The Way of Cultivator
Aldrey watched his son's comical behavior, which made no sense to him, but he sensed something had changed, so he tried to take his son's attention again.
"Aldrian, are you okay? Why are you shaking your head?"
When he heard his father, he stopped what he was doing and looked at his father through the screen.
"How do I make this thing disappear? Even though I can see what's behind it, it still feels uncomfortable to see it all the time."
As if understanding Aldrian's feelings, the screen vanished as quickly as it had appeared, surprising him but also making him feel relieved. He then returned his focus to his father.
"I'm sorry, Father. I lost my focus. I just felt weird inside my body."
Hearing his son, Aldrey immediately touched his son's forehead to check if anything had happened to him, and the result almost shocked him to death.
"How is this possible?! He's already entered the peak Beginner stage!" The last time he checked him was a month ago and he was still at the Beginner middle stage! He almost staggered and slipped but quickly regained his balance and composure.
"What a monster! Whoops… no, no, no, he is my son! He surely will achieve something big in the future! Yes, a genius!" Aldrey kept calming his mind and looked at his son again.
"Aldrian, do you know what a cultivator is?"
"Hmm? Isn't that someone with superpowers?"
"Yes, but what kind of superpowers?"
"Oh… uh... I don't know."
Aldrey looked at his little love and smiled. "A cultivator uses the energy from Heaven and Earth to strengthen themselves. We can utilize this energy in various ways, but there are limitations based on our body's strength and our comprehension. Simply put, the more power you unleash in your attacks, the stronger your body needs to be."
Aldrian's eyes sparkled as he listened to his father, while Aldrey continued smiling.
"The stronger the body, the stronger your defense. The more comprehension you have, the more complex your techniques become, making them more difficult to counter or break." Aldrian kept listening attentively with a serious expression, which looked cute in Aldrey's eyes.
"Now, cultivation has its own stages to differentiate their prowess. This power ladder was established long ago, and the denizens of the world named each stage from the weakest to the strongest. These stages are:
Beginner stage
Disciple stage
Baron stage
Viscount stage
Earl stage
Marquess stage
Duke stage
Grand Duke stage
King stage
Emperor stage
Each stage is divided into low, middle, high, and peak."
Aldrey stopped his explanation to let his son absorb the information. The more Aldrian listened, the more something inside him was unleashed, and strange images started to appear in his mind. These images were incomprehensible to him, yet they felt familiar. He didn't know why, but it felt as though some of the information his father gave was already part of his memory, as if someone had already imparted it to him. It was a strange feeling, but he kept listening to his father.
"Cultivation can branch into two directions: inner cultivation and body cultivation. When you use a specific cultivation technique, it usually leans towards one direction. For example, your mother uses a technique inclined towards inner cultivation, so her body is less strong, but her inner cultivation compensates for it."
"Wait, Mother is also a cultivator?!" Aldrian's expression was one of shock. It wasn't surprising since he had never seen his mother demonstrate anything that indicated she was a cultivator. In his mind, his mother was a kind-hearted woman with a soft personality, and he couldn't imagine her fighting anything. Aldrey, hearing this, smiled to himself, thinking, "If only you knew your mother's nickname by others."
"Have you never heard or seen your mother being a cultivator?"
"No! I thought I knew everything about my family, but it seems there's much more." said Aldrian.
"You will know more, but that's for the future, I hope you will be ready for any challenge."
"Well, anyway, there are cultivation techniques that balance all branches of cultivation, but they are difficult to cultivate and only some noble families or huge sects have them."
Aldrian grew more determined as he heard this. "I hope I can cultivate that kind of cultivation technique someday."
"Also, cultivation techniques, offensive techniques, defensive techniques, and any other techniques have their own classes, ranked from lowest to highest as follows:
Earth grade
Sky grade
Heaven grade
There is one more, but it has been so long since its last appearance that many believe it is just a legend: the Divine grade. It is said that those who can cultivate Divine techniques will never experience bottlenecks in their cultivation. They have cultivation speeds incomparable to others in the same realm and almost never lose in terms of power and other aspects within that realm. Why do I say 'almost'? Well, that's unless a technique of the same quality appears, then you can forget about competing with Divine grade."
The information poured into Aldrian from his father incessantly, as his father spoke accompanied by a strange feeling that continued to arise in his mind, Aldrian's comprehension of cultivation skyrocketed, transforming the way he viewed the natural world around him, The information dump from his father had truly opened his eyes, making him realize how ignorant he had been of the cultivation world.
"Now I want to teach you the cultivation technique, it's called 'The wrath of the fire's spirit'. "
Aldrey began teaching the cultivation technique to Aldrian, the young boy filled with enthusiasm after absorbing his father's information. He eagerly attempted to cultivate for the first time in his short life, sitting cross-legged with closed eyes. Following his father's instructions, he focused on controlling his breath and circulating energy within his body. Slowly but surely, the surrounding energy started converging towards him.
Amidst this process, Aldrian also concentrated on understanding his own body. As he explored within, he sensed his dantian and meridians. What puzzled him was that they seemed to already possess their own flow, operating independently of his awareness. When he applied his father's teachings, he managed to absorb the surrounding energy into his body. However, he felt no discernible change afterward. Deep inside, he sensed that this cultivation technique was not suitable for him.
And according to his father's explanation and teachings, isn't he already at the peak Beginner stage with this kind of energy inside him? He wondered how that was possible when he had never cultivated until today?
"Uhmm... so I'm already a cultivator without even knowing it?"- Aldrian thought.
He continued circulating the energy when suddenly the screen appeared again, this time showing his information:
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Aldrian Aster
Domain : Entire village.
Age : 6
Cultivation : Peak Beginner
Current energy : 22,065 (+1/15m)
Energy needed for the next stage : 25,001
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The information confirmed that he was already at the peak beginner stage also-
"What is this (+1/15m) ?" he wondered.
He continued to watch the screen, and a few seconds later, the current energy information rose to 10,066.
"Oh it's increasing!" He kept watching and waiting, after another 15 minutes, the energy increased to 10,067, and then again after another 15 minutes, after that he finally understood.
"This is the rate at which my energy is increasing, my energy will increase 1 every 15 minutes!"
Like a simple minded child, he was happy that he could become stronger. With the knowledge that he needed 15,000 energy of heaven and earth to break through to the Disciple stage, he continued to circulate his father's technique in hopes of speeding up his cultivation. Throughout all of this, his father kept a watchful eye on him, guarding against any potential mishaps.
An hour later
Aldrian opened his eyes. After a session of cultivation, his understanding of energy had increased, but he harbored doubts.
"Why my energy absorption rate still the same? It's not increasing or decreasing."
"How are you feeling?" Aldrian's thoughts were interrupted by his father's question, so he answered, "I'm fine, father. It feels great, but I have a question, why have I already reached the peak beginner stage? I've never cultivated until today."
"Because you are special, son, you are unique like no other." answered Aldrey with a proud expression.
"Can we change our cultivation technique after practicing one?"
"good question, It's not impossible to change your cultivation technique, but the downside is that you have to rebuild your foundation in other words, you have to dismantle your current cultivation and start anew, which is a dangerous and time-consuming task, especially for those at higher stages who have already spent a portion of their lifespan, dismantling their cultivation is akin to death because there's no support for their aging lifespan, Unless you have the resources to sustain your life, which is neither easy nor cheap." Aldrey responded with a smile.
"And remember this, son: don't always show off your power unnecessarily. Trouble will find you if you mess with the wrong person, but"
"but?"
"But you can do all of that, even without reason, to uphold your principles if you have the power to back you up."
Little Aldrian kept his father's advice in mind for the future.
"Come on, let's end it for today, tomorrow I will teach you how to use weapons"
Hearing this, Aldrian became ecstatic and stood up to follow his father back to the house, but not before he checked the green screen to see the energy part
"Wait, Why is the energy increasing?! I already finished my cultivation." In that moment, he discovered another mystery about his body through the 'thing' in front of him.