The Dungeon System
104.first cultivation lesson

Adam used the Ethereal Recovery Skill and recovered from the injury his master had given him within an hour and he was ready for the training his master had provided for him.

"You seem to have broken through to rank 2, but you have strength equivalent to rank 3 both internally and externally. What an incredible specimen you are" said the old man.

He truly felt as if he had finally gotten lucky after the centuries of tribulations he had endured as he slowly died.

He burned his cultivation and therefore his strength slowly decreased with time, but it was a forbidden technique that allowed him to increase his life span even after his vitality and life force were depleted.

If not for that he would have died centuries ago even with his high cultivation level, and he had only extended his misery, too afraid to die, not knowing what awaited him after death.

He had so many things he wanted to leave and give to his successor, but his trust issues stopped him from accepting a disciple and he still saw Adam as just a temporary disciple to pass the time.

Even though the old man started to take a warm attitude towards Adam, he still did not trust him and did not want to feel betrayed anymore.

"Come here and sit before me" the old man commanded as Adam did as he said.

"You saw me pick up your energy sword when you threw it at me, how do you think I did that," the old man asked as he became serious and prepared to teach Adam seriously.

"I'm not sure" Adam replied as he dug his mind back into what he could remember from that moment.

He cannot see or feel anything around his master's body and does not know how he does it, but seems to have abilities similar to Chase's.

"This is your first cultivation lesson and I'll teach you some basics and basics that seem lacking. Even though you are quite talented, obviously you do not have someone teaching you cultivation yet and you rely on your own cultivation methods and talents to increase your strength" said the master.

"Yes, you are right sir and I will appreciate your lessons and advice" replied Adam respectfully who knew that his master's observations were all correct.

"There are two basic ways a person can maintain their body using energy. One is accessible to Internal Cultivators and another one is accessible to External Cultivators and since you are both, I will try to teach you both. However, you need to find out the External How to cultivate for yourself as I myself cannot use it and I am an Internal Cultivator" said the old man.

"The first way that I will teach you is the most basic way that an Internal Cultivator can do using Internal Energy. An Internal Cultivator cannot harden his own body, as an External Cultivator can, and can only increase strength. their bodies were to mimic physical strength similar to External Cultivators of the same rank.

But for one to completely harden their own body, it required one to become an External Cultivator and use their External Energy to harden and strengthen their cells, he said, which will give them a hardened exterior. However, there was a limit to the hardening that the External Cultivators could display because there was only so much energy that the human cell could withstand to harden itself, but there are some cultivators who have cells that have a higher energy capacity and can harden their bodies.to be harder than some metals" explained the master.

[So definitely Chase has a special body constitution that allows him to harden his body to an abnormal level even for an External Cultivator] realized Adam.

It is nothing more than a simple explanation and it requires individuals to learn and adapt basic concepts for themselves, their fighting styles and skills. But you can use one or the other and can even use both to have incredible defensive power, and you have the advantages of both types of cultivation that cover the weaknesses of other types of cultivation" continued master.

Adam was thus prepared to start trying to use his energy storage in a way he did not rely on the automatic activation of the system from his skill, but before he did, his master had some final suggestions.

"You should be able to sense and differentiate between your Internal and External Energies and the last piece of advice I have for you is to not go against the current and let it flow instead of trying to control it by force. I'd like you to experience it. And learn on your own and not want to give you all the clues otherwise, you'll be less skilled in its use because you're not learning it yourself" his master advised when he returned to the corner of the dojo where he always lay.

"Thank you for that so-called snack, I'm going back to my sleep. Wake me up when you finally succeed in one of the basic defense techniques. But I would recommend you to learn the Energy Arm and Body Hardening Technique before proceeding to learn something else in order to have a solid foundation" the old man said as he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Adam took his master's advice gratefully while crossing his legs in his seat.

Even before he started trying to use any of the basic defense techniques, he needed to differentiate completely between his Internal Energy and External Energy.

He needs to try to use it comfortably and be able to spread his energy throughout his body and to the one point he chooses before he tries to use his technique.

Trying to control his energy was like trying to hold air with a hollow pouch and not working for him no matter how hard he tried. Without a system that started his energy movements and he could control how much energy was used through his skill, Adam could not control much of his own energy.

Recalling his master's advice, instead of trying to forcefully control his energy, he pushed and pulled his energy throughout his body making sure to go along with his energy flow and find it easier to use and manipulate.

Using his energy like an invisible force, which he felt had control through his mind, and like an extra limb inside his body that he had to learn to control and use it in a certain way and on certain areas of his body.

However, those invisible forces sometimes have their own lives and are difficult to control and require great mental strength and control to use them properly.

Adam was still in the process of learning how to use his energy and with his unique constitution and circumstances, he had no basis whatsoever before he started using skills and fighting.

He did not know how his Unique Collector Skill worked in the slightest and all he knew was that he lost energy and used energy to be able to maintain his calling, he said, and he only had a brief overview of how the Dual Slash Skill worked, as well as being unskilled at using energy as expected of someone with his abilities.

Although the system increased his strength massively and allowed him to use it without knowing how, it also made him rely on the system to use his skills and he had yet to learn how to do it himself.

Adam had no one to compare with when it came to learning skills and talents in using energy, but he felt that for the time he had integrated with the system, he had, his progress and ability to use energy was quite low.

He knew that there was more potential for his cultivation speed and the speed at which his strength increased, and he was slowly learning more about the system and cultivation, and, it allowed him to slowly utilize the hidden potential he had.