140 Dinner with the Queen (1/2)

After successfully breaking through 9th Layer Body Tempering Realm, he stabilized his cultivation, before entering the Worldspace to check on the growth of his herbs.

Having left some herbs in the Worldspace for some time now, some of them had leveled up to Tier-2 Spirit Herbs, while a few others were showing sign of reaching Tier-3 Spirit Herb.

However, it would still take about another 1-2 weeks. It's a pity that he was no longer training in a spirit energy-based cultivation technique, otherwise, he could make some Spirit Enhancing Pills for his cultivation.

Hmm, no. Even if he doesn't need it, he could make some for those around him that may need it. He took out the necessary herbs and began refining some batches of tier 1 to tier 2 of the recovery pills and spirit enhancing pills.

After completing the batch of pills and storing them into pill bottles, he planted new herbs into the spirit soil area filled with life energy.

The Worldspace remained the same. Majority of the area was greyed out due to the deficiency of life energy. He really had no idea how to go about replenishing the Book of Life. He might be required to go on a journey to look for spirit veins or spirit-rich objects.

Afterwards, he visited the Whitespace and browsed some pill books, before returning to the real world and continue to comprehend the [Myriad Metal Compendium Vol.1] in his consciousness to pass the time.

He felt he was ready to form his Metalseed, but he wanted to completely comprehend the [Myriad Metal Compendium Vol.1] for a firm foundation first.

Night gradually arrived; dinner was just around the corner. Leon arrived back at the Guest Courtyard to pick up the girls.

He shook his head as he could still hear them talking from inside the bedroom. Their talk was filled with giggles and laughter.

He wondered how incredible it was for these two to get along so quickly. Although, this conformed with his wishes, he hadn't expect it to happen so quickly and so smoothly.

Leon knocked on the door and said, ”How are you girls still talking? My mother wishes for us to eat together over dinner tonight. Quickly get ready and come out.”

Shortly after he said that, the giggles in the room died down as Lynne and Aria became stunned. They were going to meet the queen?

Just as men feared meeting fathers-in-law, women feared meeting mothers-in-law. The exact reasons differ, but in essence, it was all about acceptance and approval.

Aria had never met the queen in person. Although she stayed in the palace for some time and mentally prepared herself for the occasion, when the time came, she still finds herself panicky.

”Hello? Why did you girls go silent? Come on out.” Leon said with a puzzling expression. Are they trying to play a game of hide and seek with him?

Receiving no answer, he decided to open the steel door, but it was locked from the inside.

Fine, he wasn't planning to do this soon without a solid foundation, but since his girls were giving him the silent treatment, he will do it. He can strengthen his foundation later.

Leon sat down in front of the door and pulled out all the guns, ammunition and steel ingot that was lying about in his Worldspace and taking up space.

In any case, the guns were poorly made, the ammunition was useless after the gunpowder got soaked in the water and the steel ingot brick was no longer required.

Leon began to absorb all the metal essence from them and the surrounding atmosphere to form his Metalseed.

Ten minutes later, the Metalseed was formed and the connection to Metal Laws was formed. The process proceeded far more smoothly than he had hoped and anticipated like his body was long ready for it. Or perhaps it was another benefit of his 5-Element Body.

After forming his Metalseed and receiving the baptism of metal, it brought no changes to his body due to his already higher body resistance to the elements. He continues to fill up the Metalseed and stabilize his 1st step metal-manipulation.

The metal essence was completely exhausted from the items and got reduced to fine dust.

Leon still had not received any replies from inside the room. He could hear whispers but not to a comprehensible level.

He opened his eyes and stood up after he was done, before he said excitedly, ”Ladies, I'm coming in.”

He wanted to use his newfound metal manipulation to undo the lock from inside, but before he could, the steel frame of the door seemed to have lost its support and fell with a bang. Unwittingly, he had also absorbed enough metal essence from the support, holding the door together and caused it to collapse.

Leon glanced inside the room and his eyes brightened at once. What a feast for the eyes.

Lynne and Aria were camping over by the wardrobe, half naked and undecisive of what to wear. The wanted to look their best in front of the Queen, but they weren't sure what to wear.

The moment the door slammed into the ground, they jumped with a start like cats getting their tail stepped on.

When they saw Leon by the entrance ogling at their body, Aria covered herself with bashfulness, while Lynne glowed red with embarrassment.

Since the door fell, Leon did not make excuse and just continued to burn the sight into his eyes bravely.

Lynne became angry at once and roared, ”Still dare to look?!”

”Ahem… I'll wait outside. Don't keep my mother waiting.” Leon reluctantly teared his eyes away and said with some awkwardness. No matter how thick-skinned he was, it was still made of the flesh.

He manipulated the door to stand back up and cover the open entrance.

Having heard his reminder, the Aria and Lynne was shocked and no longer cared about which attire to wear. Their choice of attire couldn't be more important than the Queen. If they were late and made the Queen wait, it could leave a bad impression.

That was the last thing they wanted. They just picked randomly from the wardrobe that was filled with beautiful dresses made by the Royal Palace's chief dressmaker.

Each piece of dress was intricately interwoven and had visually stunning designs. They were unordinary and unique. It wasn't a surprise for the Aria and Lynne to have a hard time picking.

A few minutes later, Aria and Lynne came out in a gorgeous red and white dress.