"what is metamorphosis?" Harry asked.
"The ability to change your hands into wings, legs into fins, something like that," she explained.
Harry nodded, imagining how it would look.
"Can you demonstrate the use of your chaos element?" the Elder asked, excitement clear in his voice.
"I need an opponent," she replied.
For a moment, the Elder locked eyes with Harry but then changed his decision. "You can try attacking me," he said.
Harry had an idea of what the old man was thinking. Since Harry hadn't told him he was already at the 8th level of Qi cultivation, the Elder thought Harry couldn't take hits from the girl.
The girl retrieved a knife and took a stance. The Elder remained seated in his comfortable chair.
Still standing in her place, she sliced the knife through the air. In the next moment, the Elder flicked his hand randomly, and the scene changed. The girl now stood close to the Elder, her hand positioned so that if the Elder hadn't made his move, the knife would be pointed at his neck.
Seeing this scene Harry thanked God for not being her opponent.
But For some reason, the old man was smiling creepily.
"What is your name?" the Elder asked for the first time.
The beautiful girl felt a chill when she saw the creepy smile on the old man's face. But she had no choice and said hesitantly, "Gracie."
"When you enter the inner branch, contact me. I will make you my disciple," the Elder said proudly, as if being his disciple was the best thing in the world.
Harry just shook his head.
Gracie could only nod at this point.
"Chaos is a rare element, and not many have discovered its full potential. I can only give you this information for your help," the old man said while transferring information to Gracie.
"Since you won't find any battle techniques for soul cultivators in the outer branch, I am also providing some battle techniques.
I hope you will grasp the basics by the time you enter the inner branch." He spoke to Gracie as if he didn't even expect Harry to make it into the inner branch.
After receiving the techniques, Gracie approached Harry and transferred them to him.
When Harry checked, he had four techniques:
1. Astral Projection.
2. Soul Pulse.
3. Soul Drain.
4. Soul Barrier.
There were descriptions attached to them, but he didn't pay much attention to them. After seeing these techniques, he got an idea and asked about his previous technique. "Do you know about Shadow Punch?"
The Elder raised an eyebrow, impressed, and then answered.
"It's a very high-level battle technique. To use it, you need extreme control over your body, Qi, and soul energy. I can provide you this technique if you make it to the inner branch."
'Like I want your technique,' Harry thought, smirking. He had another question ready. "And what about the Soul Eater technique?"
The Elder stroked his beard multiple times, thinking.
"I have never heard of such a technique, but it sounds very evil. Where did you hear about this technique?" he asked.
"I... I... heard... heard it..." Harry stammered, struggling to make an excuse. Then a single name came to mind. "Aiden... Aiden mentioned such weird names."
"Ahh, that man. He can go far to recruit someone. He must have told you about different techniques and, not knowing much about soul cultivation, he must have named anything to pique your attention." The Elder theorized.
"Yeah... exactly," Harry sighed, realizing the old man must know Aiden well because Aiden had tried to influence him by telling him about various techniques.
After that, the old man guided them on how to cultivate. He also told them that astral projection is an improved version of their normal cultivation.
They could cultivate outside the body for a longer period without fear of severing the connection between the soul and body.
They could also use it for scouting ahead. The only downside was similar to the previous one; they had to ensure their body was safe while using the techniques.
Throughout the training, Harry reconstructed the information he had acquired about different things.
If the soul body didn't have meridians and dantian, how could he cultivate Qi?
He had some theories. Every soul cultivator has a soul body by birth, but in Harry's case, he got it from the system, so his meridians and dantian are intact.
He couldn't cultivate it by normal means, similar to taking over someone's body. He could only access the cultivation he already had, but the system was increasing it somehow, and he was only using the cultivation increased by the system.
Another theory was that the system itself was acting as a body, and Harry was using its cultivation base.
But he couldn't be certain about anything.
At the end of the day, Harry had a breakthrough in soul cultivation and reached level 5. With the help of astral projection, he was able to cultivate faster.
The Elder left them alone to cultivate at the end of the day.
...
At night, two people stood on a tall building. Their shadows cast over several hundred meters of land.
"How was it?" Aiden asked.
"The girl has great potential and a rare element. I have already decided to take her as my disciple once she comes to the inner branch," the Elder said smugly.
"What about the boy?" Aiden questioned.
"Umm... he is okay. I would have said he passed the entrance exam just because he has a soul body, but at the last moment, he showed some knowledge and a little bit of talent," the Elder answered, waving his hands dismissively.
A smile came to Aiden's face. "Do you know the 'Soul Judgement Sword' chose him this time? When I saw it in his hand, I decided to bring him here since we don't want another person like the Soul Clan Leader. I had decided to guide him.
But do you know what I found out?"
The Elder, intrigued, asked, "What?"
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