Chapter 95: Spiritual Beast Cultivation System (1)
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On his way home, Lin Shen went to the True Martial Pavilion to buy talismans. He then went straight home.
Although he had already moved into the academy, he hadn't terminated the lease on the villa.
On one hand, he wanted a place to stay outside the academy.
On the other hand, it was to give Ai a place to live.
Although the Nine Yang Academy didn't prohibit disciples from bringing spiritual beasts in, the beasts had to be kept in containers like Beast Taming Pouches. They weren't allowed to walk around freely.
With Ai's personality, she could stay that way for a few days, but she probably couldn't stand it over a long period.
"When I have more money, I can probably buy a house of my own. That way, I won't have to rent a house anymore."
Lin Shen thought to himself.
Back home, Ai was sleeping on the sofa as usual. There were a few empty cans of cat food on the coffee table.
Even when Lin Shen walked to the sofa, Ai still didn't notice him and was still fast asleep.
"What a silly cat. If a burglar comes in, she'll probably get caught and sold on the market."
Lin Shen grabbed the back of Ai's neck and lifted her off the sofa.
Only then did Ai open her eyes in a daze. When she saw that it was Lin Shen, she immediately muttered.
"Am I dreaming again..."
Lin Shen knocked her head.
"It's too early to dream!"
Ai cried out in pain. When she realized she wasn't dreaming, her eyes widened.
"Lin Shen, you're back!
"Where have you been these days? I haven't seen you come back.
"By the way, I've finished my cat food. Do you have any on you?"
After waking up, the cat instantly turned into a chatterbox and couldn't
stop talking.
"Didn't I tell you? I went to the academy to stay for a while."
Lin Shen put her down and cut her off.
"Did anything happen at home while I was away?"
"No. Apart from me, there's no one else at home."
"That's good." Lin Shen nodded slightly. He sized up Ai and suddenly asked, "How's your cultivation recently?"
Speaking of this, Ai immediately perked up and raised her head proudly.
"I just broke through a few days ago!"
A breakthrough?
Lin Shen raised his eyebrows in surprise.
While staying in the academy, he was busy cultivating, but he still took the time to visit the library in the academy.
The volume and quality of the Nine Yang Academy's library surpassed that of Dragonside City's largest public library.
Lin Shen had learned a lot of knowledge in the library, including information about the cultivation system of spiritual beasts.
Similar to the three stages of the human race, the cultivation system of spiritual beasts before taking the human form was roughly divided into three stages.
The first was the Spirit Awakening Stage.
As the name suggested, spiritual beasts in this stage had only just gained sentience and were in the initial stages of cultivation. They generally didn't have much combat strength.
Ferocious beasts like lions, tigers, wolves, and leopards could rely on their sharp claws and teeth to protect themselves.
However, spiritual beasts like cats were almost helpless against human
cultivators.
Only Ai's special bloodline allowed her to escape from the Night Grinders.
Even so, if not for Lin Shen's help back then, she probably wouldn't have been able to escape the fate of being caught.
Therefore, Spirit Awakening spiritual beasts were usually not too threatening.
Spiritual beasts allowed to be raised in Dragonside City were mostly at this stage.
However, after breaking through the Spirit Awakening Stage, the power of spiritual beasts would undergo a tremendous change.
A ferocious beast whose strength and speed were already above that of ordinary people would have its physical strength improved to an astonishing level.
Their claws and fangs alone were as sharp and hard as excellent weapons and could easily break rocks and trees.
As for spiritual beasts like cats and foxes, although they didn't have powerful physical abilities, their illusion abilities would be greatly improved.
Be it survivability or combat ability, they were incomparable to when the beasts were in the Spirit Awakening Stage.
Because of that, this stage was also known as the Ascension Stage.
It represented a beast that had broken out of the cocoon and become a butterfly. It was time to ascend and transform.
Above the Ascension Stage was the Enlightening Stage.
Spiritual beasts at this stage were only one step away from taking the human form.
By now, the spiritual beast had awakened the inherited bloodline in their bodies. While their strength improved, they would also awaken various mysterious abilities according to their inherited bloodline. They could control water, summon fire, escape into the ground, and even ride the wind.
There were all kinds of strange and mysterious abilities.
In short, the Spirit Awakening, Ascension, and Enlightenment Stages of spiritual beasts roughly correspond to the Qi Transformation, Long Breath, and Bright Aperture Stages of human cultivators.
When the beasts successfully took human form, they would be able to transcend the limitations of their bodies. Just like human cultivator masters, they would have the qualifications to take the path of cultivation toward immortality.
For spiritual beasts of this stage, cultivators often no longer called them spiritual beasts, but beast cultivators.
What was worth mentioning was that the specific division of the three stages of a spiritual beast wasn't as detailed as that of a human cultivator. Each stage was roughly divided into the early phase, mid-phase, and late phase.
According to Lin Shen's observation, Ai should be in the mid-phase of the Spirit Awakening Stage when they made the contract.
During this period of time, she broke through once, which meant she was in the late phase of the Spirit Awakening Stage now.
If she broke through again now, she would have reached the Ascension Stage.
Lin Shen was a little surprised for a moment. It was rare to see an Ascension Stage spiritual beast in Dragonside City, let alone a spiritual beast like this cat, which was hard to survive.
If that were true, Ai's cultivation speed would be amazing..
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