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"I know what I'm doing," Rocky nodded.

"What are you talking about?" Obviously, the other three had no idea what they were talking about, and Marcia didn't expect that they would understand either way.

"You three should stop pestering Basil—especially you, Lena! You are the Witch of the Holy Dragon Empire. The overall situation of the empire is dire, and His Majesty needs a little more rest before he can get back to taking care of the state affairs. So, you should do your duties without fail," Marcia scolded, treating the three women like her younger sisters.

"I know! And I will! I just haven't seen Basil in a long time. I want to spend more time with him!" Lena said, pouting.

"Master, we spent the whole night studying, but we still couldn't come up with a method to cultivate together with Basil. Please give us some advice!" Sabina cut in impatiently.

"Cultivate together?" Marcia turned to Rocky, raising her brows.

He shrugged with a shy smile.

"Speaking of that, I need Basil's help to refine the Dragon Sarira. So, cultivating together is a good idea. I may be able to give you the part of the power contained in the Dragon Sarira, which may in turn help you improve your strength. In addition to that, Basil can also continue to fuse the power of the Holy Dragon Bead the same way." Marcia's eyes gleamed with excitement.

Rocky felt a dark cloud hover over him after hearing her elaborate plan. He rolled his eyes with a reluctant chuckle. He wasn't afraid of any kind of cultivation. He was hoping to speed up the process of fusing the power of the Holy Dragon Bead, but as a man, he wondered about the consequences of cultivating with all these women.

"One more thing. General Lance sent word—Isis and Nigel are on their way back to Imperial City. They will be back at the Palace City soon," Marcia added.

the window. A cool wind blew on his face. When was the last time he had

Marcia, the three women finally left Rocky alone in his Crimson

he opened his Magic Spiritual Space and

sprawled out on the ground with its eyes closed. He could still remember its original appearance at

head to greet him. It was still too weak to stand

asked with a smile,

head against Rocky's as he patted on its

questions about Uriah's rebirth, especially about that time when all the beasts knelt down in front of Uriah when it came out

well aware that if he didn't repair the pair of deadly genomes

Next, he went to check on the newly born descendants of the Fire Rock Turtle and the Dark Heaven Insect. He had been too occupied with Alston, and then rescuing his father from the Dragon Master Clan, that he had completely ignored these little fellows. Fortunately, their mother, the

the genetic data he had collected about the spirit-manipulated beasts, and he now had the results of his six-month research on genomes. Setting up a Genome Research Institute didn't seem like a far-fetched dream anymore.

this world, although his previous preparations had gone smoothly so far. The Xiao's beast hospitals were prosperous in the Timber Deity Empire and they had opened branches

all his resources in the Holy Dragon Empire to establish a chain of beast hospitals, while also simultaneously continuing to improve his

was another issue that needed his immediate attention, something that was required to build his foundation—extra pairs of hands.

Besides, the scale of the research institute he had planned out for

or what it was, nor did they know what genetic technology was. So, finding new talents, who were interested in developing this institute alongside with

he asked Laney to use her intelligence network over both Timber Deity Empire and Holy Dragon Empire to find people who had any kind of

not built in a day, and neither was the science developed overnight. So, he had to be patient and take his time to prepare for the