Chapter 22 Systerade (2/2)
Weapons Masteries (Details)
Martial Arts (Details)
Spells (Details)
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Reap What You've Sown
Tirades (Details)
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”I guess I should try this out” Mu and took out all the beasts cores that he found in the su
He only had nine rank 2 and two rank 3 beast cores He had never tried to cultivate with cores above level one, except for that one time where Sewah forced him unconscious, so he decided to start with the rank 2 beast cores
His consumption without beast cores was of three karma points per hour, while with the use of beast cores, it would be ten times faster Of course, the karma system was only able to shorten the time required to absorb the beast essence and refine his body It was in no way capable of reducing the amount of essence needed for the refinement He would still need just as much ki or beast essence as anybody else The only difference, was that for him, the absorbtion and refinement was drastically hastened
Daniel knew that there was no way for these few beast cores to be enough for hi So he decided to refine his spirit instead
He was unsure of when he would h the perfect state of the Body Strengthening stage, so, since he had found a use in learninghisposition He then started to absorb the beast essence within the two rank 2 beast cores he was holding in his hands
Daniel had never practiced spiritual cultivation before, but he had gotten used to sensing his spirit when learning Stone skin He remembered the content of the basics of spiritual cultivation, and started to follow the method described in it He let the absorbed spiritual essence fill his entire body, and then gave up control over it, letting his spirit assimilate it slowly
Normally, an essence whose control had been renounced would dissipate, but the spirit was o as the essence ithin one's body, the spirit would slowly assimilate it
Daniel focused on the correct method of cultivation, and in the blink of an eye, two hours had passed
Six of the rank 2 beast cores had been consumed, and Daniel's karma points had decreased from 719 to 599
The karma consumption was exactly double what he would have spent without activating 'Time Is Precious' What left him excited, was that his spiritual cultivation had increased by leaps and bounds Froe, he had reached the late Profound Spiritual Connection, or late rank 3
As of now, his spiritual cultivation was almost on par with his martial cultivation
Daniel's consciousness focused on sensing the changes within his body His muscles, skin and bones protected hih his enhanced heart, and forced into every corner of his body through his dilated blood vessels His physical body functioned like a well oiled machine The only difference, was that now, he could feel his ever present spirit flooding through the entirety of his body No ans or muscles, his spirit was a constant and quiet part of it
Feeling the changes within his spirit, Daniel started to wonder about the two types of cultivation Various questions that millions before him had asked, but to which nobody had ever found an answer to He understood the conflicting parts between the two types of cultivation, but as there no probleether until one reached the second stage?
This subject had been the center of thousands of studies through history, but no dom, continent or race one came from, the answer to this question had been a enuine interest in practicing both types of cultivation to a higher level
Daniel wasn't any better at guessing than anybody else before him, so he put that question aside, and started to consider his situation It didn't took long before he realized his major problem
”I need to learnhis eyes
He was right Daniel had been lucky to have fought against a member of the military at the third rank Every power had their own speciality, and the military wasn't an exception
The speciality of the military was Tactical Formations
Every person who decided to take the military life, would be required to study and practice Tactical Formations In fact, part of the tests that one needed to pass in order to advance past the Lieutenant grade, was knowing every type of formations, so that, in case a war broke out, they would be able to make use of therade of Lieutenant, like Captains and Captains of the guard
That meant that, had their battle been a one-on-one, and hadn't Stueh underestiht would have probably ended differently Luckily, Stueh was only an elite sergeant, so his co Despite that, he had still been a dangerous opponent to Daniel and Garth
What Daniel needed theskills, like 'True Motion' or 'Stone Skin' Unfortunately, just like before, the first thing he needed to do was to earn ht passed quietly while Daniel pushed his spiritual cultivation forward, and after spending three more hours, and an entire rank 3 beast core to reach the peak of the Spiritual Connection stage, he finally stopped
Bright rays of light seeped through the sot up, and went out
Outside, around the faintly lit fire, the rest of the party was sitting quietly while eating About ten , coroup had found inside his bag
All of the been a habit to thee tree stump He then took a piece of dried meat from his backpack and started to eat it quietly
Time passed aardly, until a voice broke the silence It was Sella's ”What do you guys want to do? we don't have an escort anymore” He said dispiritedly
At that point, Yala left Stueh's tent, which she had decided to use after killing him She had heard Sella's question and decided to intervene ”What are you guys worried about two of you are at the third rank hell, Daniel's cultivation is on par with the dead soldier's!” She said
The rest of the group, except for Garth, looked at Daniel with a stupefied looks painted on their face
They were aware that he wasn't a simple bronze hunter, but they didn't expect him to be this powerful After all, he was just 14 years old
Reaching the peak of the third rank at 14 years old wasn't impossible, but it would still require an abnorht after being born
Yala ignored the surprised looks on the faces of the group, and went to sit oddly close to Daniel
Legoh picked up right away and asked ”Daniel do you think you can act as our escort if we end up in truble?”
”I have a contract with the Huntset paid to act like an escort” He paused before continuing ”But if we do end up in trouble, I won't just let you die”
Daniel didn't know, butmoney In fact, hunters earned more money than they needed to live a norst those who risked their lives by going out to hunt needed, was a large amount of money for one particular reason or another
For exas's only hope for a cure was to hire a healer Garth was paying for his two daughters's studies, and finally, Sella was savingfor hih for oh looked at his sister fondly, then turned towards Daniel and said ”We are in”
”I'll come too I came here pick herbs, so I won't steal any of your preys Also, I a Daniel's arm with her elbow, but the moment her elbow touched his arm, her eyes widened in shock and she jumped up in place
”WHAT THE hell!?” She shouted ” y-you were just at the early Moderate Spiritual Connection”