The Rise of the Black Plain
chapter-173

While the 250 unemployed inhabitants of the City of Waters traveled between this town and the Dry City, visiting the territory of Minos and then returning, the young Stuart was waiting quietly in the Cromwell Kingdom.

During the days that had passed, Minos had sent the two youths who were with him to the Spatial Kingdom while they waited for the soldiers to return from their missions. They had already known everything that was in the City of Waters, and at the moment, they were just waiting for those soldiers to finish their trip.

Minos believed that after this initial contact with those 250 people, the Black Plain would succeed in recruiting the first group for the Dry City. They would be sufficient to create an interest in another 1,250 people, who would most likely try to contact Minos' forces.

With that, there was no need for him to stay in this city for much longer. Things would develop on their own after this initial contact. He would only need to make the initial payment to the ruler of this place, Mirya, and then leave a few soldiers from the Black Plain Army here to settle matters concerning the future immigrants.

And in the days that had passed, the young Minos had met Viola a few more times during sessions of wild sex.

Viola was a woman of many desires, and Minos was a vigorous young man who did not deny good fun with beauties. He had no reason not to be with her during this time that he was here in the City of Waters, so he was enjoying his time with her!

The Dry City could be monotonous at times since the young Stuart had no interest in relating to his subordinates. In this case, there weren't many people suitable for him in that place, since the highest level women there were already working for him...

Anyway, today was Minos' twelfth day in the City of Waters, and some of the soldiers had already returned from the Dry City with their respective groups.

According to the report made by those soldiers, everything had gone well during the whole process, and in the next week, the first families would already move from here to Minos' territory!

About a thousand people could leave the City of Waters a week, heading towards the territories of Minos. That was how they thought best to avoid drawing too much attention from the royal army of the Cromwell Kingdom, which was stationed in this place.

Anyway, Minos wanted to leave this place for the next two days, so today, he was going to the local government mansion to meet the governor of this city.

He wanted to make the first payment for her, working out some details of how things would be after leaving this place.

...

Minos was walking alone through the streets of the City of Waters, calmly watching the local movement as he headed towards his destination.

The day was hot, and sometimes strong air currents passed, leaving that feeling of temporary freshness. But still, it did not solve the problem. Such was the situation that the young Stuart could see many people with sweat stains on their clothes, while several drops could be seen crowding the foreheads of many passersby.

'Ahh, the day is sweltering today...' The young Stuart thought about that for a moment. But it was not uncomfortable for him. After all, as someone in the 5th stage of cultivation, Minos could ignore certain sensations around him!

That was one of the advantages of being able to use free spiritual energy in heaven and on earth!

But for those below that level, like most people in this city... Well, there was not much to do. They could only stand the heat steadily!

Anyway, after a few minutes of walking through the City of Waters, Minos finally arrived at the local government mansion.

This place was exactly like the last time he came here, with some movement in the lobby, with several people talking about local and regional problems.

However, this time he did not have to stay at the reception, being soon escorted to the place where Mirya was.

That woman had already ordered that if Minos came here, her subordinates should just take him to where she was, without much delay.

And that is exactly what happened. After walking inside the building for a while, the young Stuart finally arrived in the room where Mirya was.

This was a place that looked like an ordinary training room, just like those seen in cultivation towers. There was a place for users of this type of environment to train their battle techniques, a kitchen, bathroom, and a cultivation site, where there were two cultivation cushions and an enormous spiritual array above that space.

And Mirya was sitting on one of those cushions while she meditated and circulated her cultivation technique. Seeing this, Minos watched her for a moment, thinking how strong a Spiritual King was. 'She is at level 51, but she can absorb about three times more spiritual energy than me...'

By stepping up, a cultivator could control more spiritual energy, increasing more and more the amount he or she could absorb at once. In addition, the time that someone could spend cultivating was also increased since the need for rest, such as sleeping, would decrease after each stage of cultivation.

Of course, a cultivator would still have to rest from a fight or a regular training session and after a long meditation period. But the need to do this after cultivation would decrease more and more, giving the possibility that, at a certain point, the cultivator would spend several days cultivating nonstop until he reached his limit.

With that, instead of having to stop every day to sleep and rest, from the 7th stage of cultivation, a cultivator could take days for his body to ask for a rest.

However, contrary to what one might think, increasing the amount of spiritual energy that can be absorbed would not raise a cultivator's cultivation speed.

After all, the increase in the amount of energy that a cultivator can handle was much less than the increase in energy needed to increase from one level to another at different stages.

For comparison, someone like Mirya, from the 6th stage of cultivation, could manipulate about three times more spiritual energy during a cultivation session than someone like Minos, from the 5th stage.

However, the difference between the levels of the 6th stage was about more than five times, compared to the difference between the levels of the 5th stage of cultivation!

Because of this, the speed of advance in the cultivation levels would be significantly reduced the higher the stage of a cultivator.

Anyway, Minos didn't have to wait long, and soon Mirya finished her cultivation session. During that time, the young Stuart had watched her from across the room, sitting on a couch there.

Mirya had allowed him to wait for her here if he came during her training. And that was not so strange in the Spiritual World, since many unknown people even cultivated together in rooms of cultivation towers scattered throughout this world...

And when she finished her meditation, upon opening her eyes, she immediately saw a young man with brown hair sitting not far from her. 'Hehe, it looks like today I'm going to get some crystals...' She thought that while her cherry lips arched upwards.

At the same time, Minos was also watching her. In addition to admiring for a few moments the cultivation of a Spiritual King, he also could not fail to observe Mirya's beautiful body.

She was very much like Viola, almost as if she were the mature version of that girl. But every corner of her body looked even more erotic than that of the young woman Minos had enjoyed.

She had none of those negative marks that age could bring, such as blemishes and wrinkles. No, her skin could be considered perfect for anyone who saw her, and she certainly must be very 'firm'...

But there was an inherent charm that could only be seen in some mature women... Her curves were also somewhat larger than Viola's, and the way she dressed seemed to put her at an even higher level.

She was wearing a dress that covered her private parts. In contrast, a translucent fabric covered the rest of her body, with a nice cleavage at the height of her breasts and with her beautiful white legs visible through her clothing.

'Ahh, even when she is cultivating, this woman is still so sensual...' Minos thought about it, trying to repress the primal instincts that were growing deep inside him.

Seeing the way Minos was looking at her, Mirya bit her bottom lip and then said. "It's good to see you again, young Minos..."