Justice

"It's a pity I can't directly increase my cultivation base with points..." Gu Yuan sighed and shook his head with a ridiculous expression.

"Forget it, I'm already lucky enough to possess such an enormous opportunity, how can I find flaws in it?"

He steeled his heart and added ten more points to the quality of his cultivation base, but it remained still. He knew the rules through the spirit of the panel and was almost cursing out loud.

After adding a total of fifty points, the (2) finally changed to (3).

His body began to tremble and he hurriedly concentrated on the changes. This time, the transformation was way more brutal and he began to bleed black blood through his orifices and a dark mass was being excreted by his pores.

A horrible smell permeated the room and he had to contain his urge to puke.

When the transformation was over, he hurried to take a bath and change to clean clothes.

"Incredible... I guess a genius is no better than this..." he muttered while throwing random punches and kicks in the air, "My strength is surging, I could defeat the old me easily, even if outnumbered.

"I guess I'm comparable to someone in the second layer of the Body Tempering Realm with ordinary foundation...

"If I add more points..."

Gu Yuan's eyes turned fiery. He forever longed for strength, and as an adolescent, he did not have much control over his own emotions.

He directly added 250 points to the quality of his cultivation base, increasing it from (3) to (4).

He instantly lost control of his body and fell to the ground while moaning.

He didn't know that the difference in a level could be so great, and the panel never explained it properly.

(3) was good, (4) was excellent. (3) was the level of an ordinary genius, (4) was the level of a great genius recognized by many powers.

Even more black blood and impurities were excreted from his body, and he began to feel like dying.

After dozens of minutes, when the transformation was finally over, he could finally gather the strength to get up from the ground.

Even in that weakened state, he felt a gigantic strength hidden in his body, many times greater than before.

[Please avoid consecutive upgrades like this in the future, you could die. Don't troll yourself.]

"Yeah..." he took a deep breath and knew he committed a mistake, he didn't give his body enough time to adapt and simply upgraded it to a higher level again and again.

Looking at his miserable state and dirty clothes, he sighed took another bath, and put on another set of clothes.

After a few hours of recuperation, he began to try his strength again. He felt many times stronger than before and judged that he was comparable to someone with an ordinary third-layer cultivation base.

He looked at his remaining points and sighed, it was not enough for another up in his cultivation quality, he needed 1250 points to increase it to (5), which meant Brilliant.

Gu Yuan was curious about how many levels there were, but the panel didn't explain.

"Senior artifact spirit, do you think it is worth it for me to increase the quality of my spirit root?" he tried to ask but got no answer.

He knew that he was being heard but just ignored.

He cursed the panel's spirit in his heart but didn't dare to say anything out loud.

He thought for a while and sighed, he knew that he needed a better aptitude for cultivation, or his master would never give him a cultivation technique.

He added 50 points first and felt a little change in his spirit root, it was more active and felt more alive, but the practical changes were almost undetectable.

He clenched his fists and added another 250 points, he finally sensed a greater change.

His multicolored spirit root, which rather seemed like an amalgamation of numerous mundane worthless items without spirituality, was glowing brightly with a mysterious multicolored light.

His sensibility to spiritual energy increased greatly and he was sure he could absorb it much faster compared to before as long as he had a cultivation technique.

[Congratulations, your spirit root is now comparable to the most inferior five elements spirit root when the matter is absorbing spiritual energy]

"It's not funny," Gu Yuan sighed, "But why is the difference between (3) and (4) so great?"

The panel's spirit left him without an answer, blatantly ignoring him.

Gu Yuan twitched the corners of his mouth and tried to forget about its existence.

The next day, for some unknown reason, his cheap registered master called him and he had to obey.

"Disciple greets master," Gu Yuan respectfully greeted the middle-aged man before him.

His name was Song Hao, and he was a titled master. He was called the "Weapon General" by all who knew his feats.

He was a master of not only one but dozens of different weapons. He could use a sword as well as an experienced swordsman, and the same applied to the other weapons.

His cultivation base was rivaled only by the peak master, he was at the peak of the Golden Core Realm, with one foot on the Nascent Life Realm.

His magical powers were tremendous and beyond Gu Yuan's cognition, therefore he was very nervous about being discovered of possessing a great opportunity like the panel.

"I hear you caused a ruckus," Song Hao spoke while looking outside the window, where the beautiful scenery of the immortal mountains fascinated all that possessed eyes.

"I'm sorry for being reckless and causing trouble," Gu Yuan kneeled on the ground, "I was wrong, I shouldn't do such thing as slandering others."

"Although you possess poor talent, you never made any kind of trouble before, what changed?" Song Hao asked and finally looked at Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan felt terrified and didn't know if his lies would be immediately exposed, "It was a mistake on my part, I couldn't stand the feeling of stagnation and therefore sought a way to vent."

Song Hao was silent for a moment and then sighed, "Do you regret being my disciple?"

"No!" Gu Yuan answered immediately, this time he didn't lie, "It was my fortune being chosen by my honorable master."

"I never gave you resources or techniques, so why don't you regret it?" Song Hao asked with a hint of surprise, he could feel the sincerity behind Gu Yuan's words.

"My original fate was to live and die as a mortal, it was you, honorable master, who allowed me to fly above the clouds and try to become a cultivator."

Song Hao frowned and said, "Your talent is terrifyingly poor, and you might even be unable to reach the Qi Refining Realm, do you wish to try?"

"There are those without spirit roots that with great opportunities become great cultivators, why should I give up so early?" Gu Yuan said with confidence.

"Good, your mindset is not as poor as your talent, I commend that!" Song Hao nodded with a smile, "But life is harsh, I will give you a test to see if your will is firm enough."

Song Hao made a gesture and a booklet appeared above his right palm, he gently used his power to make it float towards Gu Yuan and land beside him.

"This is the most original and basic method of using spiritual energy to temper and refine the body, use it to reach the second layer in half a year then come see me."

When he heard that, Gu Yuan was sure that his master didn't want him anymore. With his original talent, it would simply be impossible for him to use an ordinary technique to advance a layer in just six months.

Regardless, Gu Yuan grabbed the booklet and thanked them deeply, "I will never forget the opportunity given to me by you, honorable master."

"Go," Song Hao waved his hand and looked outside the window again.

Back to his own residence, Gu Yuan closed the door tightly and began to study the booklet given to him with great enthusiasm.

He immediately forgot that his master wanted to give up on him and just focused on understanding his first cultivation technique.

Hours passed quickly. The booklet wasn't big and he read all the contents many times already.

But reading wasn't understanding, he spent many days completely understanding the technique, worthy of his horrible talent. But at the same time, it was the first time he came in contact with a cultivation technique, and there were many terms he initially didn't understand.

Only after doing long research was he able to master the cultivation technique to a usable degree.

On the panel, information was added.

[Authority Technique: Firm Mountain Cultivation Technique (Initial Mastery) (Body Tempering Chapter) (1)]

Seeing the number, he couldn't contain himself and added ten points first.

Different from before, it wasn't his body that suffered a hit, but his mind. Many new and interesting insights began to emerge and take his comprehension to a level higher.

Not only did the (1) change to (2), but the (Initial Mastery) changed to (Early Mastery).

He added 50 more points, and it changed to (Skillful Mastery). The amount of new insights overwhelmed his mind and he feared he was about to lose his own sanity.

After learning the lesson, he didn't immediately add more points but spent a few days getting used to his new level.

When he felt the time was ripe, he added another 250 points and it changed to (Excellent Mastery).

Even with a rested mind and soul, the great amount of new insights and understandings almost made him lose consciousness. Blood slowly flowed from his nose, scaring him greatly.

When the dust finally settled and his mind calmed down enough, he decided to only upgrade the quality of his understanding of the technique when he got stronger, or he might really die.

In any case, he didn't possess enough points to act recklessly at that moment.

He rested for a day and finally began to cultivate instead of adding points.

Thanks to his spirit root being comparable to an inferior five elements spirit root, and his understanding of the technique being (Excellent Mastery), it wasn't difficult for him to absorb spiritual energy, it was just difficult.

He felt his great lack of talent clearly. He was sure he would have given up if he didn't have a cheat like the panel.

Even after so many upgrades, his progress was incredibly slow. After a month of strenuous cultivation, he was still far from advancing to the second layer.

Fortunately, he was sure he could barely reach the second layer after four more months of practice, so he could complete the test successfully.

Regardless, he was pissed off by his slow progress.

[Do dru– I mean, go get points, lazy bastard.]

"It's inefficient to go after weaklings like me to troll them, the points rewarded are too few," Gu Yuan shook his head and finished his session of cultivation, his body was covered in sweat, "And I don't dare to try messing with inner disciples like before, I don't want to be slapped to death."

[Better to have few than to have nothing]

"..." Gu Yuan frowned and pondered and pros and cons.

[Look, a small troll on someone as weak as you reward 1 point, a big troll rewards 5 points, a motherfucker troll rewards 50 points, and an unforgivable troll rewards 500 points. As long as you do it right, you can get enough points.]

"There's such thing system?" Gu Yuan was surprised, "I only knew that the greater the troll, the better the rewards."

[Motivated now?]

Gu Yuan suddenly thought about a few people of low status who did shady things in secret, he was ready to play the hero against the villains.

"All for justice," he muttered and nodded with a heroic look.