While Julian sat in his downstairs living room planning out his future. The city of Isvan was Thriving and Young Noah was on a small adventure. He had been in his house cultivating for the past half a year and made considerable progress. He was at the peak of the Soul wandering realm and thought he was ready to advance but he hit an unexpected roadblock on his journey.
The busy crowds of the city streets moved all about, Noah put on his jacket sitting on the hanger outside his door and walked down the road. The cold breeze blew the wooden signs above the shops and the flags of the Imperium fluttered in the wind. The sounds of machines could be heard everywhere as citizens upgraded and decorated their houses to their hearts content.
The residents who arrived first and began to farm were busy selling their first and second harvests to the passerby's. The sweet smell of Baked goods caught Noahs attention and he made a stop for some cookies before continuing down the road. As he walked he saw the new nervous refuges arriving in the city as well as the Immigrants from the once prosperous cities in the west. The words William told him a while ago came to mind. " The weak follow the strong. " These people didn't want to leave their proud cities and towns but they could not ignore or refuse an imperial decree from the most powerful man In the empire who also happened to be his master.
A small smile appeared on his face as he thought about it. A loud yell caught his attention and he looked to where the noise came from. just down the road in an open square was a small fighting arena set up by one of the sects to recruit new talents. Noah looked at the flag above the arena and recognized that is was the divine Tiger sect from the west, The land of endless rivers.
He watched a couple matches before he finally made his way to City lord William at the central square of the city.
" Excuse me Sir can I see sir William? I would like to join the Military. "
The guard looked at Noah and pointed to a machine box
" Go speak into that machine and the Ai Steve will get you set up, Sir William is not open to visitors today. "
Noah nodded and walked over to the speaker
" My name is Noah baker, age 18, I am currently at stage 9 soul wandering with a Rank 2 body and my soul is only at psychic knight and I have consolidated my orange soul. I am Here to join the National Military to gain experience and fight for my homeland. "
[ Welcome to the military Noah baker 1st disciple of The God Emperor Of Man. Here is a pamphlet containing any information pyu may need. Please make your way to the Eastern barracks immediately. ]
He read the pamphlet as he walked down the streets. It talked about the 3 Paths of cultivation and said that each new recruit must decided on either body Cultivation or Qi cultivation along side mandatory soul cultivation. next to each realm stage was a reward for the soldier as well as rewards for upgrading realms. if a soldier made it to the first major realm the Qi Gathering realm they would receive increased pay and would receive a peak sacred grade weapon of their choice for free. Once they reach the peak of the Qi Gathering realm they could then apply to the government for foundation building pills in order to solidify a perfect foundation.
As soon as they reach the Gold core stage their rewards depend on the color of the core they can create. A regular gold core receives a standard rank 2 core while any other unique core they may create will fetch them 2 rank 2 cores and 3 rank 1 cores. At the Soul Wandering Realm they are required to cultivate their souls to the Psychic Knight rank and consolidate an orange soul before they are given their rewards and allowed to continue cultivating. This process is also considered their reward as the soul stones required are provided by the government free of charge. The rewards for the next stages increase dramatically due to the difficulty in reaching them even with genius level talent. Nascent soul realm rewards a rank 3 core of their choosing along with a free Earth grade or below skill. The ensoulment realm receives a Rank 5 core as well as a drastic increase in pay and enough soul stones to upgrade to the Psychic Lord rank. The Nihilty Realm reward gave soldiers a free Earth ranked Spiritual Armor set alongside a free Heavenly Rank Skill and a Rank 6 core of their choosing. The Ascension stage gave all the soul stones required to Advance to the psychic King Stage along with a Rank 7 core and The title of Lord and a generous portion of land to build their own clan.
The half immortal stage and above did not have any rewards mentioned as the empire did not yet possessed adequate rewards for those realms.
The rewards for the body Cultivation were the same, Body cultivation was simplified into 12 ranks but their true names were listed as well.
Mortal flesh, Soul forming, Mind scattering, Sarira, Bone refining, Nirvana, Golden body which is Julian's current rank, Godly force. Heavenly being, And heavenly God, The last two ranks were not known as the information was lost to time, even the three books did not know the names of the last two ranks. Heavenly God and Profound immortal Are the Immortals of each path.
With all the relevant information already read Noah put the pamphlet into his pocket and continued walking. Noah was excited to join the army and was even more excited for claim his rewards for making it to his current Realm stage. The sounds of a Carriage came closer and Noah alongside many others made way for a carriage carrying freshly harvested herbs. The driver was in a hurry and apologized to the people in the road as he continued down the road.
' Why doesn't master sell the metal carriages called trucks to the citizens, surely it wound make things easier. '
20 minutes passed by and Noah arrived at his destination. A large area equivalent to 1,000 foot ball fields had been paved with Strong Tiles and was being used by a majority of the new recruits. Surrounding this massive Training square were Thousands of Barracks each capable of housing over a thousand troops with more and more being built. with his superior vision he found Sir William in the center on stage delivering a speech to the soldiers. He couldn't hear what he was saying but now that he found William he began to walk to him. By the time he was in hearing distance the speech was over but Sir William saw him in the crowd and began walking over to him as well.
" How have you been young Noah! It is great to see you today, I was just notified by Steve that you have decided to join the Military. I am very proud of you for your decision and for your hard work in cultivation. As for your rewards. they will be transfered to your home shortly. Come with me I will introduce you to your squad leader. "
" Yes sir! "
The two walked to the back right of the square and met up with a Nihility stage Cultivator who was in charge of close combat training for those soul wandering and above.
" This is Sir Eric wally, He will be your instructor from now on. be sure to train hard. "
William patted Noah on the back and dissappear into the crowd.
" How are you doing today Young Master Noah? I am excited to have the opportunity to be your close combat instructor. "
Noahs Military life officially began and he was excited.
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Back at the Divine Tiger sects Recruitment Arena a young boy stood in line. This young kid was none other than the young kid Julian Gave a rank 5 core to In Blue dragon City. The young boy was wearing proper clothing given to him by Train staff on his way here. He didn't have any plan coming to this city, he only did what he was told by the officials. When he arrived the Goverment wanted to put him into a foster family but he refused, he wanted revenge but didnt want to put anyone in danger doing so. So instead they gave him a house of his own to live in along with a Worker bot. Today he decided to explore the city and found this Sects Recruitment and decided to give it a go.
The line moved by quicky as the first tests passing rate was less than 10% of the applicants.
Finally it was his turn and he placed his hand on a circular Stone in the middle of the first stage. As the stone reacted to him, The testers face was astonished and he quickly yelled out loud.
" Pass! quickly go to the second test! "
The boy was startled by the shout and removed his hand from the stone which was now dark purple.
" Hey Joey Guess what! "
" What "
" We got a Dark purple Talent! "
His voice garnerd the attention of the entire test site and many elders of the sect at the site came to the first test site.
" He has such great talent, I have not seen a Dark purple talent in millenia. Depending on how he performs In these next two tests we should consider teaching him the Indomitable Tiger Body Cultivation technique. "
" No, We should teach him the ancestors White Tiger Swordsmanship. "
The two old men went back and forth until The boy made it to the center of the 2nd stage test. A very old man with a slim figure sat behind a sword that was stabbed into the floor.
" Grab the sword and pull it out. "
The old man's harsh voice silenced the area and the Boy moved forwards without hesitation and picked up the sword with ease.
The eyes of the old man shook and the entire Venue was silent.
" What Is your name young man? "
My name is Hunar Basu. "
" Hunar Basu eh? "
The old man cast a sound barrier between the two and asked a question that made Hunars eyes open wide.
" Your the Son of Aarav Basu right? that old elder of the Blue dragon sect right? why are you here? "
Hunar clenched his fist at the mans question and spoke with rage in his voice." My father Is dead and so is my family, we were Betrayed!! "
" Ah I see, I understand what you are going through. Head over to the third trial and become an official disciple of The Divine White Tiger sect. I will teach you and make you strong enough to avenge your family. "
Hunar nodded and the old man watched him make his way to the third trial.
This last trial was a Square stone covered in runes which specializes in identifying the power of one's bloodline. Hunar placed his hand in and opening and the stone locked onto his hand. A single tiny needles drew blood and the entire stone began to shake for a couple of seconds before finally cooling down.
The tester looked at Hunar and told him how the machine worked.
" Young man this analyzer has 100 black runes and 6 blue runes. The black runes represent Your purity bloodline and the blue Runes represent your bloodlines power.
Soon the machine was done and the crowd waited with anticipation for the results. The black runes started glowing and soon over 99 Runes lit up. The crowd then turned to the blue runes and watched as the first rune glowed up followed by the second, third, by the fourth the whole crowd was talking and the elders were staring so hard their eyes were red. Everyone thought it was over at four but then boom! The 5th Rune glowed.
The old man smiled. The elders screamed incoherently at each other and the crowd was in an uproar.
The third tester walked up to Hunar with a big smile and handed him a badge.
" Welcome to the Divine Tiger sect Core diciple Hunar Basu. "