4 1 Year
In the morning Ni Yuzhou woke up with a ray of light shining on her eyes.
She felt better with the medicinal bath and some rest but her whole body felt sore from yesterday's training.
She just laid there are her father's arms as she enjoyed the feeling of warmth from his body. They stayed like that for a half hour.
Ni Yuzhou wiggled a little bit to tell him that she wanted to go. He let go of her and also got up to start his day.
They both got up and dressed in fresh clothes. The father-daughter pair then went out to the usual shop to get their breakfast.
The man greeted them and handed them their usual meal. Ni Yuzhou's father just took it and left while she thanked him and then ran after her father.
The man that sold their breakfast just shook his head, that scene happened every day.
They reached their house as soon as they finished their breakfast and her father told her the same thing as he did yesterday.
"Sit down."
Ni Yuzhou did as she was told and sat down.
"Do you know why we did that yesterday?" Her father asked.
She shook her head, she had no idea what hitting her father had to do with cultivating.
"To cultivate one needs to have a good foundation in their bodies, if you do not you will not be able to make full use of your cultivation." Her father explained.
With her 8-year-old mentality, she did not get all of it but she did get the gist of it. She nodded to show that she understood.
Her father saw that she nodded and went to explain further, he knew that she did not understand everything but she understood what was important.
"Training your body also allows you to train your techniques. Techniques are as important as your cultivation if not more."
He wanted to keep it short so she could understand.
Like with his last sentence she did not understand it fully but she got the gist of it.
"So, do you want to cultivate right away?"
Her father asked.
She shook her head, now that she knew about this how could she?
"What do you want to do then?"
Her father asked another question.
"Train my body." Ni Yuzhou answered with no hesitation.
"Ok, follow me."
Her father said as he walked in large strides to the backyard.
Ni Yuzhou once again had to run to keep up with him.
Her father arrived in the middle of their backyard and stood there like a mountain.
She understood what they would be doing just from what her father did.
She got in a stance that she thought best and attacked him.
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Unlike the previous day, she could not hit him as he was prepared for her attacks this time around.
Just like he said the day before she would not eat if she did not hit him. Her father still carried her to the bath that was always full of warm water, full of medicine and washed her.
And she still slept peacefully in her father's arms.
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The next day it was the same.
She went to get breakfast, train her body and that day she hit her father with a surprise attack so she also got to taste her father's cooking before she went off to sleep.
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The next day…
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1 week…
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1 month…
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3 months…
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6 months...
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1 year…
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During the time that they trained, Ni Yuzhou's body improved a lot, she trained herself to the max every day and then had a medicinal bath that refreshed her and improved her physique.
With that increase in her body, she was getting better at hitting him now and then, even after a year of training she would only hit him once a week.
They did that for an entire year until she had the perfect physical foundation. The pair did nothing else except their daily routine and neither of them was bored, they were just perfectly content.
There was one thing that Ni Yuzhou did question. During the entire time didn't the owner of the shop that her father worked at finding anything wrong with her father suddenly go missing?
She just figured that her father found time to tell him. Just as she thought that an emotionless voice rang from behind her.
"Now you have a perfect physical foundation, what do you want to do now?"
That voice was her father, during that time that they trained together he did not change at all. Ni Yuzhou did not mind her father's personality so she did not want it to change.
"Cultivate!"
Ni Yuzhou answered without hesitation. The reason that she trained her body was to cultivate. She would never forget the scene of those people flying in the air on their swords.
"What do you want to cultivate?" There were many choices.
"Huh?" She did not understand, there were many ways to cultivate?
"There is only one way to cultivate but there are many different paths you can take." Her father explained.
"What kind of paths?" She did not understand.
"That will take some explaining. Come here." Her father said as he patted his lap.
Ni Yuzhou walked towards her father and sat down on his lap as she looked up at him.
"First I will tell you about the universe. There are 6 races in total. We, humans, are a race. The human race is born with great intellect like how you are smart."
Ni Yuzhou smiled happily when she heard him praise her. Her father continued.
"The other races are Untamed, Tideborn, Winged Elves, Earthguard, and Nightblade. Each has their own characteristics like us. The Untamed can transform into creatures. The Tideborn can turn into Mermaids/Mermen underwater since they are blessed by the Water God. Winged Elves are born with natural wings. The Earthguard are born blessed by the Earth God, they are born with extra earth affinity. The Nightblades are born with excellent dexterity."
That was a little much for her to take in but she firmly remembered them. When he confirmed that she processed what he said he continued.
"Each race has their own classes, we humans have Blademasters and Wizards. Untamed have Barbarians and Venomancers. Tideborn have Assassins and Physics. Winged Elves have Archers and Clerics. Earthguard has Seekers and Mystics, and Nightblade has Duskblades and Stormbringers."
Her father stopped there to let her process their names. He paused for half a minute before he continued on.
"Each class has their own specialty (If you want to know read the class chapter) but what is important is that each race has one physical and magical class. You will get to chose your class when you get to Dao Transformation stage but you can practice their arts before as a foundation."
He stopped there for a moment then asked.
"Now that you know this what would you choose?"
"Can I only chose the two human classes?" When she thought for a moment she asked. Who doesn't want more choices?
"You can if you change your race." Her father said.
"I get to change my race?" She widened her eyes.
"If you want to." Her father answered without changing his expression.
When she heard that she fell in deep thought. There were many choices to choose from. Which race would she choose from? Then physical or magical?
"I want to choose…"
