Female Novel
Chapter 4
Everyone looked at Gravis as he opened the door and walked in. All the chatter that was just going on instantly stopped. Theyoung people in the room never expected someone like him to come here. This place was not a location where nobles wouldfrequent. This was a classroom. Specifically, a classroom for the preparation for a job that only ‘low born’ people normally took.Was the prince actually intending to become a research assistant?
Aresearch assistant was an occupation that allowed people with a poor background to make it big if they survived. Family's withan, at least, average standing would not need to send their children to this death camp, where only a tiny portion of attendeessurvived. There was no reason for the prince to become a research assistant. A single fart of the Opposer could make anyonebecome a God.
Gravis felt a little embarrassed when everyone looked at him like that. Keeping his head low, he dodged the shocked youngstersand quickly found an empty chair and sat down. He kept his head low, not wanting to meet the eyes of the others.
“Damn, everyone looks at you like you just killed a guy. What did you do?" Gravis heard a voice from his right. He looked at theyoungster that just talked to him. He was an about 15-year-old boy with brown hair and brown eyes. Even though he lookedclean, one could see his family's financial situation by the cheap clothing he wore. His hands were rugged and filled withcalluses.
"Hey, you deaf? I'm talking to you." The boy continued with an annoyed tone, seeing that Gravis had not reacted yet after acouple of seconds.
Gravis quickly perked up. "Oh, sorry, sorry! | was just not used to people speaking to me like that." Gravis rubbed his neck inembarrassment.
"You mean speaking like a normal guy? You're a weird one." The boy said while boringly looking at Gravis. "Well, if you want tokeep secrets, go ahead."
Gravis wasn't used to talking like this. "No, it's nothing like that. It's just, where I'm from, people always talk indirectly and veryformal. So..." Gravis nervously twiddled his thumbs. "I'm not sure how to talk with... normal people." Gravis dodged his eyes.
"Man, what's up with you? Are you a stale soup without any backbone? A man needs to be like a good soup. He needs to have abackbone, lots of meat and has to be refined to perfection. Speak up, will ya?" The boy shouted.
The other people in the classroom looked at the guy with pale faces, while Gravis was just confused by his strange metaphor. "Aan... needs to be like soup?" He asked.
The boy slammed his desk loudly. "Yeah, like a well-made soup. Strong, flavorful, hot, well prepared! That's what makes a man."The boy looked at Gravis with intense eyes.
Gravis was confused, but he also felt as if he kind of understood the guy. Gravis tried to sound more confident. "Yes. You'reright!" Gravis looked around the room at the staring eyes. "Let them stare! | shouldn't feel uncomfortable because of others."
The boy laughed and heartily patted Gravis on the shoulder. "That's it! That's how a man should be." He then extended his handto Gravis. "Hey, I'm Ballor. | like to befriend all hot-blooded men. Hot-blooded men don't need to know each other to form abrotherhood. Our hearts are already connected!"
Gravis looked at the hand and then grinned. "Yes!" He slammed his hand into Ballor's and gave him a firm handshake. "Myname's Gravis! Let's be brothers!"novelbin
Ballor grinned uncomfortably. "Yeah, that's great. Hey, could you maybe let my hand go? | think it's about to break.""Oh!" Gravis quickly let go of Ballor's hand. Ballor pulled it back and shook it vigorously.
"Damn, what did you eat? Your grip is really strong."
"Oh, I'm so-"
"Okay, quiet down, everyone!" Just when Gravis wanted to apologize, a young man, maybe in his 20s, shouted into theclassroom and walked to the podium at the front. The class immediately went to their desks, and obediently sat down, stillglancing at Gravis from time to time. Gravis looked quietly at the front, but after he saw Ballor sitting with a straight back,muscles puffed out, he remembered the talk they just had. Gravis also sat up straight and crossed his arms.
When everyone calmed down, the man spoke up. "I'm research adept Forneus. This means | successfully completed my missionas a research assistant. I've been assigned to guide you for the next year, so that you will be well prepared and, hopefully,survive." Forneus looked around the room. "Now, let me just give you a summary of what a research assistant is."
Forneus cleared his throat. "Research assistants are people who will be sent to the lowest worlds, where the energy and itsinhabitants are the weakest. The goal behind this seemingly mindless task is to research the cultivation techniques of theseworlds. Even though the people might be weak, their techniques might not be. Every world is different, and every world has itsown cultivation path. Some cultivation paths may lead to a dead-end, but others may have huge potential. Without testing, wecan't know."
"That is the reason why we only accept people who either have not cultivated at all or have only tempered their organs andblood. If you already used a cultivation technique, then what's the meaning of sending you to a lower realm?"
Forneus looked around the room and spotted Gravis. He then looked at the ceiling and thought for a while. Then, he continued.“For those of you who have no idea about cultivation, let me just briefly summarize the first four cultivation realms and whatthey're all about."
Gravis grew excited. Everyone was forbidden to talk about the specifics of cultivation around him. He never even heard thename of any realms. His father made sure of that. Finally, he got to know about cultivation.
"The first realm is called Body Tempering. Just like the name says, you need to temper your whole body, one piece at a time. Ithas five stages: Organ tempering, blood tempering, bone tempering, skin tempering, and muscle tempering. It is important tonote that you can theoretically temper your body in any order you want. Though, to get a good foundation, you first need totemper your organs and your blood."
“For example, if you temper your muscles first, what would happen?" Forneus looked around the room.
One of the only two girls in the class raised her hand, and Forneus nodded. "You will explode when you use all your powerbecause your skin and bones are not strong enough to support your muscles." The girl answered in confidence.
"Wrong!" Forneus shouted. The girl flinched. "Your body isn't stupid! It would never allow such a time-bomb to exist in itself. Whatactually happens is that the body would only allow the tempering of the muscles to go as far as your skin, bones, and organsallow. That means that your muscles will be weak in relation to cultivators that tempered their muscles last."
“Now, | will tell you the best order to temper your bodies! First-" Forneus stopped speaking when he saw a boy in the front,Ballor, in fact, had raised his hand. "What?" Forneus glared at Ballor.
Forneus' death-glare did not deter Ballor. "How do we know that your method is the best? My father said that you first need astrong skin to survive and strong muscles to win. If you can't survive, what's the meaning in going ‘the correct way'?"
Forneus' eyes showed a mixture ofannoyance and boredom. "First, ifyour body is not tem ered neraatly.you wil aveimme Micestarting at the fourth major realm.You need to achieve unity in thefourth realm, and if not every part ofyour body is equally perfect, you willfind it very hard to achieve unity." Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
"Second, your case is only relevant if you do not have the resources or are in constant mortal danger. We do have the resources,and there is no danger here, yet."
"Third, because, his exalted grace, the Opposer said so." Forneus glared at Ballor.Under Forneus' intense glare, Ballor finally crumbled and sat back down, not saying another thing.
Forneus continued. "So, first, youneed to temper your organs and yourblood. Your organs must be firstbecause they produce your blood,and all ee) bedy meenyen ai rom them. Yourblood must be second because itcarries the nourishment. It would beashame if your organs producedgreat nourishment, but your bloodcan't transport any of it properly.Also, your strength continuallyimproves with time just by havingtempered your organs and blood.That increases your upper limit forfuture tempering." The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
"Next, you need to temper your bonesand your skin. It does not matter inwhich order. Bones have no relationto skin and vice versa. Lastly, youneed to temper Gi eail
en you ernberd everything, doesyour body allow the perfecttempering of your muscles. You willbe sent into the lower realms withtempered organs and temperedblood. The reason for that is that it'sthe most difficult to temper theorgans and blood. It's tough toacquire the quantity or quality ofnourishment in the lower realms forthose two stages." The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Out of nowhere, some fingernail-sized pills appeared in the air and flew towards the youngsters. "Eat these, and your organs andblood should be tempered by tomorrow."
Gravis looked down at his desk and was confused because he did not receive any pill. Gravis raised his hand. Forneusbeckoned with his head. "Excuse me, why did I not receive a pill? | have never cultivated."
Forneus slyly grinned. "You don't need a pill. You already have tempered your organs and blood."
Gravis' eyes widened. "What?"