Chapter 36: The Purple Whirlpools Rules (1/2)

Jake was seated in his room, meditating.

A while back, they had arrived at the Capital. They drove around in the carriage and Jake got to see the unwarranted beauty of the Capital.

The teens livened up upon seeing the wonderful sceneries, and the lively and composed streets. Jake remembered one of them comment on the Capital's denizens, ”It is like a higher class. The way they dress. The way they walk. Their lifestyle is truly different from other cities. So this is the…... Capital”

Even Jake agreed with him on that. In his past life, he had seen a lot of lusciousness. He had seen a man buy a large island just so his children could play around, but this was different...

The Capital felt more alive, with street lights, powered by some unknown crystals, adding more to the beauty of the Capital.

Sadly, their joyride was caught short when the carriages stopped at a guest house. The drivers unloaded all the teens while Todd Elliot gave a few words. He introduced himself to those who might not know him and told them that he was the representative the Elliot family sent for the King's Celebration.

Seeing as they journeyed overnight, Todd ordered the teens to take the morning off. He advised them to take a rest, and they should all gather at the guest dining room in the afternoon for more information.

...….

Currently, Jake was seated on his guest room bed, in his favorite position, the lotus position. While others were outside busy dashing through the Capital's streets, Jake decided to cultivate.

Through Gavin's words, he realized that the difficulty of the competition was abysmally high. He understood that he had been treating it light due to his improved cultivation. He thought that he would be able to snatch a winning position with his strength. However, the truth was far from that!

Jake knew that he had performed an extraordinary feat when he advanced one cultivation realm in three months. Nonetheless, that did not guarantee his win. The people in the competition were said to possess excellent talents and were backed up by noble families. They possessed fighting experiences, cultivation resources, cultivation techniques, and many more.

For example, they had access to a cultivation pill, an item that could increase one's cultivation base permanently. What Jake would be facing on the competition stage wouldn't be some spoiled brats, but instead seasoned fighters!

So, Jake desperately tried to break through to the next stage, but was it ever that easy?!

Perhaps because he had been fueled by his previous success, Jake had expected a smooth breakthrough, but what he experienced was something opposite.

Following the cultivation process of the [Morning Dew Realm], Jake tried to find ten other spiritual gates, but he couldn't find a single one. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack

To top it off, he had expended all his spirit essence trying to find the spiritual gates. Now, he had to patiently absorb spirit essence again before he could continue his search.

Jake sighed, 'what a sad life.'

However he wasn't discouraged, instead, he was motivated. How can one find perfection in a single shot? It wouldn't be worth it if it was too easy. Jake sought perfection, his path was doomed to be filled with thorns and roadblocks, but that's what made it interesting.

It was like a game of cat and mouse, thrilling.

Jake took one look out of his windows, looking at the stars flitter-free in the sky before he went back to mediating.

...

”Jake, it's the time!” a shout, accompanied by an intense door knocking, woke Jake up from his meditation.

He opened his beautiful blue and purple eyes calmly before he stood up from his bed. Wearing a jacket that was provided in the guest room, Jake left his room.

'Hmm, I need to do something,' thought Jake. Even after all his efforts, he had not still advanced a stage.

Even though his thoughts were ridiculous, as breaking through stages was not like butter, it was not easy. Jake had exhausted all his reserves to break through the first stage, now he needed to have patience.

Unlike three months ago, Jake did not feel that his talent was of a lower quality now. Something within him had increased his talents. With his smart mind, Jake knew what it was.

It was the Purple Whirlpool! The mysterious whirlpool that came out of his body. It wasn't a hard deduction for Jake. The Purple whirlpool had sucked something out of the demonic beasts that Jake killed. It wasn't spirit essence as Jake did not feel it, it wasn't something different.