15 Gift?

Sheng Tian experienced a sensation of sublimation, going from being a water droplet to a river, like a bird becoming a phoenix. It is a change in the order of power.

Feeling stronger than ever, Sheng Tian slowly opened his eyes. His pupils shined with indescribable white light for a split second before turning back to sky-blue.

Sheng Tian stretched his body, enjoying the strength coursing in his veins. It was like staying in a warm spring listening to a melody, soothing his soreness and comforting his soul.

"Finally, I'm in Nascent Soul Realm." he got up.

"After you reach the Nascent Soul Realm, you will be able to use the Contact Token in the storage ring for Emergency." a soft and sweet voice rung in his mind as he recalled the countenance of a Beautiful Maiden.

She was wearing a veil, yet her magnificent eyes spoke volumes about her Empire toppling beauty.

"I can contact you for an emergency, huh. I owe you thanks I never told you for the gift." his left hand unconsciously touched his right-hand index finger, only stopping after feeling an exquisite texture.

Once a cultivator reaches Nascent Soul Realm, spirit sense is accessed. They can use it to operate storage rings, formations and much more.

Sheng Tian looked at the ring on his right hand's index finger. It was ordinary looking yet was incomparably exquisite. It was Meng Xin's gift on their first meeting.

Sheng Tian focused his spirit sense into the ring. Since the ring already recognized him as the master, he faced no obstruction.

Inside the ring, he saw an open space of 10*10*10 meters.

Floating in the middle of the space was an ancient looking book.

Sheng Tian's spirit sense touched it and tried to bring it out.

*Whoosh*

Instantly, Sheng Tian caught the book as it came out of the ring.

"Heavenly Sword Arts" It read.

"What the hell?" Sheng Tian was confused. Then, he tried to open the book. The next second, the cold voice of a woman sounded from the book "I am Master of your fiancee, Meng Xin.

You don't have an inch of talent for cultivation, yet that girl acts responsibly towards you. Since she didn't agree to me killing you, the only thing I can do is help you a bit.

If you want to be who you always were, do what you always did. Sit and Eat, wait for your death.

But if you want to at least follow her footsteps, work hard. This book can be of help.

It cannot be used as a cultivation technique as it is incredibly difficult and no one was known to cultivate in it except its founder.

However, there are many who gained insights from it and became experts.

I can't give you a cultivation manual since you are not a disciple, and it doesn't matter for you anyway.

Don't trouble her."

Sheng Tian was dumbfounded at the woman's words.

"Damn Old Woman, what do you mean 'It doesn't matter for you anyway?'. You can at least give me something right?" he swore.

Soon, calming down, he checked the Ancient styled book.

"Swords are swords. They are not some fucking humans. Stop saying 'Swords are merciless and all that bull shit.'. They don't have a damn emotion, not if you are talking about a sword without a spirit. And even if the sword has a spirit, you do shit with the emotion. All you need to know is how to use swords properly.This book is a practical guide on how to cultivate and break the heavens with a sword.

Let's see what the great sword masters are saying:

"I didn't believe that such a book could exist." - Ancient Idiot.

"One Sword, One Life was my motto. Now, it is One Sword, One Life, One book." - Sword Pervert.

"How can such a sexy book exist?!" - the Great Leecher.

"If you want to use all the swords, ahem, properly in your life, this is a must read." - Ex-Impotent Hero.

I name it - Heavenly Sword Arts.

Now, move your lazy ass and pick the damn sword. And get going. This is what you should first do...."

"Holy Fuck" Sheng Tian cursed out in utter disbelief.

"And you call this is an Ancient Manual? Dude seems to write this after he sold his brain. And Why the fuck does he swear so much? Doesn't he fucking know that innocent people like me are reading his God Damn book?" Sheng Tian cursed at the curses in the book.

If the Writer of the Manual heard him, he would've definitely shouted in indignation "Can't you stop swearing? Don't you know that an innocent person like me has written the Goddamn book?"

Nonetheless, Sheng Tian got intrigued to read more.

An entire hour passed before he read the book. Sheng Tian stared at the setting sun as he recalled the contents of the book.

After his Soul somehow became Special, he gained 'Eidetic Memory'.

As the contents of the Manual kept playing in his head, Sheng Tian began comprehending them seriously.

Soon, the night passed and the sun rose.

Xiao Lian was quietly meditating in the Snow Glazed Lotus. She was frowning from time to time.

A cultivator uses his profound energy to unblock the channels of profound veins in the Elementary Realm.

He uses his profound energy to unblock the connections between the profound veins and dantian in the Foundation Realm.

In Profound Realm, they use the pathways and start increasing energy. The flow of energy follows the standard route, meaning a full revolution anti-clockwise.

And with each breakthrough, the flow of energy increases so does the energy itself.

Sheng Tian slowly started following the steps in the Cultivation Manual.

He knew that this Ancient Manual is almost impossible for everyone to practice and that was all the reason for him to try it out.

After all, he never liked mediocrity. Sheng Tian only wanted the best and beyond.

With his incredulous comprehension, Sheng Tian's profound energy started traveling in the prescribed pathways.

Slowly, but surely, he embarked on the path no one could.

The leaves falling from the tree he was sitting under had their descent slowed down. It looked like they were trying to build a canopy of leaves above him.

Xiao Lian came out of her meditation and stared at him intensely.

She muttered "That manual has a unique requirement. The profound Energy of practitioners must have only one attribute. The creator of the manual had that one attribute- Sword. His heart, soul was poured into the way of Sword, nothing else.

And comprehending the manual which was written with the deepest truths he could decipher is next to impossible for any person in the Emperor Realm, much less a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

But you, you don't have that singular attribute. You have goals, like fun and interact with people. You have grudges, hide the pain. It should not be possible for you to cultivate this technique, but I have a strong feeling that you would. Because you rascal never followed the rules."

As if to prove her right, the aura around Sheng Tian slowly began to have a change.

The leaves falling down from the tree were instantly cut into pieces by sharp, invisible strokes.

"This..." Xiao Lian opened her mouth wide, then she shook her head and laughed, as she shot him an amused glare "This guy, is as weird as he can be."

Sheng Tian's eyes slowly opened and the sky blue pupils stared deeply into Xiao Lian's scarlet. Scarlet and blue clashed.

Finally, turning her head away, Xiao Lian stomped her foot "Why are you staring so much, you bastard?"

"Nothing missy. I just feel so awesome having succeeded in this technique. Come, come praise me. Aren't I awesome? What? Don't tell me you are shocked silly by my performance." Sheng Tian chuckled with a smug face.

"Cheh. Congrats succeeding in cultivating a Trashy Mortal Technique." Xiao Lian said with disdain.

Sheng Tian walked towards her "And you have no Cultivation Techniques to give me. What should I do? I still can't believe you saw no cultivation techniques other than your own."

Xiao Lian blushed in embarrassment but raised her head, looking into his eyes and snorted "How would I know that I would meet a poor guy who doesn't even have a Cultivation Technique? I would have given you mine but it has a specific requirement which you clearly don't meet."

Sheng Tian shrugged "Fine. This one is not too bad either. Since it took me a bit of time to comprehend, it should at least be the best in this world."

She rolled her eyes at his narcissism. "But Sheng Tian, your comprehension sure helped you in succeeding, however, you clearly don't have the single-minded attribute the technique demands. How did you do it?" Xiao Lian tilted her head as the black dress sticking to her body showcased her curves.

Sheng Tian secretly glanced at her chest and coughed before he said in a matter of fact tone "Because I'm awesome."

Xiao Lian glared at him making a motion of cutting something and instantly vanished into the Snow Glazed Lotus Realm.

Sheng Tian instantly covered his lower body shivering and sighed deeply with dropped shoulders " Even the Cultivation Technique accepts the truth, why can't you? Aii, this jealous woman."