章 16: How Cultivation Works

Alex chuckled. "The problem in my world was that in the past, it didn't have any superpowers, and there was nothing that posed a danger to us as a species.

So, to maintain their positions, many people blocked the path to success for others.

Resources are limited, right? And as you said, greed knows no bounds.

But since the awakening of superpowers and the opening of dungeons, this has become a problem of the past.

We now have a way to develop unlimitedly, not to mention the risk of monsters coming from other worlds."

"Then your world should also have the same condition now, no? And it's not working," Mingyue asked.

"It's not because it's already too late.

People are now divided into factions, and each has their own personal goal. But your commoners are perfect.

They are still at a stage where they constantly fear for their lives, so they will trust you wholeheartedly, at least at first.

That is the best time for us to instill these values.

Then, we can keep expanding from there."

Mingyue thought about it; she still hadn't seen the weapons from Alex's world with her own eyes.

Deep in her heart, she was still very biased toward cultivators.

"It's a start, Mingyue.

As I get the method, I will find a way to make all of them able to cultivate.

Then, we will create a social system that is better than the one in my current world.

There are many technologies now that could solve my world's problems, but people are too stuck in their ways now.

It's hard to teach them to change.

Compared to yours, where people can easily worship you like their god."

"How far do you want to go with this idea, Alex?" Mingyue asked, curious since Alex kept trying to convince her to do it.

"Don't forget, Mingyue, we are chosen as Progenitors. The last one died at his enemy's hands.

No matter who they are, that means we will need to face them sooner or later.

And based on what Vesa told us, the immortals from your world are nothing in their face.

If both of us cannot rise to be the strongest in each of our worlds, what qualifications do we have to face them?

We will just become the next victims."

Mingyue gulped, realizing the truth in Alex's words.

Could they really fight against those who defeated the Vampire Progenitor without their own army?

"Alright, I will think about it."

"Well, this idea is still rough, honestly, but you should get the gist of what I want to achieve.

We need to prepare a foundation, and your commoners are the most suitable choice for us right now.

Not those stuck-up cultivators."

"You keep dissing them out. You do realize I'm also a cultivator, right?"

Mingyue could hear Alex chuckling from the other side.

"Okay, I'm sorry.

It's just that I've read so many novels about the cultivation world, and in each of them, I always wonder why they are so dumb and never utilize the commoners.

There are many ways to do this.

For example, you guys use commoners as maids.

A strong cultivator can manipulate the vow on their souls, then give them poison to slip into their masters' drinks, and no one will know.

I'm sure they will underestimate them.

Even those weak cultivators, Mr. Side Character One, Extra Two that the so-called geniuses use as underlings, can be used to create a manufacturing process for many weapons.

As industries grow further, living standards improve, which also means the quality of the workers becomes better.

We can then expand the production rate of resources using them as workers.

But there are many other problems we need to take care of for everything to work, like how most commoners are illiterate."

Alex had already thought that if the commoners mined the qi crystal mines with drills and modern tools, it would increase the output by at least tenfold.

"I'm really curious about these novels of yours. How exactly do they portray us?

Can you send me some? I also want to try these so-called video games," Mingyue said.

Hearing Mingyue's curiosity, Alex smirked. "Sure, I'll put them in the phone."

He was also curious about how she would react after reading them.

'I should choose one filled with the usual tropes, face-slapping young masters.

A tragic main character with a cheat ability comes from the smallest family in the smallest city, country, and realm.

The FL loses her virginity to MC because of aphrodisiacs, the female lead having some ice cultivation, then going to a higher realm to become a disciple.

One or both parents are missing and actually come from a powerful clan, or they have some powerful expert soul as backing.'

Alex really wondered if things like this actually happened in the cultivation world where Mingyue came from.

'Thankfully, Vesa allows us to understand each other's words and language instantly; otherwise, communication would be very hard.'

Alex then thought he also needed to send some items for Mingyue to understand their real potential.

"I'll send some weapons for you to test. Then you'll understand how useful they are.

Also, don't forget to send me some of those qi stones."

"Alright, I'll wait for these items of yours then."

After ending his conversation with Mingyue, Vesa began pouring information about cultivation into Alex's mind, including all the techniques Mingyue had found in the secret realm.

It took Alex some time to fully absorb all the knowledge, even with his abilities.

'This is nothing like the novels I've read before.

They did use Qi, but it required breathing, precise control, and movement to even use it as a technique.

(It's like in Avatar cartoon, where certain movements need to be done for the technique to be active.)

The process is long until it becomes second nature to them, and that's just for one secret art.

That's why they can't just freely learn new ones.