The next day Arc left the room, with a big smile on his face, he would've loved to stay longer
but he had an appointment at the forge and Aurora has her own responsibilities as a grand elder of the sect
After making his way down to the forge, he went into the room he rented, and surprisingly he saw a familiar face
"You're that Lavier kid, seems you took a job at the forge"
Arc spoke to the 'mc material kid'
"Ah yes, um Thank-you for fixing my ring, I'll be your forge aid today"
"Turn on the earth fire, bring out gold, and silver"
Gold and silver were extremely aura conductive metal, very commonly used in forging,
Arc was now gonna apply knowledge from earth and make electrum; a gold/ silver alloy, and use that as the main material for his natal weapon
Arc reached his hand directly into the burning forge and grabbed the molten gold and silver mixing them at a ratio 50 % gold,and 50% silver with his ki
This brought a somewhat shocked look to laveir as he thought to himself
'he used his aura to help the fusing of metals not to protect his hand, how did it not get burned'
Though the thought plagued his mind he didn't dare interrupt while Arc was forging
when the metal finally cooled it was a beautiful white metal that looked like similar to a pearl,
A pure stream of earth elements can be seen radiating from it, flowing in and through it
He then took the newly formed alloy and started to use his qi hammering it to form.
Making a smooth long shaft with a short blade at the end, and indentation holes before the blade
The weapon he forged was a spear, but not just any spear he had planned to make a two-part weapon, as he would attach a flag to it
In so many cultivation novels, flags always seem to be a powerful weapon yet for some reason no one ever uses them as a main weapon, so Arc was inspired to create one suitable for himself
After completing the spear, he didn't stop he made more billets and made several spear's each with slight differences each spear came out at similar quality
As for why he decided to make several spear's well incase he breaks one, and also to test and see which seemed more suitable for himself
After finishing forging Arc turned his attention to the Lavier kid, who was taking notes of his forging, and since he was in a good mood,
he began describing what he was doing, and the methods he used, for the kid to learn
After leaving the forge he headed back up the mountain excited to show Aurora one of the spear's
After arriving on the first peak, he went into the house, and knocked on her door
"What do you need?"
She opened the door and asked curiously
"I wanted to show you the spear I forged"
Arc spoke with a big smile as he raised up the spear
Aurora look at the spear, and reached her hand a grabbed it
"This is very nice, a gold and silver mix? That's an interesting concept,
When forging with mortal metals I usually mix cobalt, chromium and nickel, those weapons are near indestructible,
but your qi flows so freely through the spear, good job"
She handed back the spear and leaned down a gave him a kiss,
Arc's face turned red with a smile plastered on his face
"Thank-you"
She giggled lightly glad that she was now the one doing the flirting and not the one being flirted with
"I have to get back to work now, if you need anything just ask. "
"Okay"
Arc responded slightly disappointed, before heading back to his room, and continuing to cultivate
Arc began cultivating using his qi to explore his body, the lighting flowed freely tempering his body before returning to the dantain, and refining his earth elements
He explored every organ, every cell, his purpose today was not to increase his cultivation, but to have a better understanding of his physique, of his limits
Normally a qi cultivator can only contain qi within the dantian, when the qi is elsewhere in the body it is due to the flow of aura and it would soon return to the dantain
Arc's body seemed to not require that flow, he found that deep in his muscles and bones remained qi,
It seemed when he generated qi from world qi, His body was converting it from within the bone marrow and muscles
He could generate qi from his body the same way a body tempering cultivator generates ki
He used his storage ring, and began to draw the parts of his body broken down into sections
His bones and how the aura flows through them, his muscles and how aura radiates, his meridians that act as a road for his qi to travel to his dantain
His skin which can contain these energy without leaking
He continued to draw these ripping out pages he found to be inadequate, and he improved them,
he wrote with his qi so the pages seemed to resonate when stacked on top of each other, page after page, notebook after notebook
He seemed to have finished more than 12 notebooks to completion before he reached what he considered a rough draft
This was different from his normal drawing this isn't a fun representation of his feeling, this was him drawing the essence of his body
Aurora came a few days ago to introduce him to her other disciples but when she saw him in what she would consider an epiphany,
she set a barrier around the room so nothing outside could disturb him during this time, His flesh, blood, and bone, he continued to draw for weeks
His mind, his soul, his flesh synchronized in a way they've never been before,
Arc now realizes that due to his reincarnation his mind was not completely unified with his body,
there was an incompatibly small gap in-between them, and he figured out the reason why
The soul is formed of many parts, the spiritual side and the physical side
His brain was the physical manifestation of his soul, and his soul was the spiritual manifestation of his brain
The same manifestation that world qi and spiritual qi take
While a thin veil of space separated them on earth; preventing them from truly fusing.
thus making cultivation nigh impossible for the human's on earth
Using his qi Arc slowly removed this vail, and from this his soul and brain merged completely,
his brain started to develop further and he awaked a real physique, not one caused by the innate advancement
A forcibly awakened physique, than seemed to have unified his past on earth, and his new life in this world
As his soul had completely bonded with the body born to this world,
After this change, he found that even without the use of qi he could see into his own body,
so he continued to draw finishing his drawings, he looked and felt that it was accurate,
He understood that this drawing was the core of his essence, he has drawn the shape of his soul
"Yes I see, so that is who I am" Arc spoke before look around the room and noticing hundreds of ripped pages on the floor, and notebooks everywhere
'Seems that i got a bit carried away'
Arc thought to himself before getting up and placing everything in his storage ring,
he then did a deep cleaning of his room before heading to the kitchen,
he hadn't eaten since becoming a qi cultivator and wanted to eat something from earth as he was feeling nostalgic
He decided to have some burgers, the kitchen was well stocked and he managed to find everything needed to make some good grilled burgers, as there even was a small qi powered grill,
'it seemed one of Aurora students enjoys cooking'
Arc thought to himself before making several patties,
he made them by mixing onions and ground beef before adding them to the grill and making them flat,
he added cheese, and began toasting sliced bread as there were no burger buns,
There was no mayo but there was eggs and oil, so Arc made a simple mayo, and mixed this with a mustard sauce that was already prepared in the kitchen
He assembled the burgers, with tomatoes, onions, no pickles, lettuce, and the sauce,
Seeing the finished burgers Arc felt joy, as if he brought a part of his home to this world
It seemed that his cooking attracted Aurora's other students, as Mia, and another girl who seemed to be extremely interested appeared
"Gimme"
Mia, spoke expectantly
"Thats rude Mia, your supposed to say please"
The other girl spoke correcting Mia
"Im iris, you must be Archean, nice to meet you, that smells delicious by the way"
Since Arc made several burgers, he decided to share with them,
"You can call me Arc, nice to meet you iris"
Arc spoke as he handed both her and Mia a plate with a burger on it
The 3 sat down and began to eat and chat, iris began to refresh Arc on everything that has happened while he was in seclusion
"Master had breakthrough and has reached the last stage of golden Core, she might become the youngest nascent soul cultivator in the history of the sect"
"That's great news"
Arc said happily
"I forged a good sword"
Mia spoke proudly, she still hadn't forgotten their meeting in the forge
"Let me see"
Arc was interested to see it, considering how bad the last one was
Mia left the dining room skipping before returning several mins later holding, a small short sword
Arc looked at it, and was genuinely impressed, it was a higher quality weapon than the spear he forged
"That's incredible how did you do it"
Before Mia could respond iris spoke
"It's made entirely of Mithril, it would be difficult to fail"
Iris spoke
Arc's hands shook, an entirely Mithril blade, it would be worth hundreds of thousands of spirit stones
"H-how"
"I found it"
Mia spoke once again proudly
"a meteor made entirely of Mithril landed in the backyard of her vacation house, she gave half of it to master leading to her breakthrough, them used some of the remainder to forge that sword"
Iris spoke bitterly, seemingly regretting it didn't happen to her
Arc laughed and said "Have any left over? I'll make you more burgers"
Mia eyes lit up as she ran to her room and she then returned with a stone the size of Arc's head
Iris felt a headache form as she thought to herself
'why didn't I think of that'
Arc handed Mia the remaining burgers before taking the stone, he then excitedly ran all the way to the Forge
After arriving he used his authority as a core disciple to skip the line and rented a room
He the prepared everything to forge, with no forge aid as he didn't want anymore people to know of the Mithril
He first prepared the forge with earth fire, and began melting gold and silver, he was going to make more electrum
Mithril has a property that allows it to bond to most metals, it is also one of the most aura conductive metals in the world
After mixing the gold and silver at a 33% and 33% ratio he then heated and added the Mithril and began using his aura to make a large ingot
After making the new ingot, countless thoughts flooded Arc's head
Arc had a completely new understanding of the soul, after his epiphany,
He understood the shape of his soul, and could now roughly see the souls of others,
this was amplified by his ability to absorb world qi, which is the physical body of spirit qi
He began to make a weapon that would resonate with his soul, a weapon meant for only him
The spear quickly took form and the energy it radiated was near identical to Arc's, but something about it was off
this made him realized that the weapon would only complete synchronize with his soul, when he makes it his natal weapon
This made Arc want to reach foundation establishment even faster
After completing this spear Arc was tired without measure, he is been pushing his body and mind to its limits for weeks now
He slowly made it to his room where he promptly collapsed onto his bed
The next morning Arc felt completely refreshed, after changing into a new set of clothes he headed towards the library,
since he has forged a new spear he had decided to gift the old one to the library, as thanks for all the help the old man had given him
Before making it down the mountain he saw Aurora speaking with another grand elder, Arc decided to wait to talk to her before heading down
The elders sensed his gaze on them, and when they turned and saw him the older gentleman seemed overjoyed and invited Arc over
While Aurora had a proud look on her face
"Hello grand elder, hello master"
When Arc said the second greeting, his face was bright red, but as he was bowing no one could tell, and his face returned to normal when he stood straight
"Ive heard much about you Archean, you have much talent"
"Thank-you grand elder"
Arc responded while bowing
"I heard you had been in a state of epiphany, im quite curious, what did you learn"
The elder spoke calmly, he was in a good mood so he wanted to guide Arc, thus he was asking Arc of his last breakthrough in understanding
"I understood the shape and essence of my soul"
Arc spoke clearly
The grand elder and Aurora were shocked beyond all measure before the grand elder could speak Aurora cut in
"How, how, explain to me, how did you do it "
Aurora spoke, anxiously
Arc felt them atmosphere turn strange but he didn't know why, so he started from the beginning
"I began to cultivate, I didn't do it to increase my energy, i did it with the express goal of understanding my body,"
"I searched every muscle, every cell, every bone, every meridian, and i felt looking at them wasn't enough, so i began to draw layered sections and and placed them onto each-other to form a complete picture"
"It took hundreds of attempts, no matter how many tries it took I continued,
my qi began to resonate within my body, and i found myself able to see into my body without the use of qi"
As Arc spoke he found that both the grand elder and Aurora had been taking notes
The grand elder spoke overjoyed
"What a novel idea, i never considered anything like that"
Aurora patted Arc on the head,
"good job Archean i'm proud of you"
Aurora began to think she made a good choice choosing him
After that the elder, and Aurora gave him cultivation advice, Aurora also gave him forging knowledge
After a while the elder's both had to return to their business, they also had to share Arc's findings with the other grand elder and the sect leader
So arc continued down his way down mountain,
"What do you want brat"
The librarian spoke
"I brought you a present old man"
Arc spoke calmly before reaching into his storage ring, and handing him the spear
Before the old man could interject he saw the spear before him, he could not tell which material it was made of, but he had special eyes that could see the flow of qi better than most
He could see the uniform earth qi flowing freely, through the spear,
he placed his hand upon the spear and ran his qi through it, the earth qi within changed rapidly, turning right red, it radiated and moved swiftly like a raging flame
Arc's eyes opened wide when he felt the heat the spear radiated within the libraran's hand, it seems as though it could burn the sky
"This is a incredible weapon, were the hell did you get it"
The library fell in-love with the spear, he was even tempted to change his natal weapon, to this spear
"I forged it"
Arc spoke with a smug expression
The librarian couldn't help but feel annoyed he then spoke
"Kid, don't tell anyone, but you can go to the 5th floor of the library"
He then threw the keys to Arc
Arc's eyes opened wide and a big smile appeared on his face as he cheerfully walked up to the 5th floor
The 5th floor contained Golden core cultivation techniques, and cultivation theoretical knowledge
Arc couldn't help but be excited, but his enthusiasm soon fell once he read the cultivation techniques of the earth element
"This can't be right, why can't I find one that feels right"
Arc realized that now he could understand the shape of his soul, his standard for cultivation techniques changed
Normal techniques were made as a one size fits all, he couldn't just take those techniques and expect them to fit the shape of his soul
With this now within his heart he walked towards the cultivation theoretical knowledge and began researching,
he had to take a different approach than normal cultivators and create a technique that fits the shape of his soul
While he was reading in the library someone came searching for him
"Aurora you don't come here often what can I do for you"
The librarian spoke his attention still placed on his new spear
"I came to look for Archean, my student, wait how did you get his spear?"
She spoke then realized what was in his hands
"Arc gifted to me, I'll tell him that your looking for him later, he is in the 5th floor of the library reading, it was the reward I gave him for him presenting me this wonderful spear"
Aurora seemed annoyed but before she could speak the old man spoke
"Don't go throwing a tantrum, you're the one who stole the student I was going to take"
"You were going to take him as your student?"
Aurora eyes turned wide, the libraran may not have yet reached golden core stage,
but his cultivation knowledge is comparable to the average nascent soul cultivator if not superior
He had committed every single book that has every been place within the sect library to memory,
if it wasn't for his bad attitude he would be known as the wisest person in the sect, but he rarely cared enough to share his wisdom
"Oh and i'm not an idiot, saying he is your student when he is covered head to toe in your qi is brave, you bloody cougar"
The librarian spoke seemingly defensive of Arc's safety
Aurora's face turned bright red, as she remembered why no one liked this old man,
anyone who tries to talk to him end up with the with the desire to punch him
Before she could defend herself Arc came down from the floor 5th of the library, he now had an idea, he just had to experiment, and find the best way to develop his own technique
"Oh brat, your girlfriend is here, don't try you sHe is mY MaStEr bull crap"
The librarian spoke, happily its been awhile since he had embarrassed anyone
Arc's face went bright red, and before he could interject, the librarian spoke once more
"Nah, don't try to defend yourself your covered in her qi, and she is covered in yours and don't even get me started about…"
The librarian continued to detail what he could see to them,
Had anyone else been listening they would have gotten second hand embarrassment
So Arc and Aurora left quickly, not wanting to be embarrassed further
After arriving back at the house Arc asked Aurora
"What is it that you wanted to talk about before"
"I was going to tell you that your discovery has been rewarded with sect contributions points"
"Oh thats nice"
When completing missions for the sect you are given sect contributions points,
which can be exchanged for items that can not be purchased with spirit stones, or other rare things within the sect,
Arc had a total of 10 points before today
"You have been rewarded with 10,500 points"
"What, thats insane, how was it so many"
Arc was completely shocked
"Methods to train the soul are extremely rare, and it can determine whether one can successfully become a nascent soul cultivator,
you have essentially created a method to train the soul, and gain a better understanding of the body"
"I feel like my chances of breakthrough will increased significantly after trying what you did"
Aurora was extremely excited
"Outside of the contribution points you so have a second reward, you can choose any one item from the sect treasury"
Arc eyes lit up, he hoped he could find a good formation to add to his spear in the form of a flag
"Yes that's awesome, when can we go?"
"We can go whenever you're ready"
"Thats great lets go"
Arc spoke excitedly
Aurora nodded before placing her hand on Arc, they took to the sky and landed before Arc could even register they had left
Arc found himself within an ancient winding tower, displays covered the walls. Each display was a mythical item or weapon, it went up as far as the eye could see
Arc ran from display to display, looking at everything, hoping to find something that he found suitable
Arc wandered for hours before stopping before a pair of robes,
he felt intense earth elements radiating from it, but it felt off, something unnatural, twisted
Aurora looked at the robes Arc had his attention on and explained
"Those were gather during an outer realm expedition, a world different from our-own, there was no spirit qi in that world"
"Yet spirits wandered freely, the people there would command these spirits"
"a spirit of earth was sown into those robes by one of their people, this was considered a great crime in that realm"
Arc's eyes went wide, this wasn't something he considered, he never considered that cultivator's can travel between worlds
"How many worlds are there?"
"Thousand's, and I'll warn you now, not every world has spirit qi, many have their own unique power systems,
"While in others only have ordinary people who live and die of old age "
"of course some of those normal worlds have gotten so technologically advanced, they can be comparable to cultivators"
Arc decided to worry about other worlds when he was stronger, as even if he found earth he wouldn't have a say on what would be done
Arc then found something that he liked, a large set of armor, much taller than himself,
but According to Aurora it would change in size to fix its user, it's last user just happened to have been 13 feet tall
Ark never found a formation flag , that he found suitable for the spear. he ended up taking the armor,
due to the armor ability to change in size, he fit into it nicely, and it was able to be hidden within his sect uniform when not in active combat
Arc and Aurora then headed home Arc decided to have some burgers, he asked Aurora if she wanted to join him
she was unable to but she said that they would meet up with him when she finished
When Arc arrived he found the kitchen was well stocked and he managed to find everything needed to make some good grilled burgers, as there even was a small grill,
'it seemed one of Aurora students enjoyed cooking'
Arc thought to himself before making several patties,
he made them by mixing onions and beef before adding them to the grill and making them flat,
he added cheese, and began toasting the bread as there were no burger buns,
There was no mayo but there was eggs and oil, so Arc made a simple mayo, and mixed this with a mustard sauce that was already prepared in the kitchen
He assembled the burgers, with tomatoes, onions, no pickles, lettuce, and the sauce,
Seeing the finished burgers Arc felt joy, as well as hunger
It seemed that his cooking attracted Aurora other students, as Mia, and another girl who seemed to be extremely interested
"Gimme"
Mia, spoke expectingly
"Thats rude Mia, your supposed to say please"
The other girl spoke correcting Mia
"Im iris, you must be Archean, nice to meet you, that smells delicious by the way"
Since Arc made several burgers, he decided to share with them,
"You can call me Arc, nice to meet you iris"
Arc spoke as he handed both her and Mia a plate with a burger on it they began chatting while eating
"Master had breakthrough and has reached the last stage of golden Core, she might become the youngest nascent soul cultivator in the history of the sect"
"That's great news"
Arc said happily
"I forged a good sword"
Mia spoke proudly, she still hadn't forgotten their meeting
"Let me see"
Arc was interested to see it, considering how bad the last one was
Mia left the dining room skipping before returning several mins later holding, a small short sword
Arc looked at it, and was genuinely impressive, it was a higher quality weapon than the spear he forged for the old man
"That's incredible how did you do it"
Before Mia could respond iris spoke
"It's made entirely of Mithril, it would be difficult to fail"
Iris spoke
Arc's hands shook, an entirely Mithril blade, it would be worth hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, you could buy a small sect with that amount of money
"H-how"
"I found it"
Mia spoke once again proudly
"a meteor made entirely of Mithril landed in her backyard of her vacation house.
"she gave most of it to master leading to her breakthrough, them used some of the remainder to forge that sword"
Iris spoke bitterly, seemingly regretting it didn't happen to her
They continued to chat for a while until Iris and mia had to take their leave