Chapter 112: Rundown Of Cultivation Levels and Grades

In the Dungeon, Adam's health had dwindled to a few points and just as he was about to be killed by the monkey beasts that had swarmed around him, he was retracted from the dungeon by the system.

Feeling his body's power, Adam opened his eyes and had a satisfied smile as he looked over at his master that seemed to be sleeping. Little did he know, his master was observing everything that Adam did and was noting it down.

[Now its time to see all my rewards] stated Adam to himself.

The painful experiences and strain that he experienced from being in the dungeon stuck with Adam and sometimes took its toll on him, but he knew that it was a price worth paying for all the benefits that the Dungeon System gave him.

With his Hunter's mind, he could suppress emotions that would affect his mind and took a toll on him, and it also allowed him to overcome the traumatic experiences that he had been through in the dungeon.

[System show me my status and give me a rundown of everything that I have gained from Floor 2 and everything that I have acquired so far since integrating with the system] ordered Adam.

{Ding, the host's current status, including the host's points and gold, is:

Mortal LVL: 20

Dungeon Form LVL: 2

EXP: 0 / 10000

HP: 310 / 310

IESP: 36 / 36

EESP: 36 / 36

Strength: 32

Speed: 35

Intelligence: 35

Resistance: 32

Wisdom: 10 (5+5)

Charisma: 5

Luck: 5

System Points: 33521

Stat Points: 8

Gold: 97860} informed him the system.

{The host gained 4 stat points from completing Floor 2 and gained 4 points from levelling up 4 times} stated the system.

{Ding the host's current additional status is:

Integrated Characteristics: Bloodlust

Characteristic Extensions: Blood Burn, Blood Berserker

Unique Skills: Collector Skill

Skills: Dual Slash, Ethereal Recovery} informed him the system.

{The additional status will show the host's skills, characteristics and any other additional information about the host that the status doesn't show} stated the system.

{The host has gained the D- Rank Gorilla Gauntlets, which the host can find within the host's Dungeon Invenotry} added the system.

Checking his inventory, Adam saw the item that the system was talking about and instructed the system to click on it, not wanting to do so himself in case his master was somehow watching him.

D- Rank Gorilla Gauntlets

Gauntlets formed out of the fists of a Gorilla Beast that are as hard as rock and protect the user's fists as he punches.

Effects:

+2 Strength

+2 Resistance

{The host currently has 5 different beast races in his beastpedia and is now on Floor 3. The host's current combat power, including the unused stat points, is: IE:35, making the host's combat power equivalent to an LVL 35, if the host doesn't use any skills or abilities that enhance the host's power further} concluded the system.

{Where would the host like to spend the stat points} asked the system.

Adam didn't need to think too much about it after his battle with the Gorilla Boss Beast that had shown him how important that particular stat was.

[Spend all 8 points on speed] decided Adam.

He knew that cultivators could train specific characteristics of their body more than others which would resort for a particular stat to be their speciality and it was rare that a cultivator would attempt to strengthen all parts of their body equally.

After battling the Gorilla Boss Beast, he felt that it was a difficult battle because the Gorilla Beast was slightly faster than him, and with his lean and nimble body, he knew that speed suited his body the most.

His physical strength would be on par with cultivators on his cultivation level, as the system would increase all his stats by 1 point every time he LVLs UP, but he wanted his speed to be higher than that to be able to get him out of any sticky situation that he was in.

{Ding, the host has spent 8 stat points on speed} notified him the system.

[System is there a way to increase stats through training, without needing an increase in LVL or stat points] asked Adam, who wanted to find out if there were any other ways to increase his stats without using stat points or increasing his LVL.

{It is possible for the host to do so through training in methods and skills that train a specific element of the host's body or a specific stat, but while training, the host will gain EXP and increase in LVL. This is why most cultivators would have one stat which they focus on and increase the most while cultivating, as unlike the host, it will take too much time for one to increase all their stats evenly, let alone cultivate both Internally and Externally} answered the system.

With that in mind, he knew that while he was training with his master, he should be able to increase his stats while training and gaining EXP, which would allow him to have increased stats even more than they would be increased if he had only relied on hunting to increase his power. 

The existence of high-level cultivators with elemental affinities, high-grade skills and methods and lots of resources was scary for Adam, who didn't want to feel vulnerable.

He was yet to acquire any elemental affinities or enough skills for him to be satisfied with and he wasn't yet satisfied with his strength.

[System can you give me a rundown of the cultivation levels] requested Adam who wanted to see just how much further he could increase his power.

{A Mortal Cultivator, also known as a Novice Cultivator, is an ordinary human that is strengthening their body and training it to become capable of wielding larger amounts of energy in the next cultivation levels. Internal Cultivators are widening and strengthening their dantian, internal organs and meridians, while External Cultivators are compressing and strengthening their bones, muscles and external parts of their body.

After the Mortal / Novice Cultivation Level, there is the Earth Mortal/ Advanced Cultivation Level where one truly becomes a cultivator and begins to surpass the mortal limits of humans. There currently aren't any cultivators that surpass the Advanced Level within the vicinity of the host, but the system can confirm that your master once was at a cultivation level that was higher than that before being weakened over time} answered the system.

{There are talent grades that individuals are born with and are graded in the same way as elemental affinities. Usually, cultivators with elemental affinities have a talent grade that is similar or slightly higher than the grade of their elemental affinity. The cultivation realm that the host is currently in has 6 Cultivation Levels, and the host is currently at the beginning of the first Cultivation Level. The grading system that the system will be using is one that is familiar to the host. An F grade talent only has enough potential to cultivate in the Mortal / Novice Grade of cultivation. It is the same thing with the rest of the cultivation levels, so an E grade talent would be able to cultivate in the Earth Mortal / Advanced Cultivation Level and so on. These talent grades are also split into sub grades, with F:1 being the best F graded talent and F:9 being the lost F graded talent} explained the system.

{The host doesn't have a talent grade, as the host's potential is unlimited as long as the host hunts in the dungeon, but you can think of the Dungeon Form as the host's talent grade. Using the Dungeon Form as a way to measure your talent grade, your current cultivation talent grade is F:8, which allows the host to cultivate comfortably until rank 2 and it would be very hard to surpass that level. However, unlike others, the host can increase his body's talent and potential to improve with system points} continued the system.

{The higher ones talent grade, the faster they can absorb, digest and store energy into their body either Internally or Externally and the host can think of it as the cultivator's affinity with the energy around them. Similarly, the higher ones elemental affinity grade, the faster one can absorb, digest and store energy of that specific element, which will then also dictate how well they can wield the energy of that elemental and how much power they can draw from it. A cultivator is still able to cultivate to an LVL that surpasses their talent grade, but it will require a long time and lots of resources and hard work in order to do so} added the system.

{Cultivators that don't have an elemental affinity absorb attributeless energy which is energy that isn't of any element. It has no special characteristics or effects and can only be used directly by the user, unlike elemental energy that allows the cultivator to use special skills that have characteristics of that element and to tap into the power of that element

Adam had been bombarded with useful information from the system which he took his time to digest and store it within his mind before waking his master to continue his training.