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Arthur let the scar-face woman go. She asked to know his identity, but he told her nothing. She left in anger while contemplating who he was.
'He must have a powerful identity for those fellows to call him boss. But those three...tch!' She thought in annoyance as she left.
Meanwhile, Arthur and the others went to a more secluded place in the town to discuss some matters.
There he gave the men some resources and told them to get ready and prepare to leave with him in search of the treasure in a month.
Arthur was confident of reaching the peak of the physique transformation realm by then and awakening his martial soul.
After that, he returned to the inn and began to cultivate and breakthrough to the next cultivation stage.
The Stellar Assimilation Stage...
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Nighttime...
The light of the moon illuminated the world. And within that light, was a special energy that only cultivators could sense...stellar energy.
Arthur sat, meditating on the balcony of his rented place. Reviewing what he needed to do to enter the Stellar Assimilation Stage.
The stellar assimilation stage of the physique transformation realm is the stage where the body of the cultivator is tempered by stellar energy.
When that happens, it allows the cultivator's body to be able to absorb and retain spirit power from the atmosphere.
There are ten ranks in the Stellar Assimilation Stage. The ten ranks are also called the ten waves of stellar baptism.
In this Arthur would have to use a breathing and meditation technique that will let him absorb the stellar energy and use it to refine his body.
When a milestone is reached, a ripple of stellar power in the body will be sent throughout the entire body, signifying the first wave.
When the tenth wave happens, the dantian where spirit energy can be stored opens up.
"Huff..." Arthur let out a breath, as he began to breathe in a certain pattern. And at the same time, his fingers moved, forming different hand signs. Hold each hand sign for a few seconds before switching to another hand sign.
There were a total of ten hand signs and Arthur went through them in revolution. As he did that, his body began to shine a little bit as the light reflected by the moon was absorbed into his body, refining it.
After thirty minutes, Arthur felt the first ripple of stellar power. He didn't stop but kept refining.
As the stellar power assimilated with his body, it baptized his body and tempered his meridians, and focused especially around the solar plexus, where the dantian would be opened.
Time passed and Arthur kept breaking through, without facing any bottleneck.
First wave... Second wave... Fourth... Seventh... Ninth...
And after the entire night... The tenth wave happened and...
Peak Stellar Assimilation Stage!
A wave of power spread out from within Arthur's body, repelling the surrounding energy, and causing a gust of wind to spread out.
*Woosh!*
Something clinked in Arthur's mind as he suddenly felt a connection to something at his solar plexus.
"Dantian opened..." Arthur muttered.
Arthur stopped the breathing technique and formed hand signs.
"I thought I would take a week, but one night... That's scary fast," Arthur said.
He felt like a week was already very good, as most would take three months or even half a year to get through this stage.
Outstanding geniuses would take at least a month. Arthur speculated that he would take a week because aside from having confidence in his talent, he had already laid a perfect foundation for cultivation with the star essence liquid.
But he reached the peak of the stellar assimilation stage in just a night.
"The earlier the better. Now next is to awaken my Martial Spirit."
"But first. I will take a break," Arthur said.
Although this was the first time he was training all night. Arthur didn't feel tired at all. He still felt energetic both physically and mentally.
Physically, the energy from the stars made him stronger. And mentally because of his powerful soul.
This was a big advantage in cultivating for long hours. As he would be able to persevere with having less sleep. Thereby training for a longer time than his peers.
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A few days passed and Arthur practiced his Battle techniques, getting better at wielding his body like a weapon.
But he knew that solitary training will only get him so far. At some point, he would need to fight for real and gain proper battle experience.
He had also gone sightseeing around the Blue Crystal town which was famous for its blue crystals.
The blue crystals were used in forging a special set of equipment that gives a good enhancement and allows for easier control.
Arthur made a mental note to take a good number of them with him when he leaves. As he wouldn't be able to get them anywhere else.
With the level of resources, he gave to Kaiser and his men, they had made some progress in their cultivation as one of the things restricting them from advancing before now, was the lack of good cultivation resources. And Arthur had given them the best of the best, for their current realm.
"Time to awaken my Martial Spirit..."
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Meanwhile, atop the clouds at Blue Crystal City, sat an old man.
He had white hair and a long white beard and sat with his eyes closed. There was an aura that was around him and kept him afloat in the clouds.
This was the librarian of the Royal Library that was protecting Arthur behind the scenes. He was...Old Man Whitebeard.
Though that was just what Arthur calls him...
He was there but even if someone in Blue Crystal town flew there and checked, they would not be able to see him or sense him.
No one in this town was a match for him. Because he could watch over Arthur without raising any alarm.
Seated there, even though he had his eyes closed, he could sense everything within the town clearly and even see them as though he was close despite the distance.
Suddenly he opened his eyes and he looked at Arthur from where he was.
"Hmmm, already awakening the Martial Spirt... This kid's talent is greater than any that I have seen before,"
"Wait... Tch!" He noticed something and clicked his tongue.
"This kid, you want to cause a scene..."
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