Small Qi Elixir.

Jun looked at the soldiers, and a smile blossomed on his lips, he nodded at the soldiers and then turned around , walking towards the manor. Although he did expect this to happen one day, he did not expect it to come so early in the game.

After he went to the lord's manor, he sat down cross-legged as he investigated what had happened in his body and his cultivation when he reached the second level of this cultivation he had not heard of in his past life.

After concentrating he found out that his dantian had expanded and was filled with a golden liquid that was releasing a strange aroma.

He started cultivating and the golden liquid started traveling through his body back and forth from one end to another. It brought a strange feeling of absolute dominance, he could not say that he did not enjoy it, every man wanted power.

"Hmm..."

After about an hour he started feeling a strange hot sizzling sensation on his chest, he decided to ignore it, but the more he tried to cultivate the hotter it got until finally he could not endure anymore, as sweat dripped down from his forehead, he took off his robe as his upper body was revealed, there was a small mark of what seemed to be an oak tree on his chest.

It did not seem like a tattoo, like it was engraved on his body, it was glowing like fire travelled through the tree.

Jun touched it, but he did not feel pain, his brows furrowed. The more he cultivated "Emperor's Swords", the more he was confused at it's power, first the dreams or visions, now an oak tree on his chest.

Although...

It looked quite cool.

"10+ Respect in style."

As he was dressing up a knock was heard on the door.

"May I enter, sir?" It was Kudret.

"Enter."

As Kudret entered he saw the sweat dripping down Jun's face and wondered what he was doing, but he had more important news.

"Sir, I have found an iron mine a bit south-west from here like you asked, from what I saw it was fertile with iron and we could mine it regularly, if we have the required miners of course, otherwise we need to look towards a much smaller one."

Jun sat down on his chair and pondered, Kudret awaiting his orders.

"Hmm...Call Ali."

Kudret nodded and went outside, coming back with Ali a minute later.

"Ali, how much miners do we have?"

Ali calculated for a bit and then came up with an answer.

"15, sir."

"All right, you will send them to the mine Kudret has found, I'll ask Zeynep to make a road for better transportation of the iron."

"Yes, sir."

"One more thing...Are the conditions of upgrading the village to second-rank fulfilled in Aslan Village?"

"I think that in one day they will, sir."

"Alright, you may go now."

After Ali went out, Kudret did a report of what else he saw on the road and then left, Jun then pondered what else needed to be dealt with and remembered the army pills, so he went to the alchemy shop which he had bought about 2 days ago, it was where they manufactured the pills, right now they had about 3 army pills.

That was not sufficient for the almost 100 soldiers, but Jun knew of a way to make it so that the success rate of manufacturing became bigger, he had learned this cheap trick from an NPC lord in his old life.

He went to the market and bought an elixir called "Small Qi Elixir".

It was green in colour and normally when you read it, you already know that this is just an elixir that refills your Qi and makes you a bit stronger for about 120 seconds, specifically 10%. It was a measly 20 gold so it would not hurt the fundings of the village and he would not get bashed by Zeynep for spending money.

He went back to the village and stood on top of the alchemy shop, he took out his small knife which he hid in his boots, and engraved a rune on top of the alchemy shop, it looked similar to fire but also as if a hand was holding the fire.

After Jun engraved it, he took out the elixir out of his inventory and poured it over the symbol he engraved, he poured it all until there was not a spot left which had not been touched by the elixir.

Jun stood up and let the magic unfold as the engraving shined in a green colour, a faint beacon quickly rose up in the sky, spreading the clouds, it was already dark so you could see the stars, the kids that passed by watched in awe as the green beacon stood straight, until finally Jun cut his finger with the knife, immediately he slammed his hand on top of the roof, the beacon came crashing down fast, the moment it crashed on top of the roof it spread all over the shop, enveloping it in its green light.

Yes, the elixir did refill your Qi and made you stronger, but it also had another secret function. It could raise the success rate of manufacturing and concocting pills....by 200%!!!

It was truly a big cheat code in this game, what Jun had to do to get this secret was unimaginable, but when he did, he did not tell anyone.

The 10 Alchemists they had found in the village entered the shop and tried making an army pill, they managed to make one in 40 seconds, and they realized that the grade of this army grade was higher than the ones they had created before.

Jun entered and smiled at them.

"I hope you can make more from now, we really need them in the future, thank you for your hard-work!"

"Yes, sir!" The alchemists nodded and revered at how they were lucky enough to have such a great person as their lord, and then got back to concocting pills with a maddened expression on their faces, they had taken a vow to make as many as they could today.

After he got out of the alchemy shop, the kids were still there looking at the sky, hoping the green beacon would appear again, Jun looked at them and thought of an idea, he got back on top of the roof and concentrated on releasing his aura in a straight line upwards to the sky, he pointed his hand to the sky as light travelled from his hand towards the sky, this time the beacon was gold in colour.

"Wow~" The children sat down as they hoped more colours would appear and Jun could not bear to disappoint them, so he took out another Qi elixir, he had bought two unless the first one did not work properly, except this one was blue in colour.

Jun held it in his hand that was releasing the "golden light" in the sky, the colour changing to bloody red.

"Woooowww~" The children stood up and looked towards the sky, their eyes screaming that they wanted more. Except Jun did not know what else to do.

...

Suddenly a white light came out of nowhere as it combined with Jun's golden beacon, traveling around it and upwards like a snake, Jun turned his head towards where the light was coming from only to see a black-haired woman with a smile on her face, her hand raised as light came out of it. It was Zeynep and her aura.

"Wow~~~" The children started clapping with a smile on their faces, they had really enjoyed the show of these lights.

Jun looked at Zeynep with a smile and nodded to her as he ran towards a side where the children were not, and jumped off the roof, gracefully landing on the ground. Zeynep followed suit as she landed beside him.

"You are one weird woman..."

"I will take what you said as a compliment, sir."

Jun smiled at her.

"Do you like to play with children?"

"Of course, they are the only people you can trust, they don't lie, they are pure without any malicious thoughts, their souls have not been tainted by darkness. Why would I not like to play with them?"

A smile blossomed on her lips as she looked at him, her face shining under the light of the moon, Jun immediately got shocked by her angelic beauty, how could a simple smile make him almost fall on his knees?

He stood there in awe until finally he managed to get out of his trance.

He smiled at her and got curious about her more and more everyday.

"Hey....Can you fight?"

Zeynep looked at him with wide eyes before laughing hard as her shoulders rose and fell.

"Why do you want to know?" She wiped her tears of laughter from her face.

"I want to spar with you, right now...If you are strong."

Zeynep raised her eyebrows at him.

"Are you sure? I might be too tough to handle..."

He nodded at her, he was sure.

"Alright then, let's go to the training grounds."

Jun and Zeynep walked side by side, the villagers were still working and were outside so when they saw these two walking together, naturally they stopped to look, their aura's demanded respect and attention, either it was something natural, or it had been cultivated through their life but to the people, it seemed as if angels had come down from heaven, it was more so for Zeynep, her magnificent beauty along with her white cloak made her stand out.

Jun's golden aura and his fairly handsome looks made him seem like he was already on top of the world, the way he walked with calmness and grace was something that could not be faked.

Truly a match made in heaven.

Although the villagers did not know that these two were about to punch and kick each other to death.

After walking a bit longer, they finally reached the training grounds near the military camp.

Jun stretched his body and threw out some punches and kicks just to get his blood pumping.

Although nothing he did could have raised his adrenaline more than what Zeynep did in front of him, she grabbed a knife and sliced the lower part of her cloak, making an opening for her legs to move more comfortably, at the same time it made her thighs show, Jun tried to not look like he was going to go crazy and kept his eyes on her face, but this woman knew how to manipulate him.

She stretched a bit and jumped around, making her breasts move up and down, Jun had slap himself 3 times before he could finally focus, he smiled at her.

"You know...you are really an attractive woman."

She smiled at him.

"Oh, thank you....but you're not going to make me fall in love with words."

She still remembered the bet they made.

Jun smiled at her and took his battle stance.

"You never know...One line might just do it."

Zeynep cracked her knuckles before finally taking her stance.

"Oh really, and what might that line be?"

Jun put power in his legs, the air changing around him as a soft wind hit his face.

"When I fall in love with you...I will tell you..."

He sprang forward...

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