Chapter 53 - Thats a Real Brother! (1/2)
The man in the illusory formation nodded.
The illusory formation then showed a space room with several paintings turned against their views, those paints were positioned in different places, some were close, others were really far away, it was obviously that the room had a space manipulation formation controlling its size, just like a pocket dimension.
”Very well, as a Divine Sense focused sect, our focus is on the soul of the participant, first we are going to test your perception through the Divine Sense and it's range according to your cultivation, as you all know, Divine Sense permits the user to see everything around them, the sect wants to know how perceptive to the details you are and from how far you can see those details, as you all know, the closer you are to something the easier it is to see the object, we are going to use a few paints especially prepared for this test, your objective is to find on the paintings the things we are asking you to.”
After finishing explaining the first test, the illusory formation changed again, it's showing a common room now, the only thing inside was a shining sphere in the center, but something was odd about that sphere, it showed some ripples every few seconds, they couldn't see through its effects.
”On the second test, that sphere will test the endurance of the of the soul, your souls will receive a Divine Sense attack according to the level of your cultivation, the first attacks won't do much damage so you don't need to be afraid of suddenly dying or having you soul injured, but please be careful, there is several levels for this test, after you resist ten attacks, the level of the test will increase, this test has a total of ten levels, so if you notice that you can't resist anymore, immediately take you hand out of the sphere, do not try to insist, injuries to the soul are very hard to heal, it's not worth losing your future potential for short term results.”
The illusory formation came back to normal and only the man was appearing again, he looked at Krune and the others outside and said
”For now you only need to know about those two tests, if you pass them, you will be recognized as part of the Mohie Sect and will gain the rights to participate in the further tests to receive the legacy of our sect, those tests have to do with Divine Sense attack, Defence and some other special uses like being able to see through formations that try to keep the Divine Sense out and some other uses, so you don't need to care about those for now, so what will you decide?”
Krune pondered a bit and asked him first.
”In general, how long those tests take? If we fail, can we try again?”
”The tests itself shouldn't take long, there is also no limit for the number of times you want to try either, in fact, you are quite lucky, in the past every cultivator could only take the test once a year, that's because we had too much contestants and it used a lot of resources, but now there is only the four of you here, and I doubt you have told anyone else to come to this place either, even if you had, they would have to pass the first test outside, otherwise, they won't even be able to come here to start with.”
Krunes curiosity was picked here
”That's right, why is the illusion formations test outside made in a city of commoners, also, has there been any commoners living there at all in the past?”
The man in the illusory formation heard that and gave a quick laugh.
”Smart! Indeed, that was a city made for normal people to live in, not cultivators, but just as you have guessed, there has never been common people living there, I will give you four a hint, what do you think about common people, or in the case of this guy inside the illusory formation, what do you think about common beasts?”
Krune and the others were taken aback, what do they think about common people and beasts? They pondered a bit and it was Ao who thought about an answer first.
”Both common people and common beast, without them, there is no cultivators, except for a very few exceptions, no one is born a cultivator, we were all common people or beast in the past, so the common people city outside is just for us to remember from where we all came from… I guess.”
Krune translated Ao words to the man, that answer made the man in the illusory formation very happy.
”Exactly, it's a pity we can't make a proper first test anymore, otherwise our friend here in human form would have been sent to a different place to understand that he was once a common beast, probably a forest I think.”
Krune, on the other hand, didn't care, most of his time in Katiu Forest was spent fleeing from both humans and demon beasts cultivators, and he doesn't feel like he wants to remember that to start with.
”Very well, I will talk to my friends first and start preparing, when we are ready we will come back here.”
Krune was just about to leave the illusory formation when he remembered one thing.
”Oh right, why is it called Mohie Sect?”
The man just laughed a little and said.
”Nothing much, it's just that the founder of the sect was called Mohie, his full name was Mohie Zarks, he was the one who gave the sect its name in the start, according to what I know he founded the sect alone, so he just made things simple and put his name there, that's all. Pretty boring, right? Even the higher ups thought it to be like that back then.”
The man just laughed after that.
”Are you or were you a descendant of this Mohie Zarks guys?”
The man shook his head
”As far as I know, he didn't leave behind any descendant, of course, my position in the sect was very low, so I might not have been told about possible descendants, my name before I left a sliver of my will in this formation was Hase Hasik, a pretty common name from where I came from.”
Krune nodded and then stepped out of the formation, as soon as he left, the formation deactivated and the man disappeared, Krune looked at everyone and then said.
”I shouldn't have too much of a problem to pass the first two tests with the power of my Divine Sense and soul, but I don't think it will be that much more difficult for you guys either.”
Shinja and the others nodded, they know very well how ridiculous Krune's Divine Sense is, and it's not something one should have at his level of cultivation.
”How did you train your soul to this extent? Perhaps we can do the same before taking the test.”
Krune shook his head.
”Remember that I'm a wisp, a wisps soul is connected to their core, when I was breaking through the foundation establishment, I wasn't simply breaking my inner core, my soul which is attached to it was also suffering greatly, all that time I spent to slowly grind my cores interior had in the end tempered my soul, but that was a process of excruciating pain, the problem is that you human don't have a soul inside your datians, so you didn't pass through the same process as me.”
”After that my soul was tempered by the tribulation lightning at the end of my breakthrough, that was again, because my soul can only exist in my core at that moment, perhaps in the future when my cultivation is high enough, I will be able to separate it from my core, but that is something for later, now I'm using the tribulation lightning that is inside my core to keep this painful process of tempering, but you guys don't have something like that to start with.”
Ao looked at Krune and then asked.
”Can't we use your tribulation lightning?”
Krune pondered a bit but before he could talk, Shinja intervened.
”I don't think it's a good idea, I also passed through the tribulation lightning when I completed my universe foundation, the lightning of the heavenly tribulation is something directed at the person, if Krune's tribulation lightning is still the same one, then it is probably something that only he can use to temper his soul. Changes are that if we try to temper our souls with that, the tribulation lightning will see us as someone who is trying to stop it from fulfilling its job and will increase its power several times to eliminate the thing that is in its way, although I can't be sure about that I believe I'm not wrong.”
Yusa and Ao looked at them and asked.
”So, except for Shinja who already has a Soul Power and Divine Sense stronger than those at her level, we can only try it out with our ordinary ones, right? If it's not possible, we might as well enter straight away since it will make no difference for than me and Ao, the things that Krune went through were basically coincidences pilled together, and we can't do the same as him.”
Krune smiled and then said.
”You don't need to worry too much, let me ask you, why do you think your control over your own elements increased so much?”
Shinja heard that question and her eyes lit up, she even smiled a bit, she knows what Krune is trying to say, so she left it for Ao and Yusa to answer.
”It's because of the pointers you gave us, thanks to that we could find the flaws in our own skills and improve their usages, that's how our control got much better.”
Krune shook his head.