After Oak, there were still three people, and among them, only one awakened the Three Stars Martial Spirit, while the other two awakened the Two Stars Martial Spirit.
As their awakening ended, the third elder lifted the rock and walked toward a large building.
This building was nearly five stories tall with the shape of a rectangular house. It was the main building of the sect and also one of the two buildings that the sect owned.
Pa! Pa!
The Fourth Elder clapped his hands and spoke.
"Now that you have awakened your Martial Spirit, it's time for you to start your cultivation journey. But for that, you need two things."
"Essence Technique and Energy Skills. In short, Techniques and Skills. How many of you have learned techniques and skills from your parents? Raise your hands."
Surprisingly, among them, only two didn't raise their hands.
These two were the ones who awakened the One Star Martial Spirit and the Two Star Martial Spirit.
Even Oak had seen his parents' Essence Technique and Energy Skills. Although he didn't get a chance to practice them, he managed to memorize those.
He was very familiar with those for another reason. Unlike most people, he was born with memories of his past life.
So, he had always been trying to create his technique.
He didn't know whether it would even work or not. But he did successfully create a technique before he was sent here.
But since he hadn't practiced any other technique, he wasn't confident in practicing his own.
Because his Technique was unfinished.
He called it 'Star Dragon Domination Technique'.
He didn't have the time to think about the technique as the Fourth Elder began explaining.
"Since you two have not been in contact with techniques and skills, let me explain them first. It will not take much time."
"The Human Body has unlimited potential, but one thing it can't do is extract, absorb, and refine external energy."
"So when a person awakens a Martial Spirit, he can use Essence Technique to trigger his Martial Spirit, which would release a powerful suction around you."
"Unlike Earth's Essence that is found in the deep of the Earth's bedrock, there exists another form of energy known as 'Primordial Energy'. It is energy that existed during the birth of the universe."
"Because of the Earth's gravity, it can absorb some of the Primordial Energy scattered in this solar system, allowing humans to find Primordial Energy and utilize it to create something known as Internal Strength."
"Internal Strength is a form of essence that can be produced within the individual's cells of the body. Because of the size of those cells, the energy produced would be extremely small."
"But when all of the energy from every single cell is combined, it produces enough energy to create Fireball, Water Gun, Wind Blade, Thunderbolt, and so much more."
"These require skills. Unlike the Technique that absorbs Primordial Energy, refines Internal Energy, and evolves one's body, Skills uses internal strength to produce certain effects."
"These effects vary based on the grade of a skill. Both Techniques and Skills are divided into five categories, with each category having four grades."
"Common Rank, Rare Rank, Epic Rank, Legendary Rank, and Supreme Rank. Each rank is divided into Basic Grade, Intermediate Grade, Advanced Grade, and Top Grade."
"Let's not talk about Epic, Legendary, or Supreme. Blue Wave Sect only has up to Rare Rank Intermediate Grade, which is also the highest grade Technique in our arsenal."
"Of course, you can't get them now. There are two ways for you to access this technique. You can either access it through enough contribution points, or you have to achieve something outstanding."
"There isn't much to think about it now. Just keep doing different missions assigned by the sect, and you will earn enough contributions and reputation."
After saying so, he stopped and turned around.
"Follow me!"
They were taken to the main building. The ground floor was for missions. They saw the sign and kept following the Fourth Elder to the first floor.
The interior of the ground floor was massive, with almost no extra rooms. There was a counter where a certain elder was sitting and giving tasks to the other students.
Certainly, these students were the older students. Most of them were over the age of fifteen.
There were only one hundred and seventy students in this sect, and most of them were busy with their cultivation.
Just like the ground floor, the first floor was also one massive room, except it was divided by several walls. Upon reaching the first floor, the Fourth Elder opened the door to the Sect's Library.
"This is where all of our Sect's Techniques and Skills are kept. New Disciples are given one chance to obtain a Technique and a Skill for free. So, be very careful while choosing them."
He said while walking behind the counter, similar to the ground floor, and sat down.
This surprised the eight new students.
Seeing their surprised look, the Fourth Elder nodded and said.
"There are only four elders and a sect leader. How can we have the manpower to manage individual things? So, all of us have different jobs except for the First Elder, whose responsibility is to take care of those missions."
"Of course, for something less important job, we will let our students take care of it."
"You have two hours to select a Technique and a Skill. So, hurry up!"
He said while pointing at the large bookshelf.
The students came to their senses and hurried. Fortunately, they knew the rules of the library and didn't make any noise.
Oak looked around and found not a single student except for them.
'No wonder there is a time limit. During our entry, everyone else is kept outside. But the library is a place that is often used by the students.'
He saw the students picking up different books and reading them. As they didn't have much time, they would only read the name and the introduction.
He also picked the first one and read.
"Bronze Body Technique- Give the properties of the bronze element to the essence, temper the body with bronze essence, and achieve the Bronze Body."
"Fiery Yang Technique- Give the properties of the fire element to the essence, refine the fire lotus inside the body, and obtain the Yang Flames."
"Thunder Refining Body Technique- Give the properties of the thunder element to the essence, strike the body with thunder, and embody the power of thunder."
"Hey, can I take that book?"
One of the students asked while Oak was checking the Thunder Refining Body Technique.
Oak was surprised, but he nodded. He knew if he wanted the Thunder Refining Body Technique, he could just ask for a copy.
"Thanks!"
The student joyfully took the book and started reading it.
Oak also began strolling around, checking other books. He also found various skills.
"Fire Punch- Controlling the flames inside one's body, throw a punch that takes the shape of a fist while moving towards its target. The power of this skill can melt normal metal."
"Fire Breath- Release the flames out of the mouth, use the breath to increase the power of flames outside the body to achieve a better explosion."
"Water Palm- Produce the water in the shape of a palm. The weight of the water can shatter boulders and rocks."
"Wind Blade- Turn the wind into a blade and release it to cut through large rocks."
"Thunderbolt- Release a lightning bolt out of the finger, enough to paralyze and burn a large number of enemies."
"Snake Steps- Temper the legs with Internal Strength, move at the speed of a snake, smooth and unstoppable."
"Blasting Steps- Creating exploding force with the Internal Strength under the foot and propel yourself forward."
"Mountain Shaking Seal- A powerful skill that can make Internal Strength heavier than Mountain, resulting in powerful punches and kicks."
There were too many skills, so much so that he didn't look through most of them. He decided to go back to those skills and opened the books further.
He was checking how these techniques compared to his Star Dragon Domination Technique.
He checked the first book, 'Bronze Body Technique' and quickly realized something.
It was several times better than his technique.
Although Star Dragon Domination Technique sounded amazing, it was an upgraded version of Common Rank Basic Grade Technique and barely reached the Intermediate Grade.
In other words, even this Bronze Body Technique was better than his Star Dragon Domination Technique.
Of course, Oak wasn't discouraged by his failure because his technique was incomplete.
He did make it so that he could use this technique to refine Internal Strength into Yang Essence and temper his body with it.
But this technique was related to Star and Dragon and Domination.
Unfortunately, Yang wasn't related to any of those.
Even so, he wasn't worried. Because this technique finally gave him what he needed.
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