After bargaining for some time with Vishok, the price was set at 2 million. The reason for this was because, if Ben took the blood and flesh and used the normal market channels, he could get at least 5 million. The reason for the large difference here was because of immediate availability of fund and the fact the paper work is being taken care of by 2 martial lords. The wealth that he earned from Vishok pushed his savings to 3.5 million. This might look like a huge sum and it was indeed a huge sum. But to some one who has not given up the journey of ascending the ranks of a martial, this was a paltry sum. For Ben, this money could be used to pay back his debts and also to purchase some low rank techniques or 1 middle rank technique and its training resources. Ben was stunned when he calculated this in his mind. He now had 24 days remaining. In another 2-3 days Silock will come for the transaction and he had to be prepared.
Ben decided to rest the next day as he was dead tired mentally and physically. He also had to think about his plans for the remaining period. He had explored the blesk corax territory now and he did not have the capability to explore the territory of trava lupis now. That left the aquatic parts left. But although there were no powerful beasts there, the water ecosystem was not something that Ben could adapt to. So he had to consider various factors.
The territory of terra prosimians were off limits for him due to the sensory capabilities of those animals. Thus, he was not inclined to go there. And so, he was in dilemma. So he decided to enhance his knowledge. So he got some information from Mahaansh about arrays. Ben began to review the information he got from Mahaansh.
In this information bundle, which was sent to Ben's device, the basis of array formation was actually life aura. An array or formation is something which is created by placing various materials forming various shapes and in a specific sequence. Once these materials are stimulated using neutral aura, or any form of aura an effect which depends on the nature and placement of materials and the type of aura used to stimulate the materials is created. This makes it convenient for arrays to be used in various areas that are not accessible for technology for various reasons. Another application is the use of talismans. This is something in which a special effect is stored using the principles of array. Talismans with small effects are mass produced, but the ones with complex effects are often created by the use of array or talisman masters and technology. There were legendary type arrays or talismans which only martials beings at highest life form levels are able to manufacture.
He also saw that Shamanic Inscriptions regardless of whatever type it is, is natural array and talisman, which materializes the whatever the inscription is. There are also formations that are naturally formed when a high level creature dies in a place where certain mineral deposits are found in a specific pattern giving rise to various bizarre phenomena.
An example that was explained was the formation of the 'Pandemonium' in Phobos, one of the planets that was pulled into the life zone for habitation. One of the earliest animals that was brought there was a Flamma Leo, for regulating the conditions in the desert like part of the planet. As it reached the pseudo-entity power level, the experts hunted it down. It ran away and ultimately hid in a cave near a mountain range and it was never found. Due to its injuries it died there and its fire type life aura was mixed with the various ores and minerals. Some of it affected the plants as well. This led to a large formation forming there which made the climatic condition extremely erratic in a 4000 km radius.
Another fact that stunned him was about the really high level formations. It was being done by high level masters with the help of cutting edge technologies to rearrange molecules, atoms and even sub-atomic particles. Such formations create such wonderful effects that space time continuum, causality, entropy, and many other vague concepts that the universe is made up of can be changed. Of course, some of these were only theoretically possible and had not been proven yet.
Ben felt like the world was spinning. He did not know such feats were possible. That also gave him another avenue of development. This was because, his was an aura that was neutral in nature and thus, something that was extremely conductive of being used for formations. But his first priority right now was martial techniques. After taking in so much information, he was tired. Thus, he went to sleep. It had become night when he completed reading all the information.
The next day, Ben rose up a bit late than his regular timing. He told Mahaansh that he was not going into hunt today. Mahaansh did not tell anything. But Ben could feel that he was a bit disappointed. Ben could understand why he was kind of disappointed. But one of the things that he had learned from his grandfather was the habit of being patient and doing introspection. He knew that he had an arrogance growing inside him which was the result of coming out of life or death situation alive and the wealth he gained. So he wanted to suppress that arrogance and properly lay out a plan for himself for the next 23 days.
Ben began to form a rough plan. ' The territory of blesk corax does not give me much allure. Other than that valley where I found the extreme magnetic phenomenon, there is nothing much there. Well I did not fully explore that area and I don't know if there are any hidden areas there. May be I can just go there and scout out.
Next is the aquatic territory. That will be last consideration as I am totally ill equipped to handle marine environments. This is something that I have to consider in the future.
Then comes the qon and terra prosimians. The territory of qon prosimians have been thoroughly explored. The presence of the lord class creature right in the middle of the territory as well as their sensitivity to odor and blood makes it difficult to further infiltrate their territories. With terra prosimians I face a similar issue. I might get something from there through pure luck. Otherwise I will have to come back empty handed.
That leaves the territory of the trava lupis. I have not checked much of their territory. The last time I went back from there due to the attack of that lupis. Tomorrow, I must explore that area and find the resource points. The day before that Silock guy comes, I must get some products that can be sold. So tomorrow I must seriously look at that territory as well as the aquatic ecosystem near here. Day after tomorrow and next day I must collect the plants so that they are as much fresh as possible. Thus, it might not be spoiled.
Today I must rest and think of the exact plans. I have a rough map of the trava lupis territory. The grasslands and the hilly areas would have to be explored more thoroughly. There is no need to worry about the escape route. I can use that to escape in case of emergency. I can make other plans after scouting out tomorrow. Well, that is that let me read something.'
Thus, for the rest of the day Ben spent reading about various relevant things.