624 Imperial Capital
If Vaan consud more of the Divine-rank Stalactite Milk, the potency would be mostly absorbed by his ridians and five viscera before he could direct it into his bones.
Thus, oral consumption wasn't effective if he wanted to temper the bones solely.
Fortunately, Vaan had comprehended the Spatial Law and overco his limitations with the Heaven-Swallowing Space. He could open a small portal and directly infuse the Divine-rank Stalactite Milk into his bone marrows.
Nevertheless, the bone marrow was different from the ridians and five viscera. Without any records of the Stalactite Milk being used on the bone marrow, it was difficult to determine the exact effect it would have.
As such, Vaan infused the diluted version, the Transcendent-rank Stalactite Milk, into his tailbone, which was considered the most useless bone in the human body. As such, even if sothing went wrong, he wouldn't suffer any loss.
Nevertheless, reality proved Vaan had been overly cautious.
The Transcendent-rank Stalactite Milk miraculously blended with his bone marrow and strengthened his tailbone. At the sa ti, the newly produced blood cells in the bone marrow appeared to be more potent.
Ding!
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Once Vaan confird the positive results of his experint, he began infusing more Transcendent-rank Stalactite Milk into the rest of his bone marrows. At the sa ti, he also commanded the Fire Law to temper his bones.
Even if no visible change could be seen on Vaan's body, he was burning from the inside.
Ding!
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Vaan was pleasantly surprised by the results of this self-tempering thod. He didn't expect his elental affinity to improve at their current level. At the very least, it was still understandable for his earth affinity to increase since the Stalactite Milk was a miraculous elixir born of the earth.
However, it was surprising that even his fire affinity could still be increased through the tempering of his own flas!
This proved that there were still so remaining parts of his body that had yet to be tempered by the flas.
Vaan was curious to see how far he could raise his affinity to earth and fire once he completely tempered all his bones.
What would happen to his body once he raised his elental affinity to the limit?
Although Vaan wanted to find out imdiately, he had to execute self-control. There was a ti and place for everything and now was definitely not that ti. He had already limited his tempering session by a great deal.
Otherwise, he could improve even faster!
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"Is it just , or is it getting a little hot around here?" the only Late-
stage Aura Grandmaster in the group broke the silence on the deck with his question.
"Oh? It wasn't just ?" Raaj expressed his surprise before adding, "I have also noticed that the surrounding temperature has been steadily increasing for so ti now."
"That shouldn't be right," Gurken frowned before saying, "Given our traveling speed and altitude, the strong breeze should be quite cool. Furthermore, we are heading in the Eastern Sea's direction, so if anything, it should be getting colder, not hotter."
While the group of warriors was growing doubtful over the weather, the temperature steadily started dropping back to its expected level. As a result, the group beca even more puzzled.
"What region just passed just now?"
"It should be the Sleeping Mountain… Don't tell ...the dormant volcano erupted? But that can't be right either… We would have already known if a volcano erupted. Maybe it's a sign that the Sleeping Mountain is going to erupt soon?"
Although one of the warriors made a bold yet unlikely assumption, the others felt startled.
The Sleeping Mountain was one of the largest mountains in the entire empire. If the Sleeping Mountain truly were going to erupt, it would be an earth-shaking, sky-rending event that would shock everyone.
None of the warriors realized Vaan was the true culprit behind the temperature change. He had skillfully dispersed his internal heat into the surroundings before the heat concentration on his body drew their attention to him.
Over ti, everyone's curiosity died down as they all went back to silent ditation.
After all, even if sothing big was about to happen to Sleeping Mountain, they couldn't go back to investigate it. There was nothing they could do until they reached the capital.
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In the blink of an eye, the one-day trip neared its end as the two wyverns pulling the magic airboat roared. Based on the warriors' past experience, the wyvern's sudden roar was the sign that they would reach the imperial capital within another thirty minutes.
This half-hour tifra was for them to enjoy the view while they could.
The imperial capital of the Great Ratholos Empire was unlike any other city Vaan had co across. As it was a coastal city, its size and population were on a completely different level. Even the Holy Knight Empire's capital city couldn't compare to it.
The Great Ratholos Empire's imperial capital was ho to over thirty million people. Furthermore, with the upcoming grand event, it wouldn't be a surprise for this number to inflate to thirty-five million people.
And this was only one coastal city.
Considering the entire eastern coast was completely occupied by several human cities, the total population of the people living on the east coast broke the hundred million mark!
However, this also contributed to eighty percent of the population living in the whole eastern region.
The sheer number of tall buildings lined up on the eastern coast ford an enormous crescent moon and looked like a great wall that was built to fend off tsunamis.
"We're finally here. No matter how many tis I visit this city, I am always awed by this spectacular sight!" Judani said emotionally as he appreciated the view.
'So this is the Great Ratholos Empire's imperial capital…' Vaan quietly thought.
Just by looking at the grand city in the distance, one could easily tell how much effort the Great Ratholos Empire had invested in the Eastern Sea and where its focus lay.
It was no surprise that it was not interested in the resources and territories of other countries.
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