After Ves deconstructed the paths of a mech pilot and a mech designer with the help of the teachings of his mother, he felt as if he had fully pierced the truth of these two professions.
He no longer held as many doubts and uncertainties towards these two special cultivation methods as before.
The fog had lifted!
Ves had the illusion that he had stepped outside of the box of mechs and taken a good look at it from the perspective of an outside observer.
This provided him with many benefits. He not only understood a lot better what it took for mech pilots and mech designers to advance up the ranks, but he could also devise more specific solutions that could substantially promote their growth!
He already had a powerful tool in his arsenal.
"Mother?"
"Yes, baby?"
The cyborg cat's expression twitched when his mother referred to him as a baby. He was already a father himself! Just because he was currently occupying the form of a diminutive cat didn't mean he had regressed into a child!
"Ahem, I would like to ask how my companion spirits tie into this picture. From what I have observed, my companion spirits have somehow become Just enough separated from their principles that they can easily follow other cultivation paths without too many restrictions. I mean, Ketis has somehow managed to become a swordmaster and a Journeyman Mech Designer at the same time. I am pretty sure that is supposed to happen under normal circumstances."
His mother directed a proud expression at the cyborg cat.
"While I do not entirely approve of your decision to conduct a dangerous procedure on yourself and others, I cannot deny your results. You have truly created a new and wonderful means to engage in multiple cultivation methods at the same time, including ones that ordinarily conflict with each other. The companion spirits that you are able to make are also much more talented in most forms of cultivation due to their immaterial forms. The Five Scrolls Compact would literally allow every other human to master the secrets of your companion spirits. Compared to ordinary organisms, companion spirits share a closer resemblance to True Gods, so they will experience fewer barriers in cultivation as they can mitigate the lack of talent."
"There's more to them than that." Veronica spoke. "Back in the Red Ocean, I have noticed that every design spirit and companion spirit is inherently able to absorb and draw strength from the power of heaven and earth. They are all natural cultivators, am I correct? They don't need to learn or Invent any specific cultivation methods. They can just grow stronger by following their natural instincts."
Cynthia frowned a bit. "That is... somewhat correct. I do not understand the nature of your created spirits too well. Remember what I have told you. Natural cultivation is convenient to those who have access to it, but it is rarely the best, strongest or most effective means to become a True God. My personal prediction is that it may be easy for companion spirits to grow stronger by relying solely on natural cultivation, it will also provide the least benefits and may not give them much hope of breaking past more challenging bottlenecks. It is always better for natural cultivators to take fate in their own hands and practice a more structural and better-designed cultivation method."
Veronica agreed with this sentiment. Nothing came for free. The good stuff always demanded a greater price.
"1 will take that into account when I work on my own plans."
Cynthia leaned back and relaxed her posture. She looked satisfied now that she had imparted Ves with a clear understanding of the high-level processes of cultivation.
"Since you are interested in helping your creations grow stronger by themselves through cultivation, I believe you may benefit from taking a look at existing examples. I can share a selection of different cultivation methods to you. Their quality may be mixed, but they are highly reliable and have proven their effectiveness for many generations."
She waved her glowing arms, causing the air in front of her to stir and shake.
The silvery cat sitting close by widened her eyes as she saw entire paper scrolls and books materialize into existence!
This was an actual conversion of energy to matter without the use of any sophisticated technological products!
Materialization may be an impossible feat to Ves, but it was a common ability for every True God!
Once she created the scrolls and tomes out of thin air, Cynthia gently waved her hand, causing her brand-new creations to drop in front of the avatar of her son.
"Feel free to examine these texts."
The cyborg cat immediately pounced. As soon as she unrolled the first scroll, she quickly attempted to read, only to encounter a major problem right away.
"Uh, mom?"
"Yes, my child?"
"What the hell is this language? Why does this alphabet look so alien? I can't read any of this stuff!"
"Ah, I forgot. Let me correct that for you." Cynthia waved her hand and magically caused the foreign texts to change into standard human language. "Do note that it is highly Inadvisable for anyone to practice these cultivation methods. Translations can never perfectly convey the original context and meaning of different languages, especially when there is an enormous separation of time and place. Many cultivation methods are also adapted to specific environments, so the examples I have given to you are unlikely to work as well in Messier 87. The power of heaven and earth over there is shaped by the galaxy's unique circumstances, so it is much more foreign and alien than what used to be the case in the Milky Way."
These were serious warnings and immediately doused any thoughts about making his clansmen practice any of these ancient cultivation methods.
Just like how the mechs designed 200 years ago would never be able to compete against modern machines, the methods contained within the created scrolls and books should be treated as historical antiques!
They only held research value to Ves. He may not be able to use any of these methods directly, but he could learn from their approaches and design his own ones!
That was clearly his mother's intention when she created these texts out of thin air.
Minutes passed by as Ves quickly skimmed through all of the texts at a rapid speed. His learning and data processing capabilities were extremely high, so he had no problem keeping up despite flipping through papers so quickly.
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