"Heh, that is a good indirect way of saying, 'I love you, so I will train you until we are a couple'. I expected no less from you, Lady Astaria~" Nux chuckled. "Stop with your nonsense." Astaria retorted. "We need to contact Amaya, with the sudden change of plans, I am sure that she would need to change her plans about the Woods Dynasty as well. Wait a minute, let me call a servant," Astaria spoke, Nux, however, shook his head, "Don't bother, I already told her. She says it's a good thing, she needed some more time to contact the Woods as well." "Ah, she didn't do anything for the last 2 days since she was beside you all the time." Astaria nodded. Nux smiled as he thought about it. Soon, however, a frown appeared on Astaria's face as she questioned, "When did you contact her though? You were right in front of me…" "That's the power of true love, we can talk to each other no matter the distance." Nux smiled. Then, he glanced at Astaria and continued, "Don't worry, you will be able to do it soon enough." Astaria didn't react. "Alright then. Let's not waste any more time, Let's go." "Huh? Right now?" "Of course, or do you have something to do?" Astaria questioned. "Well, they must be preparing for phase 2 of the lockdown." Nux replied. "Isn't Evane there already? She can take care of that on her own. She is the Queen after all. Use that magic of yours to tell her that you won't be coming." Astaria ordered. Nux didn't have any other option but to do what he was told. "You are really planning to take your student's student huh…" Nux commented with a playful smile on his face. "Hmph! Now that you say it, I finally remembered that I still had a student." Astaria snorted. "…did you really forget about your own student…?" Nux questioned with a deadpan look on his face. "Hmph! If the student forgot about her teacher already, why should the teacher remember her?" Astaria questioned back. She looked like she was annoyed by something. Seeing that, Nux frowned, "What are you talking about? Teacher Arvina never forgot about you, she even brags how amazing you are at every chance she gets." "And yet she is still not here to greet the one she 'always brags about'." Astaria snorted. "Lady Astaria…" Suddenly, Nux called out. "What?" Astaria turned towards Nux and questioned. "You do remember that the Royal Palace is under strict lockdown, right? Not even Teacher Arvina would be allowed to enter right now." pan(da-n0vel.c)om "…" Astaria turned silent. "…" Nux didn't say anything and continued to look at Astaria. "I… I will go meet her after we are done with today's training session." Nux looked at Astaria's expression and sighed. A silent agreement about not talking about this incident anymore was made. … In the training grounds, Nux and Astaria stood in front of each other. "Now before I start your training, I would like to say a few things." "I am listening." This time, Nux didn't have his usual playful smile, he had a rather serious expression on his face. An expression that Astaria liked a lot. "You are strong." Astaria commented. "…" Nux didn't say anything since he knew Astaria hadn't completed her sentence. "Honestly, when I learned about that absurd ability to grow while as you spend time with your women, I thought you were gifted. With this kind of absurd talent, it was natural for you to become a King Stage Cultivator. However, I thought that although you were granted this ability, this ability was also your biggest enemy. Since attaining power was something easy for you, the respect you have for this power would be less. I thought that although your cultivation was strong, your reflexes, your decision-making skills, your reaction to danger, your swordsmanship, every one of these things will be your weakness. However, you proved me wrong. When I saw you fighting against the Shadow Unit, I realized that your reflexes were rather good and when I fought against you, I understood that you weren't someone who was conceited after getting that absurd power, rather, you trained from the basics. It is not something that is easy to do, especially when you have the power to rule over the world without doing anything. You are a strong cultivator Nux." Astaria praised. A smile appeared on Nux's face, however, in reply, he just nodded and his expression turned normal again. He was sure that Astaria wasn't just telling this to flatter him or something like that, she must have a goal. "So from now on, I will not be comparing you to the King Stage Cultivators. I will be comparing you with your next targets, The Emperors." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚 Astaria spoke and a glint shone in Nux's eyes. "The current you can go against Emperor Stage Cultivators, especially against someone like Amletus Skadi. To be honest, after a little bit of training, I am certain that you can even defeat him." "Huh?" Nux's expression finally changed. Seeing that, Astaria smiled and explained herself, "Yes, Amletus Skadi, his talent is absurdly high, he never took cultivation seriously but he still became an Emperor. However, since he lacked a basic foundation, he became the weakest of all the 4 Emperors in the world. Of course, if he is serious, defeating him is next to impossible, however, the thing is, He is never serious. He is arrogant and conceited, especially if he realizes the one he is fighting against is a mere King Stage Cultivator. You can use this in your favor and defeat him using the technique you used against me." Nux absorbed every single word Astaria said. "That technique really is the greatest trump card you currently hold, for the current you, it is even more important than your ability to Dual Cultivate. If you used this technique correctly and take your opponents by surprise as you did with me, I am sure you can kill Amletus, and even Alcimus Woods, the third Strongest Emperor." Nux's raised his eyebrow in shock and astonishment.