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 I ended up sleeping on one of the two couches while Zirani moved back into her core. Apparently, she no longer needed to sleep and she could communicate with me while in her core so it was the best option though I did wonder what sleeping next to her would feel like.
 I fell asleep with that thought in my head and dreamt of Zirani. The next day started early as Zirani believed in waking with the sun.
 Apparently, she didn't need my permission to leave her core and already had a few of the grey packets ready for me and a plan for the day worked out.
 I'll be honest, it was nice waking up to her and knowing that yesterday hadn't been some sort of dream, though thoughts of the wolves and my friends plagued me. I hoped that they'd made it out ok.
 After a quick meal of meat porridge or slop as I thought of it, we headed back to the small clearing for more training as Zirani, except this time it wasn't just technique practice.
 I'd thought that I was a skilled fighter and in comparison to the others in my class I was, but Zirani was on a completely different level. A hundred years of practice showed as I felt more like a child trying to fight an adult rather than an arcanist.
 She moved with more skill than I'd ever seen and had more experience than me. It became very clear very quickly that I wasn't going to beat her or even match her. She outclassed me in pretty much every way. She'd been fighting for longer, fought more, and knew her affinity better than I did.
 But, that just meant I learned more and at a faster rate.
 "Good but you need to be faster," she said after she'd trounced me once more. "Some attacks flow into the next and if you don't get them off quick enough the entire set becomes useless, leaving you open for a counterattack."
 I nodded, panting heavily. While she didn't get tired as long as I kept absorbing pure aether into her core, I didn't have that same benefit. While I did recover somewhat and could last longer than I could have when I was a human, I just didn't possess the stamina to go against her multiple times in a row. Not to mention a lot of the pure aether I absorbed went into her core and only some went into rejuvenating my stamina. That was a caveat to the manifestation thing. As I was now I couldn't function at my current peak when she was out, but for now, that was fine as I wasn't in a real fight and her teaching was well worth the drawback.
 I stood and got back into a fighting stance, my arms raised and ready.
 She smiled, jumping up and down in place. She didn't bother getting into a stance. I'd quickly come to the conclusion she was holding back and the one time I'd asked her to go full force she'd laid me out in less than two seconds, I counted.
 I moved, rushing forward then strafing left as I got close. Her eyes followed me easily and she blocked my first jab and moved in close going for a knee to my stomach. I raised my right knee to block and struck at her face with a left hook. Unfortunately for me, she dodged and followed up with a jab of her own which I blocked, but I wasn't focusing on her legs and missed the sweep she sent at me.
 I fell to the ground and looked up just in time to see a fist flying at me. It stopped an inch away from my nose and I let out a breath.
 "Your win, again."
 I sighed. As helpful as this was, it was tiring, getting laid out time and time again.
 "Let's take a break," she said, then we can move on to using your techniques alongside your regular fighting and weaving the two together."
 I only nodded, too tired to reply and too busy focusing on absorbing pure aether.
 She sat beside me and I glanced up to see her staring down at me. "what do you think of me?"
 That came out of nowhere. I racked my brain for an answer. "Ermm, I think you an amazing aether beast, very talented and–"
 I hesitated.
 "And?" she prompted.
 "And very beautiful."
 I looked away, not wanting to see her reaction, but jumped slightly when I felt a warm sensation on my cheek. I turned back just in time to see her move away and stand up.
 "Come on back to training. I wanna finish so we can plan our exodus from this place."
 I just stared, rubbing the spot where she'd kissed me.
 That had not been the reaction I was expecting. Was that good? I mean she'd kissed me, so it had to be good, right? I wasn't an expert of aether beast, not like her so for now I'd just take it as something good and not overthink things.
 The rest of the basic combat training passed quickly and by the end, I was getting the hang of what she teaching me, and while I wasn't winning, I was lasting much longer and forcing her to work harder to lay me out on my back.
 However, it got ten times more complicated and harder when she introduced techniques into the mix. Even though she was only limiting herself to three out of the possible dozens she knew, I still lasted even less than I had with the basic combat. The way she wove her regular attacks with her techniques wasn't something I could match and the first few times, I almost gave up, but a few words from Zirani and Memoires of the wolves pulled me back up.
 "Techniques shouldn't always be these huge attacks which you stop everything to do as I've seen so many lower core arcanists do, and please don't shout it out."
 She shook her head, and there was a confused look on her face. "I don't know why some of you humans are insistent on shouting out your techniques as though you're in some sort of performance. Why would you give your opponent a warning?"
 There was a lot more stuff like that, tidbits of information that seemed obvious, but I would have probably missed a lot of it if not for her. When I tried to tell her shouting it out helped the technique form she stared at me for a good minute before laughing.
 "Why would you ever practice it that way in the first place? Why not set the correct foundation from the beginning?"
 I had to admit she had a very good point, and why was I even trying to argue the point. Even I'd sometimes wondered why arcanists shouted out moves, though Zirani did inform it was usually only the lesser arcanists that did so.
 A few hours later, after dozens of beatings, I was able to last a good fifteen seconds, although that was when she held back. If I thought she was dangerous with just her fists, then with her techniques, there was no hope I was beating her anytime soon, but I was ok with that, for now. We were attached and her teaching would help immensely, not that I only saw her as a resource, no, even though we'd only known each other for two days, I felt close to her.
 "So, are we leaving tomorrow?" I asked, finishing up a packet of meat porridge, and wishing for some water. We'd moved back into the room with the comfy couches and Zirani was leaning back on one, her chest pushed out.
 I tried to stay focused on her face, but it was hard. The clothes that barely covered her, didn't help and I swear I caught her smirking at me every time my eyes wandered down. Oddly enough, she didn't seem offended or angry which set me at ease.
 "Yes, we can't stay here forever, and I'm sure you want to get back to your town."
 "I want to get back before the caravans arrive," I replied.
 She rolled her eyes. "We don't need them, I can lead us through the wilds with ease."
 I told her my plan for when we got back to the town. I wanted to speak with my aunt before I left with caravans to Orton. If I wanted to grow as an arcanist, I had to leave West Vale.
 "There's still a risk in that, and arriving with the caravans will make things easier."
 She sighed but acquiesced. "Fine."
 The conversation died down slowly after that, and I waited for Zirani to move back into my core so I could sleep.
 "I think I'll sleep out here today."
 "Ok," I said, laying down on the couch.
 I closed my eyes, and yawned, but snapped them back open when I felt a body press into me..
 "Ermm, Ziranai, theres two couches."
 "I know."
 I opened my mouth then shut it. Why was I complaining? I had a beautiful woman sleeping next to me, and I'd be a liar if I said it didn't feel good. Her skin was silky smooth and she smelled like berries and fresh air, not to mention she provide me warmth, although I had to focus on sleeping and nothing else, less my lower area react.
 "Goodnight, Zirani."
 "Goodnight, Aiden, sleep well."
 I hesitantly raised an arm and placed it around her. She tensed for a second and I prepared for her to jump away or attack, but then she sighed and relaxed, moving closer to me.. With a sigh of relief and a smile, I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
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 Long ago a great calamity struck the earth, destroying much of it and merging what remained with pieces of other worlds.
 With these worlds came Aether, a new form of energy that can allow one to transcend the bounds of normal mortality and human limitations.
 In a world where humans absorb the essence of aether beasts to gain power, Aiden Hawke joins the class of humans known as arcanists, people who defeat aether beasts and absorb their essence into cores they forge within themselves, and who infuse themselves with the aether that permeates the world around them to increase the power of their body and mind.
 However, unlike most, Aiden will find that he holds a unique gift and that his journey as an arcanist will not be so simple.
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 Minos Stuart is an ordinary young nobleman with average talent and a few possibilities for his future. Still, when he was about to start his cultivation journey, he was seriously injured, left in a nearly dead state!
 But due to a turnaround in fate, Minos receives an opportunity of one in one billion when he was recognized by a fragment of the soul from an ancient specialist in the Spiritual World.
 With this opportunity, Minos will have a new path to follow, full of dangers and adventures, while he will gather the strength to fulfill a promise and his own desires!
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 A young boy genius, Suo Jia, is a water mage who dreams of being a warrior travelling the great and dangerous trade routes to find his lost father that set off on them before Suo Jia was born. Having to look after his sick mother, Suo Jia manages to find a way to solve all their problems, as well as make a name for himself. He gathers nobility, vast wealth, items of great power, knowledge lost to the ages, and exceptionally talented females around him as he plots and plans – preparing to set off on an epic journey that will go down in history as a new legend. However, will others that depend on his powers so much be willing to let him go on such a dangerous journey so easily?
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 The night wind travels through the heavens and all realms. Binding a sign-in system can become stronger. 
 Since then. In many weird places of the heavens and the world, there will be a handsome boy haunting him. 
 Uchiha Madara: I heard that Ye Feng’s eyes are called reincarnation eyes. Although I don’t know where they came from, they are by no means weaker than the old man’s reincarnation eyes. 
 Morgana: Speaking of which, you may not believe it. Since the queen, I have known Yefeng, I have begun to reform the metaphysics. 
 Warring States: After encountering the night breeze, I finally understood a truth. If the hard work is useful, what more geniuses do? 
 Ai Ran Soyousuke: I thought that no one could stand on the cloud from the beginning, until I saw Ye Feng’s knife, I didn’t know that I was really wrong. 
 Teacher Saitama: Huh? Who are you? Why can you block my punch? 
 My name is Yefeng. Ride the wind and waves. My principle is simple. I will cut anyone who prevents me from signing in.
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 Yongze traveled to the world of Naruto and was bound to Konoha Village. 
 If Konoha is severely damaged and destroyed, Yongze’s lifespan will also be affected. 
 Yongze panicked at the thought of the upcoming Nine-Tails Rebellion, and then thought of the Konoha collapse plan behind him, Nagato Kangmi, and instantly felt that his eyes were dark and his life was hopeless. 
 Fortunately, while binding with Konoha, he can obtain templates of powerful characters in the heavens. 
 At the beginning, it was bound to the white beard during the war! Has the ability of three-color domineering and shocking fruit. 
 The Nine-Tails Rebellion. 
 Facing the Tailed Beast Jade, which made Konoha Ninjas terrified, Yongze leaped and shattered the Tailed Beast Jade with a punch!
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 Coincidentally, indoorsy-guy Zhang Yang went to the cultivation world, being the lowest level of zombie. By using a manual book named: “ Tai Yin Refining Figures”, Zhang Yang find his own way to success and leaves a “If a zombie knows how to use a manual, nobody can stop it “ legend in the world.
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 Jiang Jiuqing is the princess of a vanquished nation. No one knows her extreme cleverness hidden under her ordinary skin——she also doesn’t want others to know either. Staying out of things is her manner towards handling affairs, and wanting nothing is the norm in her life. However she has a white moonlight. After not seeing him for many years, he has now completely blackened, causing trouble everywhere——The world’s number one lobbyist, the peerless and magnificent Young Master Ji Yu.
 Jiang Jiuqing had always thought that the reason why her white moonlight is a white moonlight is because he has forgotten about her, and will never belong to her. He is her master, and she assists him in lobbying the world. They are just allies, a symbiosis relationship, mutually using each other.
 A long, long time later, Ji Yu said——
 “This world is frantic and absurd. Malicious people die an ugly death, and the merciless people are sought after. I was never reluctant to leave until I met you.”
 There are thousands of people in the world, and thousands of beauties, yet it is only you who can disturb my heart.
 Are you ready to fall in love with the smartest and most cold-hearted people in the world?
 The calm and cool-headed princess of a vanquished nation x the ruthless and revengeful number one lobbyist.
 Male and female leads are both very strong, white cuts black.
 “White cuts black” = someone who looks very gentle on the outside, but in fact, is actually very ruthless and two-faced
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 Qing Yang, a young Taoist priest, was adopted by Songhe Lao Dao, a strange man in the rivers and lakes, and followed the master to wander the rivers and lakes.
 Later, the two masters and apprentices were forced into the secret area to search for treasures by the immortal master.
 Taking the Kaimai Pill and the Longevity Art, Qing Yang has embarked on the path of cultivating immortals!
 Mortal flow novels, I hope everyone will support you!
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 (female respect + quick travel + save the hero + one-to-one sweet pet)
 If Su Qiruo transmigrated into a book, she transmigrated into a Novel of Empresses that she was reading.
 In the book, women are masters of the outside world, and they are appointed as marquises to pay homage to their prime ministers. This is indeed a cool text in the Shuang text.
 I wanted to achieve my own career happily and freely, regardless of love affairs.
 But when the poor little child knelt down in front of her humbly and called out: “My wife…”
 Su Qiruo still couldn’t hold back and rushed forward.
 That’s all, it’s good to bring a tow bottle.
 It’s okay to pet and be happy.
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 A novel revolving around being transported to another world with an op system. The mc spends his day chasing skirts and doing missions to level up. A standard journey to the top with lots of girls from various animes and games with a twist of that gaming feel (hunting mobs, doing missions).
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 A reporter from a Marvel universe: “His Royal Highness Adam, as Asgard’s next king and the strongest fighter, do you have any plans for Asgard’s next development?” 
 Adam: “Since my mother exalted the kingdom of God and became the queen of Asgard, I have been collecting faith because of her kingdom of God. I have laid down for her the mutant universe, the God of War universe and many other universes… My next target universe, It’s called Pangu universe.”
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 Xiaoxianrou saves people and becomes the most tasteless summoned beast mage. Does his strength really matter? As long as you run fast, what can you do to me? See how he turns chicken ribs into crested…
 Warrior level: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, Bronze, Brass, Black Iron, Silver, Gold, Holy Warrior.
 Mage level: apprentice, level one-level six, level seven great magician, level eight magician, level nine holy magician.
 Summoned Beast Mage: No level distinction.
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 Crossing over to a little devil who was being chased, Chu He had no fluctuations in his heart, and even wanted to laugh a little, because he had just obtained the immortal body. 
 A group of divine dragons are special in my body and want to swallow me? 
 Chu River couldn’t help swallowing his mouthwater, because he just had the super power of Xun Peng’s transformation and had no place to use it, so he decisively transformed into Xun Peng’s one-stop train. 
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 Chu He said that I have a lot of super powers, only you can’t think of it, nothing I don’t have. 
 This is a legend that can awaken a ruthless person with super powers in one day, wandering in the heavens and the world.
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