After sending out Ranze, Compass Carburettor sat in the living room, taking out an Essence Stone from his spatial bag.
Grisha was already cultivating in a nearby room, so he didn't wish to waste any time, gazing at the Essence Stone that was the size of his thumb. It was oval in shape and sported a texture similar to smoothened marble. It was white with occasional shades of light yellow.
This mild shade of yellow was the actual Origin Essence contained within it. The rest of the Essence Stone just acted as a container that trapped the Origin Essence. Once all the Origin Essence in it was absorbed, it would just become a normal pebble.
Though, it was still a fairly luxurious item that the rich collected to use in building their houses. It was a blatant show of their wealth.
Cultivation chambers were also made using the same as it actually increased the cultivation efficiency, not to mention being able to block out Origin Essence to a certain extent, making it the perfect place to cultivate.
Compass Carburettor didn't have such luxury, so he could only cultivate in the living room, focusing on the Essence Stone as he slowly condensed his Martial Spirit, Mind Frog.
The Mind Frog manifested as a projection on his palm as it gazed at the Essence Stone, slowly beginning to siphon out the Origin Essence within it. The projection wasn't physical, as only those at the Martial Origin Stage were capable of that.
There were exceptions like Ranze's Trash Divine Martial Spirit. Divine Spirits were able to do a variety of things. And one of them was to change into any Martial Spirit of their grade that they devour.
When Compass Carburettor inquired about this devouring of Martial Spirits, the Fire Dragon in the Martial Spirit Realm said that it was just a method for the respective cultivator to unlock that feature.
The devoured Martial Spirit just returned to the Martial Spirit Realm.
After all, a Trash Divine Martial Spirit already consisted of all the Trash Martial Spirit forms in it. It was the same for the rest of the Divine Martial Spirits too.
Compass Carburettor watched the Mind Frog do its thing as he focused, controlling it to absorb the Origin Essence faster. As to how he could do that, experimentation was the key.
If he had the Kirin that most cultivators in the Opposition Clan had awakened, then he wouldn't have to experiment. He could directly use the most efficient method to cultivate using the Kirin that the Opposition Clan had researched and documented.
But Heaven Martial Spirits were too rare. And he could say that he was pretty much the first one to awaken the Mind Frog, given how it had been living attached to the Fire Dragon all along.
And since history, the Fire Dragon had never chosen a cultivator. As the Mind Frog's attribute was related to the mind, it had even fooled the Fire Dragon for so long.
So, Compass Carburettor had to experiment everything himself and find the best cultivation method using it. After that, he had to self-invent Origin Arts suitable to be actuated using his Mind Frog. He needed to invest a lot of time and resources into this before becoming strong enough.
Of course, the System Hosts too would be doing the same since every single one of them would be selecting the strongest among Heaven Martial Spirits. As there would be at most one or two Heaven Martial Spirit cultivators in a Realm, records about their Martial Spirits wouldn't exist in detail, not to mention their cultivation methods.
After all, it wasn't guaranteed that even the children of Heaven Martial Spirit cultivators were strong enough to also inherit Heaven Martial Spirits. So, they wouldn't bother to leave behind any records. And if at all they existed, they wouldn't be suitable.
So in the end, both he and his enemies were at the same starting point and have to go through the same process of trial and error. "This is where our innovation comes into play."
He piled a bunch of Essence Stones on the ground, thinking for a moment before layering them on the floor. He then placed a table above him, poking holes through it using his energy blade sword. After that, he inserted the Essence Stones in the holes, smiling as he spoke, "Now, I'm also surrounded by Essence Stones on all sides."
With that, he made his Mind Frog siphon the Origin Essence from the Essence Stones, noticing an obvious increase. Smiling in response, he continued to vary the position of the Mind Frog with respect to the Essence Stones, noticing how the suction of Origin Essence varied.
Cultivation in the Gaider Realm depended entirely on the Martial Spirit. All the absorbed Origin Essence was contained within the Martial Spirit. So, all he had to work on was exercising his will to control his Martial Spirit better.
And that he did, slowly experimenting with the Mind Frog, trying to understand just what it was. At present, he didn't have a cultivation yet.
Only after reaching the First Layer of the Origin Refinement Stage could he be proclaimed as a cultivator.
Slowly, Compass Carburettor continued to cultivate, spending all his awake hours doing the same. Finally, after three days of nonstop cultivation, the energy levels on the Mind Frog fluctuated before it unleashed a mysterious energy.
Compass Carburettor could feel an intangible energy in his body, one that felt like countless fishes were swimming within him. Or rather, in this case, it could be said that tens of thousands of tadpoles were roaming in him.
It was a rather unnerving feeling that quickly vanished. It was surprising that he got used to that sensation just like his breathing. "Is this what it means to cultivate?"
First Layer Origin Refinement Stage!
Compass Carburettor smiled, circulating the Origin Essence through his body, which to his senses felt like water was being poured over his body that flowed to the body part he willed towards.
"Now, let's see what my attributes are…" He muttered, pretty excited to be honest.
"A Heaven Grade Martial Spirit's attributes."
