Ch 5: Music can Kill and Heal

Ch 5: Music can Kill and Heal

Aaron POV:

Coming to the table, I quickly wolfed down the food.

But mom froze the moment she saw me. Her eyes widened.

So, I asked, "what is it, mom? ".

"You…. you…. you reached the Warrior realm? Baby, you can cultivate now? I knew it how can my son be a cripple ", she instantly hugged me and I could feel her body shivering.

"Actually, mom, I was never a cripple, but my physique is special and it can cultivate only one particular type of technique. And I found my technique for this inheritance. It's a peak immortal ranked cultivation technique." Although she knows about the matters regarding the Celestial Clan, Grandpa forbids me to reveal his to anyone even to mom.

Mom almost fell when she heard my words. She lost her usual calm.

"Did you just say immortal ranked? Immortal ranked even a peak one, I am pretty sure no one in the entire continent has an immortal ranked technique, even the Royal family of the Penrith Empire has only 3 peak saint grade Cultivation techniques. I thought immortal ranked ones are just myths. If this gets out, I am sure that a great war will be waged between the continents. Have you told anyone about this?", she shuddered after saying this, probably imagining the results?

"Of course, not mom, I am not that naïve.", I said.

"Boya, your mother has a magnificent physique," suddenly Grandpa said this.

"How could you even think like that when she is younger than your great great great granddaughter if you had one, of course," I glared at him.

"Hohoho… Boya, you misunderstand. I am talking about her martial physique. She has a unique physique called The Fire Goddess physique. But you need to awaken it first with some fire attributed fruits or some magma essence can help. Besides, why don't you take her as your first Dao companion? Her cultivation will rise as well as yours. I even think she can turn into a half-dragon.", he said, interested.

That's a lot of information to digest. Let's cool my head first. So she has a special physique that needs Fire attributed fruits or magma essence to awaken.

Hmm…. I definitely need to find this in the future.

"what is a Dao companion, grandpa?",

"Hohoho…. Dao companions are husband and wife who are bonded by their Dao. It is a relationship closer than a husband and wife. They live together, fight together and cultivate together. For us celestial, it is a very sacred relation."

"Wait, how can you say that, she is my mother. I agree she is hot as hell but we are blood-related.", although I said that. A thought immediately came into my mind.

She is related to the previous body owner, not me. It should be okay, right? No, no what am I thinking, I promised him I will take care of her. Isn't this a way to protect her?

"Kiddo, in the cultivation world, there is nothing such as forbidden. If you have power, rules will bend for you besides when you turn into a celestial, you will not have the blood relation with her."

"I see. Huh? Me into a celestial? What do you mean?", I asked, not understanding his words.

"Hohoho…... forgive me I forgot to tell you this. If you continue to cultivate as you are now, you will surely reach the peak of the world but in front of true celestials, you will be nothing more than ants waiting to be crushed.", he explained seriously.

"But how do I turn into one? You don't expect me to be reborn as a celestial, do you?"

"Of course, no, but you have quite a sound imagination. You will need to consume a celestial birthing pill in your ring."

"Ok, let's go to my room first.", I told him.

The conversation did not last over 3 seconds.

I turned to mom.

"Mom, I will be in my room cultivating."

"Ok dear,", her sweet smile really heals me.

I came to my room and sat in a lotus position.

"I am ready, grandpa."

"Kiddo, take a golden pill but remember that during the process you will have to face an inhuman amount of pain and you cannot lose consciousness. Your muscles will tear and join; bones will turn to dust and reform; veins and meridians will burst and form again. You will be reborn as a true celestial, abandoning the roots of humanity completely. Tell me, are you ready? ", he said with a seriousness that differs completely from his easy-going nature.

I unconsciously gulped.

I know it will be painful but isn't the path of cultivation just torture?

I know it will be painful but I have to get used to the pain.

I know it will be painful but how can I stop when I just cultivated.

I know it will be painful but for the sake of my mom and peaceful days; I have to go through this.

Then took a deep breath.

"Yes, I am ready but I don't want mom to hear my screams.", I said calmly.

His serious face broke into a wide smile.

"Good resolve as for that matter, it's a small thing."

He then flicked his finger, and a barrier immediately surrounded the room.

I swallowed the pill and closed my eyes.

I felt a very violent energy course through my body and suddenly my bones cracked.

*aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh*

Then my meridians burst one by one.

*aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh*

I felt like I was going to pass out the moment I lose concentration.

I can't let that happen.

I gritted my teeth and endured the pain.

After 3 hours,

The barrier disappeared

The hellish torture was finally over.

Peaceful energy rushed into my body.

I feel like I was going to melt. But then it paused.

My cultivation was increasing quick, and it slowed when I reached the 7th stage of the Martial Warrior realm.

*Panting*

Hah…. hah…. from 1st to directly the 7th stage, not bad.

If someone was here, then he would slap Aaron to death.

You jumped 6 stages in 2 minutes whereas a normal person takes about 10 months and you dare to say it was not bad.

"Boya, your willpower really exceeds my expectation. As expected of the person the ring chose. Since you have some energy left, why don't you learn the Jade Lotus Dual Cultivation art? It will be useful for your time with your mother and future women. Hohoho….", he smiled in a lewd way.

As a fan of cultivation novels, how could he not understand a dual cultivation technique?

'Eventually, I have to do this. Why not now? And I really want to see beauties other than mom. How great would it be if I could have a harem of my own? Hehehe…", I drowned in my fantasies.

*Ahem*

No time to daydream.

I took out a green scroll and started reading it.

About an hour later,

I have finally memorized it but before I cultivate, I really need to take a bath. My whole body stinks.

After taking a bath, I changed to clean robes as the white robes I was wearing turned black due to the impurities released from my body.

I fell flat on my bed.

Man, I still cannot believe I overcame the hellish pain.

Since now I have time, I really want to play the zither.

I took out the box.

On opening it, I found a black and purple-colored zither. Beside it was a manual, it was a very ancient-looking manual. Its white pages turned brown.

It had two parts; the first one is to learn how to play the zither and the second was the zither art, Celestial Melodies.

So I spent the entire night learning how to play the zither.

Finally, after an entire night of practice, I can play the zither.

Then I opened the second part, and after reading it, I can say only one thing.

This is too overpowering.

According to this art, it deals damage to one's soul, any cultivator's most vulnerable point.

It can turn ill-tempered people into peace-loving ones, can convert one's sorrow to happiness, and even turn hatred to love.

I can even find the location of faraway objects and people.

As the art advances, it gets more OP and more lethal. Whoever hears the music can be paralyzed, put to sleep, or feel nauseous according to the desire of the one playing.

It has other extremely useful uses like helping one overcoming one's bottleneck and boosting someone's strength temporarily.

It can also cause enemies to have illusions, nightmares and it can even manipulate beasts to some extent.

I immediately wanted the zither as my major weapon. I also want to learn the way of the sword but as a secondary weapon.

Now the only problem that is left is earning money. I completely immersed in his thought.

"Kiddo, you have successfully learned to play the zither but your face still shows worry. Do you need my help with something?", Grandpa couldn't help but ask as he couldn't understand why someone that accomplished something that he has been trying to do for millenniums looked so troubled.

"Grandpa, I need to earn money," I said earnestly.

"Money? If you need money, why don't you play music for money? You will get enough practice and get easy money. It's a win-win situation. What do you think, kiddo?", Grandpa suggested.

"It's really a win-win situation. I will talk to mom tomorrow about this. Thank you, grandpa."

He simply nodded.

Now let's cultivate the Dual Cultivation art.