Scarlet hid away in Alex's Soul Space again. She would rather stay there than be around the other beasts as a human, which would only draw more looks. Until she was in the human realms, she wasn't safe.
Whisker went with her and quickly got busy with the tons of water that Alex had gotten from the Two Scars back in the Twin Scar Realm. With that water, they could start establishing so ponds and streams, and more importantly, turn most of the barren land habitable again.
Alex hoped to make the entire massive realm within his Soul Space into an alchemy garden. That would take a long ti.
In the anti, just making the barren land hospitable for life alone would be more than enough. There was another problem with that secret realm that he wasn't sure how he could fix.
Because the land was now much larger, the Nine Yang Divine Tree wasn't enough to reach all ends of the secret realm. It wouldn't be much of a problem right now, but in ti, the lack of sunlight would be a burden for most of the plants he intended to grow there. Once he was gone from here, he would have to plan so sort of formation, maybe.
Once Alex arrived back in the White Tiger Palace, he imdiately had Bai Jingshen figure out when they were going to leave.
With Bai Jingshen gone, Alex and Pearl returned to the outer palace where Pearl's room lay. Because Pearl hadn't passed his trial, he couldn't get a room in the main palace and thus had to stay outside. With Alex's current status, he could easily get himself a room inside the palace, but he had no intention of using his reputation that way. Besides, it was just a few days anyway. Soon, he would be gone.
Pearl left in order to rest and cultivate. They had been traveling all over the continents for a while, so he wanted to take so ti for
himself. He would also have to say his goodbyes to the rest of his family soon, so this was the bit of alone ti he was going to get.
Alex left for his own room and began cultivating as well.
Bai Jingshen didn't return for an entire day and only ca around the next morning.
"Good news. You can leave anyti you want to," he said as soon as he ca inside.
"Really?" Alex asked in so surprise.
Bai Jingshen nodded. "It appears that the teleportation formation was last used a little over nine years ago, so it has been enough ti to use it again. On schedule, they would use it around three months from now, but the Patriarch has made it so that they will accommodate you whenever you wish to leave."
Alex let out a deep sigh of relief. He had been worried that he might have missed the last teleportation by re months, so he would have to wait for a whole decade, or whenever it was feasible for them to activate the formation again. But thankfully, he could leave tomorrow if he wanted to.
"Let's do it in a week from now then," Alex said after so thought. "It will give us so ti to cultivate and prepare, and Pearl can spend a few days with his family before he leaves too."
Pearl couldn't help but smile. "Thanks, brother."
"That sounds fine," Bai Jingshen said with a strange look on his face. "And there is another thing."
Alex turned, waiting for the tiger to continue speaking.
"Try not to leave the palace if you don't have to. The atmosphere around here is a little... strange. Even Aunt Fulin has noted that there is a strange sense of tension in the air around the palace, so for the sake of your own safety, don't leave this place unless I'm there to get you."
Pearl frowned. "What is happening in the palace?"
"No idea. Just be safe," Bai Jingshen said. "Stay here if you can. If soone does anything in these palaces, the guards are notified imdiately, so you will be safe. It's just one week anyway."
Pearl accepted that. "I haven't t my grandmas yet," he said. "I should et them once I'm done cultivating. I'm sure Whisker wants to do the sa as well."
Alex nodded. "I should say my farewell to everyone as well. Let's hold so sort of farewell event in the coming days once we're rested
enough."
Bai Jingshen laughed. "I'll let everyone know. I'll co get you all in four days' ti!"
Pearl and Alex nodded.
Once Bai Jingshen left them, the two returned to their cultivation sessions. Sadly, this still didn't count as a proper rest, as it would be for less than a week. Alex imagined that the only ti he could properly rest was once he reached the human realms and found his master.
It would obviously take a while for the teleportation formation to the Sky God's Palace to be usable, so that small gap where they would have to wait would be their true mont of peace.
The next few days passed by in a flash. Before Alex could even finish a proper cultivation session, Bai Jingshen returned to get the two of them as the event he had promised had been set up.
"Co on. Everyone is waiting for you two now," Bai Jingshen said as he called for them.
Alex and Pearl finally left, along with Whisker, who too had co out. Scarlet was given the option to enjoy the farewell event as well, but it appeared that she did not believe herself to need this.
She didn't know the people well enough, so she would rather stay
inside the Soul Space. The only ti she would co out would be when her mother and grandfather ca to et her before their
departure.
With that decided, Alex and the rest walked out of the small palace and made their way through the White Tiger Palace to enter the main palace where the celebration was being held.
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