Calm As Water Cultivation Technique
Sunlight in the morning and sounds of bustle. Yu Xuan opened up his dry eyes and mused, "It is meal time"
He had spent much of last night lying in bed in deep thought as he planned a plethora of things and tried to create a Cultivation Technique for himself, but he overestimated himself. A Cultivation Technique was not easy to create. Even a Core Formation Cultivator had to spend many years creating a mortal-grade technique.
In the end, he had only slept for a little more than two hours. This body had just reached a 1st-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, so it was quite vigorous. Exhaustion and fatigue enveloped him. But due to his cultivation and his excitement, Yu Xuan has developed a steel will. A little bit of sleepiness was nothing to him.
He immediately pushed aside the thin bedcovers and got up in one smooth motion. By the time he opened the windows, the spring rain had already stopped. The scent of wet earth, trees, and fragrant wildflowers was pure and fresh as they hit his face, clearing up his head. His befuddled drowsiness completely cleared up.
Yu Xuan gazed at a basin of water and walked over the cold water, he had ever used it to wash his face and rinsed his mouth, he had ever used a willow twig dipped in ice salt to clean and whiten his teeth.
However, upon he reached a 1st-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, becoming a genuine Cultivator last night, he could use his primeval essence to clean himself now.
The faint blue light of water path primeval essence slowly flew out from his body as Yu Xuan slowly controlled it to clean his face, mouth, and body. Afterward, he dressed suitably.
Yu Xuan's face remained calm, his heart like stagnant water.
He then left his room for a meal. Along the way, he met various people around the same age traveling in pairs or trios. It was obvious that all of them had the same destination.
Around 10,000 among 12-16-year-old youths were currently gathered before the Meal Hall. This Hall was located directly in the center of the outer area and was five stories tall. It had upturned eaves and curved roofs, as well as many guards.
"Very good, you all came on time. You must keep this kind of youth spirit. I won't waste any more words, so line up mannerly." The man responsible for today was an elder of the Meal Hall. His beard and hair were both black, he was as hale and hearty as a young man when he led them inside.
Inside the Hall was luxurious, fantasy, and wide. There were special rooms for outstanding disciples, wealthy ones, lining up in a circle. And in the center was the big room for ordinary disciples.
"So aromatic."
"It's really pretty."
The various youths had shining eyes as they gazed on in a mixture of excitement.
"All right. Next up, listen as I call out names. Those who are called will come to pick your meal up. You have thirty minutes to finish your meal, otherwise, you'll have to pay primeval essence stone." The elder spoke.
"Yang Kai!" The elder spoke.
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"Hu Mei'Er!"
"Hu Jiao'Er!"
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After the meal, Yu Xuan went straight forward to the Knowledge Source Hall to acquire his new Cultivation Technique and Combat Technique for his reward after his breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Two hours later, he went to Central Hall to get his new identity.
As a 1st-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, one will get 100 mortal-grade primeval essence stones each month. And the permission to get the Quest Mission.
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Back to his room.
Yu Xuan has comprehended the new Cultivation Technique, even though his talent was mediocre. With his past life understanding of the Human Path, some of the Water Path in Science Study, he understood some of its profundities.
He now had enough foundation to create it.
To create a Technique, one must have attainment at the Grandmaster level.
Attainment is the understanding of the profundities of one's path, to understand the path meant the speed of understanding Technique was faster, both Cultivation and Combat.
For example, Yu Xuan cultivated the Water Element. Once his attainment reached Master or Grandmaster, his cultivation would progress greatly due to him having a sense of communicating with the natural primeval essence faster.
In terms of Attainment, there were: Master, Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, Supreme, and Mystic.
Yu Xuan is no doubt the Great Grandmaster now.
A Master is a genius whose professional in using his path, in both Cultivation and Combat.
A Grandmaster is an expert who can create his killer move or Techniques for himself.
A Great Grandmaster is an expert who can understand others' paths and mimic them to use as a reference to his Techniques.
A Supreme one is an expert who can change the natural primeval essence around him to use as his Technique.
Yu Xuan has been spending ten hours creating his new Cultivation Technique without rest, however, that was still not enough.
He then went to the Meal Hall again in the nighttime. On the way, he had to relax his brain and observe nature to get inspiration. He then back to the room.
This process continued for a week.
At night
Yu Xuan was sitting cross-legged. Calmed himself, took a deep breath and started recalling: "Water is the source of life, the foundation of all living beings, one life needs water, if there's no water, there'll no life. Stone needs water to nurture to give birth to Stone Race, the Plants need water to grow, and people need water to continue living. More than 50% of people's bodies are water, people can't live without water. Water is the source of everything and everything becomes the source of water. Time needs water to become the River of Time, Destiny needs water to become the River of Destiny. The world needs water to nurture its life, otherwise, it would be a barren land. Water can be a disaster, water can be a helper. Water's rage destroys the world, water's calm builds the world." With that, Yu Xuan created his new Cultivation Technique. With his personality, he named it "Calm As Water"
Yu Xuan was filled with emotions at this moment, he could create a Cultivation Technique earlier than he had expected. Initially, he thought it would take him a month or two, but to think that it took him a week. This must be thankful for reference from a Cultivation Technique from the Knowledge Source Hall, otherwise, Yu Xuan wouldn't have the foundation to accomplish this.
"There are still one or two hours left, I'll see how the effect of it." His emotions were still there, and with high morale, Yu Xuan didn't want to waste his time as he closed his eyes.
When he entered his Sixth Sense Realm, Yu Xuan was surprised to find that not only was the speed of faint blue mist entering his Sixth Sense Realm faster, but the speed of changing a faint blue mist to a faint blue drop was also faster than before by two times. This meant the process of absorbing and refining natural primeval essence into a water path primeval essence was faster, and his cultivation progression will be faster.
Normally, it would take a day for Yu Xuan to absorb the natural primeval essence and take another day to refine them. However, with his new Cultivation Technique, it would take him twelve hours to absorb and another twelve hours to refine.
Two hours passed.
Yu Xuan opened his eyes. His astonished and pleasantly surprised had already faded, leaving only a calm face.
"According to my knowledge, this speed is only comparable to those special geniuses. It was worth insufficient compared to the real geniuses of this world." Yu Xuan's perceptiveness brought him to reach this conclusion.
A real genius was the genius among special geniuses.
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A week passed.
Upon cultivating his new Cultivation Technique, Yu Xuan had enough information to measure his speed. He needed around three months to break through to a 2nd-stage Foundation Establishment Realm. However, with the help of primeval essence stones, Yu Xuan would take two months to accomplish this, which was faster than the normal disciples by three times.
The normal disciple would take around six months to break through a small realm.
The genius disciple would take around four months to break through a small realm.
The special genius would take around two months to break through a small realm.
On this night.
Grabbing a mortal-grade primeval essence stone, Yu Xuan murmured, "In the next four months, the sect will hold a small competition, the top 100 will get 10 earth-grade primeval essence stones. With them, my cultivation will progress greatly. I need to participate! First I need to comprehend this Combat Technique."
Yu Xuan received 100 mortal-grade primeval essence stones and one Combat Technique from the sect last week. He had comprehended a Combat Technique whenever he finished cultivating.
In only a week, 70 mortal-grade primeval essence stones were already used for his cultivation. His cultivation progressed greatly, and he had comprehended a Combat Technique to the point of being almost completion state, he only needed to learn to control it.
"After I finished comprehending this Water Image Technique to completion tonight, I guess I have to go to the lake tomorrow to learn how to control it." Yu Xuan was filled with determination.