"Well, it would be a miracle to have more than approximately one thousand cultivators in this realm with so little mana," Sernon explained.
Vanya nodded, understanding.
Sernon unsealed the mine, and they(Gale included) entered. Vanya's cultivation was about to begin.
She opened the system interface, navigating to the inventory. The Myths in Celestial technique appeared, and she began to study it.
Before she could really start, Sernon exclaimed in genuine surprise, "There's an Obsidian grade mana stone in here? A high-grade one at that!"
Vanya's interest was piqued. From his exclamation she could tell that an obsidian grade Mana stone was very precious after all, he has lived in the divine realm. A realm with gods and many cultivation resources that people would kill for here in this world rotting away without those gods batting an eyelid. Though, what she was really curious about was the "grades" he spoke of. Does that mean there are grades of mana stones just like the realms in cultivation? There was no use thinking about it if she could easily get her answers from asking. "What do you mean by grades?"
Surprisingly Sernon explained the grades to her without mocking her, "every item in this world of cultivators both in this your world and in my world, is divided into four Tiers and eight grades. The first tier, is of course Tier 1 which has the bronze, copper and silver graded items. Each grade is further divided into low, mid, high and peak grades depending on its quality. Most Items in tier one are used by mortal realm cultivators while a few exceptions can be used by spirit realm cultivators. I said them in order of lowest to highest.
The next tier, Tier 2 contains the Gold and Platinum graded items with the same broken down grades as the Tier 1 grades.
Next, is Tier 3. This is where the obsidian grade falls into. Obsidian graded items are always high grade. There is also the
Amber grade. It's also always high grade. Some might say it's always of a peak grade. But it is definitely much more precious than obsidian grade items. The fourth tier is on another level entirely. Just like how the Fifth realm of cultivation is like a legend, so also is this tier and items graded in the two grades in this tier. If you want to know more, you can purchase the encyclopedia of cultivation from the system's shop" he explains. " I wasn't surprised because I felt this obsidian mana stone was too rare, I was just surprised to find it in this continent. It's nothing special. You wouldn't need much of it when you are past the spirit realm. What you will need are spirit stones" he closes off his explanation.
"Why do you always leave something out when you explain something? You're tiring, sigh" she complains. "Well,since this obsidian grade mana stone is rare, especially in this realm, then I'm sure it would greatly assist my cultivation. Putting into consideration this continent's lack of mana"
"You catch on quick. Which is rare. When most people spend time with me, their senses get disoriented.
She scoffs,"I had no idea."
Sernon smiled. "Now, let's begin your cultivation. With this mana stone and the Myths in Celestial technique, your progress will be remarkable."
"I have already said something along those lines dude. Whatever!" She dismisses what he said.
"You said that cultivators have soul beasts right?" She asks, "all cultivators have the potential of gaining a soul beast. Not all have soul beasts. And if you want to ask why none of those cultivators from earlier summoned a soul beast, well, it's because only the burly one who was their leader and the other one who dared to fight me were able to summon their soul beasts. But they couldn't use them to fight me because my own soul beast is too strong for them and so am I. Their soul beasts are smarter than them" he clears her doubts before she could even directly ask. "Most people can only have one soul beast. And your soul beast or beasts are chosen right from your birth by the Creator. We have no say in that. I hope you treat your soul beast like your partner just like you treat your little companion, Gale" he advised.
Vanya knew for Sernon to have said this, he must have seen something. But she knew the kind of person she is. She would never in her sane mind harm something or someone with a valid offense from them.
Now she was beginning to wonder when she would be able to summon her soul beasts. She has a feeling that she would not only summon one beast but two.
Anyhow, she was going to find out eventually. Now, she just wants to grow stronger!
What was her goal? Well, we'll see...