Autumn Hunt
Niu Dingtian sat in his backyard, breathing heavily. If you looked closely, you could see that his body was trembling and shaking. Then, with a violent tremor, the world suddenly became utterly meaningless.
In the Heavenly Secrets Continent, not only are life souls divided into Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow, but even the profound power of cultivators is also divided into Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. The profound power that was forcibly condensed at the beginning with the help of the formation was actually not stable, but was temporarily stabilized with the help of the life soul's ability.
Therefore, one will need to cultivate techniques to stabilize and strengthen one's own profound energy. The levels of these techniques are also divided into Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. This is the typical pattern in fantasy novels. As long as there is a level division, it can be one level, such as pills, medicinal herbs, weapons, and sect power in the future.
Although Ox Family Town is a considerable force, it is neither particularly strong nor weak in the entire Heavenly Secrets Continent, ranking around the upper level of the Xuan grade. The main reason for this is that the inherited cultivation techniques of Ox Family Town are only of the upper level of the Xuan grade.
Therefore, the cultivation technique that Niu Dingtian obtained was only of the middle level of the Xuan grade. The superior cultivation technique would require at least two or three years of observation. This was only because Niu Dingtian had lived in Ox Family Town for more than ten years and was also exceptionally talented.
After a while, Niu Dingtian finally came to his senses. Ever since he awakened the so-called Sky-Supporting Snail Soul that day, he had felt like he was living in a dream, especially after the so-called Heaven-Supporting System went online.
The system would occasionally issue tasks, such as doing 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a so-called 10KM long-distance run every day. These were almost daily tasks. After completing the tasks, the Heaven-Supporting System would accumulate a certain amount of energy. However, for some reason, his hair had been falling out quite a bit recently.
Although he didn't know what the use of the Heaven-Supporting System's energy was, he figured it was better to have something than nothing, so he diligently completed those tasks every day, thus accumulating a small amount of energy.
After receiving the cultivation manual bestowed by the elder, he finally discovered the use of this accumulated energy. The originally mid-grade Xuan-level cultivation technique, <Strong Ox Force>, was immediately described by the system after Niu Dingtian read it once, "Cultivation technique has been recorded. Proceed with the deduction?"
Instinctively, Niu Dingtian confirmed the deduction. Soon after, Niu Dingtian saw his accumulated energy rapidly disappearing, and the system's voice rang in his ears. "Insufficient energy. Current progress of the cultivation technique deduction is at the lower level of Earth Grade, while the middle level of Earth Grade is 3% complete. Proceed with the transfer?"
After clicking "confirm" somewhat bewildered, a flood of information rushed into Niu Dingtian's mind. The original "Strong Ox Force" had become unrecognizable, and the newly emerged technique was named "Shaking Ox Force Niu Dingtian.
Its efficiency in cultivating profound energy is 50% higher than that of the Strong Ox Force, and it also has the effect of body tempering during the cultivation process. Most importantly, cultivating this technique will give you an extreme sense of pleasure, so Niu Dingtian has now become addicted to it.
Of course, the system also explained that the cultivation technique should ideally only be practiced for one hour, otherwise it would cause hidden damage to the body. Therefore, it would forcibly help Niu Dingtian stop cultivating each time and make him hurry up to do his daily tasks.
However, after Niu Dingtian finished running 10km, a new task suddenly appeared: Main Quest: Join Great Cloud Mountain Academy.
This task made Niu Dingtian frown. When he returned home, he saw a servant waiting for him. The servant then said that the master of the house wanted to see him.
There are several elders in Ox Family Town, but the only one who wants to see Niu Dingtian is the elder who presided over the awakening ceremony. Niu Dingtian had been to this elder's residence once before, so he was familiar with the process and soon Niu Dingtian at the elder's residence with the servant.
In the living room, Niu Dingtian met the kind-faced old man. Upon seeing Niu Dingtian's arrival, the old man smiled warmly and asked, "Dingtian, how is your cultivation of Xuan power going?"
"I've settled down completely back home, and I'll be able to reach the lower grade of Yellow Rank soon." Niu Dingtian naturally wouldn't get carried away by his elder's politeness. At present, he still needs his elder's support in many things. In any case, Niu Dingtian will remember this kindness.
"So how is your ability condensing?" the elder continued to ask. Niu Dingtian possessed a newly emerged Earth-grade Life Soul. Because this Life Soul had three abilities, it was temporarily classified as an Earth-grade Life Soul. The specific level of the Life Soul could only be determined based on the quality of the abilities once the three abilities were fully condensed.
"The first one is already filled, and I'm working hard on it. The second one is also about half-filled," Niu Dingtian answered truthfully. The so-called ability filling is to fill the nascent ability form with the materials needed for the ability.
After the awakening of the Life Soul, everyone can obtain the Life Soul's abilities. Then, they can condense their own profound energy into a rudimentary form of the ability. This rudimentary form does not have any actual ability; it merely serves as a visual effect, proving that you are indeed capable of cultivating this ability.
Niu Dingtian was recognized as a Grade Earth Soul and granted corresponding resources only after he condensed the three initial forms of his abilities. After the initial forms were condensed, the corresponding resources and materials needed to be Integration into them before he could cultivate these abilities.
"That's good. Try to condense your Xuan power to a certain quality within the next two days. If possible, it would be best to successfully cultivate your first ability." The elder said somewhat seriously, "A very important person will be coming to Ox Family Town in a couple of days. You need to be prepared to improve yourself. This is a chance to change your destiny."
"I understand." Niu Dingtian's mind worked. Combining the task just released by the system, he roughly understood where the so-called big shot came from. As expected, he should take the Great Cloud Mountain Academy seriously. So-called academies are generally earth-grade forces, or even heaven-grade academies.
Afterwards, the elder privately provided some resources and money to help with household expenses before sending Niu Dingtian back to cultivate. It must be said that the elder knew how to handle people. These resources were not a major loss for the elder, but they were a large sum of money for Niu Dingtian. As long as Niu Dingtian was successful in the future and had some conscience, he would not forget the help from this elder.
Niu Dingtian returned home and, after a simple, large meal, began cultivating his first fully-developed ability: Shadow Softbody Transformation. Inside his body, a crystal of profound energy was formed. Niu Dingtian channeled the profound energy into this crystal and activated it. Subsequently, various forms of profound energy spread throughout his body, modifying and reconstructing it.
Afterwards, Niu Dingtian took out a piece of material, held it in his palm, and used his Xuan power to guide it, slowly transforming it into a tangible yet intangible object, which then Integration into the second illusory crystal that had solidified within his body. As the material flowed in, the crystal became even more solidified.
Everything is proceeding smoothly and in an orderly manner.