Chapter 921
Chapter 921 - 907 Cultivation
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Lu Ping’an calmly swung his blade-hand, harvesting the lives of one demon after another.
With his ability, dealing with the demons around this ordinary town was simply too easy.
If a massacre wasn’t for the purpose of predation, it was meaningless. After each successful hunt by Lu Ping’an, the corpses of the Magic Monsters would immediately vanish, then be transformed into nutrition for the "team".
"...Remember to leave some for me."
The one who could gain improvements wasn’t just Lu Ping’an; the series of cultivation methods that "even a monkey could learn" were something any normal person could master... and that was so much easier than the cultivation of battle-professions by professionals.
Its cultivation method was extremely simple, simple enough to understand by drawing pictures.
"It’s somewhat similar to the Five Animal Frolics, and a bit like calisthenics.... Why is the effect so remarkable?"
"...This must be a ritual movement; completing it is a form of sacrifice, an evolution towards some higher being."
"Uh, if it’s a sacrifice, what is the sacrifice? What’s the price? It can’t just be such a freebie from the start, those higher beings are really good Samaritans..... okay, I’m being silly, higher beings don’t need to be good Samaritans, but if the Firebird thinks they should be, then they probably are."
What Lu Ping’an held in his hands were oddities like the "Celestial Wolf Rending Claws", "Raging Ape Fist Skill", and "Six-winged Beast Tail Strike", things even martial arts novels would scoff at for their ridiculous names. Yet they truly had tangible effects.
And to make them effective, the method was ridiculously simple.
"First, ingest a large amount of Beast Blood, preferably from apes. Then begin mimicking the movements above...."
When Lu Ping’an got the secret manuals, he thought he’d been tricked.
But after actually practicing them, the results were so outstandingly ludicrous.
After killing a few Demonic Apes, eating their hearts and Beast Blood, and then striking his chest with those foolish movements...
[Physique has received an extremely minimal enhancement.]
The system’s prompt couldn’t be faked; even though the enhancement was barely noticeable by normal people, the fact that it existed meant it could give out a prompt.
Upon reflection, Lu Ping’an could understand it.
Ingesting the materials of the Demonic Ape, specifying certain materials, is equivalent to a "Magic Potion".
Then there were the specific movements that are equivalent to a sacrificial ritual pointing to some unknown existence.... As for the sacrifice, uh, would it dare to accept?
"It’s very likely that it’s just a high-ranked model specifically used for ’training’..." Big Cat said this with a somewhat complex feeling.
The directions indicated by these cultivation methods were probably the weakest at Above the Rule Level. But if really offering "shelter of the Firebird" as a price, providing services to its Family Clan for free seems not impossible.
From the results, it’s as if the unknown high-being guided the cultivator in the direction of evolution, transforming the materials into "Materials". This is a complete ritual in mysticism... of course, to Easterners, it is more akin to the cultivation of the Grand Circulations.
"We don’t need to know the principles, we just need to know if it’s effective, if there are any side effects...."
After thinking, Lu Ping’an shook his head.
Whether from other people’s data or his own understanding of it, this should have no side effects.
This was a privilege only available under the "Firebird’s" feathers, and she seemed not to refuse outsiders at all......
"Are there some worlds that are all outsiders..."
"Yes, many. But this place is the territory of the Feather Tribe, the Feather Tribe is a subordinate species of her Family Clan, maybe a branch of the bloodline or something. Other species need to get an identity card first, which is not so easy."
The Firebird is grand and immortal, yet she also has her own bloodline and the Family Clan... at least, that’s how it seems to outsiders.
Within her system, the top priority naturally falls to her direct bloodline, her ethnic group of origin, and her subordinates and friends... if they exist, they would be the core circle.
And the so-called Family Clan, in many cases, doesn’t mean they have the Firebird’s approval, but rather they were born into such an ethnic group... or, to take a step back, they are the subordinate or servant species of these ethnic groups.
"Being the Firebird’s dog isn’t so bad," Big Cat seemed to imply something deeper in his remark.
At this moment, Lu Ping’an thought of the countless Divine Boats surrounding the great beings, and it seemed indeed to be the case. Even deities lick up to them, much less mortal species.
This time, the one who had initiated the dispute with humans was a civilization of the Feather Tribe, and the world where Lu Ping’an now found himself was the "Resource World" of that main world, dedicated to providing high-quality resources and a reserve of talents.
"... Uh, those recruited wouldn’t just directly ascend after reaching a certain realm of cultivation, would they?"
Lu Ping’an made a casual quip, but truth be told, it seemed like a not-so-low possibility.
𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
Of course, to say "conflict" might be giving too much credit to humans; if a full-blown war were to occur due to the conflict, the Feather Tribe could probably end everything within a month... This was simply a case of a driver (Blood-crow) taking a bunch of fugitives on an illegal route into someone else’s house, and the wronged party, in this case, seeking some form of justice.
The Feather Tribe was clearly not the Firebird’s direct Family Clan; possibly the Family Clan of the Family Clan of the Family Clan... Otherwise, the "conflict" would never have happened. The exact strength of it was also uncertain to Lu Ping’an, but it should not exceed the tolerance limit of the Eastern Country.
Lu Ping’an had not received direct intelligence feedback, and the few intelligence exchanges (with the Divine Boats above) did not result in any new missions.
"Everything might be going smoothly, or, perhaps, the front-line Command Center has altogether forgotten about us... Uh, even worse, they might have outright disregarded our combat power."
Although it sounded far-fetched, considering that the front line was probably at the rule-level confrontation, Lu Ping’an felt it was very likely to be true.
As an Explorer, one must never return empty-handed... Making the most of local resources to strengthen oneself has become a basic rule, and now, naturally, there was no time to waste.
"... I feel like my Spiritual Power has definitely been strengthened."
And it wasn’t just Lu Ping’an who reaped benefits.
This method of cultivation was simple and crude; one only needed to continually fight and train to make further progress. Although Lu Ping’an felt that at a certain point he would definitely need to readjust his evolutionary path, the profit at the moment was quite evident.
Especially for the people in Lu Ping’an’s Courtyard, this was an opportunity to make up for their last and most fatal shortcoming.
Their Professional Experience and Professional Skills could grow rapidly within the Courtyard, and the trade column that supplied whatever was lacking directed their evolution. Even the awakening of Professional Abilities, which usually required luck, could be solved through trade and the Library.
As long as there were points, nothing was a problem... except for Basic Attributes.
In this aspect, they faced the same problem as Lu Ping’an, where the rapid growth of other abilities made the progress of basic attributes like Physique, Reflex, and Spiritual Power too slow, becoming a hindrance.
Yet here, no matter how profound and costly the subsequent methods of cultivation were, just the initial "eating" and "training" could improve the hardest-to-gain basic attributes, which everyone would like.
For the Courtyard folks, having acquired Professional Skills and Professional Abilities, and then making up for the shortfall in Basic Attributes, Advancement would become effortless... In less than a month, everyone had gained an average of more than ten jin.
[Reflex has gained a minute improvement.]
At this time, the one most likely to be overtaken by bliss was Lu Ping’an himself, who was frantically making up for his shortcomings.
He specifically sought out Demons and secret manuals that improved "Agility" and "Reflex," and that elusive "Reflex" finally began to accumulate significant change.
He also spent money to find a dozen or so teachers to teach him various basic "martial techniques"... Being classified as part of the Firebird Clan, he now had every advantage at this time.
And under the teachers’ guidance, he discovered that the improvement of "attributes" was only the most basic part of the entire supernatural system.
— End of Chapter 921 —