Ella sat on the comfiest sofa she had ever rested her butt yet she couldn't enjoy its comfort to the fullest under his gaze. Her heartbeat slightly increased, not only because of the attraction towards the opposite gender but also because of his cultivation level, Body Strengthening stage, level 4.

Cultivation speed like this was monstrous, heaven-defying, and godly.The roots of this story extend from novell bìn origin.

Despite the large crowds outside, the room was silent. Soon after, a woman in her early thirties came through the door behind him carrying a tray with two cups on it.

The sweet fragrance coming from those cups made Ella's voice salivate to the point that she wanted to jump and gulp whatever inside the cups.

Ghost grabbed the cup with a smile and then, the woman placed the tray before Ella, "Please take it, Elder Ella" Regardless of her covered face, the woman gave her a wide grin, not a fake one but a genuine grin. Ella was surprised by the hospitality, "Thank you"

She couldn't wait any longer, she brought the cup near to her nose getting overwhelmed by the fragrance. Soon, she took a short sip, just only to feel a burst of electricity run through her body. Her black hood covered the sight of her eyes widened, this was nothing like she had tasted before, like nothing. All of her taste buds in the tongue felt alive, delighted, and overwhelmed.

"Delicious isn't it?" After Michael upgraded the system to version 3, he was able to quickly imbue the secret element into the ingredients Raylene brought from Bredia. Although the system said the secret element was pure Arch energy, he somewhat had a hard time believing it. Anyhow, the system made changes to the ingredients in the microparticle level, and coupled with Raylene's 5-star chef trait, anything made out of these ingredients became extremely delicious.

"This is drugs, no it's better than drugs," Thought Ella, quickly finishing the tea in no time.

"Yes, it is delicious" after a few moments, Ella asked,

"Well, Elder Ella, meet the only 5-star in the entire Kingdom of Bredia" Ella's mouth opened further, staring at the woman obediently standing behind Michael.

"Do you know what is the most powerful profession, Elder Ella?" Michael asked after placing the cup on the table in front of him.

Ella blankly shook her head, she was still overwhelmed by the fact the woman in front of her is a 5-star chef. She didn't doubt this fact because no one else could have made a simple tea this delicious,

"Alchemy, there are potions and pills for nearly everything, including for those burn wounds" Michael pointed at Ella's half-burned face, her heart skipped a beat, mouth became dry as she mumbled, "how-"

"Baby Dragon," Ella heard a squawking sound, her mind was blank due to overwhelming surprises and shock she has been receiving ever since she stepped into his home. Soon, Raylene took the cups and left the room, leaving them to their meeting.

"Anything...anything" she saw those ugly wounds disappear, she felt the cold breeze brushing through her smooth skin again. She wanted this cream, she wanted it desperately.

"As we speak, Sect Leader Claire is making an offer, an offer to merge your sect with mine under the leadership of Sect Leader Claire. But you know the outcome of this right?" She nodded knowing very well that Mathias won't even consider this, not even in a million years.

"I can simply kill him and subdue your sect within a day but if I did that, your people will sooner or later revolt, hinder the growth of my sect" She knew he was right, Mathias may be an evil son of a bitch to her but everyone in the sect would definitely leave or revolt if Ghost forces them to join his sect.

"That's where you come in Elder Ella, I know you were the next in line after your previous sect leader and I also know, Mathias is the one who did this to you. I want you to convince your people to join my sect, in return, since Sect Leader Claire can't be in two locations at once, we'll leave the Broad River sect in your care. Plus, I'll heal your wounds" This was a sweet deal, Ella would have even poisoned the entire sect for that miraculous cream if he had asked her to.

"I will do it,'' Ella said with a firm resolve in her voice, making him grin wide.

Michael left all the planning and convincing stuff to Ella as she knew the people of the Broad River sect better than him.

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Eventually, after speaking for another couple of minutes, Ella left his home leaving him with the baby dragon.

"What happened with Ella?" Gaya entered the room and plunged herself into the sofa.

"Just as we planned, how's your end?"

"He wants you to come to his sect, apologize in front of everyone, take a hundred whips from each person's family you've killed"

"How predictable" he sneered,

"He gave you a week of time, if you don't go there by the end of this time, he said that he will come here personally to drag you there"

"Then Ella has a week of time to convince them"