Cultivation System: Elder Edition

Chapter 31

Vast-Body Art (II)

When it came to 'Flaws & Restrictions', there was a full field of choices. However, most of them were either completely brutal, or the amount of Creation Points they deducted wasn't really in line with their effect.

For instance, 'Unstable Crossing' would deduct 40 Creation Points from the final amount, but, in turn, it would increase the chances of going berserk during a breakthrough by a staggering 50%.

Others were lined similarly--but I didn't need any of them. Rather, I was looking for an extremely specific restriction--Dai Xiu's physique, Vast-Body Dantian.

Under the dropdown of 'Special Physiques', there were literal thousands of choices. Simple things like 'Yang Physique' and 'Yin Physique' were at the top, removing a few points, but it wasn't long before more... insane ones, for lack of a better word, started appearing.

Restricting the method, for instance, to 'Immortal Sword Body' would deduct 10,000 Creation Points! Ten-Freakin'-Thousand! Holy crap!

But all that told me was that people with that physique were likely one-in-a-billion and that I'd never come across one in my life.

There were even more insane ones, though the 'most expensive ones' at the bottom of the list were grayed out. The one that deducted the most points, and the one that I had access to, was 'Primordial Nascent Physique,' which deducted a whopping 1,000,000 points.

I exhaled in a whistle, wondering whether the physique even existed.

I also noticed something else--trying to actually create arts with these restrictions 'for practice' was... impossible. The limitation was my current realm.

Haah, I can only hope that Dai Xiu's physique wasn't that special...

It took me a full twenty minutes to actually find it. As far as I could tell, there was no 'search function', so I had to meticulously look through every name before finally stumbling upon it. It was like an oasis in the vast desert; at first, you'd fear it was merely a mirage, but as you came close to it and the scent of the water brushed against your nostrils...

Anyway, the point was that it was real, and, more insanely than that, it seemed to be ranked quite highly!

Vast-Body Dantian -- restricts the method to only those in possession of the special physique; deducts 3,000 Creation Points from the final total.

However...

As it goes, no luck for the wicked--wait, I'm not wicked! So, why am I so unlucky?!

[--Error]

[Host's Realm is too low to assimilate 'Vast-Body Dantian' as a restriction]

[...]

[Analyzing...]

[...]

[A concession has been discovered]

Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.

[Host can deduct the current excess Creation Points from the forged method. Making any changes will turn this concession null]

[...]

[Additional Restriction: Host will be disallowed from using 'Vast-Body Dantian' physique as a restriction for 10 years henceforth]

[...]

[Does the host acquiesce?]

--hmm. This system... was it both kind and brutal rolled into one? Indeed, like an oasis in the desert, but once you entered, you were only given a handful of water and told to scram right after.

Haah. Was there another choice? Of course I'd have to accept... who knows what realm I'd have to reach to be able to naturally use 'Vast-Body Dantian' as a restriction, but I do know that I won't reach it within a decade. So, that 'punishment' may as well not exist...

[CURRENT CREATION POINTS: 175/100 (--concession made, 75 points deduction)]

[...]

[REVISED CREATION POINTS: 100/100]

[NAME: (Please name the art; otherwise, the system will auto-generate a name upon Art Creation)]

[Description: a highly restrictive and specialized Body Cultivation Method, layering aspects of Human and Spirit into one and maximizing the special physique associated with it. Those who practice it will undergo heavenly changes, forging their bodies into the furnaces of Heaven and Earth. Due to its Body Qi nature and suppressions, it requires immense cultivation resources to nurture]

[TYPE: Body Cultivation Method (+20 CP)]

[NUMBER OF FORMS: 6 (+25 CP)]

[LOGIC: Elegant Connections (+30 CP)]

[ENERGY: Refined Body Qi (+50 CP)]

[CHARACTERISTICS: Slightly Above Average Qi Refinement (+10 CP); Solid Foundation (+15 CP); Minor Body Tempering (+15 CP); Total: 40 CP]

[UNIQUE PROPERTIES: Slightly Efficient Resource Consumption (+10 CP)]

[RESTRICTION: Vast-Body Dantian (-3,000 CP); concession applied...]

[REVISED RESTRICTION: Vast-Body Dantian (-75 CP)]

[----------]

[CALCULATED COST: 20+25+30+50+40+10-75 = 100 CP]

[PROJECTED RANK: low-Sky Tier]

[PROJECTED DIFFICULTY: Prodigious]

[CONFIRM CREATION: 100 CP]

[CANCEL]

Haah, in the end... didn't it all work out? Well, I won't actually know if it worked out until she's started practicing it. In the end, it could turn out that her comprehension skills were so bad that she won't be able to grasp anything from the method... but... I hoped otherwise...

I pressed 'Confirm Creation', watching all of my points vanish like smoke in the wind, only then realizing that I'd forgotten to name it! Oh well. Let the system handle the 'laborious' part of the creation...

It was a moment later that the notification window appeared, but, unlike every other time, there was no stream of knowledge flowing into my brain. I mean, it made sense; though I created it, I don't have the special physique... no, wait, I created it! Well, the system created it, but at least give me something!

In truth, there was something--but it was simply a means of passing the method on to a disciple...

[Congratulations, Host, on creating 'Vast-Body Art']

Wow. So imaginative...

[...]

[Vast-Body Art]

[Type: Body Cultivation Method]

[Rank: mid-Sky Tier]

[Host Comprehension: None (Fails to meet minimum requirements) (None -> Minor -> Intermediate -> Perfected -> ???)]

[...]

[Art woven specifically for the inheritors of the rare 'Vast-Body Dantian' physique; using the body as the furnace, channel Qi through extremities and purify it through the heart. Every session further enriches the body itself, turning flesh into steel and onward. Due to the innate difficulty, practitioners of the method must cultivate in either areas with extremely rich and pure Qi or substitute it with enough Spirit Stones. The higher the quality of Qi used, the greater the cultivation speed, and vice versa. Each form of the method corresponds to a major realm, starting with Foundation Establishment. Without any further alterations, it allows one to cultivate up to the Inner World Realm] 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

[...]

[Creation Points Value: 100(175) / 100]

[Comprehension Difficulty: Prodigious (Easy -> Difficult -> Intermediate -> Prodigious -> ???)]

[Creation Bonus: New 'Minor' Trait unlocked, +3% to Body Purification]

[Host Body Purification Progress: 4/100%]

[Minor Trait unlocked: Demonic Qi Sensitivity]

[Demonic Qi Sensitivity: holders of the talent become vastly more sensitive to the presence of Demonic Qi; if in the presence of it, sans the existence of high-grade methods of concealment, the talent-holder will always notice it as well as its origin]

[...]

[New Quests Generated]

[Quest 1: Pass the 'Vast-Body Art' method onto a disciple. Reward: +10 Creation Points]

[Quest 2: disciple gains initial comprehension of the method. Reward: +20 Creation Points]

[Quest 3: disciple masters the First Form. Reward: +100 Creation Points]

[Quest 4: disciple uses the method to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Reward: +500 Creation Points]

[...]