Awakening of the Ancient: Rise of the Fallen 77 Chapter 75: Choosing a skill

Wu Tian led Xu Ming inside the beautiful Skill Hall.

An Elder was sitting behind a table reading a book. He noticed Wu Tian and closed the book gently and placed it over the table in front of him. 

"Wu Tian? What brings you here?" He asked Wu Tian.

"Elder Min, This guy here became a new disciple of the outer branch. I brought him here to get a skill for himself," 

Wu Tian brought his fist close to his palm and bowed slightly as he greeted the elder and informed him about Long Chen.

"You look quite young. How old are you?" Elder Min asked Xu Liang.

Xu Ming also greeted the Elder before he answered him.

"I'm 9 years old,"

Xu Ming rounded off his age. Actually, he still wasn't 9 years old yet.

"Only 9 years old? Wow, You must be the youngest addition to the outer sect." Elder Min was amazed as he heard Xu Ming's answer.

"Anyways, You can select any 2 skills from the skill hall. It depends on you if you wish to choose a cultivation skill, an offensive skill, or a movement skill. Come back with the manuals when you're done selecting them," Elder Min told him.

"Let's go, little friend. I'll show you the sections of the hall where you can get the skill that you want," Wu Tian gestured Xu Ming to follow him.

Wu Tian took Xu Ming to the first floor of the skill hall.

"The first floor is where the cultivation skills are kept. Come with me, I'll show you some great cultivation skills that you could use to boost your cultivation," Wu Tian said.

He stepped towards the shelves and started going through the manuals.

"You must be using basic cultivation skill that is given to the servants, haven't you?" He asked.

"Why?" Xu Ming didn't answer and instead asked a question of his own.

"Well, it's because there's a rule of changing cultivation skills. You can only upgrade, and not downgrade your cultivation skill or your cultivation might be harmed," He answered Xu Ming.

"What do you mean?" Xu Ming asked.

He didn't understand what he was talking about. It was the first time he was hearing such things after all.

"You don't know? Weren't you taught the basic rule when you were given the basic cultivation manual?" Wu Tian asked in surprise.

Xu Ming simply shook his head. He didn't bother to explain that he hasn't even gotten the basic manual since the Elder who was distributing it, thought that he had no potential for cultivation.

He was using the cultivation skill of his father.

"Alright, I'll explain to you," Wu Tian said.

"Basically, Every skill has a grade. The grades are Mortal Grade, Spirit Grade, Gold Grade, Earth Grade, and so on."

"If you are using a low-level Spirit Grade Skill, then you can only change your Cultivation Skill with a cultivation skill that is Mid-level Spirit Grade or higher."

"The Basic Cultivation Manual is the Low-level Mortal Grade Skill. Thus you can upgrade to any of the skills that are higher than that Grade,"

"On the other hand, If a cultivator, who has been using a spirit grade skill to cultivate, uses a mortal grade skill to cultivate, then his cultivation will be adversely affected."

Wu Tian patiently explained. He was feeling quite surprised that Xu Ming didn't know it, but he knew that it wasn't his fault.

"You don't have to worry about it though. The cultivation skill that is given to the servants is the lowest grade possible. You can choose any skill here." Wu Tian comforted Xu Ming.

'If I'm not wrong, Father's skill should be the highest grade skill possible. Although I don't have enough Origin Energy on this planet to use the skill to its fullest strength, I can't downgrade either,' Xu Ming thought as he looked towards Wu Tian with a blank look on his face.

"I don't wish to select any cultivation skill. I like the Cultivation Skill I already have. I want to select an offensive skill and a movement skill instead," He told Wu Tian.

"Think carefully, little Ming. Don't be impulsive. Although the battle-related skills are good and more attractive, a good cultivation skill is more important. You need better cultivation so that you could use those skills to their fullest," Wu Tian said as he tried to persuade Xu Ming.

"I understand that. But as I said, I still wish to select other skills. I don't need a cultivation skill," Xu Ming insisted.

"Well, I won't force you. It's your life after all. Since you were able to get this far on a basic skill, there might be something good in it after all," 

Wu Tian sighed as he gave up on insisting.

He turned back and walked back to the stairs.

They got to the second floor that was filled with the battle-related skills that involved Offensive Martial Skills, Defensive Martial Skills, and Movement Skills.

"You said that you needed offensive and movement skills, right? The first section has offensive skills, the second one has movement skills and the third one has defensive skills that you don't need. Let's go to the offensive first," 

Wu Tian started walking towards the shelves that were in front of him as he roamed through the manuals.

"See this, It's called Fist of Qiu. You might not know it, but Qiu was a really famous cultivator in the past. He made this attack skill. Using this skill, he managed to defeat quite a lot of his enemies."

"Then there's a Lightning Kick as well. Something that was developed by an unknown cultivator. Although no one knew the cultivator's name, his skill is still one of the strongest skills in this hall."

"This one here is a sword skill called '3 Strikes of Heaven'. It is said that when one master this skill to its peak, each strike of his sword will be equal to the Heavenly Punishment for his enemies."

Wu Tian kept introducing skills to Xu Ming and Xu Ming kept reading their brief introduction with great interest.

Chapter end