Chapter 89: Monk Inheritance / Elemental Affinities

They drove out of the city to a remote warehouse and they made sure they weren't followed.

There were clothes and a car prepared as they burnt the clothes they were wearing and blew up the car that they used.

After that, they went into a sauna to remove any blood stains that were on their bodies and after they had cleaned up their bodies they were ready to leave the car that they had prepared to return with.

While in the sauna, Adam couldn't help but bombard the weird monk with questions to find out more about who he was.

"How old are you," asked Adam.

"I am 23 years old master" answered the monk respectfully.

His large body that was 2 metres tall and over 100 kg completely juxtaposed his old fashioned, calm and respectful demeanour that befitted an old monk.

"Stop talking like an old man if your only 23. What method do you cultivate and where did you get it from" asked Adam, who was interested in his hardening ability.

"Hmmm, I'm not sure myself. I was always in small-time gangs, and then joined the gang that I was in now. Then I was playing with an heirloom that was passed down from my parents, and had been passed down for generations, then some methods and skills appeared in my mind" answered the monk completely honestly.

His honesty was almost stupid, as he didn't hide anything from Adam, who might have had malicious intentions towards him.

[He must have come across a treasure of sorts that might be similar to my Dungeon System that gave him monk methods and skills] thought Adam to himself, curious about what the heirloom was.

{Excuse me. How dare you compare me to some lowly monk's inheritance that is nowhere near as useful as I am} interrupted the system arrogantly.

Adam ignored the system, but the system revealed that what the man before him gained was a monk's inheritance.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask, what's your name," asked Adam.

"My name is Chase" answered the monk.

[It seems that the inheritance that he gained changed him entirely and he went from Chase a lowly thug, to a monk with incredible abilities] observed Adam.

"How long have you been cultivating for" enquired Adam, wanting to gauge his talent.

"Um, for now about a few weeks" answered Chase calmly.

"What" exclaimed Adam, shocked by the short amount of time that he had been cultivating.

Although it was longer than his own, which was only around a week, it was still an incredibly short amount of time for his strength, from what he had seen from other low-grade cultivators.

But he knew from his master that it was still only average at most and it wasn't enough to rival the large cultivation families.

"I was in the gang and then when I accidentally activated the heirloom, I felt my mentality change and I didn't care about anything anymore, and was only focused on my own strength. So when I saw how the leader could relax and train, I wanted the same treatment so I beat him up and took his place" narrated the monk.

"Oh yeah I forgot, I took the leader's method" stated the monk as he withdrew a crumpled book that was in his robe pocket.

Adam couldn't help but become annoyed by Chase's nonchalant and uncaring nature as he snatched method out of his hand and began to flatten the valuable book that Cole scrunched up into a ball and put in his pocket.

"Have I angered you master?" asked Chase.

"Don't worry about it, but stop calling me master and your not a child or my disciple, so stop acting like it" scolded Adam.

Adam opened up the method and there were a series of images that had different movements and a description of how the energy should be circulated and felt that is was quite useful, but it didn't entice him and the effects of the method seemed to be minimal.

{Ding, the host has an E Grade Mortal / Novice Cultivation Method that can either be used by the host or transferred into 500 EXP} announced the system.

[What does the grading represent for methods and I assume skills aswell] asked Adam.

{Different methods and skills are graded in the same way as weapons and other things within the system. The rank represents the quality of the method, which is shown through the effects of the method or skill, the speed at which it could be cultivated or learnt, the rarity of the method or skill and whether or not it requires elemental affinities} explained the system.

Adam understood everything the system said, apart from one thing that the system said which he was yet to come across and was excited to find out about.

[What are elemental affinities] asked Adam.

{Elemental affinities are the ability to wield and store energy of different elements that are present in everything in existence, and to have elemental affinities it requires one to either be born with them or gain them using extremely rare treasures} answered the system.

[Do I have any elemental affinities] asked Adam, imagining himself wielding different elements such as fire and water and becoming the strongest cultivator.

{Currently, the host has no elemental affinities, but the host's unique constitution allows you to be able to have as many elemental affinities as the host wants, as long as the host can afford it} stated the system

{Elemental affinities are graded and the higher the grade, the more energy and power a cultivator would be able to use at once, using a particular element, and the faster they can absorb energy of that particular element} added the system.

From the system's information he gathered that he could have as many elemental affinities as he wanted, while others could only have a limited amount, and as long as he had system points, he could become incredibly powerful.

With that in mind, he was excited to get back into the dungeon, but he couldn't help but be surprised by how easy it was for Chase to submit to him, despite his potential and the methods and skills that he had.

"Why did you agree to follow me, even though my strength is only slightly higher than yours," asked Adam, baffled by Chase's logic.

"Well I am not sure myself, but I had a weird feeling that you were worthy and it was the first time that something other than my cultivation interested me. So I followed my instincts and decided to accept you as my master. While you also displayed your morality and kindness through your actions, which I resonated with" answered Chase simply.

There was no thought or logic behind his actions, but he merely followed his instincts based off a single meeting.

However Adam didn't think he was stupid or crazy for doing so, and he was actually surprised by how sharp Chase's instincts were, as he knew that he was worthy and would become an incredibly powerful cultivator in the future with the Dungeon System.

"Well I can confirm that you have made the right decision in following me, and we should get out of here now before we lose conscious" stated Adam as he left the sauna with Chase after being in there for an hour.

Wearing a random set of clothes from the clothes that Elizabeth had prepared, they destroyed anything that was remotely related to them as the paranoid Elizabeth didn't want to leave any traces.

"Adam could you come with me to the meeting place, so you can intimidate the people into joining us after they see your power and worth" requested Elizabeth.

"I am sorry but I have to decline" refused Adam, who was planning to go into the dungeon after not doing so last night.

"But I do have a replacement" stated Adam as he tapped Chase's shoulder.

"You still haven't told me who this is, and even if he does have a large body, it doesn't mean he is strong" stated Elizabeth, not believing that Chase was capable.

Chase's blank expression didn't change in the slightest as he stood beside Adam unbothered by Elizabeth's words.

"Chase why don't you show them what you are capable of," said Adam to Chase.

"Elizabeth, call your strongest subordinate over" instructed Adam to Elizabeth, who did as he said, curious to see what Chase was capable of.

"Activate your hardening, but don't fight back" whispered Adam to Chase who was weirdly only obedient to him.

"You can attack him with all your strength" stated Adam to the guard that Elizabeth had brought over, who was the strongest cultivator under her.

"Are you sure?" asked the guard who was almost rank 2 and was quite confident in his strength, that was measly in the grand scheme of things, but quite good for a small gang.

"Be my guest" stated Adam as he moved out of the way and left Chase standing calmly in front of the bald guard.

"Your head is bald, but your temperament is ugly" stated Chase directly to the guard, not meaning to be offensive, but offending the guard.

"Well, we will see who is ugly after I break your face" refuted the guard as he charged towards Chase and launched a powerful fist towards his face.