Chapitre 10: Chapter 10: Erdtree & Great Grandfather
While I was lost in thought thinking about my physique and the implications of having a more enormous Qi reserve than normal, grandfather informed me about it.
"This is such a blessing in disguise for you, Elif, that it's unbelievable!" Declared Tyler while looking at Elif with a smile.
"With your talents, you could be considered a child of Heaven." Remarked Tiana.
"I don't understand what you mean. By having this Myriad Immortal Physique, doesn't that mean I'll have to absorb more Qi, which would, in turn, make me cultivate slower?" Asked Elif, with a confused frown on his face.
"Yes, what you said is true, you will need much more Qi than normal, but did you forget the spirit root you had? Even if you were to cultivate five times slower, your speed of cultivation would still surpass that of a low God spirit root, and don't forget what type of existence you were born into; with our rich and vast heritage, do you know how much resources you will be allowed access to help you cultivate?" Declared Tyler with pride.
"Umm, a lot?" Answered Elif with uncertainty.
"A lot doesn't even begin to justify how much resources we have; if you were given merely one percent of all resources that we had, you would be far more wealthy than every noble household in our empire, combined." Replied Maria, with evident pride.
I can't really comprehend how much that is, as I haven't interacted with any of the nobles, but I'm just going to assume that's a lot. However, either way, I would've still had access to the resources even if I didn't have a unique physique, which means I would've been able to cultivate even faster.
"But I'm still going to cultivate slower than I would've before." Muttered Elif under his breath quietly, but as everyone around him had an impressive cultivation base, they easily heard his complaining.
"Quit your whining, Elif, you were born with his physique, and you can't change it, so your just going to have to deal with it. Besides, one thing you need to understand is that cultivation speed doesn't necessarily mean strength; there's a lot of stuff you need to consider when it comes to cultivation." Reprimanded Marcus.
'Haa, father's right, there's nothing I can do to change it, might as well just accept it.' Thought Elif.
"Ok, with all that stuff out of the way, I think it's finally time for you to learn the Royal Elven Cultivation Manual." Stated Tyler as he put down his teacup and snapped his fingers, causing the scenery to change from the beautiful and vibrant forest to everyone standing in front of a magnificent Tree.
By the time I realized what grandfather had done, I wasn't that surprised, and I didn't care, but the reason for that was standing in front of me was the largest Tree I'd ever laid my eyes upon. I mean, it was so huge that Its canopy was blocking out the afternoon sky, I couldn't see the top, but from how large the base was, I could only Imagine the gargantuan size of the tree in front of me.
"Hahaha, both of your parents had the same reaction when they first laid eye's on the Erdtree." Said Tyler, smiling at Elif's reaction.
"I believe Maria's reaction was worse than Elif's if I remember correctly." Stated Marcus, causing Maria to glare at him.
"Ok, dear, I believe you've gawked at the Erdtree enough, and close your mouth; you're a Prince, have some etiquette."Said Tiana, chuckling at Elif's awed face.
Closing my mouth, I stared at the Erdtree, as they call it, and asked something that has been bugging me ever since I laid eye's on the giant golden Tree.
"With a tree this big, how have I never seen this from the castle?" Asked Elif in confusion.
"That's because this place, along with the Erdtree, is situated within another dimension, so it's normal for you to have never noticed it." Answered Maria while also looking at the Erdtree.
"Dimension? What's a dimension?" Asked Elif in curiosity
"It's a little hard to explain it to you properly right now with you having a low cultivation base, and besides, information on dimension isn't something you need to worry about right now anyways." Answered Marcus while walking towards the giant double doors installed within the Erdtree's base.
While I was still gawking at the Erdtree and wondering what a dimension was, I noticed everyone walking towards the Erdtree's base, prompting me to run after them while yelling.
"Hey, wait for me!" Yelled Elif while chasing after his family.
Once I caught up to them, we walked for several minutes till we were finally standing only a few meters in front of the giant double doors, which actually looked tiny compared to the Erdtree. We stood in front of the doors for a while, not doing anything, and I eventually got impatient and wanted to ask if we were going in or not, but something interesting happened mid-question.
"Hey, are we going in or n-"
I stopped talking as I saw space in front of me let out a ripple, similar to when you throw a rock in water, before seeing an old Elf come walking out of the ripple with his hands behind his back, and one thing that instantly caught my attention other than the way he appeared, was the star symbol on his forehead that all Royal Elves have.
"Well, well, it's been a while since I've last seen you two children; you've gotten bored of me or what?" Said the old male Elf.
"We've had things to do, father, beside Elif was born four years ago, so we've been with him." Answered Tyler, trying to come up with an excuse.
"You say that, but I believe the last time you two visited your father was over ten-thousand years ago." Questioned the old male Elf while raising an eyebrow.
'If the Royal Elf in front of me just stated himself as grandfather's father, then doesn't that mean he's my great grandfather!?' Thought Elil while inspecting the old male Elf, who smiled and looked at him.
"Yes, Elif, I'm your grandparent's father, which means I'm your great-grandfather; the name is Charles, by the way." Stated Charles, smiling even wider when he saw Elif's reaction to his statement.
'How did he know I was thinking that? Can he read my mind?' thought Elif.
"Haha, no child, I did not read your mind." Said Charles chuckling.
"Does that mean you can read my mind?" Asked Elif while looking at Charles suspiciously.
"Well, if I wanted to read someone's thoughts and they haven't even started cultivating, then yes, I could indeed read your mind and quite easily at that. But I don't see any reason in doing that when my knowledge and experience allow me to guess what you're saying just by facial expression alone." Answered Charles before getting back to the reason they came here.
"Anyways, seeing as it's Elifs fourth birthday, I suppose you guys came here so he can learn the Royal Elven Cultivation Manual; well then, follow me." Said Charles as he turned around and opened the doors, revealing a long corridor heading somewhere.
As I start walking forward, by the time I reach the double doors, I notice I'm the only one walking; turning around, I see my parents and grandparents haven't moved.
"What're you guys doing?" Questioned Elif.
"We can't, Elif; just as I said before, we have some traditions we must follow, and one of them is that when it's time for the Princess or Prince to start their cultivation journey, they must learn the Royal Elven cultivation manual by themselves." Stated Maria.
"Yeah, don't worry though, we've already gone through it, and it's easy, all you have to do, well, I can't tell you, but anyways just go on ahead, you have nothing to worry about." Said Marcus, almost exposing the process of learning the technique.
Listening to my parents, I take a deep breath and prepare myself before turning around and walking into the Erdtree, down the hallway, which I can't see the end of. After walking for a while, I catch up to great grandfather, who seems to have stood there waiting for me in the hallway; when I arrive near him, I hear a loud boom, causing me to freak out at the sudden noise.
"W-What was that!" Asked Elif while looking both ways in the hallway.
"Calm down; it was just the doors closing; now follow me; the hallways aren't too long." Answered Charles as he faced the opposite direction of where the doors were and started walking, prompting Elif to follow closely behind.
As we started walking down the poorly lit hallway, I got bored and started talking to great grandfather.
"Hey, great grandfather, why haven't I ever seen you before?" Asked Elif.
"Hmm, well, it's not that I didn't wish to visit you, but it's because of my duty as the Royal Library's manager to always take care and protect the Royal library." Declared Charles.
"Wait, does that mean we're in the Royal library?" Asked Elif in astonishment.
"Hehe, yes we are, and if you're curious, you also have a great-grandmother, but she isn't here; she's at the Royal Elven treasury and is currently the manager; you'll visit her once you reach Foundation Establishment to pick out a weapon." Said Charles as he went quiet, leaving only the sound of Elif's footsteps as Charles's steps never once made a sound.
'Foundation Establishment, is that another level in cultivation?' Thought Elif, wondering how many levels of cultivation there were.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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