I was shocked, to think that my origin was so mysterious? After all these years of not having parents I believed that I was thrown away, and that they didn"t want a child, but it was because they were protecting me? I only got a short glimpse of it, and everything was blurry, I remembered people rushing in and the sound of someone shouting for someone else to run. Can there really be another source of power that helps us cultivate? Could there be even more than that one to be uncovered?The science behind everything was too complex for me, and I just went back to cultivating my mind once more. Throughout the rest of the night I continued to rapidly break through stages of mental cultivation, far quicker than I would with qi cultivation, reaching the ninth stage of the soul realm. I was confused, was this where my potential lay? Mental cultivation was really only good for directly attacking people"s souls, however you couldn"t do anything serious if they weren"t an entire realm beneath you! Having a talent in mental cultivation would be the same as having a talent at identifying what shape a cloud is! There"s just no worth behind it unless you are an absolute genius!
"Kid, I think you should focus on mental cultivation primarily, only cultivate your qi when you run out of pills. Although it"s an expensive route, if we can unlock more of those memories than you can maybe find out what this extra force is, and maybe even how to use it!" The stone said, gruffy as ever.
"So, you went from saying I need to increase my qi quickly, but now you"re saying that I need to cultivate my soul more?" I asked, completely astonished by the stones switch in att.i.tude.
"Yeah, I know it may sound wrong but just trust me!" The stone said, a.s.suring me once more that this is the right choice.
"okay, I"ll trust you, you"ve never wanted anything wrong for me, so I"ll do what you want whenever you ask!" I told it, with my absolute trust.
"step back and strip." The stone quickly said.
"wh-what?" I said, utterly shocked by what it just said.
"We need to run you a medical bath, your body might have been tempered for cultivation but that doesn"t mean it"s been properly strengthened, so strip" The stone said, ordering me once more.
I listened to what the stone said and quickly went to the other room to prepare for the medical bath. After I was changed, I came out to a strong aroma and a large wooden bath that had a green colour to it. I quickly hopped in and it began to burn, as if I was on fire. I had to endure it so I could grow strong for the stone, it had helped me out so much, and I wouldn"t even be alive to witness how great this world has become in terms of cultivation. The pain erupted once more, until it finally settled down. When I came out, I could hardly walk, but after regaining my senses, my body was fully tempered, well balanced, and more toned than I was before.
"This medical bath… It"s amazing! How did you put it together?" I asked the stone.
"oh it"s nothing much," The stone bragged, "just some high grade herbs that increase potential!"
It came as no surprise to me, at this point, anything the stone did seemed to be normal to me, and since I rarely come into contact with other people, I felt as if this is how everyone was, until I met anna… But she"s out of the equation now. I quickly returned to the markets to see if anyone was selling a large amount of soul forming pills, until I realised one thing.
"I"m broke!" I yelled as soon as I went to the market.
I spent the last of my money on those herbs! There"s no way I can earn some money! I looked around seeing if there was anyway to find a source of money, until I remembered all the weapons in my s.p.a.cial ring from the arena. And began trading them for spirit stones. The sky tier weapons all sold for fifty thousand low level spirit stones and all of the other weapons were sold for twenty thousand, giving me just enough to buy anything I would need. I walked around the market and found some people selling a few, but it was all overpriced and not enough pills. I kept on roaming the streets till it was nearly dark till I saw this one stall. It was almost completely broken down, but I could see how quality his materials were do to the skill the stone taught me about a.n.a.lysation, and they were so cheap as well! How come no one has bought these? Was it only because it"s appearance was rather shabby?
"Hey, can I take all of these?" I asked, although still a little nervous talking to people.
"Sure! But do you really want these? I mean they look terrible" The man told me, he was thin, and awfully scruffy, as though he hadn"t eaten for days.
"Yeah, I would like them, how much for the rest as well?" I asked.
"For the soul forming pills it"s a hundred 1st grade low level spirit stones, and I"ll throw in everything else for five thousand more?" He told me, almost as if he was asking for me to buy them.
"So cheap?" I asked.
"I-" He stuttered, "I can make it cheaper! So just don"t go!"
I looked at him with pity, something I"d never done with anyone, especially after the incident with Anna "Oh no, that"s not what I meant, I just think it"s all low value for how quality it is." I told him
"Oh thank G.o.d… I haven"t eaten in days! I spent the last of my money on the resources for this… But what leads you to say their good quality? I don"t know a thing about pill making, I just chucked them into the forge and started steadily channelling my qi into it, but it wasn"t round at all!" He told me.
"I uh… I have a knack to find quality items…" I told him, trying to hide my techniques.
"Oh okay, well how much do you think I should sell this for?" He asked me, full admiration in his eyes.
"I"ll give you seventy thousand for all of it!" I told him with confidence.
The man almost fainted after hearing this value, he was only in the inner sect for the market, he had barely any strength even after reaching the qi collection stage! After I told him this value of course he would freak out.
"Are… Are you sure? It"s only twenty pills of soul forming … sure there are some decent materials here like an advanced soul forming pill and some rune books, but it"s just crazy to think that you"d offer so much!" He said, like he was about to reject the offer.
"I"m sure! As long as you keep on making these pills, I"ll be sure to buy from you at any time!" I a.s.sured him, as there would be no way I"d miss out on pills that were almost double the effectivity than the others!
He smiled, "Than it"s a deal! I"ll trade my items only to you!"