BXBX NOVEL Chapter 352 - Master's Talent
It took 3 days for Adam to regain consciousness and when he did, his body was still in excruciating pain and he could barely move.
"Thank you master, I appreciate you looking after my body and aiding its recovery. I know it must have cost you a lot, especially in the state you are in" said Adam as he struggled to sit up and looked over at his master who was clearly fatigued and drained after providing most of his energy to Adam multiple times.
"Don\'t worry about it child, but what I am more curious about is how exactly you broke through to the Advanced Cultivation Level and why your body was so damaged by it. It was almost as though your soul had left your body for a few days, then returned with great power. The power was infused into your body and after being separated for a long period of time along with the shock of the sudden surge of power, your body was overwhelmed and entered a state of shock"
Adam was shocked by how much his master was able to gauge from his observations, but his face was still calm and didn\'t show any shock as he thought about how to answer his master.
[I trust my master and he doesn\'t have long to live, so telling him would give him some peace of mind and he also wouldn\'t be able to tell anyone about it. After everything, it would be disrespectful not to be honest with him and will tell him the truth, but skip anything to do with the system] decided Adam.
He went onto explaining to his master that every time he slept he would appear in another place where he would train and fight against beasts until he woke up and when he did, his power would increase.
His master was amazed and knew that Adam\'s power increased in his sleep, but didn\'t know exactly what Adam felt and how it happened.
"Sorry for not telling you more details previously and I do trust you, but I was told by a voice within my mind not to tell anyone and even my family and closest friends don\'t know the truth about my capabilities"
His master smiled and reassured him that he understood that everyone had their own secrets and would be hesitant to reveal them to anyone no matter how much they trusted them.
"Does that mean you\'re talent grade is infinite and as long as you sleep, your power will continue to improve?" asked his master still trying to figure out how exactly everything worked.
"I am not sure, but so far I have had no trouble improving and I hope it continues that way" answered Adam, but his master\'s question also made him wonder what his master\'s talent grade is.
His master could see the curiosity in his eyes and could tell what Adam was thinking as he answered his question.
"My talent grading is C:3, but I didn\'t reach my full potential with all of the things that were disturbing his calm my mind was and how short I cultivated for" revealed his master.
Hearing that, Adam was amazed and from what he had seen in New York, having an E:1 grade talent was already amazing.
That would only allow one, who met their full potential and wasn\'t able to surpass their limits, to reach the peak of the Advanced Cultivation Level.
Compared to his master\'s talent grade, that was nothing and from what his master had told him, a C:3 talent wasn\'t even anything amazing for the ancients.
"Don\'t look so amazed. Talent grading is important, but doesn\'t dictate how much you can progress and one can always surpass their limits or resort to different methods of cultivation. Negative Cultivation isn\'t always bad and many that struggle with positive cultivation may achieve greater results in negative cultivation. Also, you are on track to being on par with many ancients and currently, they are on a whole other level to what you have seen" said his master, not wanting Adam to feel restricted.
However, little did he know, Adam knew more about the universe than most ancients after everything that Ava had told him and he was also confident in his own capabilities and potential.
"Master, the ancients and even the beings from above will know of me and respect my power. The sentinels will become great and spread throughout the universe" stated Adam with a confident expression that didn\'t show any signs of doubt.
Such a statement, coming from a cultivator that had just broken into the Advanced Cultivation Level was obnoxious and crazy, but from Adam, it seemed weirdly believable for his master.
"Right now, I am an Earth Mortal or Advanced Cultivator, meaning I have only just truly stepped onto the path of cultivation and I know it is still too early for me to say this, but trust me, master, I will make sure your legacy lives on and even reaches those above," said Adam.
Saying that, he remembered that the soul sea existed and maybe he could recover his master\'s soul before the soul cycle was completed, but then he removed that thought from his mind, knowing that it was too reckless and impossible for him to do in the state he was in.
His master finally accepted that he was going to die soon and bringing him back would be a curse rather than a gift, so Adam decided that even if he could, he wouldn\'t save his master.
"Where did you hear Earth Mortal be mentioned and also how do you know about the beings above?" asked his master, shocked by what he heard Adam say so casually.
It was the ancients duty to keep information and knowledge of the existence of other plains and realms secret, and yet Adam seemed to know about higher plains.
"I heard about them, but don\'t know much. All I know is that this planet isn\'t the limit and as long as I can keep progressing, I don\'t care much about the details" said Adam, not wanting his master to investigate more about what he knew through the system.