A Bright Light

I woke up as a bright light, as pure as can be shone as it seemed to be enlarging as time past. I felt my body which was a good sign as it meant that it had been 9 months and was time for my birth. I could here muffling sounds and could sense the vibrations of the place I was inhabiting, but the sounds seemed to get clearer as I felt a rough but careful aura tingling around my body.

[What is this, is feels so warm yet in some way unrefined?]

*Ding*

[Host this aura is astral energy, it is used by everyone in this world and right now a wet nurse is using it to help you leave the womb]

As the system finished explaining, I felt a wave of intense light hit my eye. As my eyes adjusted to the light. I looked around and I could see colourful silk surround me, while gold ornaments hung on the wall, and the wood that was used on the walls seemed to be carved by a master as it's intricate patterns seemed to realise a calming aura and a divine beauty that couldn't be seen anywhere on earth.

"Congratulation's Ms Valiant it's a boy!" The mid nurse that held me exclaimed, before wrapping me in an extravagant silk that felt extremely smooth and comforting.

'Looking at the interior of the room I was just birthed in, I seemed to have been born into a wealthy or noble family.' I thought before I was placed in the hands of a female who seemed to be my mother, as she was lying down on the luxurious bed.

"He's so handsome, I will name him Ark. Ark Valiant."

My mother in this world could be considered a beauty in my eyes. Her hair let out a radiant shine as it was a deep gold that seemed no way inferior to the golden ornaments that hung on the wall. Her eyes seemed to contradict her hair as they where silver but still released a golden hue that made me unconsciously trust my new mother unconditionally. Her voice sounded like a divine bird chirping it's songs that only a god was worthy of hearing. While her porcelain nose seemed to only make me trust her more.

'CRASH!'

A burst knocked down the door, as a tall man with orange hair and a beard that would make any man look at theirs in shame walked in.

"Vanessa, I came as fast as I could when I heard you where in labour! Are you alright my love?" Said the man that I could only assume to be my father as so far, the world I was in seemed to be behind on technology which most likely meant that nobles and peasants existed. Since that was the case, the man that had the gut's to barge in so rudely and call my mother 'my love must be my father.

"Mr. Valiant please be quieter, your wife has just given birth and needs to rest and the baby made be bothered by the noise." Explained the mid nurse as she halted my fathers advance.

"Why is he not crying, is their something wrong with him?" Asked my mother in a worrying tone, alerting my father as he become concerned too.

"No need to worry Ms. Valiant" Said the mid nurse before pointing her finger at me, which seemed to release an aura that was similar to that of the cosmos and stars. The aura came towards me, before I felt a sharp pain on my but that instinctively made me cry out in pain.

"OUCH! System what did that mid nurse just do to me" I shouted angrily in my head as I demanded an answer from the system.

*Ding*

[Host, the mid wife has used her astral energy to create a sharp pain on your body]

[Host, please notice that after this week the system will only explain rudimentary knowledge to you as you have to work at the rest for your self.]

[This is so that the host does not be come so reliant on the system.]

Astral energy, I had heard the system mention it before it put me to sleep. It seemed to be the energy in which they used to cultivate in this world.

"System, how do I cultivate?" I asked excitedly, as I would be able to cultivate like the characters I have seen in my favorite novel.

*Ding*

[Host most tap into the astral plane to cultivate astral force. When you tap into the astral plane you must absorb the stars that form inside and use it to cultivate yourself.]

[Your talent depends how much stars you can absorb every time you cultivate]

[After taping into the astral plane for the first time, your mini universe that forms inside your Dan tian has a size that cannot be changed which decides how strong you can grow in the future]

[You have to absorb stars, refine their energy and cultivate it into your own energy you will grow stronger and your cultivation base will increase]

"Wow this is amazing. System how do I tap into the astral plane"

[Host you can not tap into the astral plane yet as your body is to weak to handle astral energy, and you are not at the age yet where you can perfectly draw out your potential]

Sullen, the system suddenly gave me an unexpected gift.

*Ding*

[As host has been born in the world, the system will start setting daily tasks to help host have the perfect foundation for when you start cultivating.]

[Host will be given a one time gift of a cultivation manual to start cultivating]

Suddenly, my head felt like is what going to burst open as I could feel pages of knowledge being forcibly contained in my undeveloped brain. My parents and the mid nurse where worried, as I had suddenly burst out crying in pain.

When the pain finally died down I could see the words

---- Basic Flexible Leopard Arts---