Chapter 31: Assistant
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Chapter 31: Assistant
Sages fourth year in the Holy Flame Sect he turned twenty six years old in this second life as Lang Sheng. These four years combined with those on the road had pointed out the importance of Spirit Insect quality. They were just like the Spirit Plants in that no matter what he did to try and modify and mutate them the Spirit Plants power was highly reliant on the quality of their parents and the conditions of their growth. Weak Spirit Insects raised merely with Qi Feeding over a short timespan were of lowest level and quality. Even with the most impressive of modifications and aging they were still much weaker than the most powerful Spirit Insects after it just hatched.
Simply combining Spirit Insects with interesting physical features created useful helpers but their power was immensely limited in comparison to the powerful Spirit Insect breeds that exist in the wilds. With lots of breeding and experimentation, Sage realized the first real weakness of the Insect Immortal Index. Each time he made a major modification to a Spirit Insect using the Mutate technique, they would nearly drop a level in strength. He would then have to mature pairs of them to higher ranks and then breed them together to gradually improve their bloodlines.
As such, he focused on raising the basic age and bloodlines of his Silverbees. He had three separate hives going, one in his body, one in his Beast Bag, and one in the Insect Shed. In addition he was raising a variety of spider, starting with the Green Spiders from the Emerald Holly and then adding in any others he could find at the Central Plaza.
As the usual assistant of Alchemist Tang, Sage didnt have to work nearly as much anymore. He only had to work whenever Alchemist Tang wanted to make pills. He would gather all the materials and assist during the construction process. Alchemist Tang would usually work for a week or two non-stop forging pills and then go into seclusion to work on his cultivation for the span of a few months.
During one of these resting times, Sage was purchasing Insect Rearing and taming manuals from the Million Skill Library. At this time he was noticed by a large man wearing leather and furs instead of the Holy Flame Sect Disciple robes. The big male glanced down at the manuals in his hand and questioned gruffly, Whos that book for, Kid? You arent interested in Bug Taming are you?
Sage soon took the exam to become an Apprentice Tamer, focusing on Insects, and had a far easier time passing the exam than he did for the Alchemist Exam. At the same time he had nearly given up on basic cultivation and become an Assistant Formation Master. Wondering why hed even bothered to learn Alchemy, Sage realized he had immense skill with formations. The more he studied, the more he realized the similarities to his old life. Array Formations were created using a library of special symbols that could manipulate energy in different ways. It was like a language of power, and when combined in specific ways an array would be formed. The tricky part was that arrays drew on the power of the world around them and so the specific conditions of a location were very influential on the power and effectiveness of an array.
The temperature, humidity, wind speed, time of day, season of the year, closeness to different land features there was dozens of different things that a Formation Master had to keep track of to form the most powerful array. All these factors came into play in designing a formation but from Sages point of view it reminded him of advanced mathematics. As he researched the many formation manuals he found that a single formation would take up a whole book simply listing the many permutations of the formation required for so many different situations.
It seems nobody has developed or applied high level algebra to formations in this world.
The years flew by, Sage became an Apprentice Formation Master as well as an Apprentice Farmer, Weaver and Blacksmith. Among the teachers that grew to know him, he became somewhat of a sad story. Sage was known for his intelligence and spirit power, but it was truly a shame that his talent for cultivation seemed to only go down over time. As his cultivation seemed to stall out, Sage was not strong enough to pass the tests and become a regular member of any profession. Most of the professions had rank 1 assistants, rank 2 apprentices, and at rank 3 a cultivator could take the test and become a ranked member of the profession.
Sage continued to practice his skills in the professions hed learned but he was limited by his cultivation rank. He had turned thirty this year and yet hed actually only rose two more stages. Rank 2, Stage 8. Even after he gained nearly 2 full stages hed have to accumulate power and break through to rank 3. Breaking through ranks was the most difficult part of cultivation and with the talent he had hed need to accumulate resources for quite some time in order to help him to breakthrough.
With such dismal prospects, Sage simply learned new professions. He would spend two to three years becoming an Apprentice and then mastering the Apprentice skills of a profession before moving on the next. Surprisingly, he found that with foundational knowledge in formations and different materials each profession was faster to learn than the last. Each profession had a handful of basic techniques he had to learn but much of the basic knowledge and practice materials were actually already contained within his storage ring and was the main reason he could accomplish so much. Others had to work for years to afford the materials to experiment and learn their professions. The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
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Chapter 31: Assistant
Sages fourth year in the Holy Flame Sect he turned twenty six years old in this second life as Lang Sheng. These four years combined with those on the road had pointed out the importance of Spirit Insect quality. They were just like the Spirit Plants in that no matter what he did to try and modify and mutate them the Spirit Plants power was highly reliant on the quality of their parents and the conditions of their growth. Weak Spirit Insects raised merely with Qi Feeding over a short timespan were of lowest level and quality. Even with the most impressive of modifications and aging they were still much weaker than the most powerful Spirit Insects after it just hatched.
Simply combining Spirit Insects with interesting physical features created useful helpers but their power was immensely limited in comparison to the powerful Spirit Insect breeds that exist in the wilds. With lots of breeding and experimentation, Sage realized the first real weakness of the Insect Immortal Index. Each time he made a major modification to a Spirit Insect using the Mutate technique, they would nearly drop a level in strength. He would then have to mature pairs of them to higher ranks and then breed them together to gradually improve their bloodlines.
As such, he focused on raising the basic age and bloodlines of his Silverbees. He had three separate hives going, one in his body, one in his Beast Bag, and one in the Insect Shed. In addition he was raising a variety of spider, starting with the Green Spiders from the Emerald Holly and then adding in any others he could find at the Central Plaza.
As the usual assistant of Alchemist Tang, Sage didnt have to work nearly as much anymore. He only had to work whenever Alchemist Tang wanted to make pills. He would gather all the materials and assist during the construction process. Alchemist Tang would usually work for a week or two non-stop forging pills and then go into seclusion to work on his cultivation for the span of a few months.
During one of these resting times, Sage was purchasing Insect Rearing and taming manuals from the Million Skill Library. At this time he was noticed by a large man wearing leather and furs instead of the Holy Flame Sect Disciple robes. The big male glanced down at the manuals in his hand and questioned gruffly, Whos that book for, Kid? You arent interested in Bug Taming are you?
Sage soon took the exam to become an Apprentice Tamer, focusing on Insects, and had a far easier time passing the exam than he did for the Alchemist Exam. At the same time he had nearly given up on basic cultivation and become an Assistant Formation Master. Wondering why hed even bothered to learn Alchemy, Sage realized he had immense skill with formations. The more he studied, the more he realized the similarities to his old life. Array Formations were created using a library of special symbols that could manipulate energy in different ways. It was like a language of power, and when combined in specific ways an array would be formed. The tricky part was that arrays drew on the power of the world around them and so the specific conditions of a location were very influential on the power and effectiveness of an array.
The temperature, humidity, wind speed, time of day, season of the year, closeness to different land features there was dozens of different things that a Formation Master had to keep track of to form the most powerful array. All these factors came into play in designing a formation but from Sages point of view it reminded him of advanced mathematics. As he researched the many formation manuals he found that a single formation would take up a whole book simply listing the many permutations of the formation required for so many different situations.
It seems nobody has developed or applied high level algebra to formations in this world.
The years flew by, Sage became an Apprentice Formation Master as well as an Apprentice Farmer, Weaver and Blacksmith. Among the teachers that grew to know him, he became somewhat of a sad story. Sage was known for his intelligence and spirit power, but it was truly a shame that his talent for cultivation seemed to only go down over time. As his cultivation seemed to stall out, Sage was not strong enough to pass the tests and become a regular member of any profession. Most of the professions had rank 1 assistants, rank 2 apprentices, and at rank 3 a cultivator could take the test and become a ranked member of the profession.
Sage continued to practice his skills in the professions hed learned but he was limited by his cultivation rank. He had turned thirty this year and yet hed actually only rose two more stages. Rank 2, Stage 8. Even after he gained nearly 2 full stages hed have to accumulate power and break through to rank 3. Breaking through ranks was the most difficult part of cultivation and with the talent he had hed need to accumulate resources for quite some time in order to help him to breakthrough.
With such dismal prospects, Sage simply learned new professions. He would spend two to three years becoming an Apprentice and then mastering the Apprentice skills of a profession before moving on the next. Surprisingly, he found that with foundational knowledge in formations and different materials each profession was faster to learn than the last. Each profession had a handful of basic techniques he had to learn but much of the basic knowledge and practice materials were actually already contained within his storage ring and was the main reason he could accomplish so much. Others had to work for years to afford the materials to experiment and learn their professions. The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
Chapter 31: AssistantSages fourth year in the Holy Flame Sect he turned twenty six years old in this second life as Lang Sheng. These four years combined with those on the road had pointed out the importance of Spirit Insect quality. They were just like the Spirit Plants in that no matter what he did to try and modify and mutate them the Spirit Plants power was highly reliant on the quality of their parents and the conditions of their growth. Weak Spirit Insects raised merely with Qi Feeding over a short timespan were of lowest level and quality. Even with the most impressive of modifications and aging they were still much weaker than the most powerful Spirit Insects after it just hatched. Simply combining Spirit Insects with interesting physical features created useful helpers but their power was immensely limited in comparison to the powerful Spirit Insect breeds that exist in the wilds. With lots of breeding and experimentation, Sage realized the first real weakness of the Insect Immortal Index. Each time he made a major modification to a Spirit Insect using the Mutate technique, they would nearly drop a level in strength. He would then have to mature pairs of them to higher ranks and then breed them together to gradually improve their bloodlines. As such, he focused on raising the basic age and bloodlines of his Silverbees. He had three separate hives going, one in his body, one in his Beast Bag, and one in the Insect Shed. In addition he was raising a variety of spider, starting with the Green Spiders from the Emerald Holly and then adding in any others he could find at the Central Plaza. As the usual assistant of Alchemist Tang, Sage didnt have to work nearly as much anymore. He only had to work whenever Alchemist Tang wanted to make pills. He would gather all the materials and assist during the construction process. Alchemist Tang would usually work for a week or two non-stop forging pills and then go into seclusion to work on his cultivation for the span of a few months. During one of these resting times, Sage was purchasing Insect Rearing and taming manuals from the Million Skill Library. At this time he was noticed by a large man wearing leather and furs instead of the Holy Flame Sect Disciple robes. The big male glanced down at the manuals in his hand and questioned gruffly, Whos that book for, Kid? You arent interested in Bug Taming are you?Sage soon took the exam to become an Apprentice Tamer, focusing on Insects, and had a far easier time passing the exam than he did for the Alchemist Exam. At the same time he had nearly given up on basic cultivation and become an Assistant Formation Master. Wondering why hed even bothered to learn Alchemy, Sage realized he had immense skill with formations. The more he studied, the more he realized the similarities to his old life. Array Formations were created using a library of special symbols that could manipulate energy in different ways. It was like a language of power, and when combined in specific ways an array would be formed. The tricky part was that arrays drew on the power of the world around them and so the specific conditions of a location were very influential on the power and effectiveness of an array. The temperature, humidity, wind speed, time of day, season of the year, closeness to different land features there was dozens of different things that a Formation Master had to keep track of to form the most powerful array. All these factors came into play in designing a formation but from Sages point of view it reminded him of advanced mathematics. As he researched the many formation manuals he found that a single formation would take up a whole book simply listing the many permutations of the formation required for so many different situations. It seems nobody has developed or applied high level algebra to formations in this world. The years flew by, Sage became an Apprentice Formation Master as well as an Apprentice Farmer, Weaver and Blacksmith. Among the teachers that grew to know him, he became somewhat of a sad story. Sage was known for his intelligence and spirit power, but it was truly a shame that his talent for cultivation seemed to only go down over time. As his cultivation seemed to stall out, Sage was not strong enough to pass the tests and become a regular member of any profession. Most of the professions had rank 1 assistants, rank 2 apprentices, and at rank 3 a cultivator could take the test and become a ranked member of the profession. Sage continued to practice his skills in the professions hed learned but he was limited by his cultivation rank. He had turned thirty this year and yet hed actually only rose two more stages. Rank 2, Stage 8. Even after he gained nearly 2 full stages hed have to accumulate power and break through to rank 3. Breaking through ranks was the most difficult part of cultivation and with the talent he had hed need to accumulate resources for quite some time in order to help him to breakthrough. With such dismal prospects, Sage simply learned new professions. He would spend two to three years becoming an Apprentice and then mastering the Apprentice skills of a profession before moving on the next. Surprisingly, he found that with foundational knowledge in formations and different materials each profession was faster to learn than the last. Each profession had a handful of basic techniques he had to learn but much of the basic knowledge and practice materials were actually already contained within his storage ring and was the main reason he could accomplish so much. Others had to work for years to afford the materials to experiment and learn their professions. The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
