destroyed without even a speck left. As Skinny Face's body was missing, they thought it was best to get rid of the other bodies as well.
Damien was busy packing up his stuff, and he had already sent a message to the empress about his departure.
"Hmph, you big pervert finally left that poor girl alone." A piqued voice sounded in Damien's mind suddenly.
"Luna! You are awake?" Damien shouted in his mind with pleasant surprise, hearing the familiar vexed voice.
"Of course, I am. What kind of stupid question is that? But I can't manifest my spirit body yet till I recover more. But every morning, especially during the time you trained with Lily, I sensed your emotions spiking and the things I had to hear when I curiously opened my senses. Yuck...I pray I don't have to see or hear those things again." Luna said in a disgusted tone.
Damien cleared his throat, "Ahem, you shouldn't have snooped into adult's business. If you had already woken up, you could have at least told me. It seems like somebody liked to watch, eh?" Damien teased.
"Pah, this goddess only happened to see those lewd things to make sure you were alright. But how could I know you were so lecherous to torment that poor princess. But, are you sure I am the only one who saw you two mating like animals?" Luna asked in a whimsical tone.
"Huh, what do you mean?" Damien asked as he knit his brows.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})"Nothing, if you don't know, then I don't know." Luna chuckled.
"You little...sigh…" Damien was vexed with Luna playing her usual games with him. But he wondered the meaning behind her words.
'Did she mean that someone else was peeking at Lily and me as well?' Damien couldn't think of anyone who could even enter Lily's courtyard without disturbing the ethereal formations around it.
And the only ones inside were Lily and Valentina other than himself.
'No...it can't be. That's impossible.' A sudden guess popped in his mind, but he didn't dare to believe it. However, when he thought about Valentina's recent attitude towards Lily, he became suspicious.
He decided not to think about it and told himself that Luna was simply just playing with him, though his mind said otherwise.
Damien took out the Rising Sun Continent's map and calculated that it would take him at least a few hours to travel to the Xeton Empire if he flew on Misty nonstop.
But obviously, it would take more than that since Misty can't maintain her top speed for a long time and would need rest in between, nor was he planning to travel nonstop anyways.
He planned to help Valentina breakthrough to the Earth Ethereal Realm before they reached the Xeton Empire!
He knew how outrageous his plan was, but he was confident that if she ingested the Rank 4 Blood Returning Pill, which he had formulated on his own, she would definitely breakthrough to the Earth Ethereal Realm.
But before that, he planned to let her absorb the blood essences of some Earth Ethereal Realm beasts to raise her cultivation to the Peak Level Spirit Ethereal Realm before she ingested the pill.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})He also planned to fully comprehend the third stage of his ethereal arts - Star Illuminating Vortex. Now that his ethereal cultivation was higher than before, he felt that he was ready.
The two finally set off, as Damien bid a temporary goodbye to the Rong Empire. As he left the city, Lily's face flashed in his mind quite a few times.
His determination to help her was way stronger than when he took the oath and made a promise to himself to reunite with her within two years.
Damien had already changed into his alter ego identity, Alchemist Azrael, and took to the skies with the help of Misty.
His first stop was obviously the Dark Forest to let Valentina prey on the blood of stronger ethereal beasts and then continue towards the Xeton Empire.
On the way, he asked Luna mentally, "Luna, for Valentina—"
"You want me to give her an ethereal art suitable for her, right?" Luna immediately asked.
Damien softly chuckled, "You always know what I want. Well, can you?"
"Of course, I can. I don't want you to go about saving her every time she is in trouble and risk your life. With the potential she has, the last thing she should be is being an extra baggage for you."
"Phew, Luna...has no one ever told you how harsh your words are? Anyways...thank you." Damien wasn't sure if Luna would agree, but he was glad that Luna didn't mind helping Valentina though he knew it was for him in the end.
"Hmph, no need to be so polite with me whenever you want something from me...it annoys me." She said in an acerbic tone.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})Damien chuckled, "Okay, okay. I won't thank you next time, hehe."
"I will transfer the ethereal arts imprint to you. Then you can transfer it to her. She can learn it by herself." Luna stated.
Within a moment, Damien received the imprint from Luna. But he was surprised that she only transferred a single ethereal art when he expected two—one for Valentina's Blood elemental seed and the other for making use of her Illusion Laws.
"I just created an ethereal art that can help her use both Blood and Illusion Laws." Luna said, guessing that Damien expected two from her.
Damien knew that Valentina uses her ethereal energy to use her Blood elemental seed and her soul energy to make use of Illusion Laws.
However, when he took a look at the ethereal arts, his eyes bulged.
[Illusory Blood Tome of The Protectress]
'Ridiculous...who can stand against Valentina once she comprehends this...as expected of an ethereal art from Luna.' Damien was now looking forward to seeing Valentina execute her ethereal arts.
Damien couldn't exactly see what all skills she could use but he got more idea of what Valentina can do and was awed by the revelation. He was happy that Valentina had more potential than he imagined, and he did not doubt that she could grow up to be a powerhouse that could strike terror and fear in even the toughest villains.
Damien called Valentina near, who was enjoying the view of the empire below.
"You said you wanted an ethereal art, right? How about I give you one?" Damien asked with a smile.
"Big Brother got one for me?!" Valentina asked in an excited tone as her eyes sparkled.
"Yes. I will transfer the imprint to you, and you can comprehend it at your own pace." Damien transferred the imprint to her soul plane just as he touched her forehead.
Valentina closed her eyes and immediately sat down, trying to comprehend the new ethereal arts she had gained.
