Now that they had the materials needed to modify the spirit formation, it was time to leave Prasil.
Sylas called Orson and explained him they needed to go to receive the keys for the barrier, Aster originally thought they will use the spaceship in which his mother arrived, to visit the places where the Eris engraved the runes, but instead of that Lilia simply transported them.
The first stop was an asteroid near the planet Lilia nearly destroyed, as soon as they appeared everyone unconsciously covered their mouths, to survive in outer space without a spaceship one needs to be at least a mortal transcending cultivator after all.
Not only because there is no oxygen, the spirit energy in the space is completely different to the one you can find on a planet in both amount and “pace”, on a planet the spirit energy has already been previously refined by the atmosphere and is not visible to the naked eye, it’s everywhere but it moves smoothly through the air, water and other elements.
In the space however things are different, Aster could see with his spirit sense how waves of silver blackish mist waved all over the place, it was as if he was looking at the fierce current of a river.
Lilia laughed at their reaction.
“There is a barrier around us, so everything will be okay”.
Aster let out a sigh of relief, “Mom, don’t joke around with something like this”, even he was surprised by the sudden change of scenario,
Eris shook her head; she left the area of the barrier as a sea of knowledge cultivator she could protect herself from the hostility of the outer space.
“There aren’t that many nodes, I will start working so you can wander around if you want, once I’m done, I will call you back”.
After saying that, Eris did a slight cut on her finger and then let a drop of her blood fall on her necklace, one of the four corners of the face of the cube which had the barrier formation engraved illuminated.
Eris closed sat down on the floor, closed her eyes and placed her hands on the ground not too long after a couple of meters away from her, a section of the asteroid opened up and a sphere made of runes floated in front of her.
Aster looked at Eris’s concentrated expression and he nodded.
“Let’s give her some space… besides not everyday you get to see the space like this instead of through the window of a spaceship”.
They left Eris so she could focus on her job, but after walking about one kilometer Sylas patted Aster’s shoulder.
“Kid Orson and me will stay here, we want to try and feel our surroundings with our spirit sense, who knows we might get some inspiration, senior Adrian told us they do something like this in their sect to help those who have been stuck in their realms”.
Aster nodded, “I guess such a marvelous sight, it’s indeed worthy of admiration”, he thought looking at the vast darkness illuminated by different kinds of celestial bodies, unlike the starry sky of the mind space he wasn’t looking at it from afar.
Lilia waved her hand and left a static barrier around Sylas and Orson before Aster and the girls kept walking, the surface of the asteroid was made of some kind of grayish stone, similar to what the moon of the earth from his previous life was made of.
Kana’s eyes suddenly sparkled, she looked upwards and saw a flashing light.
“Look big brother a shooting star!!!”, she said before closing her eyes and mumbling something.
Aster smiled, weirdly there were a lot of superstitions even in this world filled with people which could dry rivers at will, or split mountains with a simple move of their hands… or in Lilia’s case, half destroy a planet in a whim.
Thinking of earth made Aster feel nostalgic, not like he missed his previous life, what interested him was how he ended up here.
He frowned his brows, although he has been trying to find out about the mystery of his reincarnation, Rya and all that stuff, it’s not something that usually runs through his mind when he is with the girls, his main focus is to have fun with them, enjoy their beautiful smiling expressions and the like.
“You noticed it quite early darling, this place makes one concentrate into the things that are hidden deep in our minds, still it took me about thirty minutes to realize it the first time I attended a meditation session in outer space, and that was a record in our clan… I guess I should have expected this much form you ♥”.
Aster turned to see the others, besides Mylene, Aria, Alice, Kana and Sarina had a contemplative expression in their faces, as if they were looking through their memories at a slow motion.
“It all started when Kana’s words made us focus on that shooting star”, he said in a low voice to not interrupt them.
Mylene looked at Aster with a happy yet complex expression, she tried to make sense to what she just witnessed but she couldn’t.
“The outer space is the origin of every cultivator, that’s why it resonates with the inner space we form to become strong, the first time you gaze at it directly everyone receives a “self-introduction” from it”.
“Even if this is a mortal plane being just captivated by it for a mere couple of seconds is… outrageous, I wonder what would happen when he breaks through the boundary of this plane, how will the heavens change, I’m pretty sure it will an incredible sight to behold”.
While Mylene was lost in her thoughts for a different reason than the other girls, Aster and Lilia sat down near everyone, since they were in that weird state, they had no choice but to wait until they react.
“Don’t worry darling this is good for them, later they will have to meditate like this on a regular basis if they want to reach the void manipulation realm anyway”.
p Aster nodded, he put all the stuff regarding his reincarnation at the back of his mind and instead focused on the beauty in front of him.
Her long silky black hair which graciously reached her lower back, seemed to glow due to the lights of the sky, her bright clean red eyes which resembled a pair of the highest quality rubies and her voluptuous yet elegant body enough to make even the most chaste men burn in the fire of desire.
He took out a bottle of wine from his spatial ring and poured a cup for him and another one for his mother, he couldn’t get drunk anyway, but the combination of the sweet taste of the drink and the beautiful sight of Lilia was simply perfect.
Lilia took a sip of her cup and then spoke in a shyly voice.
“Darling I’m going to blush if you keep seeing me like that ♥”.
Aster shrugged, he laid down on the floor with his head resting on his mother’s lap.
“What I can’t enjoy the beautiful portrait of my cute mother, surrounded by this peculiar scenario?”.
Lilia caressed her son’s face and then licked her lips before kissing him.
“You sweet talker ♥, I didn’t bring you here for that, after we leave the azure sky planet, I think it would be a good idea for you and Alice to experience a bit more of the cultivation world, so I will take you to a branch of a sect I know it will be a good stop for you and Alice”.
“It will also be good for little Kana; the competitive atmosphere of a sect is a good motivation to become strong”.
Aster contemplated things for a moment, to be honest Aster wasn’t really interested in joining a sect, but on the other hand if he was going to return to the Drage family, of course he was going to put on a great show.
Arriving at the doors of the clan which mistreated his precious mother followed by a force in equal stand to them was a good way to slap their faces.
“Infiltrate and overtake, sounds like a fun game, fine we’ll do it your way mom, but how are we going to join them?”.
Lilia smiled, “When I was looking for the blood of the Wolfstein family, I used a fake identity to join some local forces in order to gather information without the Drage family finding about it, Eris, Mylene, Sarina and me will join as guest elders, but Alice, Kana, Aria and you will join as disciples of the sect, it wouldn’t be fun otherwise, there will be an exam and things like that”.
At some point Mylene also sat down near to them, Aster offered her a drink which she happily accepted, looking at Aster flirting with Lilia was a bit embarrassing for her, but she also enjoyed the relaxing feeling that being around them brought to her.
She remained silent, and carefully observed their interactions, while taking some sips of wine.
“A family where you don’t need to be on guard to avoid being stabbed in the back… what a wonderful feeling”, she thought.
After some time, the girls came out of their trance, of course Lilia explained them what happened, before she also told them about their decision of joining a sect after a quick stop at the Azure sky planet and the barbarian heart sect.
“That sounds fun, I will be the senior of the ice princess in no time”.
“Dream on, I might be a couple of years older, but what does that account to when our lifespan can be measured in thousands of years”.
“I’m only a peak star tribulation cultivator will that be enough to be a guest elder?”.
“I will be big brother’s little martial sister”.
Leaving aside Alice and Aria who started a competition, Kana was quite enthusiastic about the idea, Sarina on the other hand had a slight sense of inferiority after witnessing Lilia’s might, even Eris and Mylene were far stronger than her.
Aster knew this would happen, “comparisons are hateful” is a common phrase in the cultivation world, he kissed Sarina and then caressed her hand with his thumb.
“You will become a mortal transcending in no time, besides there is also the ability you’ll get as a star maiden, so don’t worry about those kinds of things, okay?”.
Sarina felt her heart drowning in sugar, she stopped being ambitious and daring after she became a mother, but now she was returning to her younger self because she wanted to keep advancing alongside Aster.