'Origin, would I be able to learn any techniques from this sword that was once used by a sword saint?' Shenyan asked. The moment the thought came into his head, Shenyan did not waste time and immediately took a hold of the rusty sword next to his bed— his heart beating faster in excitement and anticipation of the possibility of finally being able to learn fighting techniques.
Over this past month, Shenyan had been practicing swinging his sword according to the basic sword technique that he received from the academy's library. Although swinging the sword was amazing at first, but it soon got boring when there was no cultivation to aid his technique.
Shenyan soon gave up swinging his sword and decided that he would try absorbing the spirit energy using the cultivation method of the academy, however, it turned out the basic cultivation method used by the academy is the same Basic Breathing Cultivation Technique that he learned— albeit a slight difference.
Although they were the same cultivation method, there were clear difference. The one he comprehended was just a revised version of the actual cultivation method, so the effect was not that great even after the system enhanced it to work better.
So, Shenyan decided to learn the real Basic Breathing Cultivation Technique of the academy— although there are better cultivation techniques, but one needs to stay in the academy for a year plus they must show great progression in their cultivation before they would be allowed the right to exchange the technique with achievement points.
The achievement points are points earn through completing tasks assigned by the academy such as— cleaning, cooking, serving, spirit beast hunting and selling cores, escorting merchants and so on.
One not only get achievement points by completing these tasks but they also get gold coins and sometimes you might even get spirit stones or even beast cores— all these things would aid you during cultivation process, almost every student especially the poor student decided to take on these tasks to make a living.
Before Shenyan and Wang Lei were assigned to their dorms, they were informed about these things and so, they decided the best course of action was to take a tour around the academy and visit various buildings that had significance to one's cultivation.
The Task Hall was among the buildings that they visited and when Shenyan saw the amount of money they could make just from hunting spirit beast, he could not help but think about how much food he can afford to eat— especially now that he had a taste of how delicious a spirit beast meat was.
So, Shenyan decided the first thing he would do was hunt spirit beast when he gets stronger— of course he could choose to do some basic chore tasks, but they waste too much time, and they only give a handful of gold coins which would not be enough to even afford a single meal made with spirit beast meat.
Shenyan was so determined that he decided to practice the basic sword technique of the academy in hopes that he would succeed but that technique only work with spirit energy which he does not have.
But now it is different, there is a chance to learn techniques that may be even powerful than the basic sword technique of the academy— although Shenyan had no idea how strong a sword saint was, but just from the name alone he could tell that they must have been really strong so he could not miss this chance to learn their techniques.
…
[Ding! Affirmative. The User can indeed learn techniques from this sword. Would you like to see the skills available to comprehend from this sword?]
'Yes.' Shenyan replied without hesitation.
[Please hold onto the sword and do not let go even if you feel uncomfortable] The mechanical voice said.
"Alright."
Immediately after replying Shenyan felt a warm current of energy from his hands as it covered the sword in his grasp. As soon as the energy covered the weapon, a notification sound rang in his ears.
[Ding!]
[Activating Origin Comprehension…]
[Searching for remnant origin. Origin found. Displaying available origin.]
Throughout the system notifications, Shenyan felt his vision blur for a moment almost like his mind went elsewhere and when he came to, there were a list of texts displayed in front of him.
⟪[Basic Sword Techniques]⟫
[Stabbing Sword Technique — 2 SP]
[Quick-Draw Sword Technique — 5 SP]
[Vertical Slash Technique — 2 SP]
[Horizontal Slash Technique — 2 SP]
[Double Slash Technique — 10 SP ]
[Triple Stab Technique —15 SP]
[Crimson Crescent Slash Technique — 20 SP]
…
⟪[Advanced Sword Techniques]⟫
[Wind Slash Technique — 25 SP]
[Phantom Slash Technique — 30 SP]
[Void Sword Strike Technique — 50 SP]
[Swirling Horizontal Slash Technique — 80 SP]
[Swirling Vertical Slash Technique — 90 SP]
[Blinding Light Strike Technique(Special) — 200 SP]
…
⟪[Movement Techniques]⟫
[Void-Illusory Step Technique — 100 SP]
[Shadowy Rush Step Technique — 30 SP]
[Swift Flowing Step Technique — 50 SP]
…
⟪[Sword Saint Secret Techniques]⟫
[Sword Control: Multi-Revolving Sword Strike Secret Technique(Sword Saint Specialty) — 2000 SP ]
[Myriad Crescent Moon Secret Technique — 1500 SP]
…
"Eh?" Shenyan was taken by surprise due to the vast amount of techniques that was listed on here— it almost reached a thousand. After skimming through the techniques listed on the screen in front him, Shenyan found some numbers next to the techniques which caught his attention.
'Origin, what are those numbers next to the techniques?' Shenyan asked in a puzzled voice.
[The numbers correspond to the source value needed to comprehend these techniques.] The mechanical voice replied immediately.
'Huh? Source value? What are those? Why didn't I know about them until now?' Shenyan had a confused expression on face as he asked.
[The source value column is located at the right-side corner of the User's status display window. The User just never checked it before.] The mechanical voice said to him.
'What do you mean I never— oh, you're right, there is an icon on my right view. How come I have never noticed it before?' Shenyan said as he turned his head to look at the icon on the top right corner of the status screen.
⟪[Source Energy Accumulation]: 80 Points⟫
"Hm?"
"Source Energy Accumulation… is this related to Spirit Energy Accumulation?" Shenyan mumbled under his breath, pondering the difference between the two icons.
'Origin, do you mind telling me what this 'source' thing is?' Shenyan tilted his head as he asked.
[Ding! The source is the origin of all living beings in the universe. Every living being whether human or beast, they all have source within their souls. You can naturally acquire source energy through cultivating, but it is limited. Through the system, the User can accumulate source energy through killing living organisms and thus obtaining their source points.] The mechanical voice explained.
"I see… I think I understand it now— wait, don't tell me I obtained those source points through killing two of those bandits during our journey to the Capital City?" Shenyan's eyes widen as realization suddenly dawn on him. He finally solved the mystery behind his source energy accumulation already being at 80 points.