Power
"Argh!"
I grasp my chest in pain.
My middle and upper dantian is still broken. Once Qi enters a broken dantian, it dissipates in my body and goes to places it's not supposed to.
But that doesn't mean I cannot cultivate.
I just have to block out the broken dantians and use my lower dantian.
However, I realised one fact: it is too slow.
I extracted an SS rank cultivation technique from Xie Mo called "Against Heaven" for 300,000 points. Yet I don't feel a single glimpse of progress after three days.
Xie Mo started cultivation one month earlier than me but I was able to overtake him in a mere 2 months.
Sighing, I decided not to bother about it too much. If the virus somehow gets eradicated, I will have to grow a new one. It takes time and I can only cultivate independently without the system.
At the very least I can now utilise Qi more efficiently. My body cultivation can proceed smoothly without pain distractions and I can buy Qi Hunger 2.
I should give the cultivation technique to Gaoming when I have the time.
Three days have passed since my meridians were restored. I should move on to techniques.
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Xie Mo
Martial Arts:
{Offensive}
-Mountain Deity(50000 points)
-Heaven Judgement(200000 points)
-Creator of gods(500000 points)
-Seven Stars of Sword(100000 points)
{Defensive}
-Barrier of Fate(200000 points)
-Immortality Body(500000 points)
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I have the Sword of Reign but I am lacking defence.
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Immortality Body.
Reform the entire physique into one befitting an Immortal.
(This technique is not a body cultivation method. Once successfully reformed, the technique will no longer be useful.)
Cultivating this technique can change the host's normal Physique into an Immortality Physique.
Immortality Physique:
+Stronger and Harder body
+Cultivation rate increases(Affects system and reduces future infection required for a breakthrough)
+rate of Body Cultivation increases
+Affinity with Qi increases(The ability to control and feel Qi)
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Buy Immortality Body.
!
I take a deep breath as the piercing knowledge engraved itself. It felt like being scorched by a hot piping metal to engrave a burnt scar, I've experienced this many times and am getting used to it.
"Phew..."
Sitting cross-legged on my bed, I look at Li Ruo opposite me. She sits on the floor in a lotus position and is cultivating.
"Li Ruo," I say.
She opens her eyes and Qi stop flowing into her.
"Yes?"
I place my finger on her forehead and channel Qi into her.
She raises her brows. "Against heaven...?" She mumbles.
"It's a cultivation technique, this will be useful to you."
Li Ruo jolts and panics. "I-I don't need this! It's fine."
"Everyone here will be learning it," I say. "You are part of the sect."
"I... Master has done so much for me but I haven't done anything..."
...
"How about becoming stronger? Then you can help me and repay what I've done." I say.
Li Ruo smiles and immediately goes back to cultivating.
!!
The flow of Qi intensifies almost instantly in the room. All of it is being sucked into Li Ruo.
She is close to mastering the technique?! Or is it her physique giving her an enormous boost?
...
I leave the room and proceed to the martial training room in the mountains.
"Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!"
"Put more energy into it!" Gaoming shouts.
The disciples are swinging their swords in unison. Most of their condition has improved, I think it's time I implement a harsher training routine.
All of the core disciples meet me thrice every week to seek my guidance, tomorrow is the day.
I ponder about their progress as I walk. If some of them improve, I should move on to the next stage of intense training.
A tall rigid shadow engulfs me. Beneath the mountains is a large door and another elder guarding it. The elder is in passive cultivation.
He notices my presence and bows before opening the door for me.
Within the mountain are 5 large spaces for use. One of the rooms have an opened door, Li Xing is inside, constantly swinging her sword even after her hand goes numb.
"Huff...Huff... No this isn't it." She mumbles.
I enter the room beside Li Xing's and close the door behind me.
Now then...
I sit in the middle of the room and stabilise my breathing to start executing the technique. It is a method that requires the replacement and changing of the body cells by using Qi as vessels.
After 5 hours, I open my eyes and find that I am sweating buckets.
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Progress: 0.7%
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...
I should take a break.
For the rest of the day, I craft the complete Dragon Breath arts and reshape the schedules for the outer and inner disciples.
The Dragon Breath was distributed to the Core disciples and the Elders managed to perfect the Long Zhi Li martial arts.
Li Ye managed to break through into the Core Formation Realm after 3 weeks. He told me that he was stuck at the bottleneck for many years and thanked me profusely.
Just like that, a month passed by.
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New Missions updated.
-Kill Xie Mo
+Martial Package(Tier A)
+[Secret Reward]
Side mission:
Steal Xie Mo's opportunity for inheritance.
+[Secret Reward]
-Infection count reaches 5 million
+1 Virus Slot
+Recovery of the Middle Dantian
-Reach level 20
+1 {special} symptom
+1 {special} character
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"Hmph!"
Li Ruo groans when she swings a sword beside me.
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Progress: 46%
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The rate at which I reform my physique improved when I kept Li Ruo by my side.
Also...
"Stage 8th of Muscle Refinement and peak of Foundation establishment," I mumble.
Practising the technique can increase my body cultivation, even though it is only effective until I master it.
In addition, the effect of Qi Hunger is amazing!
During my spare time, I practise the offensive technique "Creator of gods" I bought for 500 thousand points. The tomb event is 1 week away, let's commit a final practice.
"Li Ruo, you may return now. Sister Ma Neng should have some desserts ready at this time."
Li Ruo's eyes lit up. "Yay! Desserts!" And she runs out of the room, throwing the wooden sword on the ground.
I take the sword and place it back inside the rack.
Before I start to practice, I look around for existing core disciples still using the other rooms and inform the elder to not let anyone in.
The creator of gods is...destructive.
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Creator of Gods.
[Upgrade](requires: 10m points)
A dangerous space/void technique that can tear and shred its opponent into nothing.
Note: The host mustn't enter the void upon using the technique, please be cautious.
First Form:
Break the barrier between the void and the Murim momentarily. Tearing apart surroundings with the atmosphere of the void.
Second Form:
Wield the power of the void and manipulate void swords.
Third Form:
Open a gateway from the void and summon a creature.
(Not recommended to use unless the host can subdue the entity.)
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I can only utilise a small part of the first form in my current cultivation.
But the results...
I extend my hand as small dark particles gather in the space beyond.
The sound of cracks can be heard and seen. Surrounding ground and wall start to tremble as the swords on the racks fly towards the crack, breaking the barrier.
A dark blueish ambient seeps out of the hole as everything sucks into it. I am unaffected as the user.
Bits of the enhanced rocks easily chip off and leap into the hole.
!
The entire room trembles and I immediately retract the Qi, closing the hole instantly.
Huff... That was...
The results are drastic.
The entire room has one sphere dent at the edge, I will have to trouble the elders to fix the room again.
For the next two days, I check the progress of every disciple.
"HAH!" Xiang Hou screams as he clashes with Li Xing who efficiently deflects his powerful blow.
*BOOOOOOOOOOM!*
"Uck!" Xiang Hou crash through 10 trees trying to guard against Li Xing's powerful thrust. A small after image of a dragon engulfs Li Xing's sword.
Her strike was powerful enough to create a long trench through the forest.
"Third Form of Dragon Breath." Says Li Xing, pointing her sword at Xiang Hou.
Xiang Hou sighs. "I lost."
?!
"Hey! Try a bit more!"
"You've mastered the third form while I only grasped the basics. Besides, the opening of the tomb is near. We should save our energy for then." Says Xiang Hou.
Li Xing sighs and she nods.
"It's nice to see everyone has made progress," I say.
"Greetings Patriarch!"
Dei Lo, Xiang Hou, Li Xing, and the other core disciples are sparring in the forest behind Nielong. I take a look at Li Xing and Yueling progress.
Li Xing has reached the 4th stage while Yueling's cultivation is stagnant at the eighth stage of Core Formation. I don't blame Yueling as I predict it will take me at least three weeks to one month for a breakthrough in the core formation realm.
"Yueling, let's spar," I say.