"Hmm"
Ir-ka puts his hand on his chin and thinks.
"We have a place. it's the sacred ground of our clan, "the ice grounds". we can lead the young master there if he wishes "
I nod.
"Young Lord"
An elder speaks
"Yes?"
"Can Little Anna go with you to train?"
He asks.
"I don't see a problem with that"
And that's true, I don't think Anna is gonna throw herself at me like that.
Besides, the place is theirs.
"Ok, young Lord, follow me"
Ir-ka stands up and walks ahead.
I and Anna look at each other then follow him.
After some time of walking we arrive before a cave, we venture into it but we encounter a dead end.
The white tiger Lord places his hand on the wall and let's out some energy, the wall splits into two and opens.
We enter.
And we see....
A big expanse of white snow, mountains and frozen rivers and some obstacles everywhere.
"Holy... "
'That was all inside a damn cave?! Did we go to another world or something?!'
"This is the grounds, young Lord"
I nod
"Thanks for leading the way. "
Ir-ka nods and looks at his daughter.
"Take care of yourself... And don't slack off"
Truly a doting father.
Anna nods and says with determination.
"Don't worry, old man, I will work hard"
Veins bulge onΒ Ir-ka's head.
"Young lady... I am just over a 70 thousand years old"
To a 6th rank cultivator, 70 thousand years is significant but not too much.after all they can love hundreds of thousands of years.
"Yeah, very old, too old"
Anna highlights.
Ir-ka looks at me.
"Young Lord, when you need to come out you can touch the secret wall and I will receive a signal. "
He says before leaving.
Now it's me and Anna.
"So... Time to train?"
I start the conversation.
"Yeah!"
She says with determination.
A month passed.
The routine wasn't much.
I wake up and get used to my body then train more and get stronger not in rank but in martial arts.
Yeah, I don't know either how I know these but it's good either way.
At night, I and Anna sleep in a cave.
Sometimes we cuddle.
Her excuse is always.
"It's cold here"
Yeah a poor one since white tigers have high resistance to cold weather.
But it's not like I mind it, I actually like it.
The moment she started having feelings for me, there was no escape.
I won't let her.
But today is a special day.
Because I am breaking through to the 4th rank.
Swoosh!
A 200 meters tall tiger was running getting used to his body when suddenly...
Buzz.
A nagging feeling envelopes him.
"Finally?"
The tiger turns into his humanoid form and sits in a lotus position.
He starts absorbing energy rapidly until finally.
His aura skyrockets!
I broke through!
"Is this the fourth rank?"
I examine my body.
Before the forth rank, the power is inside the body.
After the forth rank the power merges with the body. The harmony between the power and the body allows higher energy outputs.
I stand up and float.
Once one reaches the fourth rank they get the ability to fly.
"I have to tell Anna about the good news"
I turn and fly to a certain place.
In an icy cold river.
Anna was talking a bath while humming a song.
And suddenly a shadow is cast over her.
"Huh?"
She looks up and sees a very happy Shadow.
"Waaah!"
She freaks out and hides her assets.
"Hello"
"What hello!? Go there wait for me!"
She shouts as she points at a random direction.
I laugh.
"Don't worry, i am just admiring the view"
For some reason, Anna didn't feel disgusted, but she felt quite happy.
"You like them?"
She asks a bit shyly.
"Yeah those mountains are beautiful"
I look at some mountains in the distance.
"Y-you bastard"
She throws and attack at me but I dodge and flow away laughing.
I land into he place she pointed at and wait for her.
An hour later she comes.
"How was your shower?"
I ask with a shit eating smile.
"Good.. "
Use replies subconsciously.
"I-i mean! "
"No it's ok I am not judging you"
"Anyway, what did you want me for?"
She changes the subject.
"I broke through to the fourth rank"
"Already? Well I am also close to breaking through so don't get too cocky"
"Haha don't worry"
Suddenly Anna pulled me close and gives me a smooch.
"If you become stronger than my father in less than a year, I am yours"
She whispers in my ears.
Right after she runs away as if someone was chasing her.
She couldn't believe what she just said!
I stand there startled.
The novel just started and I already have three women?
Restrain yourself Author!
In the blink of an eye, 6 months passed.
I am now at peak of the fourth rank.
I am trying to breakthrough.
But to break through to the 5th rank is hard.
You have to merge your strength with your soul.
So when you die, once you reincarnate your strength won't disappear but will just be dormant waiting for your body to be strong enough for it to emerge.
To merge the power and soul , the body and soul.
It will take time.
A month later.
An aura skyrockets!
I broke through to the fifth rank.
"Hmm, this fells good. Like a warm spring"
I enjoy the feeling for a moment but then...
"Hot! Hot hot hot!"
I fly away Looking for a river.
(Yeah, you guessed right :) .)
I land in an icy river after throwing my clothes away.
The reason the body becomes very hot isn't related to human cultivation this time.
It's related to monster cultivation.
Once you reach fifth rank and your body, power and soul merge, your bloodline will get a boost or an upgrade.
In my case....
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"Ice spirit!?"
Spirits are the top of hierarchy, the ice powers, progenitors and all of that came from the incarnation of those spirits.
Being an ice spirit make me the Lord of all other ice races and I can shapeshift between them all!
Even the ice tiger king himself didn't become a spirit.
He just got a boost! Just a boost!
It was supposed to be a boost! This system is broken!
Just before I try my breath abilities someone comes from underwater and rests his back on me.
Or her back.
"Haaah, I can't wait for Shadow to defeat my father.. "
Seh speaks to herself