Lightning Is the Only Way

"Oh? You once worked for The Heaven Company?" Gravis asked.

"Yeah," Jake answered. "It's a pretty good workplace. However, the pay and amount of work depend on your power."

"The stronger you are, the more you're getting paid, and the amount of work also reduces at some point. The ones that have to work the most are slightly above-average Peak Immortal Emperors since they have to oversee the fights of all the average Peak Immortal Emperors."

Jake smiled bitterly. "Sadly, I fall exactly into that category. Because of that, I basically got worked to the bone. The pay was still good, don't get me wrong, but there are other jobs out there that pay more for less work."

"Is that why you went to the Smart Cultivator?" Gravis asked.

Jake nodded. "I know a lot of Laws of many different categories, but they don't increase my strength by much. In The Heaven Company, only strength matters. Because of that, these Laws I know were basically useless."

"In the Smart Cultivator, knowing these Laws is important to give the customers a good consultation. I've already earned enough money to buy resources to comprehend several level six Laws and even a level seven Law. The only thing I need is time."

Jake looked at Yersi with a smile. "However, I wanted to wait with my comprehension until Yersi becomes an Immortal Emperor. I don't want to enter closed-door Cultivation just to see that Yersi has become estranged to me due to the time."

Yersi smiled sweetly at Jake, but there was also some guilt in her smile.

Yersi knew that she was keeping Jake from reaching the Star God Realm right now.

That wasn't even everything. It was possible that Jake even had to go through an additional tribulation due to the wasted time, which could kill him.

Jake was making all of these sacrifices for her, and Yersi loved him for that.

Jake was showing how important Yersi was to him.

Both of them loved each other dearly.

"Thank you, Jake," Gravis said. "I'm happy that Yersi found someone like you."

"No problem. It's also what I want," Jake said as he looked at Yersi with dreamy eyes.

Jake and Yersi just looked at each other for a while.

PACK!

"Ah, I'm so envious!" Stella shouted playfully as she grabbed Gravis' free arm.

"Hey, you have me! I won't lose out to Jake!" Gravis said in an offended tone.

"You?" Stella asked with a skeptical expression. "Are you sure?"

Gravis was taken aback.

Stella only chuckled.

Then, Gravis calmed down again.

"Okay, you got me," he said helplessly with a chuckle.

"Hey, shoo, shoo!" Yersi said as she shooed Stella away. "He's my dad! You can have him later!"

Stella looked at Yersi with a smirk. "He technically has six arms. There are enough arms for all of us."

"I want four of the arms," Yersi argued.

"Four? How greedy can you be!?" Stella asked in shock.

one,

"And me?"

"You get his leg."

with

reason, Yersi felt

Stella fell to her knees and tightly hugged Gravis'

stopped as everyone took a deep breath. The people on the street

became embarrassed as Liam hid his face

agitation. "You can

her tongue

grabbed one of Gravis' arms again with

win this time,"

Gravis sighed.

senses very similar to him. She simply didn't care what others thought of her, which gave her the ability to pull

win against

asked. "No worries, I can

"Yay!" Yersi shouted happily.

skepticism. "Do you

bit.

Stella sighed.

about things he didn't deem important, and

"Hey, Jake," Gravis said.

not paying," Jake

Gravis said with an annoyed tone. "I wanted to sell something to the Smart Cultivator. Can you take a look at some

with some interest. "Sure,

SHING!

in front of

nodded in appreciation. "Law Comprehension Life Fruits for level five Laws,

the leftover fruits Gravis had gotten from the beasts.

about 5,000 years to comprehend the

they are definitely enough to comprehend a

the time. It's more of a one-time bonus, which

first level five Law, which increases their worth again.

selling one set for 50,000 God Stones exactly for that reason. Most Cultivators won't even look at the fruits for this price,

has to make some money too, and the fruits will probably remain unsold for a while. So, the Smart Cultivator is

Gravis was surprised.

way more money than he had

was about 25% of what the Gravitas had made in the higher world

Stones was enough to raise a Peak Immortal Emperor from

"Sounds good," Gravis said.

Whoop!

Suddenly, the fruits vanished.

eyes opened wide

hadn't taken

also obviously

Someone stole them!

he

his eyes as Yersi

Liam

Gravis didn't react.

"Gravis! What is-"

"AAAAHHHHH!"

from the