4 Chapter 4: Practicing Profound Skills

After an hour of exploration he finally found some even more interesting things in the Primordial Sppirit Ring. It was a big white mansion in the Chinese style, the mansion was magnificent and gave a feeling of impotence and also a majestic building in gold and black, with various designs of mythical animals like quilin, phoenix, dragons etc. The building was only five stories high, but each had some strange symbols which he couldn't understand no matter how hard he tried to understand.

The building in front of him was a small pagoda compared to the Chinese pagodas in novels, which probably reached more than ten floors.

Yuan Tianzhu did not immediately run towards the pagoda, he first checked its surroundings, only after not finding anything suspicious did he advance to the pagoda. After all, he was still in an unknown place that he never entered, who knows there might be some mighty beast guarding the pagoda without him knowing. As the saying goes, "In a hurry eat raw", because being in a hurry would blur your vision and you wouldn't notice some small but important details.

He advanced slowly and finally arrived at the main entrance of the golden pagoda, according to his experiences reading cultivation novels, the pagodas were almost always where there were always cultivation resources or incredible treasures. Without further ado, he put his hand on the door. A bright light immediately came out of the door, completely blinding his vision as the door began to shudder slightly.

When the light dimmed, Yuan Tianzhu was faced with a large golden room with various types of spiritual treasures. His heart warmed as he knew these were the cultivation resources he needed and that God had given him. There was a pile full of Low-Level Spiritual Stones and some Medium-Level ones. There were also various types of spiritual weapons held in the air like magic.

Spiritual Stones were stones that absorbed a large amount of Profound Strength and turned into pure Profound Strength stones without any impurities within them. Spiritual stones can be divided into low level, medium level and high level, the higher the level of the spirit stones the purer Profound Strength they would contain. But medium level and high level spiritual stones are very rare, only high ranking people would have them.

Speaking of cultivation, cultivation involves seeking strength by following the 'Profound Way'. The 'Profound Way' of the world gives every mortal innate deep veins that allow them to cultivate a Profound Strength. By absorbing the Profound Strength, one can gain supernatural powers, thus having enough power to break the void and turn the sun into a moon. Cultivation was divided into great realms, from the lowest to the highest, which were: Elementary Profound, Nascent Profound, True Profound, Spirit Profound, Earth Profound, Sky Profound, Emperor Profound, Tyrant Profound and finally Sovereign Profound Realm.

Which were also divided into 10 small realms, each small realm followed by the other would be harder to break through than the previous one, as it required more Profound Strength. Yuan Tianzhu didn't have any cultivation at that time, so you could say he was weaker than normal humans in this world... And that wasn't something he was proud of, it was a cultivation world where the strong are worshiped and the weak despised.

However, what drew the most attention was a golden flame burning in a square of glass suspended in the air, the flame seemed to be quite strong, but even when he approached he didn't even feel heat it was as if the golden flame had no temperature. However, of course this was not true as perhaps it was that square of glass that was restraining the powerful scorching heat of the golden flame. He was more surprised because he knew what kind of flame this was because of the memories of the Ancient Gods who reached the peak of cultivation.

It was a Heavenly Flame!

A flame Heavenly flame, it was a flame was not produced by normal means. They were flames that were born from the heavens and the earth, normally these flames could only be found in special places where the primordial Qi, which is the strongest energy in the cultivation world, is extremely dense.

Yuan Tianzhu's red blooded eyes were rife with greed. This was a Heavenly Flame, something that only exists in places with an abundance of primordial Qi.

And it was right there in front of him, but he didn't let his greed get the better of him. For, he knew that he was not yet strong enough to have possession of such a mighty flame. Furthermore, God would certainly not leave such a treasure without any protection or a kind of requirement to obtain the treasure, if not, everything would be as easy as drinking water. He sighed helplessly and turned towards the mountain of Spiritual Stones as it was the only thing he could use on the first floor.

He held two spiritual stones in his hand, and broke them. Pure Profound Strength could be seen with the naked eye coming out of the halved spiritual stones. Seeing such an extraordinary phenomenon taking place before him, Yuan Tianzhu's eyes couldn't help but gleam too much.

He soothed his heated nerves, and sat in the lotus position. Once seated, he began operating the "Dragon Transformation Skill". The "Dragon Transformation Skill" was a cultivation method that Jiang Chen, the protagonist of Dragon Marked War God found in an ancient ruin during his previous life. The powerful Dragon Transformation Skill was inherited from ancient times.

This powerful skill was very powerful. According to the scripts, after cultivating the Dragon Transformation Skill, one could merge with any blood type in this world. It was possible to merge with thousands of blood types, and those benefits alone had already blew his mind.

Those who cultivated the Dragon Transformation Skill would form a Dragon Mark within their Dantian. A Dragon Mark would increase the user's strength by 10,000 Jin, and the maximum number of Dragon Marks that could be formed was 108,000.

Furthermore, according to the script, once all 108,000 Dragon Marks were formed, one would be able to break through the Dragon Gate and become a Dragon.

A Dragon Mark would increase a person's strength by 10,000 pounds, and it was hard to imagine how powerful a person would be if all 108,000 Dragon Marks were combined. The Dragon Transformation Skill will also strengthen the body, those who cultivate this skill will have their body trained in the most effective way.

An extreme dense and pure Profound Strength immediately entered the pores of his jade body, he felt invigorated and full of energy, the pure Profound Strength brought him an indescribable pleasure.

He immediately started circulating the "Dragon Transformation Skill". 'Seven small, seven large, form a whirlpool of impact, impurities will be discarded.'

This was written in the Dragon Transformation Skill script. Under Yuan Tianzhu's control, he created two regions within his body, one region had its Profound Strength flow clockwise 7 times, and the other region had its Deep Force flow counterclockwise 7 times. Profound Strength started being absorbed from the atmosphere, the Profound Strength circulated in his body passing through his meridians. Yuan Tianzhu immediately directed the Profound Strength through his body. The Profound Strength was also very cooperative, walking as he guided it.

The two separate streams of Profound Strength impacted each other, forming a whirlpool inside his Dantian as the whirlpool spread throughout Yuan Tianzhu's body.

Urgh!

After directing and circulating the Profound Strength through his body, an unbearable pain came out of nowhere as if thousands of swords were crippling his body. The pain was unbearable but it wasn't enough to bring down Yuan Tianzhu's willpower. Instead, he started circulating the "Dragon Transformation Skill" even faster thus making the pain even more intolerable.

However, he ignored the pain and continued to circulate "Dragon Transformation Skill". His breath was labored, his whole body was drenched in red, his previously snow-white skin stained red.

The Profound Strength began to refine his nonstop, he felt as if his skin, organs, bones, and meridians were being destroyed and rebuilt at the same time. The pain he was going through was unimaginable. All of a sudden, a scorching heat surged through his body like an erupting volcano.

Bang!

A deafening sound like a dragon's roar and heavenly phoenix screams resonated within his body, as a great amount of Profound Strength was directed into his lower body.

1st Level Elementary Profound Realm!

Even Yuan Tianzhu didn't think the Dragon Transformation skill would be that powerful. By only cultivating for a few minutes, he managed to go from a mere mortal to a cultivator at 1st Level Elementary Profound Realm.

He could feel his Profound Strength rapidly increasing, his body also became stronger than before, so his strength and defense improved a lot. During the cultivation of the Dragon Transformation skill, the Profound Strength within Yuan Tianzhu's body formed into two separate eddies again. With great speed, the two eddies began to flow toward his Dantian and began to form a blood-red Dragon Mark.

However, the color of the dragon mark was ashen and still far from becoming vivid. With that thought in mind, the ashen Dragon Mark began to shake violently, causing a mighty force to come out of it.

"There is!"

With a yell, Yuan Tianzhu punched out hard, creating a thunderous sound in the air due to the friction. A gust of wind manifested in the pagoda, the blow seemed to want to break the void and rip the space open.

Bang!

The blow was very powerful, far beyond the power anyone in 1st Level Elemental Profound Realm should have in the same realm. He could feel that he could fight people levels above him without difficulty, and on top of that, it was all without using a Profound Skills!He couldn't imagine how strong he would be if he used one.

"So, this is how one feels when one gains strength beyond human comprehension," said Yuan Tianzhu.

Yuan Tianzhu got up and walked to the pagoda exit without taking another look at the Heavenly Flame burning in a square of glass suspended in midair. He turned and opened the doors of the pagoda, thus leaving only to be faced with the magnificent world of the Primordial Spirit Ring.

Yuan Tianzhu once again inhaled the pure Profound Strength hovering in the air within the world of the Primordial Spirit Ring. He headed to the only place he hadn't visited yet, which was the white mansion a few kilometers from the ten floors pagoda. Already at the gate of the white mansion, Yuan Tianzhu sighed before raising his arms and opening the gigantic white gate.

The garden of the white mansion was simply beyond words! Yuan Tianzhu could see a bright green picturesque image filled with a variety of flowers and trees. Crystal clear and translucent lakes could be seen in the garden, he continued walking while enjoying the view around him. When Yuan Tianzhu entered the inside of the house, he was faced with the most luxurious Chinese style interior, it was as if he had entered a 5 star Chinese hotel.

He began exploring the large mansion on his own, which took several hours for him to finish exploring the entire mansion. And he concluded that this mansion was too big for one person, he wondered why God gave him such a house. However, in the end he shrugged his shoulders, he couldn't guess what a deity would likely think as it went beyond his mortal reasoning. After a while, he went to a room which he chose to be his, the room was big, had all kinds of paintings, jewelry, luxurious decorations. He threw himself onto his king-sized bed and closed his red blooded eyes as he was feeling tired.

Some hours later...

Yuan Tianzhu woke up, got up, brushed his teeth, ate and headed to one of the training rooms inside his gigantic mansion. Today he wanted to train some profound skills he had in his brain because of the Memories of the Ancient Gods that reached the peak of cultivation.

He wanted to learn fist, sword and movement profound skills. He already had some skills in mind, one of them was the Sword Cutting Through The Heavens, the Dragon-Elephant's Scalding Palm and finally Steps of the Thunder Dragon. The Sword Cutting Through The Heavens, the Dragon-Elephant's Scalding Palm, and the Footsteps of the Thunder Dragon were Profound Skills of Heaven Rank!

According to the Memories of the Ancient Gods who reached the peak of cultivation, the profound skills in immortal cultivation were divided from the highest to the lowest: Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, Human, and Mortal. Which are also separated for the highest to the lowest: Perfect, Half-Perfect, Superior, Medial and Inferior.

So, one can imagine how powerful the Sword Cutting Through The Heavens, Dragon-Elephant's Scalding Palm and the Steps of the Thunder Dragon were. Sword Cutting Through The Heavens was a profound skill that aimed to turn a mortal into a human sword, as after one successfully cultivated it one could even use one's fingers as swords, slashing their enemies mercilessly.

The Dragon-Elephant's Scalding Palm was a fist profound skill, covering the arm with golden dragon scales, one could exude tremendous power that would make tsumani rise and mountains shudder. And finally the Steps of the Thunder Dragon that was a movement profound skill, specially trained in places with plenty of thunder, tempering your legs to the extreme and awakening your latent potential. All these profound skills were too insane and too powerful that even gods would fight for them.

Once in the training room, Yuan Tianzhu started practicing these same profound skills already mentioned. However, even with his exceptional talent it was not that easy to master those profound skills. He had to work hard to master them, but with his comprehension beyond imagination he managed to master them. As the saying went "99% hard work and 1% talent".

After training hard, Yuan Tianzhu's body fell heavily to the ground, his breathing was labored, every muscle in him was screaming for help. He could barely get up, all of his body was sore, but the sacrifice was worth it when he saw certain notifications on his status screen.

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Ding!!*[Congratulations your Profound Skill "Dragon-Elephant's Scalding Palm" has leveled up. Leveling to the Lvl. 4]

Ding!!*[Congratulations your Profound Skill "Steps of the Thunder Dragon" has leveled up. Leveling to the Lvl. 4]

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