Talent Swallowing Hero



"Everyone, return to your cultivation abodes and focus on cultivating."

Leo didn't say anything to the kneeling disciple; instead, he asked the surrounding disciples to leave.

"Yes, Sect Master."

Everyone left after bowing to Leo after casting one look at the kneeling disciple.

"Little Nine, stand up."

After everyone left, Leo asked the disciple to stand up before saying, "As the most talented disciple of my Twilight Moon Sect, I can't let you take the risk and break through to the Foundation Establishment."

"But, the sect master also achieved the breakthrough without the Foundation Establishment Pill."

Little Nine hesitated a little as he replied to Leo in a low voice.

"You…"

Leo frowned at Little Nine's reply for a moment before saying, "Even though I achieved the breakthrough, do you know about my injury amidst the breakthrough process to the Foundation Establishment?"

"What? Master has suffered an injury?"

Little Nine was shocked as he looked at the Vice Sect Master, Gallant.

"Yes. Because of that injury, Master Leo was unable to cultivate properly and had to spend half of his time suppressing that injury before healing it at the age of 400 years old.

In the end, his golden period was gone as his cultivation stuck at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm for the past 200 years."

Gallant was following Leo from the beginning and explained Leo's injury and how long it took Leo to heal that injury.

"So, if you want to help me, I suggest you wait for a while. I will try my best and provide you with a Foundation Establishment Pill for your breakthrough."

Leo was very serious and Little Nine could not help but unconsciously nod his head.

"Promise me that you won't try such silly things again."

Leo didn't believe Little Nine's words as he asked him to swear an oath.

Little Nine didn't have a choice as he unwillingly swore an oath that he would wait for one month.

'This little brat…he intentionally swore for one month.'

Leo shook his head; however, he didn't bother to make him swear another oath.

"Gallant, let's go."

After that, Leo didn't stand still as he walked towards his cultivation chamber with Gallant.

"Get me the list of items in our inventory before coming to my Cultivation Chamber?"

Along the way, Leo ordered Gallant as he entered the Cultivation Chamber alone.

'[Quasi Divine Knowledge], show me my profile.'

Sitting crossed-legged in his Cultivation Chamber, Leo silently used his Quasi Divine Talent.

…..

Name: Leo Twilightshade.

Age: 599 / 600. Used many life-prolonging treasures to extend the lifespan by 99 years and they have lost their effects on you.

Cultivation: Perfected Foundation Establishment.

Cultivation Technique: Twilight Moon Cultivation Technique (Grade 8 Cultivation Technique).

Tip: The most suitable time to cultivate with this cultivation technique is during the twilight hour.

Auxiliary Cultivation Techniques:

1) Twilight Claw, (Perfection).

2) Twilight Steps, (Perfection).

3) Golden Armor, (Perfection).

All these cultivation techniques are of Grade 8.

Professions:

1) Alchemist: High-level Rank 1.

2) Talisman Master: Mid-level Rank 1.

3) Puppet Creator: Mid-level Rank 1.

….

Soon, full information appeared in his head and since it was all related to himself, there was almost no consumption of mind power.

'My cultivation is perfected and so are my auxiliary cultivation techniques.'

In short, no one below the Golden Core Realm could defeat Leo.

Of course, if other cultivators have perfected Grade 7 or below Auxiliary Cultivation Techniques, they could defeat him.

Anyway, in Silvermoon City, having Grade 8 Cultivation Techniques was already considered a fortune.

'Sigh…because of that injury, he was unable to focus on his cultivation and hence, he learned some side professions.'

Since Leo had lived for nearly 600 years, learning three professions was not considered an achievement because none of them reached Rank 2.

'As long as I can break through to Rank 2 in my Alchemist profession, things will change for the sect and me.'

Leo didn't consider his sect as a burden because he knew his [Ascending Mission] in this world would be very difficult.

However, if he could have this sect and nurture a few good disciples with his talents and knowledge, his chances of completing the mission would be high.

Therefore, Leo focused on improving the sect's condition first.

'As long as I can improve the sect's conditions and increase the revenue of the sect, I can find the Golden Core Pill and complete my breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm.'

Once Leo completes the breakthrough, he would no longer have the pressure of a time limit because a Golden Cores Realm Cultivator can live for 1000 years which made Leo could live for another 500 years to 1100 years. (+100 years was from the life-prolonging treasures).

….

"Master, here is the list of items in the inventory."

Soon, Gallant returned with a beast skin and gave it to Leo.

….

List of items in the inventory:

1) Qi Refinement Pills (High-level Rank1) x 2500.

2) Low-level Spirit Stone x 1000.

3) Vitality Pills (High-level Rank 1) x 1500.

4) Ingredient Set for Qi Refinement Pills x 100.

5) Ingredient Set for Vitality Pills x 100.

6) Guardian's Shield Talisman x 10.

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20) A fragment of an unknown artifact.

There were more than 20 types of items in the inventory and most of them were either created by him or the three elders of the sects.

The list was full of low-level items and it didn't surprise Leo much because his sect was just a Grade 9 sect.

What's more, it was on the verge of dying and wouldn't last for long if nothing was done to improve the sect.

"A Fragment of an unknown artifact?"

Among the list of items, the last item piqued Leo's interest as he thought of something that unconsciously made his heartbeat increase.

'Could it be…..'

Suppressing his thoughts, Leo hurriedly asked Gallant, "Gallant, bring me all the Qi Refinement Pills and Low-level Spirit Stones from the inventory along with the Fragment of an unknown artifact."

"Yes, master."

Gallant nodded his head and turned around; however, he suddenly realized something and asked Leo, "Master, did you ask me to bring you the Qi Refinement Pills and not the ingredients for it?"

The Qi Refinement Pills won't help foundation establishment cultivators at all. So, he thought he must have heard it wrong and asked Leo about it.

"You didn't hear wrong. I asked for the pills and the low-level Spirit Stones."

Leo replied with a slight smile.

"O-okay, master."

Even though he didn't know why a perfected foundation established cultivator would need the Qi Refinement Pills, Gallant still followed the order.

Because most of those pills were refined by Leo himself and as the Sect Master, Leo had the right to use all the resources for himself.

Of course, if he really did that, their sect would be destroyed much sooner than they assumed.

'Also, when did this fragment of an unknown artifact appear in the inventory?'

Another thing that bothered Gallant was the appearance of the fragment of an unknown artifact because when he last checked the inventory, there was no such fragment or whatsoever.

….

On the other hand, Leo calmed himself and started thinking about his sect and how he could develop it.

In the Twilight Moon Sect, the hierarchy and the members in the sects are:

1) Leo as the Sect Leader.

2) Gallant, Leo's trusted aide and the Vice Sect Leader.

3) Three Elders, Valen, Loyden and Luna with the cultivation of level 7, 6, and 5 Foundation Establishment realm respectively.

4) Below Elders, there are disciples and currently, there are only 12 disciples and all of them were orphans who were brought up by the sect and wanted to live and die with the sect.

'A 100 years ago, the Twilight Moon Sect was the strongest sect in Silvermoon City with nearly 100 elders and thousands of disciples; however, as my cultivation was stuck at the peak foundation establishment realm, they were poached by the other two sects over time.'

Since Leo's memories merged with this world's Leo, he could not help but reminisce about the past for a moment before saying, "However, in a way, it could be considered as a good thing as this sect now has the truly loyal members."

"Not only could it save me cultivation resources but it would also help me focus on nurturing them."

Soon, Leo felt hopeful when he thought about his future plans.

'Anyway, before Gallant returns, I have to unlock my [Fundamental Merge].'

The reason why Leo asked Gallant to bring the low-level Spirit Stones and the Qi-refinement pills was to merge them using his talent [Fundamental Merge].

However, before that, he needs to unlock it.

'Quasi-Divine Knowledge, help me.'

Without wasting any time, Leo asked, 'How to unlock my [Fundamental Merge] talent?'

Leo hoped that he would get some answer to his question with his [Quasi-Divine Knowledge].

…

Merge some…..[Heaven's Voice] has restricted the answer.

…

Just as Leo was getting some answer in his head, it suddenly changed.

'[Heaven's Voice]'

Since it was [Heaven's Voice], Leo could not do anything about it; however, he didn't give up and focused on the two words that came to his head.

'Merge some ....means, I have to merge something, I guess.'

Leo did't know whether it would work or not; however, he could only try and figure it out through his actions.

"Sect Master, here."

Soon, Gallant appeared with two bags, one was filled with pill bottles whereas the other one was filled with low-level spirit stones.

Along with those two bags, Gallant also gave the fragment of the artifact.

'T-this is…really a fragment of the system.'