Poor and weak

"Ah"

Han Fei stretched and took a breath of fresh air. He walked down a path on the mountain and spent a lot of time looking at the scenery. After a few hours of walking, he came across a waterfall and decided to take a bath.

He stepped in and saw his face "Huh?!"

There were no mirrors in the cabin he was in and so Han Fei had yet to see his new face.

"Dang. No wonder people would go crazy for this pill"

He quickly cleaned himself up and got dressed before making his way to a small city he had seen while at the top of that mountain. And that's when it hit him.

"I have no money"

Han Fei stood in place for an unknown amount of time before speaking again.

"And I have no cultivation"

Another long stretch of silence.

|User can take a loan at a bank|

"Bank? Loan?"

That made him recover his confidence and he quickly arrived at the city gates. Atop the gate were the words "Peng City" and a long line of people waited to get checked before entering the city.

"There's a sect disciple examination happening in 3 months at Golden Xuan City?"

"Yeah, apparently the Sect Alliance will be there"

"It seems my next stop is Golden Xuan City. I will need to find its location quickly" Han Fei thought.

When it was his turn at the line, the guard asked him a few questions and then let him in. Han Fei pulled over a random guy on the street and asked him for the locations of some important places in the city. He pointed in several directions and then left Han Fei on his own.

Walking north, he found a huge building with the name "Xuan Bank"

An attendant saw him and walked over to greet him.

"Hello guest, what is it that you want?"

"I want to take a loan"

He led him over to a desk and the man took out a stack of bills and a piece of paper.

"Here is 100,000 gold and this"

He tapped the other piece of paper he took out "is a blood contract"

"You are obliged to pay the bank back in 10 months or else we will come find you. This contract will allow the bank to find your location at all times"

Han Fei couldn't help but shiver a little. This bank seems to be a part of a large power and not some random bank set up by a random person.

He took a dagger provided by the attendant and dripped a drop of his blood on the contract. It glowed a golden light and then dimmed.

Stepping out, Han Fei stopped holding his breath.

"I should hurry and pay them back. I probably don't want to find out what happens if I don't pay"

He then made his way to a martial arts library.

This kind of library will hold all kinds of low level books and techniques. In the first realm of cultivation, the Martial Realm, the practitioner needs to temper their bodies to its peak before they break through into Qi Gathering.

As long as he can reach the peak of the Martial Realm then he can guarantee himself a ticket into a sect as one needs to be 16 before qi can be induced into the body.

He walked into a spacious library filled with bookshelves. The shelves are divided into categories and each book has a price tag on it.

Ding!

The system suddenly came back to life and a blue screen filled Han Fei's vision.

|New function unlocked|

|System Eye|

|Able to give you a description of a technique as long as you see it or touch the book|

|Will provide the techniques flaws and advantages|

"Nice"

He picked a random book and pretended to flip through its pages. In reality, his attention was on a blue screen in front of the book.

|Surging Fire Palm|

Rank: Mortal (Low)

Flaws: Makes the user easy to anger, Too low grade, only able to be practiced to the 3rd level of the Martial Realm

Advantages: Has a slight fire attribute to it

Han Fei slowly made his way through the shelves, a hand tracing the edges of the books and occasionally taking one out and flipping through it. The librarian thought him to be a scholar who wanted to accumulate knowledge and turned his attention elsewhere.

Meanwhile, Han Fei was looking at the descriptions of all the books he touched.

"Too weak, too wasteful, too trashy"

"Hmm?"

|Heaven Flipping Palm|

Rank: Mortal (Peak)

Flaws: A small section of an ancient technique

Advantages: Can be practiced to the peak of the Martial Realm, Power can rival some high grade cultivator's techniques, Power increases according to user's strength

Han Fei checked the price tag on the side, only 500 gold. He put it aside and continued to browse the collection of books.

"Sigh, I'll have to come back tomorrow if I want to finish all the books here"

He brought the Heaven Flipping Palm over to the librarian and bought it. Han Fei then proceeded to find a hotel for the night and slept.

When he woke up he checked and saw that everything was still the same. He got another daily point and decided to save until he had a large amount. He then took out the book he had bought.

The Martial Realm was the most simple of the realms. One must simply practice a technique to the peak and in the process of doing so can expel impurities in the body. Of course, practicing more techniques is good but at least one has to be perfected before they can start inducing qi into the body at age 16.

"Simple and powerful, yet filled with countless intricacies and profound meanings. That sums up everything about this technique"

Han Fei moved his palm according to the form described in the book and a gust of wind swept across the room.

"Just the form alone can generate this much pressure"

He stood and dusted himself off. There's still 3 months before the examination and Han Fei wanted to find a movement technique and perhaps a defensive technique before making his way to the Golden Xuan City.

From what he heard from the people speaking in the streets, Golden Xuan City is around 60 miles north of Peng City and he should be able to get there in 2 weeks by caravan or in a few days if he can find some other way.

Han Fei went back to the library and tried to find another technique similar to the Heaven Flipping Palm. Sadly, his luck was not so great as the rest were just superficial techniques.

He took the techniques with the least flaws.

|3 Step Movement|

Rank: Mortal (High)

Flaws: Only 3 sets of movements, Requires the user to improvise

Advantages: Easy to practice, Adaptable to most situations, Can be practiced to the peak of the Martial Realm

|Earthen Shield Wall|

Rank: Mortal (High)

Flaws: Take up a lot of energy, Difficult to perfect

Advantages: Quick to deploy, Carries the earth attribute, Tough defense

He bought the techniques for 700 gold and stowed them away before asking the librarian a few questions.

"Do you know any profitable jobs"

The man pretended to think for a moment while his hand opened up. Han Fei set 100 gold in his hands.

"The most profitable would be alchemy, though learning might take years before you can make any real money. The quickest would be hunting beasts and selling their corpses to the Xuan Bank. They buy the corpses at 100% market value or more as long as it is in good condition. Of course, this is also the most dangerous method"

Han Fei thanked the man and left thinking.

"I can also get rid of my debt this way"