Martial Art

within the Nalan household, Nalan Yanran stood before her father and explained everything to him. at first, her father was scared shitless hearing her daughter had the nerves to follow the immortals, her daughter had always devoted herself to the path of cultivation. when she heard that a mighty expert appeared, she rushed out with the hopes of seeing if the expert would take her in as a disciple. but to think the expert gave her such a huge opportunity? this was huge,

"Father... I don't want to marry Xiao Yan. marriage would just hold me back." She said softly, her mother who was listening at the side sighed softly. how could she not birth some hopes right now?

If she could reach the capital and get on Ling Han's good side, would there not be a path to win his heart? If she married the prince, would their family's future be boundless? but the arranged marriages were made more than 17 years ago, how could they just break it now like this?

"Mother, Father... I have never accepted this marriage. I'm unwilling to just accept the fact you decided my fate before I was born." Nalan Yanran said making the two lower their head slightly before they sighed softly.

"Do as you wish..." Nalan Yanran's father lowered his head with a deep sigh, as a father he was hurt by his daughter's plans, but at the same time, he thought she was right. they shouldn't force her to marry someone just because they had made a promise back then. At the same time, he would be lying if he didn't want to marry into the Ling royal family, that child was trillions of times better than Xiao Yan.

"Thank you..." Nalan Yanran said with her eyes turning sharp. from a young age, she knew these were not her real family. her mother had left behind something within her soul which she used to learn many things.

So, she knew how freakish Ling Han was. even in those upper regions, blood would rain from the sky as countless experts would fight to take him as a disciple. Her main goal was to return home and see her real family. Yes, she still loved her step-parents, she planned to bring them with her, and she was grateful for all of the years she had been with them. but that was all to her, she was meant for great things, people like her step-parents would soon pass away to old age while she lived for millions of years.

Marriage? To her that was a tool. growing up with the knowledge her mother gave her, she understood that this world was a world where the strong survived. there was no place for the concept of love, bonds, and other such things. unless you were strong enough, then it was best to avoid those things as they could come around to bite you.

So, if she could marry Ling Han that would be for the best. If not, then it's not like it was her goal in the first place. Xiao Yan was talented even more so than her, and that was the main reason she had not broken the arranged marriage. it was best to have him be a tool she could use... and she had plans to use this tool before leaving to head towards the capital.

Meanwhile, Ling Han and Yuan Ming were currently on top of a mountain, where Ling Han held a sword. this was an earth-grade sword. it was damaged and had fallen here, but with a breath from Ling Han, the sword returned to its perfect condition while the fate it had lost returned.

Ling Han could see how much fate a sword held, with this he could see just how much of said item he needed to get before he held the fate of said item. Ling Han had wanted that dragon scale so he could make it into a powerful sword, that sword would have been the strongest sword born on this island, there for the sword would hold the greatest amount of fate compared to other single swords.

"Yuan Ming, Why has Mother not begun teaching me martial arts just yet." Ling Han asked feeling the curse his mother placed on him which made it so he couldn't even swing a sword, much less learn martial arts.

"She fears what might happen. you remember when you opened your eyes or when you learned to walk. if you swing a sword and suddenly it unleashes some all-powerful sword aura that draws mighty immortals over, wouldn't that be bad?" Yuan Ming asked making me smile slightly while a portal appeared before me. Before Yuan Ming widened's eyes, I put the sword into the portal, before it disappeared

"thats something I created, a treasury which I could keep my treasure. no one else but me can sense it, making it the safest place." I said with a smile, to which Yuan Ming nodded lightly before they headed off toward the nearest place on Ling Han's map. the next place they headed towards was... well, it was underground.

Ling Han breathed out, creating an earth dragon that had the power to control the earth, opening it up for them to go down for a few miles until they came before a huge amount of rare ores, ranging from diamonds, gold, high-grade metals, spirit stones, and many other such things.

Yuan Ming's eyes widened seeing this, as this might be the biggest supply of ores on the island. She watched as all of this stuff flew into Ling Han's treasury.

{Congratulations host, you have become the richest person on Chang Island. you now hold 92% of its island's wealth. All forms of currency on this island shall now originate from you. form coins, spirit stones, and many other things, from the past to now, you hold the origin of all currency, and everything else is nothing more than copies.} the system said while I sensed my Supreme Treasury which was growing. I didn't notice the fate of this world gathered upon me, all while Yuan Ming watched on in shock.

Of course, the system looked at the stuff from this island, not from off the island. If not, then I would not hold 92% of this island's wealth. I was just lucky there just happened to be a huge supply of resources yet to be found on the island... 

To say the least, my treasury was now growing. everything that appeared from coins, diamonds, spirit stones, and so on. They were all far better than those found in the outside world. they shall grow to have a quality which would make them worthy of being treasures within my eyes.

So, Yuan Ming and I left again. this time we stopped within a cave. their skeleton belonging to an expert rested. but I was interested in the storage ring the skeleton had which was filled with a million swords. these swords were all of the spirit grade. they were from a core formation realm expert who used so many swords to form powerful sword formations.

But these swords were now damaged, but with a breath from me, they were all restored to their peak. but that was not enough for me to gain the fate of all swords on this island, with there being billions upon billions of swords, I had to keep searching... so we did.

for the following few days, Yuan Ming was truly stunned as she watched Ling Han collect the fate of many things. the herbs? Ling Han collected the fate of all herbs, soon his treasury would have all herbs that had ever appeared on the island. Pills? Ling Han also got the fate of the pills as well.

but time Ling Han had 90% of all the fate of the Island, everything born from this island shall have originated from him. This goes for spirit stones, food, weapons, pills, clothing, and so on. it was all in his treasury and would grow to a point that they were treasures even in Ling Han's eyes.

"It only took a few days, I can't wait to collect the treasure of the whole world," I said softly while returning home, 

"that would be easy for you." She said with a gentle smile, to which I smiled slightly before waving my hand. A pendant appeared in my hands, which I gave to her.

"Everything In my treasury would grow to become treasures even in my eyes," I said softly, this was the pendant she had given me back then. I had found out long ago I had cultivation, the Cultivation Cursed Pendant I gave her was one born from the treasury, there for it was even above the Earth Grade, which was a Heaven Grade.

This one had the same effect as the old Cultivation Cursed Pendant, it could make one unable to use or even sense their cultivation. but it greatly boosted one cultivation speed, while the one I had only boosted one's cultivation by around 50 times. the one I gave her boosted cultivation by 1,000 times

just one day's worth of cultivation, it would be equal to 1,000 days. One year would be equal to 1,000 years, and so on. Was that not impressive? sadly, my cultivation was unable to improve in the past few months, I had been unable to enter level 7 Houtian.

from the system, this was because level 7 was a milestone, at this stage one would form their Qi Sea. One would no longer need to draw upon heaven and earth energy and could store it within themselves. my Qi Sea would need me to be grown and to have enough energy to form it, so I couldn't form it for the time being and had to wait until I was at an age where my body could best handle my QI Sea,

"thank you." Yuan Ming said with a smile, stunned by how powerful this treasure was. But to Ling Han, it was nothing as many other such items he had could speed up cultivation, although this one had the highest boost thanks to the drawback it had.

"No need to thank me," I said while getting up as we had arrived back home. stepping out, I went to see my mother. but she had already rushed out and pulled me into her arms, giving me a bear huge which made me feel as if she might crush me.

"How could you be gone from Mommy for so long?" She asked to which I sighed softly,

"Can I learn martial arts? I have a treasure which could cut me off from the outside world." I said softly, confusing Fan Ye. But as I pulled out a beautiful tower. the tower had no openings or anything of the kind. this was the Tower Of Heaven. it was a golden tower

"What's this?" She asked with a raised eyebrow, to which I shrugged slightly. I was told not to say the tower names as it could draw unwanted attention. 

"Something I found in my treasury, I'm guessing I didn't create it but something that was already there," I said with a shrug, making Fan Ye freeze for a second. what could this mean? she guessed two possibilities, the heavens had gifted her son this treasury and the treasure, or two her son was the reincarnation of some mighty being who had yet to regain his memory.

"What can the treasure do?" She asked, to which I shrugged slightly,

"Let's go inside and check," I said while holding her hand, and Yuan Ming's hands. the next moment, the two felt something pulling them toward the tower. they didn't resist and felt themselves appearing within. 

they looked around and instantly sensed the unique state of this world, they knew instantly the benefit of having stuff be grown here, and they also sensed how this was its world, cut off from the outside world. 

"Welcome to the tower of heavens." a little boy around the same age as Ling Han appeared, he floated in the air while looking at his master, Fan Ye, and Yuan Ming. at its appearance, the two were stunned.

"a tool spirit... wait, do you know how my son got this treasure?" Fan Ye asked to which the little boy nodded slightly. 

"In the immortal realm, my master was killed, and I was thrown away to avoid my master's enemy getting their hands on me. I had to escape far and into this lower realm. there I searched for my new master while remaining low... Ling Han is my new master. once I picked him, I gifted him the treasury, which would allow him to collect even the fate of the world, making all treasures of this world originate from him. All other treasures will be copies of his." The tool spirit said, to which Yuan Ming held the pendant Ling Han gave her. Of course, the words this tool spirit said were a story Ling Han told it to say.

"When did you come?" Fan Ye asked with a raised eyebrow.

"the day he was born. luckily, I was there or else more people would have sensed his birth." the tool spirit said calmly, leaving Fan Ye stunned for a moment. but she bowed slightly, giving her thanks to the tool spirit... 

"This is floor 00. so the benefits here are pretty much nothing. as the owner of the Tower Of Heaven, you have to challenge a floor. once cleared, you would increase the benefit the tower has to offer. for now, all herbs grown here would be grown in perfect condition while twice as fast. but this is nothing compared to later floors." The Tower said to which Fan Ye looked at Ling Han with some worry.

"No one can sense him if he were to do something like when he opened his eyes?" She asked to which the tool spirit just nodded slightly

"Although the outside world might be able to feel it, they are unable to track it down. I have hidden his fate, not even the heavens can see through him." The tool spirit said to which Fan Ye sighed before tapping Ling Han's forehead, and with that, the curse on Ling Han shattered,

"Alright, let's learn martial arts." Fan Ye said while taking out a basic martial art scroll, one has to start from the basics and slowly rise. one couldn't just get the best martial arts off the bat.

Ling Han took the scroll and went through it for some time, with a simple look he instantly comprehended this martial art. he even improved it, finding many flaws and useless movements.

"Alright, ready?" Knowing how freakish her son was, she was not shocked he easily comprehended the martial arts. Ling Han nodded held out his palm, and began kicking and punching the air. his movement was as light as a breeze but as deadly as a hurricane. this was the Hurricane Martial arts, which made one movement like that of a wind...

[The Host has learned and trained Martial Arts.... The host has been rewarded [Absolute Combat]

[Absolute Combat]- Users have reached the pinnacle of combat mastery, excelling in both armed and unarmed combat, enabling them to perform superhuman and supernatural feats far beyond conventional limits. Their mastery extends to a state of harmonized mental, physical, and spiritual equilibrium, enabling them to dominate their opponents by their mere presence.

This is split into 5 levels.

Lvl 1: You can instantly master any martial arts and technique, by simply looking at it. you can create techniques and martial arts with a thought, you can improve them with a thought, making you unmatched...

Note: Unlike [Absolute Absorption], this one would not grow with cultivation and needs to fight and learn many forms of martial arts. the more you learn and see, than this will level up.

"... this is combat?" Ling Han asked before pulling out a sword, with just skills alone without the need for Qi, Ling Han cut the world in front of him, leaving the land in front of him with a deep sword scar.

"Don't be so disdainful... come. I your mother would spar with you." Fan Ye said with a shake of her head, she didn't want her son to be so arrogant. So, standing before each other the two were ready for a simple hand-to-hand spar.

Fan Ye seeing as Ling Han wouldn't make the first move, stepped forward. with a flash, she appeared before Ling Han while flicking towards his forehead. Ling Han's eyes flashed, taking her arm and flipping her over.

Fan Ye landed on her feet with a stunned look, and seeing the smirk on Ling Han's eyes, her eyes narrowed. Ling Han stepped forward, and Fan Ye quickly moved to counter his move, but Ling Han bypassed her counter, landing a palm on her leg... as that was all he could reach.

"... oh my, my son is now beating me?" Fan Ye after a moment of shock began to cry, seeing this Ling Han panicked slightly.

"it was just a spar, it couldn't even bypass your defense." Ling Han said, and to this Fan Ye took hold of him, hugging him deeply. Ling Han went blank, speechless that he failed for a simple trick.

"My son is the best. to so easily read through mommy's moves and see through all her flaws, are you, not the best?" She asked, and indeed Ling Han was impressive. With a simple move from her, Ling Han had read her fighting style, copied and improved it. this was mostly thanks to the fact that Ling Han had known her for a long time, or else with the current level of his Absolute Combat, he wouldn't have been able to do it so fast.

"Okay, since you can fight you should challenge each floor." the tool spirit said calmly, to which Ling Han just nodded slightly.

"Each floor tests one combat capability. As I'm from the immortal realm, it tests your combat capability with the standards up there. if you can't rank among the top 10 even up there in the immortal realm, it best you just give up... of course, you would easily pass." the tool spirit said while Ling Han just nodded.

The tool spirit waved its hand, and with a flash, Yuan Ming and Fan Ye moved far away, giving Ling Han space to fight. a puppet appears with the same cultivation as Ling Han, a level 7 Houtian realm puppet.

as the puppet shot towards Ling Han, a simple look was all that was needed for the Puppet to explode.

"Great job, now you can have the benefit of the 01 floors. As of this moment, all herbs grown here shall grow at 5 times the speed." the puppet said as 2 puppets with the same cultivation as Ling Han appeared. but again, a simple look was all that was needed.

With great ease, Ling Han began clearing each floor. the number and strength of the puppets began to increase. On floor 10, there were 4 puppets with cultivation at level 10 Houtian. On floor 20 there were 4 puppets with cultivation at level 10 Xiatian.

On floor 60 4 puppets level 10 Core formation realm. On floor 90, 4 puppets at level 2 Nascent Soul. On floor 98, there was 1 puppet at level 9 Nascent Soul.

"Now, level 99. you would face a level 1 puppet at level 10 Nascent soul realm." the tool spirit said with a lost look. the puppet appeared, yet with a look from Ling Han, the puppet fell over... dead.

"Impossible..." the tool spirit said as Ling Han didn't even break a sweat through all of this.

"You underestimate me, as I grow bigger My strength grows. Maybe when I was 1 month old, I would have had to stop on the 95th floor. but the current me, I could even defeat a Saint." I said calmly

"Sigh, well, you have become the owner of the tower and now have full control over it. with it, all herbs grown here shall be better than perfect, and grow at speeds billions of times faster than the outside world. many immortal herbs or ores shall be born here, as well as allowing you to use the 5 origin elements to help in pill forging or even weapon forging." The tool spirit said while sighing

"by the way, what is the limit of your strength?" It asked to which I shrugged not knowing.

"create a puppet so I can find out," I said calmly, to which the tool spirit created a puppet with cultivation at level 10 Saint realm.

I looked at the Puppet as my eyes glowed with the power of destruction, but even as the air around the puppet was destroyed, the puppet managed to resist it, although it had a hard time doing so. defending against my power wasn't so simple as I bypassed many things.

"anyone below level 3 Saint realm would have dropped instantly at that... unless they are also freaks." the tool spirit said while Ling Han shot forward, with his eyes boosting his strength, as well as his breath also boosting his strength. Appearing before the puppet, he punched forward with heaven-shaking power.

The puppet easily caught the punch, but although it looked like it wasn't injured, it had suffered small damage which it shall never be able to recover from. at this the tool Spirit took a deep breath.

"your strength is currently at level 5 Saint realm... but you are still only 7 months old. given time, who knows." the tool spirit said softly, to which I nodded slightly.