Chapter 1238 Cultivating The Earth Form Again
"Some demonic skills are very strange and magical. For one, not only can they be used to take another
person''s body, but they can also be used to fuse another person''s remains. They are really hard to
defend yourself against. You were really lucky to have survived.
However, the demonic energy that you have inside your body is far beyond the amount that the human
body can handle. So, simply put, the demonic energy inside of you may end up harming you one day.
Keep in mind that demonic energy is also a kind of evil energy, and when it umtes and reaches a
certain amount in your body, it will inevitably invade your Soul Sea and affect your spiritual soul and
will.
In the end, you will most likely be a demon who can only think about killing.
But as of now, your spiritual soul and will do not seem to have been invaded by demonic energy just
yet.
This, I think, is very strange.
But nevertheless, you should still remember to be careful from now on. I would strongly advise you to
rid your body of any demonic energy, just in case it causing you any unknown damage,"
Godwin remind Austin earnestly.
"Thanks for the warning,"
Austin replied, sincerely grateful for Godwin''s well-meaning advice.
"I''ll make sure to pay more attention to it."
In hindsight, Austin was already well aware of what Godwin said.
He knew that demonic energy really wasn''t suitable for human cultivators.
If there was too much demonic energy in a human cultivator''s body, then sooner orter, it would
invade his Soul Sea, and affect his spiritual soul and will. In the long run, the cultivator with demonic
energy would likely turn into a demon.
But there was something that Godwin did not know: as a matter of fact, Austin actually had an
invaluable treasure in his Soul Sea—the spiritual tree.
This particr treasure that Austin was in possession of could refine all kinds of energy and transform
it into spiritual sense.
Therefore, the reason why Austin was able to store huge amounts of demonic energy without being
harmed by it was that the demonic energy that invaded his Soul Sea had actually been refined by the
spiritual tree.
Austin, however, chose to keep the existence of the spiritual tree a secret from Godwin even though he
knew that Godwin would not try to take it away from him out of greed if he found out about its existence
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in his Soul Sea.
Now that he had gone through countless trials and tribtions, Austin knew better than to tell others all
of his secrets.
Upon noticing the calmness that took over Austin''s face after he said his piece of advice, Godwin cast
a thoughtful nce at Austin as if he had just gotten an epiphany.
Still, he chose not to say anything. After all, in his old age, he no longer had any interest in probing into
the secrets of a younger generation.
Besides, he had a good opinion of Austin—he truly believed that he was a good young man.
"Well, you can rest here for the following days toe.
You don''t seem to have had much practice in the Earth Form I taught you.
Try to master it. I promise you that its power will not disappoint you.
As for me, I will fix your friends'' elixir fields first.
The entire process will take several days,"
Godwin stated.
Upon hearing Godwin''s words, Austin excitedly teleported Evan and Herbert out of his City model.
The moment they appeared, Godwin rolled up his sleeves and led Evan and Herbert into one of the
huts.
When Godwin finally started repairing the elixir fields for Evan and Herbert, Austin couldn''t help but feel
both surprised and expectant.
For the meantime, Master Li warmly entertained Austin and arranged separate huts for him and the
queen.
In that moment, Austin also realized that the peak of the mountain was actually a hermitage for Master
Li and not for Godwin.
Master Li, on the other hand, seemed to have acknowledged Austin as Godwin''s disciple, and was very
enthusiastic about having a co-disciple under Godwin.
In this way, they both shared a teacher.
Meanwhile, Austin was delighted to have such a powerful teacher.
Master Li was so enthused by Austin that he actually asked Austin to call him by his first name, but
Austin chose to stick to his original way of addressing him in order to show his respect.
After Austin had settled in, he did as he was instructed and began to cultivate the Earth Form that
Godwin had taught him for the next two days.
Even though he had already practiced it in the Heaven Pavilion Sect for a short period of time, due to
various reasons and events, he had no time and energy to continue practicing it.
...
Austin stood on a t clearing at the peak of the serene mountain.
There, Austin stood eerily still. So still, in fact, that he seemed to have be one with the ground on
which he stood.
As a matter of fact, even his breathing seemed to echo the ground.
In that moment, Austin was actually perceiving the ground beneath his feet through his spiritual sense.
After a while, even his mind and will began to merge into the ground and spread out.
Insignificant and boring as this step may seem, Austin had to take this very seriously as it was actually
the most important and fundamental step in cultivating the Earth Form—perceiving the power of the
earth.
Little by little, Austin''s spiritual sense, will, and mind became fully integrated into the earth.
And he came to feel a one of a kind energy within the earth.
The special energy was sometimes invisible, and sometimes it condensed into an earthy yellow haze.
ording to the Earth Form, this special energy was called the Earth Energy.
Almost every inch ofnd actually contained varying amounts of Earth Energy.
Additionally, in each piece ofnd, the existence, distribution, and movement of the Earth Energy had a
fixedw.
This energy was the flow of the earth!
But in order to practice the Earth Form, cultivators should first understand the flow of the earth.
This was exactly what Austin was doing. In that moment, he was actually immersed in feeling the flow
of the earth as far as tens of thousands of meters around him.
He was so focused on what he was doing that before he knew it, he had already been practicing for
two hours, then four hours, then six hours...
Austin stood so motionless on the peak of the mountain that it seemed as though he had been
petrified.
After a while, Austin became aware of the distribution of the flow of the Earth Energy in the surrounding
In what seemed like no time at all, the day soon passed without Austin noticing it.
Finally, after many, many hours of practicing, Austin had a rough grasp of the flow of the earth around
him.
Now that he was done with the first step, the next step was for Austin to try to cultivate the Energy-
controlling Skill.
The Energy-controlling Skill was a method of driving the Earth Energy to form an attack.
More specifically, it was a way of taking advantage of the Earth Energy in the ground in order to attack
enemies.
After several hours of standing still, Austinunched the Demonic Teleportation Skill and instantly left
the peak of the mountain to go to a nearby in.
Austin made sure to be far away from anything he could wreck because the practice of the Energy-
controlling Skill was sure to cause damage to the surrounding environment.
And since the peak of the mountain was Master Li''s retreat, Austin wouldn''t dare destroy it, so he
moved to another ce to practice.
When hended on the in, Austin first unleashed his spiritual sense on the in to perceive the new
After a moment, his hands fluttered as he performed various skills and quickly walked forward with
strange footwork.
As he moved forward, Austin hit the ground with several different kinds of skills.
He didn''t stop until he had already walked a kilometer.
Then, he turned around and looked at the path he had just taken.
"st!"
Austin shouted, stomping his foot.
Boom! Boom! All of a sudden, there was a loud rumbling sound.
And waves of earthy yellow energy, each as thick as an arm, burst from the ground that Austin had just
walked past.
With that, innumerable deep holes appeared on the ground behind him.
"Wow, the Energy-controlling Skill truly is amazing!"
Austin couldn''t help but marvel at what he saw.
"This can definitely help a warrior easily defeat the enemy if used as a surprise attack.
Unfortunately, I am still too weak, so the power of the Earth Energy that I am able to drive is still too
small," Austin said in dismay.
It was very clear that he was not satisfied with his current level—he truly wanted to achieve so much
more.
So, he continued to practice the Energy-controlling Skill on the in relentlessly.
After just a day, the in was unrecognizable. What once was a t clearing was now a mess, and not
an inch of it was free of potholes.