Soul Land: Cultivator SI

"Damn it brat. Hurry and clean the floor. His highness is going to be visiting the mansion today."

"Yes, Sir."

DRIP

DRIP

I ran along the floor using the mop, made by me. No, not made. The mop was invented by me.

DRIP

DRIP

SWISH

Looking at the shining floor, I felt depressed. I went from being a doctor enjoying the comforts and respect of the modern world to being a 4-year-old servant child raised by the Dai Family in soul land. Yes, the same Dai family, which is the royal family of the Star Luo empire.

SMACK

Feeling the hit on the back of my head, I wanted to scream at the fatso and at my current pitiful state, but I held back. A eunuch serving the royalty is not someone I can offend.

"What are you daydreaming about, kid? The prince will be here soon. Get out of sight now. Don't anger him with your presence. Just because you are praised by the head servant doesn't mean you can slack off. Go clean the windows."

"I already completed it, sir."

SMACK.

"Then, get lost."

My heart filled with envy as I observed the eunuch effortlessly traverse the 10-meter hallway, not leaving a single mark on the floor. I could still hear his distant mutters about me being a lazy kid that got lucky by catching the eye of the head servant.

Even without his eunuch identity, his power as a soul master is enough to make me swallow all my resentment and anger. While the soul masters can't kill just because they have the power, it is a different matter if a normal citizen opposes them. Then even the other soul masters won't say anything if he beats me up..

Yes, just beat me up. He can't kill me even if I shout back at him. Apparently, killing without reason can have a soul master easily be branded as an evil soul master, a target to be hunted by everyone.

SIGH.

I took the mop, whose making and presentation to the Head servant helped me land the job in the mansion. I stored it in the cupboard and got back to the training grounds.

The ordinary army of the empire had a military base next to the Dai family vacation mansion, which is employing me. So, naturally, I did my best to train my body. As for consequences in the later part of cultivation life, well, I must first reach that later stage to think about consequences. Besides, there are many healing martial souls, herbs, treasures that can deal with them. Some of which I know because of me reading the novel-soul land.

——-Star empire, Ordinary army military base, Training ground———

"HAI."

SWISH

"HAI."

SWISH

"HAI."

Looking at the ordinary soldiers training with their weapons/martial souls practicing their army formation, I felt sad for them and even more fearful about my future.

I started my daily routine of running around, but couldn't knock away the negative thoughts that weighed on my heart.

My heart sank as I observed the soldiers brandishing their polished spears, knives, and swords, a symbol of the world's unfairness.

They all had good martial souls but had no innate soul power or had just one or 2 innate soul power. Essentially, making them unable to pursue the soul master path. Not everyone is lucky enough to be born to the blue dragon tyrant family leader.

At least, these guys had suitable weapon martial souls. Most normal folk can't even enter this mansion.

The only reason I can enter the mansion is because I am still unawakened and I impressed the head servant who came to the orphanage with the cleaning mop. Otherwise, I would have thrown just for looking at the gates. I fear so because, according to the orphanage, my parents were normal people.

Despite the chance of not having the innate soul power, the orphanage raising me can be attributed to the dead parent's cat martial souls. Being their son, me having a cat related martial soul is a good possibility.

The royal family's martial soul, being a white tiger, played a role in ensuring that all cat family marital souls were included in the empire's welfare schemes.

SNORT

More like a massive net thrown for talents, who will be loyal to the fault.

Then, the talented cat soul masters from the wide net cast by the empire benefits will be absorbed into various families like Zhu, Xu and Huang. These families all have cat related martial soul.

In the same way, members of these families, mostly the Zhu family, will then go higher in the hierarchy [Dai] by marriage, ensuring that the Dai family has a stable martial inheritance.

It was unfair, but for the first time in both lives, I am the one benefiting from the unfairness. So, I am happy.

ARGH

I felt the hit of the wooden spear on my face as the soldier continued his movement to do a 360-degree turn and hit my back.

WHACK.

Feeling the hit, I had enough. "What is wrong with you? I am just a normal 4-year-old. I didn't even have my awakening ceremony."

Soldier Hu just sighed and said, "You are the one who asked me to teach you to fight, kid. Unfortunately, this is fighting. The way you are, you will be beaten into the ground, no matter the fight. At least the exercises you are doing seem to have some effect. You could take the hit."

I answered by shouting with all my strength and pulling my hand back, "AHHH!"

[AI pointer : Tighten the biceps and Trapezoid more. Lighten the weight on the right foot….]

I did as I was told and punched.

SWOOSH

Soldier Hu rose an eyebrow at me sudden correction and I could see the Punch having all my strength behind it.

THUMP

"Well, that is comfortable." Looking at Solider Hu calmly looking at my fist that hit his abdomen, I felt annoyed at seeing not even a budge. So much for a reincarnate, I didn't even get a stronger body. That's the reason I am afraid my innate soul power will 0. After all, since my body had no benefit, then my martial soul may be the same.

The next the thing I saw was the spear coming at me like a bat. I don't need to say what's the ball is , right?

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SLURP

SLURP

SLURP

Looking at the soldiers drinking the last few drops of broth from the food I cooked, I sighed. After a day filled with work and getting beaten up, I still had to cook for them. Well, this one is on me, considering that I was the one who made the deal to cook for them in return for them training me.

BURP

I smelt the burps before the rest of them were heard.

BURP

BURP

BURP

"I can't believe you cook better than the old cook, Wian. I mean, that crooked guy has a bread martial soul. Each day, I am more and more happy with the captain's decision to allow you on the grounds, a punching bag for stress life and talented cook. A heaven-sent deal, if there was any."

I felt a weary smile come to my face at that. While the food martial soul might give the old cook an advantage, it doesn't change the fact he didn't come into contact with various ingredients because of his civilian life. Me, having lived all my previous life cooking myself and eating various dishes, it was ease for me to cook well. I mean, the old man Wian didn't even touch the spices in his entire life till he joined here.

"Enough. Stop teasing the kid and get back to your posts."

Just like that, everyone silently went back into formation. Looking at the tall 7 foot, scarred man who kneeled before after eating the food I made, I couldn't believe it even now. I saw his martial soul lighting up, and a warmth surged into me, making a groan in pleasure.

UUHUH

"Now, go back to your room, Zhang."

I bowed to the captain, "Thank for your help in healing me."

He just waved off as he went back to his post. Who would have thought the fierce had a healing martial soul, a good one at that, the Vitality cane.

Unfortunately, his innate soul power is just 2. Even after 20 years, he only got to level 16. A pitiful one, but enough to hold the post as a captain in the ordinary army.

As I walked back to my room, I looked at my profile, made my AI.

[Name : Zhang Kun.

Age: 4 Years.

Martial soul : unknown.

Soul power : unknown.

Spiritual power : spirit origin.

Knowledge mastered : General surgeon from 21st century.

Database :

Contents of the Dai Family vacation mansion : Soul power and its basics, common soul beasts in continent, Geography,...]

The only thing I filled up with is the commonly available books I entered the database page by page when I was slotted to clean it a month ago.

The only thing I am sure about is that my spiritual power is in spirit origin realm. Well, everyone is born into that level, but I am sure that I am on the higher end because I am an adult who reincarnated into a child's body. At least, I believe that.

Closing the door to the small room that had one bed and a window, I sighed and sat on it. From having a 2 storied luxury house in the modern world to servant room in Soul land. My life is really something else.

Time to end the pity party of the day and got the task. I took a deep breath and sat in the lotus position.

To think that it took me dying and reincarnating in a fantasy world to take up meditation.

AI, show me the updated cultivation method.

[Ting. Ting.

Changes made based on the common meditation technique in the library, and the information about the various meridians and their effect on soul power…..]

The meridians mirror the intricate pathways of the human body's arteries, veins, and lymphatic vessels.

Although the people in the soul land may have more advanced knowledge regarding the relationship between meridians and soul power, I am confident that my understanding of the interconnected pathways between the meridians is superior to theirs.

I mean, I am a fucking surgeon.

[Start from the GIT [Digestive tract], go forth into the liver via portal vein...]

Digestive system [food] is the major source of Heaven and earth energy for the martial soul. It is common sense to start from there.

[… into a radial artery in hands..]

[…. into a femoral artery in thighs …]

On and on I went through the same thing in my mind over and over while keeping a steady breath. Yes, just in my mind. Because I don't even know if it's working because I can't sense soul power, in fact, any energy. I just imagine there is something there and moving according to my instructions.

There is a reason martial souls need to be awakened for the cultivation to start. Without it acting as a bridge, it is not possible to even sense the energy. Of course, if you are a previous cultivator like Tang san, then there is no problem.

The only reason I am persisting is because the mediation seems to have at least replaced sleep, leading me to hope it's working. Rather than the fact mediation became a part of rest for due to me doing this since I am a baby in this life.

CHIRP

CHIRP

Listening to the chirping of birds, I turned to see the dawn breaking in the window. I sighed and faced the sun, while concentrating on the vessels in the eye.

[Retinal artery…]

While I didn't get any sudden improvement, I persisted, searching for the so called purple Qi of the morning sun. After all, Purple Qi absorption is a surefire method of increasing vision and spiritual power. And it is on the retina of the eye all the sun's rays fall on.

UGGH

UGH

Holding back my annoyance, I got back to my feet to get back to the cleaning duty. I really wish I knew if the method is even working or not.