Chapter 26 Leaving the River town.

The breakfast was a bit awkward for the girls since they garnered a lot of attention.

Not only because of their green skin and gray hair but also because of their beauty and the expensive clothes that they were wearing.

Many men looked at them with lustful eyes and some women were jealous not only of their beauty but also of the handsome man that was with them. 

Paul managed to become quite a handsome man thanks to eating a lot and his cultivation rising at a steady phase.

Right now his father's family would have a tough time recognizing him as previously he was almost a walking skeleton and not attractive at all. Still, right now he was lean but not skinny and his muscles had developed quite a bit making him change into a completely different man.

The same could be said about Mia and Maya as their bodies were also much better than when he first met them and they were becoming stunning beauties right now the fact that they both started to cultivate also helped a lot.

Once they finished their meals, Paul paid the innkeeper and added a small tip of a silver coin for his help and hospitality.

He and the girls left the Inn under the eyes of the people inside and could only catch their breaths once they were on their way to the riverport.

-Master why did they all look at us?

Maya asked once they were outside.

-Get used to it as this will not be the last time that someone will look at you two like that.

Paul said, knowing full well that sooner or later there would be someone who would want to do more than just look at them and this did not apply only to the girls since many women were looking at him the same way that the men were looking at them.

-But why did they look at us like that? Their looks made me have goosebumps.

Maya repeated the question.

-That was because some of them regarded you as goblins that somehow entered the town while others would like to have some fun with you.

Paul explained it as plainly as he could without sugarcoating anything as this was the best way to make them understand that the human world was very much like a jungle and right now they were the prey.

Both girls were shocked at this explanation.

-Master is this some kind of joke? Because if it is then it is not funny.

Mia said with anger in her voice.

-This is no joke, and this will happen more often once we enter a bigger town.

-Then what are we going to do about it?

Maya asked hoping that he would have a solution for this problem.

-Nothing, there is no way to stop everyone from looking at you and even if we tried then we would make a lot of enemies.

But most of them will only look and do nothing it's the ones that will want to do something that we need to worry about.

Paul explained the situation to them.

-Is there nothing we can do to stop them?

Mia asked him.

-There is a way.

Paul admitted.

-Become strong enough that no one will dare to offend you and there will be no more looks because everyone will be afraid.

He revealed the only way to stop the lecherous gazes of men and jealous looks of women.

-But this will take years to achieve. and before we do that we will be old already.

Maya said, since in her eyes this idea was something that would not be needed once they achieved such strength.

-You forgot that the cultivation increases your life span with each level.

Paul reminded her about something he told them at the beginning.

-With each level on the first stage you gain a year of lifespan on the second level it is doubled and it doubles with each level.

These are only the first ten stages so you will remain young for a very long time if you manage to raise your levels and achieve higher stages.

If you reach the pinnacle of the tenth stage then you will add 102 300 years to your lifespan, you are also dual cultivators so this is doubled for me and both of you as the mana cultivation also adds to our lifespans.

So you don't have to worry about being old for a very long time.

Paul explained to them what it meant to live long for a cultivator.

-As for the level needed for most people to be afraid of you, you need to reach the pinnacle of the third stage or the fourth stage as most people can't reach that high in their lifetimes or they are just unable to break through the bottleneck.

-It will still take years before we can reach that high.

Mia said unhappy with this news.

-We can't do anything about it but the good news is that once we reach the second stage of cultivation there will be no limit to how much we can advance and we will be able to use many support methods to speed up our cultivation.

What Paul did not mention was that there was a way to increase their cultivation even now but both girls and he were still too low-level to do so as there was a good chance that they would overdo it and hinder their future cultivation.

While they were talking they reached the harbor and paid for the transport to White Falls town which was the big town around a hundred and fifty kilometers downriver.

Paul talked with the captain and he learned that they would reach the White Falls before the sunset.

This made sense since the boat would go faster with the current than against it.

Paul and the girls went on board since they had nothing better to do they found a place where they did not interfere with the crew and started cultivating their mana.

Paul warned them to not try and cultivate both powers as their dual cultivation had to be kept a secret.

The crew of the boat left them alone since they were used to such sights as they transported many cultivators every time they came to the River town.

The time flew by and soon it was time for the boat to leave.

By then both girls had finished their cultivation reaching level 15 and Paul also finished his cultivation but he only managed to level up once reaching level 37 and approached level 38, but since he wanted to enjoy the river trip with the girls he decided to stop for now.

This was his first time traveling by boat and he knew that this would allow them to lose the Dead breeder once and for all since there was no smell left on the ground and they were traveling quite fast so the beast would have to give up its chase.

The river boat trip was fun for them and just like the captain said they managed to reach the white falls town before the sunset.

This was a huge help for Paul and the girls as it saved up a lot of their time.

If they went on foot then they would be looking at two to three days on the road and they would be constantly worried about beasts and the giant spider that was hellbent on killing them.

To avoid all of that the price of a silver coin for a person was not too steep.

There was a problem with the guards but Paul asked Mia to show them her blood once again and that made them believe that both girls were humans and just looked like this for some reason.

Once that was over they found an Inn that was not too pricey and stayed there for the night.