Life After Reaching The Pinnacle

39  Chapter 39: Spirit Cultivation

Asty and Aadi were currently staring into each other's eyes without blinking, as if it were a contest. The whole bookstore was engulfed in a tense atmosphere.

Aadi decided to break the silence and spoke, "I didn't teach her spirit cultivation because I was focusing on something else. Spirit cultivation isn't necessary for now."

Asty retorted as she scoffed at Aadi, "Heh, just say you forgot. Why are you making so many excuses? And spirit cultivation isn't necessary? What the heck are you saying? Forget about Alchemy, where it's very important, even in battles, it helps a lot. I can already tell that you just taught her to fight and nothing else."

Aadi looked away and started whistling, as if this had nothing to do with him. He really forgot to teach, as he was enjoying the feeling of teaching his own disciple.

Asty showed a smug grin to him and turned to Aurora, who was just silently sitting and watching the drama with a bucket of popcorn in her hands.

As soon as she sensed Asty's gaze, she hid the popcorn and smiled at Asty.

Asty shook her head in disappointment as she said, "I really shouldn't have let this dumbo spend five months with you alone. You're behaving just like he did in his younger days."

Asty put the situation at the back of her mind and said, "Anyway, I'll tell you about spirit cultivation, as that can help you gain control over your Bloodline, at least more than normal."

"You see, there are many types of cultivation, but mainly you can say all those fall into three categories."

"One, Body cultivation. In this, you use blood circulation to make your body more powerful, or you can provide pressure to your body, which helps in breaking through the limits of the body. Since you aren't following this path, I'm not explaining much."

"Second, Essence Cultivation. I guess you already know about it, as I'm expecting that this dumbo at least taught you the basics of Essence Cultivation," Asty said as she casted a slight glance at Aadi. Aurora nodded, as it was true that Aadi had taught her the basics of Essence Cultivation.

Seeing Aurora nod, Asty continued, "The third one is spirit cultivation or soul cultivation. This is the most complex among the three. When you cultivate your spirit, it gets stronger and helps in many things, like increasing the control you have over energy and all."

Asty stopped to see whether Aurora had understood or not. Seeing Aurora deep in thought, Asty also remained silent.

After some time passed, Aurora had a look of realization and asked Asty, "Hey, Asty, isn't that similar to the soul cultivation I've read about in the novels that master gave me?"

Aurora had an innocent, excited expression as she discovered something very amazing according to her. But she didn't know that she just created a landmine and stepped on it.

Asty's face darkened upon hearing Aurora, and she gradually turned to look at Aadi with a terrifying expression.

It would have been a comical scene to see a cat act like that, but sadly, the ominous energy in the bookstore could erase all these thoughts.

"So, instead of teaching her about spirit cultivation, you were actually turning her into a nerd like you," Asty said as she slowly walked towards Aadi.

Aadi scratched the back of his head as he defended himself, "You see, Asty, rest is necessary, right? So I gave her those so she didn't get bored by fighting all day."

Angering Asty was the last thing anyone would do if they knew her. She was a quiet person and ignored most of the things; that's why when she is angered, you should just agree with whatever she says.

Asty hummed in agreement and asked, "If you can give me one more reason, I'll let the matter rest."

Aadi shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Haven't you seen the results already? She has read about those scenarios, so she could escape from the tomb. Most of the novels here are based on real stories, so it actually helps her."

Asty thought about it and nodded in agreement. Knowing about those things really helps a lot, as Aadi often used these things to get what he wanted in the past.

Aadi then sighed as he again looked at Aurora, who was again eating popcorns. Her eyes twitched as she asked, "You intentionally did that, right?"

Aurora choked on her popcorn hearing Aadi and hastily responded with an innocent face, "What are you talking about, master? I didn't do anything."

Asty and Aadi looked at the innocent expression of Aurora and thought, 'She can definitely become a great con artist with that ability to change expression.'

Seeing that both Asty and Aadi were silent, Aurora decided to ask the question she had in her mind, "Asty, you said I'm behaving like master? Can you tell me more about him and how he was?"

Asty rolled her eyes at Aurora and said, "I would describe him in just two words: Dumbfuck and random. He just does things randomly. And yeah, that habit of popcorn, he also had that, like once there was a war between many expanses, and the result of that decided the future of trillions of lives, and he was watching the whole war with a bucket of popcorn in the middle of the battlefield."

Aurora imagined the scene in her mind and instantly understood why Aadi did that. It was so exciting and satisfying. She then thought of something and asked, "Wait, if there was a war, why didn't anyone attack my master? How was he enjoying the whole war peacefully?"

Asty smiled a little, remembering that time, and replied, "It's because of him that the whole war was going on. He was the sole reason so many people were fighting with their lives on the line."

Aurora was even more confused and asked, "Why would such a large number of people fight each other because of master? What did he do?"