Cultivation is the process of strengthening body and soul by absorbing the earthly energy from the heaven and earth. Earthly energy is present everywhere in the environment. Cultivators strengthen their body to became strong and extend their lifespan by absorbing the earthly energy using different technique which are called the cultivation techniques.
There are different realms of cultivation which is established after millions of years of hard work of the cultivators to establish a proper cultivation system. The cultivation realm determines the normal strength of a cultivator.
The different realms of cultivation are: energy gathering realm, Dantian forming realm, essence core realm, core formation realm, martial soul realm, true martial realm, etc. The higher the cultivation realm of a cultivator, the stronger he will become and higher will be his lifespan.
A normal person's lifespan is usually 100 years while an energy gathering realm cultivator could live for 150 years. A Dantian forming realm cultivators can live for 200 years, essence core realm cultivators can liver for 300 years, core formation realm cultivators can live for 500 years, martial soul realm cultivator can live for 1000 years and the true martial realm cultivators have the lifespan of 10,000 years.
Cultivators gather energy inside their body and strengthen their body during the energy gathering realm. Using the gathered energy they form a Dantian inside their body to enter the Dantian forming realm. They increase the size of their Dantian during the Dantian forming realm so that they can store more earthly energy inside their body.
After which they purify the energy inside the Dantian to its purest form called the essence energy and compress it into a core to reach the essence core realm of cultivation. The essence core realm cultivators purify the early energy inside their body into essence energy as they aspire to form the largest number of essence core that their Dantian can contain. The larger the number of the essence core, the purer their essence energy will become and stronger the cultivators will be.
After forming the essence core, cultivators will combine all of them into a single essence core and fuse it with their Dantian to turn the Datian into a core containing essence energy to reach the core formation realm.
Normally, a cultivator could fight a cultivator of the same realm as him to a standstill. But several factors such as cultivation technique, martial skill, and treasure affect the battle prowess of a cultivator allowing him to easily defeat the opponent of same level and even challenge the opponent by crossing realms. Some people are gifted with special body constitution and bloodline since birth due to which they could easily suppress the opponent of similar cultivation level. Such people are usually termed as genius in the cultivation world.
Sam was also born a genius gifted with a unique Dantian and special eyes. His Dantian was larger than most of the cultivators allowing him to store more earthly energy due to which he could fight for longer period of time and use more destructive martial skills requiring more earthly energy to execute. However, his cultivation speed was also slower than other people due to the requirement of more earthly energy for each breakthrough.
Sam's eyes was special because he could sense and see things that others could not with his eyes. He could easily recognize the treasure and see through the weakness of his enemies with just a single glance. He could see through the mystery of the martial skills and easily cultivate it.
Heavenly martial peak,
Sam was cultivating inside his room. Essence stones were scattered on the floor as Sam was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the essence stones absorbing essence energy from them.
Bang..
A loud sound sounded inside his body as another essence core was formed inside his Dantian. At this moment fifteen essence core were floating inside his Dantian. This was the result of him cultivating without rest for six day using essence stone to absorb essence energy for cultivation.
Sam continued to absorb the essence energy from the essence stone to store more essence energy inside his Dantian.
After a long time Sam opened his eyes as he felt the presence of two people approaching the peak. He waved his hand and stored all the essence stone inside his storage ring as he exited his room. He walked outside the house and saw two people standing in front of his house. A boy and a girl who looked to be of his age.
The girl was short with a petite figure. She had black eyes, short pointed nose and red lips. She was beautiful like an elven fairy with an innocent aura around her while the boy was as tall as Sam and had long black hair. He had a handsome face with sword like eyebrows. He looked like an honest and straightforward person as he reminded Sam of someone.
The boy was the prime disciple of the Heavenly martial sect whom he had met earlier whose name he remember to be Gilde. He had never met the girl before.
" Greetings sectmaster. "
" Greetings sectmaster ."
The boy and the girl bowed and greeted Sam. He nodded as he asked," Why are you here? "
" Sect master we were tasked by the elder to tell you that the elder and protectors are all ready to depart for the sworridge valley. We can leave whenever you are ready. " Gilde replied to Sam respectfully.
Sam nodded his head. He was cultivating for about six days, and it was about time to depart. He looked at the girl as asked Gilde, And this is? "
"I am Saya Trent. You can simply call me Saya", the girl replied before Gilde could say anything. With that she walked forward and circled around Sam as she looked at him curiously and said, "So you are the new sectmaster huh. The one who convinced the elders and protectors and brought monumental changes to the sect. But you look just like a normal boy? "
"So how am I supposed to look like? I am a boy too you know", Sam smiled as he looked at the girl amusingly.
"Hump.. I thought you would have three head and six arms, and you would look like a Fiend", Saya joked as she looked at Sam.
"Hahahaha", Sam laughed at the girls at antics. He then looked at Gilde and asked, "Who did the elder and the protectors select to enter the sworridge valley with me? "
"Saya and I will be going with you to the swordridge valley. Saya is one of the most talented disciple in the sect and her cultivation is also at the peak of core formation realm. Similarly, I am also at the peak of core formation realm so the elder decided to give this opportunity to us to train and become familiar with sectmaster," Gilde replied.
"So they are basically sending you guys to be my nannies." Sam smiled.
" How did you know that the elder and protectors were sending us to protect you? You are so weak, but you want to enter the sworridge valley where all the genius from the whole northern region gather and fight with each other. Off course they will send us to be your nannies ," Saya arched her chest upward as she continued :"But you don't have to worry. I will protect you. You just have to stand behind me and watch as beat all the bad guys".
"So you will protect me from the bad guys?" .Sam smiled as he looked at the girl who was trying hard to look like a big sister.
"Off course.I will protect you. Just rely on me", Says replied seriously.
"Then, I will be relying on you little girl. " Sam smiled. This little girl was interesting.
"Who are you calling little girl? You obviously have some problem with your eyes to call this beautiful young lady a little girl". Saya replied angrily as she maintained angry look on her face as he put her hands in her hips . She disliked being called little girl the most specially when Sam was not even older than her.
Sam smiled at the saya's angry expression. He looked at the horizon as he said, " We will be going to the Swordridge valley to train and size resource. There will be fight and killing inside the valley. If you become careless even for a second you may lose your life. And I have this feeling that this time it will be more crueler than ever. So you guys be careful in there and always be on your guard".
"I know that already. The one who should be more careful is you. You will be the only essence core realm cultivator among the other core formation realm geniuses. You will the like lamb in front of hungry wolves. They will devour you with a gulp", Saya replied back to Sam.
" Alright. You just worry about yourselves, I can take care of myself just fine". Sam said as he looked at Gilde and continued: " I am ready to go to the swordridge valley. let's go".
"Yes sectmaster. The elder and protectors are waiting for you in the transport station. They have already prepared a mount.they are all ready to go the swordridge valley".Gilde said as he respectfully asked Sam to walk forward.
"You don't have to call me sectmaster everytime to see me. We are of the same age so just calling me brother or senior brother is fine". Sam smiled as he continued, "Since the elders and protectors are ready and waiting, we can't keep them waiting for a long time. Let's go. "
Transport station, Heavenly martial sect
When Sam's trio reached the transport station, all the elder and protector were already waiting for them. A large bird was sitting in the ground behind the elders. A small pavilion was built on the back of the bird which could fit at least twenty people inside it. Several disciples of the sect were gathered around the transport hall to say goodbye to the elders and protectors and to catch glimpse of the new sectmaster of the sect.
" Greeting sectmaster"
The elder and protector greeted Sam when they Sam Sam approaching them with Saya and Gilde following behind him. Sam nonchalantly nodded as his full attention was captivated by the large demonic bird with a pavilion on its back.
" A thunder hawk magical beast, famous for its fast speed and endurance. It could fly for a long distance without taking a break at its highest speed". Sam recalled the information that he read about the demonic beasts before.
" That's right. It is the thunderhawk that we tamed and brought back from one of the forbidden area, the demonic forest. We had to spend a lot of manpower and resources to capture it," The second elder replied with enthusiasm.
In order to capture this thunderstorm, they had to mobilize a large number of disciples and elders. Finally, by creating a trapping formation they successfully captured the thunderhawk and brought back to the sect to tame it to use as a mount for the means of transportation. The elder and disciples had made a huge contribution by giving this thunderstorm to use as a sect mount rather than using it personally.
"This thunderhawk can be considered to be one of the best among all the demonic beasts to use as a mount" he commented while looking at the large bird in front of him.
He had read numerous books about the demonic beasts and heard several stories about people getting famous after killing strong demonic beasts from his master. Now that he was seeing a demonic beast for the first time he was amazed by the sight of it.
The thunderhead had huge body with large wing covers with its black feathers. Electricity would pulse through its body occasionally creating crackling noises. It had a yellow colored sturdy beak and sharp talons. Electricity would pulse through its eyes occasionally making it look sinister.
"Second elder, I heard that all the necessary preparation are made, and we can depart for the swordridge valley whenever? ",Sam asked with his eyes still on the thunderhead.
"Yes, we are ready. Me, three other elders and four protectors will be going with you.the rest of the elders and protectors will be staying behind to protect the sect if any mishaps occurs. "
"Good. If that is the case let us depart without any unnecessary delay. "
"Sectmaster, would you like to say a few words to the disciples who have come to see you off? It will surely increase your prestige more among the disciples. " the second elder inquired.
"No need. I like to make thing clear with my action rather than speaking flowery words. Everything will be clear to all the disciples after I return triumphantly from the sword ridge valley. Now let us depart. "Sam said as he humped and landed on the pavilion build on the back of the thunderhawk.
Second elder smiled wryly at Sam's response as he too followed Sam to land on the back of the thunderhawk. The other elders and protector along with Says and Gilde climbed to climb on the back of the thunderhawk.
With that second elder made a handshake as a symbol started to appear between the brows of the thunderhawk. It let out a piercing cry as it flapped its wing and flew towards the sky.
Sam stood at the deck of the pavilion as he faced the incoming cool air. His wind blew his hair as his martial robe waved with the wind. His heart was filled with a heroic sentiment. He watched the clouds, the blue sky up above and the mountains, river and the town down below as they passed by. He murmured in a low voice as his eyes shone with determination.
"Swordridge valley, I am coming. "