Chapter 61: Cultivation techniques

Kritos opened the status screen and again looked at it to confirm his wariness.

"There is no tag which says it's male or female." 

So, Kritos decided to inquire about it from the system.

Apparently, System tells him that the soul beast is formless and genderless before it transforms into the first form.

And about its name, it has none. 

It is the first creature or soul beast in his race. Moreover, it will also be the last one.

Kritos glance at the image of his soul beast at the status screen; his soul beast was like a gas of shadows, and in the center of the gas, its eyes glow.

"Shaddes," Kritos murmurs

As it heard the name which Kritos gave to it. The soul beast shivered, and blue fire emerged from the corners of its formless body. Like it was saying," Look, I'm not a shadow, and I don't like this name."

Kritos excitedly stare at it with joy, thinking his soul beast has some intelligence. It can easily understand, Kritos intent.

Kritos emerges in the sea of cool names; nonetheless, none of them match his soul beast personality.

Finally, he decided to name it Aurelius, which is quite similar to the creature which he had seen in his dream, Aurelian. Though both of them look entirely different, they have almost the same lonely eyes.

"Aurelius,"

"How is it?" Kritos asked his soul beast. He doesn't know if it was just imagination or something, but he can feel the emotions of his soul beast.

This time, the dark smoke joyously encircles inside the status screen. 

"Wow, you can even do this," Kritos was surprised that the status screen is a playground to his soul beast.

Sometimes, the soul beast disappears from one side of the screen and appears from another side. 

Kritos guessed that the system possessed a space where his soul beast could freely move.

After a brief second of one side chatting with his soul beast, Kritos decided to cultivate his soul for the first time.

He can sense that he was close enough to break through to the apprentice realm. Now, he can feel the qi and other energy from the atmosphere and can directly absorb them.

So, he was determined to cultivate till his breakthrough. 

"In two hours, I could breakthrough to appreciate realm from the peak mortal realm," Kritos said

Other than cultivating, Kritos would also have to find a cultivation method for the cultivation.

Without a cultivation method, he can't further cultivate after the breakthrough.

The cultivation method is a mystical art or collection of techniques which cultivators practice in order to cultivate.

The beginnings of the cultivation civilization could be considered bleak and primitive. Many people were limited to the simple style of martial arts and buying in heaven and earth origin energy. This could be considered the preliminary stages of cultivation.

Afterward, Cultivator had discovered techniques and cultivation methods that had created the limitless skill we know to date. Through the transcendental techniques of powerhouses, one could engrave their comprehensions in a jade slip, thus ushering an even broader cultivation civilization. The legacy of these powerhouses, their cultivation methods, and their understanding were engraved in these simple jade slips.

On the road of cultivation, understandings of the Heavenly Dao Laws were slowly accumulated generation after generation. A single person had limited ability, and no matter how talented they were, without inheritances, it was impossible to have high achievements.

The cultivation civilization was a process of accumulation. Although there were many proud children of heaven with outstanding talent capable of producing their own self-created cultivation methods, all these self-created cultivation methods had foundations based on the inheritances of their predecessors. It was impossible for anyone to create a cultivation method that far surpassed the current level of the cultivation civilization.

After perceiving the rules of Laws, one wasn't necessarily able to immediately transform these comprehensions into combat strength. One needed a method in order to do so. These so-called 'methods' were cultivation methods. Therefore, it is imperative for a cultivator to have inheritances!

The cultivation methods' content was extremely broad and profound; it wasn't something that could be covered with mere words. Rather, it was composed of all sorts of things. Engraving all of this onto a jade slip was far harder than perceiving it through meditation.

Inheritances and resources were simply too important for the growth of a genius. Even a clever woman couldn't cook a meal without rice; it was impossible to get anywhere without proper supplies.

Cultivation Methods - This was used for cultivators to accumulate true essence and enhance their cultivation. The cultivation method manual was the foundation of all and was also the rarest of all the secret manuals. A sect didn't need to have good skills, but they must have a good cultivation method manual.

At the start, cultivators only practice the cultivation method to increase their strengths and life expectancy. There was no meaning of body cultivation technique and soul cultivation technique.

After many years, some high-level cultivators find that the cultivation method they practice could only increase their soul cultivation, not body cultivation.

It was the point where the cultivation method was divided into soul cultivation technique and body cultivation technique.

Due to the late coming around of body cultivation technique, the high ranked body cultivation becomes limited to a high clan and ancient sects.

Kritos needed a soul cultivation technique or method to continue cultivating his soul.

Increasing soul cultivation would increase his strength, energy-storing capacity, and his life expectancy. Though, there are two paths for soul cultivation. One is the warrior path, and the other is the mage path.

The warrior path was a way to use qi energy properly and strengthen the body strength. It does mean their body itself becomes hard after each breakthrough compares to mortal humans. Nonetheless, for the same realm warrior path cultivator, the increased hardness and regeneration don't play a vital role.

Warriors path cultivators couldn't use elemental energy to attack their enemies. 

On the other hand, the mage path mainly focuses on the spell and the use of elemental powers. Magicians' bodies are weak compared to the warrior body. 

As both of the paths use a soul cultivation technique hence, their soul becomes more powerful with each breakthrough. 

As for body cultivation, it's solely focused on body toughness, hardness, regeneration, and strength. Body cultivation is rare, and significantly fewer cultivators cultivate with it.

The one who cultivates with both soul and body cultivation is very sparse, like finding a treasure in the Sincromas world.

Kritos was already cultivating with the Blue Crescent moon body technique. Therefore, he will take the mage path in soul cultivation.

But to find an extraordinary soul cultivation with a mage path is quite hard to find in the Dwivedi clan.

It's known to every cultivator that one must only choose a single soul technique for cultivation. If someone wants to change their soul technique after some cultivation, then they have first to forfeit their previous cultivation and then cultivate from the start with the new soul technique. Thus, most cultivators only pick one soul technique for their entire life.

That's why it was a dream for the youth in Rewa city to be accepted by a sect. All sects have a variety of choices in the soul and body techniques compared to a clan.

When Kritos was constantly cultivating, a black smoke materialized above his head.

The black smoke circles around him and then stops at the front of Kritos face. 

With his formless hands, the black smoke quietly touches Kritos face.

After touching Kritos face, the black smoke again begins joyfully encircling him, like it's saying," Father, finally, I meet you."

After a few seconds, the black smoke enters inside the kritos body. 

*****

A few hours ago...

"I hope the king of soul beast world had fulfilled his promise in exchange for my body," Aurelian mumbled

Aurelian had already lost his body and power after the soul beast genesis.

In the exchange, they will find his father and let Aurelian with him.

The king of soul beast uses sacred magic to transfer Aurelian into a hidden world.

At that time, Aurelian was already converted into a soul beast with the help of soul beast genesis. 

He knows that this foreign race who comes from another cosmos is very clever and tricky; even the celestial nine-tail fox race is inferior to them in terms of cunning.

However, Aurelian has no choice but to trust them.

But one thing he had noticed was that rumors King of soul beast is actually a queen.

Nonetheless, he doesn't have time to correct the rumors. He just wants to meet his creator and ask him why he abandons him?

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