《The Tiger Lily Mistaken for a Weed》Part 4:Learning the Ropes
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Not too long after: ".... Xiu Mang has received the clan's technique Mark of the heart." The leader said, and as usual, never saying what his clan's technique did. Then came Xiu Mei, the last one. Molark looked at the list after crossing off the second to last child's name, before looking to Xiu Mei. "Xiu Mei, as your Dantian is still under watch, we have decided that we will put you on a low tier support technique, Poison Strand. You can make yourself immune to poisons of the caliber to which you train it to, and once you become resistant to a level of the poison, you will be able to bring out your Dantian poison in a strand like liquid silk or tiny drops. Strand at full completion, drops at beginner proficiency."
Mei held his tongue at receiving the apparently low rank Support Cultivation Technique. He walked up and took the jade crystal from the Molarks' hand "Leader.... How do I use my Qi to extract the information?" Mei said, bluntly. Molark blinked for a second, before laughing. "Oh right, we forbid you from practicing techniques, so you didn't injure your Dantian. So what you need to do is focus on your body, have your mind follow your meridians, and they will lead you to the Dantian, from which you can take a strand of power and bring it out of yourself into the jade crystal, and then recall it, and you will have learnt it." Mei nodded, focusing, a minute later, sweat beaded on his forehead as an odd purple orange colored strand of light entered the Memory Jade, the true name for Jade Crystals.
Mei was instantly awash with information regarding the technique. He noticed something odd though. "Leader, it says to train in this, I need poisons." Molark nodded. "Yes, indeed. So the council has agreed to give you enough poisons to get you to the adept stage of Dantian Poison creation, where you'll be able to make Poisons ranging from weak poison to mild poison yourself." He said, handing Mei a pack. "Here are the poisons. Be very careful as you aren't used to handling poisons yet. They have been labeled by their strength."
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Molark nodded as Mei went back to sit down. "With that, our ceremony is complete! We now have a new batch of children who have just learned their new Cultivation techniques. For now, they shall be focusing to achieve the goal line of their techniques, as well as hunting and foraging for the village, just as those before them. Of course, they'll start hunting and foraging only when they're physically able to. Alright, that's it for this ceremony! See you al next time!"
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