Skyward Over God

Fei Lei laughed as he sat down with her, they spent the next week focusing on helping her learn. Yan Mei once again proved to be an excellent student. She was very bright and intuitive and Fei Lei spent every second of every hour doing his best to teach, so she was able to quickly absorb the knowledge.

Yan Mei also took some girl-friend privileges to make out with him, "If I get this one right, you have to spend the next few hours snuggling with me!" Yan Mei shouted.

Fei Lei laughed and asked, "Okay, on the periodic table of elements, what chemical element symbol and stats of the best material to use for magnetism?"

"Neodymium! Nd, and its atomic number 60. It is a soft silvery metal that tarnishes in air. A neodymium magnet of a few grams can lift a thousand times its own weight. These magnets are cheaper, lighter, and stronger than samarium–cobalt magnets. However, they are not superior in every aspect, as neodymium-based magnets lose their magnetism at lower temperatures and tend to rust, while samarium–cobalt magnets do not."

Fei Lei clapped his hands, "Very good."

Yan Mei smiled as she curled up around his chest as he sat on his couch, "It's been a week. Do you think that they are still looking for us?"

Fei Lei smiled and said, "He said the tracking spell could only detect you within a 30-mile radius, I doubt they'll figure out were hiding inside a mountain, they're probably chasing their own tails."

"But what do we do? We can't stay here forever!" Yan Mei said as she felt him run his hands through her hair and kiss her forehead.

"I could always just outrun them, and make sure to give them the run around before we return," Fei Lei said confidently, "Besides I hid this place pretty well, and unless you already know where the entrance is, it's not so easy to get in either."

Yan Mei smiled and pulled the blankets over them as they sat by the fireplace, "It's been getting colder lately, Fei Lei laid back and said, "Don't worry, I'll keep you warm."

Yan Mei giggled as he kissed her neck and lips, "I think we should go looking for a Lodestone mine."

Fei Lei smiled and said, "Sure, do you know where any could be?"

"I have connections you know, I am still a Noble." Yan Mei replied, "I'm sure we could put the word out."

"But wouldn't that alert you Uncle?" Fei Lei said frowning slightly.

"We could always send out the request from a city that has ties with my family on my father's side, and if they come looking, we can hide by jumping over to another city, or using the Guild for support" Yan Mei suggested.

"Not bad, when do you want to leave?" Fei Lei said as he felt her press her breast into his chest, he calmed his mind as he heard her say, "How about next week? There's a massive city to the West of this location, it's called the Merchant City Galleria, and many families gather there to participate in many events."

"That place again? Well, I guess I was going there anyway," Fei Lei said sneaking in a few more kisses.

The next morning Fei Lei woke up to Yan Mei knocking on his door, Fei Lei got out of bed and received a good morning kiss from Yan Mei as they went to eat breakfast.

Fei Lei cooked up some lake bird eggs and some of the dear he made into sausages and lastly he made a salad that had similar appearances to lettuce and carrots celery, and spinach, all are plants that he had grown from the tiny garden he managed, however these vegetable were very different from the ones that came from earth.

He discovered them on the mountain being grazed on by other animals, Fei Lei saw that the appearances of them were very similar to his memories of earth however the texture or color was always off in some way. So the vegetables he grew didn't have a name, as he was the first to discover as a new species he just decided to call them by their earth like counterparts with a little twist to their names.

"People don't come up here very often, and they usually don't travel this deep and eat random plants, so no I haven't seen any of these being sold before in any market." Yan Mei informed him.

The Sweet Lettuce was actually red colored and sweet tasting, like a strawberry, the carrots tasted like buttered yams so he settled on the name Carroyam, the Cloud-Celery was soft and fresh like one was biting into pure water. It had a similar taste to regular lettuce but had a crisp and fresh aftertaste.

Lastly, the spinach had a similar taste to okra, it was full of powerful vitamins and nutrients, it was a very absorbant produce so adding flavor was a must, after frying them in some deer fat they went well with the salad's ensemble.

Yan Mei chowed down and said, "This is great, you could sell these you know?"

Fei Lei laughed, "I think I'll just focus on finding more editable plants to start cultivating here, after all the more crops I have to choose from the bigger quantity I can grow. I don't want my people starving."

"Isn't it better to have a lot of one type of crop?" Yan Mei asked.

Fei Lei shook his head, "No, having too much of one crop leaves them susceptible to new diseases, for instance, if a disease appeared that targeted that plant, what would we have left to feed the citizens?"

Yan Mei smiled as finished her meal, when Fei Lei stood up and started cleaning up as he said, "I'm going out to check on something, I'll be back in a few minutes."

Yan Mei gave him a kiss and said, "Come back quickly, I'll be in the lounge."

Fei Lei smiled and finished cleaning up before he took off, stepping out through his tunnel entrance Fei Lei headed off to find some regular beast that hasn't been tainted by the elements. He ended up bringing back a wolf pup, wild adolescent gorilla, and a tiger cub.

When Yan Mei saw them she started to act loving towards the animals as she said, "They're so cute!"

"They're also my lab specimens." Fei Lei said as he carried them into his lab and placed them in large cages. He started by giving them water that was laced with the Core Ash and would feed them magic beast flesh soaked in it.

"What are you trying to do?" Yan Mei asked, "Seeing if they can form a non-elemental core." Fei Lei answered, surprising Yan Mei.

"I don't know...Well, no one's tried this before, and what you're doing sounds feasible, how interesting!" Yan Mei said with her eyes glowing.

Fei Lei then spent the next week in a state of bliss, his time with Yan Mei, working on his projects together and the two exchanging their knowledge made him feel like he was in his own little paradise.

He built a small zoo for the animals that way they could feel more comfortable in their space, they seemed to be growing faster than normal, he didn't know if it was because of the Core Ash, or that they just grew this quickly naturally.

Yan Mei walked over and looked at the animals in surprise, "I can't believe how big they're getting!"

"I guess that answers that!" Fei Lei said as he stared at the animals that looked like they aged a full year, in only a week. She held his hand and said, "I'm packed up, and ready to go."

Fei Lei smiled and said, "Okay, then let me make sure these guys have enough food to get through a couple of days, and we'll head out."

Yan Mei jumped up and down in joy as she hopped around the room, "I get to go dungeon diving! We should sign up at the Guild, make our team official!

After Fei Lei finished taking care of the animals, he stepped outside and stood in the center of his courtyard, putting a knee down, he placed his arms behind his back before saying, "Come on Princess, you know the drill!"

Yan Mei placed her arms around his neck and climbed onto his back before saying, "I'm going to make you pay for that princess comment when we get back." Yan Mei stared out at their love nest and smiled as she said, "I can't wait to come home."

Fei Lei smiled happily as he placed his arms around her legs and started to run into the air, looking off into the distance he said, "So that dungeon will be respawning in a week or so, that gives us some time to shop around."

Yan Mei pointed to the distance and shouted, "To Galleria, the biggest trading capital of the continent."

Fei Lei then took off like a bolt of lightning, and activated his 'Boost' spell, as his body began to glow a bright red color Yan Mei asked, "This is the same spell you used back then?"

"An old and very ancient Level 0 spell my Teacher came across." Fei Lei answered, "It can double my body's physical parameters, in exchange for draining my stamina."

"I've never heard of that spell before! Just who is your Teacher?" Yan Mei replied.

"You ever hear of a Mage that goes by the name of Tetra?" Fei Lei inquired.

"Mage Slayer Tetra!? Your Teacher is Mage Slayer Tetra!" Yan Mei shook.

"Mage Slayer? Are you sure you're talking about the same Tetra?" Fei Lei responded.

Yan Mei started to think that Fei Lei's supernatural strength made sense now, "He's the user of the Level 0 Sigil, Transformation! He can literally become the beasts that he kills! Some say he transformed his entire body into an Elder Steel Dragon then reverted to human form while managing to keep the muscles, bones, and organs. He's literally a beast in human skin!"

"Wow! He never said anything about that! I knew his Sigil was the Transformation Sigil, but to think he managed to kill a nine star beast like an Elder Dragon," Fei Lei said as he thought of how aloof his Teacher was.

"Wow! Your Teacher is the strongest level 0 Non-Elemental user in history, and all you can say is wow?" Yan Mei said with disbelief.

Yan Mei shrugged her shoulders and asked, "How long can you keep this speed up?" changing the subject.

Fei Lei smiled and responded, "Before my limit was 10 minutes, now I'm not so sure."

"So this is a test?" Yan Mei asked again.

"Yep!" Fei Lei replied as he continued to dash across the sky, he kept this up for almost 2 hours, before he had to cut the spell.

Luckily for them, Fei Lei had already reached their destination, Galleria was only a few miles away when the two had to descend. Landing on the main road, he started to dash along it, along the way they passed a carriage that was being carried by an 8 legged horse.

The people in the carriage dropped their jaws as they saw Yan Mei waving goodbye at them. Even the horse had some reaction to him getting passed by a human, it was as if its pride had been crushed, the horse tried to catch up, but could only eat Fei Lei's dust as he moved closer to their destination.

Arriving at the large stone gates, Fei Lei saw the massive constructs of stone and steel that towered over the entire terrain, a bustling city full of magical devices, and many different mages wondered the street like an everyday thing.

As he walked into the city, some of the passerby's started to give him strange humorous looks and when a few girls giggled at them Yan Mei shook him.

"You can put me down now, you know?" Yan Mei said with a cherry red face.