[Forget that. Are you aware that you possess a special-grade physique?]
Long Di's brow wanted to sprout wings and fly when he heard this, "… Excuse me?"
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"What do you mean I have a special-grade physique?"
[I don't know how to say that any simpler than I just did.]
"I see what you did there… and I respect it."
It dawned on me that Steely's pettiness level is over 9000 and I can't say I didn't like it.
There were moments when I felt like I have been cheated one way or another and this—this is one of those times. I don't even know when this happened.
[In any case, I have seen many special-grade physiques across the aeons. Some very special ones appear more than once across the ages whilst others fade into obscurity, but this is the first time I have seen a physique where none comes even remotely close to it. I dare not say I am right when spotting these properties. It's almost as if you were handcrafted to break every conceivable notion and rule within this world. What are you, child?]
Now I don't know a lot of things, but I know when something sounds good and boy oh boy does this sound good.
"Don't keep me in suspense. What do I have?" I couldn't help it, I had to know what I had under my belt.
'Your physique can somehow hold within itself… everything.'
"Everything?" What does that even mean? Was I somehow able to eat the entire world or something?
[It's not like you're able to eat the entire world or anything like that.]
I felt my brow wanting to encroach upon the territory known as the back of my neck. Did this Destiny Scale just read my inner monologue? Can it do that? Are we allowed to talk about that!?
"Then what do you mean? Like, what is it able to do, really?" I asked once again. It didn't seem to have a clear grasp on what to say. I blame this all on the goddess. Like, where even is she? Is she still with the family or not?
I knew five out of ten was too good for her.
'The only thing I can say for sure is that your body is able to assimilate different energy sources. I can say this based on the very reason for your current cultivation method. The method itself isn't the issue, but when you got afflicted with that execution lightning back in your home city, the most likely outcome would have been death, especially at your level. With me, you would live, but I would eventually refine it for you so you would be fine, but you actually deconstructed what little was left by yourself and then absorbed it for your own use. Lightning punishment is meant to kill. It is the heavens leaving no way out.'
"I thought it was called lightning tribulation."
[Lightning tribulation or Heavenly Tribulation is a trial, and it gives a way to life. You grow from it. You can think of it as five parts life, five parts death. The Heavenly Levyance lightning tribulation you now use is the lowest level within this category. However, that incident on the day of your destiny is something called lightning punishment or Heavenly Execution. It is meant to kill; it is not there to help you; it is not there to test you. It is death! On a scale, it would be zero parts life, and ten parts death! It is filled with killing intent and its destructive capabilities are several folds greater. Of course, the benefit of if you're able to survive is increased as well. For you to be able to break it down and use it as you have is not normal. Also, there is an unnatural lack of killing intent within you, which is extremely similar to the Heavens. I can't explain it to you now since time is of the essence and explaining it won't fix it, but it is keeping you from being as strong as you could be.]
The Destiny Scale's tone took on a more severe bearing as I advised it to continue. I needed to know what abilities I had at my disposal.
[I think you are able to multi-cultivate. I think you hold within yourself the ability to cultivate just about anything and everything under the sun.]
The Destiny Scale went silent after it said this, but that was understandable. I stood there frozen in place for a while as I thought about everything it said to me.
I like this cultivation world a lot, but there were some notable limitations that irked me to no end and one of those was the fact that there was a limit on the cultivation methods that one could practise at the same time.
For example, when it came to spiritual cultivation like most humans, they couldn't dual cultivate a body cultivation technique. The somatic essence and the spiritual qi that either method generated would run rampant within the body and cause one to explode.
There was no shortage of cultivation techniques out there that were created for the sole purpose of experiencing the best of both worlds, but they were a far cry from either of the cultivation methods created specifically for whatever purpose it was created for. Not only that, they were painfully slow.
There were unorthodox paths such as that of the xinli spiritualists and formation array masters who cultivated mental energy.
Because they cultivated in a way that deviated from the established norm, theoretically speaking, they could choose to cultivate using the spirit cultivation path or the body cultivation path.
But now, the Destiny Scale is saying otherwise. Just how far can I bring this?
[Truthfully, almost everything about you subverts this world's established rules and laws. Your body just happens to be able to magic up a way to make everything work together inside. However, you are the one I've been waiting for, so I'm okay with it.]
"This means that I can actually practise body cultivation methods? Awesome." Things are finally looking my way even more than they were before.
[Please don't haphazardly absorb energy sources from all over the place. You don't know where they could have been. Also, don't go about learning and practising every cultivation method you come across. I might not know about your physique, cultivating every John, Dick and Harry can't be good.]
"You know about names like John, Dick and Harry? How??" Sometimes things happened that made absolutely no sense.
[Are those not names?] it asked me.
Honestly, I couldn't argue against that. They were.
"Since I lost that argument. Let's move on, we need to decide something very important right here, right now."
[And that is?]
"A name for this physique. A girl I knew had the Cold Heart True Ice Physique, so I want a cool name too. Pun not intended, by the way."
[Ah yes, the wielder of the Cold Heart True Ice Physique has reemerged. Considering that the Di Mings have awakened, the Dragons are becoming restless and that you… exist, this generation will be both the best and the worst, I'm afraid.]
"What are you talking about?" Steely mentioning this had darker foreshadowing than Shen Ling's current cultivation status. Pun not intended… okay, maybe a little.
[Nothing you need to worry about.]
Whoosh!
Before I could react, the Destiny Scale flew out of my body and hovered above the area where everyone was cultivating. Oddly enough, I felt nothing when it was in me, but I feel lighter now that it's not.
"What are you doing?" I looked up where it was floating soundlessly in the air.
[I will be using a bit of my energy to help these little ones form their cauldron. I left the first chapter of a body cultivation technique from the past in your mind sea. It's not for you to use it, but for you to take reference from it is all. If my assumption is correct, you simply need to utilise the unique characteristics of your physique to truly awaken it. On that note, have you decided on a name?]
"Thank you for the technique. I needed something like this. As for the name, what do you think of this? I could call it Cell, oh or Majin bu—"
[That sounds horrible.]
"Then you come up with a good name if you're so good at it." Sure, I ripped the names from reputable anime, but it didn't have to blast me like that.
I waited for it to come up with a name since I apparently sucked at naming things. After a while, it trembled and its divine intent rang out once more. That's how it communicates in case you're interested.
[From henceforth, this physique will be known as the Profound Myriad Heavenseize Physique.]
I stared at it after I heard the name, and couldn't believe that the glorified rectangle just did that.
"So you just went ahead and declared the name of my physique. This is even worse than someone else peeling off the plastic from your phone screen. Plus, you're calling it profound? The level of disrespect is what's really profound around here. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined."
[You always look disappointed so… does it really matter?]
"Wow." I shook my head after that comment. "You know what? Fine, we'll do what you want and call it Profound Cereal Superfreak Physique. I don't care, I'm going over there to work on my cultivation method."
[I said Profound Myriad Heavenseize Physique!]
I tell ya, these days, nobody gives you respect. Not even the floating ancient sentient steel stele. I mean, if that doesn't give you respect, then who will?
I walked in a separate direction with my Profound Cereal Superfreak Physique. Who knows? Maybe the name will grow on me.