Chapter 4: Cultivating
'Releasing a terrifying attack or possessing overwhelming momentum? This is a difficult question to answer.'
'But speaking of the long term, if in the future I can control two souls, having a dragon soul for now is a bit better. Weaker people are more easily intimidated, basically, it will allow me to win battles easily. A terrifying attack on the other hand, no matter how strong it is, there is always a certain way to deal with it.'
'I mustn't hesitate too much.'
Luo Tian stopped thinking, he chose the dragon soul.
Ding...
(You get a soul)
- Primordial Dragon Soul
Status: Divine Soul
Description: This is the soul fragment of the Primordial Dragon Emperor, the strongest dragon in ancient times, every fragment is worth a life for cultivators, war will break out over it.
As long as you release this soul, there is no creature under heaven that will not be intimidated.
(Would you like to add it to your body?)
Yes/No
Yes.
...
Luo Tian immediately felt his head throb, something entered his head and integrated with his soul.
It also happened quickly.
He closed his eyes and when he opened them again, they seemed to undergo a change. Previously his eyes had always concealed his old age, but now, even though it was still the same, it no longer seemed to have any effect on his determination.
He was still an old man and he still felt old, but such an age seemed meaningless to him.
'So this is the effect of the divine soul, according to the records, those who have it will have more confidence and courage But is this just an effect generated by a computer program? If it's like that, I will only feel it in this world.'
"Well, now I'm going to buy that sword's merit law first."
He again moved the menu to the merit laws menu.
To obtain a supreme god tier merit law requires an equivalent merit law, or 15 of the god tier merit laws.
Even though he had 5 supreme god tier merit laws of which he could trade, he preferred to trade 15 of his god tier merit laws. Now he only had two left. But it didn't matter because in his opinion even 30 of them couldn't compare to a single supreme god tier merit law.
Ding.
(You get a merit law.)
- Ultimate Way of the Sword
Status: Supreme God Tier Merit Law
Description: This is the most famous sword technique, surpassing all other sword techniques because the unknown creator masters the main path of the sword, this is the way of the sword that is said to be able to cut through all the shackles of the world.
(Would you like to add it to your body?)
Yes/No
Yes.
...
The merit law finally appeared in his status window.
"I'll start with this merit law first," he said after seeing that.
He added one point of comprehension the merit laws he had to understanding the merit law.
Ding...
(One comprehension point for merit laws has been successfully added to Ultimate Way of The Sword.)
- Ultimate Way of the Sword
Status: Supreme God Tier Merit Law
Comprehension: 1/10
You have reached the first stage of the Ultimate Way of the Sword, which means you can cultivate to the peak of the golden body.
...
'Just by using a point, I can increase my comprehension, is this point a divine resource?'
Luo Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Having extraordinary merit laws was one thing, but understanding them was another.
In fact, it was the most difficult thing in cultivation, but here it seemed to be very easy.
'So what are my sword skills like now?'
He then took out the ironwood sword in his spatial bag.
He casually slashed the sword against the wall, now he has no cultivation, so there shouldn't be any power he can release.
However, what happened completely shocked him.
He saw extremely sharp auras gathering around him, they fused with the ironwood sword, so when it hit the wall, the wall was instantly torn apart as if it were butter while the ironwood sword was an extremely sharp blade.
"What a terrifying power, to think that the ironwood sword released by mortal power can become so sharp."
"Now I want to know how fast my cultivation with this divine body and merit law is."
He then sat on the bed and followed the instructions written on the status window.
Ding...
(With a divine body, a divine soul, and a supreme god tier merit law, you can condense 5 spiritual essences in every second you cultivate.)
'5 per second, god knows how difficult it is to condense spiritual essence in the real world. Oh, the background of this game should still belong to the mortal world so the functions of my body, soul, and merit law are not fully usable. Otherwise, I might be able to condense 10 or more spiritual essences per second.' But even 5, if I cultivate non-stop, it will only take me a few days if I want to reach the pinnacle of the iron body.'
Ding...
(You have not opened your spiritual world. Until you open it, you cannot cultivate.)
Suddenly he got a warning.
He wasn't surprised by that, he just wanted to see if there was a difference between a divine body and an ordinary body, and it turned out to be the same.
Opening the spiritual world was the first thing to do because it was where cultivators stored their cultivated energy.
It was actually quite difficult, one needed to train hard to open the spiritual world, but over time, the cultivation world also became more advanced so that people could create pills that could help open the spiritual world more quickly.
Luo Tian took out the pill given by the sect, it was small, only a third the size of a fingernail, white as snow, and emitted a fragrant aroma.
He opened his mouth before throwing the pill into it.
A warm feeling immediately filled his entire body the moment the pill reached his stomach, it radiated energy, causing the pores of his body to open and at the same time, something tightly closed inside his stomach began to open.
Of course, under ordinary circumstances, even with pills, it still takes time to open the spiritual world, it depends on one's talent.
But that doesn't seem to be the case for him.
Two seconds later, he felt energy begin to enter his body.
Ding...
(You have successfully opened the spiritual world, you can start cultivating.)
(Spiritual Essence: 0/5000)
(Spiritual Essence: 1000/5000)
It turned out that the pill also contained spiritual essence, the number reached 1000, he immediately obtained 1000 spiritual essence right after his spiritual world opened.
Ding...
(You successfully crossed the threshold for breakthrough.)
(You broke through to the first layer of the iron body.)
(Each your stats increase by 10 points)
Nickname: Old_Demon
<Body>
- Eternal Light Body
Status: Divine Body
<Soul>
- Primordial Dragon Soul
Status: Divine Soul
Cultivation: The first layer of iron body
(Spiritual Essence: 1000/5000)
Spiritual Energy: 10
<Body Strength>
- Attack: 15
- Defense: 14
- Speed: 16
...
Luo Tian studied his stats for a while before continuing to cultivate.
His body emitted a sharp light and aura, the surrounding spiritual energy was drawn into his body. They enter his body and undergo a purification process before being condensed into spiritual essence.
It was a comfortable process, every spiritual essence formed made him feel reborn.
Cultivation was something that took a long time, but the process was something that no one would get bored of.
Luo Tian felt the same sensation as cultivating in the real world, people who had never cultivated would definitely be addicted to it.
(Spiritual Essence: 4999/5000)
(Spiritual Essence: 5000/5000)
(Spiritual Essence: 5001/10,000)
Ding...
(You successfully crossed the threshold for breakthrough.)
(You broke through to the second layer of the iron body.)
(Each of your stats increases by 20 points.)
...
At the same time, the sound of the bells echoed again in the sky, then a new announcement appeared.
(Old_Demon managed to break through to the second layer of iron body)
At the top of the mountain was a large pavilion where around it were dozens of flying swords.
There was no one around the pavilion, the air there was also calm.
Within the pavilion, there was a throne where a middle-aged man sat.
He was rather thin and wore a pure white robe, his gaze was sharp that one felt pain just by looking into his eyes.
He was currently talking to the youth sitting cross-legged in front of him.
While he looked serious as he spoke, the young man only forced his expression to look serious. His eyes sometimes move left and right to look around.
"Do you understand what I said?" asked the middle-aged man after ending his words.
The youth who was Yang Ming was slightly surprised, when he saw the middle aged man's eyes, he lowered his head.
"This disciple understands master," he replied with a nod.
"You think I'm stupid and don't notice that you barely hear me," the middle-aged man suddenly spoke in a high tone, causing Yang Ming's neck to shrink.
"Hmph," he snorted coldly. "A villager is still a villager despite having a xiantian body. But for the sake of the successor of this sect, I have no other choice but to patiently guide you."
His words sounded unpleasant to Yang Ming's ears, but even though he was only an NPC, Yang Ming did not dare to answer. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but his aura was so terrifying that his courage completely disappeared.
As the sound of bells resounded in the sky, he couldn't help but turn his gaze to the sky.
Seeing the new announcement that had appeared, he couldn't help but be surprised.
"How could it be?" He was about to speak silently, but from being too shocked, his voice still came out of his mouth.
"What is it?" asked the middle-aged man.
He followed the direction of Yang Ming's gaze but found nothing.
"No, I seem to have just been enlightened, thanks for your advice, master," he replied.
In his heart he thought, 'who is that, is his talent better than mine? But it seems there is no news, master should know if there is someone better. After all, he appeared right away the moment my talent was revealed.'
He paused for a while before continuing, 'father said this game is very important, I have to play seriously and become a top tier player, this Old_Demon might become a hindrance to me if he stays here.'
...
While the other players were confused, Luo Tian continued to cultivate. He only stopped when the door to his house was forced open from the outside.
Sun Yang entered with a surprised expression, he looked at the virtual screen in the sky and the nickname above his head alternately.
After being sure that the two were indeed the same as completely, he immediately asked, "Old_Demon, how did you advance so fast?"
"Do you want to know?"
"Yes. My grandfather just told me to take this game seriously. He even prepared money for me so I could buy spiritual stones from other players."
"Oh, why did he tell you to do that?"
"I don't know, he doesn't know either, he was just told by his friend."
"I see. Come closer!"
"Mmm?"
Sun Yang showed a confused expression, he wondered why he was being told to come closer while he was sitting on the bed.
Even so, he still followed his words.
When he arrived in front of the bed, Luo Tian picked up the iron wooden sword that he had placed beside him.
Whoosh...
Without giving any warning, he slashed the sword into Sun Yang's hand.
This time the wooden sword actually looked like a real sword, it emitted an even more terrifying aura.
Sun Yang froze even as he saw the sword cut his hand.
"Well, this is a punishment for bothering me and also a help so that you are no longer afraid of getting sick," said Luo Tian.
Bang...
He kicked him in the chest until he was thrown out.
The door of the house closed by itself, after which, Sun Yang's scream resounded loudly outside.
Luo Tian still didn't show any expression, he immediately resumed his cultivation.
Weekly Power Status
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