Maria looked at yohan in a dazed manner as it took him a moment to get inside his room with a blink of an eye three of them were inside the house, Aana was not surprised at all because she knows that he can move anywhere as long as he had seen that particular place once but maria she is the first time experiencing this.",

"What happened, are you okay," Yohan noticed the dazed look on Maria's face and he couldn't help but ask her, hearing Yohan's words Maria came to her senses and looked at him in a calm manner.

"It's nothing yohan I was slightly surprised seeing your ability which let you move from one place to another place with ease, how convenient" she looked at yohan in an envious manner, a bittersweet smile appeared on yohan's face as he heard those words from Maria's mouth.

"I can only use that ability as long as I am inside the soul subspace, I can't use that ability outside the world" Yohan responded to Maria.

"You can as long as you attain the next major realm" Maria responded as she looked at yohan in a serious manner, at the same time Aana raised her eyebrows upon hearing maria's words which are carrying heaviness,yohan also become surprised hearing maria's words afterall how did she know that he can use that ability in the outside world after attaining the next major realm after all as long as yohan knew, no one knows about those hidden realms, people only know that the highest cultivation realm is Heavenly soul realm and people who attain heavenly soul realm are godlike figures in everyone's eyes.

After a few minutes of silence, Yohan cleared his throat and decided to break the long-lasting silence inside the room.

"How did you know..."

"Before you ask me anything, do you remember about the promise that you made when I gave you that snow ginseng potion," before yohan could complete his sentence maria interrupted him and she remind him about that promise which he made to her when she gave him that potion, Aana's facial expressions turned dark hearing maria, she was not expecting that from her, Aana tightens her fist and she took few steps in maria's direction and a moment later she was standing in front of her directly looking into maria's eyes. "Already asking for a favour huh, from the starting I knew that you are going to show your true colours sooner or later but I did not expect this soon," Aana exclaimed for some reason she is looking pissed,yohan took a deep sighed seeing the sudden burst out of Aana.

"It's okay Aana, I did promise lady maria that I will return the favour of her kindness and I intended to fulfil that promise that I made to her"yohan placed his hand on Aana's shoulder and tried to calm her, Aana tilted her head and she looked yohan in concern manner.

"Yohan she wants to use you like a puppet, I don't get it why did she bring up the conversation regarding the next major realm out of nowhere, something is definitely fishy,"

"I simply want him to dual cultivate with me, I don't intend to use him as a puppet or ask him to kill anyone for my sake, trust me I don't have any malicious intent against him"suddenly maria broke her long-lasting silence taking both Aana and yohan by surprise.

"What..." both yohan and Aana become speechless hearing maria's weird request, especially Aana she couldn't believe in her ears that she would hear something like that from Maria's mouth, at the same time yohan's face slightly turned red and his heart started beating slightly faster and louder realizing something.

"Yes, I want you to dual cultivate with me, I know this is so sudden but I have my own reason for doing this," Maria confronted Yohan and she looked at him in a pleading manner.

"You want what? Have you finally lost your mind, how can you be so shameless, my master is going to kill you if she knows about this," Aana exclaimed and looked at Maria with a solemn expression, Maria tilted her head and looked at Aana in a different manner.

"You don't have to worry about lady Evelyn, to be honest as much as I hate asking this but I don't have any other choice but to be shameless here," Maria responded to Aana and with those words, she tilted her head in the direction of yohan and looked him in a serious manner.

"I know this is so sudden and appropriate for you but trust me it will help both of us, in return I will tell you everything related to a higher realm, it is a win-win situation for both of us," Maria said to yohan, hearing her yohan nervously swallowed mouthful saliva but he was not in conditions to say anything as he was not expecting that maria would ask him that bluntly."I can't allow this"Aana exclaimed as she came between yohan and maria and she placed her right palm over maria's chest stopping her from getting close to yohan and then she continued.action

"You are too old for him, I can't let you seduce him, it's not happening forget about him"

"Look who is talking about age, how old were you when you first seduced him," Maria sneered looking at Aana.

"You...dare" Aana fumbled as her facial expressions changed drastically when Maria brought that up.

"You are not in a condition to give me a lecture about my age and one more thing I have valuable information for him that will help him to reach the next major realm,don't tell me you don't want him to grow" maria gave a different look to Aana, hearing that Aana was taken aback but soon she felt yohan's hand over her shoulder and she looked behind.

"Yohan, I don't mean to..."

"Let me handle this Aana," Yohan interrupted Aana in the middle of her sentence and then he looked at Maria confronting her.

"You don't have to accuse her lady Maria, none of my partners has that kind of mindset, they always want better for me and so does Aana, she is one of the most selfless women that I ever met, "yohan said to her, Aana's heart thumped as she heard yohan, Maria took a deep sigh as she realized that she shouldn't have said those words to her.

"I don't mean to say those words but somewhat i lost my head, forgive me Aana" maria tilted her head and looked at Aana in an apologetic manner, Aana exhaled deeply and she remained silent as things were getting weird inside the yohan's room.

"Can I ask you something lady maria? Yohan asked maria his words were carrying seriousness the way he asked her, Maria nodded her head in response.

"Go ahead"

"Why do you want to dual cultivate with me, what is your reasoning behind making this kind of decision out of nowhere?" he asked her in a serious manner, hearing yohan maria turn silent for a few moments and sometimes later she took a deep breath and looked at yohan in a calm manner.

"It's simple I want to attain the Nascent soul realm"