Guwong!
"Kyak!" A cultivator screamed as he rushed behind a boulder, feeling searing heat as a column of flames slammed into the boulder, turning it reddish as fumes were emitted from it. Holes formed on its surface as the minerals with lower boiling points vaporised first, creating large cracks through which the gases escaped from.
The boulder began to melt from the heat as the cultivator shivered in fear, "Shit! Shit! Shit! Why did I have to be such an idiot?"
He was hailed as a genius from childhood for his smarts and the ability to learn fighting techniques and other administrative details from his Clan. And when he awakened to an Earth Martial Spirit, his Clan rejoiced.
Because, a cultivator with an Earth Martial Spirit would be the future Clan/Sect Leader.