— 2 months later —
*3rd Pov*
[Ey Mo Fan, come with me after class.] said Yami while walking to school with his bro, Mo Fan.
[Why? Is there something wrong?] questioned Mo Fan
[No, not really. But eventually, we are gonna run out of money. Plus we need resources. So I was thinking we should go to the Hunter's Union and join the City Hunter Team. CHT for short. Wanna tag along?] questioned Yami
[ehehe.. about that..] and so, Mo Fan explained that he was already in the CHT
[Ok then. Get me into the team. Can you do it?] questioned Yami
[I can try, but call me Fan Mo there. I used that name there.] said Mo Fan
[Fan Mo? What kind of disguise is that? Swapping your last name with your first name. Think more creatively the next time something happens like this. Anyways, when are you guys gonna meet up?] questioned Yami
[Uhh, it should be today. Ill take you to the Hunter's Union after school.] said Mo Fan
[Aight then. See you.] said Yami while separating from Mo Fan. In these 2 months, Yami has completely separated from the class and is now allowed to meditate and do whatever he wants. Granted, he still needs to come to Tang Yue's classes.
And so, Yami walks to the middle of a garden area and starts to meditate there. We will now see what is processing in his head.
'Geez, its so hard to go past the forbidden stage and enter the forgotten stage.. I mean, I need to make 7 literal stars and connect them!! Thats like, 100,842 more star dust that I need to connect. Thats like, a lot. To even connect 1 star dust, I need about 10 minutes. And since I'm a forbidden-tier mage, I need to make 6 more star manifestation's. I mean, to even reach half-step forbidden-tier, you would need to make all their star paths connect and build a bridge to the location of the star heavens, which is at the other side of their spiritual conscious universe.
It wasn't hard to find mine since I use my soul for my inner world. Fortunately, I have been able to awaken a God talent. In the light novel, Mo Fan got a God talent when he became a Forbidden mage which is called 'Magic God'. I'm not sure about the details, but it must of have been something amazing. However, I know that that Mu Ning Xue awakened the 'Ice God Talent'. As for me, I awakened the 'Cultivation maniac God Talent', or so I have called it. When I am fighting a person with equal or more power, my own power will start to automatically cultivate itself at a very high speed. And when I'm cultivating normally, I receive a 10x cultivation speed. Add that with my passive ability of my Loach and I get 20x cultivation speed. If I use the active power, I cultivate at a speed of 110x that of a normal cultivator.
Anyways, to even reach forbidden-tier, one needs a really powerful and immense resource that can grant a lot of energy. In my case, I used the lake at that cave. Anyways, I should stop trying to reach the next level. First, I should strengthen my foundations and then I should build my domain. My foundations.. I can beat a level 1 mid-tier spell with the full power of my level 2 ignite. It seems good enough, so ill skip my foundations. To build a domain, I need to spread my magical energy in a set area around me. Done.
Next, ill need to create a mental link with this area around me. The link will be from my elements. 1, 2, 3, 6, 20, and 24. Good. Last step, Ill need to retract it back into my body and put it in the area where my elements are located. And.... done! Domain complete. I should be able to go to the dragon vein now. Well, better get to Mo Fan. Cant believe this tiny process took 3 hours to complete. I mean, that must of have been just 5 minutes. *Sigh*, I guess I found out another ability of my Cultivation maniac talent. Let's note this down.
Use number 1.) Cultivate while fighting.
Use number 2.) 10x cultivation speed.
Use number 3.) Sense of time is disturbed, making it seem like 5 minutes passed when really a few hours passed. Good for passing Boredom.
Now, off to lunch!' Thought Yami while walking towards the cafeteria. He goes to Mo Fan and starts to drink apple juice that he got from his storage ring.
[So, how was class?] questioned Yami to Mo Fan. He shrugs his shoulders
[How was your cultivation?] questioned Mo Fan. Yami shrugs his shoulders.
[Fine, fine. Ill tell you. Class was normal. But I think Miss Tang Yue is gonna get angry at you. You skipped her class.] said Mo Fan
[So what? I was busy making a breakthrough. Not my problem that I suddenly got enlightenment. Anyways, now I have formed my domain.] said Yami simply. It was too loud in the surroundings, so only Mo Fan heard him say it.
[Wha!! Thats amazing! *Cough Cough* So, which element did you do it for?] questioned Mo Fan while lowering his voice.
[I made it so that all of them share it. So I only have one domain that uses all elements that I have.] said Yami quietly while taking a sip of his drink.
[What do we have after this? Is it Tang Yue's class again?] questioned Mo Fan
[Great. I guess ill cultivate in class then. If I remember clearly, we only have about an hour and 20 minutes of class at the last period. It will be enough for a little cultivation.] said Yami while thinking something else
'I never really thought about it, but what would happen if I used the activate part of my loach? At normal speed, I can generate 1 star dust per 10 minutes. At 10x that, I can generate 1 star dust per 1 minute. 10x that and I get 1 star dust every 30 seconds because of Cultivation Maniac. So, what about 100 times that? So what? Every 0.01 seconds, I generate a star dust? What kind of BS is this? AND I'm not using the lake which gives me another 10x cultivation speed. With 110x times speed, I can probably generate all the star dust I need in like, a day. 86,400 seconds in one day. And I generate 1 star dust every 0.01 seconds. So, for 1 second, I generate 100 star dust, and then 100 x 400 for the seconds. I get 40,000 star dust every 400 seconds. I don't even need a day!!
I need 100,842 star dust like I previously thought, and I generate 40,000 every 400 seconds. Meaning, in simply 20 minutes, I would already have 120,000 star dust. But that's not where the problem is. The problem is that I need to now connect them all. By now, thanks to all my elements, it shouldn't take too long. Maybe about 2 years? I mean, yes, it might seem long, but reaching a stage above the forbidden stage, which no one with the new magic system can reach, in a simple 2 years? Thats a steal! Not to mention my life span is already in the hundreds of millions, if we don't count my immortality! What is 2 years! But still, 2 years for simply 1 element? I would need to spend 40 years to become a full-fledged forgotten tier mage for all my elements. And then there is God like. Don't even get me started. I'd need to waste treasures like that lake daily if I want to become a forgotten-tier mage in a few months.
Ugh, I don't want to think about it. To add on, dimensional abilities just became a bunch times more harder. The max level isn't 9, but is actually 100. With John's training, I was able to raise it up to 15. Not even a quarter. AND that's only for space. Chaos and Undead are 10, and all my other dimensional abilities are 7. Yes, I'm a cheat, but I'm a cheat that needs to pay a price. That price is THIS FU**ING SH**!!!' Thought Yami in rage while walking to his class room.
'Oh, I nearly forgot. Taking in soul essence from monsters or people can strengthen my loach. Right now, its at the normal stage, and if given enough time, it can increase to the spirit grade. That would give it a 40% boost, which means it would take 16 years less. Instead of 40 years, it would be 24 years. And I believe, if I am correct, I use my requiem ability, 50%, I can half those 24 years into 12 years. Reaching the stage above the forbidden stage for all elements, besides dimensional and man-made in 12 years is a literal steal.
But wait, if we go back a little, I have 20 elements and it takes 2 years for 1, so 40 years, yet I have 8 dimensional elements. Space, Chaos, Undead, Summon, Time, Infinity, Cosmos and Fusion. I don't know why they are classified as dimensional, but they are. Anyways, 40 - 8 and you have 32. 40% of 32 is 12.8, and 50% of 12.8 is 6.4. So in about 6 years and 4 months, ill have stepped into the realm of forgotten realm. That is if I literally spent the whole 6 years and 4 months in seclusion.
I mean, Ill probably do it. But ill wait until all the fun to be had is gone. Once I fight Mu Ning Xue in the school tournament in about a 3 years and a half from now, ill leave school, get the Yin lotus fruit plus the magical mithril, and then head to seclusion until I reach the peak of the God-like state. When I ascend to the start of the God-like state, Ill visit Mo Fan and Xin Xia. Ill also say my real name. Leave them in slight surprise. But, that's for later. Let's get these star dust for now.' Thought Yami as he goes to his seat and closes his eyes.