Eye System

Chapter 138: Gains Part 1

{Ding, automated energy absorption for recovery activated} announced the system to Lex who had completely lost consciousness and couldn't hear the system.

Lex's body began to hungrily suck in all the energy in the area, that was dense compared to the energy in the mountainous region.

After a few days, Lex's fatigued soul finally awoke and managed to open the eyes of his weak body.

"How long has it been" he uttered as he struggled to sit up.

{Ding, the host's body has been unconscious for 4 days and has only managed to sustain itself with the energy that was absorbed through the automated energy absorption} informed him the system.

Lex wasn't too surprised by how long it had been, as he began to absorb energy into his body.

It weirdly felt like energy was easier to absorb for Lex who felt a weird change in himself.

Looking down at his body, he was extremely weak and shrivelled, with his muscles all deflated and his internal energy storage was also mostly empty.

The energy that this system had absorbed into Lex's body had barely managed to sustain and slightly recover it, but hadn't had a large effect.

"This is the perfect time to cultivate the Mortal Elemental Ascension Method" decided Lex.

He had gained the method in his past reality and in this reality, but had never had the opportunity to truly cultivate the method.

In his past reality, Lex felt as though he had misunderstood the method and its application, and was excited to learn and cultivate the method in this reality where he had developed massively in all aspects.

[System imbed the Mortal Elemental Ascension Method] ordered Lex, not having the energy to use the inventory and withdrew the method physically.

{Ding, the host has learnt the Mortal Elemental Ascension Method} announced the system.

Instantly, Lex felt his mind being bombarded with a large cultivation manual within his mind, but in the same way as the Weapon Guide his master gave him, Lex had thought of a more efficient way of memorising the method.

While the system imbeds it into his mind, Lex doesn't disrupt or attempt to assist in the process, allowing the knowledge to stream into his mind, and would also make his mind oblivious to the method.

He would have it within his mind and he could access the method, but he wouldn't have learnt it and gained it as part of his active memory that couldn't hold such a large amount of information.

It was simple and Lex was thinking of his mind as the ancient model he had of a computer. from his past reality, comparing his mind to a hard drive and his active memory to a RAM that could only handle so much information at once.

With that thought, Lex was placing the method within his own hard drive and slowly understanding and digesting it bit by bit as he was learning it from his own mental storage.

Lex's plan was much more successful than he had expected and he had instantaneously gained the method within his mind, without losing consciousness.

All Lex could feel was some mental strain and a headache because of the large amount of knowledge abruptly placed within his mind, but compared to previous times when he attempted to forcefully learn methods, the pain was bearable.

Lex was beginning his cultivation of the Mental Elemental Ascension Method with an open and experienced mind.

Without time to waste, Lex began to read through the method, ignoring the cramp and strain he felt on his mind, and was once again amazed and in awe of the method. 

Compared to the Mental Void Method, it had much better applications and enhancements to Lex and also answered a question he had thought about for a long time.

"This amazing method allows me to cultivate both externally and internally at the same time and although it is slower, it is much more efficient than cultivating them separately. Not only that, it also has enhancing effects such as having a much more fortified body and giving the user's energy all elemental affinities" observed Lex amazing by what he had gained.

Lex had never noticed just how amazing the method was when he learnt it in his past reality for the first time, as he had yet to experience cultivation, but thinking about it while cultivating he felt that something was missing.

"This must be the greatest form of cultivation, where the user is completely strengthened during the cultivation and not only specific parts," noticed Lex, once again grateful by what the system had given him access to.

Following along what the method showed him, Lex began to greedily absorb the energy around him into his body, but weirdly Lex felt that he could sense what type of energy he was absorbing.

Opening his eyes, Lex could see small particles of different colours being sucked in through his breath, pores and orifices.

It was an incredible sight that mesmerised him as he couldn't help but be dazed by the beautiful sight of all the energies floating all around him within the atmosphere.

{Ding, as a feature of the Elemental Ascension Method, the host has gained Elemental Vision, that allows the host to visibly see energy of all different elements} announced the system.

Lex was overwhelmed by the joy the gains, he continued to acquire through the system, caused him.

The Elemental Ascension method was perfectly tailored to Lex's body and it was evident to him that nobody else would be capable of using the same method.

"If this is the Mortal edition of the method, I wonder what higher levels of the method have and are capable of and what other methods that are tailored to me that the system will give me in the future" pondered Lex.

The Mental Void Method was accidentally stumbled upon by Lex, and although it cultivated his Internal Energy, its main focus was to enhance his mental stability and spacial affinity.

While the Elemental Ascension Method was tailored to Lex and handed to him by the system, making it of much more importance and use to Lex.

Lex didn't know how much he was missing from not opening all is rewards while he was immersed in the desire to gain strength, and was beginning to regret not learning the Mortal Elemental Ascension Method earlier.

If he had been smart enough to open his rewards before entering his first seclusion, who knew how powerful he would have been and whether Mason would have even been a threat to him.

But Lex knew that regretting would only waste time and energy, and would only make him feel bad over something he couldn't change.

Making sure to always open any rewards he gained from the system, Lex continued to immerse himself within the method.

After a few hours of absorbing energy while contemplating the first few pages, out of hundreds, Lex was beginning to feel a sliver of energy circulating around his body, but it still wasn't enough.

He had no pills or system points to spend on pills, so he had no choice but to rely on the energy he could absorb that was mostly being used to recover his drained body before entering his internal energy storages.

Following the absorption method of the Elemental Ascension Method, Lex spent another few hours absorbing energy and recovering his body, and finally felt he had a satisfactory amount of energy within his body to wield.

However, he was still incredibly weakened and was at a state comparable to a measly Earth Mortal in the current state he was in.

Perceptive Eye

Lex was too engrossed in the learning and understanding of the Elemental Ascension Method, that he had postponed recovering his body to its peak state and exploring the third eye he had gained.

Instantly when Lex activated the Perceptive Eye, he felt his mind churning like a factory at faster speeds as his eyes reinforced and enhanced his mental speeds.

When Lex had gained the Perceptive Eye, he was slightly disappointed, but gradually he was noticing just how useful and essential the Eye Power was that enhanced his perceptivity and simultaneously boosted his reflexes.

Stopping only to absorb energy to sustain his energy and the Perceptive Eye, Lex spent an entire week contemplating only the Elemental Ascension Method and completely understanding almost half of the entire Mortal edition, halting after reaching a point that surpassed his current power.

He had only managed to do so with unwavering determination and concentration that he had developed over his lifetime.

After reaching the point in the method that surpassed the Heaven Mortal Rank, Lex noticed just how many gaps he had in his cultivation that he had never noticed and enhancements that the method would have given him that he missed.

However he couldn't help but praise his luck and fate for the first time as the destroyed and weak state his body was in, was perfect for him to reform and rebuild his cultivation again.

It would be relatively quick to do so, as his body had already been accustomed to the amount of energy higher cultivation levels would use and he didn't have to break past any barriers.

Lex knew he had spent a very long time contemplating the method he had just gained, but didn't regret it in the slightest and was overjoyed with his decision to do so as it worked perfectly with the situation he was in.

"While healing and recovering my body, I will reinforce, fortify and improve my cultivation. Then afterwards I will explore what I gained with the third eye and head deeper into the underground coves" decided Lex.