Xie Ra wanted to throw his new physique item- Ivory sword seal- out of the window. He tried to temper his primary body with the pure sword physique by using this seal for hours.
He even condensed his previous primary body- the water physique- into a water-elemental seal. But, he still couldn't replace the main physique with the pure sword physique.
He took the instruction sheet again and read it to see if he missed anything. None of his friends had any issue with switching physiques, unlike Xie Ra. Why couldn't he do things normally as others do?
Oh, I should tell you about this physiques-stuff briefly.
Any cultivator who is in the foundation establishment or above realm can temper their body using a specific item called "physiques". These physiques enhance various attributes in them.
From early-foundation establishment to the perfect-core formation realm you can temper your main body using only one physique. This physique is known as your primary body or main physique.
Most of the below nascents have elemental physiques as their main body. After drinking a magical formula called "Century river water," you will randomly get one of the five elemental physiques.
Fire elemental physique makes your 'hit' stronger a few folds than the other attributes like attack, dodge, etc. Water enhances dodge. Earth increases your defense stats. Metal strengthens your attack. Wood elemental physique increases your health stat, which lengthened your durability in a fight.
However, after you reach the nascent realm, you can have a secondary body. This allows you to temper your body for the second time, with another type of physique.
But, many switch from elemental physiques to more dominant physiques that can enhance a few attributes at once. Even though they are very expensive, tempering their body with one of these dominant physiques is a dream of many cultivators.
These dominant physiques can be achieved using their condensed form. The condensed form is their portable, solid-state. After following the instructions, you can transform this solid form into your physique easily.
Most overpowering 'dominant physiques' are,
1)Pure sword physiques(PSP)- Increase your attack, hit, crit, and sword damage, transforming you into a *deadly swords-person. The condensed form is known as the "Ivory sword seal" which looked like a greenish-white, crafted piece of ivory.
2)Chaos physiques(Chaos)- Increase your attack, hit, defense, health, and dodge up to some degree. But, this attack and hit increase aren't as high as in PSP. The condensed item is a multi-colored pearl which is known as "Chaos pearl."
3)Sky demon physiques(Sky)- used by demonic cultivators. increase both attack and defense. Condensed item is a liquid called Heavenly demon blood. This liquid was made by using powerful ancient demonic blood that was received a long time ago.
Final thing; The effect caused by the primary physique is stronger than the secondary one. So, you should use your strongest physique as the primary one.
This knowledge is enough for you to continue through the story.
So, at this moment our poor Xie Ra was disheartened by failing multiple times to temper his body with the pure sword physique. He was in the final stages of the early-nascent already.
He still didn't merge his primary body with a dominant physique, unlike his friends. He used water as his primary physique while fire being the secondary after reaching the nascent. This put him in a disadvantageous situation in the sect fights. What could he do when he was a broke cultivator?
He collected fairy jades for a long time to buy his pure sword physique yesterday. He was so excited to become strong. His dreams shattered as he failed so many times, even after following the instructions carefully. He wanted to cry. Instead, he closed the door and stepped outside with a long face.
"Greetings, junior, you seemed unhappy today. What happened?"
A familiar gentle voice was heard behind him. Xie Ra turned and saw Wan Mingyu was smiling kindly at him. Xie Ra's felt warmth in his heart. This man was an elder brother figure for him for a long time. Even after he reached the deity realm, his kindness and humbleness never changed. Xie Ra greeted him back enthusiastically.
"Greetings, elder. When did you arrive at the Immortal sword sect? I didn't know you would come today?" He asked curiously.
"This morning. I had breakfast from your sect and wanted to walk around a bit. I just wanted to grab some pills on my way to seclusion."
"For how long?"
"For a few months, I guess. By the way, why did you seem so angry before? Can I help in some way?"
Xie Ra clearly heard the concern in elder Wan Mingyu's voice. At this moment a sudden realization overtook him.
Elder Wan Mingyu has a Chaos physique. And, he was one of the few who successfully merged this physique, with five elemental physiques. This merging technique wasn't something easy to do.
However, if one succeeds in this, they would become monstrous cultivators among the others. Just like Xie Ra's gege, Da Sheng. He achieved the Five-Elementalist state as well.
So, Elder Wan Mingyu was literally an expert in this field. Heaven's might've blessed Xie Ra today. He beamed with happiness.
"Of course, you can help me a lot, elder. You are here just in time, to save me from my misery. Please, follow me." Xie Ra led the elder to his hut, where his half-baked process was locked inside.
With the guidance of elder Wan Mingyu, Xie Ra successfully tempered his primary body with the pure sword physique. A slight white glow enclosed his whole body. He felt a refreshing power surging through his spiritual veins.
When the transformation process was over, Xie Ra saw elder Wan Mingyu was smiling at him. The look in his eyes reminded Xie Ra of his gege, who left the sect a few months before. He might be happy for Xie Ra if he was here. He missed his brother.
However, the happiness that emitted from elder Wan Mingyu suppressed the pain which threatened to overtake Xie Ra's heart. Corners of his mouth lifted from one ear to the other, reflecting the joy of his two achievements; A physique and a caring brother.