The Third Disciple.
I felt like doing something new. So~ ,I went into a smaller town and found someone with a potential of one towards the sword. I feel like raising a nobody into a Peak Martial Master. After looking through nearby towns ,I found a small girl. She was the only one within 5 towns of the Eight Major Cities ,who has a potential level as low as one. You can't even find a zero talent person within 100 km of one of the Eight Major Cities. I already gave up on finding a zero talent person. It'd probably be impossible for them to reach level 99 before they die anyways. Moving on ,this scrawny little girl that he took as his disciple was named Qin Ya. When I found her ,the whole village she was in was getting raided by bandits. After killing all of them and saving the girl ,I left towards another of the Eight Major Cities. I felt like training eight disciples other than Yan Shi and releasing them into each of the Eight Major Cities.
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After a month of training with Qin Ya ,she had finally reached level 25. In that time Shen Tong already hit level 95. Surprisingly ,I got skill points from both of Qin Ya's rewards. I got 5 from the first one and 10 on the second one. They allowed me to max out both of my skills. Of course ,I was left with no more points to get another skill.
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After another half a year ,Qin Ya made it to level 50. Reaching Rank-5. Other than getting 10 Skill Points for her Rank-3 and Rank-4 reward ,I also got a rare meditation lotus.
[5th Grade Teal Meditation Lotus: Increases Comprehension. Method Of Use: Absorb into Dao Essence Pool.]
I've learned that lotus treasures like to form on this planet. They appear at Essence Dense places. Other than that ,I can get it as a reward for some reason.
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A year has passed since I took in Qin Ya. I have comprehended the Rank-9 Peak Heaven Intent ,thanks to the 5th Grade Meditation Lotus. On the other hand ,Saint Rank Intent is a whole other level of difficult. I formed my Heaven Pavilion a month ago ,but I have yet to even feel a sense of the Saint Intent. Qin Ya has reached Level 75 and it is now time to part with her. And as is my new plan goes ,I told her about her senior brothers and left to find my next disciple. I guess I can look for something else other than talent ,or lack thereof.
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After moving to the third major city ,I search for a disciple. I'm mostly looking for a protagonist like person. After searching for almost the whole day ,I finally found someone suitable. I started to take action when I felt the power of another Dao Warrior. After maxing out my other skills ,I was planning on laying out a solid base for my advancement to the next realm. But I'm changing my plans. I opened up the skill panel and looked at the next Defensive Branch Skill.
[Earthy Essence(Lv.0) - Defensive Branch Skill Tree: Grants A Boost In Essence Strength By 2% Per Proficiency Level. Skill Point Cost: 5]
After buying the skill ,I spent the rest of my points upgrading it to Level 8 in the process. Only after doing so did I feel no more danger from the other Dao Warrior Realm Expert. Even though he is a High Stage Dao Warrior Realm ,he is only a spirit fragment of his original self. I guess I overacted a little bit. But you have to be cautious. Next time I can't leave the precious Skill Points unspent.