It was night and Sara was silently cultivating.Seven vortexes were on her back, constantly absorbing cold and dark "Breath" and pushing it toward her dantian.In front of her dantian, another vortex rotated between her joint hands, taking in even more "Breath" from the environment.The process of training both her dantian and her body at the same time was quite taxing for her sea of consciousness and even the stress on her dantian was not negligible.However, Sara held on.When the dawn came, Sara opened her eyes.A sixth of her mental energy was depleted and she felt nothing but tiredness from the intensive training but she was used to it by then.One month had passed since the events with the other students and Sara never slacked off.She occupied her new accommodation and made the best use of the higher density of "Breath" by managing to practice in the Dark vortex technique and in the Yin body at the same time.She had to review her training schedule though as she had to rest aft
The technique described in Ivor's book was a method to connect the space inside the sea of consciousness with the outside world.The cultivator had to use his projection inside the mental sphere as a link where the "Breath" had to pass through.However, the sea of consciousness was a personal space of the cultivator, it was his same mind, not a place appropriate to store "Breath".But the Elemental forging method did exactly that: it forced the "Breath" of Heaven and Earth outside of their dominion and refined it through the mental energy of the cultivator, making it a form of energy that could be shaped as the cultivator wanted.The "Breath" had its own will though, it could even oppose the advancements of the dantian, it was no wonder that it struggled to no end when it was put inside a sea of consciousness.Of course, a failure in containing it led to a backlash.That was precisely what was happening to Sara.The "Breath" that entered her mental sphere self-detonated because she ha
Time passed quickly in the academy.Sara had almost no time left for her daily needs.She used all her nights to cultivate her dantian and body and all her days between the Kesier rune, her martial art, her courses, and the Elemental forging method.She had resumed sleeping only every two days in order to make room for all her exercises and some results were finally shown on her ninth month in the academy.Her mind had grown stronger due to the intensive training in the Kesier rune and the pressure exerted from the "Breath" inside her sea of consciousness.Her body had improved due to the Yin body and had finally entered the middle tier of the third rank, she had broken through the third seal and unlocked more of her bloodline.Her dexterity with the Three forms of the Ashura and the Shadow steps spell had vastly increased thanks to the continuous sparring sessions with Yaoyao, the First form was still her limit though.She had concluded three more missions successfully, they were all
Sara spoke without moving her eyes from the Kesier rune."It's not that, I just don't have time for other people."Her mental sphere was enlarging at an incredible speed, Sara didn't want to waste any of her time inside the Sulfur domain on socializing."What about Murray, Norman, and Scott?"Daniel asked but those names meant nothing to Sara."I don't know who they are.""The three seniors in front of the entrance door."Sara shrugged her shoulders."Oh, them. They allowed me to pass."One of Daniel's eyebrows arched when he heard Sara's words."All they want is to please me. They will never allow anyone inside unless I say so."Sara didn't move at all, her gaze was always on the rune as she answered."So, you do know that your followers are mindless idiots."Daniel chuckled softly."Idiots? Maybe. Mindless? Not at all. It's the nature of humans to stick with the strongest person or the one with the best future prospects. You might not know but I'm the only cultivator of the light el
The week passed quickly.Sara went outside the academy ground donned in her usual reddish gym suit.She had left eight hundred Credits to Ivor and used again the Sulfur domain to make sure that she had increased her power as much as possible.She had only one thousand and six hundred Credits and twenty merit points left, she was in need of the rewards of the mission.However, her headache had vastly diminished in intensity which left her pleasantly surprised.'I should really pay more attention to the faculties of the academy.'Right outside of the entrance, in Arolyac forest, Lady Chen was waiting with three more students."Why am I not surprised that you are here?"One of the students was Yaoyao and she spoke as soon as she saw Sara arriving."We are the best in our class as well as the poorest. It is quite obvious for us to join this mission."Sara answered.During the previous months, Yaoyao had clearly shown her superiority to Justin, gaining the undisputed title of the second st
Nigel asked a question to the captain."Captain, what do you mean by that?"Preston moved some hair away from his forehead before answering."On the first layer, the dimension was an icy field populated by rank 3 Snow bears. On the second one, we were in an underground area against Steeled centipedes. From that, we can imagine that all the other layers will contain a different environment. One thing you might want to know is that they are real magical beasts and not some creations of the inheritance ground."'They actually created real environments and filled them with the magical beasts corresponding to each location. I don't even want to think at the amount of preparation required to set up something like that.'Sara thought, marveled by the Royal inheritance.Nigel spoke again."So, we just need to clear the floor to pass it?"Preston nodded."That's the method that we used and it worked just fine.""Number of specimens?""One hundred on the first layer and two hundred in the secon
The four students neared the mountain of goods.They all had an amazed expression as they looked at the amount of wealth piled on the ground.Errol was the first to speak."Just the value of these Obsidian Credits is more than a million! And there are more than a thousand inscribed items!"There was some greed in his eyes as he kept staring at the rewards.'This is only the reward for one layer and it is worth a ridiculous amount of money. Isn't it way too much for just three hundred rank 3 magical beasts?'Noah thought while keeping his eyes fixed on the items.With the exception of their value in Credits, there was nothing that really interested him.Errol, on the other hand, neared a big metal mace with many runes on its body.He swung it a few times and then inspected it carefully.After a few minutes, he nodded happily and raised his head to look at the others in his group."No one minds if I take this?"All three of them shrugged their shoulders, the Royal family wouldn't really
"Thanks, Sara, you really saved us out there."Sara nodded, sitting on the ground.The effort of vanquishing the fog in the entirety of the fourth floor had tired her greatly, she needed to rest."As for the things that you saw when we were inside the illusion..."Sara raised one hand and interrupted him."Don't worry, everyone has its traumatic experiences."The other three nodded and lowered their heads, they were quite ashamed that they had been seen when they faced their most painful memories.Another pile of goods, bigger than the previous one, appeared in the middle of the layer.Errol laid his back on the terrain and spoke in a calm voice."I wonder why we are given this much time for each floor."Nigel answered."It's probably in order to let the participants safely approach every test. If it wasn't for Sara, clearing this floor might have taken a while.""So, what do we do now?"Yaoyao asked.She was a bit annoyed that Sara had saved her and she kept her head lowered the whol