Having said this, the three men walked forward and looked at the many children that were standing in front of them, looking at their faces which were filled with expectation.

"Welcome, everyone! You being here means that you wish to become a martial artist! That you wish to become a Warrior!" the first man called out, his voice reverberating in the air and his words causing the children to blaze with pride. They were to become Warriors!

“To cultivate is to become Warriors! The Warrior rank is split into Ordinary Warriors, Earth Warriors, Sky Warriors, and Heavenly Warriors. Each of these ranks are further split into nine layers.”

“We, the three Overseers of Lingyun town, have managed to cultivate to the first layer as Earth Warriors. This is the result of all our hard work throughout our lives!”

“In the surrounding air is energy. This energy can be absorbed by the body and refined into Qi. When the energy is being refined, it will travel through your body before being stored in the dantian. At the very beginning, you can only absorb wisps of energy, but later these wisps will turn into a steady stream of Qi. As you absorb wisps of energy, the more of these wisps you can contain in your dantian, the more talented you are!”

Hearing this, Xue Wei clenched his fists. He had waited for this day ever since he was old enough to understand what it meant to be a cultivator, and he dreamed of the day he would become a true martial artist, slaughter Primordial Beasts, and save mankind!

"Now, listen closely. Many thousands of years ago, humans were nothing but livestock for the Primordial Beasts. We lived every day as slaves! But one day, the humans caused a revolt and overthrew the Primordial Beasts! We defeated them, slaughtered them, and took back the world which had been our prison for years. The remaining Primordial Beasts withdrew into the areas now known as danger regions, and no human cultivator dares to venture into them alone."

"The Northern Taiga here is one such danger region, and it is our responsibility to ensure that the Primordial Beasts never again leave their prisons!"

"They send beast horde after beast horde at our cities. They destroy our villages and kill our brothers and sisters! As long as these Primordial Beasts exist, we cannot live in safety!"

"Because of this, the entire Continent of Chang'an has banded together. Every single youth is taught outstanding martial arts which have been provided to us by the king himself so that we will become warriors worthy of defending humanity! We will take our turn to fight the Primordial Beasts! We will gain complete victory so that our dear ones can sleep in peace at night!"

"Everyone come here and get a copy of the martial art you will be practicing. Read it and try to understand it before tomorrow when we will start training for real!"

Hearing these words, every child that was standing on the ground had faces red with excitement. This was the first time they would get to learn a cultivation technique, and all of them wished to become true martial artists, true experts that could fight toe to toe against these legendary Primordial Beasts that their parents warned them about at night.

While standing in line, Xue Wei shuddered. He finally understood that he was going to become a cultivator – he was going to fulfill his deepest desire!

While looking at the children with pity, the three men gave out the copies of the martial art and said a few encouraging words to them before they shifted their attention towards the older students.

"Don't slack off! Ten more rounds before we start the breathing exercises! Run till you are on the verge of collapsing, run till you faint if need be!" the first man yelled out with a stern voice, and although the children all sighed internally, they all yelled back in unison, "Yes, sir!"

The young children who had just gotten the copies of the technique did not stay on the training field. Instead, they all went back to the city once more, heading back to their respective homes with smiles on their faces. Today was the day that they were going to read their first cultivation technique, and then they would be able to start cultivating.

As they arrived in town, Xue Wei was looking at the copy of the cultivation technique in his hands, and he was filled with excitement. So excited that he did not look where he was walking, and before noticing it, he walked straight into a large man.