cultivation and techniques
[Check out my other novel the demon gods journey.]
Beside the small village Adrien conquered is a road leasing to a rather dark forest.
The outward appearance of the forest was dark and grimly. The trees were all dark and they all looked sick,with weird yellow pus dripping out of the trees.
But as they say looks can be quite deceiving.
"What..now that surprising."
Adrien with a wide smile kept on strolling in the forest compared to the dark and grimly view you have on the outside the inside of the forest was bright,and filled with a colourful array of plants.
The forest was quiet but beautiful.
Searching for a perfect spot to seat Adrien noticed a small rock and walk towards it.
"Quite fla-"
Booooom!!!
The figure of Adrien can be seen thrown a few meters from the rock.
"knew the rock was suspicious."
Dust and dirt filled his eyesight and he crouched channelling a bit of lightning to his feet.
Rumble!!
A flash of lightning went towards the dust and Adrien threw a punch.
BANG!!
Flashing back to a nearby tree,Adrien looked at his swollen right hand.
"Shit the skin is so hard."
Adrien wondered what the hell he punched.
Finally the dust settled and standing on it fours is a grey colored tortoise, the tortoise skin looked no different from a rock and even had cracks on it,with a huge shell that has spike on it.
'It being a defence type beast means it'll be extremely slow.'
Coating his two hands with darkness Adrien decided to speed blizted the beast.
Adrien's whole body was covered with black lightning and..
Rumble!!!!
As if understanding Adrien the tortoise went into its shell.
Adrien threw a punch and another,again,again,again.
Adrien repeated this action for 10 minutes straight by now the ground under the tortoise has sunk creating a deep crater.
"Should use my blade?"
He thought out loud shaking his head Adrien decided to change his tactics and kill the beast without any martial arts or blade.
Stepping back he went on his knees and bent like an athlete about to run.
'Lets see if it works.'
With a huge smile on his face he began running.
Rumbleeee!!!!!!!!
He ran straight ahead and went as far as his energy could go running 14 kilometres in less than a minute and when he was about 294 kilometres away he took a quick turn and went back with full force.
With huge lightning storm behind him Adrien went back to the tortoise and channelled all the lightning to his fist and delivered a punch.
BOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!
The punch resounded throughout the whole forest and the vicinity of the village.
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"What do you think caused the sound?"
Illinith asked with a face filled with curiosity.
"Probably my liege training or fighting a beast."
Aeru replied her and went on his way.
"If you have time to gawk then drop and give me 300."
Illinith said with a sultry voice.
"Oh by the do this while wearing the 4kg weighted suit." She added.
'Demon..demonn'
All the newly turned undead thought together.
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Meanwhile the shockwave of the punch eviscerated the whole place and a whole 2000 metre area was scorched and filled with burn mark.
Adrien was on the floor and catching his breath.
"I still need more,I have abilities and techniques but not enough energy to execute them."
Sitting upright Adrien proceeded to cross his legs and meditate.
The energy Adrien spoke of is as mentioned earlier.
+ Foundation expert
+ Bronze warrior
+Silver warrior
+ Gold core expert
Each stage is divided into initial,intermediate and peak.
Going through each level means the amount of energy you can store increases the more energy you have the more techniques you can perform and using traits and abilities becomes easier.
Cultivating is like filling a bucket when the bucket is just filling up that initial stage then you do that up to peak and when you have accumulated enough energy you breakthrough increasing your bucket meaning you can hold more energy.
They are different cultivating techniques and different energy some cultivate ki,qi,chi,mana,nether and ether
But the reason Aether is superior is that regardless of the race or technique you use all can cultivate that is why a terraforming is needed on Gaia.
Now back to technique some cultivate by breathing we have through the nose or the most common the mouth[qi,chi,mana.]
And some through the pores on their skin.[ki,nether and ether.]
Some energy are tied to some races like asuras and demon use nether and faux and legna use ether,while most human use qi or ki.
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"FUCK."
Adrien screamed out in frustration.
Slamming his fist in the ground he sighed.
After cultivating for more than 3 hours there was no increase in his internal energy.
'Why am I even angry I already knew that sooner or later fate will fuck me up and in some type of way and it did.'
"I have the poorest aptitude coupled with zero roots."
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Aptitude and roots you probably wondering it means well wonder no more,you see when everyone is born some have good aptitude others have good roots while the best have both;the better the aptitude or roots the easier you accumulate internal energy.
Types of aptitude and roots.
Bronch aptitude 0-1 roots
Sivertail aptitude 1-3 roots
Blackgold aptitude 3-5 roots
Jadewhite aptitude 5-8roots
Aevenlight aptitude 9 roots
And the perfect one.
Aviangold aptitude and Zwian roots.
By the way they are also special physique.
In fact they are many special physique but no one dares says it out.
Due to the fact physique can be stolen the n transferred to whosoever.
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Sighing once more Adrien got to his feet and went toward the corpse and touched it.
Suddenly Adrien's hand transformed to that of a dark ravenous beast and devoured the corpse.
"Well,this opens up many possibilities."
Closing his eyes and check his level Adrien noticed an increase in his internal energy.
"So I devour beast to cultivate...Or can I also devour artefact?"
Thinking deeply about Adrien decided to put his new physique to test eager to know the limits of his physique.
'Now that I think of it isn't this a dream come true,as a weeb have always imagine having the power to...singularity.'
He stopped working and it all clicked why he has the ability,why his physique is that of a devourer.
"If I go with this does that mean I have no limit to what I can devour?"
Shaking his head Adrien knew they must be a limit and he will find it out by hook or crook.
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Gaia.
A huge world spanning thousands of kilometres deep in the skies and in the depth of the ocean the world of Gaia is one that is filled with life and different races,some more powerful than others.
In the deepest part of the sea,where the light doesn't dare reach a place where only the strong can survive,hidden behind a whirlpool of death and destruction is an untouched civilisation,the home of the few existing creature.
The home of merfolk.
Ashkelon capital of merfolk is a very vibrant place with years of rich culture and tranquillity.
But for some reason is very deserted.
The kings place.
A six merfolk clad in miky white armour walked in and went on their knees to greet the king.
"My king."
Raising his hands the king turned towards them.
"Arise."
The king of the merfolk is tall and quite bulky,he has a vibrant deep blue hair reaching his shoulders,with a serene smile and the face if middle aged man.
The king is wearing long white robes with brown accents.
The king has long pointy ears which are grey colored with a closed gills by his neck.
"How's the rest doing?"
Stepping forward a merfolk answered:
"The 70% percent of them are about to end their trials and the rest are getting used to their legs."
Nodding his head thoughtfully,the king smiled.
"Legs,who knew the next stage in our evolution is legs,thank Atargatis we can still breathe in water."
Taking a deep breath the merfolk continued his report with a frown on his face.
"My king,the..princess is still in the trial and according to the mermaidens the only sign she still alive is the huge amount of energy she dispels once in awhile."
Hearing this the king stagerred and held the throne.
"My king!!"
The merfolk rushed towards him.
"It ok I'll be fine,you can go."
He waved his hands dismissively.
With the guards gone,the king left the throne room and wandered through the hallway to a a room.
Entering the room the king went on his knees and held the hands of the young lady on the bed and started sobbing.
Speaking through his sobs he said:
"Dear Atargatis I don't care what I have to do as long as she safe,so please help me,help me bring her home safely."
He prayed cleaning his tears he brushed the young lady's hair and kissed her forehead and then left the room.
After kissing her the young lady twitched her eye.
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Deep in the young princess subconscious.
In dark and damp hallway the figure of two young women can be seen.
One seems to be holding the other neck against the wall.
The one said:
"If....y.ou kill me my father will know I am the ....princ..ess of the mer..folk."
"Do I look like I care besides am sure Neil would have taken care of it."
Saying this she plunged her hands towards her chest and ripped out her heart.
Splurtt!!
She threw the dead figure to the ground.
Crash//
With a bloodcrazed smile and swirling holes of darkness that formed in her eyes she said:
"Besides no one...no one can stop me from seeing my darling."
Saying this she skipped away from the dead body.
"Wait for me darling am coming."
She began humming.
Atargartis:is a mermaidlike Greek goddess also Derceto by the Romans.