What you Want? Smartphone?

Alex knew what Emily was saying made sense, but in his opinion, it was only a short-term issue since the hunters who joined this new guild would quickly become stronger. 

How could they not? A cultivator with basic superpowers. 

He even wanted to prioritize hiring people with mental capabilities like his, as they are underestimated by the public. 

Many abilities that seem useless before will become incredible once they become cultivators since physical strength can be elevated. 

They can also learn secret techniques or special cultivation methods to gain control over elements.

But maybe an unexpected result can be achieved. 

In his understanding, cultivation uses qi, then a breathing technique, to convert it into an element. 

But now, since the body can generate its own element, couldn't they use it to enhance it instead? And make the cultivation speed grow by leaps and bounds. 

He couldn't wait to get a complete set of cultivation methods from Mingyue and start experimenting with them.

'Hmm, I should also get the contract and slave method from Mingyue.' 

Alex abhorred slavery, but since he would need much help from Professor Faerith, he felt he needed it as insurance, making sure she would never tell anyone the truth. 

If the real source of it came out, Alex was sure his family would become a target for those they couldn't offend yet. 

No matter what, his family's safety came first.

"Hello?? Are you still there??? Why did you go silent all of a sudden?" Emily's voice brought Alex back to reality.

"Nothing, sis, just remember I need to take some precautions. 

By the way, since you want us to go to a higher hunter class, do you have someone you can trust? 

One who won't ask too many questions?"

Emily felt puzzled by Alex's request. "What do you mean by 'no questions'?

Alex, don't tell me you plan to collaborate with those Dark Hunters?" 

Emily despised them. 

As a hunter, she had many missions that brought her into conflict with them. 

"Don't you dare get involved with them? Do you know what they do? They're inhumane, worse than monsters!"

"Dark Hunters? Sis, I'm not that stupid. 

I just don't want them snooping around, wanting to know everything about how the guild operates.

There are many things I prefer to keep hidden, you know."

Emily felt even more bewildered by his words. "What exactly are you trying to hide? I'm your sister; don't you trust me?"

Alex then realized he couldn't skirt over it with a simple explanation. 

Unlike his mom, Luca, Emily would be working closely with him. 

"I trust you, but Sis, you can't tell anyone about this.

I found a way for any Awakener to become stronger. Even normal people can become as strong as Hunters.

You should understand the implications of this."

Emily was surprised by what Alex said. "You mean you've found a new power system?"

"Power system? Yeah, you could say that."

"Why did you even call me on this line then? Come to my home later

I should be there by night," Emily said with a raised tone, then quickly cut off the call, not allowing Alex to speak further. 

'A power system... does this mean other methods have been found before?' Alex wondered. 

He knew he would get clarification when meeting Emily later. For now, the important thing was to get a cultivation method. 

'Vesa, can you ask Mingyue about the cultivation technique?'

[You are asking at the right time, King. We just got a bunch of new techniques, but you should ask Queen yourself.]

"Mingyue, how is it going? Have you made any decisions yet? What do you want from my world?"

At this time, Mingyue had just finished dealing with Linghua. She was checking the list of treasures inside the secret realm created by Vesa.

"I've thought about it.

What I need now is the thing you call a smartphone. Being able to record and take pictures at any time is very useful for me."

"Smartphone?" Alex pondered it. 

Although their world didn't have electricity, a phone without mobile data being active should survive for at least a few weeks. 

He could just send her a new one, then. "Alright, I can get that for you. Send me the cultivation methods, then. Vesa told me you just got a bunch of them, right?

Vesa can transmit the information to me, so it shouldn't be a problem for you to give me all of them."

"All of them? Don't waste time practicing useless cultivation methods, Alex. 

There are many, but from what I've seen, most are just lower-level or incomplete methods."

"Don't worry, Mingyue. I just want to analyze the cultivation methods.

Who knows, I might be able to derive a new method.

 By the way, how's your situation now? Who's coming after you?"

Mingyue raised her eyebrows, hearing Alex's intention to create a new method. 

But then she remembered Alex's abilities; it's possible for him to learn and dissect the methods. 

"I'm alright. Just be careful when experimenting with them. A bad cultivation technique can lead you to a fate worse than death."

[Queen, why haven't you told the King?] 

[It's not alright when you're basically now surrounded by enemies.] 

[Both of your fates are linked now, just like you're afraid something might happen to the King because it would mean losing a way to the other world. It's the same if something happened to you.] Vesa's message appeared in front of Mingyue's eyes. 

Mingyue thought about it and knew Vesa was right. 

This made her wonder, 'Vesa, what happens if one of us dies?'

[You mean what happens to the other one? Both your fates are literally linked, Queen.]

[Both of your souls have already started melding with the progenitor, which is why I could create this system.]

[If one of you dies, the other will, too. As your transformation progresses further, you will feel each other's presence even more.]

[This is because the progenitor should have been one existence. But the last Progenitor decided to split it into two.]