Mixed Blessing System

After considering his previous idea, Lothur took the opportunity and asked. "Elke, can a person who uses his body cultivation have difficulties cultivating the soul? For that matter, do the advances in the two types of cultivation promote spiritual cleansing? If so, what happens when a person gets too far apart between soul and body level?"

But before Elke had a chance to answer that, Jacob looked at Lothur in surprise since this was also his doubt, but he did not understand how someone so strong could still not know that. "You frankly don't..."

"Yes, I don't know." Lothur smiled, telling the truth.

He could simply lie and say that he was doing this for Jacob as a way to teach the client of the Morning Star Academy. But he did not give a damn about the opinion of a young man he had just met.

As such, why bother to look better for such a person?

Elke already knew that he lacked some knowledge, so there was no reason for him to try to look better than he indeed was!

That young man was silent after hearing that, surprised by Lothur's direct response. 'Despite his extremely annoying appearance, this guy is kind of nice...'

Elke laughed graciously and then said. "Well, to answer your first question, it depends."

"Unless such a person has an inability for soul cultivation or a Physique with a problematic trait, rarely will being a body cultivator result in problems for soul cultivation."

"But there are problems that can slow down both types of cultivation. That is, you need time and resources to cultivate each of them. So, for most people, it's not feasible."

"Usually, the great cultivators guide their juniors to choose the one that best suits their conditions."

"As for your second question..." She looked at him with eyes full of interest since, in her opinion, Lothur was telling her that this was his case. And knowing more about him was what she wanted at the moment!

"For someone who has already advanced several levels at body cultivation, for example, that person when he starts cultivating his soul, he will have a benefit over those who don't do that."

"The spiritual cleansing that happens during each advancement is not something that happens because your body needs to be improved, but because the advancement stimulates such a thing. That way, even if you already have a body or soul without impurities, you will still undergo spiritual cleansing."

"Even when you are cultivating soul levels lower than your body's."

"Because of this, the spiritual cleansing stops focusing on your body, which no longer needs it to focus on your soul. Thus, this situation makes even talent advancements and foundation improvements possible!" Her eyes sparkled, thinking about how far Lothur could get if that were his case.

"Sigh..."

"A pity that doing both, in the long run, is impossible," Jacob commented after hearing Elke's explanation.

He felt that as interesting as it was, it was a waste of time to consider that possibility.

But Lothur did not think so. 'Looks like the system truly gave me a good ability!'

'I don't need to worry about cultivating my body since it probably does that on its own. So, I can just find a good soul cultivation technique and have body and soul cultivation!' He closed his hands, craving to do that.

After that, Jacob went into the bathroom of that place to change clothes since it was almost time for them to leave the Cultivation House.

Meanwhile, Lothur brought Elke into his embrace and asked in one of her ears. "Is there any problem with learning cultivation techniques from that store we went to? I'm thinking of acquiring that."

Hearing this comment confirming her suspicions, Elke tried to ignore the excitement in her heart to advise this man properly. "Lothur, if that's the case for you, I think you shouldn't learn any soul cultivation techniques for the time being."

"Oh? Why not?"

She looked him in the eye and answered sincerely. "First, because it truly doesn't make much difference to have soul or body cultivation at the first stage. So, I think you'd better stick with what you're doing to have better results when you're closer to the 2nd stage."

"Second, because unlike ordinary techniques, like the ones you bought before, soul cultivation techniques are, let's say, more restricted."

"Common techniques can be accumulated. You can learn as many as you have time for, and there will be no problem with your condition, apart from wasting time with such dilution."

"But soul cultivation techniques are the foundations of your soul, something that will shape that essential part of your being by following the rules of the technique."

"On that account, once you start training such a technique, you will have to go all the way with it, or to change, you will have to give up your soul cultivation!"

"What? You mean to change from such a technique, one has to restart his soul cultivation?" He asked to make sure he had understood correctly.

Elke then nodded and said. "That's right."

"So, I think you'd better improve your position in the academy or the Frost family, as well as your body cultivation before you think about starting to cultivate your soul."

"That way, at least your chances of regretting later it will be less."

Seeing the concern in her eyes, Lothur genuinely felt good that he had won this woman over. He could not help but hug her again until their lips touched in a beautiful kiss to be seen.

"Mmmmmmm~"

And someone actually got a chance to see that.

"Cough! Cough!" Jacob coughed twice after leaving that room's bathroom, feeling bad for seeing that beauty in Lothur's arms.

But despite his envy, Jacob had already developed a certain respect for Lothur and tried to ignore that.

Lothur looked at that fellow as if nothing had happened and said. "Shall we go? I think we'll still be able to go to the Formation Masters Association, as you had planned."

"Hmm, come on!"

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After a few minutes, those three left the building of the local Cultivation House, heading towards another part of the center of Peters City.

But halfway through that goal of theirs, Lothur once again noticed the transportation situation in that city, not holding out the opportunity to talk about it with Elke.

"Elke, I started paying attention in this city recently and realized that most people here have no means of transportation. Isn't that a problem? I mean, with so many mortals in this place, I'm sure they face various problems doing certain jobs or getting to and from work. No?"

"Oh? Speaking of which, I had never considered such a thing, but it's true." She looked around and noticed that there were few carriages on the streets but sidewalks full of people with tired looks on their faces.

"I think you're right. It must be a problem... But I'm not in the best position to talk about it." She said, not wanting to talk about something she was not sure about.

Jacob overheard the conversation between the two individuals escorting him and agreed with that. "I'm not from this place, but the transportation problem is common throughout the province."

"My father has a store in Lewerenz. But even though we have a carriage, we can only send it to fetch resources here twice a month because it is impossible to do that more often."

"It's costly to pay for trips like that. We always have to pay for mercenaries since carriages break down often, and both animals, beasts, and humans can act against us."

"That's because we have our own carriage... But traveling around the province is a real headache for someone with no such thing." So he said as he thought of an occasion when he had had to travel without his family's carriage.

"Poorer people who just want to make an individual trip, for example, can take months to gather the coins needed just to rent a carriage!"

"Oh?" Upon hearing those sweet words, Lothur's eyes sparkled with such an opportunity that it seemed much more significant than he had thought.

'It seems that if I develop a transportation company in this place, I will have much to gain!'

He felt excited about such a thing, already thinking he could solve his financial problems without sacrificing years of his life learning a profession. 'That's great!'

'I just need to study the local situation a little more and get a financier for my project!'

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