"Master, master, I've finished learning it!" Perlito's voice sounded, causing Mo Xie to be slightly stricken with shock.
Mo Xie's was combining the wings to his soul sea and also just finished, Perlito's claim.
"You finished already?" Mo Xie asked a little confused.
Perlito pounded his chest proudly: "Master, I told you, my comprehension ability is better than 99% of all the talented people, you believe me now? I'm the protagonist, a protagonist I tell you."
Mo Xie looked at Perlito and spoke: "Then, show me."
Hearing this, Perlito couldn't help but chuckle: "Master, there's a little problem..."
"What problem?" Mo Xie asked, he immediately thought that Perlito's trying to scam him.
Perlito smiled embarrassingly: "Well, although I've learned the skill, I can't use it since I'm only a mortal... A weak human right now..."
[Name: Perlito
Level: -4
Rank: None
HP: 51,918/24
MP: 9/9
Attribute:
Strength: 2
Agility: 8 (+34)
Dexterity: 4
Int/Mana: 6 (+3)
Status: Normal
Active Skills: Shadow Emperor's steps (Lv. 1)
Passive skills:
Blessing of Life: Grands 100,000 HP
Shadow Emperor's steps
Lv: 1(100.00%) Fading into the shadows, melding the player's own body within the darkness.
Lv. 2(0.00%)
Requirement: 24 MP per second.
Level 1 bonus: 34 Agility, 3 Int/Mana]
Mo Xie stared at Perlito with a poker face, he didn't know what to feel nor say, this, for the first time after unsealing his mind was his first mistake.
"Sit in a lotus position, open your mind, do not think of anything else, try to feel the energy around you, then, if you felt those energies, try to lead them back to you." Mo Xie casually explained how to cultivate.
Hearing this, Perlito nodded his head excitedly again: "Yes!"
But he wasn't excited due to anything, but the system itself.
[You've heard; Basic Cultivation Method.
Cultivating Spiritual Energy to become a cultivator.
Level 1: 0.00%
Would you like to learn? (Y) or (N)]
Perlito smiled; 'Why would I reject!'
As Perlito learned of it, he didn't even need to do anything and just activate the skill.
Gained: +1 Spiritual Energy.
Gained: +2...
Gained: +1...
Level: -4
Experience: 0/91
Spiritual Energy: (31/1,420)
Although it is little, they kept gathering every second, so it's not much different than doing nothing and gaining exp in a game.
Perlito smiled: 'Now, this is definitely a cheat!'
Mo Xie finished his preparation, he's ready for a treasure hunt after this: "I don't know what will be waiting for me, but after this is done, I'll get rich as much as possible and find another way to escape this place."
As he spoke of this, he remembered that he came here with a lot of humans too: "I wonder if they are all still alive."
"No... Maybe I should just get back and make them a proper house to stay at the Solar Blaze Tribe, that way, if the marriage escaping this place thing is real, then, bringing those guys there... It will definitely be hitting a thousand birds with one stone." Mo Xie smiled, after all, when he saw the Solar Blaze Tribe, he also had a sort of ambition in his mind.
Then, Mo Xie had two things to do now, he has to choose: "After all, it's about time I go back home too."
As he spoke of this, he's remembering things... well, someone. "Shang Ting..."
He couldn't help but remember love as beautiful as the morning sun, her cries as sorrowful as the hidden moon, and her smile as bright as the uncountable stars.
"Maybe... Settling down with a family would not that much worse... isn't it..." Mo Xie smiled, then, he felt something breaking inside of him, but that didn't really bother him, after all, it's a good feeling.
"Although I didn't reach the peak of everything, I had lived like I am one, unhindered, but now, I felt that I was caged too..."
"Well, let's postpone that until I get home."
As Mo Xie spoke to this, he started to create some pills with the ingredients he has, it saves spaces, after all, he has lesser and lesser spaces to use, and if he kept hoarding treasures, he'll definitely be needing more spaces.
Immediately, his whole body glowed, all of his spiritual energy expanded as materials from his rings poured out one by one, each and every one of them being refined immediately in preparation for concocting pills.
Perlito had nothing to do other than sit, and soon as he saw Mo Xie doing something again, his eyes grew excited.
Perlito didn't stop Mo Xie nor made any sort of sounds, he just took all five notification into account and memorized all of them, all 8 of them.
He tried to understand as much as he could, he couldn't believe his own eyes, it's merely doing a single chore, concocting pills, yet, there are eight notices, the process definitely is what it seemed.
Perlito couldn't help but view Mo Xie in great light the more he remains by his side, it's not even been a week, yet, he had increased his strength many folds from before.
He couldn't help but grow excited in anticipating his growth; 'Yeah, I'm definitely the protagonist!'
As he thought of this, he then saw Mo Xie looking at him.
"Master, I think I'm done." Perlito immediately spoke in panic.
[Name: Perlito
Level: 7
Rank: 3-star Bronze
HP: 51,918/93
MP: 24/24
Attribute:
Strength: 2
Agility: 8 (+34)
Dexterity: 4
Int/Mana: 21 (+3)
Status: Normal]
Perlito looked at his stats, it's enough for a show.
Meanwhile, Mo Xie frowns: "Do not resist."
He didn't wait for Perlito's reply and immediately extended his energy out, immediately entering Perlito's body and penetrating where it should have been a place where his soul sea should've been.
Mo Xie's frown grew deeper and spoke: "You have no soul sea... what is this..."
He didn't find any soul sea, but he can definitely feel the power of a 3-star Bronze ranked cultivator, the bronze-colored aura of Perlito's spiritual energy is floating around him.
"Soul sea?" Perlito asked.
Mo Xie looked at Perlito seriously: "It's where cultivators place their cultivation."
Perlito immediately felt scared: "W-what?! What does that mean? I..."
Mo Xie thought for a while before asking: "Where can you feel your spiritual energy gathering?"
"Ummm... I don't feel any part of my body gathering some sort of power though... Well, I feel that whenever I broke through, my whole body would feel warm."
Mo Xie's eyes opened wide: "Uhhh..."
He felt speechless before he started to ponder; 'Is he also a being who's body been remodeled, like how my soul sea... no, my whole body is more powerful than normal ones?'
He looked at Perlito, he thought of something; 'I remember, even God Zhihao had his four Celestial Generals and Four Sacred Beasts with him...'
As he thought of this, his gaze moved at Perlito, sizing him up from head to toe: "Now, you can use the technique I handed to you?"
Perlito nodded repeatedly: "Yes, but..."
"But?" Mo Xie's gaze flickered.
Perlito immediately shuddered, Mo Xie's lifeless eyes scared him the most; 'Those eyes void of light... are they even the eyes of a human?!'
But he shook his head, he then reaffirmed his stance: "Well, it's better if I show it instead."
As he spoke of this, he immediately shouted: "Shadow Emperor's steps!"
His body immediately melded into the shadows, vanishing from his spot.
Mo Xie couldn't believe it, Perlito's comprehension, it's better than his mortal self, it took him so many hours to master the initial stage, yet, Perlito mastered it quite quickly, even then, he did so for a shorter time too.
He smiled: "You seemed to be talented as you've said, I'll give you two options."
"First, be my disciple, serve me with eternal loyalty... Second is, you can just decline, find your own path after leaving this place, I can bring you to a safe place to start."
Perlito shook his head: "I don't really need to think, I chose the first one, Master, please, accept this disciple's kowtow."
As Perlito spoke, he knelt on the ground, bowed respectfully.
Mo Xie smiled: "Then, you'll be my first disciple, your name, is it alright if I change it?"
Perlito smiled, he nods his head: "Master, I want to change my name too, I've wanted to do so ever since I was born... I wish to be named Huang Nantian!"
Perlito pounded his chest proudly, this is the name of the protagonist he liked so much, he wanted to bear its name.
Mo Xie's eyes twitch for a bit before nodding his head: "Then, you go with that. You will be my first disciple, Nantian."
Huang Nantian smiled, he bowed his head: "This disciple greets master."
Mo Xie nods his head, he then spoke: "Continue with cultivating, I will not show you any mercy and will train you extremely hard too, there will definitely be a time that you'd wish to die instead."
Huang Nantian nods his head: "I will follow Master's orders from now on without a question!"
As he spoke of this, he immediately sat in a cross-legged position and continued cultivating.
Mo Xie continued his word and sighed, he looked at the hole in the cave: "Huang Nantian huh..."
Memories of that person resurfaced in his mind, he couldn't help but sigh and continued to concoct pills.