The First Store System



Chapter 1305: Cultivation Art(23)

[Name: The Embers of Inner Flame,

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Details: The Embers of Inner Flame is a unique cultivation art that delves deep into the realm of negative emotions, harnessing their power to fuel the cultivator's strength and mastery over dark energies.

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Elia read the page in her hand. It only contained the basic introduction to cultivation art.

Elia didn't need to worry about money for a long time, so she chose to activate the preview option. The next moment, light dots started to gather in front of her, and in no time, a virtual book that was only visible to her fell into her hands.

Elia opened the book, and the first page contained the energy flow pattern in the cultivation art.

It was a cultivation art that used negative emotions like rage, hatred, and many others to cultivate. The founder of the art believed that negative emotions were a basic part of any being of any race.

A being was an individual only if they had both positive and negative emotions. Since the founder believed so, he created the art, seeking to transform those emotions into fuel to propel growth. Several beings after that helped in the evolution of the art, taking it to where it stood today.

But since the store only sold the best version of any cultivation art, the one in the store was the most enhanced, The Embers of Inner Flame art.

As Elia flipped through the pages, the detail of the art presented itself. The first written line in the book detailed how to start cultivation.

To begin cultivating in The Embers of Inner Flame, a practitioner needed to confront and acknowledge their negative emotions first without succumbing to their destructive nature. It was achieved through intense self-reflection and meditation, facing inner turmoil head-on, and learning to control its influence.

It was an art that went against Elia's mindset. She knew the negative emotions pulsing through her body, but at the same time, she had also succumbed to her destructive nature just so she could have her revenge one day.

The page also detailed the process of meditation and self-reflection so as to help the user.

As Elia read more and more, she found that the art was suitable for her. Even though the art wanted to harness the power of negative emotions to transform them into powerful energy to propel the user's growth, it primarily focused on balance.

Negative emotions could only be harnessed to achieve something when positive emotions accompanied them. Extreme anger makes someone rash and insane, but when that same emotion was combined with wisdom, it became a terrifying combination.

The cultivation art wanted to achieve the same. Even though Elia wanted to have a bloody battle with her enemy to vent all that hatred, she still understood what was best for her.

She didn't have a great talent to speak of. The store would be able to help her grow stronger, but it was her rage and hatred that channeled her. The amount of hatred she had for the man was her golden key, and if she could use that, it was the best possible situation for her.

Elia decided to buy The Embers of the Inner Flame, considering her situation. She still didn't leave the store but went to the third counter for King level cultivation arts.

There were three sub-levels of King grade cultivation art: Beginner, to cultivate to Lesser God level; intermediate,  for Higher God; and advanced, for Supreme God.

Elia then reached for the lowest row on the counter, and when she pulled her hand out, there was a page in it.

Since Elia already had a lower grade in The Embers of Inner Flame, she pulled out the beginner King level of the art on her first try.

[Name: The Embers of Inner Flame,

Grade: Beginner King grade,

Type: Magic system,

Details: The Embers of Inner Flame is a unique cultivation art…

Users: peak True God to peak Lesser God

Price: Four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine supreme Sacred stones.]

Elia chose to buy the preview option for that one as well. When she began to read the content on it, she found many things to be incomprehensible, but she didn't force herself to understand them.

She was a low level cultivator to understand those things. Once her level reached sufficient, the concepts would easily become comprehensive to her.

Elia decided against buying the cultivation art for Higher God and Supreme God since those levels were centuries away from her.

After entering the True God level for the third time, Elia would stop cultivating. She would instead focus on the skills she had bought from the store. Once she had fully mastered all three skills, she would begin her cultivation.

Since the decision had been made, Elia turned around and left the room with two pages in her hand.

There were also two virtual books floating in front of her, but since they were only visible to her, no one noticed them.

When she exited the room, there was no one in front of the store owner, and the store owner was about to close her eyes.

Not wanting to wake him up from his relaxing session, Elia hurried toward Aakesh.

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After finally finding no customer to talk to, Aakesh was about to close his eyes to begin his relaxation session when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.

He turned in that direction and found it to be Elia, with two Virtual books floating with her.

With a single glance at the two books, the details of the cultivation art appeared in his head.

"Store owner, I want these two cultivation arts," Elia asked Aakesh, passing the two pages to him.

"You need to pay…" Aakesh expressionlessly informed, returning the two pages.

Since Elia had chosen the same art as for whom she had paid the preview cost, she only needed to pay the remaining sum.

"The cultivation arts are yours to use. You can't use these arts for monetary purposes of any kind," Aakesh informed Elia after hearing the alert from the system. He also added warning like he did for every customer who bought cultivation art from the store.

Elia nodded, and the next moment, the two virtual books materialized into reality and fell into her hands.

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A/N: One more chapter a few hours later.