13 Chapter 13 – Testing the Innate Talent!
"Everyone take one soul crystal. These primary soul crystals are to be well kept. Before reaching a soul force of 500, this primary soul crystal can be used to check the level of your soul force. Once your soul force passes 500, you will need to get intermediate soul crystal!" Nie Li said as he distributed the soul crystals to everyone.
Seeing Nie Li passing the soul crystals to them, Wei Nan, Zhu Xiangjun and Zhang Ming expressions were terrified.
"How can we take such expensive stuff?" Wei Nan said. One primary soul crystal was worth a thousands demon spirit coins; their living expenses for two years wouldn't even reach that much and Nie Li was actually gifting them a soul crystal.
"Yeah, we can't accept this!" Zhu Xiangjun quickly added.
Zhang Ming also did the same. They are all commoner students, when had they had such an expensive things before?
"It's given by Nie Li, take it! Unless, you don't consider us as brothers?" Du Ze spoke in a deep voice as he frowned his brows.
Although Du Ze is a commoner, he still has prestige. The trio looked at each other for awhile and nodded their heads. Taking the soul crystal from Nie Li's hand their hearts are filled with gratitude. Next we
"First you guys have to understand how a cultivation technique works. First and foremost it, of course, depends on your soul realm which influences the speed of your soul force growth but only at the beginning, later it depends on you and the cultivation technique itself for your development. In this world, there are no crippled soul realms. Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, azure, and indigo are the seven colour types of soul realm. Each represents a person's unique personality and talents. Due to various reason, some soul realms are more easy to train, but that doesn't mean that red soul realms are crippled. If you find the right cultivation technique to train with, even with red soul realm, you can also unleash powerful strength. For those who grade the soul realm into different grades, in terms of soul force cultivation, they are a bunch of amateurs!" Nie Li faintly smiled as he said those stuff.
Hearing Nie Li's words, except for Ji Ren, who chuckled a bit, Du Ze, Lu Piao and the rest were thunderstruck. This is too shocking, since the beginning of Glory City, those legend rank experts told them that the soul realm are graded. Orange is stronger than red, yellow is stronger than orange… didn't he say that those of legend rank experts were just a bunch of amateurs?
In the understanding on soul realm, even legend rank experts are not at the same level as Nie Li, Nie Li can contest any legend rank expert in soul realm knowledge. Because in his previous life, Nie Li reached a level above legend rank; a rank that is unimaginable for them.
Nie Li continued "So back to the point, Next we have the soul attribute, this really affects what cultivation technique you will be choosing, it also shows your battle style and type of attacks you will be doing. The attribute will also give the preferences for the type of demon spirits you will have in your soul force. Finally, the last thing is the soul form, which either takes shape as an inheritance from your family or it will develop on its own. Having a soul form will definitely increase your capabilities as well as increasing the speed in your cultivation. Each person has their own soul forma but the time in which they form differs with each person.
Don't forget that you can also use artifacts to enhance your cultivation and techniques!"
Listening to Nie Li's lecture, Ji Ren inspected the soul crystal he had been given. He recalled the last time he tested with one. He had the war attribute as well as his only family inheritance, the Red Jade Titan soul form, which allowed him to access the many battle techniques of the ancestors of his family through which he gained immense combat abilities. But there was a drawback to this. He could only take 1 demon spirit into his soul realm whereas normal people can usually take 2 demon spirits into their soul realm. Due to some reason he could never utilise the full extent of his soul form and thus resorted to using many powerful high grade artifacts which allowed him to be on par with many high ranking foes.
"Du Ze, you'll test first!" Nie Li looked at Du Ze saying "Just do the same thing like what you did during enrollment!"
"Right," Du Ze nodded his head. Lifting the primary soul crystal, he slowly injecting soul force into the it. The soul crystal gradually started to shine. Getting brighter and brighter, shining on Du Ze's tender yet slightly matured face, speckles began appearing dancing around inside the soul crystal. Judging from this level of brightness, there is still quite a distance until reaching 1-star bronze demon spiritist.
The rest swept their gaze across it and are able to tell the the approximate number of dots in the speckle, every single dot represent one soul force.
"Du Ze, you improved very fast. You already have soul force of 52!" Lu Piao said excitedly, with soul force of 52, Du Ze would probably be the first among them to have his soul force to reach 100 first, becoming a 1-star demon spiritist. Du Ze looked at Nie Li. Nie Li is currently concentrating on watching the soul crystal. The amount of soul force doesn't matter, be it tens or hundreds doesn't mean a thing, the most important thing would be the attributes and the form.
Within the soul crystal there are some dots of white light, glittering with reddish grey rays of light occasionally coming together changing into various shapes, just like a storm cloud.
Seeing this, Nie Li showed surprise over his face, and said "It's actually Lightning Fire attribute and it's also Heavenly Thundercloud form." No wonder Du Ze's cultivation training speed is so fast. With Heavenly Thundercloud form along with the Lightning Fire attribute simply made a perfect match. It was a pity that in the previous life Du Ze practised the Sacred Flame inscription pattern, so upon reaching 1-star gold rank demon spiritist he had already had reached his limit. But in this life, with Nie Li, Du Ze would have great changes.
"Lightning Fire attribute, Heavenly Thundercloud form?" Everyone present was puzzled by what Nie Li just said.
Nie Li continued saying, " Du Ze has a yellow soul realm with Lightning Fire attribute and the Heavenly Thundercloud form. With a suitable cultivation technique, inscription pattern and a Heavenly Thunder Demon Beast for his Lightning Fire attribute, his achievements will be shocking. Comparatively, his power would drop if he practiced other things, not to mention his cultivation would progress a lot slower."
Du Ze showed a distress look on his face, saying "Unfortunately, the Lightning Fire cultivation techniques in Glory City are incomplete. Even if they are recorded in ancient books, the language of the words would be from ancient times as well-" Half way through speaking Du Ze suddenly had a thought. Nie Li could even read the Book of Divine Lightning Fire. He looked towards Nie Li with hope filled eyes.
At this moment, Nie Li revealed a smile as though he had a card up his sleeve. He said, "With me here, there is nothing to worry about. It's just Lightning Fire cultivation techniques, nothing too difficult for me. I have with me the 69 strongest Lightning Fire cultivation techniques, which one do you want to practice?"
Nie Li was thinking about what Du Ze should practice 'Heavenly Scarlet Lightning technique? No, this technique is too overbearing, especially once training reaches the ending, it can easily damage one's meridians. Heavenly Qilin technique? This technique is indeed suitable for Du Ze's physique. This Heavenly Qilin technique doesn't have any issue with it but there isn't anyone that has tried practising it before, including the creator of this technique. The first 9 stages of this technique are very safe, as for the last 3 stages, that would depend on Du Ze's fate. The strength of Heavenly Qilin technique needs no mention. With this technique, though it still takes only two demon spirits, it mutates them into more powerful demon spirits, it has many combat abilities from both lightning and fire as well as fusion skills which combine elements. At it's peak, it can really wreak havoc on it's enemies.
"You'll practice Heavenly Qilin technique, one of the three strongest Lightning Flame cultivation techniques. I will impart you with the chants for the technique and I'll also make a copy of the various martial arts for it in the future!" Nie Li soon imparted the chant for the technique to Du Ze. Heavenly Qilin technique's chant isn't too cryptic, so he remembered it very quickly.
Softly contemplating the chant inwards, Du Ze was extremely shocked by it. The Heavenly Qilin technique is definitely stronger than any other cultivation technique that he had seen in the past! Just by chanting, Du Ze already felt his soul realm frantically surging; his soul force also had obvious signs of strengthening. He has yet to begin training and his soul force already began to expand and increase!
All this time, Du Ze has been struggling with the bleak fate of his family. His dream is to change the fate of his parents and family, but he clearly knew that this goal was too far away. But at this moment, Du Ze felt that by diligently practising the Heavenly Qilin cultivation technique, all of this wouldn't pose a problem! All of this is given to him by Nie Li!
"I will record for you all the details of the cultivation technique in a few days!" Nie Li said as he faintly smiled.
Du Ze is filled with gratitude for Nie Li. His eye redden, solemnly saying, "The kindness of imparting the Heavenly Qilin technique to me, I appreciate it. If you have anything I could be of help to you in the future, even if it's to hike the blade mountains or to enter the sea of flames, if I, Du Ze were to slightly hesitate, I'll be willing to die by the curse of heavens!"
"Don't put it this way, we're good brothers! It's just a cultivation technique!" Nie Li slightly smiled as he patted on Du Ze's back.
To Nie Li, this is just a piece of cultivation technique, but for Du Ze to say, the significance of it would be different!
At this moment, Lu Piao already couldn't wait anymore from the excitement, saying at the side "You guys talk too mushy, as brothers we should share the blessings and the misfortune together! Nie Li, I'm just a red soul realm, am I also suitable to train soul force?"
"Of course, haven't you've been listening to what I said, so start the testing!" Nie Li replied
Lu Piao began injecting his soul force into the soul crystal. Quickly, the soul crystal began to glimmer. A dozen dots of lights carrying a little redness spun within the crystal. The brightness of the glow was smaller than Du Ze's by a lot! Seeing this scene, Lu Piao's face turned red. His soul force was simply too low.
"Red soul realm, with Chaos Attribute and the Scarlet Sun form!" Nie Li frowned his brows for a moment, "Scarlet Sun soul form, although is considered common, but it actually Chaos attributed which is surprisingly rare, there wouldn't be one Chaos attribute in hundreds of thousands of people. Why not practice the Holy Primal Chaos technique?"
"Holy Primal Chaos technique? Is it strong?" Lu Piao asked excitedly, as it sounded powerful from the name itself.
"Of course, Holy Primal Chaos technique isn't in any way inferior to Heavenly Qilin technique. As it doesn't require much practice, only the need to foster the Chaos Qi in your body, it suits you." Nie Li said, laughing, "It will depends on your luck as for training to the highest level."
Listening Nie Li's words, Lu Piao's eyes instantly shined. This piece of cultivation technique is the best, he was relieved that there is hard intensive training involved, all he wanted to do was relax and go with the flow. He chuckled at the thought of that and said, "I don't need to practice to the highest level, I will be satisfied as long as I can reach 1-star silver rank demon spiritist."
1-star silver rank demon spiritist…
Both Nie Li and Ji Ren looked at each other with amused looks on their faces, If the creator of Holy Primal Chaos technique knew how "big" Lu Piao's ideal was, he would have choked at the thought.
"1-star silver rank…" Nie Li is speechless. He estimated for how long will it take for Lu Piao will realise how laughable his dream is. Practising Holy Primal Chaos cultivation technique, it would be impossible to stabilize in 1-star silver rank. As the Chaos Qi accumulates in his body, Lu Piao's cultivation will also reach a frightening level!
Nie Li next began to test Wei Nan, who had the wind god attribute, he was the given the Skyfall cultivation technique, which gives him the abilities to move extremely fast and useful enhancements which includes increased range of sight as well as range of hearing, making him a great scout.
Then came Zhu Xiangjun, who turned out to have the Sacred Flame attribute, which allows him to access the healing arts of the Sacred flame. Nie Li gave him the Sacred phoenix cultivation technique, once he has mastered the the fundamentals to this technique, he must journey to find the sacred phoenix demon spirit, which will give him extraordinary combat and support moves.
Finally Zhang Ming was tested, and was found to have the Holy attribute, it suited his personality of being a vanguard, the holy attribute has mainly the tank role, able to have an extreme endurance. He was gifted the Hidden paladin Cultivation technique, which gives him the unique ability to enchant artefacts as well as enhance them!
These cultivation techniques were suited to their aptitudes and soul realms, their future practice would also be more effective!
Nie Li turned to Ji Ren next to find out the cultivation technique for him but Ji Ren shook his head " I'll do test last, you do the test now as you are the one in danger from the Sacred family, and you need to start training right away!"
Nie Li hesitated a moment, then grabbed a piece of soul crystal and sat down to start injecting his soul force.
Glancing at the the piece of soul crystal in his hand, He remembered that he had got the earth attribute with the common Silver moon soul form, he had changed his cultivation technique so many times in his previous life that he doesn't even remember what technique he had last practiced with! In the end all the abilities jumbled together creating limits and weaknesses on himself. This time however he was going to follow method of cultivation!
The soul crystal in Nie Li's hand started to glow as he injected soul force into it. Ji Ren also knew what attribute and soul form that Nie Li had gotten in his previous life and was pretty much expecting the same thing in this life too.
When Nie Li finished, Ji Ren gasped in shock looking at his soul crystal. Nie Li then opened his eyes to look at his soul crystal. His eyes widened in disbelief...
