"It will be the Burning Blood sect, in two weeks, I must join that sect no matter what."
Although this decision might be wrong at first glance, Abel thought a lot about it before choosing that sect.
In the first place, perhaps the most remarkable thing about the sect was its influence, the information they should have about other counties and places on the Azure continent should be enough for Abel to get an idea of this place and begin his search towards the heritage of the senior.
"I have not yet forgotten the promise I made to the librarian, nor my true goal in reaching this lower realm, as I explore and grow stronger in this continent, I must look for clues about the senior's inheritance, after all, how Is it possible that a cultivator who managed to get out of this lower realm and who forged his way in Kunlun is not known?"
Abel had already looked for information about great cultivators in the history of the azure continent in the library, but he found practically nothing, after all, this was only a small village, if he wanted to know more, he would have no choice but to search for a place influential with abundant knowledge, which is what the Burning Blood sect offered.
"Besides, I'm much more interested in learning about the art of forging, although at first I wanted to learn about alchemy because of the novels I read, honestly being an alchemist doesn't benefit me, since no matter how many pills I create, I can't use them, which is not the case if I learn about the art of forging."
The prerequisite for any of these occupations is to have an abundant soul force and great control over it, since in this way you can verify the status of the objects you work with and act accordingly, in addition this requirement was already very high, because very few people are born with abundant soul strength, needless to say about their control.
In the case of alchemists, they wanted their disciples to have attributes of wood and fire, since they deal with medicinal herbs, on the contrary, the forge masters only need to have a great aptitude towards fire, although it was also had as an attribute to thunder, it was better, so in the end this was a better profession for Abel.
"Regarding the factors of martial techniques, I doubt that they do not have a great repertoire, with the great influence that this sect is said to have, the only problem I think they have is that, by dedicating themselves more to the art of forging and alchemy, neglect their martial technique training and cultivation, making them weaker in general than the other sects."
Although strange, this statement was not entirely ridiculous, in Kunlun, Abel had read that there were very few alchemists or forge masters who were experts in their craft and who were outstanding geniuses, in addition the alchemists and forge masters had abundant connections, so if someone messed with them it was like stinging a hornet's nest, not a very smart move.
"As for the problem of how to leave the sect later, let myself take care of the future, for the moment, one step at a time."
Thus, having closed the problem of which sect to join, Abel thought about what the selections would be like this time.
"Although I do not know why they were 2 years ahead, it is likely that they also make them more difficult than the last times."
From what he read in the library, the selections were divided into 3 parts, innate talent, comprehension speed and combat power, depending on how you performed, your final position varied, where first place was given a generous amount of points contribution and other benefits, so the initial competition was already quite fierce.
"In my case, I have no problem in the second one, as my comprehension speed must be excellent if I can quickly learn the rarer Kunlun and high-level techniques such as the double sword art and the divine concealment technique of the void. , I don't think I have problems for a technique of human rank or higher, the problem is the other two."
Regarding his understanding ability, Abel felt confident, although he couldn't say the same for the other two.
"Although I almost reached the 2nd level of the divine void concealment technique, I am not there yet, and it is quite difficult for me to arrive in these two weeks, so if there is any combat, I could only use the strength of my physical body, without showing any of my heavenly qi."
Due to the incident with the lion, Abel knew that he could not use his heavenly qi without restraint, not at least until he had reached 2nd level in his concealment technique, with which he would feel safe to completely fool even a martial master.
"Without using celestial qi and just my physical body, my strength would be on par with a cultivator in the initial stage of martial disciple, although it may sound fantastic, it's actually not that surprising."
Although only with the strength of his physique he could compete with cultivators at the early martial disciple stage, it was only a way of putting it, as a well-trained cultivator with excellent techniques at the late body refinement level could easily defeat him.
This was simply because the era of physical body cultivators had already ended, this was the era of spiritual qi, while the physical body gave you greater stamina and vitality, a cultivator who properly uses his martial techniques could crush one who only use your physical body, isn't that how Abel defeated the blue fire and thunder lion in the first place?
"So at best, using double sword art, I should be able to stand up to a cultivator in the early stages of martial disciple, which I think is also enough, after all, the strongest person I am. I found so far is that boy who seems to be the eldest son of the village chief, who seemed to be 7 years old, but is already at the level of a martial disciple."
Although Abel didn't know what criteria the Burning Blood sect judged, he supposed that, with his battle power, coupled with his great comprehension ability, he should be enough to earn a good place among their ranks, leaving aside his innate talent.
"As for my innate talent, I'm not sure, after all, since my cultivation path was sealed, I haven't been able to sense any of the spirit qi in the environment, so it could easily be said that my talent is zero."
This conclusion did not surprise Abel, in itself, his talent was already taken along with his bloodline, a fact that showed that it took so long to reach the level of martial disciple even with a divine rank technique, now that he even lost his ability to perceive spiritual qi, your talent should basically be zero.
"Maybe it's time to ask for those martial techniques, although they will not be of good quality, like the ones that I can obtain in the sect once I join, something is something, besides that it will give me a better understanding about martial techniques."
It should be noted that, on his trip to the village in these 2 weeks, he came to meet the old man Grant, who finally understood what seemed strange about Abel the last time he saw him, Abel had already started to cultivate.
This gave Abel some headache and he quickly thought of some excuse, but to Abel's surprise, Elder Grant just looked at him curiously and strangely before telling him to let him know when he reached 4th level to give him the 3 techniques that promised.
This only made Abel admire the old man, who dismissed him with great respect, after all, he did not ask any more questions about the subject or his background, solving one of his concerns.
Remembering this event, Abel just sighed and then dismissed that thought before returning to the main topic.
"These two weeks I will use to reach the 2nd level in the technique of concealment, only then will I feel more confident to face any unforeseen event."
Having made the decision for him, Abel calmed down, closed his eyes and began to understand more about the divine void concealment technique, trying to quickly reach the 2nd level.
So time passed, Abel spent his days in meditation, if he reached a bottleneck, mentally practiced his reflexes and response time or trained his arts of the double sword in the forest, progressing slowly but steadily.
The following week, Abel decided it was time to go and ask for martial techniques, although at one point he thought he would take more time not to attract attention, he could not do that anymore, with the selection approaching, all the children in the village They were constantly making progress, so he might go unnoticed to some extent, so he decided to go see Elder Grant.
As Abel expected, although surprised, the old man did not say more and took Abel to the 2nd floor, where as agreed, Abel selected 3 martial techniques and said goodbye to the old Grant.
On his part, the elderly Grant, noticing Abel's attitude, assumed that he already knew about the selections and had planned to participate as well.
This left him a bit speechless, after all, Abel was barely 1 month in the village, and as far as he knew, he was only 5 years old, analyzing all this, although he admitted that Abel's speed of progression was quite fast, compared with the 7-11-year-olds from the village, he didn't have much of a chance of being selected.
"*Sigh*, well, some experience will not hurt him, after all, he is still young, in a couple of years I am sure he will reign over the others, but it is still too early for him."
With those thoughts, Elder Grant watched Abel walk away, before turning and going back to his work.
During this last week, the village had been very hectic, lawsuits and rumors flourished all over the place, every day, there was a new advance in some child, which generated pressure on others, making the environment even more tense than what it already was.
Thus, little by little the days passed, until the day of the selection arrived.