Chapter 913 The Hidden Cultivation Aspect Of This World
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After breakfast and deciding what we wanted to do, I let go of a couple hundred ghosts to scout the entire city. Now that the Warlocks were mostly out of the picture, I wanted to see where the Paladins could be, mostly to evade them until the time to confront them.
We decided to move out to another Inn and take into different appearances so we wouldn't become too suspicious. We explored a bit of the city and saw the people's reaction about what had happened, most were still in disbelief, while others thought some God had come to save them from the church's tyranny.
Well, they're not completely wrong with that... After taking a walk around, we decided to end the day having dinner in a prestigious looking restaurant in the noble district, disguising our identities with high ranked magic.
The endemic food was quite tasty, especially the expensive one the nobles ate... It was totally different to the one the poor people ate and was quite gourmet on its own right.
We saw a few Paladins here and there, but nobody noticed us. I decided to leave some Ghosts hiding inside their Shadows, I call these guys Shadow Ghosts, and I can seamlessly make them out of my own body without any cost.
Like that, I'll always have each Paladin on track, so I'll know where they might be, and they'll never sneak on us... Anyways, after that, we moved to a new Inn with a spacious amount of rooms, a fancy one that resembled a huge manor, and we decided to teach some magic manipulation and miasma manipulation classes to the children.
Emeraldine dedicated herself to teach Celes and Nia the basics of Mana Manipulation, while I decided to teach Fabian and his siblings the basics of Miasma and Chaos Element Manipulation. Takeshi, Laura, and Nyx joined in the lessons.
"Now, relax and let the Mana flow through your body." Emeraldine taught mother and son the basics.
"Mana... It's hard to manipulate..." Celes said. "Ugh..." He was sweating a lot.
"I feel like it was a lot easier back then..." Nia also complained.
"No problem, I was getting bored of just reading these books." Jonathan have been checking on books we bought, as he wanted to look for clues about this city's past and about the Oasis Spirit.
But if what they say is the truth, then this is the first time I'm learning about the other ways someone grow stronger in this world. The System is there, but the Gods, knowing it could be too strong, limited it and created level caps.
And even then, humanity still found ways to overcome it and become stronger even without needing to level up. Although it is a much slower process, it can be still combined with the ability to learn and level up skills, something that is not limited, only the level cap is.
Because of this... I guess the Gods left a loophole that can be abused. And other countries remain as big and strong even with these level caps due to these methods to "cultivate" the body.
Wow, so this world has that type of Cultivation, like those fantasy Korean stories with 9th Circle Magicians and Rank 10 Knights... Of course I know these tropes, hehe, after all I died being buried by a bunch of these books when I was at the library.
Ah, this is not a good thing to remember though.
"So, a good method to help you manipulate mana easily and be able to gauge its quantity when using it is by forcefully activating your Meridians and Mana Circuits!" Emeraldine smiled. "In our bodies were over three hundred Magic Circuits spread across every artery we possess! It's going to be a bit painful, but once it done, your Mana quantity will grow exponentially! It might hurt though... Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Please do it to me first." Nia said. "After that, if Celes wants to..."
"Alright..." Emeraldine nodded, touching Nia's shoulders. "[Mana Infusion]!"
FLAAASH!
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