A tall 9 year old boy with delicate features and black hair that has a certain luster, and a 15 year old boy with dark gray hair are facing each other, the gray hair boy looked at the black hair boy with an expression of frustration of helplessness and frustration, "Young noble Dror, I plead you to reconsider, you will be taking the Spirit Awakening Ritual in two weeks, why would you do the Blood Vessel Trial and the Meridian Awakening Ceremony, you will be a master mage in the future, why would you make your path so much harder to travel?"
The black hair boy, Dror, looked calmly at the silver haired boy, "Butler Gray, you are true that I could easily be a master mage in the future, but would it not be a complete waste of the potential grandpa has worked hard to raise in me? Don't think I don't know about the countless treasures given to me since birth, If I tread the path of Warriors and Cultivators as well, I would be even more powerful in the future, wouldn't that make grandpa happier?"
The gray haired boy, Gray, sulked in defeat, "I guess I cannot persuade you, but I will look over you in case any accidents may happen. Have you chosen what type of trial and ceremonies you will do?" "Yes, I have chosen the Titan Blood Trial, and the Five Elements Ceremony." Dror said in response. Gray paled in fear and said trembling, "Young n-n-noble, aren't those the two hardest ones..."
Dror nodded, seemingly unconcerned, "Yes, I have already prepared the necessary materials, 500 liters of my blood preserved and mixed with 250 high grade blood stones, 100 high grade energy stones of the corresponding five elements, and I had the corresponding formations setup." Gray paled, the energy contained in a High grade energy stone, if it were to be blown up would turn a 1 kilometer radius to ash, needless to say the blood stones have the same quantity of power.
Gray stuttered again, "But... Young Noble... Aren't low grade stones supposed to be used..." Dror responded with a simple sentence, "Go big or go home." Gray responded quickly, "Ok young noble, lets go home then." That earned a glare from Dror. Dror said, "Do not worry so much, by my calculations I will live, it will just be slightly more painful. Let's go."
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In front of the two boys is a wooden pool filled with blood, on the sides are various formations carved into the wood. Next to it, about 10 meters away, is a stone platform with various formations carved on it, with 500 energy crystals of the five elemental attributes in various positions. Dror nodded and said "I will start with the titan blood trial, it will strengthen my body to a certain extent, which will help in the five elements ceremony." Without further ado, he stripped naked and jumped into the pool while Gray activated the formations.
Blood vessel trials, serve the main purpose of clearing the blood vessels, with various other trials doing certain things, The titan blood trial is a famous trial, as it does two things in addition, it increases the capacity of the blood vessels and their endurance. It is also known as an extraordinarily painful process, and that is when using low grade blood stones...
A muffled scream comes out of the wooden pool... oddly enough, not one of pain, but one that seems to be venting the anger of a thousand suns... after a long time the screaming stopped and the blood slowly turned clear, revealing a person that seemed to be made from white jade, with shining black hair made from black jade.
Gray stared blankly at his master, "Young Noble... why were you screaming so loud?" Dror seemed to have been awoken from a daze and jumped out still naked, "I once heard that if you scream as loud as you can, you can break through your limits... it seemed to have worked." He flexed his body in various ways, now a little taller, more muscular, and losing a bit of his delicate features. "My muscles have achieved a perfect balance all over the body, I feel as if I can run 500 kilometers in one day, I feel my blood pumping at an extraordinary pace." Dror nodded multiple times as he examined his adolescent body.
Gray said happily "Congratulations young noble! Have you decided what training manual you will use?" Dror nodded as he thought to the crazy plan he thought up. "I got a plan, but we still have to do the meridian opening ceremony." as he said that he walked over to the circular stone platform and lied down in the middle spread eagle.
Meridian opening ceremonies have the effect of clearing the meridians in the body, and also attuning them to certain attributes, making cultivation for cultivators of those attributes increase at a faster speed and be more potent when using spiritual techniques of those attributes. The Five Elements Ceremony also has the effect of expanding the capacity and increasing the endurance of meridians.
The formations turned on and more screaming ensued.