Novel Full Chapter 115 - Spiritual Sense
Each and every time that the old man fought against Adam or taught him something new, he was pleasantly surprised by how quickly Adam was able to learn and grasp what he was trying to teach him.
He was the perfect student that seemed loyal and would never complain, and knowing that, the old man was beginning to warm up to him. However, that scared him and after being betrayed, he didn't ever want to feel vulnerable and allow himself to be stabbed in the back.
Because of that, he was still subconsciously wary of Adam and he wasn't yet confident in Adam's loyalty to teach him something that was valuable and dear to him.
However, he was still willing to strengthen Adam's foundations and teach him the fundamentals while testing his character and potential along the way.
"There is no need for you to return to your home, there is a lake deeper into the forest that is surrounded by small mountains and trees, so there shouldn't be anybody there," said his master.
"What direction is it in?" asked Adam, who was fine with cleaning himself nearby as it would save him a lot of time and was also more convenient for him.
While talking to his master, Adam held his nose that was being assaulted by the revolting smell of the impurities. The lingering smell of the impurities that he had removed was shockingly bad and worse than anything he had ever smelt in his life.
While Adam was removing the impurities he was too focused to care about the stench, but after he had finished, he realised just how strong and disgusting the smell was.
"Look for it yourself, you're not an idiot, and make sure not to leave any of those smelly impurities in here" stated his master as he turned around towards the wall in the corner of the dojo that he always lay in.
Adam ignored his master then took with him one of the sets of clothing that he had bought with him, to change into after he had cleaned himself.
Walking out of the dojo, Adam was unsure where exactly the lake was that his master spoke of, but he had previously climbed the mountain and knew that there wasn't a lake up the mountain or on the path that he took.
From what his master had described, he had a rough idea where he would find it and walked deeper into the small forest that his master's dojo was in.
While walking through the forest, in search of the lake that his master spoke of, Adam suddenly received a notification from the system.
{Ding, from the constant use of your spiritual sense to monitor your body and by practising your ability to wield your energy to remove the impurities, the host's Intelligence Stat has increased by 1 point} notified him the system.
[Great] exclaimed Adam within his mind.
{This was only because the host's IESP surpassed the host's Intelligence Stat, which made it harder for the host to control and easier for the host to increase it by 1 stat point by practising its use. But it won't be as fast and easy as that in the future to gain stat points} informed him the system.
Looking at his status, Adam could see that his Intelligence had increased by 1 point, but he hadn't gained any EXP. However, that was to be expected as he wasn't training or increasing his cultivation by removing the impurities, and was also for the best.
He didn't want to gain much EXP in reality as he wouldn't receive any gold from it and it also wasn't guaranteed that he would still receive system points for doing so.
Nothing was guaranteed with the system that continued to change and he knew that it would continue to change and grow as he also changed and developed.
The only thing that Adam was certain about was that the Dungeon System was based around hunting in the dungeon and that was the method of increasing his strength that would give him the best results and rewards.
Knowing that, he only wanted to learn techniques, skills or gain experience and knowledge from his master, while in the dungeon he would hunt beasts to increase his cultivation.
He also wanted to train his combat prowess and gain combat experience against his master, as Adam had realised just how different it was to fight against a beast when compared to a human.
Adam wasn't sure where the small lake was and he was beginning to realise how big and confusing the forest around him was to navigate in, so he decided to change his course of action.
[Instead of physically searching for the lake, I should search for it with my spiritual sense that has been strengthened slightly by my increase in Intelligence] decided Adam.
[System what is the range of my spiritual sense] asked Adam who was unsure of the exact range of his spiritual sense and what it was capable of.
Spiritual Sense is a sixth sense that is unique to Internal Cultivators, and with their Internal Energy and high Intelligence stat, they can release a wave of energy around them, which will relay a feeling about what is in the area back to the mind of the Internal Cultivator.
Adam had briefly explored the use of his spiritual sense, like when he had used it to detect the impurities within his aunt's body, but he was still unsure of its limits.
{For every point of Intelligence, the spiritual sense's range increases by 10 metres. For ordinary humans that haven't cultivated internally, they still have a minor spiritual sense, but without Internal Energy and the necessary knowledge, they are unable to fully use it. However subconsciously it is used sometimes, such as when a person has an instinctive feeling that somebody is looking at them} answered the system.
{The spiritual sense of an Internal Cultivator has many different uses and applications and develops with the cultivator, but it depends on each cultivator how much it develops and grows. In order to increase the range of uses that your spiritual sense has, you must pracitse its use and also understand and learn more about it and Internal Cultivation} stated the system.
[Hmm, okay thanks for the info system] thanked Adam within his mind.
[That must be how my master knows everything that happens in my body and in the area around him and his spiritual sense must be at a level where he can easily see everything in the entire forest around him] realised Adam.
Sitting down on the ground cross-legged, which Adam found was the optimum position to circulate his Internal Energy, Adam attempted to release his spiritual sense to its fullest.
He had been using his spiritual sense ever since he had began cultivating as an Internal Cultivator, but he didn't know that it was his spiritual sense and he was only using it instinctively.
Following what the system said about releasing a wave of Internal Energy around him, Adam attempted to do so, but it didn't work and he felt as though he had misunderstood what the system meant by energy.
Focusing his mind on the area around him, Adam streamed Internal Energy towards his head, which he had never done before, then attempted to release a wave from his mind that was attempting to sense the area around him and had been provided a large amount of Internal Energy.
It was the most logical way that Adam could think of using his spiritual sense and he had done it instinctively.
To his surprise, it was the method to use his spiritual sense directly and the wave of energy released from his mind spread around him and relayed back to his mind the area around him with a radius of 360 metres.
What Adam found from that was that he couldn't see through solid objects or walls, as his master's dojo was still within his range and he couldn't see through the wall, and that it would only give him a rough vision and idea of what there was in the area around him and not a detailed image like his eyes would.
However since it was a sense that couldn't be defined using the senses that ordainry humans had, it was hard for Adam to describe the sensation that the spiritual sense made him experience.
All he could say was that it gave him a feeling about what there was in the area around him, and in the area around him, he sensed a few birds in trees and a few large insects that he had managed to sense, but his spiritual sense was still weak and hazy when compared to that of his master.
Adam was satisfied with what he was capable of and if he used it in the dungeon, he would get a rough idea of what was beasts and how many of them there were in the area around him.