Dracs hadn't a clear objective at what should be his next step but for now he was experiencing his new body and analyzed the whole memories of the boy called Taidian Akran.
He was curious about the whereabouts of the captain that abandoned the young man so he was planning to explore the forest a little bit.
But for the time being, he was familiarising with the cultivation concept and he wasn't so happy about that. In Taidian memory he found that not all humans could cultivate and it was definitely a path only for fated people and elites.
But the knowledge of the lad was really scarce and almost useless for Dracs. At least he knew that Qi wasn't the only mysterious energy in the world.
However, Qi was the energy of heaven and earth and he knew too well how much these 'things' hated him, so he was helpless, not knowing what to do about it.
"System, is Qi dangerous for me?"
[Not entirely, but absorbing Qi of heaven and earth directly from the environnement will harm you heavily and can kill you]
"Develop."
[Hypothesis : refined Qi from cultivators should be harmless, need echantillon to test. Find refined sources of Qi without traces of heaven and earth, find alternative energy sources.]
"What about the corrupted yin body cultivation technique?"
[Corrupted Yin Body cultivation technique : derived from the man called Jikoudian Akran, updated after possessing the body of Taidian Akran, a technique concepted to absorb extreme cold yin energy into the body by circulating directly this energy in the blood vessels. Furthermore, dual cultivate back to back with a specialist with extreme cold yin energy can speed the progress by two to three time]
"Is it safe?"
[Affirmative, all techniques in the shop are meant to be used by you]
"Hm… at least it's something I can do, the problem now is to find an extreme cold yin place or a specialist willing to cultivate with me, it seems to be quite troublesome."
"Display the details of the drain skill and purify skill."
[Drain (no cost) : melee spell, touch a living being or a fresh corpse to absorb his energy, the following energy can be stored in the sub system for further upgrade and repair, can also absorb corruption]
[Purify : unique spell that required corruption's points to cast (depending of the severity of the affection), can purify abnormal state like poisons, diseases, curses, corruption]
"So the drain is really a must have, I think I should be able to find more uses for it after some tests. However the Purify spell is really a life saving treasure but I need to be careful to always have enough corruption's points, it's understandable! Now let's see if the shop has something new."
[SHOP UPDATED after analysing Tadian Akran memory]
[Current cp : 11,100]
[New category added]
[Martial Arts : ]
Claw of the Corrupted Tiger / 1,000cp
Step of Illusion / 1,000cp
Yin Ghost Palm / 5,000cp
more to come…
[Skills : ]
Corrupted Yin Lotus / 10,000cp
more to come…
"Alright, I should have expected the unreasonable cost but it's really too much of a pain in the ass! It can't be helped, it's like this..."
He thought for a moment and decided to purchase only the Claw of the Corrupted Tiger and the Step of Illusion.
[Are you sure you want to spend 2,000cp? Y/N]
"Of course, just do it."
Then the usual surge of knowledge flowed inside his mind and it was really refreshing.
[New sold 9,100 cp]
[ALERT : the host body is too frail to use your Martial Arts, upgrade the host current cultivation and body or change host]
"..."
He couldn't help being at loss.
"It's a joke, right?"
[Negative]
He then had a revelation and understood what he had to do, it was as if whoever had chosen him to inherit the strange system was playing a game with all the individuals that crossed his path.
"So I should be able to cultivate as if I was this Taidian and heaven and earth shouldn't be able to see through the trick, am I right?"
[Affirmative]
"Oh my… your way of chatting is way too boring! Where is my Doshi, I want him back right now!"
[Doshi status : dormant, need energy to repair]
"How much?!" He yelled out loud in the middle of the forest, scaring the poor bird that passed by there.
[Need more energy, samples and informations to calculate accurately]
~sigh~
It was frustrating, of course he was eager to try his new skills and techniques but he couldn't be careless about it. Destroying this body wasn't an option. Dracs knew that this young lad wasn't bad but apparently he was too weak for the current him.
It would soon become a true hindrance if he couldn't display his powers safely, so he had to check all the useless low tier techniques and information and calculate with the system what he could do for now.
The results of his calculation were a pile of trash. He would have to use the Yang devouring Yin technique that was easily fixed by the system in order to cultivate in the fastest possible way.
And then cultivate with the common scripture of the Akran Clan to regulate the energy in his body.
For the latter it was easy to accomplish but for the first part he would need to dual cultivate 'physically' meaning intimately with the opposite gender.
But it was unacceptable, he was not at all in the mood to invest in carnal exchanges at the moment. He was so furious about this that he clenched his fist so hard to the point of making bruises in his palm.
"I'll find another way, I'm not going to stay in this hollow forest for another day."
He had his own principles so he wanted to help the lad find the 'pig' and the captain, but he wasn't willing to sacrifice his new life for a matter that didn't concern him at first.
And like this he used the memories of Taidian and took his way back to the cave that he had stayed in last night.
On his way back he saw many magical beast corpses. The system had stated that they were still probably filled with a bit of energy so he stopped by each one he found to drain them with his skill spell and also used his ability to sample the blood of the different specimens.
A Series of notifications rang non-stop but he didn't care because at this moment his mind was on another thing. He was so angry about Taidian's useless techniques that he couldn't help but cough a mouthful of blood!
~Spat~
He soon found the target of his anger, the mysterious man that gave Taidian the shitty Yang Devouring Yin technique, this guy was only a criminal! He also was the culprit behind the death of the girlfriend of the poor lad.
But more importantly, he was the one that gave Dracs this shitty technique and he couldn't be rational when thinking about it. He only wanted to punish this scammer!
When he finally crossed the yellow fish river, he calmed down a little bit and started to act like the mature guy he was when he was still a human from earth.
He had to think thoroughly and carefully about his actions so he wouldn't throw this new life in this forest.
On the way he picked a kind of strange dead rabbit with two tails and two horns and checked if it was still edible with a simple scan of the system and walked his way back toward the cave where Taidian had last seen the captain.
And for the first time of this new life, he took a break and took a breath of fresh air, sitting on a high rock under the lushness of this beautiful and magnificent forest. The sunrays were passing through leaves as big as cows.
Unknown beasts were living their life without disturbing him because this part of this forest was only inhabiting low tier creatures. But for him that wasn't what was important.
It was the beauty of the scenery and the essence of life, of being alive. He used the Qi in the Taidian body and made a small flame to light some wood and cook the creature.
Smell of roasted meat soon filled the surroundings and he did not need to be asked and devoured his meal without delay. His mouth and hands were smeared with juicy grease but he didn't care at all.
When he had finished he just went to wash in a clear stream that was near and drank some water.
After that, he finally resumed his journey. He had taken all this time to calm down and accept this new life and for the first time since he appeared in outer space, he was truly serene.
It was dusk when he saw the small hill not so far, so he made full use of his scan to check if everything was okay, and to his surprise he found that someone was in the cave Taidian had passed the last night, so he was pretty sure that the guy inside it was the captain.
He knew that this man was a potential threat but he decided anyway to play it calmly so he just walked until he reached the entrance. And at this moment, the voice of the captain welcomed him.
"Young Master!"