196 Cultivation Realms 1 (1/2)
”Is there really no way for you to cultivate?”
”There are ways. But who would waste the resources necessary on someone like us servants?”, although her words may seem disgruntled, he tone only showed her acceptance of the fact.
”So what exactly is the reason for you not being able to cultivate.”, Ivan found the topic interesting and since she didn't seem to have a problem talking about it, he curiously continued to ask her questions.
”I'm like most people who can't cultivate. My body can't gather Qi and even if by some chance I absorb some I can't keep it. Instead, it will diffuse into the surrounding. Thus I'm forever stuck at Pathway Refining, unable to enter the Qi Gathering Realm.”
”Then is there any way to change that?”
”I'm not sure but I have heard rumors of two ways this has been changed before. One is by transplanting a bloodline into the body of someone unable to cultivate. But I heard that it is hard to find a suitable bloodline and even harder to find the right supplementary materials.”, it was clear that she held no hope towards this method. ”The other way is for the System to solve the problem. But I don't have any clue as to how to do this.”
”So the System can solve it?”
”Of course. It is universally accepted that there is nothing the System can't solve. It is just a question of what would be necessary to get to do it. Or to formulate it in a better way. You have to get the right reward from the System or you will gain nothing.”
He had to agree with that. The System was capable of fully controlling the realms, so anything that could be solved with other methods should also be solvable by the System. But he also was aware that the rewards of a quest would depend on the difficulty of the quest. So for something seemingly as difficult as changing a mortal to a cultivator, the quest would surely be highly difficult. So how could someone unable to cultivate successfully finish it?
The other method, transplanting a bloodline, should be something that only big families or powers would do if strictly necessary. The cost should be just too high.
”Then are there any other methods, to get stronger.”, this was something he was very interested in. He was currently also unable to absorb Qi, so other methods of strengthening were of huge interest to him.
But her next words were sure to disappoint him, ”Not really. Every known method of strengthening oneself requires one to absorb Qi and store it inside the body in one form or another.”
”Oh.”, he looked disappointed, ”So you don't train anymore?”
”No. I continue to use my training skill. Although I reached the limit of how far I can strengthen my body without storing Qi, using the skill will keep my body in the best state.”
While talking they had arrived back at his room. He decided to sit in the garden and look through the information he had gotten from the library. That and refining pills were what he planned to do from now on until the competition.
”I'm going to read and practice, so feel free to do whatever you want.”, he then told Clara. ”Also you can use everything inside this room as you want.”, the last sentence was something he told her since he felt that she would be more comfortable if she could just use everything inside the room, instead of only the things inside the small room which had been allocated to her.
He had absorbed a small section about the rules after he had gotten the crystal from the library, so he knew that the servants usually had no right to use anything besides the things in their own small room, except to serve their master. Feeling that it was a waste he gave this offer to Clara, who with this could now relax while he did his own thing.
”Then I'll prepare the ingredients for today's dinner.”, she said before leaving the room again.
Ivan let her do her thing and went into the garden. Although it wasn't that big, it contained a terrace which had all the seating opportunities one could wish for. A bench, a couch, chairs, and sunchairs. Everything was positioned in a way that looked surprisingly harmonic and allowed a good view of the small green space, which was surrounded by trees and flowerbeds. They were arranged in a way that made the garden seem larger than it was, which was a great touch.