Everything passed by normally. And eventually nighttime arrived. For a moment I wanted to sate my lust with Artoria but sadly she would be my wife and someone I could trust 100%. And thus I decided to take things slow.
The one thing I wouldn't lack in the future would be time.
Taking off my clothes I sat down on the bed and glanced at the flustered Artoria.
"Are you going to take off your armor or do you need help?" Asking in a curious voice I couldn't help but chuckle. If I hadn't spent the past few years cultivating or fucking with my concubine. Then just seeing such a beautiful and flustered beauty would have made me not even glance in her direction.
"It's fine. Didn't expect to...sleep together so soon" She mumbled as she slowly took her armor off, not trying to be seductive or anything yet with each move it showed off her curvy figure.
"Hm. Of course, we won't be doing anything lewd if that's what you're expecting" I stated teasingly causing her to freeze.
"I-I wasn't expecting anything lewd!" She blurted out and then sighed heavily. Throwing her armor onto a table, she quickly threw herself onto the bed and closed her eyes.
"Tired. Talk tomorrow..."
And with that sleeping beauty decided to sleep.
I shook my head, I still needed to cultivate for a while longer before I could sleep. Thankfully, cultivating could replace sleep to some degree. Sadly, until I reached a higher stage in the Qi Refinement realm. I would still need to sleep for a few hours or else I would still be slightly tired.
In the end after a few small circulations of my cultivation technique. And with the slight increase to my realm, I decided to just close my eyes and go to sleep.
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The night passed by silently and as I opened my eyes I always felt refreshed and better. It always made me feel like living and growing stronger was worth it. Or maybe it was because instead of waking up tired and angry. I woke up feeling like a million bucks. Or that I banged a million bucks. Honestly, it just felt good.
If I weren't worried about growing my family, sowing my seed across the world, and gaining power and technique. I would have probably lazily become a behind-the-scenes Ancestor letting my children and descendants fight for my glory.
Fucking beautiful women, spreading my seeds, and just embracing the Dao of Self-indulgent Freedom. But I couldn't for now because I had quite a few worries. Before I could truly embrace this Dao I had to lay down the foundation of my future Ma family.
Having descendants, going out, and fighting for my life. Wasn't it to become an Old Ancestor? I had read countless novels based on this idea and throughout the time I realized that to gain resources to grow stronger.
Without a suitable system aka golden finger, I wouldn't be able to raise my cultivation at lightning speed. I needed time and more time to cultivate from the Qi Refinement realm all the way to the Ascension realm.
My talent wasn't the greatest even with my Bloodline trait being Elite rank. This trait could probably help me reach the Golden core and grow stronger as I invest in it...
But as time passes the boost to my cultivation speed would slow down and sooner or later it would only help me with other effects.
Anyway, it was still pretty good. After all, at this moment I suspected that my cultivation speed was at the very least equal to that of a low-grade Triple spiritual roots.
I needed maybe a decade or two to reach the Peak of the Qi Refinement realm. And this was without using pills, heavenly and earthly treasures. Otherwise, with everything I could grab...I could probably reach the Peak in 10 to 15 years.
Waking up as soon as the sun was about to rise. I opened my eyes and stepped into my cultivation chamber. For now, I still liked my old stone shack and thus it was connected to my mansion and it was the place where I cultivated.
Absorbing the spiritual qi...which felt thin even if it were more abundant since I could absorb a greater amount. I circulated this spiritual qi throughout my body, completing a small circulation and then after an hour completing a Grand circulation. The spiritual qi that was refined then flowed through my body and towards my dantian.
Opening my eyes I sighed contentedly. Standing up I got out of my cultivation chamber and glanced at the still sleeping Artoria.
"Oh well..." I didn't wake her up since she either slept in late or she was just too tired from her journey. Going to another world and being told you would live there permanently would tire anyone out.
I grabbed my gauntlets and 2 low-grade talismans before leaving the room.
I now had 3 talismans left since I would go out and hunt another loose cultivator. Or at least try since not many would be nearby.
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And just like I thought after spending hours searching for any loose cultivator with the information that those rich families gave me.
I found no one. It's probably because they left or continued traveling. I did find some spiritual items that mortal cultivators couldn't see due to a lack of cultivation.
Though most of them were low-grade spiritual fruits it was perfect for me.
Stepping onto the mountain I yawned and glanced catching sight of Artoria without her armor training the other 2 martial artists.
Right, although Artoria herself was magic or a type of mage. She was a warrior who must have trained in various martial arts. Although some of them didn't have the effect of Qi and Blood that this world had. Her martial arts were probably incredible for a Skin Tempering and Muscle Forging martial artist.
I wasn't worried since even the most powerful Innate martial artist couldn't hurt me. Without the gauntlets though that was a different story.
"Having fun?"
I walked up towards her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
She froze and then blushed.
"Mhm, saw the martial arts were weaker than mine. Didn't teach the stronger ones." She mumbled then with practiced ease corrected the form of one of the martial arts girls.
"Are you also going to bed them?" She asked curiously surprisingly not as dense since she absolutely knew what she just said.
"Maybe. I don't really know, my harem is a bit much right now." I said, "And unlike us, I don't know if these girls have spiritual roots"
It wasn't my only concern as well but it was as good as an excuse.
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Days passed as I casually spent time with Artoria slowly getting to know her better. Apart from sleeping with her and fucking my other girls. I usually spend a large portion of my day cultivating or practicing some spells.
I promised Artoria that once we found a suitable spiritual root tester I would then find a cultivation technique suitable for her. To allow her to cultivate.
As a waifu and a Daughter of Destiny/World, she must have great talents! Maybe her spiritual roots would be lower grade but she must have a spiritual body.
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Technique:Basic Five Element Cultivation Technique(Middle grade, Yellow rank)(Proficient 18/100)
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Spells:
Fire Ball(Inferior grade, Yellow rank)(Beginner 70/100)
Light Body Steps(Inferior grade, Yellow rank)(Beginner 85/100)
Metal Finger(Inferior grade, Yellow rank)(Beginner 80/100)
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Spending more time on my cultivation technique to improve my proficiency. It sounded easy but it was difficult. I had to deeply understand it and it was difficult. Unlike with spells.
Although cultivating a spell was difficult and time-consuming. You could just grind it out spending months on end just casting the spell and correcting the ways you channel your spiritual qi when using it.
And with my Multiversal Chaos gacha bonus ability for the status screen, 'Once Proven, Always Proven' my spells would never regress and would always advance.
My predecessor spent most of his time cultivating and some time was spent on spells. After all, some time was spent on cultivating spells. Within a month or so I could reach Proficient.
But I could also clearly feel like it was getting slower and slower.
And this was just an Inferior grade, Yellow rank cultivation spell. What about higher rank spells?? Even a low-grade spell would probably take me a few months to get started and a year or two to reach Proficient.