Increasing the Qi Points

[Congratulations! You have completed the mission to kill the four Apprentice Rank Cultivators.

You have received five extra points.

Continue completing the mission and you will receive an abundance of rewards!]

Lu Zheng heard another announcement from the system, which moved him.

Furthermore, when he heard encouragement from the system, he finally snapped back to reality.

He glanced at the headless corpse and the horrified face of Yu Long before indifferently leaving his gaze from them.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, inhaling the rusty smell of the blood on his nostrils, before exhaling with a loud shout.

He stood up and opened his eyes.

It was oceanic, gleaming with dangerous intent underneath.

It appeared like a calm surface of the ocean, hiding a leviathan behind it.

Now that Lu Zheng cleared his mind, he glanced at the sword, filled with blood once again, before normally swinging it downward to remove the blood.

He swept his eyes, seeing corpses and no living being, and then decided to sheath the sword since there was no one to kill.

If he came across another Scorching Blade Clan member, he would surely kill them.

Unless, they would become a hindrance of him leaving a city so they could not kill him.

When he sheathed his sword, he called the system to display his current status.

[Name: Lu Zheng

Rank: Apprentice

Internal Technique: Ocean's Heart Qi Technique.

External Technique: Azure Tide Sword Technique.

Strength: 8.6 (7)

Durability: 4

Speed: 5.4 (8)

Agility: 7.4 (10)

Stamina: 3 (7)

Intelligence: 4

Qi: 1

Extra Points: 7.]

When he saw his strength surpassed the other physical capabilities, he looked at his hand, opening and closing them, analyzing his current strength.

"I feel like I have become more stronger than I was agile. It's alright, I guess." Lu Zheng mumbled.

He knew the Scorching Blade Clan was known for their explosive strength while the Azure Tide Clan was known for the impenetrable defense: through agile movements or attack speed.

Hence, he was not surprised to receive more strength points when killing the Scorching Blade Clan than other physical abilities.

Lu Zhen focused on his Qi Points and Extra Points.

If he put all the Extra Points into his Qi Points, he would have eight Qi Points, and with two Qi Gathering Pills, reaching the Intermediate Rank would be possible tonight.

He was now in a dilemma of whether he should break through to Intermediate Rank first or leave the city first.

He assessed the pros and cons.

As he was choosing, he had a question to which he asked Ravyn, "Ravyn, if I suddenly raised my Qi Points to eight points, will I suffer again?"

Lu Zheng could still vividly remember the sufferings he received when he obtained the Awakening Stone and the Internal Technique.

Of course, he remembered the refreshing feeling washing all over his body everytime he received points on his physical abilities.

However, when it comes to Qi points, it involves Qi though, about his meridians and dantians.

If he raised the Qi points with eight extra points all at once, it might have overwhelmed him.

Hence, he was anxious by overthinking.

Ravyn replied, "You will not suffer. If it is the system, then he can create the Qi balls at once, without the need to proceed with the usual gathering of Qi and then flowing them into meridians and into dantian. This is another big advantage."

His eyes sparkled.

He could not believe to receive such an overpowered cheat.

So, without hesitation, not doubting Ravyn at all, he put all the Extra Points to Qi Points, causing him to receive such a powerful refreshing feeling all over his body.

At the same time, the powerful gathering of Qi in a single place caught some individual's eyes.

***

In the manor of the Clan Head of the Scorching Blade Clan, there was a secret meeting being held.

There were only two individuals on a round table, sitting beside the opened window, providing beautiful scenery of lights and buildings.

It was the city of Ebonshade, prosperous and lively, as though there was no war occurred three days ago.

The two individuals were enjoying the breeze, as well as the sound of lively music played by the musician a bit far from them, near the corner of the wide open place.

The place reflected the design of red and fire, with a bit of Chinese culture being depicted, even the jars and other ceramics were not exempted.

The smell of red wine intoxicated them, suffusing from their cup and an opened bottle of wine atop the table.

The individual on the left, wearing only the beast skin of a white tiger, covering his head, back, and legs, while exposing his bare, well-toned body, grabbed the cup and drank the wine with an ugly expression.

His chiseled face with striking eyebrows radiated a dangerous aura, seemingly containing his displeasure at what he saw in a particular place.

It was not only him, the other individual also grabbed the cup and drank the contents while frowning.

Compared to his company, he was a bit-older – middle aged – while the latter was in his late teens, nearing twenty.

Yet, it was not visible on his face, with how matured he appeared, even with the dangerous aura he was radiating, being boosted by the white tiger skin he was wearing.

The middle-aged individual had a scar of sharp weapon on his face, tracing from his forehead sliding to the left side of his cheeks.

He was fortunate enough to avoid the fatal strike from affecting his eyes.

He was wearing the dark-red robe with a distinct logo of five swords raging with flames.

Five of the swords glimmered with fire, reflecting his status.

Obviously, the identity of the two individuals was not ordinary.

The white tiger individual said, a hint of teen voice mixed within, "It is located on the underground of the Azure Tide Clan. Do you think it was found?"

"Probably," replied the other individual in a somber tone. "We have no clues for the past few days. Then, suddenly, there is that strange gathering of Qi. It seems a rat managed to sneak inside and steal the treasures."