Cultivation Technique, Elemental Arts, and Talents

The next day, Tyler went to Dan's workshop. When he arrived at the backyard, Dan was shocked to see Tyler.

"You look so different. What happened?" Dan looked at him with confusion and asked. He doesn't understand how a person can change so much overnight.

Not just him; many people on the road also had the same reaction.

Tyler smiled excitedly and moved the spiritual energy inside his body. When the spiritual energy appeared in his hand, it was in the form of blue light.

Seeing this light, Dan's expression widened as he asked, "Y-y-you are a cultivator now?"

Hearing his words, two other workers also looked at him with shock.

"Yeah, I managed to awaken Dantian and Spiritual Root and somehow reached the 1st Stage of Energy Refinement Realm."

"Not only you awakened but also absorbed so much spiritual energy that you reached the 1st Stage. Freak! Kiddo, you are a freak. Just how high your talent is?"

"Tell, which element did you awaken? And, did you get an invitation from Holy Sanctum? No! You obviously awakened recently. You still haven't registered your awakening, right?"

"Well, it makes sense. So, when do you plan to register?" Dan talked like a maniac. He didn't even stop for a second, asking him question after question.

"I will register soon. By the way, what is element?" Although Tyler knew about it, he couldn't reveal that he knew about it. After all, Element was something he learned only after staying in the library for a year.

"Ahem! I almost forgot that you don't possess much knowledge about cultivation. Listen, kiddo; I will tell you five major things about cultivation."

"Let's start with Spiritual Root and Talent. Whenever you awaken your spiritual root, heaven and earth react to a specific element."

"There are Five Basic Elements—Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, and Lightning. You can inherit any one of these five. But, there are some people in this world whose talent is so unique that it reacts with more than one element."

"In this case, these people will have a special talent called 'Roots'. Basically, we have root; these people have roots. Once they inherit roots, they can not only use two elements but not only that; they can also merge those two elements in certain cases."

"For example, if you inherit Wind and Water, you can use a new element, 'Ice'. And, if you have Earth and Water, you can create wood. These people are insanely strong and versatile as well."

"The second thing you must know is Cultivation Technique and Elemental Arts. Registering your awakening will get you a Lowest Rank cultivation technique or maybe high rank based on your talent."

"This cultivation technique will be related to your element, and once you use this cultivation technique, you can refine your spiritual energy into elemental energy."

"Now, you can use Elemental Arts to manipulate elemental energy for a certain purpose. For example, you can use Fireball to strike an opponent or manipulate fire to burn woods."

"Cultivation Technique allows you to transform the spiritual energy, and Elemental Arts allows you to use the transformed energy for various purposes."

"The next thing is Ranking. You should already know about the ranking, right? From one to nine, one being the lowest and nine being the highest. Well, this ranking applies to everything from cultivation technique, resources, elemental arts, to weapons."

"But, what I am talking about is Ranking of Holy Sanctum. The purpose of Holy Sanctum is to provide cultivators with resources as long as they enter the Dimensional Rifts to fight outlanders."

"This ranking is divided into three grades. Bronze Grade, Silver Grade, and Golden Grade. You must do your best to get a good ranking to receive many resources from the Sanctum."

"The fourth thing that I want to talk about is related to the resources. Basically, the most important resource for us is Energy Crystals. These crystals can be found in sacred places."

"Sanctum usually sent powerful people to get these crystals since those sacred places are filled with outlanders. They collect the Energy Crystals so that they can give them as a reward for those who fight against outlanders."

"Remember, unless you are absolutely alone, don't try to get loot these sacred places on your own. Once you get caught by Sanctum, not only will they take away everything you got but also destroy your cultivation."

"Finally, the last thing you must remember is that no matter what happens, don't offend the Holy Sanctum. It basically controls our world right now. So, if you do anything to offend them, they will even get you executed."

"So, you mustn't offend them."

Hearing his words, Tyler nodded his head with a severe expression. This power was indeed the strongest power right now. Even if you are a strong person, you don't want to offend the Holy Sanctum because they currently control the world.

"Good! Now, let's get back to work. Since you are a cultivator now, I am sure you won't work here for long, so I might as well get a lot of work done while you are here." Dan chuckled as he turned around.

"I have been planning on opening the Blacksmith Shop." Tyler decided to speak. Dan was truly good to him, explaining everything like a parent.

Dan paused for a moment and turned around.

"Why don't you work with me then?"

Tyler didn't understand at first and asked, "Work under you?"

"No! I mean, we can become partners at work. I am not sure why you want to open the blacksmith shop, but if we can share our work, it will be easier for both of us." Dan answered.

"But, I don't have enough money to become your partner." Tyler shook his head and replied.

"Of course, I know that. I have a different strategy for this. It is something I learned when I was traveling in bigger cities. Let's take this whole workshop and shop as a business."

"It has a total of hundred shares which equates to the hundred percent ownership of this business. We can only become partners if we share fifty-fifty owners of this business."

"Let's say you don't have money to buy fifty shares. You can instead join me to work under me. Slowly, as you contribute to the business, you can buy the share directly than accepting the salary."

"Normally, other workers can't do this, but since I want you to become my partner in this business, I can give the share of the business with the money you earn."

"And, unlike before, your job won't be just limited to crafting the weapons. You will also help in promotion, management, and even selling it. All in all, you must earn enough money to buy shares."

"And, the more share you buy, the less you have to work as a crafter and focus on promoting and coming up with new ideas or even finding resources to build a new weapon."

"So, what do you think? Do you agree?"