Chapter 3: No Luck
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Chapter 3: No Luck
His talent was mediocre.This chapter's initial release occurred on the n0vell--Bjjn site.
Uncle Zhang told him that taking a week to first sense qi meant he was only a middling talent. Really, it wasnt too bad at least he could still cultivate, and he didnt have low talent!
Seems I dont get to have a hack to start out. Not only no class, not even awesome stats. Dont I get anything for starting over here?
Now that he sensed qi inside his body, Uncle Zhang said it was proven he was a Cultivator and so now hed be going onto a more balanced schedule. Adding two new topics to his schedule, physical training in the morning and mental training in the evening. The mental training was simply reading and studying in the basic clan library. Hed have to read about history, geography, and etiquette. The clan was happy to give free access to all its members about educational topics. Having more skilled clan members was a good thing, but they didnt want anyone to waste time or have too much power so there was no cultivation knowledge or books about art, music, or other cultural subjects. They wanted all cultivating knowledge to be in their control and only given to those who prove loyalty and worth. Even the children in training had to prove their worth. Rewards of better training resources and skills were given based on how fast they cultivated and how well they used their skills.
Two years later, Sage was training in the morning physical training. Physical Training time was split between increasingly difficult exercise, sparring, and finally learning external martial arts. That is to say, Sage could soon get to say, I know Kung Fu. Theyd progressed through simple running and exercising after the first few months. Since then theyd been learning the Golden Mantis Body. It started quite simple, forced to repeat the same motions for hours at a time, before progressing into actual techniques and how to apply them. It was a very imposing style. The movements were fearless and forceful, striking with all of their being, each move seeming to attempt to put every possible muscle of the body into motion. They had an Elder demonstrate some of the forms for them and his qi solidified into a phantasmic image of a glowing golden mantis around his body.
They were told that as they progress through the ranks while practicing Golden Mantis the phantasm will continue to grow more and more solid. Not only could this act as armor and extend his reach, in the later ranks the phantasmal forelegs become as sharp as magical treasures. It formed a defensive armor and made their bare hands into weapons. They were the branch of a powerful clan after all. They certainly didnt have the most powerful cultivation arts, but they certainly werent low quality. This wasnt even the best martial art of the Lang clan. Training was exciting enough, though Sage wasnt a great talent in the martial arts anymore than he was with qi cultivation.
Yet again, seems I dont get any cheats at all. Is this the sort of world where I have to be like the Shonen hero and have to gain everything from hard work alone?
Sage was worried how very boring this path was. Being born a rare super genius from birth with all the best benefits, that was the life! Alas, it was not to be. While Sage was musing over these thoughts, his Uncle Zhang entered the training field. Waving Sage over to join him.
Mutate let the Insect Immortal Index cultivator transform insects into different forms. The most basic ability, let two insects of similar but different species to interbreed. It was possible to splice together many different bugs to create more powerful creatures with the features of their choice.
Mature is the last ability and was equally as powerful. By trading energy the cultivator can force insects to mature faster, their bodies reaching later stages more quickly. This is used to cause larvae to grow into later stages and have newly laid eggs hatch and mature to full grown members of their species very quickly. Its very important for the many insects that go through chrysalis to get them into the stage the cultivator wants in an efficient manner.
With such surprising powers, it was no wonder the Chong Clan had grown strong. They were definitely not a well loved clan. Those that controlled a swarm of wasps or a mound full of iron skinned ants, had a hard time keeping opponents from fleeing immediately. The clan had famously raised many species and variants of different insects. Each of the main factions and family branches were actually formed around particularly powerful and successful insects. Refined and empowered with every generation that passed, the Chong clan only continued to grow more powerful. Each member of the clan taking the Insect Line of their parents and working on making their own new tweaks to the line.
The Insect for the Lang Branch Family was unsurprisingly a Mantis. The Colossal Iron Mantis to be specific. It was an insect created many generations ago, known for its tough iron grey carapace and for its ability to grow larger in size as its linked cultivator became more powerful. Sage was only at Ki Building stage, so his Mantis was quite small. About a half-foot in length at best. It wasnt huge, but it was certainly large enough to cause a person serious harm. The vicious sickle like forearms nearly an inch in length made them like scalpels.
This is the best thing so far. I have my own little murderous pocket monster now. Its just a little weird that it has to live inside my chest.
The Insect Immortal Index also had a secondary support set of techniques, the first, Ki Feeding, dealt with how to transform the qi in order to use it to feed and nurture insects. The second, Hive Body, dealt with transforming the cultivators body in order to create cavities for the insects to live in. The Lang clan had a slightly more skillful version of the Hive Body technique which included a simplistic spatial array. When inscribed in the cultivators dantian a link forms between it and the outside world. This allows the cultivators linked insect to enter the other dimension of their dantian like Ki does. This enabled the Lang Clan to not have massive Mantes wandering about their compound at all hours of the day and night. The limitation was of course that it only worked on the cultivators linked insect, and the Insect Immortal Index only allowed the cultivator to merge with one insect at a time. The bond took a few hours to fully form so it wasnt something that was created in the middle of a battle.
Any other insects the cultivator wanted to bring with him needed to reside within their body, which was quite restrictive given size limitations. The version of the technique that other branch families used increased the actual space inside the body, but it wasnt as drastic of an improvement as the Langs Hive Body technique. Each rank that the cultivator improved to multiplied the amount of internal space, while the Lang version additionally added a space inside the dantian that was nearly ten times larger than the space available in the rest of the body. With no linked queen to control them, the majority of the Lang clan focused entirely on their Colossal Iron Mantis and perfecting their Golden Mantis Body rather than using any other insects. The only real difference is the more experienced Lang clan members bred unique attributes into their Mantes in order to do their part and contribute to the growth of the clan.
If a cultivators Mantis performed exceptionally well it was used as a new progenitor for the family, taking over as the new baseline for the Colossal Iron Mantis. If the changes made were drastic enough, it could even cause the name of the clan bug to change to match its new abilities. Each of the different factions in the clan also had their own slightly modified versions which theyd interbreed with the new main lines when called for.
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Chapter 3: No Luck
His talent was mediocre.This chapter's initial release occurred on the n0vell--Bjjn site.
Uncle Zhang told him that taking a week to first sense qi meant he was only a middling talent. Really, it wasnt too bad at least he could still cultivate, and he didnt have low talent!
Seems I dont get to have a hack to start out. Not only no class, not even awesome stats. Dont I get anything for starting over here?
Now that he sensed qi inside his body, Uncle Zhang said it was proven he was a Cultivator and so now hed be going onto a more balanced schedule. Adding two new topics to his schedule, physical training in the morning and mental training in the evening. The mental training was simply reading and studying in the basic clan library. Hed have to read about history, geography, and etiquette. The clan was happy to give free access to all its members about educational topics. Having more skilled clan members was a good thing, but they didnt want anyone to waste time or have too much power so there was no cultivation knowledge or books about art, music, or other cultural subjects. They wanted all cultivating knowledge to be in their control and only given to those who prove loyalty and worth. Even the children in training had to prove their worth. Rewards of better training resources and skills were given based on how fast they cultivated and how well they used their skills.
Two years later, Sage was training in the morning physical training. Physical Training time was split between increasingly difficult exercise, sparring, and finally learning external martial arts. That is to say, Sage could soon get to say, I know Kung Fu. Theyd progressed through simple running and exercising after the first few months. Since then theyd been learning the Golden Mantis Body. It started quite simple, forced to repeat the same motions for hours at a time, before progressing into actual techniques and how to apply them. It was a very imposing style. The movements were fearless and forceful, striking with all of their being, each move seeming to attempt to put every possible muscle of the body into motion. They had an Elder demonstrate some of the forms for them and his qi solidified into a phantasmic image of a glowing golden mantis around his body.
They were told that as they progress through the ranks while practicing Golden Mantis the phantasm will continue to grow more and more solid. Not only could this act as armor and extend his reach, in the later ranks the phantasmal forelegs become as sharp as magical treasures. It formed a defensive armor and made their bare hands into weapons. They were the branch of a powerful clan after all. They certainly didnt have the most powerful cultivation arts, but they certainly werent low quality. This wasnt even the best martial art of the Lang clan. Training was exciting enough, though Sage wasnt a great talent in the martial arts anymore than he was with qi cultivation.
Yet again, seems I dont get any cheats at all. Is this the sort of world where I have to be like the Shonen hero and have to gain everything from hard work alone?
Sage was worried how very boring this path was. Being born a rare super genius from birth with all the best benefits, that was the life! Alas, it was not to be. While Sage was musing over these thoughts, his Uncle Zhang entered the training field. Waving Sage over to join him.
Mutate let the Insect Immortal Index cultivator transform insects into different forms. The most basic ability, let two insects of similar but different species to interbreed. It was possible to splice together many different bugs to create more powerful creatures with the features of their choice.
Mature is the last ability and was equally as powerful. By trading energy the cultivator can force insects to mature faster, their bodies reaching later stages more quickly. This is used to cause larvae to grow into later stages and have newly laid eggs hatch and mature to full grown members of their species very quickly. Its very important for the many insects that go through chrysalis to get them into the stage the cultivator wants in an efficient manner.
With such surprising powers, it was no wonder the Chong Clan had grown strong. They were definitely not a well loved clan. Those that controlled a swarm of wasps or a mound full of iron skinned ants, had a hard time keeping opponents from fleeing immediately. The clan had famously raised many species and variants of different insects. Each of the main factions and family branches were actually formed around particularly powerful and successful insects. Refined and empowered with every generation that passed, the Chong clan only continued to grow more powerful. Each member of the clan taking the Insect Line of their parents and working on making their own new tweaks to the line.
The Insect for the Lang Branch Family was unsurprisingly a Mantis. The Colossal Iron Mantis to be specific. It was an insect created many generations ago, known for its tough iron grey carapace and for its ability to grow larger in size as its linked cultivator became more powerful. Sage was only at Ki Building stage, so his Mantis was quite small. About a half-foot in length at best. It wasnt huge, but it was certainly large enough to cause a person serious harm. The vicious sickle like forearms nearly an inch in length made them like scalpels.
This is the best thing so far. I have my own little murderous pocket monster now. Its just a little weird that it has to live inside my chest.
The Insect Immortal Index also had a secondary support set of techniques, the first, Ki Feeding, dealt with how to transform the qi in order to use it to feed and nurture insects. The second, Hive Body, dealt with transforming the cultivators body in order to create cavities for the insects to live in. The Lang clan had a slightly more skillful version of the Hive Body technique which included a simplistic spatial array. When inscribed in the cultivators dantian a link forms between it and the outside world. This allows the cultivators linked insect to enter the other dimension of their dantian like Ki does. This enabled the Lang Clan to not have massive Mantes wandering about their compound at all hours of the day and night. The limitation was of course that it only worked on the cultivators linked insect, and the Insect Immortal Index only allowed the cultivator to merge with one insect at a time. The bond took a few hours to fully form so it wasnt something that was created in the middle of a battle.
Any other insects the cultivator wanted to bring with him needed to reside within their body, which was quite restrictive given size limitations. The version of the technique that other branch families used increased the actual space inside the body, but it wasnt as drastic of an improvement as the Langs Hive Body technique. Each rank that the cultivator improved to multiplied the amount of internal space, while the Lang version additionally added a space inside the dantian that was nearly ten times larger than the space available in the rest of the body. With no linked queen to control them, the majority of the Lang clan focused entirely on their Colossal Iron Mantis and perfecting their Golden Mantis Body rather than using any other insects. The only real difference is the more experienced Lang clan members bred unique attributes into their Mantes in order to do their part and contribute to the growth of the clan.
If a cultivators Mantis performed exceptionally well it was used as a new progenitor for the family, taking over as the new baseline for the Colossal Iron Mantis. If the changes made were drastic enough, it could even cause the name of the clan bug to change to match its new abilities. Each of the different factions in the clan also had their own slightly modified versions which theyd interbreed with the new main lines when called for.
Chapter 3: No LuckHis talent was mediocre.This chapter's initial release occurred on the n0vell--Bjjn site.Uncle Zhang told him that taking a week to first sense qi meant he was only a middling talent. Really, it wasnt too bad at least he could still cultivate, and he didnt have low talent! Seems I dont get to have a hack to start out. Not only no class, not even awesome stats. Dont I get anything for starting over here?Now that he sensed qi inside his body, Uncle Zhang said it was proven he was a Cultivator and so now hed be going onto a more balanced schedule. Adding two new topics to his schedule, physical training in the morning and mental training in the evening. The mental training was simply reading and studying in the basic clan library. Hed have to read about history, geography, and etiquette. The clan was happy to give free access to all its members about educational topics. Having more skilled clan members was a good thing, but they didnt want anyone to waste time or have too much power so there was no cultivation knowledge or books about art, music, or other cultural subjects. They wanted all cultivating knowledge to be in their control and only given to those who prove loyalty and worth. Even the children in training had to prove their worth. Rewards of better training resources and skills were given based on how fast they cultivated and how well they used their skills.Two years later, Sage was training in the morning physical training. Physical Training time was split between increasingly difficult exercise, sparring, and finally learning external martial arts. That is to say, Sage could soon get to say, I know Kung Fu. Theyd progressed through simple running and exercising after the first few months. Since then theyd been learning the Golden Mantis Body. It started quite simple, forced to repeat the same motions for hours at a time, before progressing into actual techniques and how to apply them. It was a very imposing style. The movements were fearless and forceful, striking with all of their being, each move seeming to attempt to put every possible muscle of the body into motion. They had an Elder demonstrate some of the forms for them and his qi solidified into a phantasmic image of a glowing golden mantis around his body. They were told that as they progress through the ranks while practicing Golden Mantis the phantasm will continue to grow more and more solid. Not only could this act as armor and extend his reach, in the later ranks the phantasmal forelegs become as sharp as magical treasures. It formed a defensive armor and made their bare hands into weapons. They were the branch of a powerful clan after all. They certainly didnt have the most powerful cultivation arts, but they certainly werent low quality. This wasnt even the best martial art of the Lang clan. Training was exciting enough, though Sage wasnt a great talent in the martial arts anymore than he was with qi cultivation. Yet again, seems I dont get any cheats at all. Is this the sort of world where I have to be like the Shonen hero and have to gain everything from hard work alone?Sage was worried how very boring this path was. Being born a rare super genius from birth with all the best benefits, that was the life! Alas, it was not to be. While Sage was musing over these thoughts, his Uncle Zhang entered the training field. Waving Sage over to join him.Mutate let the Insect Immortal Index cultivator transform insects into different forms. The most basic ability, let two insects of similar but different species to interbreed. It was possible to splice together many different bugs to create more powerful creatures with the features of their choice. Mature is the last ability and was equally as powerful. By trading energy the cultivator can force insects to mature faster, their bodies reaching later stages more quickly. This is used to cause larvae to grow into later stages and have newly laid eggs hatch and mature to full grown members of their species very quickly. Its very important for the many insects that go through chrysalis to get them into the stage the cultivator wants in an efficient manner. With such surprising powers, it was no wonder the Chong Clan had grown strong. They were definitely not a well loved clan. Those that controlled a swarm of wasps or a mound full of iron skinned ants, had a hard time keeping opponents from fleeing immediately. The clan had famously raised many species and variants of different insects. Each of the main factions and family branches were actually formed around particularly powerful and successful insects. Refined and empowered with every generation that passed, the Chong clan only continued to grow more powerful. Each member of the clan taking the Insect Line of their parents and working on making their own new tweaks to the line. The Insect for the Lang Branch Family was unsurprisingly a Mantis. The Colossal Iron Mantis to be specific. It was an insect created many generations ago, known for its tough iron grey carapace and for its ability to grow larger in size as its linked cultivator became more powerful. Sage was only at Ki Building stage, so his Mantis was quite small. About a half-foot in length at best. It wasnt huge, but it was certainly large enough to cause a person serious harm. The vicious sickle like forearms nearly an inch in length made them like scalpels. This is the best thing so far. I have my own little murderous pocket monster now. Its just a little weird that it has to live inside my chest.The Insect Immortal Index also had a secondary support set of techniques, the first, Ki Feeding, dealt with how to transform the qi in order to use it to feed and nurture insects. The second, Hive Body, dealt with transforming the cultivators body in order to create cavities for the insects to live in. The Lang clan had a slightly more skillful version of the Hive Body technique which included a simplistic spatial array. When inscribed in the cultivators dantian a link forms between it and the outside world. This allows the cultivators linked insect to enter the other dimension of their dantian like Ki does. This enabled the Lang Clan to not have massive Mantes wandering about their compound at all hours of the day and night. The limitation was of course that it only worked on the cultivators linked insect, and the Insect Immortal Index only allowed the cultivator to merge with one insect at a time. The bond took a few hours to fully form so it wasnt something that was created in the middle of a battle. Any other insects the cultivator wanted to bring with him needed to reside within their body, which was quite restrictive given size limitations. The version of the technique that other branch families used increased the actual space inside the body, but it wasnt as drastic of an improvement as the Langs Hive Body technique. Each rank that the cultivator improved to multiplied the amount of internal space, while the Lang version additionally added a space inside the dantian that was nearly ten times larger than the space available in the rest of the body. With no linked queen to control them, the majority of the Lang clan focused entirely on their Colossal Iron Mantis and perfecting their Golden Mantis Body rather than using any other insects. The only real difference is the more experienced Lang clan members bred unique attributes into their Mantes in order to do their part and contribute to the growth of the clan. If a cultivators Mantis performed exceptionally well it was used as a new progenitor for the family, taking over as the new baseline for the Colossal Iron Mantis. If the changes made were drastic enough, it could even cause the name of the clan bug to change to match its new abilities. Each of the different factions in the clan also had their own slightly modified versions which theyd interbreed with the new main lines when called for.
