Cheat Cultivator's Ascension - Chapter 478 - 478: A Subtle, Yet Significant Progress
“I see… looks like they’re really too full of themselves…” After feeling like he now has a chance to speak, Su Xiaotian then replies, nodding to his martial aunt’s words, causing the lady to feel much better knowing that this martial nephew of his agrees with her words.
“What? My nephew, after having encountered their old ancestor, do you expect anything more than that being the case?” revealing a smile at the remark of her martial nephew, Tang Jianxue pointed out, returning a smile to him as well, hers that of someone who seems to be hiding the worry she is currently feeling deep inside.
And while it might be something that could just go past the notice of anyone else, it is exactly because it is Su Xiaotian that she is facing now that such subtleness in her expression never passed unnoticed. The immortal-like young man then drove the conversation immediately in order to move her away from piling her worry up even more.
“Hahaha, they might’ve been anything else but pompous is the most apt description for them” shaking his as he felt like his own words hold true, not only for him but for other people as well, the immortal-like young man replied, taking in a breath of the cool, fresh air that made him feel quite relaxed, a mix of the dignified beauty’s fresh, sweet and mild scent going along with the air.
Seeing the look on his martial aunt’s face getting just a mere bit better than before, he then decided in his mind his next course of action, taking a deep breath before he starts talking once again, this time, a depth that wasn’t there previously now lacing his own voice.
“Aunt Jianxue, I know you just said there’s nothing for me to be guilty as I solved your and your Dao Seeking Mountain’s so-called calamity, but doing nothing just doesn’t sit right to me…” he paused for a while as he takes his time staring at the dignified-looking beauty in front of him, his gaze stopping the consoling words about to come out of her mouth.
“…so, I’m going to offer you something that would be difficult not to accept” recalling just how much his own mother trust this Headmistress of the Dao Seeking Mountains, along with the fact that it is her that allows him and his family the greatest treatment during his stay in this place, Su Xiaotian thought that it is alright to give her an assurance by revealing something to her.
Thinking that it isn’t really the time to bring her to the Roaring Heaven City due to the fact that the Dao Seeking Mountains needs her presence during these times of crisis, the immortal-like young man merely decided to give her a general idea of what his offer is, stating the fact that it might be good for them move the entirety of the Dao Seeking Mountains to a safer, more hidden place in order not to invoke any more of the Imperial Court’s ire.
Of course, hearing this suggestion, along with the surprising fact that should they choose to do that, this nephew of hers has a great place of them to settle on, Tang Jianxue couldn’t help but wonder whether it is true or not, since if he truly has the means to accomplish such thing, then she thought that she shouldn’t really evaluate this martial nephew of hers through the lens of a normal man.
“I-I’ll think about it for a while…” she replies, turning silent despite remaining on the same place as Su Xiaotian, the two of them sitting on the grass as they take in the scent of the atmosphere, feeling quite relaxed spending their time in the silent company of each other, along with them the sound of nature, of the wind, of the ground, of the birds flying all around.
After a good amount of time of sometimes complete silence, sometimes passionate talk about things that the two of them share in common, the two of them stops their voices for a good long while, with the dignified-looking beauty standing up from her comfortable position, already intending to return to her office in order to deal with the aftermath of the postponed Dao Enlightenment Competition,
In the meantime, Su Xiaotian decided to continue resting on the grassy grounds as he opened up the semi-transparent, floating golden screen, inspecting the changes that were brought by the progression he experienced during the events of the Dao Enlightenment Competition.
Much to his disappointment, though, despite the progress he clearly felt from the Sky Compression Valley, he found out that it wasn’t enough for him to reach the next level of cultivation. This progress, despite granting a significant boost to his strength and speed of cultivation, appears as if it hadn’t pushed his cultivation upwards at all.
‘But this is good as well… even if it is just a minor realm, I think it is still better to breakthrough in the Infinite Qi Dimension just in case something unexpected happens…’ he thought to himself as he continues scrolling through the Universal Shop System’s main screen before his eyes got inevitably drawn towards what could possibly be the greatest weapon he currently has in his own arsenal.
[True Armament (Self-created, Transcendent-level Battle Technique)]
[Info: A technique that is only possible for someone with transcendent-level on all three aspects of one’s being (Body, Spirit, Soul), to perform, utilizing the user’s strength in order to create a weapon according to the user’s will, a weapon bearing a proportion of the user’s strength, and capable of being infused by any sort of power that the user’s body can bear.]
[Progress: Entry-level (Basic comprehension that allows the user to increase attack power by one state, no matter the realm the user is currently in, can only remain constantly active for one minute)(!)]
[Note: The strength of this technique is completely dependent on the strength of the user and the power the user is going to infuse in the weapon created by the technique, ranging from some percent of increase in its power all the way to multiplying the power of the technique itself]
[Current Variance]
[Time Transcending Blade (Self-created, Transcendent-level Battle Technique)]
[Info: A form of the True Armament Technique infused with the power of the temporal rules, allowing the user of the technique to perform attacks beyond the user’s strength, as well as empowering each and every attack by traces of temporal rules that cannot be dispelled]
[Progress: Entry-level (Basic comprehension that allows the user to increase attack power by three major realms only for one attack, this effect stacks with the effect of the base technique)]
[Note: Tread lightly with using it as this is an indiscriminate attack that will affect everyone that stands along its way. (Can eventually be controlled once the user’s mastery of the temporal rules increases]
After looking and once again reading through the information of this extremely powerful technique of his, he couldn’t help but have his eyes pulled towards the exclamation mark right at the end of the progress display, an event that he had never experienced before.
Extremely curious as to what it is that this exclamation mark serves as, Su Xiaotian tried clicking on it, and to no surprise at all, something truly happens the moment he does so.
The moment that the immortal-like young man’s finger touched the exclamation point, another window from the floating golden screen popped up in front of him, on it, the reason as to why the sole reason as to why there is an exclamation here popping up in front of him, its content making him smile.
[Detected the successful use of True Armament to take down a Celestial-level being, enlightenment towards the next level of True Armament is now possible. (Collect more hints in order to improve enlightenment and attain the opportunity to push the technique to a higher level)]
[Detected the successful use of True Armament to fend off a Celestial-level being, an additional hint for the technique is being generated.]
‘Improving True Armament…’ knowing just how integral this technique is to his massive combat power, Su Xiaotian couldn’t help but smile in anticipation as he wonders just how much will it improve once he truly completes the True Armament, his hand clenched into a fist as he wonders just how much more he needs to wait in order for him to get that.
‘Well, seeing that there are no other hints for how, I don’t think I will get it anytime soon…’ Su Xiaotian thought to himself for a few moments before he closes the semi-transparent, floating golden screen, standing up without any effort before he stretches his entirety, after which he lets out a satisfied sigh that felt like it resounded all across their abode.
Taking one good look over the horizon, feeling quite the delight having the time to spend on his family, the young man then smiles as he leaves for their abode, intending to play around with the ladies there once again.
