Chapter 6

A woman dressed simply yet gracefully opened the door and walked into the room, holding a tray of food. Upon seeing Su Ming and his father, her expression changed, and she said with a hint of anger, "You two are always lazy, doing nothing, and now you even need me to serve you."

"Mother, you've worked hard. Rest, I'll do it." Su Ming, seeing that it was his mother from this life, hurriedly took the tray from her and placed it steadily on the stone table.

"Why are you doing this yourself? Where are Xue Mei and the other girls? And why is there only one meat dish and one vegetable?" Su Han's eyes narrowed slightly as he asked in a low voice.

"Do you think you're still the Grand Commander? Now you can only enjoy the treatment of an ordinary member of the Su family. From now on, you two will only have me as a servant." Su Ming's mother forced a smile. "From now on, we can only receive twenty gold coins a month. Today we have meat because I want to nourish my son. You should eat less."

"Slap."

Su Han's anger surged, and he slapped the stone table, leaving a deep handprint. However, the food on the stone table did not move at all.

"Too much, too much." Su Han said angrily.

Although he had lost his position as Grand Commander and the heir to the clan leader, he was still a Deputy Commander of the Su family. However, his current treatment was only that of an ordinary member of the Su family, which made him furious.

"Han, I always told you not to be too domineering. Now you're feeling the big difference, aren't you?" Su Ming's mother sighed, gently patting Su Han's shoulder to calm his anger.

"Great Perfection of the Innate Realm, the Power of Strength has reached the fourth level, the Control of the Realm has reached the fourth level, attribute is Metal, born with divine strength, no weak points, full of killing intent, if he were an enemy, he would surely die."

The little sprite's voice startled Su Ming, and a question popped into his mind: Little sprite, can you detect others' cultivation?

"Of course, I, the little sprite, am all-powerful." The little sprite paused. "But it's not always possible to detect, sometimes it can fail."

At this moment, Su Ming remembered a game item called the Glimpse Mirror, which could detect the attributes and levels of any hostile creatures in the game. He never thought this item would still work in the Divine Continent, which made him very happy. With this Glimpse Mirror, he could know his enemy before battle, and perhaps achieve invincibility.

"Little sprite." Su Ming suddenly thought of something. "What are the Power of Strength and the Control of the Realm? I've never heard of them before."

"The Power of Strength and the Control of the Realm are auxiliary means of attack, innate abilities of cultivators, but not every cultivator can possess them. Those who do are usually the best among cultivators. Your father has two innate abilities, making him a born warrior. His birth is for battle, but his strength is too weak. Once he cultivates to the Immortal Realm, his innate abilities will reach the level of harmony with heaven and earth, making him a favorite of the earth, unbeatable on the ground, of course, excluding the gods and demons who reach the last two realms."

"What about me? Do I have innate abilities?" Su Ming asked eagerly.

"Master, you are the same as your father, possessing the Power of Strength and the Control of the Realm. However, after you transform into a divine cultivator, they will change. They might develop into something else or disappear entirely. Your Power of Strength has already reached the first level, and you haven't successfully cultivated the Control of the Realm or the Intent of Thought. But with your previous game skills, cultivating these innate abilities will be easy. The little sprite suggests you wait until you transform into a divine cultivator before cultivating these innate skills."

"Min, what are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and eat. Your father has arranged a series of training for you later. You need to strive," Su Ming's mother said with a pained look, then glared at Su Han.

Her voice snapped Su Ming out of his thoughts. He smiled awkwardly, took the meat from his mother, and started eating ravenously. He quickly finished a large bowl of meat, which would have lasted him a week in his previous life, but now it wasn't even enough for one meal.

After the meal, Su Ming was taken to the training ground by his father. The first training he chose was close combat footwork, which the little sprite had arranged for him, though he didn't know why.

Many people think that close combat is just a matter of sword and knife, fighting to the death. But with years of gaming experience, Su Ming knew that footwork was the most important aspect of close combat, besides the power of combat techniques.

In high-level duels, experts move like phantoms, constantly changing positions. In the real-life games of his previous life, top players all placed great importance on footwork. The subtlety of footwork could help dodge attacks and find weaknesses, allowing for a decisive strike.

Su Ming chose a large plum blossom stake to practice his footwork. There were thousands of stakes of varying heights and distances, like a forest, and they were covered with the fur of a monster, making them extremely slippery. A slight misstep could cause a fall.

To practice his footwork, Su Ming had Su Han continuously give him movement commands, making him walk on the plum blossom stakes without any pattern.

"Advance three steps!"

"Retreat one step!"

"Jump two steps!"

Su Han gave commands repeatedly...

Falling again and again, challenging higher difficulties, Su Ming, relying on his previous combat experience, quickly mastered Su Han's commands and could walk easily on the plum blossom stakes.

When Su Han was not around, Su Ming continuously practiced the Cloud Trace Shadow steps. The little sprite had reminded him that this was crucial for completing his transformation task.

With his previous experience and this life's diligent practice, Su Ming spent seven days mastering the Cloud Trace Shadow steps.

Su Ming's comprehension ability exceeded Su Han's expectations. Su Han felt that his son had changed, with far greater talent than before.

After coming down from the plum blossom stakes, Su Ming walked to Su Han, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "Father, I want to go to the Wild Forest to hunt beasts."

"Wait until you reach the Innate Realm. If you want to hunt beasts, the Su family has a Beast Trapping Platform where you can challenge beasts," Su Han refused Su Ming outright.

"Father, since I came back to life, I've found that my cultivation has not improved at all. I think that event has become a mental block. If I can't resolve this mental block, my cultivation may forever stagnate at the Middle Stage of the Ordinary Mind Realm."

"What mental block?" Su Han's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at Su Ming with tension.

"Father, the reason I went out to hunt beasts before was to experience life and death in the natural environment, hoping to find a breakthrough. But I encountered the Crescent Moon Tribe and was injured by them, almost dying. This has been a heavy blow to me. If I can't resolve this mental block, I may never break through."