gathered around a table in the library are seven youths, on the table lie 7 new soul crystals.
"tang meng, nie lie you offended the sacred family isn't that pretty bad?" du ze
"who cares they had it coming" lu piao
'Although they were not the most powerful, they were all were passionate people willing to die to protect glory city in my past life. Except this tang meng, i have never heard from him but from the books he has been reading in class i can tell he is clearly talented in inscriptions, and he has no love for the sacred family either. Did they assassinate him before he could grow in my past life? that despicable sacred family, in this life i will make sure everyone sees their nature.' nie lie
"i brought 7 unused soul crystals, i want to test your natures." nie lie
"didn't we already do that at the start of school" du ze
"my test is slightly different, if a crystal is used by more then one person then it gets chaotic and les accurate but these unused crystals are much more sensitive allowing you to see the form and attributes of your soul force as well" nie lie
"let me show you, du ze try putting soul force into this crystal" nie lie says, handing him a crystal
the soul crystal lights up forming a tiny thundercloud in the crystal
"wow you have the tian lin thundercloud form and a lightning fire attribute" nie lie
"what does that mean" du ze
"typically the soul sea is divided into 7 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, blue, purple with some being easier to practice then others but in reality the difference is not that big, with the correct, matching cultivation technique even a red soul sea can hold great power" nie lie
"i think i have the perfect technique for you, why don't you try practicing the tian lin tactics"
having anticipated this, tang meng brought paper for nie lie to write the cultivation techniques down on, mostly because tang meng knew his memory is in no way good enough to remember some long chant on the first try and he doesn't want to embarrass himself by having to ask a second time.
the moment du ze tests the chant he is shocked by its power and makes a passionate declaration of brotherhood which nearly brings lu piao to tears.
'he's a funny guy this lu piao, he was always my favorite character.' tang meng
next up is lu piao
"chaos attribute, red sun form" nie lie says with slight surprise
"you should try the chaos spirit technique" nie lie
"is it strong" lu piao
"of course and it doesn't require as much work either, you just need to to nourish your chaos force and it will be hard to contain your growth"
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first person POV
'finally my turn, why did i let the other guys go first'
I pour my soul force into the crystal and it takes on the vague form of a nine tailed fox, i currently have only 20 soul force but it doesn't bother me.
"celestial attribute, nine tailed fox form!" nie lie says with clear surprise in his voice
'thats why i never heard of him in my past life, with this form and attribute cultivation is almost impossible without the right technique' nie lie
"i have one technique that suits you but i don't know much about it." nie lie
"how come?" i ask
"This technique is technically completely fine and it should be very powerful but it has never been tested, only someone with your exact soul form can use it." nie lie
"hasn't the creator used it?"
"The creator of the technique made it for his daughter but she died before she could use it, after that he hid the technique away to forget about his grief. in theory the technique should allow you to create up to nine 'tails' which manifest as weapons, similar to lu piao's technique you don't cultivate your soul force directly. instead you cultivate your tails and they do the work for you." nie lie
"alright i'll take it" i say, barely masking my excitement
nie lie writes down my technique which is surprisingly long
'thank god i brought paper for him to write it down. how does he even remember all of this?'
i start meditating as nie lie uses his own soul crystal.
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My mind sinks deep into my soul realm as i continue to mentally recite the chant, at the core of my soul sea something begins to take shape while permanently draining 10 points of soul force i already had, my first 'tail'.
With a thought i make its incoherent form change into a spear, it looks like obsidian and i can clearly feel that it's a part of me and completely under my control.
when i open my eyes i notice that its already getting dark outside.
'better hurry home before i continue'
My house has a small courtyard, not like those big families but enough to move around in.
I take out my 'tail' , feeling its weight in my hands as i change it from a spear to a sword, then to a knife and eventually i manifest it on my own body as an actual tail.
The best part however is that while i cannot actively cultivate inside my soul sea my tail will passively cultivate for me, currently it only gives an increase of about 1 point of soul force per day which is essentially nothing but that can be increased.
So i put it back into my soul sea in its spear form and begin to nourish it, my tails can refine any form of energy without issue so no need to worry about the cold energy at night harming me either.
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the next day
'i invested the remaining 10 soul force into my first tail, this has pushed me back to 0 points in soul force, but its not a loss, not only does my tail get more powerful as a weapon but it also produces more soul force passively, every 2 soul force invested gives back 1 per day, that brings my daily gain to 6 points in soul force per day.'
i get up with a grin, i won't bother going to school and will just study inscriptions on my own while my tail cultivates for me.
'hehe, from here on out cultivation is an idle game'
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A/N what do you guys think? i hadn't seen a technique like this so i thought it might be interesting. it won't be immediately overpowered as even nie lie in the early stages gained about 10 points per day, but it will start exponentially growing with time.