Dave followed the grubby-looking beggar to the back of the nearby slums to a small shack next to the outer wall. "dude? Why the freak? those chumps got nothin." Dave's nonchalant attitude seemed to disturb the Poor man to an alarming degree
"It's not them you have to worry about, the patriarch and the ancestor are at levels you dare not confront!" the scruffy man gestured to a small table, and cushion for Dave to sit. he was served a cheap tea without scones nor cake a sad state for sure.
"the patriarch is at the blood transformation stage and the ancestor at the core condensing stage!" The blank look on Dave's face was so loud the man had no choice but to explain
"In this region, core condensing is as high as anyone can go before the tribulation becomes lethal, Even if you're close you can't compete" The man seemed to know far more than he was willing or able to tell, largely because he had no way of knowing the kind of information dave needed.
"K. Dude. got no clue what you're on about . . . the Fuck does any of that mean?" A friendly but blank look on Dave's face left the man perplexed HOW could someone so powerful not understand the basics!?
"Please senior what part has left your greatness unsure?" it was evident the man was looking for something other than simple ignorance as a twinkle of hope hid behind the man's eyes.
Dave really didn't want to divulge his past lives as it would be 'problematic' for many reasons. First and foremost it did tend to make people question his sanity or conversely try to take advantage of him and his ignorance in an unknown land. "How bout you start with your name, then what ya mean by 'stage' cuz I got nothing"
With great pride the man bowed deeply to Dave "This humble one is called Ding Dong" Dave choked on his laughter and the tea.
"as for the stages, senior must know them by different names or skipped them outright as I myself had." Now Dave was interested. "Go on."
"The stages start at foundation creation, then bone tempering, followed by blood transformation, core condensing, body refining, soul strengthening, Dao beginning, Dao tempering, dao strengthening and The grate Dao formation."
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this seemed to be the beginner's guide to the world. But the thing that had always helped Dave the most was the 'players guide' which never existed in the here and now but was something he could access through the Akashic records.
"so dude I don't need the terror you are oozing, I got this." Dave was not overly plused by the situation as he had no idea how his base stats, profession, or perks related to the 'cultivators' power.
"you wanna start at the start, so's I get where you're goin'?' " I'm level 356, and that's like massive with a word I can end all life everywhere 'Ragnarok' ends all life / everywhere forever and breaks the world literally I can punch mountains and far more all my base stats are at cap.
With the pure begging in his posture and sorrow in his voice "A decade ago I could stand above a Dao strengthening expert, my cultivation was shattered by my enemy so I ran here to try and heal, they could not follow due to the restriction of the land. the stats as you call them should only be possible as a higher level of immortal than I've ever met"
the possibility of another discovering the truth of his power was not the only issue, Dave had opposed the natural order of the world simply by being.
"Here dude, try this [low elixer]" Dave gave the man a purple potion with no concern toward the consequence. Ding Dong almost instantly regained all his past power but without the deadly lightning. he placed his head on the ground and begged Dave to make him an apprentice.
"so dude What the actual Eff..is going on?" Both Dave and Dong were unable to consider one another, as the world of experience was so alien to one another the idea of levels as opposed to stages where as strange as blood magic to karma...it took some time for Dave to have the personal fortitude and simple trust to allow the neighborhood serfs as well as his new apprentice a demonstration. Dave showed he could equip armor out of thin air, lift tonnes with no effort, juggle daggers blindfolded, and run fast enough to break the sound barrier.
"see that's what I mean by base stats, still have no idea what cultivation does differently."
Dong finally understood when he used his ki sense to feel Dave's cultivation only to find it was barely even a root not even in the foundation stage. The revelation of this would rock the world with Dave outmatching all the powerhouses of the empire with what boiled down 'human limits' . . . what happens if he cultivates?
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