Golden Apple

It has been six days since that fateful day that Li Wei met Xiao Jing, in the next few days his life became monotonous, fighting and hunting and staying lowkey since the Fire Dragon Gang haven't stopped looking for him yet.

The Spirit Grass Town is getting livelier and livelier since tomorrow will be the day the Valley of Delights will be taking disciple in this area. It only happens once per three years, so many young people want to take part in them even if they became a worker for the sect.

As long as they work hard then they will have a chance to learn cultivation techniques and martial arts.

Today will be the last day Li Wei will stay in this town since he will take part in the examinations, He is now at the Fifth Stage of Qi gathering Realm since there are many pills in Xiao Jing's storage ring. It is helpful for him.

He made sure not to meet her for now though since their first meeting are weird and he still robbed her of her valuables. The most precious thing that is in her storage ring is the golden apple.

'To think that the Xiao Clan have a valuable thing like this, that is unbelievable. It must have been the heirloom of their family but due to Xiao Jing's special circumstances they gave it to her' Li Wei thought while grinning, in his hands is a glistening apple that contains a huge amount of qi.

For Li Wei who knows the use of it, he can't stop smiling since this will repair his spirit root, the golden element spirit root that is responsible for defense and body resistance.

Just having a spirit root is good enough, even a poor quality spirit root is pretty much good already since not all cultivators will have it.

Having a spirit root is like having a multiplier in your power. The Xiao Clan's cultivation techniques are more on sword arts so they can't teach Xiao Jing who is clearly not talented with the use of the sword.

That will change later and with her heavenly talent, she will quickly rise in strength as long as there are enough resources for her.

Li Wei is currently in the cave where he met Xiao Jing, he have heard that she is being taken care of by the elder in the sect so there is no need to hide from her anymore. He is here because there might be abnormalities that will happen if he eats the golden apple.

He wants no one to know about this since it will only bring endless trouble to him. Looking at the glistening golden apple again, Li Wei took a deep breath since this will bring him a good thing.

After calming his self and making sure that he is in the best possible condition he could be, he quickly eats the golden apple.

After eating it, Li Wei feels like he is on steroids. He feels that every second he is getting stronger and more energy is entering his body.

Calming himself down, after ingesting the golden apple Li Wei quickly stood up and do basic stances of Fate Sword Arts since he didn't need to cultivate to absorb the qi in the apple.

Li Wei didn't know how long he is doing this however as long as it feels like he is being more powerful he continues it.

By the time that Li Wei felt that the changes in his body are already done, his surroundings are getting darker already.

'How long did I do this? I'm so concentrated on the changes on my body and the sword arts that I didn't notice it's already getting darker' Li Wei thought to himself when suddenly he can feel that he smells bad.

He quickly looks at his body and notices that there is a thick black substance in his skin that is the cause of the bad smell.

"So this is the impurities in my body? So this golden apple will also cleanse the body of its impurities while repairing the spirit roots" Li Wei said while smiling since this is a big boon for him.

In his past life, he only heard of the golden apple, a medicinal fruit from a top player. He only said that it repaired his golden element spirit root.

"That guy must have lied. Although removing impurities in the body is common however it is hard and arduous. It can only be achieved through body cultivation. which is painful and not many will choose this path" Li Wei said while recalling his moments of body cultivation.

Body Cultivation or self-torture in Li Wei's vocabulary is hard. Its benefit is obvious though, everybody cultivator is stronger physically and with the help of qi, they will only get stronger.

As for some Qi cultivators, they will only try body cultivation and achieved a low level to it just so that they will have a good foundation in their next breakthrough and they will be able to avoid Qi Deviation.

Now looking at his body, Li Wei feels that he have become stronger physically. He looks at a huge boulder with a height of roughly one to two meters near the cave. He cut it with his sword only using his physical strength and without the help of his qi.

Looking at the boulder that got sliced perfectly, Li Wei's conjecture is true. He got stronger and to that, he smiled since a power-up is a good thing for the current him.

After finding out that his strength have grown stronger, he looks at his qi and he smiled since he is already at the Peak of Qi Gathering Realm which is stage 9.

He looks at his dantian and finds that his qi indeed increased and its quality is better than an average one should be. With the quality of his qi then his attack will only be getting stronger.

After finding that he is already at the Ninth Stage of Qi Gathering Realm and the changes in his strength. He takes a bath since he smells bad now, earlier he just endures it since he is excited about the changes in his body.

Throwing his clothes and destroying them, he quickly washes his body in the river. He feels that the water in the river is cold. A sign that his senses are getting better and better.

The higher your cultivation level the higher your senses will be, although in the early phases of cultivation it's not obvious. It will show how cultivators are sensitive to their surroundings when they achieve a high cultivation level.

Making sure that the impurities are being removed from his body and using his qi to clean his body, he realizes that he also gains some muscle. His predecessor's body might be fit however it doesn't have any muscle to it.

With him working out by hunting since the day he arrives in this world he managed to at least get a little bit of muscle. His routine in the past few days is quite intense since he makes sure to meet and fight plenty of beasts.

For him, the hardest part is finding the beasts themselves since they are few and some are just cubs which he didn't kill so that it will sustain a balance at least.

Now that he looks at his body, he sees that his muscle is on the leaner side which is good for him since it means that he will be faster. Having a burly body for a swordsman who relies on speed is not good because it will reduce the body's speed.

He also looks at his skin which looks smoother now however he knew for sure that it gets tougher. With the impurities removed from his body, he also looks more handsome and there are huge changes to his body, only those people who have communicated with him will only realize the changes though.

After cleaning himself Li Wei stood up, ready to leave since it is already night and he wants to rest so that he will be in his perfect condition in the examinations tomorrow.

He needs to showcase a good performance to make sure that he will not be an outer disciple and with that, he won't be wasting his time to grind contribution points or the inner sect examinations to qualify and be an inner sect disciple.

Li Wei's target is to be a disciple of a sect elder since this will bring him many advantages in the sect. With the elder, he will also have a backer in case something that is out of his hands happen.

Being a disciple of a sect elder will bring him many resources and he will not need to do tasks just to earn contribution points that can be used as a form of money in the sect.

Leaving those thoughts aside, he is currently on his way to the town now and he feels that he gets faster compare to his speed in the last few days.

'It must have been another benefit given to me by the golden apple' Li Wei thought and after entering the town, he made sure that he avoids crowded places since he knew that the Xiao Clan is looking for him secretly.

Arriving in the inn he orders food for dinner and making sure not to attract attraction, he just minds his own business when he eats since it will be the last day for him here and he doesn't want to cause any trouble to himself because someone from the Xiao Clan might suspect him.

Though he made sure to at least disguise himself a little bit.