Chapter 965 Expansion Plan
As Elizabeth recounted her experiences in Extreme Misty Forest and Blizzardpaw Dukedom to her husband, she noticed some differences about Heinrich.
His body had undergone some slight changes during the time she was away from New Capital.
She hadn't noticed these changes at first. But now that Heinrich's stress and concerns slowly eased after having someone to confide in them, his body's aura became more prominent.
"Hm? You made some major breakthroughs in your cultivation while I was gone, dear?" Elizabeth asked with surprise.
"Ah, you just noticed it?" Heinrich smiled with a bit of gloat. "I just tried practicing one of the many primordial techniques our son taught for a few days, but the effects are astonishing."
Heinrich didn't just make great strides in body cultivation; he also attempted energy cultivation.
Using the abundant spirit energy in the region, Heinrich swiftly advanced to the Revolving Core Realm in three days.
Given the rate of improvement, it would only take him one to two weeks to reach the Heaven Ascension Realm.
In other words, it would only take him one to two weeks for his energy cultivation to be comparable to Rank 2 Transcendents.
On the other hand, his body cultivation was a bit slower.
Although spirit energy seemed to have impressive effects on the body, it couldn't be compared with the Grandmist Energy mentioned in the Godfiend Body Forging Method.
There was a limit to how long Heinrich could practice body cultivation before he was forced to take a break and let his body heal.
It wasn't something Heinrich could cultivate nonstop without the assistance of high-quality recovery medicine.
If Heinrich had the True Grandmist Energy mentioned in the Godfiend Body Forging Method, he wouldn't need high-quality recovery medicine to cultivate nonstop.
After Heinrich recounted his past few days' worths of cultivation experience to Elizabeth, she expressed her astonishment.
"Do you think it's good to divide your cultivation focus like that, dear? Won't it hold you back?"
"The thought did cross my mind," Heinrich nodded.
"However, you'll understand that these worries are unfound once you start cultivating with these primordial methods too. After all, the rate of improvement is very quick. Furthermore, it comes with multiple benefits."
"The strength we can derive from the combination of our awakening, energy, and body cultivation would be much stronger than awakening cultivation by itself," Heinrich said.
"In the past, awakening cultivation was our only focus because the cultivation methods for other cultivation paths couldn't compare to awakening cultivation. However, now that we have primordial techniques that could take us to True Divinity, don't you think they'll be worth practicing, dear?"
"Listening to you speak like that, I am more or less convinced. Our son also taught me quite a few primordial techniques. I suppose I should give THAT primordial technique a try," Elizabeth thought.
However, Heinrich didn't understand which primordial technique she was referring to.
There were quite a few primordial techniques taught by their son. Furthermore, their son might not have taught them the same sets of primordial techniques either.
"What primordial technique is that?" Heinrich curiously.
"The Heavenly Molten Fusion Art, an energy cultivation technique that focuses on the fusion power of metal and fire," Elizabeth explained.
"Our son must have given me this technique out of consideration for my metal and fire abilities. However, this Heavenly Molten Fusion Art will require me to work on my fire ability, which I have neglected until now."
Elizabeth sighed upon saying this.
"I have always assumed metal to be the most powerful element one could cultivate. However, I have learned that this sort of thinking is too narrow-minded and na?ve. There is no strongest power, only strongest cultivator."
"Any element can become the strongest in the hand of the strongest person," Elizabeth stated.
"There were many things we didn't know and many things we chose not to know because we never traveled beyond our domain," Heinrich said before glancing outside at the clear sky.
"There's a whole world to explore, but we never left our sphere of comfort, choosing to remain ignorant to the rest of the world. It was our son who went out and brought back these changes in the empire."
"And now, the empire is developing nicely—far beyond the wildest dreams of our past selves. The wall that once protected us now confines us," Heinrich shifted his gaze to the west and said.
Elizabeth's eyes flickered with a thought before asking, "Are you thinking of reclaiming the vast lands of the Wildlands and expanding the empire's territory westward, dear?"
"Time has changed," Heinrich said with his hands linked behind his back.
"I was still contemplating whether this was a necessary step to take. After all, conquering the west will trigger another bloody feud with the beasts. However, hearing about the Winter Cat Tribe from you, dear, I've finally decided."
"We can integrate beast tribes that share our values and become a powerful multi-race nation," Heinrich stated with a distant look. It was as if he was peering into the future.
"It's not a bad idea. I think we should push forward with it," Elizabeth voiced her agreement with Heinrich's expansion plan.
"However, I doubt all beast tribes will be as understanding and amicable as the Winter Cat Tribe. There's a lot of madness and chaos outside our territory right now. It's only thanks to the World Tree's blessings that things are relatively peaceful here," Elizabeth reminded shortly after.
"The importance of the World Tree goes without saying, whether it's for our empire's development or the people's welfare. We have to guard it well from those bearing ill intents toward it," Heinrich said.
The World Tree was a blessing to all life. It's hard to understand why anyone would want to harm it. Nevertheless, there were all sorts of evils in the world.
"Expansion plans aside, I will leave Extreme Misty Forest and Blizzardpaw Dukedom's workforce arrangement to you, dear. I will head back to the Winter Cat Tribe with Darlene to request some scouts," Elizabeth stated.
"Alright, do what you need to do, dear. I'll handle things on my end," Heinrich assured.
"We still have a large portion of idle people in New Capital. I'm sure many will happily sign up for the job once the words are out."