65 The Tenth Floor (2/2)

A combination were able to exponentially increase the power of each component, which made it very beneficial to the cultivator, however it was also extremely difficult to control and create.

Arnin pondered which elements he should combine, but then he suddenly remembered a very important skill that he had in his past life. Reincarnation. This was a skill that Arnin didn't have complete control over, as he could only use it on himself, and not on others. Although his control wasn't high, he still had a good understanding of the power. Reincarnation was a mixture of life and death. One would die, and then gain life once again. This was an ability that every phoenix possesed.

'I have death and life stored in my body, so maybe I can try and create the seed of Reincarnation?' Arnin considered. Once this thought took hold, it was hard to extinguish.

Arnin smiled as he decided to create such a seed. Although there was a large chance of failure, or even a completely different power being created, Arnin wanted to try. Reincarnation was a very peculiar subject which greatly interested Arnin. In the past, he infiltrated the great Phoenix clan and began a massacre because he wanted to see how a phoenix would reincarnate after death.

This whole experiment lasted about a thousand years before Arnin was able to understand what he wanted. The problem that frustrated him was that he could not control the reincarnation of others. He simply didn't have the power to.

Now that he possessed the elements of life and death, there was a chance he could control reincarnation.

With that thought in mind, Arnin decided to head over to the Essence Tower. It never closed, and was always opened for students to utilize. He wanted to head over and see if he could create the elemental seed using the vast amount of essence.

He got up and walked towards the door.

*BUZZ*

Suddenly, a buzzing sound began to resound in the house. Arnin raised his eyebrows and he looked around.

*BUZZ*

Arnin followed the sound, and found that it was coming from underneath a wooden plank. He immediately knew that it had to do with the mysterious page Fae had given him. 'Seems like there is finally a reaction.'

Arnin had a smirk on his face as he removed the plank and brought out the bag that contained the page. He pulled the page out, and noticed that there were some words written on it.

He tried to read the writing, but found that it was in a language that he couldn't understand. 'Maybe I need to research this language, or find Fae and have her decipher this for me.' Arnin had this thought, but decided that he would figure out the information later. He only had some interest towards the mysterious page, so there was no need for him to wrack his brain to figure it out.

”I'm going to first head for the Tower before doing anything else.” Arnin prioritized increasing his own strength over anything else. It was one of the only things that mattered to him. If his strength didn't increase, then what was the point of him reincarnating?

Arnin stuffed the mysterious page into his interspatial bag, and quickly headed towards the Essence Tower.

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An hour later, he finally arrived at the tower. Right now, he had an abundance of points. With around a thousand points he would be able to enter the tenth floor with no problem. Although the cost was very high, around 365 academic points, that would take a little more than a third of his total points.

He found that the person who was at the first floor desk was not Surk, rather it was a teacher, but not only that, it was a teacher he knew.

”Teacher Xaac.” Arnin called out to him as he approached. The latter looked over, and was somewhat surprised to see Arnin.

”Arnin, what are you doing here so late?” Xaac, of course, knew Arnin's name after the whole incident involving him beating two students behind the Tower's training field.

”I am here to cultivate.” Xaac nodded his head when he heard what Arnin was there for. Although it was late, there were still many students that were cultivating in the Tower.

”Would you like me to help find you a room on the first floor?” Xaac asked with a smile,however it was a little forced. Initially, he only thought of Arnin as a very talented child, but after the whole incident behind the Tower, his impression of Arnin was a little different.

”No, I want to go higher than that. I want to enter the… tenth floor.” Arnin words entered Xaac's ears, almost causing him to fall down.

”A-Arnin, you must be joking? The tenth floor is filled with the strongest students in the academy. All of them have already reached Elemental Formation realm.” As a teacher, Xaac had to make sure that Arnin wouldn't do anything that he was unable to do. Although he was aware that Arnin was extremely strong for his age, he knew that there was no way Arnin would be able to beat an Elemental Formation cultivator, at least not for now.

”Teacher Xaac, it is alright. Just send me to the tenth floor. I will handle the rest myself.” Arnin said without much of an expression.

Xaac shook his head, and was a little hesitant before extending his hand out. ”Alright, pass me your Identity card.” Arnin handed it over to Xaac, who took out the points required. ”Here you go.” He then hesitated before asking Arnin once again. ”Are you sure that you want to head over to the tenth floor? If you change your mind, I can immediately give you back the points.”

”Teacher, I have already decided.” Arnin said before walking away towards the platform that would lead to the higher floors. Xaac watched Arnin disappear with bitterness.

”These students really are becoming more and more gutsy.” He said, before sitting down on a chair.

Arnin appeared on the tenth floor. When he stepped off of the platform, he began to stagger. Sweat poured down, as if he was sitting right next to the sun.

'This floor really is much higher leveled. The amount of components is too high, and is even suffocating me.' Arnin continued to sweat as a smile formed on his face.