After that, I left the war zone and the first thing I did was call Emilly to ask how many respawn points I need to destroy.
"Hello! How are you? Did you already leave the war zone?"
"Yes, I just got out. I need to know how many respawn points I need to destroy now."
"According to what I remember, some Lorgs should start appearing after you destroy two or three, and the more you break, the faster these stronger Lorgs will appear."
"Is that so? I've already broken five and I still haven't encountered these strong Lorgs."
"Five? How many times did you enter the war zone?"
"Just once, why?"
"And how long did you stay inside?"
"Just until I could return, 24 hours."
"And you destroyed five respawn points in that time? You did it with the stealth method, right?"
"No, why?"
"... Since you're in rank one and have only gone through your first evolution, I forget you're someone ridiculous."
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Well, normally, you don't annihilate thousands of Lorgs in a few hours, especially if you haven't evolved your talent two or three times."
"I don't understand what surprises you. You know I have more than one path, which gives me much higher stats."
"Yes, but even if you add up all the stats you get from having two paths, you shouldn't have such high power."
"Just to ask, how many stats does someone who just reached rank one get?"
"Hmm? If we add up the points each stat increases, in total they receive between 20 to 50 points."
"This confirms my theory. Not only using this method did I get more points than usual, but I'm also receiving almost three times more points for each path. But I don't know if she knows this, so I ask indirectly."
"Is there any way to increase those points?"
"At the very beginning, not that I know of. However, depending on the quality of the training method you use, as you progress on your path, you can get more points."
"So the quality of the cultivation method matters. Then it would be best to have a good method from the beginning so as not to miss out on stat point increases when advancing in rank."
"Not necessarily. First of all, when you change from one method to another, you will have to go through something called Path Reformation. When you complete it, you will receive all the stat points you would have obtained if you had had that training method."
"And secondly, every 25% of a rank, your stats will increase, although not dramatically."
"Oh, interesting. So it doesn't matter if I keep using the basic method for now since I haven't reached 25%."
"Actually, it does matter."
"That’s not what you said."
"I know, but it's because I assume you know basic things, or well, basics in the future."
"Aha, not all of us are from the future," I said grumpily.
"Sorry, well, continuing with my explanation, higher quality methods not only give you more stat points, they also make you progress faster on a path. Although this doesn't always happen, some methods progress just as slowly but in exchange give you a special characteristic. They can also give you more stat points, or even both if it's a high-quality method."
"I see. In that case, wouldn't it be better to use a method that progresses quickly, and then switch to one that gives better benefits?"
"...Mm..no, again, sorry for omitting information. See, metaphorically speaking, the process of changing methods is basically removing all traces of the old method from you and filling those spaces with the new method."
"So, the better the quality of the old method, the slower and more complicated this process will be. Also, it’s not very efficient, so unless the old method and the new one are similar in nature and function, there are likely to be losses, reducing the percentage of progress on a path."
"I see, so part of the progress I make will be lost when I switch methods, huh."
"Hmm...."
"No, right?" I say resignedly.
"No, you see, the basic method of any path is extremely compatible with any existing methods, so you won't lose anything. However, it is also the slowest and gives the least stat points, so I recommend changing it as soon as possible."
"I see, and by any chance, do you know which method my future self switched to?"
"No, but I do know more or less the elements it had."
"Really, which ones?"
"For cultivation, for your physical cultivation, you had elements of fire, life; for your mental cultivation, earth and life; and lastly, your Qi cultivation was neutral."
"Life?"
"It’s one of the best elements there is, although it may seem like it’s not an element. Practically anything natural is an element. In fact, life is the element with the best healing."
"I see, by the way, neutral? I thought it was less powerful."
"At first, it might seem that way, but no, energies also have qualities. So, although neutral energy is slightly less powerful, it’s not a big difference. Besides, it has a great advantage."
"Which one?"
"These neutral energies can be converted into any variant of that energy. It’s just not a very fast and efficient process. Of course, this depends on the technique used since there are high-quality techniques dedicated exclusively to transforming neutral energy into other variants. The best part is, if the neutral energy used is dense and of high quality, it will turn into a dense and high-quality variant."
"So, it’s not weaker; on the contrary, it’s stronger than the variants."
"Again, you might think that at first, but the problem is the time it takes to transform from one energy to another. This process is somewhat slow, even with the best techniques I know of. It takes between 2 seconds to a minute, depending on the variant, which is critical in high-rank fights, where hundreds of things can happen every second."
"Now that I realize it, 'two elements' per cultivation type, is that possible?"
"Yes, but that makes each element of lower quality and density. Even if the training method is high quality, although each element can have a different quality, improving the quality of one of them sacrifices a lot of the quality of the other."
"I see, and what were the characteristics for the Saint path?"
"Neutral and life."
"I see I used the element of life a lot."
"In fact, you used it in all paths. You know your dream is immortality."
"I know."
"Well, if that’s all, I have things to do. By the way, I need to talk to you two weeks before the next invasion."
"To talk about the invasion?"
"Yes."
After this, I started looking for new training methods. I decided that the elements chosen by my future self weren’t bad. Besides, I think there’s a reason why they were chosen, so I decide to use the same elements. Among all the methods, I choose some seeking a balance between progress speed and benefits.
Finally, I find some that fit within my budget.
[Coins: 16,085]
After that, I left the war zone and the first thing I did was call Emilly to ask how many respawn points I need to destroy.
"Hello! How are you? Did you already leave the war zone?"
"Yes, I just got out. I need to know how many respawn points I need to destroy now."
"According to what I remember, some Lorgs should start appearing after you destroy two or three, and the more you break, the faster these stronger Lorgs will appear."
"Is that so? I've already broken five and I still haven't encountered these strong Lorgs."
"Five? How many times did you enter the war zone?"
"Just once, why?"
"And how long did you stay inside?"
"Just until I could return, 24 hours."
"And you destroyed five respawn points in that time? You did it with the stealth method, right?"
"No, why?"
"... Since you're in rank one and have only gone through your first evolution, I forget you're someone ridiculous."
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Well, normally, you don't annihilate thousands of Lorgs in a few hours, especially if you haven't evolved your talent two or three times."
"I don't understand what surprises you. You know I have more than one path, which gives me much higher stats."
"Yes, but even if you add up all the stats you get from having two paths, you shouldn't have such high power."
"Just to ask, how many stats does someone who just reached rank one get?"
"Hmm? If we add up the points each stat increases, in total they receive between 20 to 50 points."
"This confirms my theory. Not only using this method did I get more points than usual, but I'm also receiving almost three times more points for each path. But I don't know if she knows this, so I ask indirectly."
"Is there any way to increase those points?"
"At the very beginning, not that I know of. However, depending on the quality of the training method you use, as you progress on your path, you can get more points."
"So the quality of the cultivation method matters. Then it would be best to have a good method from the beginning so as not to miss out on stat point increases when advancing in rank."
"Not necessarily. First of all, when you change from one method to another, you will have to go through something called Path Reformation. When you complete it, you will receive all the stat points you would have obtained if you had had that training method."
"And secondly, every 25% of a rank, your stats will increase, although not dramatically."
"Oh, interesting. So it doesn't matter if I keep using the basic method for now since I haven't reached 25%."
"Actually, it does matter."
"That’s not what you said."
"I know, but it's because I assume you know basic things, or well, basics in the future."
"Aha, not all of us are from the future," I said grumpily.
"Sorry, well, continuing with my explanation, higher quality methods not only give you more stat points, they also make you progress faster on a path. Although this doesn't always happen, some methods progress just as slowly but in exchange give you a special characteristic. They can also give you more stat points, or even both if it's a high-quality method."
"I see. In that case, wouldn't it be better to use a method that progresses quickly, and then switch to one that gives better benefits?"
"...Mm..no, again, sorry for omitting information. See, metaphorically speaking, the process of changing methods is basically removing all traces of the old method from you and filling those spaces with the new method."
"So, the better the quality of the old method, the slower and more complicated this process will be. Also, it’s not very efficient, so unless the old method and the new one are similar in nature and function, there are likely to be losses, reducing the percentage of progress on a path."
"I see, so part of the progress I make will be lost when I switch methods, huh."
"Hmm...."
"No, right?" I say resignedly.
"No, you see, the basic method of any path is extremely compatible with any existing methods, so you won't lose anything. However, it is also the slowest and gives the least stat points, so I recommend changing it as soon as possible."
"I see, and by any chance, do you know which method my future self switched to?"
"No, but I do know more or less the elements it had."
"Really, which ones?"
"For cultivation, for your physical cultivation, you had elements of fire, life; for your mental cultivation, earth and life; and lastly, your Qi cultivation was neutral."
"Life?"
"It’s one of the best elements there is, although it may seem like it’s not an element. Practically anything natural is an element. In fact, life is the element with the best healing."
"I see, by the way, neutral? I thought it was less powerful."
"At first, it might seem that way, but no, energies also have qualities. So, although neutral energy is slightly less powerful, it’s not a big difference. Besides, it has a great advantage."
"Which one?"
"These neutral energies can be converted into any variant of that energy. It’s just not a very fast and efficient process. Of course, this depends on the technique used since there are high-quality techniques dedicated exclusively to transforming neutral energy into other variants. The best part is, if the neutral energy used is dense and of high quality, it will turn into a dense and high-quality variant."
"So, it’s not weaker; on the contrary, it’s stronger than the variants."
"Again, you might think that at first, but the problem is the time it takes to transform from one energy to another. This process is somewhat slow, even with the best techniques I know of. It takes between 2 seconds to a minute, depending on the variant, which is critical in high-rank fights, where hundreds of things can happen every second."
"Now that I realize it, 'two elements' per cultivation type, is that possible?"
"Yes, but that makes each element of lower quality and density. Even if the training method is high quality, although each element can have a different quality, improving the quality of one of them sacrifices a lot of the quality of the other."
"I see, and what were the characteristics for the Saint path?"
"Neutral and life."
"I see I used the element of life a lot."
"In fact, you used it in all paths. You know your dream is immortality."
"I know."
"Well, if that’s all, I have things to do. By the way, I need to talk to you two weeks before the next invasion."
"To talk about the invasion?"
"Yes."
After this, I started looking for new training methods. I decided that the elements chosen by my future self weren’t bad. Besides, I think there’s a reason why they were chosen, so I decide to use the same elements. Among all the methods, I choose some seeking a balance between progress speed and benefits.
Finally, I find some that fit within my budget.
[Coins: 16,085]
