Chapter 114
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The Old Man gave Sheng Tian a communication talisman before he dropped Sheng Tian at his new residence-The Core Disciple residence area. Sheng Tian noted that the Profound Energy here is at least double that of in the inner disciple residence.
Seeing his slightly shocked expression, the Old Man revealed a smug look as he placed his hand over Sheng Tian's shoulders arrogantly "Che, you country bumpkin. Didn't you ever hear about the special treatment received by the core disciples?
Their residence would naturally be luxurious with double the density of profound energy compared to an Inner sect disciple. But if you see my abode, haha, you will die out of envy."
Sheng Tian slapped away the hand of the Old man and glared at him "Old Man if it wasn't for the fact that I had to save your Old face in front of your little sister, I would have long since stopped my perverted act and scold you. Instead, I had to play as a pervert to support you.
Yet not only are you not thanking me by offering me all your treasures, but you are also mocking me! How ungrateful can a human be? I think today, I totally saw the extremity of selfishness." saying so, he entered his new residence, slammed the door shut.
The Old Man was tongue-tied as he never expected to be berated in such a manner! Just as he was about to say something to reconcile, Sheng Tian's slow but reluctant voice sounded from the narrow opening of the door "Hmph! If you think of making up for your mistakes, quickly give me a residence like yours. I shall consider that as an equal exchange for tainting my name for your face. Come on, hurry up."
"This...This brat..." the Old Man was trembling with anger after he realized what Sheng Tian wanted. Without hesitation, his face turned back to his usual rogue expression as he turned around and left with arrogant laughter.
His meaning was clear. I won't give a damn, do what you can!
Sheng Tian saw the Old Man leaving and had an exasperated look on his face. Anyone who saw him would think that he was resenting the Old Man for his shameless behavior.
Then he entered his new house and saw that it was basically of the same design as that of Inner disciple residence except that it is larger and made of higher quality materials.
He sat on the bed crosslegged and was about to meditate. Suddenly, a pink light mixed with white and black shades flashed as an Otherworldy beauty appeared in the room. She was dressed in a pink shirt and a white skirt showing her dainty feet.
Sheng Tian slowly said as he looked into her bright eyes "I know what you want to ask. You should have felt it too. I was just acting with the Old Man in the perverted things. This is the best I can do to get along with him to get his full support. Xiao Lian, we need someone to depend on right now, this guy is cost-effective and time-efficient."
Xiao Lian, who wanted to ask Sheng Tian why he was behaving as he did, sighed in relief. Then looking at him, she felt a little guilty. After all, if not for trying to hurry up for her, with his personality, she knew that this guy would rather slowly cultivate and reach the peak within a few years with his speed.
He might also go around having total fun instead of cultivating painstakingly every day. As she was about to tell him that it was fine even if he took breaks and enjoyed himself, a hand pulled her abruptly.
Seeing the young woman in his embrace, Sheng Tian tightly wrapped his arms around her waist as he looked into her eyes and said "Dummy, I can feel your emotions. I know what you're thinking, but it doesn't matter at all. I'm doing this for myself."
"For yourself?" Xiao Lian tilted her head as she blinked her starry eyes and asked cutely.
Sheng Tian chuckled proudly and said "Right! If I reach the peak of this world and create your body, tell me who will benefit the most."
"Of course, it's m..." Xiao Lian was about to say "me" when she saw the perverted smile on his face and instantly knew what was going in his head. She glared at him grumpily.
Sheng Tian's smile didn't decrease as it grew even wider. Xiao Lian sighed in defeat in one second but the next second, she pushed him down onto the bed.
"Shh" Just as he was about to speak, a beautiful hand covered his mouth as Xiao Lian stayed in his embrace and said "Sheng Tian, I know you're genuinely concerned and trying to help me. You don't want me to worry about it, so you joke around like a pervert. But I know you better than that."
The perverted smile on Sheng Tian's face froze as he sighed. He didn't know what to do when this girl spoke the truth he didn't want to mention.
"Sometimes, I wish that we were in the same school and college rather than a Cultivation World." Xiao Lian murmured as she shyly moved her head onto his heart and listening to his heartbeat.
"Fate is a weird thing. If we didn't meet each other as we did, we might have never known about each other's existence." he slowly said as he marveled at their fate to meet in this huge world, holding her tighter.
... .....
.... ...
The news that a new core disciple appeared sent waves after waves of shock in the sect. After all, becoming a Core disciple is extremely difficult. They are the sect's pillars. Any of the core disciples can rest assured on their future achievements and status. Each and every core disciple today can become an invaluable asset for the sect in the future.
To Sheng Tian, the biggest benefit is probably a better practice place since he wanted to grow stronger quickly.
Now, Sheng Tian was in his backyard. Each and every abode in the core disciple residence are miles away from each other. The residence has natural mountains, small ponds and gardens spread out in the vast land.
It is like living in a hillside home in the embrace of nature, however, this is a world where there is no industrialization. So, it is a common thing people lived in such terrains.
The Sect itself spans across a vast area, so the core disciple residence has no problem having a large place for itself.
This is unlike the Inner disciple residence where there are little to no natural facilities.
.... .....
.... ....
Sheng Tian is currently standing on top of a tall tree which was nearly 100 feet. Slowly, he used his profound energy in a strange yet calculated manner.
Taking a deep breath, he stepped onto thin air. Surprisingly, he didn't fall down. His foot stayed in the air as if it was standing on an invisible wall. Then, his next foot stepped beside it.
Sheng Tian was now literally standing in the air. His face showed a brilliant smile. He slowly started walking in the air. Sometimes, he almost stumbled or almost lost levitation, thankfully it went well.
Next came running, which he managed to do without any major problems. The last and hardest part was using the profound movement art he has-Star Shadow Steps in thin air.
Taking a deep breath to control his mind which was a little restless, Sheng Tian focused his eyes as he disappeared from the thin air and appeared many meters away.
"As expected, it is very difficult. I almost couldn't make it." he muttered under his breath.
Then, Sheng Tian started practicing again and again. He would start moving at high speeds before vanishing into thin air and then appearing elsewhere
This continued for a long time before he started using various other profound arts in the air.
Dark Sword Arts, Destructive Fist, Dragon Roar, Mountain Shield.
With his insane comprehension, Sheng Tian had no problem with understanding the 'Fluttering Wind Dance" profound art.
In fact, all he needed was practice to perfection so that he would have no problem fighting in the air. Sheng Tian mastered this in the last two days.
Sheng Tian slowly stepped down in the air like he was moving down on a stairway.
He soon reached his residence. Tilting his head, he looked all around. He was considering his next course of action.
He remembered the instructions of the Old Man. He was to learn the profound arts of the Mystic Ice Sect.
Soon, he headed out of the Core disciple residence and reached the Mystic Hall of Ice.
The place was crowded. His presence attracted many gazes from the disciples as they heard the new disciple was named "Sheng Tian"-an extremely handsome young man.
Sheng Tian saw the awe and respect in their eyes. They all made way to the entrance for him. Sheng Tian lightly nodded at the crowd. His smile froze many people.
Entering the Mystic Hall, Sheng Tian saw three pathways. Sheng Tian called out to a disciple passing by.
The young female disciple looks weren't bad, but seeing Sheng Tian, she was incomparably flustered. Sheng Tian didn't mind it at all and asked calmly "Junior Sister, what are the three paths for?"
The young female disciple shy looked down and felt her heart beat faster and faster. She mustered all her courage and spoke incoherently "Se..Senior Brother...these three passages are divisions based on the statuses. The right one is for outer disciples, the middle one is for inner disciple while the left one is co...core disciples."
Sheng Tian patted her lightly in appreciation and left.
Looking at Sheng Tian entering the core disciple pathway, the girl opened her mouth as much as it could. She was one of those who didn't know about Sheng Tian yet. Seeing such a handsome young man was enough to shock her, but the shock that the status of a core disciple gave her was even greater.
The other female disciples who were watching the whole scene were glaring at her with envy. Whispering to each other about "Sheng Tian", the crowd slowly dispersed to do their own jobs.
Meanwhile, Sheng Tian soon reached a door. Guarding it was an Old woman who seemed to be in his 60's.
Seeing Sheng Tian, she felt stupified by his charm. But as she saw Sheng Tian take out the token, he secretly felt shocked.
She spoke to Sheng Tian with a kind smile "It seems that our Sect is bound to be successful. Young Man, if you need any help, you can ask this Grandma."
Sheng Tian thanked her and entered the room. When he stepped into the room, the temperature instantly fell by a large degree. Even with his physique, Sheng Tian felt uncomfortable with the cold.
The first thing which greeted him was the engravings on the Ice wall. There were no pillars in the room, only the light blue walls filled with the mystic formulas of the profound arts.
Sheng Tian didn't waste time as he sat down cross-legged before a wall and started memorizing and comprehending the profound arts.
The first wall had Haven of Mystic Ice-a defensive profound art. Using ice profound energy, one can form a shield to block all kinds of attacks. The five stages and skills are Snow Canopy, Ice Wall, Armor of Ice, Bulwark of Cold Moon, the blessings of Blue Phoenix.
With each level harder than the previous, this is a splendid profound art.
On the next wall was Mystic Frozen Arts. The stages and skills are Slash of Rime, Frost of Zephyr, Butterfly of Winter, Breath of Ice Phoenix.
This is a purely an attack based profound art. Each skill when used is deadlier and destructive than the previous.
The third wall and the final one with engravings had Illusory Snow dance.
It is a movement technique with great agility.
As Sheng Tian was about to leave, he checked the walls once again. When turning around, the corner of his eyes caught something in the ceiling.
Mystic Ice Formula! It is not a profound art or profound skill, but a cultivation technique.
A cultivator uses Cultivation technique in Cultivating his realm while profound arts are using that realm's power in an effective manner.
Sheng Tian carefully studied the Mystic Ice Formula. It had nine layers.
He didn't leave now but instead sat down to cultivate it.
A moment later, he was so dumbfounded that he opened his eyes wide. He found that once he started operating this Mystic Ice Formula, his profound energy started changing into pure ice type as expected.
However, the next second, the Primordial Origin Sacred Scripture started circulating on its own as it devoured the 'Mystic Ice Profound Energy' produced by the formula. There is literally no change in the profound energy present in his body except that it now had a bit more of Ice profound energy.
The shocking part is, the nature of his profound energy which is supposed to be dominantly Ice didn't happen! His profound energy was still of the same nature. It gave the same fundamental feeling as it ever did. Sheng Tian still couldn't understand what is the exact nature of this Profound Energy he has except that it reminds him much of Origin and the nature of Origin.
Now that he saw that his profound energy retaining its nature despite the increase in Ice profound energy, he decided to test something.
Slowly, he replaced the profound energy in his body with Ice Profound Energy. The same thing happened. But now, most of the profound energy in his body is that of Ice type. Despite that, Sheng Tian still felt the uniqueness of his Profound Energy. It is still present without the least bit of changes.
If anything, he is now using Ice profound Energy instead of mixed Profound Energy.
Sheng Tian sighed in wonder. Even now, Ice Profound Energy didn't feel like a dominant one in his profound veins. It just felt like another type of Energy.
Hence, though cultivating Mystic Ice Formula was supposed to make him very cold in looks and temperament, Sheng Tian only had a little touch of coldness which could almost be ignored. You could only tell that he is cultivating an Ice Profound Energy only if you can examine him.
Grinning ear to ear, Sheng Tian left the Mystic Hall of Ice.
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The Old Man gave Sheng Tian a communication talisman before he dropped Sheng Tian at his new residence-The Core Disciple residence area. Sheng Tian noted that the Profound Energy here is at least double that of in the inner disciple residence.
Seeing his slightly shocked expression, the Old Man revealed a smug look as he placed his hand over Sheng Tian's shoulders arrogantly "Che, you country bumpkin. Didn't you ever hear about the special treatment received by the core disciples?
Their residence would naturally be luxurious with double the density of profound energy compared to an Inner sect disciple. But if you see my abode, haha, you will die out of envy."
Sheng Tian slapped away the hand of the Old man and glared at him "Old Man if it wasn't for the fact that I had to save your Old face in front of your little sister, I would have long since stopped my perverted act and scold you. Instead, I had to play as a pervert to support you.
Yet not only are you not thanking me by offering me all your treasures, but you are also mocking me! How ungrateful can a human be? I think today, I totally saw the extremity of selfishness." saying so, he entered his new residence, slammed the door shut.
The Old Man was tongue-tied as he never expected to be berated in such a manner! Just as he was about to say something to reconcile, Sheng Tian's slow but reluctant voice sounded from the narrow opening of the door "Hmph! If you think of making up for your mistakes, quickly give me a residence like yours. I shall consider that as an equal exchange for tainting my name for your face. Come on, hurry up."
"This...This brat..." the Old Man was trembling with anger after he realized what Sheng Tian wanted. Without hesitation, his face turned back to his usual rogue expression as he turned around and left with arrogant laughter.
His meaning was clear. I won't give a damn, do what you can!
Sheng Tian saw the Old Man leaving and had an exasperated look on his face. Anyone who saw him would think that he was resenting the Old Man for his shameless behavior.
Then he entered his new house and saw that it was basically of the same design as that of Inner disciple residence except that it is larger and made of higher quality materials.
He sat on the bed crosslegged and was about to meditate. Suddenly, a pink light mixed with white and black shades flashed as an Otherworldy beauty appeared in the room. She was dressed in a pink shirt and a white skirt showing her dainty feet.
Sheng Tian slowly said as he looked into her bright eyes "I know what you want to ask. You should have felt it too. I was just acting with the Old Man in the perverted things. This is the best I can do to get along with him to get his full support. Xiao Lian, we need someone to depend on right now, this guy is cost-effective and time-efficient."
Xiao Lian, who wanted to ask Sheng Tian why he was behaving as he did, sighed in relief. Then looking at him, she felt a little guilty. After all, if not for trying to hurry up for her, with his personality, she knew that this guy would rather slowly cultivate and reach the peak within a few years with his speed.
He might also go around having total fun instead of cultivating painstakingly every day. As she was about to tell him that it was fine even if he took breaks and enjoyed himself, a hand pulled her abruptly.
Seeing the young woman in his embrace, Sheng Tian tightly wrapped his arms around her waist as he looked into her eyes and said "Dummy, I can feel your emotions. I know what you're thinking, but it doesn't matter at all. I'm doing this for myself."
"For yourself?" Xiao Lian tilted her head as she blinked her starry eyes and asked cutely.
Sheng Tian chuckled proudly and said "Right! If I reach the peak of this world and create your body, tell me who will benefit the most."
"Of course, it's m..." Xiao Lian was about to say "me" when she saw the perverted smile on his face and instantly knew what was going in his head. She glared at him grumpily.
Sheng Tian's smile didn't decrease as it grew even wider. Xiao Lian sighed in defeat in one second but the next second, she pushed him down onto the bed.
"Shh" Just as he was about to speak, a beautiful hand covered his mouth as Xiao Lian stayed in his embrace and said "Sheng Tian, I know you're genuinely concerned and trying to help me. You don't want me to worry about it, so you joke around like a pervert. But I know you better than that."
The perverted smile on Sheng Tian's face froze as he sighed. He didn't know what to do when this girl spoke the truth he didn't want to mention.
"Sometimes, I wish that we were in the same school and college rather than a Cultivation World." Xiao Lian murmured as she shyly moved her head onto his heart and listening to his heartbeat.
"Fate is a weird thing. If we didn't meet each other as we did, we might have never known about each other's existence." he slowly said as he marveled at their fate to meet in this huge world, holding her tighter.
... .....
.... ...
The news that a new core disciple appeared sent waves after waves of shock in the sect. After all, becoming a Core disciple is extremely difficult. They are the sect's pillars. Any of the core disciples can rest assured on their future achievements and status. Each and every core disciple today can become an invaluable asset for the sect in the future.
To Sheng Tian, the biggest benefit is probably a better practice place since he wanted to grow stronger quickly.
Now, Sheng Tian was in his backyard. Each and every abode in the core disciple residence are miles away from each other. The residence has natural mountains, small ponds and gardens spread out in the vast land.
It is like living in a hillside home in the embrace of nature, however, this is a world where there is no industrialization. So, it is a common thing people lived in such terrains.
The Sect itself spans across a vast area, so the core disciple residence has no problem having a large place for itself.
This is unlike the Inner disciple residence where there are little to no natural facilities.
.... .....
.... ....
Sheng Tian is currently standing on top of a tall tree which was nearly 100 feet. Slowly, he used his profound energy in a strange yet calculated manner.
Taking a deep breath, he stepped onto thin air. Surprisingly, he didn't fall down. His foot stayed in the air as if it was standing on an invisible wall. Then, his next foot stepped beside it.
Sheng Tian was now literally standing in the air. His face showed a brilliant smile. He slowly started walking in the air. Sometimes, he almost stumbled or almost lost levitation, thankfully it went well.
Next came running, which he managed to do without any major problems. The last and hardest part was using the profound movement art he has-Star Shadow Steps in thin air.
Taking a deep breath to control his mind which was a little restless, Sheng Tian focused his eyes as he disappeared from the thin air and appeared many meters away.
"As expected, it is very difficult. I almost couldn't make it." he muttered under his breath.
Then, Sheng Tian started practicing again and again. He would start moving at high speeds before vanishing into thin air and then appearing elsewhere
This continued for a long time before he started using various other profound arts in the air.
Dark Sword Arts, Destructive Fist, Dragon Roar, Mountain Shield.
With his insane comprehension, Sheng Tian had no problem with understanding the 'Fluttering Wind Dance" profound art.
In fact, all he needed was practice to perfection so that he would have no problem fighting in the air. Sheng Tian mastered this in the last two days.
Sheng Tian slowly stepped down in the air like he was moving down on a stairway.
He soon reached his residence. Tilting his head, he looked all around. He was considering his next course of action.
He remembered the instructions of the Old Man. He was to learn the profound arts of the Mystic Ice Sect.
Soon, he headed out of the Core disciple residence and reached the Mystic Hall of Ice.
The place was crowded. His presence attracted many gazes from the disciples as they heard the new disciple was named "Sheng Tian"-an extremely handsome young man.
Sheng Tian saw the awe and respect in their eyes. They all made way to the entrance for him. Sheng Tian lightly nodded at the crowd. His smile froze many people.
Entering the Mystic Hall, Sheng Tian saw three pathways. Sheng Tian called out to a disciple passing by.
The young female disciple looks weren't bad, but seeing Sheng Tian, she was incomparably flustered. Sheng Tian didn't mind it at all and asked calmly "Junior Sister, what are the three paths for?"
The young female disciple shy looked down and felt her heart beat faster and faster. She mustered all her courage and spoke incoherently "Se..Senior Brother...these three passages are divisions based on the statuses. The right one is for outer disciples, the middle one is for inner disciple while the left one is co...core disciples."
Sheng Tian patted her lightly in appreciation and left.
Looking at Sheng Tian entering the core disciple pathway, the girl opened her mouth as much as it could. She was one of those who didn't know about Sheng Tian yet. Seeing such a handsome young man was enough to shock her, but the shock that the status of a core disciple gave her was even greater.
The other female disciples who were watching the whole scene were glaring at her with envy. Whispering to each other about "Sheng Tian", the crowd slowly dispersed to do their own jobs.
Meanwhile, Sheng Tian soon reached a door. Guarding it was an Old woman who seemed to be in his 60's.
Seeing Sheng Tian, she felt stupified by his charm. But as she saw Sheng Tian take out the token, he secretly felt shocked.
She spoke to Sheng Tian with a kind smile "It seems that our Sect is bound to be successful. Young Man, if you need any help, you can ask this Grandma."
Sheng Tian thanked her and entered the room. When he stepped into the room, the temperature instantly fell by a large degree. Even with his physique, Sheng Tian felt uncomfortable with the cold.
The first thing which greeted him was the engravings on the Ice wall. There were no pillars in the room, only the light blue walls filled with the mystic formulas of the profound arts.
Sheng Tian didn't waste time as he sat down cross-legged before a wall and started memorizing and comprehending the profound arts.
The first wall had Haven of Mystic Ice-a defensive profound art. Using ice profound energy, one can form a shield to block all kinds of attacks. The five stages and skills are Snow Canopy, Ice Wall, Armor of Ice, Bulwark of Cold Moon, the blessings of Blue Phoenix.
With each level harder than the previous, this is a splendid profound art.
On the next wall was Mystic Frozen Arts. The stages and skills are Slash of Rime, Frost of Zephyr, Butterfly of Winter, Breath of Ice Phoenix.
This is a purely an attack based profound art. Each skill when used is deadlier and destructive than the previous.
The third wall and the final one with engravings had Illusory Snow dance.
It is a movement technique with great agility.
As Sheng Tian was about to leave, he checked the walls once again. When turning around, the corner of his eyes caught something in the ceiling.
Mystic Ice Formula! It is not a profound art or profound skill, but a cultivation technique.
A cultivator uses Cultivation technique in Cultivating his realm while profound arts are using that realm's power in an effective manner.
Sheng Tian carefully studied the Mystic Ice Formula. It had nine layers.
He didn't leave now but instead sat down to cultivate it.
A moment later, he was so dumbfounded that he opened his eyes wide. He found that once he started operating this Mystic Ice Formula, his profound energy started changing into pure ice type as expected.
However, the next second, the Primordial Origin Sacred Scripture started circulating on its own as it devoured the 'Mystic Ice Profound Energy' produced by the formula. There is literally no change in the profound energy present in his body except that it now had a bit more of Ice profound energy.
The shocking part is, the nature of his profound energy which is supposed to be dominantly Ice didn't happen! His profound energy was still of the same nature. It gave the same fundamental feeling as it ever did. Sheng Tian still couldn't understand what is the exact nature of this Profound Energy he has except that it reminds him much of Origin and the nature of Origin.
Now that he saw that his profound energy retaining its nature despite the increase in Ice profound energy, he decided to test something.
Slowly, he replaced the profound energy in his body with Ice Profound Energy. The same thing happened. But now, most of the profound energy in his body is that of Ice type. Despite that, Sheng Tian still felt the uniqueness of his Profound Energy. It is still present without the least bit of changes.
If anything, he is now using Ice profound Energy instead of mixed Profound Energy.
Sheng Tian sighed in wonder. Even now, Ice Profound Energy didn't feel like a dominant one in his profound veins. It just felt like another type of Energy.
Hence, though cultivating Mystic Ice Formula was supposed to make him very cold in looks and temperament, Sheng Tian only had a little touch of coldness which could almost be ignored. You could only tell that he is cultivating an Ice Profound Energy only if you can examine him.
Grinning ear to ear, Sheng Tian left the Mystic Hall of Ice.
The Old Man gave Sheng Tian a communication talisman before he dropped Sheng Tian at his new residence-The Core Disciple residence area. Sheng Tian noted that the Profound Energy here is at least double that of in the inner disciple residence.Seeing his slightly shocked expression, the Old Man revealed a smug look as he placed his hand over Sheng Tian's shoulders arrogantly "Che, you country bumpkin. Didn't you ever hear about the special treatment received by the core disciples?Their residence would naturally be luxurious with double the density of profound energy compared to an Inner sect disciple. But if you see my abode, haha, you will die out of envy."Sheng Tian slapped away the hand of the Old man and glared at him "Old Man if it wasn't for the fact that I had to save your Old face in front of your little sister, I would have long since stopped my perverted act and scold you. Instead, I had to play as a pervert to support you.Yet not only are you not thanking me by offering me all your treasures, but you are also mocking me! How ungrateful can a human be? I think today, I totally saw the extremity of selfishness." saying so, he entered his new residence, slammed the door shut.The Old Man was tongue-tied as he never expected to be berated in such a manner! Just as he was about to say something to reconcile, Sheng Tian's slow but reluctant voice sounded from the narrow opening of the door "Hmph! If you think of making up for your mistakes, quickly give me a residence like yours. I shall consider that as an equal exchange for tainting my name for your face. Come on, hurry up.""This...This brat..." the Old Man was trembling with anger after he realized what Sheng Tian wanted. Without hesitation, his face turned back to his usual rogue expression as he turned around and left with arrogant laughter.His meaning was clear. I won't give a damn, do what you can!Sheng Tian saw the Old Man leaving and had an exasperated look on his face. Anyone who saw him would think that he was resenting the Old Man for his shameless behavior.Then he entered his new house and saw that it was basically of the same design as that of Inner disciple residence except that it is larger and made of higher quality materials.He sat on the bed crosslegged and was about to meditate. Suddenly, a pink light mixed with white and black shades flashed as an Otherworldy beauty appeared in the room. She was dressed in a pink shirt and a white skirt showing her dainty feet.Sheng Tian slowly said as he looked into her bright eyes "I know what you want to ask. You should have felt it too. I was just acting with the Old Man in the perverted things. This is the best I can do to get along with him to get his full support. Xiao Lian, we need someone to depend on right now, this guy is cost-effective and time-efficient."Xiao Lian, who wanted to ask Sheng Tian why he was behaving as he did, sighed in relief. Then looking at him, she felt a little guilty. After all, if not for trying to hurry up for her, with his personality, she knew that this guy would rather slowly cultivate and reach the peak within a few years with his speed.He might also go around having total fun instead of cultivating painstakingly every day. As she was about to tell him that it was fine even if he took breaks and enjoyed himself, a hand pulled her abruptly.Seeing the young woman in his embrace, Sheng Tian tightly wrapped his arms around her waist as he looked into her eyes and said "Dummy, I can feel your emotions. I know what you're thinking, but it doesn't matter at all. I'm doing this for myself.""For yourself?" Xiao Lian tilted her head as she blinked her starry eyes and asked cutely.Sheng Tian chuckled proudly and said "Right! If I reach the peak of this world and create your body, tell me who will benefit the most.""Of course, it's m..." Xiao Lian was about to say "me" when she saw the perverted smile on his face and instantly knew what was going in his head. She glared at him grumpily.Sheng Tian's smile didn't decrease as it grew even wider. Xiao Lian sighed in defeat in one second but the next second, she pushed him down onto the bed."Shh" Just as he was about to speak, a beautiful hand covered his mouth as Xiao Lian stayed in his embrace and said "Sheng Tian, I know you're genuinely concerned and trying to help me. You don't want me to worry about it, so you joke around like a pervert. But I know you better than that."The perverted smile on Sheng Tian's face froze as he sighed. He didn't know what to do when this girl spoke the truth he didn't want to mention."Sometimes, I wish that we were in the same school and college rather than a Cultivation World." Xiao Lian murmured as she shyly moved her head onto his heart and listening to his heartbeat."Fate is a weird thing. If we didn't meet each other as we did, we might have never known about each other's existence." he slowly said as he marveled at their fate to meet in this huge world, holding her tighter.... ......... ...The news that a new core disciple appeared sent waves after waves of shock in the sect. After all, becoming a Core disciple is extremely difficult. They are the sect's pillars. Any of the core disciples can rest assured on their future achievements and status. Each and every core disciple today can become an invaluable asset for the sect in the future.To Sheng Tian, the biggest benefit is probably a better practice place since he wanted to grow stronger quickly.Now, Sheng Tian was in his backyard. Each and every abode in the core disciple residence are miles away from each other. The residence has natural mountains, small ponds and gardens spread out in the vast land.It is like living in a hillside home in the embrace of nature, however, this is a world where there is no industrialization. So, it is a common thing people lived in such terrains.The Sect itself spans across a vast area, so the core disciple residence has no problem having a large place for itself.This is unlike the Inner disciple residence where there are little to no natural facilities..... ......... ....Sheng Tian is currently standing on top of a tall tree which was nearly 100 feet. Slowly, he used his profound energy in a strange yet calculated manner.Taking a deep breath, he stepped onto thin air. Surprisingly, he didn't fall down. His foot stayed in the air as if it was standing on an invisible wall. Then, his next foot stepped beside it.Sheng Tian was now literally standing in the air. His face showed a brilliant smile. He slowly started walking in the air. Sometimes, he almost stumbled or almost lost levitation, thankfully it went well.Next came running, which he managed to do without any major problems. The last and hardest part was using the profound movement art he has-Star Shadow Steps in thin air.Taking a deep breath to control his mind which was a little restless, Sheng Tian focused his eyes as he disappeared from the thin air and appeared many meters away."As expected, it is very difficult. I almost couldn't make it." he muttered under his breath.Then, Sheng Tian started practicing again and again. He would start moving at high speeds before vanishing into thin air and then appearing elsewhereThis continued for a long time before he started using various other profound arts in the air.Dark Sword Arts, Destructive Fist, Dragon Roar, Mountain Shield.With his insane comprehension, Sheng Tian had no problem with understanding the 'Fluttering Wind Dance" profound art.In fact, all he needed was practice to perfection so that he would have no problem fighting in the air. Sheng Tian mastered this in the last two days.Sheng Tian slowly stepped down in the air like he was moving down on a stairway.He soon reached his residence. Tilting his head, he looked all around. He was considering his next course of action.He remembered the instructions of the Old Man. He was to learn the profound arts of the Mystic Ice Sect.Soon, he headed out of the Core disciple residence and reached the Mystic Hall of Ice.The place was crowded. His presence attracted many gazes from the disciples as they heard the new disciple was named "Sheng Tian"-an extremely handsome young man.Sheng Tian saw the awe and respect in their eyes. They all made way to the entrance for him. Sheng Tian lightly nodded at the crowd. His smile froze many people.Entering the Mystic Hall, Sheng Tian saw three pathways. Sheng Tian called out to a disciple passing by.The young female disciple looks weren't bad, but seeing Sheng Tian, she was incomparably flustered. Sheng Tian didn't mind it at all and asked calmly "Junior Sister, what are the three paths for?"The young female disciple shy looked down and felt her heart beat faster and faster. She mustered all her courage and spoke incoherently "Se..Senior Brother...these three passages are divisions based on the statuses. The right one is for outer disciples, the middle one is for inner disciple while the left one is co...core disciples."Sheng Tian patted her lightly in appreciation and left.Looking at Sheng Tian entering the core disciple pathway, the girl opened her mouth as much as it could. She was one of those who didn't know about Sheng Tian yet. Seeing such a handsome young man was enough to shock her, but the shock that the status of a core disciple gave her was even greater.The other female disciples who were watching the whole scene were glaring at her with envy. Whispering to each other about "Sheng Tian", the crowd slowly dispersed to do their own jobs.Meanwhile, Sheng Tian soon reached a door. Guarding it was an Old woman who seemed to be in his 60's.Seeing Sheng Tian, she felt stupified by his charm. But as she saw Sheng Tian take out the token, he secretly felt shocked.She spoke to Sheng Tian with a kind smile "It seems that our Sect is bound to be successful. Young Man, if you need any help, you can ask this Grandma."Sheng Tian thanked her and entered the room. When he stepped into the room, the temperature instantly fell by a large degree. Even with his physique, Sheng Tian felt uncomfortable with the cold.The first thing which greeted him was the engravings on the Ice wall. There were no pillars in the room, only the light blue walls filled with the mystic formulas of the profound arts.Sheng Tian didn't waste time as he sat down cross-legged before a wall and started memorizing and comprehending the profound arts.The first wall had Haven of Mystic Ice-a defensive profound art. Using ice profound energy, one can form a shield to block all kinds of attacks. The five stages and skills are Snow Canopy, Ice Wall, Armor of Ice, Bulwark of Cold Moon, the blessings of Blue Phoenix.With each level harder than the previous, this is a splendid profound art.On the next wall was Mystic Frozen Arts. The stages and skills are Slash of Rime, Frost of Zephyr, Butterfly of Winter, Breath of Ice Phoenix.This is a purely an attack based profound art. Each skill when used is deadlier and destructive than the previous.The third wall and the final one with engravings had Illusory Snow dance.It is a movement technique with great agility.As Sheng Tian was about to leave, he checked the walls once again. When turning around, the corner of his eyes caught something in the ceiling.Mystic Ice Formula! It is not a profound art or profound skill, but a cultivation technique.A cultivator uses Cultivation technique in Cultivating his realm while profound arts are using that realm's power in an effective manner.Sheng Tian carefully studied the Mystic Ice Formula. It had nine layers.He didn't leave now but instead sat down to cultivate it.A moment later, he was so dumbfounded that he opened his eyes wide. He found that once he started operating this Mystic Ice Formula, his profound energy started changing into pure ice type as expected.However, the next second, the Primordial Origin Sacred Scripture started circulating on its own as it devoured the 'Mystic Ice Profound Energy' produced by the formula. There is literally no change in the profound energy present in his body except that it now had a bit more of Ice profound energy.The shocking part is, the nature of his profound energy which is supposed to be dominantly Ice didn't happen! His profound energy was still of the same nature. It gave the same fundamental feeling as it ever did. Sheng Tian still couldn't understand what is the exact nature of this Profound Energy he has except that it reminds him much of Origin and the nature of Origin.Now that he saw that his profound energy retaining its nature despite the increase in Ice profound energy, he decided to test something.Slowly, he replaced the profound energy in his body with Ice Profound Energy. The same thing happened. But now, most of the profound energy in his body is that of Ice type. Despite that, Sheng Tian still felt the uniqueness of his Profound Energy. It is still present without the least bit of changes.If anything, he is now using Ice profound Energy instead of mixed Profound Energy.Sheng Tian sighed in wonder. Even now, Ice Profound Energy didn't feel like a dominant one in his profound veins. It just felt like another type of Energy.Hence, though cultivating Mystic Ice Formula was supposed to make him very cold in looks and temperament, Sheng Tian only had a little touch of coldness which could almost be ignored. You could only tell that he is cultivating an Ice Profound Energy only if you can examine him.Grinning ear to ear, Sheng Tian left the Mystic Hall of Ice.
