Chapter 0.1 : Choice

  "I have many things that can help me in the future but not right now . "

  " first I need to learn basic of Magic and only will I be able to master other Magics"

  While looking at the shower room that was now dominated by spiders and their webs , Yan Gu sighed helplessly and said .

  " first let's clean the whole building. "

  "To use the Magic , I have done the basics , now comes proper way of using Magic "

  Channel your Spiritual Power and Sync it with your " Self " and try to be one with the " Aura " that flows in your body .

  Try to control the mysterious force that runs in your body and let it run it around your Meridians .

  Try to absorb the Energies from the world and store them in your Dantians . Refine them and guide them to your Spiritual World and store them there.

  Slowly he began to channel his Magic Power and created a Waterball , floating above his right palm . The Waterball was size of cricket ball. Floating in front of him.

  "Good , now I just need to explode it few inch away from the objects that I want to clean while maintaining the Power "

  "But the problem is , I have never used Magic in my entire life which is disadvantage for me "

  "Let's first learn to control Magic Power and than proceed in cleaning. "

  Walking out from the shower room he walked upstairs and entered his bedroom. As he entered his room , he noticed something.

  "Ah ! Now that I look around carefully , I can feel that there are few Tier 7 Magic Formations installed. This must also be the reason for this room to be so clean and the Magic Energy inside here is lot denser than outside. "

  "A Tier 7 Magic formation is truly powerful to even gather Magic Energies "

  Sitting on the bed , Yan Gu crossed his legs before sitting in meditation pose . He began to absorb the Mana from the world and store in his body for straight 3 hours before opening his eyes.

  "Is this the power of Tier 1 Mage [ Magician Apprentice ] ?

  Surprised was written on his face while he felt the Magic Power running through his Veins.

  "I have fought against few Battle Mages in my life , type of Entity that are adapted in both Magic Cultivation and Body Cultivation , am I now one of them since I am cultivating in both . A Swordmaster and a Mage "

  He tried to channel the Mana through his body and felt warm sensation all over his body . Thick layers of Energies began to coat his body and glitter in colourful rays . He suddenly came to realisation.

  "This Mana is similar to Battle Qi of us warriors . Since I am master in controlling the Battle Qi , it's exactly not that hard "

  Summoning his Battle Qi in his left hand while Mana in his right , Yan Gu gasped for a long breath.

  "I ….too am the so called Battle Mage . But because of extreme difficulty of advancing to next Tier , Battle Mage profession is consider cursed for even geniuses . This profession holds both Classes , Mage and Swordsman. "

  "By only learning Magic , even ordinary person may reach Tier 7 someday even if it took them 1000 years but if someone trained to be a Battle Mage , even after 5000 years , there is no guarantee that they can even reach Tier 4 . Because they need to breakthrough in both Magic and Body Cultivation at once to harmonize the balance between two systems. "

  "Should I stop learning Magic than ?"

  "I have heard from the Battle Mage Park Chul - In who was also a Tier 3 Battle Mage , that it took him whole 3500 years just to reach Tier 3 Battle Mage because of it's extreme difficulties. "

  "Normally even a Genius Tier 3 Mage and Warriors are only able to live 3000 years only but cultivating both , his life was prolonged to 5000 years . And even now , he hasn't been able to advance to Tier 4 Battle Mage . I heard he only has less than 500 years to live right now . "

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  "Should I stop cultivating Magic ?"

  Yan Gu became hesitant and became nervous.

  "No , somehow Heaven has given me a chance to learn Magic "

  Yan Gu began to stop being hesitant and showed his stubbornness in his eyes as he said .

  "I am right now a Genuine Tier 5 Swordmaster , I have 10 000 years of lifespan . And I also have High Rank Demon and Elf bloodlines running in my veins. So it means I have their benefits too . I could live for at least 30 000 years . "

  "By learning Magic and advancing each Tier , my lifespan will prolong and at the same time I can even be experienced Mage with Magics ."

  "I don't know how long will I be able to live at that time , but I will still have a chance of cultivating till I reach Genuine , no maybe only an ordinary Tier 6 Battle Mage."

  "As long as I have even a small amount of chance of doing so ,I will not give up "

  Thinking about it , he nodded while feeling satisfies but suddenly there was one problem.

  "But I heard that even after receiving guidance in Magic from a Tier 8 Mage [ Divine Mage ] and guidance in Body Cultivation from Tier 8 [ Divine Swordmaster ] , the legendary Battle Mage Park Chul - In wasn't able to advance in Tier 4 Battle Mage. "

  "I heard it needs lots of resources to advance in Tier 4 Battle Mage"

  He has now Resource Crisis . Without right and suitable resources, he is unable to advance in Tier 4 Battle Mage.

  But he calmly calculated.

  "No ,I am already a Genuine Tier 5 Swordmaster and only a Tier 1 Mage [ Magician Apprentice ] . It means I only need to cultivate my Magic until I reach Tier 5 Mage [ Mage ]. Until there I don't need to think about anything else for time being "

  Yan Gu only problem right now was one thing now and that was called " what should he do for now to secure his future ? "

  Yan Gu rubbed his chin while he was in deep thought.

  "Should I run this fallen Clan as it's true Leader ?"

  No , no ,how can he rule the Clan when he hasn't even been in a Clan before ? Clans are similar to Sects and Powerhouses that has build kingdoms and Empires , isn't it ?

  Yan Gu could not think about anything but only reviving the Clan to secure his future .

  Having manpower in the future could help him .

  Having resources from the start could help him.

  Having backer could help him.

  But the thing is , he wasn't a Leader Material.

  Clutching his hairs tightly , he began to pull them in frustration.

  "Shit !! If only had I went to some Clan to learn than it would have not been that difficult to rule a Clan "

  Wait !! Learn ? Go ? Join ? Clan ?

  Suddenly he walked in front of the Mirror and looked at his reflection before he said "I am young , and have High Level strength too compare to other kids at my age right now. If I joined a Clan and learn about Clans , wouldn't I have enough knowledge to establish my own Clan even though it means through basic knowledge. After all experience could be gained through time "

  He began to rub his face before he came up with something.

  "But if I joined another Clan with the identity as Clan leader Bai Tao , in the future it will look like I am working for my previous Clan and they may think that I am their dogs or something. Isn't it ?"

  Although he didn't know if he was right or wrong ? But he was sure that he can't take risk .

  " I can use Tier 3 Magic [ Modeling ] , it's not offensive neither defensive Magic which is why even Tier 1 Mage like me can use it . "

  [ Modeling ] was type of Magic that let's your Facial looks change into something else . If he used a different identity , wouldn't he be able to protect his identity as Clan Leader Bai Tao ? In the future , he could just use different identities to do his works while protecting his identity as Clan Leader Bai Tao .

  A smile formed on his face while he proceed on Cultivating Magic .

  "After i reach Genuine Tier 2 Mage , I will stop cultivating and leave the Clan house and join other Clans until I feel like I am ready to run the Clan ."

  In each Tiers , there are few Classes divided , Ordinary , Talented , Genius and Genuine. Ordinary is just those with Basic Skills while Talented are those with Talents in their Cultivation Field , Genius are those with better Skills and Knowledge while Genuine are those with everything that a Mage or Swordmasters needs . Such as Talent , Skills , Experience , Knowledge and Understanding.

  A Tier 5 Swordmasters could even survive without eating or drinking anything for 1 years because of their large amount of Battle Qi and Body Cultivation to extreme level. They aren't called Kings for no reasons !!

  Cultivating Magic day and night , Yan Gu forgot the Time .

  A Tier 1 Mage normally has Mana Pool in their body , size of a 50 meter wide and 30 meter length that could even last for 2 days if they are used for using ordinary Tier 2 Combat Spells so to reach Tier 2 [ Magician ] , Mages needs to cultivate at least for 3 years even though you are a Genius !!

  But taking advantage of his High Rank Bloodlines , his Magic Cultivation was faster than even a Magic Genius !!

  It took him 2 Years to advance in Tier 2 Mage and 1 Years to master in many Magic Spells . He completely mastered all the Tier 1 Magic Spells while some few Tier 2 Magic Spells and 1 or 2 Tier 3 Magic Spells !!

  After 3 years , feeding himself Mana , his body has recovered to a healthy man . He was now a 24 years old young man with Genius Tier 2 Mage power and with the strenght of Genuine Tier 5 Swordmaster . He was an unbalanced Battle Mage .

  Standing in front of a mirror , a young man with handsome facial looks and demonic charm , wearing proper black and white shirt with blue pant , smiled . He has a short hairs and they were cut in one side style. His right eye had Crimson pupil while left side of his eye had Green pupil . Even though , he changed his looks using [ Modeling ] Spell , this eyes colours didn't change for some reason . His eyes changed their colours when he breakthrough to Tier 2 Mage .

  Touching his eyelid with his hand , Yan Gu said " looks like I need to think something for this eyes problem "

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  Power Level

  Tier 1 : Magic / Swordman Apprentice

  Tier 2 : Magician / Swordman

  Tier 3 : Magic / Sword Master

  Tier 4 : Great Magician / Swordmaster

  Tier 5 : Mage / Swordking

  Tier 6 : GreatMage / SwordEmperor

  Tier 7 : ArchMage / SwordSaint

  Tier 8 : Divine Mage / Swordmaster

  Tier 9 : Holy Mage / Swordmaster / Demi - God Tier 10 : Magic Deity / Sword Deity / God