Skill Set

"I have chosen the skills but there are quite a few I have chosen. I want to know what you want to do in the future. Do you want to be a fighter, an assassin, a foundation master, a blacksmith, an alchemist, a medic, etc.? I suggest you become one type rather than being a do-it-all because it will only hinder your path." The Emperor asked Feng'er.

Feng'er contemplated for a while and said, "I want to be an assassin fighter. I want to be an assassin that is strong enough to fight on the frontlines. Stronger than all assassins, most fighters but not the strongest fighter. That would be idle. I want to also learn a few mind control or charming skills; it would play to my strengths as a woman. Something that can hide me, something that can allow me to run, and something that can help me fight in desperate situations."

The Emperor fell into thought and thought about what she said. What she said was basically combining 3 jobs into one. It would not be easy. He flipped his hand and took out a few white shiny globes, some orange and pink globes and two cloudy globes as well. He fell into thought and looked at the globes then at Feng'er before he sighed.

He called her, "What you asked for is combining 3 different jobs. I wouldn't recommend it. These are the good martial art skills, not all of them are peak but they will help you build a good foundation. Take a look and see if they fit your description. But you will have to choose a few skills that were already fixed for you. They are a skill set."

Feng'er was about to open her mouth to ask but the Emperor continued, "A skill set is a set of martial art skills that work in a combination to give out more power than they would have. There are three types of skill sets: A 3rd Grade skill set, a normal skill set, that makes use of martial art skills by simply combining them, like 'Ice World' and 'Rain', that will produce 'Ice Rain' that has more damage than 'Ice World'. 'Rain' is just a supplement martial art skill to learn the Law of Water, Law of Clouds, and other Secondary Laws. This type of skill set does not help you further your laws by much but increases your fighting capabilities to another level.

A 2nd Grade skill set also called a continuance skill set, it has martial art skills that have new levels as you increase your Realm. An example is 'Ice Ball' and 'Ice Bullet' will then evolve to 'Double Ice Balls' when you increase your Realm. There are some 2nd Grade skill sets that go as high as the Sky-God Realm. At that Realm, if someone has trained this type, they will be able to fight off 3 Cultivators at the same level. This type of skill set helps you further your laws and the increase in power is very slow in the beginning but at its peak it is terrifying.

A 1st Grade skill set also called a fusion skill set, has martial art skills that combine the 1st Grade and 2nd Grade skill sets. The martial art skills can evolve and combine. This is the strongest type. They help you further your Laws and increase your fighting strength at the same time. At its peak, it is similar to a 2nd Grade skill set.

All skill sets are powerful, but they also have a drawback. Once you outgrow them, when your skill set has reached the maximum, it will become more difficult for you to further your Laws because you will become dependent on the skill set to further understand your Laws.

However, the skill set I have chosen will be helpful to build your foundations to the path I have chosen. Take a look at these skills and choose as you like. I will tell you the two skills that you absolutely must choose after that." The Emperor spoke all this slowly to make her understand the importance of skill sets.

Feng'er nodded and just stared for a while thinking and then she went through the different globes in front of her. After a few hours when she was done, she had chosen a few skills. The Emperor looked through the skills she had chosen and smiled for a bit. Then he started giving a brief explanation of the skills.

"Ice Ball. Suits your affinity. It is a weak martial art skill, but it is good for the foundation. Learn it well. You will learn Ice Ball in every Realm and the power will keep increasing. Common but good. Ice Armour. Hmm. Okay, it is good, not the best. It is a very versatile skill. This is also a basic skill and you will learn this in every Realm. This skill will help you with stamina and control of Ice. Ice World. Good skill. Learn it will. It is also a basic skill. At higher Realm, it will become a very important support skill."

While the Emperor was rambling about the skills she chose, she was trying to remember what basic skills were. The maids had told her some of it while she was recovering. Basically, skills are of two types, basic and advanced. Advanced, meaning that they cannot evolve to a higher realm and basic are ones that will evolve to a higher realm. Basic skills are usually weak, but they get stronger later. Compared to advanced skills, they will always remain a notch weaker because there are always advanced skills at higher realms.

"Love Charm, Shadow. Sigh. I did not want you to take these as it would affect your speed. I will not let you learn these first. That old man said it would take you 2 years to reach your previous peak, low-level Sky Realm. If you can reach it in one year, I will allow you to learn these. Oh, you also chose Burn Body. This skill, I was going to tell you to learn this. Good choice. Right now, it will not help you much but later this basic skill will become great for your foundation. Your mother forced me to have you choose this skill. No movement skill? Movement skills are important."

Feng'er's lips were twitching as she heard her father. Why did he bring those skills out if he did not want to let her learn in the first place? Anyway, she thought that she would be able to reach that level in a year if she worked hard.

She was also wondering, why her father wanted her to learn Burning Body. She chose it because she felt she would freeze from her own spells if she did not have that skill. "I did not want to learn a movement skill that did not make use of Ice Laws." She replied while her face convulsed at his earlier criticism.

"Hmm. Ice Laws and movement. This is going to be tricky. You will not find one until you reach the Spirit Realm. There is one but it is also a basic skill. It is a mild attack type skill that tries to freeze the enemy while allowing you to move faster. It is called Freeze Path." The Emperor did not have much of a reaction. After all, she would not face much danger until she reached Spirit Realm anyway.

A/N: I am writing here because of the A/N limit.

"There will still be more such chapters as she still has to choose her beast, her weapons, her breathing technique, then get to training. So I guess, around 6 or so chapters (I have not yet decided). Once I am done with these, the pace will increase, but not by a lot. because what I have planned will take a bit of time and adventure to reach. After 6 chapters are released, I will release 2 chapters a day for 6 days as compensation for those dull chapters and no plot progress.

As you might have noticed, this is not a typical cultivation novel. One of the differing points is that she is not starting from the edge where everyone is weak and all, but she gets to be under the top forces ever. So of course, she will be spoonfed. But hey, do you think the title relates to a cultivation novel??? Wait for the surprise, but you will need to wait for the plot to progress till. It is also a 17+ novel, it does not look it but she is just 14. Wait for her to grow up. I cannot imagine young girls doing that stuff so I will not write about young girls doing it either. At least until she is 18 years old.

In a previous note, I wrote it would be around 30-35 chapters where she would make her decision that would change the fate of the universe, but I guess it will be a lot later. The guessing game will continue indefinitely for now. I will mention the end of the game, or until someone guesses correctly.

The chapters are short but they still take me over an hour to write."