More and more youths ascended and reached the 2nd floor. The number reached nearly 50 who succeeded in ascending the 2nd floor.
Unlike previous time, this trial became an eye opener for everyone.
Public went mad and even those who had failed also engrossed in cheering crowd as they forget their failure and instead began to fantasize over who would be the first in this trial.
Some of the quick witted people caught the glimpse of this situation and they quickly began to arrange a vendor.
Some of them came out with attractive stakes and lot of big return.
Yes, many betting booths began to construct and the crowd began to pour out their gold and silver.
Meanwhile inside the Pagoda, Silver and her team were already halfway in the staircase toward the 3rd floor. They had dragon bloodline to begin with and the place was affiliated to learning Fire Intent. They were like fish in the water.
Still, William was all alone in the vast world of the 3rd floor which was space of large lake with mountain ranges far in the horizon.
"There is no stair-cage in this floor. Looking at the situation I guess I've to cross this lake. Fine, let's comprehend the portion of the water intent here first."
He sat cross-legged and began using the same method to comprehend the water intent around him.
Unlike before, he came to realize that he had hard time comprehending the law even when he used a larger amount of Ki. After a quarter of an hour, he stopped and pondered, "What is going on? At this rate I'm never passing this place. In the previous two trials, it felt too easy but this time it's as if I'm punching at the sky."
"According to the books I read back in my home, it says cultivators are born with special affinity toward certain elements and laws. If they were not then they would have no chance of comprehending or even more this could either caused Yuan Qi backlash."
"So according to those theories, so I really not have any affinity with water?" He kept muttering as he was trying to figure out the situation. He even had a second thought of using the Wind intent and leaving the place forcefully. He knew he could forcefully ascend to the next floor. But at the last moment, he chose not to do.
"This was my only chance to comprehend the water intent. Outside in the world, I need to have certain epiphany and meet certain conditions to be able to comprehend intent. Alright, let's try it again."
Just as he was adjusting his breathing and trying to calm his mind, the archaic voice of the old dragon chimed in his hear, "Little mouse,"
"Stop it!"
"Master Dragon, this junior has a problem with comprehending the wind intent around here. Please give me some pointers." William said politely.
The dragon inside the pendant's world yawned and spoke, "You're wrong in thinking that your body has no affinity with the water law or Daos. Don't forget that you've the Primordial Spirit foundation body. And literally speaking your current body is a darling of the universe. Your body will not have any limit to learning any intents or laws."
"I don't understand. Then why am I having the hard time absorbing the truth hidden within this portion of Water intent around me?" William questioned.
The dragon responded, "The problem is very simple. It's because of your current cultivation level. You are currently in the Perfected stage of the Mortal Foundation realm. If you want to learn more intent then I suggest you begin cultivating and have a break through first to the Second Realm of Cultivation 'Blood Manifestation Realm'. And this place is a good place for a Ki cultivator like you."
He continued to guide, "In the outside world, the essence of Ki energy was very low not even 1% compared to Yuan Qi. That's the very reason Body Cultivators were rare and nobody have passion for cultivating their spirit. The only choice is to use pills, elixirs, medicinal plants and external helps to cultivate Body Cultivation."
He added, "Luckily for you, this place has around 71% of Ki energy and remaining with Yuan Qi. So, I suggest you take this chance to have a break-though. Only then you can continue comprehending more intents. Begin!"
William was always a patient and a good listener. He had been absorbing all those information. He also knew the Qi energy in this place was rising as he climbed the floors.
He nodded and began cultivating the Body cultivation technique. He chanted and weaved a series of hand seal.
Like the old dragon said, just as he began chanting in the old tongue according to the cultivation technique, he felt a strong resonance from the surrounding and the Ki energy reacted strongly.
The nest instant a large amount of Ki energy in the form of white fume sprung out of the lake and were splashed over his body.
As he continued chanting the secret texts, his heart pounded. It got louder and louder as if it was like a war drum. Consequently, every orifices in his organs and skins opened up and began to soaked up the large amount of the Ki energy pouring over his body.
Unlike Yuan Qi which was all balanced, Ki energy was very volatile and explosive in nature. He felt a strong chilling feeling as his skin sipped the Ki energy. The pain level kept rising as he continued.
What was even more painful was all those absorbed Ki energy were forcefully brought inside his heart and the mantra began to materialize into fiery sledgehammer with a black dragon designed over it. The sledgehammer began to smash the Ki energy and began a rigorous process of refining those energy to his personally branded Ki energy. After refining, what remained was a pure Ki of one-third of the previous raw Ki his heart gathered. The refining continued without stopping. After refining, those refined Ki were pumped out my his heart and transfered to every part of his body nook and corner through the blood. This nourished his every cells, tissues, organs and every organ systems. Like that it became a complete cycle.
Each cycle of refining took only an infinitesimal fraction of a second. The pain level spike as he continued. Considering his background as an assassin in his previous life, he had a strong will. So, pain was the last thing he worried about.
Like that he continued cultivating the Ki energy and went on for over an hour.