Democracy In A Cultivation World

Teemao and Majid arrived at the quarter The Hall Master prepared for his faction disciples. About 40 or so small houses with their yards. This place receives only about 10 new students each year. Most talented individuals were hunted by the other factions, there was just a few special cases who went undiscovered. So only 30 houses or so were occupied. The best houses were the one evacuated by the senior graduates, they leave after them some good stuff like a minor Qi gathering array and some medicinal grasses in the yard. Unfortunately, the sophomore seniors took over their houses.

Majid didn't care about any of that though, he was sheeting with anger, he felt like rampaging right then and there. Fortunately, he could hold on to reason.

Let's calm down first, I can't make a hasty decision.

He sat down on the lotus position, and meditated for a while, breath after breath, his mind calmed down.

The first thing he thought of was, am I ready to kill now, killing the ape sure helped, but humans were still humans. He has no shadow of a doubt those evildoers deserve to die, but can he do it. If so he decided, he can't hesitate even a second or else the one who dies might be him.

No wonder all Chineses MCs turn into evil savages, it's indeed realistic.

It was either he change or the world change. Changing the world, it was a big dream, does he gonna be a dreamer again. He shook his head that was unrealistic, that leaves him with only one option.

Ring!

[ Main Quest ]

[ Set your goal, how are you gonna change the world?

Reward: Free Choice(low), from earth knowledge. ]

This is what I am talking about, know you're taking your gaming job seriously aside from putting limits. Dreamer, so be it, before he was only an onlooker he can't make any change on the whole picture. Now he can play, and in this world at least there are at least some motivation elements, like the cultivation and the system. It doesn't matter if he succeeds or not, if he keeps growing, maybe he can at least start a spark. How much can he keep striving for power, live it's gonna become dull one day that if he lived longer. No matter how a game is good, you grow tired of it, unless there was an unfulfilled Quest.

Ok here I got a free reward so let's take this thing seriously, but can I really change this world. How am I supposed to do that exactly? He had already decided against introducing his religion, he received no message, and he has no to challenge the beliefs of this world unnecessarily either.

All he can fight for was some common sense, but common sense was the biggest Taboo in this word it seems. How the hell am I gonna tell them that anyone who dies is no immortal, That gonna put him against the whole immortal community, I'm dead for sure.

Should he introduce one of the mainstream ideologies from Earth, socialism or democracy, the first gives power to the military and raise dictatorship. The latter gives power to capitalists and raise hypocrisy, the results are far from their idealistic propaganda. He feels like both of them have their mirit and could be done right, but which one should he chouse. Though socialism countries like China are catching up, and turning the table, democracy is still dominant, especially from freedom and human right point of view, it's the winner.

Ok, I don't have enough time for this big goal, I need to have power myself first to think big, let's set the goal for now to introduce my version of democracy.

[Congratulation, Quest Complete]

[Congratulation, you received a free choice reward, from earth knowledge]

Ring!

[Chain Quest]

[ Make 10 people buy into of democracy ]

[ Reward: Mid Level Free Choice, from earth knowledge. ]

[ Democracy Supporters: 0 ]

Holy shit, oh boy, oh boy. You know me better than myself, how can you give me an EQ quest man.

Majid shook his head but he knew that this quest can't be done without good eloquence, after all, other than forcing your values on the others many ideologies grew from nothing with eloquence. He can speak logic all day but people don't respond to logic well, especially when it challenges their belief.

Majid stole a look at Teemoa before he went into toiled in the yard.

"Ahem ahem, guys… O, my people, we were all mortals one day... we can't ignore our origins you know… anyway, looking down on mortals is just lying to ourselves. I can even go further, under the belt, we once at the start of our existence, shared the same road as pee, so humble yourself, folks… "

Majid felt like a plethora of shoes showered toward him. maybe that's a little bit deep, I should find someone to do the job for me, let's focus on the task at hand.

He exited the toilet as it wasn't a place for contemplation it was on his home on earth, the smell was really...

But before he starts thinking about his big plans like changing the world or his business, first he needs to set up his training direction. There was his bone, it was a strong weapon but he can't keep using it like a caveman he needs to turn it into a blade, one of his unfulfilled wishes, he's yet to put his hand on one. But if he trained on the blade what about Fiery technique it was a strong Sky grade technique and meaningful to him. I should have asked the system to make Fiery technique into a sword technique. But the most important thing was his cultivation, he didn't want to give up on the early core formation. But the risks weren't something he can take, he didn't come to another world just to end up with an explosive belt, that's ridiculous.

Explosives, fire affinity, wait, wait, wait, this need a careful contemplation, he noted it down in the system. Before following his chain of thoughts.

He has one free choice to use for one of these problems, but he didn't need even need to consider his options to decide. Though he can try to find a solution himself for core formation, no matter how bold he was, he can't trust his judgment when it concerns his life.

System, can you solve my early core formation problem, you should have told me of the risks before.

[The request is not possible]

What do you mean not possible, if the system was a smartphone or a pc, no, no, even so, he wouldn't dare to break it. But really, weren't you the one who told me I can form an early core, I even spent my free choice back then.

[ The system needs more information to analyze the new variables ]

Well, let's give the library a visit early tomorrow. He thought back about the other problems, his earth knowledge showed how superior long-range attacks are. Which should make the bow or making a gun his priority, that wasn't necessarily the case here, with defensive artifacts and speed, this advantage loses its potency. He can add it as a support weapon. No matter what he really can't give up on the blade. The charm of dancing at the edge of the blades and metal collisions is priceless, or at least that's his Phantasia. And no doubt the sword is the most balanced weapon, it's not by chance, it was the dominant weapon in most civilizations.

And the bone was really good staff after all he easily take down a 3 core layers beast with it. It was the same level as the ape and fiery, but the contrast at how easily he finish it was serial, so he has a lot of trust in his ancestor's bones.

After weighing his options, he made up his mind. He would work on it himself and slowly adapt Fiery technique to the blade until he got another free choice, his experiments would make the system work more precise. It would be advantageous to train the same technique for both the blade and his b.a.r.e hand fighting, his mastery would be better over the technique. Alas, Fiery Technique was dual wielding, he regretted leaving the other tight bone. But he knew leaving the city for the time being wasn't an option, let take it latter.

But how can he work on that bone, he turned his mind upside down but he didn't find a solution. Bones were different than metals, he never worked with bones, he even rarely worked with metals. How can he find something stronger than his bone, it was a headache. First, he thought to burn and sand it, after all this was an organic matter, but he doubted a normal fire could do the job.

Suddenly his eyes opened wide, he smacked his head, damn, how can I forget that. He just created a problem for himself, material strength wasn't just one simple thing, while diamond is the hardest material, it can easily be shattered with a hammer. On the other hand, iron was strong, but it could be easily ground by diamond or even rocks. He might find a material harder than his bone.

Majid went to his yard and even toured the quarter collecting different type of rocks, he found many were able to grind it, but the dust was fine, it would take a long time to make it into a blade. He hit the bone on the ground the bone crushed the wood and stuck on the floor.

"Holy shit,"

Thinking about it, it was his house now, he has all the time to fix it by the time he left this place, so his worries dissipated.

His eyes were wandering until they rested on his bag when they widened. That's it, crystals are one of the hardest material structures, and I have some. He hurried to his bag and took a core from inside, it was crystal clear the size of a peach, the only layer 3 beast core. He took a deep breath, this was the moment of truth. He scr.a.p.ed the bone and tine shavings fill off, like a flake of ice fill on his body in summer, cooling his heart. it would take some time, but there was a huge difference between a thin shaving and a fine particle. Without delay he started working on his piece, he already has the model on his mind he made many ones of wood back on earth.

Teemao with a complex feeling looked at him before he sat cross-legged to cultivate. If I knew the bone was this strong, I would have taken one as well. He regretted his decision since he saw how easily the beast fill victim to it, and especially the day before, he easily broke the sword of core expert, that was an eye-opener.

The moon moved from side to side, despairing and leaving behind a pitch-black night. Majid didn't care as he was working happily under candlelight, humming and playing with his head. The rays of the sun finally infiltrating the dark sky, before the sun made its rise, majestically above all being.

Majid stood from his place, and raised about a half meter creamy white blade of about above his head, with an elegant curve, he swung it down, then up, left and right in a trance. All it needed was a handle to make it to 60 cm. Unfortunately, there wasn't any long human bone, but with its strength, it was more than enough. When he gets the other t.h.i.g.h bone, short swords were the best for dual-wielding. The only thing he was unsatisfied with was the color, he liked it either dark metal or black, but that can wait.

"Wooh, what a beautiful blade," Teemao came out of nowhere, making him jerk from his place.

"Congratulations Mao Ji, this is an excellent blade, I never saw like it," seeing the blade, his regret grew even more, but he has only himself to blame.

"Right, right, haha," Majid was pleased to hear that like he was the creator of this design, "Wait until I make the handle, only then this beauty is complete." but he was usable even now, with his strong grip, so the handle could wait until the eyes on him cool down.

And now was the time for gathering seeking some knowledge about this world.

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A youth made his way through the Devine Hall + until he stopped at a double sliding paper door at the end of the hallway, intricate calligraphy and drawing decorated the door.

"Disciples great Hall Master," the youth bowed behind the door.

"Come in," a solemn voice came from inside.

The youth opened the door and closed respectfully before took a few steps and stopped before a Fanli and bowed again.

"Master Fanli, that animal left the city for a while, but he brought with him Master Guoro disciple Han Bai, so we couldn't make a move on him," the youth kept his head down waiting.

"You did well, where did he go," Fanli nodded his head, he calmed himself down, but he wasn't done yet with that animal.

"He went to a rundown inn, and brought a boy with him, most likely his friend,"

"His friend hah, interesting, interesting," his eyes glowed with a sinister smile, "you did well, go and keep watching him for now."