accompanying me to the magical beast domain, but Elena interjected," He will first refine some yin pills and yang pills before he matures enough to start on the path of murder. Marcus just laughed it off as he knew that this woman had a short fuse and detested sword cultivators who wantonly slaughtered innocent people.
"I can refine pills using magical beast marrow essence that I hunt," replied Austin as he knew that this was the only way to get his mother to allow him to visit the magical beast domain and find his prideful lizard, wherever crevice he may be hiding. Both Marcus and Elena were first shocked before smiling as they knew just how precious magical beast marrow essence pills were and how difficult it was to refine them. But Austin, who often took (stole) bone marrow from a divine dragon, was quite familiar with the process, and he could derive the method to do so on a mortal level using that as a reference.
They finally agreed, and the family had some third-level Sunplume Crane and then retired for the night, but Austin was meditating in his room, utilizing mana crystals plundered from Rennick the Unfortunate and Miserable. The following day, he set out with his daddy to the magical beasts' domain to "sharpen" his sword intent and ultimately form his true body. (Totally not murder).
Austin would spar with land magical beasts, especially a third-level tiger under the keen watch of his father, who kept getting surprises after another. He thought he would be needed, but realized that, indeed, it wasn't the case. He, in fact, realized that he could let Austin hunt dinner, and he could just relax and spend the day with Old Man Bren. After they were done, with three second-level magical beasts and one third-level flame tiger, all killed by Austin, they set out for home.