Roleplay As Cultivator
5: Trying to cultivate
After running far enough away Tian Jie stopped by the river. He took water from the river to wash his face.
“fiuh, should be the distance between me and the wolf - the wolf was already quite far”
“That was my first experience interacting with monsters in this world”
“Even in the memory of my past in the central continent, I have never fought such a monster”
In the cultivation world there must always be a level of cultivation found and named by someone who first managed to enter that level. For the central continent and its surroundings there were eight known levels of cultivation levels.
spiritual cultivator
spiritual Condensation
Spiritual foundation
Spiritual core
Spiritual fetus
Spiritual body
Soul Connection
Immortal cultivator
The sky mountain academy had a rule that disciples leveled below the spiritual core level were forbidden from undertaking monster hunting missions. Because of that, Tian Jie who was still of the spiritual foundation level still did not have any experience fighting with such a powerful and unique monster.
Although he had never fought a powerful monster before, Tian Jie had already done many escort missions and expeditions. He had already fought many times with other cultivators who were as level as himself and sometimes there were ferocious beasts but still easily overcome low-level cultivators.
The cultivation world was indeed full of battles and bloodshed. Only the strong can survive, it sounds cruel but what one gets from cultivation makes everyone want it. Wealth, power, freedom, and most often many cultivators, immortality.
In the central continent there were many strong cultivators so the areas where monsters could appear were very few. There were seven forbidden areas in the central continent, that was where powerful monsters gathered. Even cultivators with soul connection levels would not carelessly enter into the forbidden area.
“I'll rest here briefly”
Tian Jie returned to readying his equipment while paying attention to the system panel.
“by the way, did I get the experience of the wolf I defeated earlier”
“I'm sure it's not that easy to move up to the next level”
Tian Jie pressed the level panel.
bing~
[Name : Tian Jie]
[Level: Spiritual Cultivator ]
[Next Level: Spiritual condensation ]
[Spiritual Energy :0/100]
…
“ini .., so in exchange for the exp system I have to collect spiritual energy ?”
“it seems like there are no shortcuts in this system, I still have to cultivate”
“But ..., how to ?”
Tian Jie sat down cross-legged and put on a firm sitting position.
“Will I try the cultivation technique of the sky mountain academy, coincidentally it is now late afternoon”
Burning Sun Art was one of the cultivation techniques frequently used by Tian Jie while still a disciple in the sky mountain academy.
Every thing that exists in this realm contains spiritual energy including sunlight. This Burning Sun Art technique absorbed the spiritual energy brought by the sunlight and processed it within the dantian of a cultivator. But the spiritual energy that the sunlight carried had a strong fire element. An ordinary cultivator could only perform this cultivation technique at sunrise and at sunset only.If someone forced to do this cultivation technique at the time when the sun was already above then the dantian would be smoldering like a the sun and burning the cultivator.
Although the risk is high, the effect of this technique is very significant. Tian Jie did not possess a top grade talent like cheng xiulan, but he could be at the same cultivation level as a top grade cultivator's talent owner.
The thing to watch out for when using this technique was the level of sunlight intensity that was around the cultivator while cultivating. Tian Jie was the only disciple who had managed to unravel the secret of using this technique so that he could use it freely.
“haaaaaap .., huuuu”
Tian Jie started his Burning Sun Art technique and cultivated. Not long after he started the technique the air around Tian Jie started to heat up. Even the heat of the air around Tian Jie could be seen with eyes as if a huge fire was burning around him.
Tian Jie's breathing grew heavier. His breathing can last up to thirty seconds and when he exhales it is also thirty seconds. He took a breath out of his nose and took it out of his mouth. Occasionally fire came out of his mouth when he breathed out.
A drop of sweat slid from Tian Jie's forehead, This technique completely drained his concentration. A slight mistake in processing spiritual energy from sunlight would be fatal.
Tian Jie continued to perform the Burning Sun Art cultivation technique until sunset. As the sun set and the sky darkened Tian Jie stopped his technique. The breath returns to normal, the ambient temperature begins to fall back down. He opened his eyes slowly. If someone were to notice Tian Jie then he would realize that there was a reddish glow within his eyes.
“Huuuh .., feeling this technique directly is more stressful than seeing it from the memory”
“but now I feel I have good comprehension ability”
“My old self really tried hard to catch up with her cultivation”
Tian Jie felt proud of himself, although he also felt that this feat was not actually his.
Tian Jie checked the System Panel again.
“hmm, can I control this panel without pressing it ?”
Tian Jie tried to move it with his mind. It was surprising to him that it could be done.
“What the fuck ..., why not from the first I did”
“If this panel can even be moved with the mind means only I can see and touch this panel ?”
“I was wondering if only I could see this panel, if it is true as long as no cultivator can read my mind will be safe”
Tian Jie again tried to open the level panel on the system.
bing~
[Name : Tian Jie]
[Level: Spiritual Cultivator ]
[Next Level: Spiritual condensation ]
[Spiritual Energy: 4/100]
…
“result is more or less in accordance with my estimate”
“Before I had this technique I needed one month to get into spiritual condensation rate”
“now ten days or maybe sooner I'm sure can go up to spiritual condensation rate”
krrr~
Tian Jie's stomach voice rang out loud.
“Kuh, my stomach is so hungry, I forgot that my lunch was not finished”
“Those unlucky wolves, just remember if I've gone into the spiritual condensation level or even the spiritual foundation”
“We see who's hunting who”
Tian Jie smiled widely and his eyes were filled with embers of spirit flames, but the look on his face instantly changed as his stomach rang again.
“yah, for now I will make food first”
Tian Jie took out his cutlery and started cooking for dinner.
finished eating Tian Jie set up the tent and prepared to sleep.
“Do I have to cultivate using the general cultivation technique of the sky mountain academy at night to hasten my cultivation?”
The general cultivation technique of the sky mountain academy was a technique that every disciple could use. This technique does not have many restrictions and can be used at all times. It's just that this technique is very slow in the process of absorbing spiritual energy from the surrounding environment.
“But I have to keep moving during the day because it is still in the forest”
Tian Jie decided to use his time in the morning and evening to cultivate, noon to continue the journey, while night to rest.
Tian Jie's journey continued and six days had already passed, unfortunately he was still not out of the forest. Even the boundary of this forest was not yet visible.
His cultivation also went smoothly without any obstacles. He opened the system panel to check.
[Name : Tian Jie]
[Level: Spiritual Cultivator ]
[Next Level: Spiritual condensation ]
[Spiritual Energy: 67/100]
…
He was very confident that within a few days he would rise to the level of spiritual condensation.
Far behind Tian Jie a hairy creature sniffed the area of his former self building a tent. After circling the location several times the creature looked towards the direction where Tian Jie went and started walking.
The creature looks like a bear but has brown bird feathers. He moved slowly following Tian Jie's footsteps. I don't know what the purpose of this creature is, no one knows.