95 You Have to Read This Book (1/2)
Hearing his mother mentioning about his metal-manipulation for the second time, Leon knew it was not his imagination. His mother really did have her own way for him to awaken his metal-manipulation abilities.
”Mother, I haven't heard of anyone being able to become dual-attribute awakeners. How can you be so sure I will be able to awaken the metal attribute after training the technique?” Leon couldn't help but ask.
”How can I be so sure you say? Hmm...”
Elizabeth repeated the words and hummed mysteriously with a smile. Her answer was purposely drawn out in a way that made one curious like an itch needing to be scratched.
”My son, you must always remember that just because you have never heard or seen it, you must never rule out the possibility that it does exist. The world is so vast and boundless, to say that we have seen and heard everything life has to offer would be too conceited and arrogant. You must never become conceited or arrogant. Only with an open mind, would you be able to walk far on the path of cultivation.”
”Awakening cultivation is the way of comprehending the world laws and transforming their power into our own. A narrow-minded person would not easily accept new ideas, perspectives and thoughts. How can one learn new things if they believe they know everything? This is no different to shutting off the endless possibilities opened to an awakener. The reason mother is so sure is because mother is a dual-attribute awakener.”
”Mother seldom uses fire abilities, so not many know about it.” Elizabeth explained.
'More like no one knows about it at all right?' Leon doubted. If anyone knew about his mother's dual attribute with fire, the breaking news would no doubt spread like wildfire. That is of course, unless the person was personally ordered to keep their mouth shut by his mother.
”So, it's true that awakeners can have multiple attributes, but why does no one else have it?”
Hearing her son's question, some pride swelled up inside Elizabeth. ”This is the difference between natural awakening and forceful awakening. As mother has said, awakening cultivation is the way of comprehending the world laws. The greater your understanding, the more power you can draw from the world. If you can achieve a preliminary understanding of the element, you will be able to form the elemental seed. Therefore, mother stressed the importance learning the characteristics of each metal. How can you expect to control it if you don't understand it, right?”
”But this is exactly the case for forceful awakening. Forceful awakening through the awakening pills will trigger the elemental baptism and the elemental seed formed is decided by their body's affinity to the element. Their abilities will naturally come to them like muscle memory, but they will not understand the intricacy of their ability. This would result in basic control and 9th step is the absolute limit of their cultivation.”
Listening to his mother's words with apt focus. He finally understood why his opponents only used basic techniques now that his doubts were cleared. Leon put on a strange look and asked, ”Do you think triple attribute is possible, mother?”
”Theoretically yes.” Elizabeth answered. She was confounded by his question and continued with a question of her own, ”But why do you ask, son?”
”Because…”
Leon didn't finish his words. He judged that demonstrating was quicker than explaining. A ball of flame appeared in his right hand and a weak frosty mist rose from his left.
”This is… ice attribute!? Wait… why did you make mother explain everything, if you already know everything, you little rascal?” Elizabeth was briefly shocked by Leon's second attribute, before realizing that her son may have already known the intricacy of the awakener cultivation system.
”Uh… I didn't know anything, mother. Your son gained his second element through… a different method.” Leon answered awkward.
”Oh? There are other methods? Hmm… Is it possible for a natural awakener to reawaken through the forceful method? No… that doesn't seem possible. A normal person can only have affinity to one element. Quick, tell mother what method you used to gain your second element.”
Elizabeth mused to herself. She wrapped her head around the possibility of gaining dual attribute outside of hard work in studying the elements. She didn't notice her son's awkwardness and soon asked with keen interest.
”Err… well… alright.”
Leon found it embarrassing to openly talk about his love affair, but he ultimately steeled himself and explained his matter with Lynne to his mother and how his ice ability naturally came as a result of their copulation. When he finished explaining to his mother, his face was covered with shame even though he had only briefly talked about the deed.
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Elizabeth also found it awkward. She hadn't expect such and answer from her son, she took a moment to recover herself.