I wanted to know what I was going to do, while getting more powerful was handy, I had no reason for the increase in my abilities, I also had to be responsible with it and not abuse it like most of the nobles here do, At least it gets better later on, I would change things but I don't think I should, the consequences could be drastic, I'm lucky I even studied something like that even when it's deemed useless, Though for me it was one of the few things I could've done, with all the things I learned people consider useless I knew so much, I could do so much with this, but I had no reason to do it, No ambition, I had no dreams other than to take care of my parents, in which case I should at most get to the end of this realm I was currently in.
{"Without a reason to do this, I have no reason to get stronger, only something which is selfish, but... Even if I desired this power, even if it was just for me, I had the urge, something within my body yearning for the chance to protect those, to gain friends and rivals..."}
I left the scene and went back home. Today felt like a fever dream at most. I couldn't control my emotions, and my face tried hard to hide any sign of embarrassment for beating up a few kids. I looked into the mirror once I reached the bathroom. Before going into it, I waved to my parents, showing I was back. It felt like it had been about ten minutes, though in reality, well over an hour had passed once I looked towards the sunset.
Turning back, I saw many differences in my body. To be frank, I wasn't the fairest person in here, but I wasn't that dark either. It felt like the dirt that had clung to my body and was unable to remove vanished from view, leaving my skin cleaner than ever. Blinking, I got two notifications.
[Eyesight has Improved by five times]
[Hearing has been enhanced by ten times]
Staring at them I made them disappear now being able to hear people from houses nearby, but at that moment I was able to stop that and single it out to only my room, to be honest, I'd rather not have my mind clouded by the noise every second of every day, I wouldn't be able to sleep unless my body passed out.
I refined my Qi into a shape surrounding my teeth as all the germs and nasty things in there were removed from my teeth into the sink which drank it like it was water. I turned to the door and I saw a red outline in the shape of a person along with color... Knocking, It was my mother, I could tell by the shape of the red glow she had on her. I had to study this since I've never heard of something like this, nor has it been discovered even if I tried to jog my memory through everything that happened in my previous lifetime.
[That is the heat passed onto the body by the sun which is normally invisible to the naked eye, Any surface they touch will keep the heat for a short while, but human bodies can absorb the heat which gives them the signature warm temperature when holding or making physical contact with them, This information will be stored in a Tab which is not unlocked yet.]
Hearing Shaper speak I would've been surprised, I heard something about this and people discovering it later, but I didn't consider it was because of the sun, I thought it was just some way of seeing people through walls originally that all cultivators had.
[Is there a name you wish to give this or should I register a name from it which is made in the far future?]
{"I have terrible naming sense so I'd like for you to do it."}
[Alright.]
A single word from Shaper made me think this wasn't some robotic voice but an actual entity that has some sort of... Life to it, I didn't have the words to describe it. Once I was done I left the room, and the smell of freshness within the house was evident, It was clear Mother had decided to do something about the rancid smell that came from the people who taunted me and decided to cause people to never come near my home.
Along with that the smell of food being made, food which I'd never had before, my mother who had always wished to cook finally got the ability to use our kitchen, while it had no use before she still kept it clean, in a hope to use it once. Instead of going out once again, I sat down on my bed, there were only separate rooms for the bathroom and the kitchen, otherwise, we ate at our beds or outside.
I stayed still for a little, my head was empty and I thought of nothing, with a realization of something like that I shook my head, it felt quite weird, I heard the noise of flames in the Kitchen turn off as mother stopped with the usage of Qi, For a moment I wanted to check what would happen if I went to see all of the Qi which was around me.
[Qi Sense Activated]
A barrage of Dark Blue around me, I could barely see anything else with how much Qi was in the house, But I could see it had some sort of Origin, I looked around seeing it was a stream of Qi coming from right under my bed and stood in a certain space like a room around me, I couldn't let this go to waste, so instead of finding out what was there I had sat still breathing in along with using the rest of my body to absorb the Qi, I had rushed it a lot taking in as much as I could with my cultivation level increasing twice with how much I got, while I was a lot stronger now It was a lot harder to grow with absorbing Qi, I got up as it was a lot easier to see now, I turned off the Qi Detection and looked under my bed seeing no sign of an entrance and yet there was a trail of Qi from there which led outwards to my bed.
"Shang! It'll take a little longer for me to make food There is some noise under the house could you go check?"
I heard her voice as she exclaimed loudly towards me. I had no idea how to enter but I had an idea, I would've put my hand down where I remembered seeing the trail of Qi come from, Putting a bit of it into that area I could see multiple symbols like some sort of rune used as doors by most nobles for their secrets.
The ground underneath me opened as I fell, before I could hit the ground I gained back control of myself skidding across the side of the wall after using Qi on my legs to attach myself slightly to the wall. Reaching below the house I looked up seeing my bed was still floating up there so It was a door that opened only for me and nothing else.
Walking through what looked like a Ruined Temple, one which was decorated familiarly, Almost like it was used to Worship the Goddess of Cultivation, The first person to actually achieve Godhood, it was said she could change people's fates so people had begun to worship her, though not once did people gain a miracle from her.
To be honest, from what I've heard she was like during her time as a mortal or human she seemed to not like being with anyone, and actively worked by herself, I felt like it was obvious that her personality from what I've seen was more introverted. I don't think it would be hard to realize she wouldn't help people if they kept bothering her.
Finally reaching the top of the temple I could see a completely clean room, one which held the statue of the Goddess, though this was a little different, her figure seemed younger than how she looked, she looked like she was in her 40s at least, though now she was at her 20's with the physical appearance.
[Storyline Quest III]
[Give the statue a flower and sit down to meditate for 4 hours without movement or thought]
The quest... It felt weird, something unnatural which was drawn to the Statue, almost like it was using me to awaken something. Why would I have to give a statue a flower and then suddenly meditate right after it? But if it was for a Goddess I wouldn't think of it to be bad, After all this one was known to help people without reason, an inexplicable action of saving people along with a personal rule to herself of never killing unless it was the only option.