If you have a talent, use it

But suddenly, he remembered something. He sunk his spiritual sense inside the spatial ring and took out few crystals. These crystals were different from those spiritual stones. Each crystal was as big as his fist with the whitish glow on the glass surface.

Previously, he didn't know about these crystals but when he got the memories of that guy. He learned about these crystals. They were Soul Crystals. The Soul Crystal is born from the dead body of a strong person.

When their soul can't leave the body for reincarnation, their soul transforms into a crystal. These soul crystals need to be refined by a qualified alchemist. Because the pure soul crystal might contain a lot of the dead soul's emotions, feelings, and even memories.

These need to be cleansed by the alchemist. He held the soul crystals and sunk his mind inside his sea of consciousness. He entered the room and saw two soul bodies laying on the floor. His heart shook for a moment. He felt distressed as he walked closer.

"How is this possible?" When he saw a closer look at their soul bodies, disbelieve and anxiety appeared in his eyes. He frowned as he covered his face with his arms.

"How is this possible? How can they affect so much? It wasn't supposed to be like this? They were clearly not this much hurt." While recurring his memories when he left them here after walking out of life and death situation, he found there was a vast difference with the current situation.

If it was previous Li Xian, he might not recognize too much. But now, he has the memories of the ancient figure who had the knowledge of alchemy. He could see their soul bodies are slowly drifting towards the cycle of reincarnation.

Suddenly, he sunk his mind deeper inside his body. A few seconds later, he clenched his fist and smashed the floor "Damn! Why? Why must I suffer this? Why can't you let me be a swordsman? Why is my destiny so cruel?"

At this moment, he had two choices. Family, friends, and responsibilities. For these, he needs to walk on different paths such as Martial Path, Spiritualist Path, and Alchemist Path. But his passion is on the sword path. He sees the sword path as his destination and no matter how hard it might be, he wants to walk on this path.

But, he is not a ruthless person. He can't abandon his friends and families for the sake of his dream. He practices Affectionate Swordsmanship. He doesn't want to give up on Mac and Xiao Feng. But he doesn't want to choose other paths either.

He was already burdened with martial path and spiritualist path. For both, he has the talent. So, he doesn't want to walk on those paths. At this moment, he was conflicted. He doesn't know what to do.

'Family, friends, responsibilities, friends............…. Friends! I have friends. How can I forget this? I have friends. I can make friends. Yes, this is the answer. I am not alone anymore. I can't think of myself only.'

'Alchemist, isn't this the path that I do not want to choose? So, why must I choose it? I can ask for their help. Or, if they want to be the spiritualist, I can help them with my knowledge. Yes, I don't need to do everything on my own.'

'This is what friends are for. They can help me, right?' Suddenly, when he realize it deeper, excitement flashed in his eyes. That deep frowning instantly disappeared. At this moment, he kept murmuring 'Affectionate Swordsmanship complements my spiritualist path.'

'As for the martial artist, I have talent and also a responsibility. I don't need to focus too much on it. But I shouldn't discard it either. Currently, I have three friends. Luo Tang and Ling Tan are both extraordinary. My knowledge of Alchemy can make a turn common body into a pill genius.'

'But I can't force it. If she won't do it, then I just need to make more friends. Or, I can simply improve my strength and force someone to take the pill for me. Reverse Soul Pill is an earth rank pill. Only an Earth Rank Alchemist can create such pill.'

'Thankfully, I got the experience from the true hegemon about people's minds. But still, I should be cautious while making the friends. I was naïve to put so much trust in Ling Tan and Luo Tang. For now, Ling Tan seems to have a complete bond with me but Luo Tang and Cai Zhihao are still the problems.'

'I can only keep my guard up against Luo Tang. Hopefully, he won't play any cunning tricks.'

'With the alchemy technique and knowledge that I have, I can train an earth rank alchemist within a year. One year, Elder Brother, Xiao Feng, just wait for a year. I will definitely save you. I don't need to take other paths seriously.'

'I have a talent for spiritualist in my blood. But........... Elder Brother's words were right. Previously, I was so naïve. I have talent but I don't have a background. The entire universe is my future enemy. Only the strong person can fight against them.'

'If I encounter a person whose realm is above me, just their aura would be enough to crush my weak bones. In this memory, there are many geniuses who consume the blood of divine beasts to condense a strong body. There are several heaven-defying physiques.'

'I can't fight them with my sword alone. If not for these memories, I would've forgotten my elder brother's advice. Mother was right. This world is filled with cunning people. What you listen, you may not believe but what you see, you must believe. I didn't believe mother's words even though I followed them.'

'But these memories made my eyes opened. I love swords. My passion is for swordsmanship. It's hard. My talent in sword cultivation is weak. But that makes it fun. Passion is fun. When I have money, I should spend it. Then, if I have talent, why shouldn't I use it?'

'One year, I can try my best to find the resources and train an earth rank alchemist within a year. After that, my elder brother would be able to use the full potential of my martial arts. While I can start comprehending Sword Dao.'

'Sword Aura, Sword Intent, and Sword Soul. The first three and basic steps of the sword. I didn't expect each step has nine levels. I am currently at the second level of Sword Aura. I must improve my sword aura and sword cultivation.'

'Since, I have decided to walk in this path. I must sword as my primary path. I mustn't forget martial path and spiritual path are the secondary paths for the support my rise. Heavenly Geniuses, Peerless Monsters, Young Emperors, and Heaven Defier, every one of them can crush current me with an aura alone even at the same realm.'

'So, I must work hard. Heaven is in my side, talent is in my blood, so I must work hard for the sword. Let's start with the spiritual path. I must form a base and then start Infinite Dao Scripture.'

Finally, Li Xian calms down. He gave a deep glance at Mac and Xiao Feng for some time. Finally, he closed his eyes and moved out of the sea of consciousness. He was still sitting on the lotus position, so he simply started concentrating on Destiny Star Soul Cultivation Technique.

When his memories flashed in front of his eyes, he memorizes each word of it.

'When a creature dies, his soul passes through the stars, creating the soul power. Each star has its own destiny with a soul and each soul's destiny is controlled by heaven. Find your destiny star, create your soul power, rise your soul against the heaven and form the bond with your destiny stars.'

When he falls into deep concentration, he started visualizing the universe. A universe is vast but he can only see one billionth of the universe. But even in such a small part, there were thousands of stars. He looked at each star, but couldn't see them.

He could only see a burning flame inside the star. When the soul passes through the star, it creates soul power. And the soul power is further enhanced by the core of a star. His cultivation technique allows him to burrow the attribute of the soul of a certain star into his own soul.

Then, he can make a bond with that star. After that, he can continuously use the power of the star at night to strengthen his soul. But he can only use the power of the same star. So, he must find the brightest star.

But there are other benefits. Once he reaches Silver Soul Realm, he can form another bond with another star, giving his soul the attributes of two stars. Destiny Star Soul Cultivation Technique and Sword Devouring Technique are common in one aspect.

As his realm increases, his talent over a certain path also increase. Such as reaching the third rank of Junior Swordsmanship will create the third meridian in his body. And, reaching the silver realm will allow him to make the connection with two stars.

With the power of two stars, his cultivation pace won't decrease even after reaching the new realm.