Fighting to be Kind in a Cultivation World

Chapter 180: Final Decision

Chapter 180: Final Decision

As I can look at the array of experiences before me, I cant help but wonder how long this will take.

From what I can see, it doesnt look like theres an end to the number of methods around me. And my scan wont tell me how many are left or coming up. All I can do is just go through this.

Moving from one experience to the next, seeing things I could have never imagined being performed by my ethereal self. And as I leave each one, being able to take a tiny piece of what that cultivation method showed me.

Methods that have me cultivating like a dragon. Growing scales, breathing fire, raising water and streams.

Or various others that allowed me to wield the power of fire itself. There are quite a few of those, of varying strength.

It goes on, and on, and on. I spend what feels like days, weeks, or months here. I honestly cant tell, as it seems like theres a time change even when I go into each experience. Stacking time differentials.

Even with that being the case, I continue to collect more and more information in my scan. I see no reason not to take advantage of the beyond golden opportunity in front of me.

Its quite obvious because of the quality of these cultivation methods that even one of these would be the treasure of any sect. Even the weakest one Ive seen could be an important cultivation method of a small sect.

But a subtle feeling emerges in my heart.

A feeling of wrongness.

And its not just my heart. My scan is throwing off warning signals left and right.

That something is building up.

A feeling of great displeasure is radiating from my surroundings.

A deeper dive into this reveals that the purpose of this book is to allow a person to choose a single cultivation method and take it away. Memory of all other methods will disappear and be taken.

Once its job is complete, it turns into only that cultivation method, with no way to go back to its previous state. Even with turning back time (which was apparently an option).

Obviously, thats not whats happening. My scan is bypassing that restriction, allowing me to retrieve bits and pieces of the other cultivation methods.

Items of such capability and strength typically have some limited measure of sentience, whether imbued or gained over time.

With the sentience that this item has, can tell that somehow Im keeping some of the information that is supposed to be forgotten. But, because of the nature of how Im doing it, it cannot be sure.

The closest comparison would be if, in the first game at a casino, the dealer has the impression that you might be cheating, but no matter what they try, they cant figure out how you are doing it. So, they want to let you keep going until they figure it out or you reach their red line.

Unfortunately for it, it cant even stop me unless it can definitively prove Im cheating on it.

Thus, I occasionally see repeats of some of the previous ones.

And I sense its metaphorical eyes on me.

Theres so much sound that its difficult to even think. Screaming, yelling, crying. And simultaneously, the frozen stillness that only comes from a dead body.

But then theres a change. Something unlike anything else that has come through here.

Around the corner, a light shines. Its but a flash of light, but out of sight sounds of happiness emerge. The air seems warmer, better. The physicians work even more desperately to keep these people alive even one more second.

Everything reaches a fever pitch.

And then he arrives. Or to be specific, I do. This other me goes around the corner and the people around him shine with the light before appearing as if they were never injured in the first place.

The works of the hospital rest before moving on to other patients, their loads less and if only a little bit.

My view is thrust far out into the atmosphere and then brought back down to the world, to a battlefield.

Death and destruction everywhere. Demonic Cultivators throwing massive blackened projectiles across a massive battlefield. As they land, they spread pestilence and black mist everywhere. Countless forces on the other side emerge from portals and seem like a never-ending tide. Our side is a paltry amount in comparison. But they hold.

However, without help, it is a failed effort.

Unlike the time in the hospital, there is no light.

Instead, it is the cultivators themselves whose eyes light up like fire as their wounds heal immediately. They stand up strong and their light shines even brighter, as if theyve grown stronger just from the challenge. They fall only to rise again continuously, wearing away the enemy at a visible rate, until none is left.

And with that, theres just one figure standing in the back, seemingly doing nothing. Once again, its me.

For the last time, Im yanked into the sky to view one more sequence.

This time its in the most humble of settings. A street corner with an old man and his young granddaughter. The old man has already passed away from old age, but the granddaughter could not bring herself to leave his side. Clearly poor individuals, she is now alone in this life.

But all is not lost. Slowly but surely, the old mans eyes reopen. He had clearly died, but now hes alive. As his eyes turn up, it goes first to his granddaughter, and then the stranger who is around the corner. His hand reaches up but now has fallen in surprise as the person has moved away.

My vision blurs and Im back in the interim area to comprehend what I just saw.

This cultivation method is called the Boundless Healing technique.

It has the capability of doing the one thing that I know my healing cannot do. Bring the dead back to life, no matter their previous state. No matter how long it has been.

Unfortunately, other than that, this method is generally the same as my normal healing.

It also comes with one major restriction, one which does not bode well for my future in this world.

No offensive techniques can be used with the method. Whether combat arts, body cultivation, or sword techniques. This doesnt even encompass all the things it prevents. Even some taming techniques cannot be used.

With the little Ive seen from cultivators, I can only wonder how am I supposed to defend myself at higher levels?

I think Ive just become a cultivation healing bot.