The Dungeon System
115.spiritual taste

Whenever the old man fought against Adam or taught him something new, he was surprised by how quickly Adam could learn and understand what he was trying to teach him.

He was a perfect disciple who looked loyal and would never complain, and knowing that, the old man started to take a warm attitude towards him. However, it scared him and after being betrayed, he never wanted to feel vulnerable and allowed himself to be stabbed from behind.

Therefore, he was subconsciously still wary of Adam and he was not yet convinced by Adam's loyalty to teach him something precious and valuable to him.

However, he is still willing to strengthen Adam's foundation and teach him the basics while testing his character and potential along the way.

"You don't have to go back to your house, there's a deeper lake into the forest surrounded by small mountains and trees, so there can't be anyone there" said the master.

"Which direction is that?" asked Adam, who was fine with cleaning himself nearby as it would save him a lot of time and was also more convenient for him.

While talking to his master, Adam held his nose which was attacked by the disgusting smell of dirt. The smell of the remaining dirt he had removed was very bad and worse than anything he had ever smelled in his life.

As Adam was cleaning up the dirt, he was too focused to not care about the smell, but after he finished, he realized how strong and disgusting the smell was.

"Find it out yourself, you're not an idiot, and make sure not to leave any smelly dirt here" his master said as he turned towards the wall in the corner of the dojo where he always lay.

Adam ignored his master then brought one of the sets of clothes he had bought with him, to be replaced after he cleaned himself.

Walking out of the dojo, Adam was not sure where exactly the lake was his master talking about, but he had previously climbed a mountain and knew that there was no lake on the mountain or on the path he took.

From what his master explained, he had a rough idea of where he would find him and walked deeper into the small forest where his master's dojo was located.

While walking through the forest, looking for the lake that his master was talking about, Adam suddenly received a notification from the system.

{Ding, from the constant use of your spiritual senses to monitoring your body and by exercising your ability to use your energy to remove impurities, WEB, Home Intelligence stat has increased 1 point} tells the system.

[Great] cried Adam in his mind.

{This is only because the host's IESP surpasses the host's Intelligence Stat, which makes the host harder to control and easier for the host to increase it by 1 stat point by practicing its use. But it won't be as fast and easy as that in the future to get stat} points telling him the system.

Looking at his status, Adam could see that his Intelligence had increased by 1 point, but he had yet to gain any EXP. However, it was already expected that he did not train or increase his cultivation by removing impurities, and also for the best.

He did not want to gain much EXP in reality as he would not receive any gold from him and it was also not guaranteed that he would still receive system points for doing so.

Nothing is guaranteed with a system that is constantly changing and he knows that it will continue to change and grow as he also changes and develops.

The only thing Adam believed in was that the Underground Prison System was based on hunting in the dungeon and it was a method to increase its strength that would give him the best results and rewards.

Knowing that, he only wanted to learn techniques, skills or gain experience and knowledge from his master, while in the basement he would hunt ferocious beasts to increase his cultivation.

Adam is unsure where the small lake is located and he begins to realize how big and confusing the surrounding forest is to explore, so he decides to change his actions.

[Rather than physically searching for the lake, I must search for it with my spiritual senses that have been slightly strengthened by my increased Intelligence] decided Adam.

[What system is the range of my spiritual senses] asked Adam who was unsure of the exact range of his spiritual senses and his abilities.

Spiritual Sense is a unique sixth sense to Internal Cultivators, and with their high Internal Energy and Intelligence stat, they can unleash waves of energy around them, that would convey the feeling of what was in the area back to the mind of the Internal Cultivator.

Adam had briefly explored the use of his spiritual senses, such as when he used them to detect impurities within his aunt's body, but he was still unsure of the limits.

{For each Intelligence point, spiritual sense range increases by 10 meters. For ordinary humans who had yet to cultivate internally, they still had small spiritual senses, but without the Internal Energy and necessary knowledge, they could not use them completely. However unconsciously it is sometimes used, such as when someone has an instinctive feeling that someone is looking at them} answers the system.

{The spiritual hydra of an internal cultivator has many different uses and applications and develops with a cultivator, but it depends on each cultivator how much he develops and grows. To increase the range of use your spiritual senses have, you must practice their use and also understand and learn more about them and Internal}'s cultivation states the system.

[Hmm, okay thanks for the info system] thanked Adam in his mind.

[That's how my master knows everything that is going on in my body and in the surrounding area and his spiritual senses should be at a level where he can easily see everything in the entire surrounding forest] realized Adam.

Sitting on the cross-legged ground, which Adam thought was the optimal position to circulate his Internal Energy, Adam was trying to release his spiritual senses completely.

He had been using his spiritual senses ever since he started cultivating as an Internal Cultivator, but he had no idea that it was his spiritual senses and he had only used it instinctively.

Following what the system said about releasing the waves of Internal Energy around him, Adam tried to do so, but it did not work and he felt as if he had misunderstood what the system meant by energy.

Focusing his mind on the area around him, Adam poured Internal Energy into his head, which he had never done before, it then attempted to release a wave from his mind that tried to sense the area around him and had been exerted a large amount of energy. Inner Energy.

It was the most logical way Adam could think of to use his spiritual senses and he did it instinctively. 

To his surprise, it was a method to use his spiritual senses directly and the energy waves released from his mind spread around him and relay back to his mind the area around him with a radius of 360 meters.

What Adam discovered from it was that he could not see through solid objects or walls, because his master's dojo was still within his reach and he could not see through walls, either, and it would only give him a vision and a rough idea of what was in the area around him and not a picture of detail like his eyes.

But because it was a feeling that could not be defined using the senses that ordinary humans had, it was difficult for Adam to describe the sensations experienced by the spiritual senses.

All he could say was that it gave him a feeling of what was in the area around him, and in the area around him, he felt some birds in the tree and some large insects that he managed to sense, but his spiritual sense was still weak and fuzzy when compared to his master.

Adam was satisfied with his abilities and if he used them in the basement, he would get a rough idea of what a ferocious beast was and how many of them were in the surrounding area.