Chapter 50：Gaining A Teacher (1/2)

Xukong never expected that the boy who had the fortune of obtaining such a powerful artifact barely had any knowledge about the cultivation world. Xukong wondered how the boy managed to even enter the Qi refining realm.

”Tell me Lin Mu, what do you know about the cultivation realms?” Xukong asked.

Lin Mu was unfazed by senior Xukong's words and answered to the best of his ability.

”I know that the cultivation realms start with the Qi refining realm and the next realm after this is the Core condensation realm. As for the cultivation realms above this, I don't know, as the strongest cultivator in this region is of the Core condensation realm.” Lin Mu answered.

Xukong was a little disappointed and sad upon hearing Lin Mu's words. He did not think that such a great treasure would be lost in a backward place like this. But he knew that since the artifact had chosen the boy, the only way for him to take advantage of the ring was to ensure that the boy stayed alive.

'If I want to keep absorbing the spatial energy for a long time, I must teach this boy. If I don't, he'll easily succumb to the ruthless cultivation world and die before I'm even able to overcome my bottleneck.' Xukong deeply thought.

After thinking for a while, Xukong had begun planning out how he would be teaching Lin Mu. The one good thing that came out of Lin Mu being uninformed about the cultivation world is that he won't have any biases. This is one of the disadvantages of a low-level cultivation world. Most of the cultivators end up following certain concepts that are wrong or are only applicable to that world.

”Lin Mu, would you be willing to learn about the world of cultivation?” Xukong asked.

Senior Xukong's words surprised Lin Mu and rendered him speechless. Joy bloomed on Lin Mu's face after he comprehended what it would mean if he learned from senior Xukong. He knew that his biggest drawback was that he knew next to nothing about the cultivation world, and all that he knew was figured out by stumbling and struggling. If he got a proper teacher, everything would become much easier and his progress would improve by leaps and bounds.

”YES! Senior, please teach me.” Lin Mu exclaimed.

”Let me inform you before this, I won't be able to give you any qi cultivation technique nor any martial techniques. The ones that I know are incompatible with humans or are only usable if you have a high enough cultivation.” Xukong said.

Lin Mu was not bothered by Senior Xukong's words and accepted him wholeheartedly.

”It does not matter, senior Xukong. I'm still grateful that you are willing to teach me.” Lin Mu respectfully replied.

Xukong inwardly chucked at the boy's response and thought that he may be able to mold the boy into a peerless cultivator.

”I have some conditions that you will need to absolutely follow if you are to learn from me.” Xukong spoke.

Lin Mu nodded to show his acceptance and listened to senior Xukong's words.

”First, you need to strictly follow my words and ignore whatever others tell you about cultivation if I disagree with them. People in this world simply don't know about many aspects of cultivation.

Second, the world of cultivation is ruthless. Thus you will have to become ruthless as well if you want to survive.

Third, I want you to become patient and steady. Cultivation itself is going against the heavens, thus you need to know when to progress and when to retreat. Countless people have lost themselves to their cultivation because they could not judge well.” Xukong spoke with an authoritative voice.

Lin Mu carefully listened to senior Xukong's each and every word. He pondered over them and made sure that he understood everything before speaking.

”I understand and accept all of your conditions senior Xukong.” Lin Mu answered with a firm voice.

Xukong inwardly nodded and was content with Lin Mu's decisiveness.

”Now for your first lesson, I'll teach you about the cultivation realms.” Xukong said.

Xukong then explained to Lin Mu about the different cultivations realms. The Cultivation realms started from the Qi refining realm in which a cultivator would refine and store spirit qi within their dantian. They would refine spirit qi by the use of a cultivation technique.

The second realm was the Core condensation realm. In the Core condensation realm, a cultivator would further refine the liquid spirit qi within their dantian and condense it into a solid core. This solidified core was also known as the golden elixir or the gold core. In order to progress further in the Core condensation realm, a cultivator would have to increase the size of their core.

The cultivation realms that came after that were the Nascent Soul realm, Dao shell realm, Dao treading realm, and finally the immortal ascension realm. Xukong did not explain these cultivation realms in detail as they would only become a hindrance to Lin Mu and would impede his cultivation.

After Lin Mu finished listening to senior Xukong's words he felt enlightened. He also asked some questions such as how to progress in the Qi refining realm. Xukong was unsure what Lin Mu meant by that.