Against the Fate - Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Mountaineering

After driving for a few minutes in silence, North Luna said, “First learn Envelop . ”

“How do I do that?” That wasn’t even a proper sentence . Boss, can you explain the process, rather than the result?

“Quiet, thoughtless, insight . Unlike ordinary people, a cultivator in the clear mind state can feel the existence of the Aura . Some parents who also be cultivator want their children to cultivate, they forcefully transfer a little of their Aura to the child’s body . This method was called Planting; however, there are hidden side effects . Even twins differ from each other, not to mention parents and their children . Although Planting can strengthens the child, it is also destroy the child’s potential . ”

“That feeling when I was in a silly daze was the flow?”

North Luna was quite surprised, “Yes, how did you know? Have you received training in Envelop before?”

“No, but I felt that sensation often while in prison . ”

“And then?”

“I thought it was the bad quality of the prison food, and the lack of sunlight leading to malnutrition . ”

“It is fortunate that you did not ponder . When Two Per Millioner feel that fluctuations of the Aura, their curiosity leads them to try to direct the flow, but the lack of formal instruction, is a recipe for disaster . If you can already feel it, then rest is elementary . You can master the Envelop within four days if you train . ”

“Envelop sounds simple, how can it lead to disaster?” Cui Ming asked .

“In formal training, before you master the Envelop, you must not be disturbed or distracted,” Envelop was the first and most important step . Without formal training, many people in the process of learning the Envelop try to use their Aura in order to see what Release they were capable of . By skipping the steps in between, such as enhancing the body through Refine,

the Aura would consume the body and gradually cause irreversible damage . The first thing that was damaged was the most vulnerable organ – the brain . So madness and insanity were the standard features of the savages .

North Luna parked the car in front of a restaurant: “Eat as much as you can . ”

“Of course . ”

Cui Ming did not expect North Luna’s words to have another meaning, “In the process of learning Envelop, you must keep your mind in a blank slate, you’ll forget everything including eating . In general, a cultivator must comprehend the Envelop within seven days . For the human body, three days without food or water was deadly . But while in the Meditate state, the human body’s energy consumption would be reduced .

Normally, the time a cultivator need to learn Envelop was about five days . Any more would certainly lead to serious illness, the time available for the second stage – Refine – would be longer . The maximum was that could be spent on learning Envelop was seven days, beyond that and death was a certainty .

While in the clear mind state, a person could not feel the passage of time . Thus the tutor would be faced with two options, let the quasi-cultivator starve to death, or wake him up . Prematurely waking the cultivator will lead to them becoming a savage . So the tutor usually chose the former option, death or life, it was all up to fate . ”

“Death?” this was the problem Cui Ming was concerned about the most .

“The beginning is the most dangerous, it is the biggest hurdle stopping ordinary people from becoming cultivators . Because ordinary people can not comprehend the Envelop within ten days, but records about quasi-cultivator using more than seven days are a rarity . The average is between three to five days . ”

Cui Ming curiously asked, “How many days did you need?”

“70 hours . ” North answered as she parked the car, “Get off . ”

“Get off?” Cui Ming got off to the sight of barren hills, there was no light except the light from the car . He thought that the behavior of North Luna to “act before explaining” was quite unfriendly .

North Luna pointed towards the distance, “See?”

“What?” Cui Ming tried to look by using the little light from stars, “Is that a mountain?”

“That is Zenith Mountain . ”

“Ah?” Cui Minh felt an unknown premonition .

“You need a completely undisturbed environment . Except for cultivators, few have a reason to come here . ”

Cui Ming said, “Don’t lie to me, a lot of old men and old women climb Zenith Mountain for their morning exercises . ”

“I’m talking about Zenith Mountain’s peak . ”

“Zenith Mountain’s peak?” Cui Ming knew that the peak was actually a big rock located in the highest point of the mountain . It was 120 meters taller than the rest of highest point and surrounded by cliffs . “it’s true that nobody can get up there, so do I . ”

“Let’s go,” North Luna picked up her bag, which contained packaged food and water .

Cui Ming asked, “Why don’t we go during daytime?”

“There are people climbing the mountain in the morning, I have to bring you to the peak before then” she had already started to climb .

Cui Ming helplessly followed her, “I heard on the radio that there will be thunderstorm soon, what if lightning strikes me?”

“Luck is a kind of strength,” North Luna looked back at Cui Ming as she led the way .

Cui Ming was speechless, he could only follow North Luna in silence . When they reached the mountain road, Cui Ming tripped over a rock and fell . North Luna did not help him, so he had to get back up himself and continue to move forward .

“After cultivating Aura, you can use the technique gather Aura at the Eyes, otherwise known as Focus . Not only can it be used to identify other cultivators, it also give you enhanced vision…” North Luna explained as they climbed .

“F* . . ” Cui Ming stumbled again, his body fell out toward the mountain side .

North Luna’s left leg flexed, her body dashed towards the ground before grabbing Cui Ming, “This is Refine . If I had been an ordinary girl, my hand would not have been able to grasp you … ‘

“Also the result of cultivating, I know,” she was probably the worst teacher in the world .

Cui Ming asked, “Boss, have you ever wondered why it is that I’ve barely climbed a hundred meters and yet already two times I’ve nearly die prematurely?”

North Luna thought for a while, her right hand seized Cui Ming’s by the wrist, “Go . ”

“This is much better, but it doesn’t ensure that I don’t fall, it only guarantees that a fall isn’t fatal . In fact, you should consider buying a flashlight …” However, Cui Ming left out a small detail . Being in such close contact with North Luna excited him .

Do not misunderstand, Cui Ming was not thinking about the beauty of the North, but rather that North Luna had finally begun to speak with him normally . It was necessary step to finding the secret of the crystal .

But how should he start? ‘Boss, your chest is beautiful, is there something hidden in it? Can I touch them?’ would certainly lead to North Luna directly throwing him down to the mountain’s foot .

“You said that this weapon was created by your father, he must have also been a cultivator . Where is he now?” Cui Ming decided to start with that .

“Don’t know” North Luna answered .

“Your father must be very strong . ”

“I don’t want to discuss that . ”

How to talk? How to lead the subject to the crystal? Cui Ming continued, “You have a lot of friends, right?”

“I don’t want to discuss that . ”

F*ck! Cui Ming tried again, “What can we discuss?”

North Luna seemed to ponder for a while: “Why did you follow the expedition to the desert?”

“I don’t want to discuss this issue . ” Cui Ming was helplessly silent .