After a couple hours I had woken up on my own. I looked around and seeing nothing out of the normal I approached my mom. She was still cultivating the technique I taught her and seemed to be doing pretty well. As I was about to take a walk to the rive mom’s eyes opened. “John I have a few questions if you have a second.” I took a seat next to her crossed my legs and in a funny voice I said, “This master is here to answer questions from his student.” This time instead of a glare from mom, she kicked me as hard as she could, which made me jump up and howl in pain. She kicked me right in the shin. “Now top playing and come and answer my questions son before you get another one.” Listening to her like a good son I sat down and began eager to answer her questions. “What is cultivating exacting and why is it so important that we practice like this?” I smiled and told mom the basics of what a cultivator should know.
When some people hear the word cultivation they assume that we are talking about growing plants. In this story we are not teaching how to grow plants but rather how to grow a person’s Qi and inner strength. As one continues to build up their Qi and inner strength they will gradually become stronger and more incredible than the average person. However note that if all you do is build up your strength through cultivation and not use it, you are only wasting away heavens’ gift. In order to truly progress you need a well balance between cultivating and martial arts. Every martial art is different and graded based how several different factors. To make it easier, I will talk about those levels and why things are how they are.
Martial arts techniques are graded from level 1 to level 9. Even though a level 9 art is more powerful than those at the first level, some of the lower level skills you learn may help you in certain situations. So you should never look down on a martial arts skill. As one progresses in their cultivation and martial arts they will be able to practice higher level techniques but everyone who first starts must start from the level 1. As you break through your limits and proceed to increase your cultivation realm you can also learn more powerful skills.
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Alongside martial arts skills there are also other things that are ranked and have the same such rules. For example, cultivators that practice alchemy have the ability to make auxiliary pills and liquids from plants and demon beast parts. These auxiliary items can help other cultivators increase the amount of Qi they can gather and help increase their overall strength. Like martial arts techniques the pills that are made also have levels from 1 to 9. As an alchemist one must study and practice their own cultivation techniques as well as study pill recipes and refining techniques to improve their skills in making the pills. That is why, among cultivators of the world, alchemist are the most respected and the people everyone wants to become friends with. With the help of an alchemist a cultivator can advance quickly and become even more powerful.
CULTIVATION LEVELS VISUAL AID
1ST realm of cultivation: Foundation building.
Low level foundation building
Medium level foundation building
High level foundation building
2nd realm of cultivation: Qi gathering. ---Low, medium and high just like above.
3rd realm of cultivation: Core foundation. ---this one is the same as above as well however this realm has a 4th level which is called Peak Core foundation. It means that you are on the verge of breaking through the next realm.
4th realm of cultivation: Golden Core. ---this is the same as Core foundation.
Peak level Golden Core cultivators are the highest level cultivators of this new world. To go past this realm would be unheard of and thus we know nothing about it. Mom closed her eyes and thought to herself carefully. “I think I understand a bit better now” mom said. Knowing that she has a basic level of knowledge now I believed it to be best for her to continue to meditate and cultivate the art I taught her. I asked if she needed anything before I took a walk outside. “Mom I will take a walk around and make sure there are no dangers nearby while you cultivate. Don’t worry I won’t allow anyone to come into the cave.” She replied simply “Be careful son.”