The Phimora Family lived up to its reputation as one of the founding families of the Neo Alliance.
It was spanned across on a hundred thousand hectares of land, in which some villages and towns were also included. The influence of the family not only reached the boundary of their territory, but also to the boundary of the entire Neo Alliance and more.
In the heart of it all, Aris was sitting cross-legged as his Mentor, Severino Truglio, one of the most distinguished Cultivators of the entire Neo Alliance was teaching him.
"Remember, Never get complacent, Aris. In this world, there will be countless people who will be better than you. There is always someone who can step over you if you slowed down.
At the moment, you are not even at the first stage of the First Light Realm. In total, as you already know, there are 8 known realms in the Requiem continent. They are 'First Light Realm, Sparks of Brilliance Realm, Igniting Core Realm, Divine Sea Realm, Illusory Fog Realm, Bloom of Providence Realm, Exalted Soul Realm, and Dream Phantom Realm.'
Each of these realms has 9 sub-stages and every realm is immensely powerful over the others in its hierarchy.
I myself am in the Illusory Fog Realm, at the age of 86, while the several heads of the Neo Alliance are in Bloom of Providence Realm. It is not that our speed of cultivation is slow, but we are stuck at the bottleneck of our realm for a long time due to either inefficient and incomplete cultivation techniques or hard to get resources.
Once you reach the Divine Sea Realm, however, you can start flying as you will have enough control and energy to sustain your flight.
Your cultivation talent is good, and you even have inherent power over the Lightning element, which is extremely rare. But as Respected Patriarch also has it, it is understandable.
Remember, the inherent talents in any of the elements is a very rare thing but it, is not something exclusive to you alone."
Severino Truglio was a very knowledgeable and talented cultivator who was famous not only in the Neo Alliance but also in the Kingdom of Tethys.
Despite his age, he still looked in his 30s, with black and white hair, styled in the salt and pepper look with a light beard and moustache on his face.
He was not of the Phimora family, but the Phimora Patriarch had invited him to teach his only son, which he gladly accepted.
'In my previous life, I chose Eva as my mentor over him, just because she was beautiful and I wanted to do her. Just how braindead was I? To choose something so important over the size of someone's jugs?'
Aris lamented how in past, he chose a 150-year-old Eva as his mentor, who despite her age looked very pretty, and even married him in later years after he impressed her.
The problem with that was she was stuck in the bottleneck of the first stage of the Divine Sea Realm for a very long time and was not able to ascend any further even after he spent so many treasures on her after their marriage.
Luckily, he saved himself from a less talented Mentor this time around.
Pushing aside all these thoughts, for now, Aris listened to Severino as he guided him to circulate the world energy through his inner world and finally reach the first stage of the First Light Realm.
"Very good. I can feel a slight current around you. It means that you have successfully started your cultivation journey, but it also means you need to have better control over your elemental energy.
So this is what I want to see the next time we meet, which will be in a week from now on.
Go to your family library and learn your family's secret cultivation technique, after which cultivate diligently and try to control your elemental energy."
"Thank you, Senior Truglio. I shall not disappoint you."
Severino nodded at Aris's acknowledgement and went away, leaving Aris alone in the mountain gardens of his courtyard.
'I need to reach Igniting core realm before I turn 15, as only then I can get accepted in the Academy of Magic Sciences. I couldn't get into it in my last life because I fooled around a lot and missed my chance, but not this time.'
'The Princess of the Tethys Kingdom reached Illusory Fog Realm just at the age of 18 after she got accepted there and I was stuck in Igniting Core Realm.
There was a rumour that the Drean Phantom Realm is just the tip of the iceberg, and if it's anything like those cultivation novels in my past life, then it is true.'
"Senior Vittorio"
Spoke Aris aloud to no one in particular, when suddenly the space around him rippled and a person covered in all black attire walked out of thin air. Even his face was covered with shadows and one cannot see his features.
Aris slightly bowed to this person and said
"Kindly take me to the Internal Library of the Family."
The person in black, or Senior Vittorio in particular nodded, and then suddenly the world around Aris changed and he appeared in front of his destination.
He didn't know what realm this Senior was in, or what technique he uses to teleport across hundreds of kilometres instantly, but he knew that it was the mistake of sending him on an errand, that Aris died at the hands of the assassin who was waiting for years for this moment only.
Aris swore to never send this Senior away on any errand unless he had enough confidence in protecting himself and even then, a bodyguard like him was a blessing.
There were a couple of teenagers who were there at the library and upon seeing Aris teleport there, they all bowed their heads a little.
As it was the library, it was the only way to silently greet their Young Master, after which Aris acknowledged their greetings with a nod of his own and went towards the Librarian.
"Greetings, Senior Madelyn" Said Aris in a very low voice to the librarian, who seemed like a fairy.
She had long black hair with beautiful black eyes and light pink skin. Her bust was way above average but it was all hidden behind a high neck black sweater.
In his previous life, When he first arrived here, she recommended him a footwork technique with the cultivation method but in order to impress her, he instead took an offensive skill that was way above his comprehension.
"Greetings, Dear Aris. So you have finally started cultivating?" Said Madelyn with a smile while closing the book she was reading.
"Yes, Senior. Can you please impart me the Family's Secret cultivation technique?"
"Sure! And you can call me Aunt" replied Madelyn with a smile as she flicked Aris's head with her finger and suddenly an immense amount of knowledge about the cultivation technique flowed in his mind.
Although he knew this technique already, but to keep up the appearances, he still went ahead and took the Cultivation technique from Madelyn.
"So, Excited to start cultivating?" Asked Madelyn as she saw Aris opening his eyes with a look of enlightenment.
"Yes, Aunt!"
"Well then, How about I gift you something? Your Lightning talent has already become very famous in the entire Neo Alliance, so how about I give you a Lightning Footwork technique?
It was used by your father till he reached the Illusory Fog Realm. I think it will be perfect for you."
Instead of declining the offer and asking for an offensive skill like the last time, Aris promptly accepted her generosity with kindness, after which Madelyn guided Aris to the upper floor of the library.
"This crystal contains the technique. Just try to pour some of your lightning in it and you will get the technique." Explained Madelyn as she took a blue crystal from a shelf and handed it over to Aris.
Aris knew that it was prohibited to take any technique out of the Library, and hence he poured his lightning into the oval crystal and with a jolt, a footwork technique was received in his mind.
'Walk of Lightening' Aris said in his thoughts as he looked over the technique and was finally relieved.
He was not able to get this technique in his last life and now, as he started understanding the technique, it became very clear to him that it was the best footwork technique for him.
"Thanks, Aunt!" Said Aris as he acted happy in front of Madelyn, and in return, Madelyn smiled at him and then escorted him back to the ground floor.
"Don't be a Stranger, Aris. Keep visiting your Aunt" Said Madelyn as she went to her desk.
Aris had wasted a lot of time in his last life in pursuing her, only to fail as she was not simple in any way. Even Madelyn's cultivation was in the Illusory Fog Realm, at the age of only 90.
'Just how idiotic was I?'
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Aris teleported back to his Mountain home with the help of Vittorio, after which he closed himself in a room, stripped naked, and entered the medicinal bath which was already prepared for him by his maids.
'The Sutra of Extinguishing Death' thought Aris as the Secret family cultivation technique appeared in his mind and he started cultivating.
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Two days later, Aris opened his eyes as violet lightning escaped his eyes and struck the bathroom wall, leaving a slight mark that healed quickly.
"Reached 2nd Stage of the First Light Realm..4 Days faster than the last time.."
Aris breathed in a lungful of air and snapped his fingers.
In total of six beautiful maids started to come in the bathroom and before long, they started to wash him thoroughly as they joined him in the bath after stripping themselves.
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A few hours later, Aris walked out with a fresh mind and in a good mood while fiddling with a ring in his finger.
This was one of his most prized possessions as this was given to him by his Father himself, which says a lot about this artefact.
It had a spatial storage space of about 150 Square Meters which was ginormous and it contained various life-saving treasures and medicinal pills given to him by his father.
In his last life, he moronically shared all those resources but in this life, he vowed not to do so.
'I should infiltrate the temple of lightning tonight' Though Aris as a crazy thought appeared in his mind.
'System, Save. And name it Project Lightning Temple'
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