Currently, Vik is back at the Great Fire Forest, and his disciples are sitting in front of him inside the Anonymous Hall. Pusha is perched on his shoulder, chewing on a doll that has become a regular toy for her.
**Pov: Vik**
After finishing our last mission, I returned to the Anonymous Hall. I wanted to check on my crops and guide my disciples on their cultivation progress. The night was bright, with the moon shining through the clouds.
I looked at my disciples and asked the system to show me their status.
"DING SHOWING DISCIPLE LU XIAORAN'S STATUS:
Name: Lu Xiaoran
Age: 16 years
Bloodline: none
Physique: Transcendence Heavens physique
Affinity: All natural elements, Primordial darkness, Heavenly fire
Realm: Golden core stage (early), 3rd circle mage (early), 4th stage body cultivation (early to peak stages)
Martial soul: none (broken phantom tiger)
Possession: 100 mid-grade spirit stones, one body protection talisman (broken), one spatial ring, 10,000 union coins, B-Rank Qi gathering technique, C-rank body refining technique
Artifact: D rank sword (broken)
Luck: Chaotic
Special status: None
Title: Cannon fodder villain, Loser in love, young master, hard worker
Evaluation: He has decent talent and goals. He might achieve something significant in his life, but he is currently targeted by a lucky protagonist. Although his fate changed and he lost everything to the protagonist, something altered his path. Now, his future is chaotic and unpredictable. After completing his first Nirvana transformation, he gained new talent and strength."
"DING SHOWING DISCIPLE ROMAN BLACKWOOD'S STATUS:
Name: Roman Blackwood
Age: 55
Affinity: All natural elements, Light, Heavenly lightning, Primordial thunder
Realm: 5th circle mage (early stage), Nascent soul (early stage), body cultivation 5th stage (early to middle stages)
Martial soul: Nebula star galaxy (pseudo stage)
Physique: Primordial Thunder physique
Possession: 4th grade sword and armor (damaged), 1,000 medium-grade spirit stones, a broken ring (unknown, cursed), various items for forest camping
Artifact: 4th grade sword and armor, Ring of sea god (cursed)
Luck: Chaotic
Special status: Completed his first Nirvana transformation
Title: Invincible prodigy, Thunder devil, Punisher, Robinhood, Bottleneck, Loser in love
Evaluation: He is a mysterious old man who has done many dangerous things and achieved impossible feats in his youth. He has some hidden connections with the sea god clan of the western sea. After encountering an anomaly while protecting his young master, he completely changed his fate. Following his first Nirvana, he gained new talent and strength.
Both of their statuses haven't changed much; their body cultivation has improved due to the exercises and work they do in the fields, especially plowing like bulls. The Chaos Titan body refining improves the body, even as practitioners breathe using it. Every task and every injury makes their bodies stronger.
However, their Qi and Magic cultivation hasn't improved much, and today I will address this issue.
System: "Host, you are overthinking. Your disciples are already talented geniuses in ordinary terms. Improvement in minor realms takes people months of hard work, if they have enough talent to support it."
Hearing the system's words, I asked, "System, I know that cultivation gets harder as we progress. I can see this clearly: I trained both disciples the same way, but Lu Xiaoran advanced to the peak of the 4th stage in body cultivation while Roman only reached the middle stages of the 5th stage."
System: "Yes, host, you are exactly right."
Vik: "But system, I have another question. Can you tell me what speed those protagonists grow at?"
System: "Host, that's a tricky question. It isn't fixed. Some lower-level chosen ones may take years to reach their peak, while some child of planes might even reach the immortal realm in one day."
Vik: "Can you define what the immortal realm is?"
System: "Host, the immortal realm includes many major realms. From Qi refining to Transcendence is called the mortal realm by higher planes, and the immortal realm comes afterward."
Vik: "That's the issue, system. We need to face people who can cross that many realms in a single day. We've already angered fate by helping Lu Xiaoran escape his destiny. If I'm right, we'll soon face protagonists stronger than Lin Chen."
System: "Host, you are overthinking again. Chosen ones don't grow on trees. It's rare to encounter one. As for high-level beings like the Child of Plane, they are born only when a high-level plane faces an existential threat. You might not see one in your entire life. In fact, coming across a full kingdom of unicorns is more likely than meeting a single son of the plane."
Vik: "Don't say that! You're raising flags. Talking about something and saying it will never happen will make it happen tomorrow. I've read many novels. This is called flag-raising."
System: "Come on, host. You're really overthinking. Did you actually believe in those silly phenomena from novels? Chosen ones are luck level 1, and even in a world with them, the chance is just 0.01%. High-level beings like the Son of Plane (Level 4) are nearly impossible to meet, even in high planes. Do you really think you'll encounter them in this backwater world?"
Vik: "System! Please stop saying it like that. You're making it worse."
System: "Host, if you're going to overthink, why not go all the way and say we'll have a Child of Destiny (Level 5) and a Son of Heavens (Level 6) hunting us?"
Vik: "That's not helpful! Just stop now and show me my status."
System: "Okay, host. But you don't need to be scared all the time. Stop your overthinking. This world is safe."
"DING SHOWING HOST'S STATUS"
"Name: Vik
Age: 100 years
Bloodline: Poison Overlord Naaga
Physique: Void body, Cosmic stellar body, Quantum magic circle, prototype World-seed foundation
Affinity: Omni element, #!?unknown fire, Void element, #?!unknown
Realm: Void traveling realm (early stage), 7th circle magic realm (early stage), 7th stage body refining realm (early stage), #$@###### 1st stage of Root Chakra (Muldhara) in Kundalini #@$$@#
Possession: 8,000 medium-grade spirit stones, 700 high-grade spirit stones
Artifact: none
Spiritual fire: unknown fire
Cultivation techniques: Nirvana Qi refining technique, Chaos Titan body refining technique, Nuclear spirit gathering technique, Void magic technique, Abyss soul refining technique, Maya manifestation technique (unused)
Special powers: Shape-shifting, Poison mastery
Accepted disciples: Lu Xiaoran, Roman Blackwood
System reward: none
System mall: available (tap to view)
Teaching building: Anonymous Hall
System mission: Complete 100 successful classes with your student
Evaluation: a mysterious and arrogant snake."
My status remains the same as usual. I think I should increase my strength too. I don't know why, but since the system raised those flags, I feel restless.
System: "Host, believe me, just saying something won't make protagonists appear. They are the chosen ones of fate, not wild dogs you find in the streets."
Vik: "Yeah, system, I believe you."