Chapter 2553: Gaia’s Cultivation System

<Gaia’s Cultivation System has absorbed Eternal Essence>

<Gaia’s Cultivation System has refined Eternal Essence into Limitless>

<You have absorbed Limitless>

’Limitless...?’ Yuan raised an eyebrow at the notifications.

When Gaia’s Cultivation System started working, he could feel Eternal Essence being gathered around his Dantian. However, it did not enter his Dantian until the Eternal Essence was refined into another energy that felt similar on the surface.

’This Limitless... It feels almost identical to Eternal Essence, yet there is something fundamentally different about it,’ Yuan thought as he examined the strange energy.

However, because Limitless was so similar to Eternal Essence, Yuan could not determine how it differed without using it himself. And since he had only just begun cultivating, he did not possess enough of it to do so.

There was another thing Yuan quickly noticed.

His cultivation speed was extraordinarily slow—at least by his standards.

At first, Yuan found it strange. However, after giving it some thought, he realized that it made perfect sense.

After all, he was not cultivating in the traditional manner, but through Gaia’s Cultivation System, which possessed an entirely separate cultivation speed.

"How long will it take me to reach this Third Ascension level?" Yuan asked Mei Feng a moment later.

"At your current speed? About twenty to thirty years," she calmly replied.

"At least twenty years? That’s too long..." Yuan frowned.

"If you cultivate purely using Gaia’s Cultivation System, it’s normal. Not to mention, your Credential Rank is only at Rank 1. Of course, there are methods to improve your cultivation speed, the most obvious being to increase your Credential Rank."

"What other methods are there?" Yuan inquired.

Mei Feng retrieved another object and showed it to Yuan.

"Gaia’s Stone? No... It’s a little different," Yuan mumbled after seeing the crystal-like object on her palms that resembled Gaia’s Stone at a glance.

"This is called Gaia’s Gift. If you consume it, your cultivation speed will directly increase by a single rank. It’s useful up to Rank 3."

’There are also levels to my cultivation speed?’ Yuan raised an eyebrow.

He quickly checked his status, and sure enough, something new was present.

[Name: Yuan]

[Age: ???]

[Cultivation: Third Level First Ascension]

[Physique: Perfected Heavenly Refinement]

[Credential Rank: 1]

[Cultivation Speed: 1]

Yuan then asked, "I have been meaning to ask this for a while now, but who is Gaia?"

Mei Feng shook her head. "I do not know. I doubt anyone alive knows, either."

"I thought they were the God of this world or something along that line."

"God?" Mei Feng suddenly sneered in disdain. "There is no such thing."

"..."

Yuan decided not to question further after seeing her reaction.

"Anyway, take it. It’ll improve your cultivation a little."

After accepting Gaia’s Gift, Yuan immediately consumed it.

<You have consumed Gaia’s Gift>

<Your Cultivation Speed has increased by 1>

The moment his cultivation speed increased by a level, Yuan could feel the system absorbing Eternal Essence and refining it into Limitless at least three times faster than before.

Ding!

<Your cultivation has reached Fourth Level First Ascension>

"You should reach the Third Ascension within five years at this rate," Mei Feng said.

Before Yuan could even say anything, she continued, "However, that is still too slow, as the next recruitment for the military will begin in half a year."

"I’ll give you another Gaia’s Gift later since I don’t have it on hand right now. In the meantime, I want you to improve your Credential Rank."

Mei Feng suddenly handed Yuan a semi-transparent card.

"This will help you get started."

<You have received Mei Feng’s Endorsement>

<Your Credential Rank has increased a level>

Yuan’s Credential Rank directly increased a level.

"Moreover, as long as you have this, you will be able to gain credentials at an accelerated rate—up to Rank 5 once you join the military," Mei Feng added.

"I left my post unannounced, so I cannot stay here any longer. If you have any questions, you can ask my daughter. I will come back in a month with your second Gaia’s Gift. Until then, keep working on your Credential Rank."

"Thank you for everything so far," Yuan said to her.

"I am not doing this for you," she calmly rejected his gratitude before turning around and walking to the exit.

"I’ll leave him in your care for now," Mei Feng said to Officer Mei, who was standing by the door with a stunned look on her face.

"W-Wait! Why do I have to—"

"Because you found him," Mei Feng interrupted. "Also, I should not have to say this, but make sure his physique remains a secret."

Officer Mei wanted to object, but knowing her mother, she also knew that doing so would not end well for her. Moreover, it was true that she willingly got involved with Yuan.

Once Mei Feng left, Officer Mei approached Yuan and sighed. "Do you have any idea how lucky you are?"

"Not really," Yuan admitted. "Care to enlighten me?"

"First of all, the Gaia’s Gift you consumed is incredibly precious and expensive. Not even I—her own daughter—have ever used one, yet she gave one to you so easily. Hell, she even plans on giving you a second one later on!"

"Then, there’s her endorsement, which is arguably even a bigger deal, as that is something you only give to someone you absolutely trust. After all, if you do something bad, it’d affect her, too, and considering her status... forget it."

"In any case, if word got out about how well you have been treated here, countless people would be jealous—myself included," she sighed.

"Is that so?" Yuan calmly muttered before asking, "So, how should I go about increasing my credentials now?"

"Get a job," Officer Mei said flatly, her expression completely serious.

"Get... a job?" Yuan mumbled with a dazed expression, as though he had just heard a foreign language.

Although he had technically worked as a professional musician when he was younger, he had never truly considered it a job, especially considering how long ago it had been.

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