In a room, the only source of light is a lamp that is placed at all four corners.
The room only has a simple prayer mat. There were no other decorations in it.
Within the room sat a boy whose body was releasing an oppressive might. Though not even 0.1% of the sect head, it was still suppressive. His body was glowing. Especially his skin, muscles, bones, and blood.
The boy released a breath that sounded like a dragon roaring.
He got up, gazed at his hands, then suddenly...
Boom!!!
He punched the air with a terrifying speed. The air vibrated with a loud sound. It was a Sonic boom that left the visual of four round rings in the air
If any mortal were to be hit by these rings, he would be entirely obliterated with no piece left
The boy then inhaled and exhaled once again but this time, he relaxed his body muscles entirely.
When his face was reflected by a lamp light. It showed a curly-haired, good-looking boy who has a frowning look on his face.
He was 170cm tall with a lean and sculpted build.
The person was Zeron, who has been cultivating for two weeks now.
"How can I cultivate this fast". Zeron said aloud to himself with a surprised tone.
He then said inwardly. (it only took two weeks to go from the consummation stage of skin refining to the early stage of blood refining).
"Isn't that too fast?" He said aloud again but this time in a questioning tone.
(Why is it like that?, Is it because of that experiment)
The average number of years to spend in the body tempering rank for a low class spirit root was ten years
For a high class, it would be five years
And superior quality would be one year
Great quality, one month
The others above, any possessor of such spirit root would be born with the body tempering rank completed. All they had to do was just to choose a cultivation manual and advance to the Qi Accumulation stage.
The are eleven levels of cultivation.
Cultivation starts from the body tempering rank. Where you temper your entire body physique to the point that you have evolved completely, then you will sense the movement of heaven and Earth
That which breathes life and makes life. The unnatural air in the atmosphere, which mutate beings and let them possess extraordinary powers. 'Qi'...
After the body tempering rank, you will sense qi, and accumulate it, thereby breaking through to the qi accumulation rank. Then after accumulating to the maximum that your dantian can take, you liquidate it. Thereby stepping into the Qi condensation rank.
Compress the maximum liquid qi your dantian can take and compress it into a core. Hereby stepping into the Qi core rank.
After the Qi core rank is the Qi immolation rank, where the cultivator have to pass the fire tribulation.
The fire tribulation quenches the Qi core and turns it clear as crystal and hard as diamond. The Qi quality is improved and strengthened which allows a cultivator to fly.
The Qi immolation stage is one of the most dangerous stage to a cultivator because you have to pass every nine stage and one rank advancement with a fire tribulation.
The advancement to the next rank would be more terrifying than the stages advancement.
There are other ranks but Zeron only knows this five ranks because they were briefly introduced in the Sword river cultivation manual. The Sundai's region sword river outer court only has the manual of this five ranks.
And only someone that have a superior quality spirit root can breakthrough to Qi immolation stage. And only those that have a great and above levels of spirit root can breakthrough pass Qi immolation rank and into the next rank.
So you could see the great divide that spirit root brings.
Zeron cultivation was not supposed to be that fast based on his spirit root quality.
What happened to cause Zeron cultivation to speed up?.
Though not at the level of a great quality spirit root but it surpasses superior quality's by a margin was because.
(Flashback)
A day after the matriculation, when Zeron was cultivating, he suddenly had a thought. (What happened with that numbing electric current that appeared in my body during the spirit root test). He was baffled by that unexplainable phenomena.
(Can I sense it?).
(Yes!, Since it came out of my body, I can surely detect it).
Zeron took in a breathe, then concentrated deep into his body. Trying to search for that familiar feeling that happened during the spirit root quality test.
And it appeared again, like a silent beast.
Zeron saw that deep inside his body was a void, and the void was filled with blue electricity.
A compressed electricity that somehow want to have the shape of a.....
The shape of a dragon. A dragon like the mythological legend of the four guardian beast of the Asians.
Which are the azure dragon, white tiger, the tortoise with a snake tail and the Vermillion bird.
But this time. The dragon in his body has a total resemblance to the azure dragon.
But the dragon which was formed with electricity seems to be in its infact stage and have not formed completely. It only has the shape.
(End of Flashback)
(I tried communicating with it, but it will not respond. I guess it is not animate)
(But what is it?. Is it because of the lightening that struck me?. Why is it in my body? And why is it being sealed and kept from manifesting out of my body?)
Zeron was contemplating those thought after finishing his training. He raised his lowered head that was contemplating and with a sharp and narrowed eyes, he suddenly had a thought which made his expression turn serious.
(Who sealed it, to stop it from manifesting?!!!).
(I have a feeling that I am being used as a chess piece).
(Two weeks later)
Boom!
In a training room sat Zeron whose skin is transparent and his internal organs could be seen. 'Like a see through glass'.
His internal organs were glowing with a golden and durable light.
After a few minutes. "Haa". Zeron breathe out a murky air, then stood up and said with a happy grin on his face.
"I have reached the consummation stage of the internal organs refinement. I have refined all my internal organs.
"My internal organs are hundred times more durable than before"
"No wonder mortals respect Cultivators so much. They are simply inhuman".
Zeron flexed his muscle. He then continued by thinking inwardly (but it is only in the body tempering rank that a cultivator body will be strengthened. The other ranks are for qi strengthening and quality).
(Tomorrow is the sect new disciple competition).
Zeron laughed, then said (I will surely give them a scare). (After sensing the blue dragon in my body, my cultivation talent was improved drastically).
Zeron clenched his fist, while looking at the fist, he thought (I have a feeling that my spirit root is about to be upgraded)