Light Cultivation
Eps. 5 — Cultivation Gate
“Chen’er, have you not been able to understand the cultivation gate?” Jian Wu looked at his son.
“Dad, Mother, it seems I can already, I have understood it now.”
Jian Wu and Jian Ran looked at each other for a moment, this was not the first time his son had said so. When he was 8 years old Jian Chen said the same but until now he had not been able to open the Gate of Cultivation.
Jian Wu as a father certainly expected Jian Chen to grow into a great swordsman but on the other hand he did not expect more, Kian Wu could not force his son any further if it was beyond his potential.
Unfortunately, the two did not know that the current Jian Chen was a different figure.
As a mother, Jian Ran could only encourage her, she crouched down in front of her child while stroking her head, “Chen’er can definitely, I believe that you will become a great swordsman.”
“Thank you Mother, I will be the most powerful swordsman someday.” Jian Chen said confidently.
Actually from his mother tongue alone, Jian Chen knew that his mother did not believe him. But he was quite understanding because in his old life little Jian Chen had low talent.
“Ah, already afternoon, you should clean yourself.. Mom will cook first.” Jian Ran looked at the orange-colored sky, not feeling the time rolling so fast.
Jian Chen nodded, as he was about to step suddenly there was a hand grabbing his body. Jian Chen was shocked when he was lifted up, it turned out that his father was holding Jian Chen on his shoulder.
“You must be tired, Chen’er, let your father be the vehicle.” Jian Wu laughed.
“Chen’er has grown my husband, until when do you keep pampering him?” Jian Ran walked beside her husband.
“Hm? Just I never said it in person doesn't mean I didn't see it. I also know when I'm not home, secretly you always spoil Chen’er instead, like bribing him?”
“Ba-how do you know?” Jian Ran was a little surprised.
Jian Wu chuckled. “That's a secret.. For sure I always keep an eye on you Ran’er, looking at you..”.
Jian Ran bit his lips to hold back the smile that was about to appear. Not quite there yet, Jian Wu dyed his white cheeks, making him blush and blush in embarrassment.
“Chen’er, you see, your mother's attitude still acts like a teenage girl.” Jian Wu laughed, Jian Chen smiled at him then nodded.
“Let's just..” Jian Ran pinched Jian Wu's stomach before walking faster, he should hurriedly hide his reddened face.
The pair of father and son were laughing together, especially for Jian Chen who had not laughed so loosely like this for a long time, let alone the happiness that was now such a warm thing, the happiness with the family.
***
The night after dinner, Jian Chen entered his private room. Jian Chen put the wooden sword on the corner of the wall and stared at the weapon with a mixed squeeze.
“Do I need to learn swordsmanship?” Jian Chen scratched his head.
At the training earlier, Jian Chen could feel how to use weapons in battle, besides being able to attack more easily weapons could also be used to defend.
In his previous life, Jian Chen still remembered his teacher once saying that warriors who had weapons in battle had a high chance of winning.
Jian Chen himself had studied swords in some time but had not studied deeper, he was really not interested that time yet this time was a different case.
Jian Chen was actually one of the swordsmen with high internal power science expertise, he could even create weapons with his inner power science but it would still be different if using the original weapon.
“Feelings I had no weapons in my previous life, let alone swords, armor alone I had none.”.
Recalling that Jian Chen shook his head slowly with a long sigh. It turns out that he in the past did tend to depend on his inner energy.
“It's better about learning the sword I can think about later, now there's something I have to deal with, open the cultivation gate..”.
Jian Chen sat cross-legged on his bed, he inhaled a deep breath then exhaled slowly. Jian Chen slowly began to close his eyes, meditating.
To open the cultivation gate, one must have an understanding in martial arts. The understanding of martial arts itself is usually obtained by daily activities, life experiences, or most often easily obtained when fighting.
Usually, people who have a lot of fighting experience will tend to get that understanding faster.
Now Jian Chen was a person who had a lot of experience in his previous life. Opening the cultivation gate was not difficult for him.
It almost took 8 hours until Jian Chen could finally open the Cultivation Gate.
Now when Jian Chen opened his eyes he could feel the essence of nature around his room, within his body there was also something new commonly called Inner Energy.
The essence of nature is the natural element of the universe, if a swordsman absorbs the Essence of Nature into his body it will create what is called the Inner Energy.
In his previous life, Jian Chen could open the cultivation gate around the age of 14, that included the slowness of a swordsman.
For the process of opening a beginner's gate as well, it will generally take 1 to 3 days, depending on how talented the person is.
Now if one could see how quickly Jian Chen opened the cultivation gate within 8 hours perhaps many people considered themselves high-talented people.
“Hm.. But if someone is very talented, at the age of 6 years he may be able to open the gate of his cultivation..”.
Jian Chen shook his head slowly, he had met a child who had opened up cultivation when he was a child. Seeing that made Jian Chen could only envy looking at him.
“I wonder, am I now talented or not?” Jian Chen closed his eyes for a moment to look into his dantian. He found that the Inner Energy obtained after opening cultivation there were only 3 circles. “What the fuck! Is my talent this trash..”
The circle in question is the Inner Energy Circle, a unit for calculating the amount of energy in a person's body.
Jian Chen was inexhaustible, if he was a talented or a genius he would bring up 10-15 inner power circles, or if his talent was ordinary it might appear 5-8 circles
If it shows 3 circles it means that a person's talent is very low.
“No matter my talent is low or high, still now I am a person older than my age.” Jian Chen realized, he shouldn't have made any trouble over such a trivial matter.
By bringing his experience and knowledge in the first life it is only a matter of time he became a genius for his age. It was just that Jian Chen needed time to do so.
“For now I should focus on addressing my Clan rather than wanting to be considered a genius.” Inner Jian Chen.
Jian Chen had no time to think about his popularity or ability in others. All he had to focus on was the matter of his clan being slaughtered.