3 Cultivation

"Starting today, you are going to begin your training as an Elementalist!" Xian Yu said with a loud voice.

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"First off, you need to know how to cultivate." Xian Yu said firmly. He sat down cross legged and began to explain. "In the realm, you are currently in, the Body Tempering Realm, you have to cultivate a little differently than in all the other realms." Xian Hei responded with a nod.

Xian Yu continued, "Now, the most important part, you have to meditate and sense all the Elemental Particles, or for you, Darkness Particles all around you. Next, you have to gather the Darkness Particles and nourish your body with them.'

Xian Hei sat down cross legged like his father did, and tried to meditate and attempt to sense the surrounding Darkness Particles. After a few minutes of meditating, he entered a calm state, he found himself covered in pitch black with purple sparks around him. he gathered all of them near to his body and then absorbed them into his body. He felt his body tingling, his physical strength was increasing.

Xian Yu saw this and was impressed, he managed to cultivate within 5 minutes. He saw Xian Hei waking up and said with a proud smile, "Well done, that was very fast." Xian Hei had a wide smile on his face after hearing this.

Xian Yu then had an evil smile on his face and Xian Hei was shivering for some reason. "Now you should cultivate for the next hour, then we will train in your swordsmanship." Xian Hei had a face that seemed like he was betrayed. "Another..hour? And then swordsmanship?" Xian Hei already felt tired. Still, he would do it, after all, he would become a lot stronger from this 1 hour Cultivation session.

He did the cultivation process his father taught him for the next hour, he was exhausted but also refreshed somehow. He felt a lot stronger after this like he had the strength of a lion. His Father, Xian Yu was cultivating too, he stopped 5 minutes before Xian Hei and was waiting for him.

Inwardly, he was feeling sad for Xian Hei because he had to go through this hellish training at the tender age of 8, and especially this Swordsmanship Training he would be doing now. "Now, you will be learning Swordsmanship, if you can accomplish well in Swordsmanship, this would become one of the main sources of your power." He said trying to make Xian Hei determined and excited.

He gave Xian Hei a bamboo sword, it was light and durable, Xian Yu explained. Xian Yu then explained what he would be doing now. "To learn swordsmanship, you need to master the basics, footwork, technique, and strength. You have high physical strength but you need to master the footwork and technique. I have made a practice area for you to move around wooden targets and practice your technique." He pointed towards an area near him with 5 wooden targets in a messy formation. "Your training now is to move around the wooden targets and thrust the final one with your bamboo sword when you reach the targets."

"So is this what I'm supposed to do?" Xian Hei ran up to the starting point, sprinted around each target getting around them cleanly. When he saw the final one, his eyes seemed to be more aware of everything, he focused all of his power on this bamboo sword which had now had a hint of dark purple in the sword and he thrusted the wooden target.

Xian Yu was surprised and shocked, the wooden target had a crack from a bamboo sword. "Hei'er let me see that sword." He asked to inspect the sword. "Sure." Xian Hei replied. he handed the bamboo sword for inspection.

Xian Yu saw the green bamboo sword, it looked normal, but with further inspection, he sensed an energy emitting from it, precisely, Darkness Energy. Although little, it was still there which caused that crack. he couldn't understand, Xian Hei couldn't use Darkness Energy yet, he was only in the Body Tempering Realm, he couldn't utilise his Darkness Energy yet, at most he could, was nourish his body with the Darkness Energy.

He decided to ask Xian Hei about this, "Hei'er, are you able to attack this wooden target again?" Xian Hei was confused but he decided not to question his father. "Yeah, I could hit it again." He took the bamboo sword from his father, ran up to the wooden target, he focused all his power on the bamboo sword, his eyes glowed, he entered that state where everything seemed to move slower, again there was a hint of dark purple in the sword. He thrusted the sword into the wooden target, it landed and it made a bigger crack this time.

Both Xian Hei and Xian Yu were surprised, Xian Yu rushed towards Xian Hei. He noticed everything more clearly this time, he sensed Energy entering towards the bamboo sword and Xian Hei's eyes. He told Xian Hei he needed to inspect something, he put his hands on a point below his chest, he was looking at where Xian Hei's Celestial Core would be when he made one. He sent his Elemental Energy and he encountered something, then he looked shocked. "You truly are lucky Hei'er."

Xian Hei was confused. "Wait, what? What do you mean I'm lucky, what happened?"

"It seems that in your body you have a huge collection of Darkness Energy inside you, this would make it so you will Cultivate faster than most people until this Energy is gone." Xian Yu said still shocked.

"So that's why the bamboo sword was so strong and the changes I felt with my eyes." Xian Hei was happy, he could even cultivate faster now.

Xian Yu changed his composure and was calmer now. "Now, your sword training is over, I will teach you about your Elemental Paths. I'm sure you already know about them, but I'll refresh your memories by speaking about the main parts of it." Xian Hei nodded, he knew about the Elemental Paths but not in detail.

"Anyways, the Elemental Paths, are arguable, the most fundamental part of Cultivation, it's what allows you to use Elemental Energy." Xian Yu exclaimed. Xian Hei already knew of this, but this was it. "Going further in detail, the Elemental Paths are something you need to unlock, when you do, you will be able to refine the Elemental Particles into Elemental Energy, Elemental Energy is 10x more efficient and better than Elemental Particles. If your Elemental Paths got damaged, you would not be able to use Elemental Energy. There are 7 Elemental Paths, after unlocking all of them, you will be able to refine Elemental Particles. This is what you will be doing, when you unlock all of them, you will resume Sword Training."

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