18: Cultivating

Wen stared at the ceiling laying on his bed. He had successfully reached the middle of the 9th Spirit Refinement after two days of cultivating. He had already eaten a few snacks to alleviate his hunger.

"Hey System, how much would it cost to do a Double Life quest?"

< The cost will depend on the difficulty of your life's background. If you choose to steal someone's life, for example, you would live like them, having the same amount of money, cultivation, items, and things like that >

Wen nodded, "Then what if I choose to make a new body?"

< Making a new body will cost depending on the cultivation of your to-be body. If you make a new body, however, you will most likely just appear out of thin air in the middle of a randomly chosen place, meaning if you choose to make a new body, you will have no family or background >

"Yawn, yeah, I guess that makes sense. To get a Double Life quest what do I have to do?"

< ...Dependent on the circumstances. If you need to upgrade the System then there is a chance you could get a Double Life quest to prove your worth >

"W-wait, upgrade the System? Prove my worth? What do you mean?"

<...>

"Sigh, I kind of expected that... How much would it cost if I wanted to make a new body in the 1st Golden Core?"

< .....Making a body that looks like you and is in the 1st Golden Core would cost 100,000 System Points. It would cost 10,000 System Points every 5 days to stay.>

"Wait, so I have to pay something similar to a renting fee?"

< Affirmative, as both of your bodies you have, will need the energy to survive without decomposing; which the System can supply the energy needed if you use your System Points >

"Oh, I guess that makes sense. But, isn't the number of System Points needed are a bit, low?"

< ....Compared to the Creator's, your cultivation is almost nanoscopic, the System is being generous...>

"Well, I am an Emperor's son, making my current cultivation straight out sh*t because of the resources I was fed since my youth..."

< Also, the System did not add the System Points needed for the Soul Movement and for the fee needed for moving your consciousness. >

"So, how much would that be?"

< It is dependent on your cultivation and overall Mastery.

Soul Movement fee: 1,000,000 System Points

Moving Consciousness: 10,000 System Points (Not a one-time purchase; will rise if strength rises)

For all of these attributes, the total goes up to 1,110,000 System Points, without the daily fee. >

"S-so much System Points...."

< For your information, you have only 19,000 System Points, LOL!>

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[ Training Grounds, Divine Sword Sect]

"Hey Shen, not in a good mood today?"

Talen was sitting down on a bench watching Wen lazily strike a dummy. "Are you hungry? Not enough sleep?

"Sigh, I'm okay, I just didn't get enough sleep..."

"Oh, alright then, why don't you go back to sleep then? We have a whole day until the Entry Exams ends,"

"Well, if I keep sleeping, I won't be doing so good in a couple of decades,"

Talen shrugged, "It's only once, if you're tired, you should just sleep, and only for a few hours, won't do you any harm,"

Wen sighed, "I do feel kind of unenthusiastic today..."

"Sorry, to hear that, after a good rest I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Sure," 'Welp, today's attempted practice was a failure,'

Wen eventually made it back to his room. He sat down on his bed in a lotus position and started cultivating the Fire Dragon's Body Cultivation Technique.

'My body cultivation is now at the 9th Body Refinement, it's still pretty bad, I need a way to cultivate my body faster, System, is there a way?'

< ...Because of how your body cultivation works, you can just cultivate passively, however, that'll strain your mind so do it at your own risk.>

'Oh, that's simple, is there another way?

< Your a truly an idiot. One body cultivation technique works on the outside of your body while the other works on the inside, you can use this to your benefit.>

'Oh yeah!' Wen inwardly exclaimed, sounding quite idiotic.

Wen quickly closed his eyes and started using both body cultivation techniques. A sudden cold feeling made him shiver. A few seconds later a hot feeling erupted inside him, making him resist screaming from the heat and cold.

'I-I can feel my body strengthening! A-and at such a fast pace!'

< This is to be expected from top-tier body cultivating techniques and using them at the same time at that.>

'T-top tier? What do you mean by that? Are these techniques in that ranking thing you told me about?'

< Correct, these techniques are ranked 34 and 35 with the Ice dragon first and the Fire dragon second. >

'Thirty-four and thirty-five?! That's more than tenfold better than your ranking!'

< Don't be too happy, this ranking is only of this world. However, it is still considered good. Among the Body Cultivation Techniques, however, these would without a doubt be the best.>

'Wow, I should appreciate what I have more often...'

< You definitely should >

"...."

'Are you trying to point something out, System?'

< Nope... >

"...."

In just a few more minutes, Wen could feel his body strengthening to the 10th Body Refinement stage.

'10th body refinement, and at the middle of it too! These techniques are almost too good to be true!' Wen inwardly exclaimed.

< Perhaps it is also because of how you cultivate that your pace is speeding >

'Hm, I guess that 3 spirit's Spirit Cultivation is more useful than I thought,'

< Of course it would be, after all, it was used by Heavenly Spirit Cultivators and then revised by one of their disciples.>

'It does make me wonder how my father got a hold of it though...'

Wen let go of all other thoughts and closed his eyes which helped him concentrate. He then started cultivating using all three methods, increasing his overall cultivation level...