Special Physiques

In the cave, after Li Yuemei stored the serpent's body in her ring, the two sat on one of the cave walls.

Then he began to speak.

"My earliest memories are of being in a closed space. I couldn't move or do anything; I just listened. Every day, I heard someone talking to me, but I didn't understand what they were saying."

"Then, one day, I finally managed to move. After a great deal of effort, I emerged from that dark place. At that moment, I saw the light for the first time and also the one who gave birth to me."

"Wait, wait. Are you talking about your mother? Do you remember things even when you were in her womb?" Li Yuemei interrupted, incredulous.

"Yes."

"Continuing, I didn't know what was happening at first, but now I know we were being hunted, and I have no idea why. I just know that when I was about to die, I felt an extremely terrifying force radiating from my forehead, and then my consciousness disappeared."

"When I woke up, I don't know how much time later, I was trapped again. But after a while, I managed to move."

"But not with my own body. My body was trapped completely by an immense mountain of ice, and everywhere I went, there was only ice and more ice."

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"So when I woke up again, my body, which was just a baby's, had already become like this, and the mountain where I had always been was completely gone."

"So the rest, you know. You've been with me since I left that place," he finished saying.

Li Yuemei listened to the story seriously, trying to understand who this person was.

While listening, the expression on her face constantly changed between confusion and absolute shock.

She couldn't believe that the Frozen Abyss, existing for millions of years, was not formed naturally but by a person—no, just by a baby.

"You do realize that you created the abyss, right?" She asked incredulously.

"Yes, I realized I had a special connection to that place, and when I was born, the place wasn't completely frozen." He replied, not caring much about it.

Li Yuemei thought about everything she heard from him and tried to find a conclusion that followed some logic and made sense.

Then, after a few minutes of silence with him looking at her face, waiting for answers, she spoke.

"This is definitely the result of awakening your physique," Li Yuemei said after thinking, and that was the only explanation.

"Awakening? Physique?" He asked, not knowing what she was talking about.

"Yes, in this world, there are people born with special physiques. These people are extremely rare and are considered geniuses everywhere. However, just like anything else, there are weaker and stronger physiques."

"These physiques are classified into three levels on the entire planet: spiritual physiques, earthly physiques, and then the most powerful known on this planet, known as celestial physiques."

"People with special physiques are born with a talent for cultivation as well as aptitude and understanding much higher than ordinary people."

"This aptitude can be for some element of nature, as well as for a type of weapon, or even other very specific things. There isn't exactly a rule; these physiques just exist." Li Yuemei explained.

"And how do you find out the level of this so-called special physique, and what is this awakening?" He asked.

"When someone with a special physique is born, a specific phenomenon occurs."

"With spiritual-level physiques, at birth, a subtle phenomenon occurs when Qi and spiritual lights dance around the baby. Usually, it's just a small phenomenon, and therefore, they are considered spiritual physiques."

"When an earthly physique is born, the phenomenon around the baby is more intense, capable of shaking the surrounding ground and sometimes creating smaller phenomena such as growing plants around it or creating an area of fire. These physiques are much more powerful than spiritual physiques, and their aptitude for a specific thing is much higher."

"So, the last one is rarer and also the most powerful known on this planet, and the only ones who can awaken are the celestial physiques. When someone with this type of physique is born, a great phenomenon occurs in the sky."

"When I was born, a large red moon with an immense bloody aura appeared in the sky for some time, visible for several kilometers. This is an example, and then when a celestial physique is born, the first awakening of the physique can occur."

"Usually, the phenomenon gathers spiritual Qi around, searching for the Qi that the physique needs to awaken, and then after gathering this Qi, the phenomenon sends it to the child's body, strengthening it and transforming the physique entirely."

"Usually, the transformation lasts for days and can even last for weeks."

"When this happens, the talent of that baby is greatly increased, along with the powers and unique abilities that each celestial physique possesses."

"That's why I think what happened to you was the awakening of your physique. When you were born, your physique initiated the phenomenon, and when you were about to die, you started awakening for the first time."

"The entire Frozen Abyss was the phenomenon of your first awakening. This can be confirmed as when the mountain disappeared completely, and you emerged from the cocoon; that moment finalized your first awakening."

He listened to her explanation seriously and then said.

"I see, it makes sense. My physique is probably a special physique, just like yours."

"But what is the level of my physique, then?" He asked seriously.

"I have no idea. After your first awakening, your strength is already in the Saint realm, maybe more, even before cultivating; this should be absolutely impossible. So when you cultivate… I don't know what your strength or the potential of your physique will be."

"And you should know more about your physique. When awakening happens, you can communicate with the physique and find out what it can do and its abilities. You should be able to do that." Li Yuemei said.

"I'll try," he said as he closed his eyes.