Chapter 59 - Conflict

After the promising speech of his master Sirius, a glimmer of hope flashed unconsciously in Asil's eyes. Sirius was an experienced man, and if he was saying that it wouldn't be difficult to open that second main profound vein, it had to be true. Also, although he did not know what it meant to be one of the chosen ones, Sirius said that he was one of the chosen ones, and because he was a chosen one, he naturally had to have a special skill. The two facts that he just learned made Asil naturally happy and while the shine of hope still shined in his eyes, this led him to ask the questions in his mind to his master.

"Master, can we really easily open my second main profound vein? How do we do that?"

Sirius's voice became serious and he answered his student's questions: "Brat, do you still not believe in the glory of the master? Let alone opening the second main profound vein, I can easily open the third main profound vein too. But I cannot say the same about the main profound veins after the third. The least number of main profound veins that can be innately open in a person is one that a genius like you has. Naturally, the main profound veins can be opened starting from the second vein. In other words, the easiest main profound vein to open is the second main profound vein. So we can open it easily. There are three different ways to do this. Whichever one of these we do, we can open the second main profound vein."

After talking this much, Sirius kept quiet and did not talk for a while. During this time Asil waited for his master to tell him what these three ways were, but even though he did, his master did not speak. In response to that, Asil started to speak with his own initiative: "Master? What are these three ways?"

Sirius sighed then replied seriously: "Brat, the first way is to kill many profound monsters that are in the Nascent Profound Realm and collecting their profound cores and then using their power, give your dantian a shock effect. When you do this, not only can you open the second main profound vein, you can also level your power-up thanks to the power of numerous profound cores. But this was is harmful to humans. The core of the profound monsters contains energy specific to them.  When this energy mixes with people's own profound energies, it damages the purity of their profound energies. This leads to many problems in the future. So we shouldn't choose this method unless we have to in these three ways. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for you to rise to a higher level than the Nascent Profound Realm in the future. Even if you miraculously ascend to a higher realm, you can jump every level in that realm with much more effort than other people, and you certainly can't climb higher than that realm."

With Sirius saying the first way, Asil engraved it in his mind and decided to use this method only as of the last way, as his master said. Sirius kept talking quickly and said the second way too:

"The second way is less dangerous way. In fact, if we do this way, I think there will be an increase in the purity of energy. The higher the purity of your energy, the higher the speed at which you move in the Natural Profound Realm. You need to find a pure profound herb to make this way work. Once you find it, if you burn it in a closed environment, it will cause a reaction that will increase the profound energy purity very much in a short time. This sudden reaction also stimulates the dantian and the profound vein, enabling the opening of the second main profound vein."

"But the pure profound herb is very rare. I do not think that there is any in this place. Even if someone finds it by chance, I don't think there's anyone in a place like this capable of picking it up without damaging it. Let's just say that too happened miraculously. There's no way a broke man like you could buy something that valuable. So the only way to do it is to find the pure profound herb yourself and burn it before you get it out of the ground. Even if you do this, the effect will decrease because you will not in a closed environment, this should be enough to open the second main profound vein. But are you lucky enough to find something so valuable in a place like this? God only knows that."

With Sirius explaining the second way, Asil was beginning to think whether it was really easy to open the second main profound vein. On the first way, there were a lot of profound monsters that are in the Nascent Profound Realm, and in the second way, there was a rare herb that he had to get or encounter miraculously and pick it up himself, which is very difficult.

While Asil, inquisitive, waited, Sirius's voice got even more serious, and he said the third way: "As for the third way... This way is easier than others. Even in as little as five minutes, you can get the second main profound vein open. All it takes to make this way work is for someone very powerful to put pressure on your dantian and the second main profound vein with the profound energy. You're lucky you know some very powerful people. Like me and the crazy person who gave you the necklace, I was in. If you see that maniac one more time, tell him to open your second main profound vein, and convince him to do so, your second main profound vein will open smoothly. besides, this will be a very useful thing for you as you are using the profound energy of people much more powerful than you. So to try this way, all you have to do is convince that lunatic or someone as powerful as him."

When he heard of this path, Asil become involuntarily happy. After all, it was much easier to try this way than the others, and according to his master, it would benefit him. But soon this joy of the Asil left its place in limbo, and he immediately asked to be sure:

"Master, why do I have to find someone else to try this way? When you were talking about people who could make this method work, you said, 'strong people like me and the crazy person who gave you the necklace I was in'. So you can make this way work too. Why should I find the senior who gave me the necklace?"

After Asil's question, Sirius remained silent for a short time, after which he replied clearly: "Because I don't want to do this method."

After Sirius's reply, Asil was rather surprised. Asil did not know why his master gave such an answer, but he knew he had to have absolutely reason to give such an answer. This time Asil did not ask his master why. But, even though Asil did not ask why this time Sirius explained the reason himself:

"Brat, there's a big reason why I don't want to do this. You know I'm sealed in this necklace and I can't use all my power. In my current situation, there is a certain amount of power that I can use, and because of this seal, the power that I use is slowly recuperating itself. In the last three months, I've used some of my power to strengthen you. I need to use almost all of my remaining power to put pressure on your dantian and the main profound veins. But if I do, I need to fall asleep for a while to regain my strength, and it's unclear how long that will be. This state of sleep will last a month at best; a year at worst."

"But even though your second profound vein has been opened, a great genius like you can do things that will take your glory to a sacred level until I wake up. And if that happens, even when I wake up, I'll still have to use my power to fix what my student did. I don't want to go into a shit cycle like this. Which is why I won't use my power to open your second main profound vein. So ask that lunatic. But I warn you, you can go crazy trying to convince that nut. I don't even want to think about how tired you'll be to convince him that just being in the same environment for a short time is something that's made me mentally tired."

After his master's words, Asil smiled involuntarily and then spoke: "Master, do you really regret taking me as a student or not? I don't get it most of the time. You talk to me often with sarcastic decency and occasionally remind me that you trust me as you did just now. But if you act like that, no matter what I ask, you answer in a way, and if there's something I need to learn in the future, you let me learn in the future through my own effort by not answering. You're a really strange master."

Following Asil's words, Sirius breathed gently through his nose and then replied: "Hmph... Brat, don't talk too much. It's your fault that you're such a genius. It was my fault not to think that level of your genius was so supreme. Now that you've learned, don't talk, meditate and guide your energy. And since you're such a genius, you should meditate a little more. As a reward for that genius, you're going to meditate for three more hours a day, so go ahead."

After his master's words, Asil smiled and started to meditate as his master said.