Dual Cultivation: Beasts and Women!

Seeing the group of Mary, Electa, Joan, and Ann, Liam stopped in front of them and smiled as he saw them staring at him with open mouths, surprised by his cool, flashy uniform.

"They seem to like my uniform," he said as he approached the three, while the First Officer leading them stopped silently two steps behind them.

"You look good, Liam," Electa said with a bold smile on her lips, looking up and down at her man.

Now Liam seemed much more powerful than before, with a mysterious aura surrounding him.

Liam grinned at Electa. But this woman's increased interest in him was no surprise. Uniforms, even ordinary ones, made people feel different things. He had seen it several times during his time on Earth.

"I guess so, huh?" He looked down at himself. "Unfortunately, I won't be able to see your faces so easily from now on... Or maybe that's a good thing? Having you all to myself sounds good to me."

Two of the four women blushed when they heard his words, a little embarrassed that he would do this in front of two strangers.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

From now on, the four would be officers and as such would have to adhere to the sect's uniform system, wearing all black clothes and masks over their faces.

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Ann tried to ignore Liam's comment and asked, "Where are you going? We just updated our registration and picked up our prizes."

"I'm going to the Missions Hall to better understand my duties... But it's good that I found you here. There are things we need to talk about and sort out together today. How about coming with me?"

The First Officer, who was a few steps behind the group of women, stepped forward and introduced himself. "Division Chief, my name is Oton. I'm in charge of leading this group today..."

"Hmm, you're freed of that duty, First Officer Oton. I'll be escorting these four Officers myself." Liam cast a definitive glance in the man's direction, putting him in a difficult position.

Toby smiled and said, "Oton, don't worry about your mission. You'll still be able to complete it. Just don't tell anyone that we are the ones leading these four. No one will know that you didn't do what you were supposed to do."

He looked at the four women and saw them nod. "Then it's done. Good day to you." He left, accepting his superior's arrangements.

"Your first day as Division Chief and you're already using your position to influence the sect... Impressive," Mary muttered as she walked beside Liam, smiling, on the way to the Missions Hall.

He laughed and said, "You better change your clothes when we get to the Missions Hall. It'll make things easier. We're attracting a lot of attention." He showed his companions how several people were watching four newcomers walking next to a Division Chief.

"By the way, that's Toby next to me. He's under my command." Liam gestured to the bald man next to him, who bowed in return to Liam's women.

"Toby, these are Electa, Mary, Joan, and Ann, the women I told you about earlier. They are my companions."

Toby's eyes lit up as he understood how to deal with these newcomers to the inner sanctum.

"Nice to meet you, ladies. If you need any help, I'll be here to guide you or relay messages to Chief Porter," he said, keeping to himself how impressed he was with the harem Liam had set up in City Thirteen.

'Great talent really attracts a lot of attention.' Toby laughed inwardly.

Soon they entered the Missions Hall of City One, where the four women changed clothes, completely hiding their appearance, and returned to Liam's side.

After changing into their Officer's uniforms, the four noticed that people in their way stopped to pay attention to them.

While it was unusual to see newly promoted Officers next to Division Chiefs and without their uniforms, it was common to see Officers and First Officers next to such sect members.

They passed through the Missions Hall area where they could get to know their roles better, the four women learning more about their new responsibilities while Liam himself delved into resolving some of his doubts. He still had to go through the Law Enforcement Hall to get a full picture of what he would do tomorrow, but he could now describe his responsibilities well.

Stopping in a corner of the building's entrance hall, the group chatted among themselves about their duties, with Toby pointing out some answers to the doubts of this group of newcomers in the inner area.

"So I guess I'll be under your command, Liam," Electa said finally after hearing Toby's answer about the Law Enforcement Hall.

"That should be the same for me. But that will be in the General Records Hall," Joan added, comparing what she heard from Electa's question with her doubt.

Toby said, "It is not surprising that some of you are under Chief Porter's command. When new Division Chiefs appear, there usually aren't many people available to be under their command, and the sect leaders have to move less important members from groups of Elders, Guardians, Commanders, or even other Division Chiefs.

Chief Porter is new, so it's expected that some of the newly promoted will come under his command."

"Why didn't the rest of us get the same?" Mary asked the bald man.

Toby sighed and said, "I can't say for sure, but you probably weren't the only ones promoted in the last few hours or days. So members of the other eight cities in the outer wing may have been given priority to become Chief Porter's subordinates because of their affinities."

Liam scratched his chin, understanding the situation.

'The group I'll be leading in the Law Enforcement Hall seems to be geared towards a fighting force, a suppression group. Electa is the best warrior of the four. That's why she was appointed to it. As for Joan, she already served in the Records Hall in City Thirteen. It's only natural that she would do the same in the inner area. Since I'll have a role there, she'll be part of my group.'

Ann was a Runemaster, so she would be at his side in the Runes Hall. As for Mary, she was the part of his group that had more of an affinity for leadership, but she hadn't had time to take on such roles while she was in City Thirteen. The sect was in the dark about her abilities, so she hadn't been recommended to go to the Law Enforcement Hall with him.

But Liam didn't see a problem with that. There were other things he wanted her to focus on.

"You two will be on my side in other matters. Speaking of which, I want you to join the Leopards, Ann, Joan," he said to the two who were not yet members of the faction. "After I take care of my business in City One, I'll go to City Four to meet with the group. You must be present. I'll show my plans to the faction then."

The two agreed, while Mary and Electa were curious about what he would do after accepting the opportunity to join another faction.

Toby only listened to this part of the group's conversation, curious about the group his boss belonged to.

They made their way through City One, with Toby pointing out the places each member of the group would need to visit in order to complete their mandatory missions or improve their knowledge and cultivation.

They passed the City One Library, a place with four levels, one of which was free, another cost 100 merit points, the third cost 300 merit points, and the last cost 1,000 merit points per entry.

According to Toby, they shouldn't underestimate the free section of the Library, as it contained things that even level three of the City Thirteen Library didn't have. As for level four of the City One Library, he had never entered it because it was too expensive and he still had a lot to learn from the other levels.

The group was naturally eager to study their options in the Library, especially Electa, Ann, and Joan, who had read every volume available in the City Thirteen Library in their years in the sect.

But today wasn't the day for that. They went to the Lotus Temple in City One to learn the prices of the rooms, which ranged from 100 to 2,000 merit points!

The top level of the Lotus Temple should be able to provide rich cultivation areas even for sixth realm cultivators!

Liam was impressed by the cost of the services in the inner area, and before he even finished his exploration of City One, he already knew that his 50,000+ points weren't much.

All he could say was that if he wanted to, he could experience some of the best things this city offered.

Once they all knew where to go in the city, depending on their goals, Liam ordered Toby to lead the four women to City Four and back to pick them up. He wanted to do some shopping before going to the headquarters of Amzi's faction, Four Leaves.

Only later would he go to City Four to sort out his situation with the Leopards!