《The Cultivation System》 Chapter -1 - Ranks Basic(B) Uncommon(U) Rare(R) Super Rare(SR) Epic(E) Heavenly(H) Saint(S) Divine(D) God(G) Chapter -2 - Cultivation Realms Qi Ji(Stage 1-9) Qi Lo(Stage 1-9) Qi Mu(Stage 1-9) Qi Sa(Stage 1-9) Qi Pa(Stage 1-9) Qi Ti(Stage 1-9) Qi Na(Stage 1-9) Qi Zu(Stage 1-9) Qi He(Stage 1-9) Chapter 1 After finishing his shower, Ye Mo dries himself off and is about to put his clothes on when a ball of darkness appears in front of his face, causing Ye Mo to instinctively hit it away with his hand. The second his hand touched the black ball, he felt his body getting su?k?d into it and before he can even make a sound he vanished from his bathroom. The next thing he knew, he found himself falling from the sky, causing him to scream out loud. Thinking he is going to die, he closes his eyes and waits to hit the ground but even after waiting for a few seconds he doesn''t feel the impact so he slowly opens his eyes and is stunned. "What the hell!" Screams Ye Mo. He looks all around him and he can only see a pitch black room, or at least what seems like a room. "Where the hell am I? I was just in my washroom when a black ball suddenly appeared... Right! That black ball probably brought me here, but where is here?" Ye Mo keeps trying to think of what happened but the only thing he can remember is that black ball and figured it brought him to this weird space. When Ye Mo is about to get up off the ground and start moving around he suddenly hears a voice. "You are currently within my personal realm, mortal. That black ball was something very, very dangerous and as a result of you touching it, you died. Since that black ball appearing there was my mistake, I brought you here." Speaks a cold female voice. Quickly turning around, Ye Mo sees a beautiful woman that appears in her twenties sitting atop a black throne. After processing what she said, he quickly realizes this woman is the reason for him being here. "You said I died? All I did was touch the black ball when it appeared in my bathroom. Why did I suddenly die because of that?" Calmly asks Ye Mo. Thanks to facing hardship for 6 years after his parents died in a car crash, he has gotten used to dangerous situations and could quickly calm himself down. "If it was just a normal black ball, you wouldn''t die. The only problem is that the black ball you touched was made out of pure death energy, which is not something a mere mortal can withstand. The fact that you even lived for 5 seconds after touching it is something to be proud of." Answers the woman with her cold voice. Death energy? The hell is that? Ye Mo can already confirm that he is dead since he felt pain after pinching himself earlier. While he is trying to figure out why she suddenly brought him to this black space, she answers that for him. "I brought you to my personal space as an apology. You will be able to reincarnate anywhere you want to, with 5 wishes, as long as they do not go beyond what I can grant." coldly says the woman. "I see. I was wondering why you would suddenly bring me here after I died. I did not expect this though." Ye Mo truly did not expect that this woman, who he is going to ?ssume is some sort of death goddess, brought him to her space to reincarnate him. "You said that I can go to any world I want, and I can get 5 wishes, correct?" Asks Ye Mo towards the ''Goddess'' "That is correct. You will be able to choose any world you so wish, be it back on Earth, a fantasy world, a game world, a novel world, and so on. You will be able to pick up to 5 wishes you can have to go with you to that world, as long as it doen''t have something to do with you becoming either Immortal, a God, a being with a God''s powers and so on. So tell me what you want so I can get this over with." Coldly answers the Goddess. Not minding the annoyance in her voice, Ye Mo starts thinking about what to ask for. He already decided that he won''t go back to Earth, as he has had enough of it. After thinking for a while, he has decided to go into a world that has cultivators, as he has loved novels and games with them in it. After thinking for a little while longer, he also has decided what to ask for his 5 wishes as well, so he looks at the Goddess. "I would like to be reincarnated into a world that has cultivators on it, with strong beasts and so forth." Says Ye Mo towards the Goddess. "That is fine, there are many worlds like that in the universe, so I can just send you to a random one. Now what do you want for your 5 wishes." Asks the Goddess. "My first wish will be a System. One that can ?ssist me. it would have a Status screen of which I can check my stats, my cultivation progress and how many points I have. The points would be used for a Shop that is part of the System, where I can buy stuff that ?ssist cultivation and also basic living things. I would be able to to gain points by killing beasts and humans. The amount would depend on how strong they are." Ye Mo says. "Fine. When you are in the world you will have a System like the one you described placed onto your soul, so even if you die you can keep it as long as your soul still exists. Now tell me the other 4 wishes you want." Agrees the Goddess, much to Ye Mo''s excitement. "Okay. The second wish I want is a bonus pack. For example, I would get a starter pack which will give me random stuff that would help me at the start. I could also get a pack for every different cultivation realm I enter." Ye Mo happily says. "Fine, that isn''t much. That is a lot easier than the System was. Tell me the next wish you have." Says the Goddess. "The third wish I have is having a perfect memory, or a photographic memory, so that I can remember everything I see even once." Ye Mo asks. "Fine. You can have a perfect memory so you can remember everything by seeing it. Tell me your last 2 wishes." Agrees the Goddess. "Okay. My fourth wish is so that the System is capable of being upgraded. So that it would gain more uses the more it gets upgraded. The way I upgrade it can be up to you." Says Ye Mo. "Alright, that is fine. Now tell me your last wish." Says the Goddess. "My final wish is for me to be able to create my own body. Such as creating how tall it is, how skinny it is, how long the hair is, the hair color, the eye color and so on." Asks Ye Mo. "That is fine, I guess. I was just going to create you a random body, but you can make your own I guess. Use this screen to choose how you want it to look like." The Goddess waves her hand and a screen pops up in front of Ye Mo. [Body Creation - Height - Weight - Gender - Hair - Eyes - Face - Eye Color - Basic Body Figure] After looking at the screen, Ye Mo clicks on the Basic Body Figure and an average gender neutral body appears in front of him. Clicking on the male gender, the body changes itself to male. Opening the height Ye Mo changes it from 165 cm to 185 cm. After pressing okay, the body changed and grew taller. After figuring out how it works, he opens the weight tab. The body only weighs 150 pounds, so he changes it to 180 pounds. Apparently the weight tab is also the body figure, so he changes the body that has no muscle to one that has a 6 pack with abs like his old one. The body looks skinny still, but it has proper muscles this way. Opening the hair tab he makes his short brown hair grow until it reaches halfway down his back, then he goes to the eye tab. After looking through all the different types of eyes, he chooses a pair of eyes that look sharp and cold. Now he opens the face tab. He changes the gender neutral face to a cold masculine face. It has a pair of sharp eyebrows, a refined nose, red lips and a sharp chin. After finishing with the face he opens the eye color tab. Changing the original brown eyes, he makes them red instead, giving the body a slightly evil look, which makes him feel good. After that he opens the hair color tab and changes the brown hair to black, causing the long brown hair to all turn black, the same happening to his eyebrows. After that he presses the confirm bu??on and the body has finished being created. Ye Mo backs up a bit and looks at his new body, which looks very good to him. "Are you done now? You created an interesting body there, especially those red eyes. Normally only certain beasts have red eyes. Well, since you are done now it is time for you to leave and go to your new world now. I will transport your soul to this new body and then send it down to the new world. All of your wishes will then be added, so when you wake up your System will be there. I will make the System tell you about the new world when you wake up, so goodbye." Says the Goddess, waving her hand towards Ye Mo. Ye Mo suddenly feels a heavy pressure ?ssaulting his mind, which makes him guess that is his soul. He is unable to bear the feeling and quickly loses his consciousness. After he faints, a ball of white fog leaves his original bodies head and enters the head of the newly created body. After which, a black light appears all around the body, shrouding it in darkness. After that black light disappears, the body is no longer there. Chapter 2 "Ugh..." After waking up, Ye Mo finds that he is somewhat drowsy, so he guesses that has something to do with the world transfer or something. After shaking his head a little, Ye Mo stands up and looks around to see where he is. From all the trees he can see around him, he guesses that he is in something like a forest. Ye Mo looks around his area closely just to make sure that it is safe around him, since he knows that this isn''t a safe place. After seeing that there are no beasts or people around, he relaxes, but he still climbs up a tree so he can be even safer. "Ah, how do I open this System thing? Should I just call out to it or something? Well whatever, let''s just try. System?" Ye Mo calls out, hoping that it works. [Ding! Host has activated the System. There is information about this world in the database, would Host like to absorb this information?] "Yea, give me the world information, please." Asks Ye Mo towards the screen. [Ding! Host will feel dizzy for a few seconds, please withstand it.] Ye Mo suddenly finds himself very dizzy and nearly falls off of the tree, but he manages to firmly grab onto it and doesn''t fall off. After around a minute the dizziness fades away and as a result, he has gained all the information placed inside the System database by the Goddess. The world he is in now is called Malpo, and it is a cultivation world. There are 5 continents on the world. The continents are; Boza Continent, Nopar Continent, Yula Continent, Qin Continent and Solar Continent. The weakest continent is the Boza Continent, while the strongest is the Solar Continent. The place he is currently located is the Forest of Horrors, within the Boza Continent borders. The cultivation ranks are; Qi Ji, Qi Lo, Qi Mu, Qi Sa, Qi Pa, Qi Ti, Qi Na, Qi Zu and Qi He. Each realm has a total of 9 stages to them. Qi Ji being the lowest, Qi He being the highest. The amount of people at Qi He amounts to no more than a thousand. This world, Malpo, has 572 trillion people as of now, which is over a few hundred times of Earth, at least. There are many empires and kingdoms all spread out throughout the 5 continents. There are at least a million empires, and a few million kingdoms, in total. There are grades for weapons and pills as well. The weapons and pills all grade from 1, which is the lowest, to 9, which is the highest. For weapons, the only kind of people who can have grade 9 weapons are Qi He overlords, but even then it is just a maybe. For pills, if one has a grade 9 healing pill, it would instantly heal any wounds the consumer has. "Wow. This world is massive, probably 300 times the size of Earth, maybe. Only a thousand people at most are at Qi He, huh. I wonder if I would ever manage to reach that realm." Ye Mo mutters to himself. [Ding! Host has finished sorting through the information placed inside the database, resuming System functions. Host will be given a system rundown. Host can say or think ''Status'' to bring up his status screen, which shows Host''s stats, cultivation progress, points and such. To access the System Shop, Host just has to think ''Shop'' in his head. Due to a Host wish, the System is capable of evolution, but that is further down the road. Host should check his Status, to see what there is.] "Status" Ye Mo does what the System says and brings up his status to check out. - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: N/A - Cultivation Technique: N/A - STR: 8 - AGI: 8 - VIT: 8 - Skills: N/A - Perks: Perfect Memory - Points: 0 - System Level: 1] "So my name and age are the same as on Earth. All my stats are at 8, and why the hell is there a few question marks beside human in the race? Am I not a human? My perfect memory is also there. System, can you explain to me?" Asks Ye Mo. [Ding! Host stats are all at 8, because that is the maximum any person can have before they enter Qi Ji. Your Perfect Memory is a perk which you gained from a wish. The reason why there are ??? beside your Human in the race is something I cannot explain to you at this time. System Level is what the level of the System is. The current level is 1. You can increase the System Level by using 1000 points. If you wish to know the problem with your race, Host has to increase System Level to 10.] "System Level 10, huh... Whatever, I will find out eventually. It''s going to take a lot of points though, since level 2 is already 1000. Oh yeah. System, how do I get my starter pack?" Asks Ye Mo. [Ding! Host shall be given the starter pack now, please wait... .... ... .. . granted! Host has been given the starter pack! The content are as follows: Death Mantra Cultivation Technique, 100 points, Grade 1 Dagger, Grade 3 Silver Spider silk robe and Enhanced Regeneration perk.] All of the sudden, a black robe with silver lines all over it and a white dagger fell onto Ye Mo''s ??p, causing him to nearly fling them away. Thankfully he stopped himself in time, or else he would have to go and get them back. Ye Mo suddenly had information about the Death Mantra enter his soul space, giving him the information on how to cultivate using it. According to the information, the Death Mantra technique is a max grade technique, something that only God''s should have. It''s most likely the Death Goddess''s gift, guesses Ye Mo. "At least I got this robe from the gift pack, since I am n?k?d as hell right now. If not, I would have probably had to buy clothes from the shop. I got 100 points, but I don''t know if that is a lot or not. That enhanced regeneration perk, I can already guess that it probably increases my vitality or something, which allows my injuries to heal faster." Mutters Ye Mo before he stands up and climbs down the tree. After getting down to the ground, Ye Mo puts the robe on his n?k?d body, and instantly feels it shrink to fit him perfectly. It also apparently came with und?rw??r, which he put on as well. As for the dagger, Ye Mo places it in between the robes belt, securing it in place. "System, can you tell me if it is dangerous around me or not?" Ye Mo asks the System. Ye Mo widens his red eyes a bit but quickly relaxes since it is no surprise that the System could guess why he asked. Ye Mo sits down on the ground cross legged and, according to his memories, uses his new Death Mantra technique to cultivate. At first he felt nothing, but he kept trying. After failing to gather any Qi for a few hours, Ye Mo finally manages to get a strand of Qi to enter his body. Carefully guiding the strand of Qi, Ye Mo gets it to his dantian, which greedily absorbs it instantly. The instant the stand of Qi was absorbed by his dantian, Ye Mo felt a tremor go throughout his entire body, causing him to shiver. Following that was a burst of intense pain, nearly causing him to cry out, but he manages to hold it in. The pain only lasted a few seconds before it disappeared, so Ye Mo is inwardly glad at that. Wondering what that pain was, Ye Mo decided to ask the System about it. [Ding! Host felt pain because you have just entered the Qi Ji stage. This happens to everyone, so there is nothing to worry about. Host is officially a cultivator now! Host has gained another 200 points for entering the Qi Ji realm. That is the bonus pack host has gained.] "Huh. My bonus pack for entering Qi Ji is only 200 points. Well, that might not be bad. 200 points is probably something I wouldn''t even earn myself for a while." Mutters Ye Mo. Ye Mo stands up and instantly feels that his body is full of power, a lot more compared to before. Confused as heck, Ye Mo checks his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 1 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 15 - AGI: 12 - VIT: 50 - INT: 10 - Skills: N/A - Points: 300 - System Level: 1] "Holy boost in stats there. Especially VIT, it went straight to 50. That enhanced regeneration is more of a bonus than I thought. My STR increases by 7 and my AGI by 4, not bad. No wonder I felt I was a lot stronger, I doubled my strength." Ye Mo laughs. The increase in his stats surprised him, but he is more happy than anything by it, since he is the one getting stronger from it. Chapter 3 After checking his new stats and understanding the reason for his sudden strength, Ye Mo felt a burst of hunger ?ssault him, reminding him that he has not eaten since before his death. Not to mention the few hours of cultivating, he is now starving. "System, is there any weak beast around I can kill? I am starving right now!" Asks Ye Mo. He finds this hunger to be quite unbearable, so he needs to find something to satiate his hunger. Not to be let down, the System gives him a reply. [Ding! There is a Qi Ji Stage 2 wolf beast nearby. It is around 450 meters away from Host. Host has a high chance of killing the beast, since it''s stats are lower than Hosts. Just be careful.] A little arrow suddenly forms in the air ahead of Ye Mo, acting as a guide to take him towards the beast that will be his dinner. Following the arrow for a few minutes, he comes across a little pond. At the side of the pond, a small wolf is sleeping soundly. Remembering the advice of the System to be careful, Ye Mo silently walks towards the wolf from behind, quietly taking the dagger out from his robes belt. Ye Mo walks slowly and quietly towards the wolf so to not startle it awake. When he is less than a meter away from the sleeping wolf, it twitches it''s ear as if it hears something. Ye Mo instantly used a burst of strength to leap towards the wolf from behind. The wolf finally reacts and is about to jump up, but it was to slow in doing so. Ye Mo''s dagger enters the head of the young wolf, ending it''s life swiftly. [Ding! Killed Qi Ji Stage 2 Grey Wolf. Gained 5 points.] "Thankfully it was asleep or else I would of had to fight it before killing it, which would end up giving me injuries." Mutters Ye Mo as he removes his dagger from the now dead wolf. Shaking the blood off of it, Ye Mo then realizes that he has nothing to start a fire with. Too tired to think of a way, Ye Mo simply uses his dagger to remove the skin of the wolf and cuts some meat off of it. "It''s nothing much, just raw meat. I can do it. It''s for my survival after all." Ye Mo encourages himself for a while before he brings a chunk of meat to his mouth and takes a big bite out of it. His mouth is instantly filled with the metallic taste of blood. Quickly chewing the meat, Ye Mo swallows down the first piece. Grabbing another, Ye Mo repeats the action again and again until 10 minutes later there is no more meat left for him, just a pile of bones and a bit of fat. Ye Mo could feel his hunger disappear quickly after he finishes all of the wolf meat. When Ye Mo realizes he finished the meat, he also could feel himself grow a bit stronger, which confused him. Asking the System, Ye Mo got his answer to that. [Ding! As a result of Host eating raw beast meat, which is filled with Qi, Host''s strength has increased slightly. Host can check his status to see his new stats.] "Status" Ye Mo quietly mutters as he is wondering how much it increased from the meat. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 1 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 17 - AGI: 12 - VIT: 52 - INT: 10 - Skills: N/A - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration - Points: 305 "Hm... My strength went up by 2, while my vitality also increased by 2. I guess that is already good enough, as my stats are currently low and any increase is nice." Ye Mo nods to the slight increase in his two stats. Ye Mo decides to cultivate now, since he is full and it is already turning dark anyways. Sitting near the pond, Ye Mo crosses his legs and revolves his Death Mantra technique, drawing Qi towards himself. Due to already entering the Qi Ji realm, gathering Qi is a lot easier than before. After a minute or two, Ye Mo has drawn 5 strands of Qi into his dantian, which greedily su?k?d them in. Ye Mo keeps repeating the same process, and before he knew it, it was already dawn. Standing up, Ye Mo could feel that his strength increased once more. Checking his status, he found he broke through. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 20 - AGI: 15 - VIT: 53 - INT: 12 - Skills: N/A - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration - Points: 305 - System Level: 1] "Is it that easy to break through, or is it just because of this Death Mantra technique? Well, whichever reason it is, it''s better for me." Says Ye Mo. He suddenly remembers that there is a shop he can use points on. Ye Mo decides to ask the System about it. [Ding! The System Shop is currently only at level 1 due to the System level being 1. If Host wants better resources and items, Host needs to increase System level. Host is currently able to view Grade 1 resources and items. Host simply needs to say or think ''Shop'' and it will appear.] "Shop" Whispers Ye Mo, which brings up a different screen. [System Shop - Cultivation Skills(G.1) - Cultivation Techniques(G.1) - Pills(G.1) - Weapons(G.1) - Armor(G.1) - ETC "System, what is this G.1 stuff beside the categories?" Asks Ye Mo, wondering what these terms mean. [Ding! The G.1 beside the System Shop categories stand for ''Grade 1''. As the System is level 1, all System Shop items are Grade 1. Grade 1 Skills, techniques, pills, weapons and armors.] "So that''s what it is. Well, I already knew they would be level 1. Well, let''s check to see if there is anything useful I could buy right now." Says Ye Mo as he opens the Cultivation Skills(G.1) category first, bringing up a screen. [Cultivation Skills Shop(G.1) - Metal Palm: Coat your palm with a thin layer of Metal which can be used to deal extra damage or provide a small increase in defense when using the palm.(150 Points) - Iron Body: Coats your body with a layer of Iron, causing your defense to increase a lot if trained properly. If fully trained, can reduce damage taken by 40%.(300 points) - Wind Steps: A weak movement technique that can use wind to slightly increase users speed. If trained fully, can increase speed by 15%.(200 points) - Stab Burst: A technique that can cause your attack using weapons(Dagger, Sword, Saber, Spear) to slash out slightly faster, catching your enemy off guard.(200 points)] "They are all pretty weak techniques, but it makes sense since they are only grade 1. Well, for the current me, they are all already good enough as I don''t even have a single skill. Well, my points are too lacking currently, so I can only buy one skill." Ye Mo sighs over his lack of points. He decides he should quickly kill off more beasts to gather more so he is able to purchase things. "Well, there is one I will buy now. Stab Burst will be helpful in quickly killing off beasts, which will in turn help me gather points faster. I don''t need Iron Body or Metal Palm as I don''t need defense if I dodge fast enough, and I won''t be attacking with my palms any time soon." Ye Mo says while pressing the confirm purchase bu??on for Stab Burst. Information on how to use Stab Burst enters his soul space, so he decides to try it out. Taking out his dagger, Ye Mo walks towards a tree and stabs towards it at his normal attack speed. When his dagger his close enough to tree, Ye Mo activates his new skill, Stab Burst, which causes the speed at which the dagger stabs out to increase by at least 10%. The dagger stabs into the tree, leaving a small mark on it. Satisfied with his new skill, Ye Mo puts his dagger back into his robes belt and asks the System for directions towards a close beast that''s on par with his strength. Following the arrow once again, Ye Mo walks for 15 minutes before he hears a few sounds which are coming from his new prey. Slowly walking around while hiding behind trees, Ye Mo finally spots the beast. The beast this time is similar to a boar from Earth, it just has 3 horns and there are yellow markings slightly covering it''s big body. Ye Mo decides to use the same tactic as when he killed the wolf, just more alert than before due to the boar being awake. Slowly walking through the trees, Ye Mo makes sure to avoid anything that would cause a sound to alert the boar. When Ye Mo gets into a meter of the boar, it suddenly turns around and all Ye Mo could see was a small bolt of lightning emit from the boars horns and striking towards himself. Slightly panicked, Ye Mo manages to dodge towards the right, only getting slightly hit on his left side, leaving behind a tiny burnt mark on his robe. Chiding himself for being stupid in his mind, Ye Mo holds his dagger tighter and stares at the boar, waiting for a chance to attack it. The boar, now enraged due to a weak human intruding upon it''s space, snorts before rushing towards Ye Mo with lightning flickering around it''s body every second or two. Ye Mo waits for the boar to get in his attacking range, and then stabs his dagger towards the center of the boars forehead, causing the boar to snort and emit lightning which forms a small type of shield. Ye Mo just silently laughs at the boars foolishness, as he quickly uses Stab Burst and strikes towards his real target - the boars right eye. Due to the sudden change in the attack, the boar can''t react in time and Ye Mo''s dagger pierces straight through the boars right eye, fully entering it down to the hilt, piercing into the boars brain. The boar, which was stunned, cried out and tried to use lightning to remove the dagger, but before it could attack, it suddenly felt it''s vision go black, and it falls heavily onto the ground. [Ding! Host has killed Qi Ji Stage 2 Lightning Boar. Gained 15 points] "15 points huh. I guess that is because of the lightning it has. So there is a different in point gain even if the targets are in the same rank." Ye Mo mutters as he removes his dagger from the boars head and cleans off the blood. Putting the dagger back into the belt, Ye Mo picks up the boar and carries it back towards the pond where he was at before. Chapter 4 After he drags the lightning boar back to the lake, just like with the wolf, Ye Mo cuts the hide off of the boar and cuts pieces of the meat off it''s body. After cutting all of the meat, Ye Mo puts most of it on the hide and wraps it up so he can eat that at a different time. He eats a few pieces of meat and after his hunger is gone, Ye Mo feels his body strengthening due to the Qi residing inside the beasts body. Ye Mo decides to check his status to see what changed on it. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 2 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 23 - AGI: 17 - INT: 12 - Skills: Stab Burst(G.1) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration - Points: 120 - System Level: 1] "My strength went up by 3 while my agility went up by 2. Not bad, this meat is a lot better than the wolf meat from before. I guess it is because the boar was stronger." Laughs Ye Mo aloud. This way, as long as he eats raw beast meat for a while, his stats will be higher than they should be, resulting in risk in the world going down a bit. Looking around the lake to see if there is anything useful, Ye Mo only finds a few fruits which he scans using the System. [Blood Crystal Fruit: A grade 3 fruit that can be used to create a Grade 3 Blood Replenishing Pill.] [Green Spotted Fruit: A grade 2 fruit that can be used to create poisons that can weaken ones senses.] "I don''t really know much about the grading in this world, but even I can tell that these are all some pretty good fruits, especially that Yin Fruit. System, can you tell me what these elements are though? I don''t have anything like that." Ye Mo asks the System. [Ding! Host doesn''t have an element currently because only cultivators who reach the Qi Lo realm will gain their element.] "Hm, so that''s it. Well, I will get there eventually, I should just keep these fruits on me, but I don''t really have anything to carry them with." Grumbles Ye Mo. Then, he suddenly remembered that the Shop should have something like a backpack in it. Opening the shop, Ye Mo looks in the ETC tab and finds what he was looking for. [Grade 4 Iron Skinned Bear backpack: A backpack made of the hide from a Qi Sa Iron Skinned Bear.(100 points)] Although it is expensive, Ye Mo buys it without hesitation since he can use it to carry useful things he finds in the forest, and it is also very durable and can probably be used as a defensive item if need be. After buying it, his points drop to 20 and a big black backpack falls onto the ground in front of him. Picking it up, Ye Mo notices it isn''t that heavy, so he opens it and sees that there is a lot of space inside. He places the three fruits in a corner and then puts the hide with his boar meat into a different corner. Placing the backpack on his back, Ye Mo doesn''t feel much of a difference in weight, which makes it better for him. Walking to the lake, Ye Mo drinks a bit of the water and then walks in a random direction. "System, can you lead me to a place where I can increase my strength quickly?" Ye Mo silently asks the System. [Ding! There is a cave with a natural spirit spring in the depths of it north of here. There may be a few beasts around the cave, but if Host is careful and manages to get to the spirit spring, Host''s strength will increase rapidly. Please follow the arrow.] Feeling excited that there really is a way to increase his strength quickly, Ye Mo follows the arrow provided by the System while keeping himself on guard against any attacks he might face on the way there. Ye Mo is surprised that he didn''t get attacked by any beasts along the way, or more like, there were not any beasts at all along the way. A tab confused, Ye Mo asks the system. [Ding! Host did not encounter any beasts because the beast guarding the cave area is a Qi Ji Stage 7 beast. Host is recommended to either leave and increase his strength more before returning, or take a risk and sneak past the beast.] Finally understanding why there are no beasts nearby, Ye Mo starts to ponder to himself. If he leaves now and increases his strength more before returning, he will certainly have a higher chance of entering the cave and reaching the spirit spring, but who is to say the beast won''t increase it''s strength as well. It does have the spirit spring to use, after all. Sneaking in might be dangerous, but it might also be an opportunity to him. If he manages to sneak past the beast, he can rapidly increase his strength by using the spirit spring, and after he has sufficient strength, he can leave and kill the beast, gaining more profit from it. The only problem is the massive risk of sneaking past the beast. If he fails and gets noticed, there is a high chance that he will be killed by the beast. In the end, Ye Mo decided to increase his strength before attempting to enter the cave. It''s not that he doesn''t want to try, it''s just that taking the risk with less than a 10% chance to succeed is just not something Ye Mo would do. After the System left a mark at the cave, Ye Mo decides to return back to the lake to use as his temporary base for now. After Ye Mo returns to the lake, he has the System guide him towards a beast with similar strength to himself once again. After following the arrow for a few minutes, Ye Mo comes across a small cave. Looking around the cave entrance, Ye Mo notices that there are a few bones around, most likely left behind from the beasts meals. Ye Mo takes his dagger out of his belt and silently walks into the cave while hiding himself in the darkness in hopes of keeping his presence hidden slightly more. After walking in the cave for a while, Ye Mo finds himself in a larger area, where a beast is resting in the middle of. The beast is a huge snake! Ye Mo stares at the 15 feet long snake that is curled up into a circle that is resting in the middle of the large space. A bit worried, Ye Mo uses the System to scan the beast and brought up it''s info. [Qi Ji Stage 4 Poison-Marked Snake. Warning! Beast has a 1% part of Dragon bloodline in it, which gives it the poisonous power. Please be careful.] Ye Mo inhales a breath after reading the screen that came up. The snake has a 1% part of Dragon bloodline in it, yet it already gives it a powerful poison. Just how strong are dragons really in this world. Ye Mo wonders as he quietly sneaks towards the snake. When he is within 5 meters of the snake, it suddenly opened it''s eyes and sprang straight towards Ye Mo at a fast speed! Ye Mo somewhat expected this since snakes have great perception. Ye Mo hopped back and narrowly dodged the attack, resulting in the snake angrily hissing towards his direction. Ye Mo silently holds his dagger tightly in his right hand and holds it in front of him, watching the snake in front of him. Perhaps the snake got annoyed due to the waiting, it leaped towards Ye Mo once again. This time, Ye Mo dodges towards the left while stabbing his dagger towards the spine of the snake. The snake panicked since that is it''s weak point, so it opens it''s mouth and spits out a ball of purple mist that rapidly heads towards Ye Mo. Shocked, Ye Mo tries to jump away but the purple mist still hits his left arm, which rapidly starts to burn and cause his a lot of pain. Ye Mo screams out in pain and almost falls to the ground, but he knows that if he fall he will surely die, so Ye Mo grits his teeth and looks towards the snake. The snake is also looking towards him, but it seems to be very sluggish. Ye Mo realizes that spitting out that purple mist must have taken a toll on the snakes energy, which gives him a chance. Ignoring the stinging and burning pain from his left arm, Ye Mo grips his dagger and rushes towards the snake at his fastest speed. The snake tries to back up, but due to the lack of energy, it is only able to use less than half of it''s original speed. Ye Mo appeared in front of it and stabs his dagger towards the center of the snakes forehead. The snake manages to dodge the stab at the last second by lowering it''s body and is about to retaliate by biting Ye Mo''s waist, but he was waiting for this. Once the snake lowered it''s body, Ye Mo used his skill, Stab Burst, and changed the direction of his stab towards the spine of the snake. The snake, not being able to react in time, was directly stabbed in it''s spine. The dagger stabbed fully into the spine of the snake, leaving it paralyzed and unable to move now. Although it is not dead yet, it is not much different at this point. Removing his dagger, Ye Mo notices that it is almost fully corroded by the poison in the snakes bloodstream. Shaking his head, Ye Mo uses the last of his strength to stab the snake in the forehead, killing it off, before he collapses onto the ground and passes out from pain and exhaustion. Chapter 5 "Ugh..." When Ye Mo wakes up, he notices that his body is in a lot of pain and is somewhat numb. Remembering the snake, he hurriedly ignored the pain and sat himself up and looked around. Barely a meter away from him, he notices the snakes corpse and lets out a sigh of relief. [Ding! Host has killed Qi Ji Stage 4 Poison-Marked Snake. Gained 50 points.] "50 points huh. I''m not really sure if that was worth the risk, but it''s good enough." Mutters Ye Mo as he stands up and stretches his now stiff body. He feels like he is a lot more powerful after that fight, so he checks out his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 2 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 30 - VIT: 55 - INT: 15 - Skills: Stab Burst(G.1) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Points: 70 - System Level: 1] "What the hell? Why did my stats gain a huge increase, and why did I suddenly get a poison resistance perk? The heck is the B beside it? System, please explain." Ye Mo sighs helplessly. [Ding! Host''s stats have increased that much due to Host bathing in the blood of the snake. The 1% Dragon bloodline in it''s body increased Host''s stats. If Host bathed in a real Dragon''s blood, Host''s stats would have increased by hundreds to thousands. Host has gained Poison Resistance(B) due to swallowing the Inner Core of the Poison-Marked Snake. The (B) stands for Basic.] "So that''s why. Well, I won''t complain. What the heck is an Inner Core though? The Wolf and Boar did not have those." Asks Ye Mo. "Is that so. I should probably collect Inner Cores from now on then, since they will most likely be used as some sort of currency in human towns and cities. Oh well, I will deal with that at another time." Sighs Ye Mo as he walks over to the snake corpse and looks around for his dagger. Ye Mo found his dagger handle sticking into the snakes head, so he grabs it and pulls it out, but what he sees makes him nearly curse. He forgot that the dagger corroded from the snakes blood when he stabbed it. Sighing, Ye Mo drops the handle and checks out the shop for weapons, to see if he can buy anything to replace his dagger. [Weapons Shop(G.1) - Grade 1 Short Sword: A short sword made out of common steel. Not the best, but better than nothing.(120 points) - Grade 1 Long Sword: A long sword made out of common steel. Not the best, but better than nothing.(130 points) - Grade 1 Heavy Sword: A heavy sword made out of common steel. Not the best, but better than nothing.(150 points) - Grade 1 Saber: A saber made out of common steel. Not the best, but better than nothing.(120 points) - Grade 1 Spear: A spear made out of common steel. Not the best, but better than nothing.(135 points) - Grade 1 Dagger: A dagger made out of common steel. Not the best, but better than nothing.(100 points)] "What the hell is with those descriptions... They are all basically the same, just with a different weapon name. Well whatever, I can''t even buy a dagger right now... I am so freaking poor, huh. I guess points are essential things, should of figured since I asked for this, but I feel stupid. I should of just asked for a bunch of points as one of my wishes... Well whatever." Grumbles Ye Mo as he starts looking around the cave to see if there is anything useful around. As Ye Mo was walking past a cluster of rocks, the System suddenly started spamming screens in front of him, causing him to have to look at them. [Ding! System has detected a Grade 5 Ore. Host can sell the Grade 5 Ore to the System for 500 points.] [Ding! System has detected a Grade 5 Ore. Host can sell the Grade 5 Ore to the System for 500 points] [Ding! System has detected a Grade 5 Ore. Host can sell the Grade 5 Ore to the System for 500 points.] "What? A grade 5 ore? Where is that? I can even sell it? Since when was that possible..." Wonders Yo Mo as he looks around to find the ore. [Ding! The Grade 5 Ore is right beside the Host. The cluster of rocks is where it is located. Please pick it up and System will buy it for 500 points.] Ye Mo looks towards the cluster of rocks and notices a rock that is different than the rest of the cluster. Walking over to it and picking it up, Ye Mo instantly feels as his hand was plunged into a freezer. Ye Mo hurriedly pressed the yes bu??on and the ore disappears from his hand, and it slowly loses the chill from before. Ye Mo then remembered his left arm and looks towards it. After he looks towards it, he realizes why he forgot about it. His arm is completely gone all the way up to his shoulder, not even the bones are left. A bit scared and annoyed by his loss of an arm, Ye Mo asks the system if it has a way to heal his arm, and the answer he gets makes his mouth twitch crazily. [Ding! Host can get a full-body heal for 500 points. The next full-body heal will be increased in price by 4 times. Does Host want to buy a full-body heal for 500 points? Y/N] His mouth twitching like crazy, Ye Mo sighs before he clicks yes. What does his new 500 points matter if he can get his arm back. After Ye Mo presses yes, his body is covered by a white light which quickly disappears and Ye Mo has a brand new arm. Even the damage left to his internal organs left by the poison is gone. [Ding! Host has purchased a full-body heal for 500 points. 70 points remaining.] "I was going to buy a sword with those points, but I guess not... Well whatever. I can just kill a few weak beasts with my hands for the time being, then I can buy my sword." Ye Mo sighs before he leaves the cave. Once he leaves the cave, Ye Mo walks back towards the lake area. Once there, Ye Mo drinks a few mouthfuls of water before he strips off his robe and backpack and jumping into the lake. Once he enters the lake, Ye Mo feels a refreshing feeling flowing all around his body. Due to this, Ye Mo spaces out for a while and after he comes back to it, Ye Mo notices that his skin seems to be... paler? Ye Mo hurriedly jumps out of the lake and asks the system what happened. [Ding! Host has bathed in a cleansing lake. The lake has cleansed all of the Host''s meridians, organs, bones and skin. The Host''s skin is paler because it is a lot healthier now.] "Paler means healthier... What the hell is with this world. Whatever, this is obviously a good thing, I also feel a bit stronger. Did that increase my stats as well?" Ye Mo says as he brings up his status to check. - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 2 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 35 - AGI: 30 - VIT: 60 - Skills: Stab Burst(G.1) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Points: 70 - System Level: 1] "Oh! It increased all of my stats by 5 each! That is really good. System, if I bath in it again will it increase my stats again?" Excitedly asks Ye Mo. [Ding! Host, please do not fantasize. That is obviously not possible. If it was, everybody who found one of these lakes could increase their strength infinitely. Every person will only be able to increase their strength once by bathing in a Cleansing Lake.] Ye Mo mumbles about ruining his fun and so on while he puts his robe back on. After dressing up again, Ye Mo asks the system to find him a beast a bit weaker than him. The system brings up and arrow which guides him towards the beast it found. "It really is convenient having a system..." Mumbles Ye Mo as he follows the arrow. After following the arrow for 5 minutes, Ye Mo finds himself at a clear area without many trees. Looking around a bit, he notices a big cat laying in the middle of the clearing. [Qi Ji Stage 3 Shadow Cat] "Since it didn''t give me a warning, it means it isn''t dangerous to me at all unless I get careless." Whispers Ye Mo as he walks behind it slowly and quietly. Once he is within 5 meters, Ye Mo leaps towards the shadow cat and punches his right fist towards it''s head. The shadow cat felt something was wrong in it''s surroundings so it quickly jumped to the side that the danger isn''t at, but it was not fast enough. Although it managed to stop the fist from hitting it''s head, the fist still hit it''s stomach. The shadow cat was instantly blasted away by the punch, and Ye Mo chased after it instantly, not giving it a chance to clear it''s head. The shadow cat crashed into a boulder not far away and hisses out in pain. When it was about to get up and attempt to run away, Ye Mo''s fist smashed right into the side of it''s head, popping it like a balloon. Ye Mo gets his arm covered in blood and brains, but he doesn''t mind. Looking down at the head, Ye Mo notices a small pearl like thing in it''s head. Figuring that would be the Inner Core, Ye Mo picks it up and is about to put it in his backpack when the system popped up. [Ding! Host has killed Qi Ji Stage 3 Shadow Cat. Gained 20 points.] [Ding! System has detected Qi Ji Stage 3 Inner Core. Does Host to sell it to System for 50 points? Y/N] "What! I can sell Inner Cores to the system for points? That''s freaking awesome, now it will be faster to gather points. The Inner Core gives me double what the beast itself gave me, how nice." Laughs Ye Mo as he presses the yes bu??on. The Inner Core disappears and his points go from 70 to 140. Having enough points to buy himself a weapon now, Ye Mo opens the shop and buys a sword sword for 120, leaving him with a mere 20 points. The sword appears on the ground in front of him and he picks it up. The sword is about 1.5 meters long. Ye Mo does a few practice swings and he finds that the sword feels nice and smooth to use. Putting the sword in his belt like he did with the dagger, Ye Mo drags the shadow cat corpse back to the lake area. Once there, Ye Mo cuts off the head and throws it away, then scrapes off all the fur and cuts the meat. Ye Mo is really hungry, so he ended up eating all of the shadow cats meat. Checking the status, the meat gave a decent boost in stats. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 2 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 38 - AGI: 32 - VIT: 62 - INT: 20 - Skills: Stab Burst(G.1) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Points: 20 - System Level: 1] Now that he is full, Ye Mo figures it is time to increase his cultivation now. Sitting down beside the lake, Ye Mo starts using his Death Mantra technique and draws the Qi towards himself, gathering it all towards his dantian, which greedily absorbs it all. Chapter 6 Once Ye Mo finishes his cultivation, he checks his dantian and notices that it is double the size of before. Quite happy, Ye Mo checks his status to see the change after cultivation. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 4 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 52 - AGI: 48 - VIT: 72 - INT: 30 - Skills: Stab Burst(B) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Points: 20 - System Level: 1] "What? How did I increase my cultivation by two stages with just a nights cultivation?" Asks Ye Mo while being completely confused and surprised. [Ding! Host has gathered Qi from the meat of the Grey Wolf, Lightning Boar and Shadow Cat and it has been sitting in Host''s body all this time. Since Host finally cultivated, the Qi gathered towards your dantian as well.] "Ah, that makes sense. I completely forgot that it doesn''t just increase my stats, it also leaves Qi inside my body. How convenient. At this rate, it won''t be long before I am able to defeat the beast that is living at the cave where the spirit spring is located." Says Ye Mo while smiling. Once his strength increases a bit more, he would finally be able to get that spirit spring and increase it even more. After asking the system to guide him towards another beast, Ye Mo follows the arrow for 30 minutes before he reaches the beast. When he looks for the beast, Ye Mo notices that there are a few monkeys! Not just one beast, but multiple! Quite concerned about the amount, Ye Mo looks around and asks the system to tell him how many there are. [Ding! There are 6 Steel Monkeys located at this nest. They are all between Qi Stage 2 and Qi Ji Stage 4. Host has no need to worry. Even if they all attacked together, they wouldn''t be able to kill the Poison-Marked Snake.] Letting out a breath of relief, Ye Mo grabs his sword out from his belt and holds it firmly while sneaking towards the monkeys. As expected, once he got within 5 meters of them, the Qi Ji Stage 4 monkey felt his presence and yells out towards the other monkeys that are lazing around. Taking the chance that they are all still confused and split up, Ye Mo rushes towards the two Qi Ji Stage 2 monkeys, slashing his sword towards them. His sword cleanly severs the head from one of them, while he manages to leave a deep would on the ?h?st of the other. Not bothering with the wounded one any further, Ye Mo turns around and blocks the punch from the Qi Ji Stage 4 monkey in time, only being pushed back a few steps. After regaining his balance, Ye Mo runs towards the monkey and stabs his sword towards it''s ?h?st, causing it to stop it''s attack and dodge to the right. Sneering at it, Ye Mo uses his Skill, Stab Burst, and the speed of the stab increases largely, causing the monkey to be unable to react. It tries to block the stab with it''s arms, but it was too slow. The sword penetrates it''s heart cleanly, giving it no chance of survival. Pulling his sword out of the now dead monkey, Ye Mo runs towards the 3 Qi Ji Stage 3 monkeys who are scared stiff. Seeing him run towards them, although they are stupid, they know they need to run. The attempt to run and end up going in the same direction, which saves Ye Mo time. A minute later, Ye Mo has 2 Qi Ji stage 2 Inner Cores, 3 Qi Ji Stage 3 Inner Cores, and 1 Qi Ji Stage 4 Inner Core. [Ding! Host has killed 3 Qi Ji Stage 3 Steel Monkeys. Gained 45 points.] [Ding! Host has killed Qi Ji Stage 4 Steel Monkey. Gained 50 points.] [Ding! System has detected 2 Qi Ji Stage 2 Inner Cores, 3 Qi Ji Stage 3 Inner Cores and 1 Qi Ji Stage 4 Inner Core. Would Host like to sell them for a total of 210 points? Y/N] Clicking yes, Ye Mo gained a total of 325 points. Ye Mo chops up the stage 4 monkey and eats it''s meat before heading back to the lake while checking his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 55 - AGI: 50 - VIT: 78 - INT: 32 - Skills: Stab Burst(B) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Points: 345 - System Level: 1] "A nice stat increase. My points jumped from 20 to 345, how nice. Being able to sell Inner Cores like this to the system is so very useful. Hopefully it won''t be long until I get 1000 points, since upgrading the system is the most important thing besides keeping my life currently. That way, I can get better items from the shop." Mutters Ye Mo while walking towards the lake. Once back at the lake, Ye Mo decides to cultivate again, since he wants to gain access to that spirit spring sooner. Sitting down, Ye Mo activates his Death Mantra technique and gathers Qi towards himself once again. 4 hours later, Ye Mo opens his eyes and can instantly feel his strength increased without even checking his dantian. After checking it, his dantian doubled in size once again. Opening his status, Ye Mo checks his new stats. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 5 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - AGI: 60 - VIT: 84 - INT: 45 - Skills: Stab Burst(B) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Points: 345 - System Level: 1] "A nice increase this time as well. It feels so nice to increase my strength this fast. This Death Mantra technique that the Goddess gave me is very useful to me, huh. It feels like it was made just for me, for some reason." Mutters Ye Mo. He opens his backpack and takes out the lightning boar meat and eats it all down. He is already used to the taste of raw meat now. "System, if I fight the beast that is at the spirit spring cave, do I have a chance to win yet?" Asks Ye Mo as he stretches. "Stage 6, huh. I guess I will be fighting the beast within 2 days. I hope it''s strength didn''t increase much. Well, it probably shouldn''t have, since it doesn''t have a cultivation technique like humans would." Sighs Ye Mo as he follows the arrow towards a new beast. Walking for an hour, Ye Mo finds the beast, or beasts. Ye Mo found himself running from tens of rats, while cursing the system for not telling him this would happen. All Ye Mo did was kill the single rat beast he saw, when suddenly a few dozen of them crawled out of the ground and stared at him before chasing him. Ye Mo cuts down a tree while he is running past it, and it falls down towards the rats, crushing ten of them to death. Laughing to himself, Ye Mo looks behind him and only sees 6 left, so he turns around and slashes his sword out towards them, cutting 2 in half instantly. The other 4 rats back up slightly before jumping towards him again. Ye Mo cuts another rat in half while the other 3 bite his arms and legs, leaving cuts along his skin. He feels annoyed by the wounds and quickly killed of the last 3 rats, before sitting down and catching his breath. [Ding! Host has killed 10 Qi Ji Stage 3 Earth Rats. Gained 130 points.] [Ding! Host has killed 6 Qi Ji Stage 4 Earth Rats. Gained 120 points.] After catching his breath, Ye Mo collects all 16 Inner Cores and sells them to the System for another 450 points, gaining him a total of 600 points. Not interesting in eating the half rats, Ye Mo walks back to the lake while checking his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 5 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 66 - AGI: 60 - VIT: 85 - INT: 45 - Skills: Stab Burst(B) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Points: 945 - System Level: 1] "I nearly have a thousand points now, Just one more beast and I should have enough. I wonder what will change after the system levels up." Excitedly wonders Ye Mo as he reaches the lake. The first thing he does is strip himself of his robe and instantly jumps into the lake to clean himself. Once he gets out of the lake, Ye Mo notices that the injuries left behind by the rats are already healed. Sighing at how amazing the Enhanced Regeneration is, Ye Mo dresses himself before sitting down and cultivating again. 12 hours later, Ye Mo opens his eyes and checks his dantian. Seeing that it is doubled in size again, Ye Mo happily checks his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 6 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 75 - AGI: 70 - VIT: 92 - INT: 62 - Skills: Stab Burst(B) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Points: 945 - System Level: 1] "System, I should be able to kill the beast at the spirit spring now, right?" Excitedly asks Ye Mo. He has been longing for the spirit spring these past few days, since the system said it can increase his cultivation immensely. Chapter 7 [Ding! Host has a 90% chance to kill the beast located at the Spirit Spring.] "Finally! Let''s go kill the beast then." Says Ye Mo as he walks towards the spirit spring cave. An hour later, Ye Mo is outside the cave where the spirit spring is located. Not encountering any beasts along the way, Ye Mo knows the beast is still here, and possibly cultivating, which is a good chance for him. Ye Mo walks inside the cave quietly while hiding in the shadows along the way. The cave is so large that it takes him an hour just to get to the end of it. Once he reaches the end, Ye Mo notices a small pond that is about half the size of the lake in the middle of a large space. Looking closer, Ye Mo can spot a huge spider laying in the middle of the spirit spring. Speechless by the size of the spider, Ye Mo checks it out with the system. [Qi Ji Stage 8 Hell Fire Spider. Don''t get hit by the fire, at all!] It''s cultivation increased as expected. After reading the description given, he knows the spider can use fire, similar to how the snake could use poison. Taking his sword out of the belt, Ye Mo walks out of the shadows and sneaks behind the spider. It obviously notices him, and it quickly got out of the spirit spring. It seems it doesn''t want to fight in it, neither does Ye Mo. Once it is out of the spirit spring, Ye Mo is already in front of it, stabbing his sword towards it''s stomach. The spider can''t dodge completely due to it''s large size, so the sword manages to leave a gash on it''s stomach, which starts bleeding heavily. Squeaking loudly, the spider stabs one of it''s front legs towards Ye Mo, who dodges and slashes the leg, severing it. The spider squeaks out in pain, and opens it''s mouth, spitting out a wave of fire. Already ready for it, Ye Mo manages to roll to the side, dodging the fire completely. The spot the fire hit, completely burned up and turned into ash. Suddenly feeling a huge sense of danger, Ye Mo stops his stab and jumps to the left, dodging the second wave of fire, which hits another spot in the cave and turning it into ash even faster than the first time. With cold sweat going down his forehead, Ye Mo stabs his sword into the spiders head, ending it''s life. Cutting up the spiders head, Ye Mo grabs a palm sized Inner Core, which is double the size of the other cores he has seen. [Ding! Host has killed Qi ji Stage 8 Hell Fire Spider. Gained 150 points.] [Ding! System has detected 1 Qi Ji Stage 8 Inner Core Would Host like to sell it for 500 points? Y/N] After clicking yes, Ye Mo gains a total of 650 points. He can level up the system, while also having enough points left over to buy some stuff. Ye Mo cuts off some meat from the spider, which smells pretty nasty. He doesn''t really care though, since it helps him increase his strength. Eating the spider meat, Ye Mo feels his stats increase a lot more than it has before, so he curiously checks his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 6 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 85 - AGI: 80 - VIT: 100 - INT: 80 - Skills: Stab Burst(B) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - System Level: 1] "What the hell? My stats all increased by about 10, just by eating that spiders meat? Freaking insane. Nice bonus, haha. Okay. System upgrade your level." Says Ye Mo while wondering what be added after the system upgrades. [Ding! Does Host wish to increase System to Level 2? the price is 1000 points. Y/N] After pressing the yes bu??on, Ye Mo suddenly finds himself blacking out, and falling towards the ground. He just so happens to fall into the spirit spring, as he was beside it at the time. After Ye Mo fell unconscious, a barrier appeared at the entrance of the cave, hiding it from site. Although Ye Mo was unconscious, due to falling into the Spirit Spring, his cultivation is increasing at a fast pace. Qi Ji Stage 7... Qi Ji Stage 8... Qi Ji Stage 9... Qi Ji Stage 9 Peak... Unfortunately, Ye Mo didn''t breakthrough to the Qi Lo Realm. The Spirit Spring was completely absorbed by Ye Mo, as well as the System. If the System didn''t absorb any of the Spirit Spring, Ye Mo could have broken through to the Qi Mu Realm, at the very least. The Spirit Spring helped the System during it''s upgrade though. Ye Mo slowly opens his eyes, and notices something feels completely different to him. He feels like he can sense everything within the cave, and even outside of the cave, he can ''see'' all the trees, as well as a few beasts. Ye Mo closes his eyes and the feeling is gone, and he slowly sits up from the ground and looks around. He notices he is inside the place where the spirit spring was located, but it is now completely empty. Utterly confused, Ye Mo asks the System what happened. [Ding! Host fell into the Spirit Spring while the System was undergoing the upgrade. Host, as well as System, absorbed all of the Spirit Spring, leaving it dry. Host can check his status to see what changed.] Slowly nodding his head, Ye Mo opens his status and what he sees shocks him. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 130 - AGI: 120 - VIT: 150 - INT: 110 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Traits: Divine Body(D) - Points: 595 "What the hell happened System? I can understand my cultivation increasing due to the now empty Spirit Spring, but what is this new Traits thing, as well as this Divine Sense. Why do my skills have a B and D beside them now as well?" Confusedly asks Ye Mo as he has no idea what is going on. [Ding! Since the System has upgraded, the ''Traits'' was added to the Status. The Divine Sense and Divine Body are extraordinary things, which Host shouldn''t have. Due to an unknown reason, Host has gained them though. The Divine Sense allows Host to use his mental energy to ''look'' outside of his body, and check his surroundings. This is a very useful skill, as it can help Host look for ambushes. The Divine Body will cause Host''s body to be nigh indestructible. Host can obviously still take damage and can still die, but the damage Host takes is lessened immensely. The (B) and (D) beside your skills stands for ''Basic'' and ''Divine'' They are considered grades. They go from: Basic, Uncommon, Rare, Super Rare, Epic, Heavenly, Saint, Divine, and God. A total of 9 grades.] "So, I am basically overpowered now. Got it. It will help me survive, so I don''t even care anymore. Too many surprises ever since I came to this world." Mutters Ye Mo before he sighs and stands up, jumping out of the pit he is in now. Once he jumps out of the pit, he notices that the Hell Fire Spider''s body is now completely gone. Ye Mo figures that it was disintegrated during the System upgrade. Not that he cares since he already ate most of the meat. Ye Mo shakes his head and walks towards the cave entrance. "System, are there any beasts nearby that are around my level of strength? I need to get used to my new strength now." Asks Ye Mo as he walks out of the cave entrance, entering the forest once again. [Ding! There is a Qi Ji Stage 9 Beast east of Host''s location. Follow the arrow.] As Ye Mo follows the arrow, he also uses his newfound skill, Divine Sense. He can instantly ''see'' 100 meters around him. He notices a few weak beasts around, all of them around Qi Ji Stage 5 or 6. After following the arrow for around 2 hours, Ye Mo finally reaches the end of it. When he looks for the beast, he feels a presence to the left of him, so he instantly grabs his sword and looks in that direction. Chapter 8 When Ye Mo looks to the left, he finds out what the beast is. The beast is a huge bear, about the same size as the spider, maybe even bigger than it. [Qi Ji Stage 9 Iron Hide Bear. It has a very tough defense.] Gripping his sword, Ye Mo looks at the beast, which also looks at him. After a while, the beast gets fed up with the staring and rushes towards Ye Mo. It''s very slow, but that is because it has a very tough defense, Ye Mo guesses. The bear swings it''s paw towards Ye Mo, who jumps atop it and stabs his sword into it''s arm. When Ye Mo''s sword collides with the beasts arm, he can hear the sound of metal clashing, telling him this bears defense is no joke. No wonder the System said it has a very tough defense, Ye Mo figures. Ye Mo jumps off the bears arm to dodge the other paw, while stabbing his sword towards the bears eyes, as that is the weakest part he can find. The bear dodges towards the right, but Ye Mo uses Stab Burst and the sword manages to stab the bears left eye, just b?r?ly. Removing his sword, Ye Mo can tell that he injured the bear this time, so he is quite happy, and ignores the bears roaring. The Iron Hide Bear, which now only has one eye, rushes towards Ye Mo using it''s large body. Ye Mo uses his speed and dodges towards the left, but the bear suddenly sped up, ramming it''s body into Ye Mo''s. Ye Mo is instantly sent flying, and crashes into a thick tree not far away, leaving a huge dent in it. "Pu!" Ye Mo spits out a mouthful of blood as he stands up from the ground. That hit just now gave him internal injuries, so he needs to finish this fight fast. Ye Mo uses his full speed to rush towards the bear, and when the bear swings it''s paw towards him, he jumps under the bear while slashing his sword across the bears stomach, leaving a deep gash on it. The bear roars out and spins over and attempts to crush Ye Mo under it, but he was faster. As soon as the bear turned onto it''s back to crush Ye Mo, he already got out from under it and stabs his sword towards the underside of the bears neck. Using Stab Burst, the sword instantly pierces through the neck of the bear, going straight through it, cutting into it''s brain. Ye Mo pulls his sword out of the bear, and it heavily falls onto the ground, dead. Using the cut on it''s neck. Ye Mo manages to pull out the Inner Core of the bear, before he sits down, leaning on a tree. [Ding! System has detected 1 Qi Ji Stage 9 Inner Core. Does Host want to sell it for 1200 points? Y/N] Pressing yes, Ye Mo gains 1650 points from just the bear. Sighing at the amount, Ye Mo has already pretty much healed up from the fight. Thankfully he just got the Divine Body trait, or else he would of taken a lot more damage than this. He gets up and heads over to the bear, before cutting into it from the wound on it''s stomach. Taking out most of it''s meat, Ye Mo instantly eats it until he is full and when he is done, there is already no meat left from the massive bear. Sighing at his appetite, he opens his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 9 - STR: 140 - AGI: 130 - VIT: 180 - INT: 120 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Traits: Divine Body(D) - Points: 2145 - System Level: 2] "A big increase in stats once again, how nice. The increase in vitality was quite big this time, which is good. Right. System, how many points do I need to level you up again?" Asks Ye Mo after seeing his points. [Ding! Host needs 7500 points to upgrade the System to Level 3.] "Jesus! That is 6500 points more than level 1 to level 2... Damn. I will probably need a million points or something to get it to level 10 then, huh. Whatever, that is in the future." Ye Mo sighs as he walks back towards the lake Once there, Ye Mo strips his robe and washes himself in the lake before climbing out and redressing himself. Looking at his dantian, Ye Mo sees he is close to breaking through to Qi Lo, so he sits down and starts revolving his Death Mantra technique, drawing the Qi towards himself. 10 hours later, as Ye Mo is about to breakthrough, Ye Mo notices spots of darkness appearing all around his dantian, as well as his soul space. Confused, Ye Mo decides to ask the System about it. [Ding! Due to host about to break through to Qi Lo Realm, Host''s attribute has started appearing. Since Host sees spots of darkness in his dantian and soul space, it means Host''s element is Darkness.] So that''s what it was. Ye Mo sighs before he continues cultivating. 20 minutes later, Ye Mo felt his dantian swell immensely, until it grew 4 times the size of before. There is also an orb of pitch darkness now residing within his dantian. Now knowing his element is Darkness, he doesn''t mind since he figures this is what happens to everyone. Once Ye Mo opens his eyes, his red eyes flashed with darkness before disappearing, as if it didn''t appear in the first place. Opening his hand, Ye Mo focuses on his palm, and a dark fog comes out of his palm. Guiding the darkness towards a plant, the plant rapidly shriveled as if it was dead. "It seems I have a death attribute added into my darkness, huh. That could be a good attack if I can get close enough." Ye Mo says as he stands up. He concentrates, and he body suddenly disappears into a puff of darkness. Ye Mo realized that he can hide himself with his darkness, so he can basically go invisible now. This will help him a lot when attacking beasts, since he could get close before they realize it. Looking at his sword, Ye Mo guesses it is time to change weapons. Opening the Shop, he notices it is different now. - Cultivation Skills(G1-2) - Cultivation Techniques(G1-2) - Pills(G1-2) - Weapons(G1-2) - Armors(G1-2) - ETC] "So there is Grade 2 stuff now, that''s good. Let''s look at the Grade 2 weapons." Ye Mo says as he opens the Grade 2 Weapon Shop. [Weapons Shop(G.2) - Grade 2 Short Sword: A sword made out of Qinmin Metal. It can easily cut through the bear from before.(1000 points) - Grade 2 Heavy Sword: A sword made out of Qinmin Metal. It can easily cut through the bear from before(1500 points) - Grade 2 Saber: A saber made out of Qinmin metal. It can easily cut through the bear from before.(1300 points) - Grade 2 Spear: A spear made out of Qinmin Metal. It can easily cut through the bear from before.(1350 points) - Grade 2 Dagger: A dagger made out of Qinmin Metal. It can easily cut through the bear from before.(800 points)] "These freaking stupid descriptions... Who the heck even decides to add them. Whatever. Let''s buy the Grade 2 sword." Ye Mo sighs as he purchases a Grade 2 Short Sword. [Ding! Host has purchased a Grade 2 Short Sword worth 1000 points. 1145 points remaining.] A green-black sword appears on the ground in front of Ye Mo. He picks it up and he can tell that it is a lot stronger and durable than the Grade 1 sword he has been using. Asking the System if he can sell the Grade 1 Sword, the System actually agrees. [Ding! Host can sell the Grade 1 Short Sword to the System for 40 points. Y/N] Although it isn''t even half the price he bought it for, he doesn''t mind since he won''t be using it anymore, and extra points always help. Ye Mo looks at the remaining 1185 points he has, so he decides to check out the Grade 2 Skill shop. - Lighting Slash: Use any bladed weapon to deal a slash covered in lightning towards your foe. Increases the slash damage by 60% when used.(1000 points) - Iron Defense Body: Cover your entire body in a thick layer of Iron to increase your defense. Using this skill will decrease your Agility by 70% when active.(1300 points) - Mysterious Steps: A mysterious type of movement skill that uses a part of Wind Laws to increase your speed by 60%(2000 points)] "The Mysterious Steps seems very good, but I don''t have enough points for that currently. I can just ignore that defense skill, since my body itself is probably more durable. So I will buy Lightning Slash then. It will increase the damage I can deal out using my sword, so it is very good." Ye Mo says as he purchases the Grade 2 skill, Lightning Slash. [Ding! Host has purchased Grade 2 Cultivation Skill Lightning Slash costing 1000 points. 185 points remaining.] Sighing over his lacking points once again, Ye Mo sits down beside the lake and starts using his Death Mantra technique to guide Qi towards himself once more, increasing his cultivation. Chapter 9 A few hours later, Ye Mo suddenly opens his eyes due to the System bringing up a screen, so he opens his eyes to read it. [Ding! Host has entered the Qi Lo Realm, so Host shall be gifted a Bonus Pack as agreed. The Bonus Pack includes the following: 500 points and a 25 cubic meter Storage Ring.] A small black ring fell onto Ye Mo''s open palm, and he looks at it for a second before realizing this is something very good for him to have, since he can store everything in the ring now, rather than his giant backpack. [Ding! Host needs to drip blood onto the ring and it will bind to Host.] Cutting his finger with his sword, Ye Mo drips a bit of blood onto the black ring, which absorbs it and then enlarges slightly. Ye Mo puts the larger ring onto his finger and it shrinks down to fit on it perfectly. Ye Mo recalls he hasn''t checked his status since he broke through, so he figured he should and brought it up. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 170 - AGI: 160 - VIT: 210 - INT: 140 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Traits: Divine Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - System Level: 2] "So I really did end up getting the Death attribute or element, whatever it is called. I guess I am pretty lucky, huh." Ye Mo laughs while noticing his new status. Ye Mo opens his backpack and takes out the Blood Crystal Fruit, Green Spotted Fruit and the Yin Fruit and puts them into his storage ring. After that he sells the backpack to the system for 60 points. After that Ye Mo stands up and stretches his body while asking the system to guide him towards a beast, since he is hungry. Following the arrow for a few minutes, Ye Mo finds a small cave and he enters it without care since the beast is only Qi Ji Stage 7. Walking through the cave for a few minutes, he spots the beast laying in the middle of an open area. The beast is a wolf that has a multi color fur, so he curiously analyzes it with the system. [Qi Ji Stage 7 Illusion Wolf.] "Illusion wolf huh. I guess that is why it has multiple colors. Well whatever, not like it can trick me due to my mental energy anyways." Laughs Ye Mo as he brings out his sword and tests out his new skill, Lightning Slash. His sword got covered in a large amount of lightning, and the surrounding grass in the cave actually started burning up because of it. A bit surprised at the effect if his skill, Ye Mo slashes his sword towards the now awake wolf. The wolfs eyes shine with a weird light and Ye Mo felt as if something happened, before he realizes it was probably an illusion, but it was useless on him. Laughing at the foolish wolf, his lightning covered sword stabs it''s right side, causing it to instantly get split in half. A bit surprised at the strength of the skill, Ye Mo cuts out Inner Core and sells it to the system for 400 points, also getting 150 from the wolf kill, for a total of 550 points. After that he cuts all the edible meat from the wolf corpse and eats it until he is full, after which he leaves the little cave and heads back to the lake. Once there, Ye Mo sat down and activated his Death Mantra technique and began drawing Qi towards himself, guiding it to his greedy dantian. He notices that the Qi revolves around the new ball of darkness that appeared in his dantian after his breakthrough, as if it was the God of Qi or something. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Lo Stage 2 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 185 - AGI: 175 - INT: 155 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Traits: Divine Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Points: 1295 - System Level: 2] Looking at his points, Ye Mo realizes he is pretty close to being able to buy the Mysterious Steps skill from the system. Since he just finished cultivating, Ye Mo decides to go hunt a stronger beast this time. "System, can you guide me towards a beast that is either Qi Lo Stage 1 or 2 for me to fight?" Ye Mo asks. Following the arrow, Ye Mo takes a mere hour to run the full 3200 meters. When he reaches the end of the arrow, Ye Mo notices that he is at another pond, similar to the one he stays at. A bit surprised, Ye Mo looks around for the beast. After searching for a few seconds, Ye Mo suddenly feels a sense of danger from behind him, so he instantly jumps forward, narrowly dodging a sharp claw that was aimed for his head. Looking back, Ye Mo can finally see the beast. The beast is a panther that is black in color, with purple dots on it''s skin. Feeling a bit of danger from it, Ye Mo analyzes it with the System. [Qi Lo Stage 1 Nightmare Panther. The panther has the Darkness Element. Be careful of sneak attacks.] No wonder he didn''t see it until it attacked, Ye Mo thought as he takes out his sword. He stares at the panther before he rushes at it with his fastest speed while also using Lightning Slash. He appears in front of the panther instantly, stabbing his sword straight towards it''s throat. The panther jumps up and appears 5 meters away from him unharmed, only have slight burn marks on it''s fur. When Ye Mo is about to rush at it again, it used it''s darkness power to turn invisible, so Ye Mo stood still in the same spot as before. Closing his eyes, Ye Mo uses his mental energy at full force and inspects all around him in search of the panther. Ye Mo felt it''s presence directly behind him, so he uses Lightning Sword and Stab Burst, stabbing his sword directly behind him, piercing the middle of the panther, leaving a large gash on it''s body. The panther was also attacking at the same time, so Ye Mo was injured by it''s claws, leaving 5 deep gashes on his back. His Grade 3 robe couldn''t block the attack at all, all it did was slightly lessen the damage. Grunting in pain, Ye Mo turns around and uses stab burst once again and slashes his sword straight towards the panthers throat once again. It tried to dodge it once again, only this time, due to the large wound on it''s body, it''s speed was slowed, so Ye Mo manages to stab it straight through the throat. The panther lets out a muffled roar, before it collapses onto the ground. Ye Mo can still feel the pain on his back as he cuts out the Inner Core from the panthers head. Remembering that there is a pill shop in the system, Ye Mo sits down near the lake and opens it up. [Pills Shop(G.2) - Grade 2 Qi Gathering Ping: This pill will increase your rate of gathering Qi by 35%.(750 points) - Grade 2 Cleaning Pill: This pill will remove any poison below Uncommon grade.(1000 points) - Grade 2 Berserk Pill: This pill will cause the consumer to enter a berserk state, increasing their strength by 70%. The effect lasts 30 minutes.(2500 points)] Not minding the price at all, Ye Mo buys a Grade 2 Healing pill and directly swallows it before sitting down and activating his Death Mantra, since it can also heal his wounds slowly. Chapter 10 After a few hours, Ye Mo opens his eyes and notices that the wound on his back has already fully healed, not even leaving a scar. Somewhat surprised at the efficiency of the Grade 2 pill, Ye Mo looks at the Inner Core of the Nightmare Panther that is on the ground in front of him. After picking it up, the System sent a message. [Ding! Host has killed Qi Lo Stage 1 Nightmare Panther. Gained 750 points.] [Ding! System has detected Qi Lo Stage 1 Inner Core. Does Host want to sell it for 2000 points? Y/N] "2000 points for just the Inner Core..." Wonders Ye Mo as he stares at the palm sized black orb in his hand. Shaking his head, Ye Mo presses yes and gains another 2750 points to his wallet. Opening his Status, Ye Mo laughs a bit. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Lo Stage 2 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - AGI: 175 - VIT: 225 - INT: 155 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Traits: Divine Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Points: 4045 - System Level: 2] "I have over 4000 points now, so I should buy the Mysterious Steps now." Whispers Ye Mo as he brings up the System Shop and purchases the Grade 2 movement skill, Mysterious Steps. [Ding! Host has purchased Grade 2 Movement Skill, Mysterious Steps for 2000 points. 2045 points remaining.] After he buys it, Ye Mo felt the proper way to use the skill enter his Soul Space, just like with the other skills he has. Standing up, Ye Mo decides to test the skill. After activating Mysterious Steps, his movements became somewhat blurry, as if he wasn''t actually where he was. Ye Mo takes a step forward normally, but appears 4 meters away from his original spot. A bit surprised, Ye Mo stops the skill and instantly felt a large headache attack him, stunning him for a minute. After the headache disappears, Ye Mo sat down on the ground, panting, before he asks the System what happened. [Ding! The Grade 2 Movement Skill, Mysterious Steps, uses Mental Energy to activate. As Host has only recently gotten Mental Energy, Host doesn''t have much of it refined. Host will be able to use Mysterious Steps twice at most with his Mental Energy, before he faints.] Now understanding why that happened, Ye Mo mutters about scams for a minute before he stands up and walks to the corpse of the Nightmare Panther, cutting off all of the edible meat and eating it until he is full. Feeling his strength increase decently, he opens his Status again. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Cultivation Realm: Qi Lo Stage 2 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 200 - AGI: 215 - VIT: 235 - INT: 175 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Mysterious Steps(R) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Traits: Divine Body(D) - Points: 2045 - System Level: 2] "Mysterious Steps is a Rare grade skill, huh. No wonder the Mental Energy it needs exhausts me immensely with just one use." Sighs Ye Mo as he shakes his head. Looking around, Ye Mo decides to strip his robe and bath in the Cleansing Lake beside him. After leaving the lake and dressing up, Ye Mo notices a large hole in the back of his robe. Twitching his mouth, Ye Mo opens the shop and buys a Grade 4 robe, created from the same type of spider, just of a higher grade for 2000 points, leaving him with 45. Shaking his head, Ye Mo changes his robe and sells the other, torn one, for 500 points. "At least I got even 500 points for that broken thing." Ye Mo mutters as he closes his eyes and activates Divine Sense, looking around the surroundings to find something. After a few minutes, Ye Mo opens his eyes, and an excited look appears on his face. Ye Mo runs north for 30 minutes, before he finally stops, looking at a large tree. On the tree, there are countless red and black fruits growing, which is the cause of Ye Mo''s excitement. [Grade 4 Soul Fruit. Consuming this fruit, the consumer''s Mental Energy will increase by 10%] [Grade 3 Soul Fruit. Consuming this fruit, the consumer''s Mental Energy will increase by 5%] [Grade 4 Blood Fruit. Consuming this fruit, the consumer''s fleshly body will strengthen by 20%] Once there, Ye Mo instantly sits down beside the lake and takes out a Grade 4 Soul Fruit. Eating it completely, Ye Mo closes his eyes and gathers the raw Mental Energy towards his Soul Space, which gets absorbed by a black orb, similar to that of the one within his dantian. After absorbing all of the raw Mental Energy, Ye Mo could instantly feel that his Mental Energy increased immensely. Ye Mo happily pulls out the other 3 Grade 4 Soul Fruits as well as the 8 Grade 3 Soul Fruit. 8 hours later, Ye Mo''s Mental Energy increased by an insane amount, to the point where he can use his Mysterious Steps a total of 15 times now, rather than 2. Laughing, Ye Mo takes out the 6 grade 4 Blood Fruits now. Eating the first Blood Fruit, Ye Mo feels a large amount of pain ?ssault his body all over, nearly causing his to cry out in pain, Gritting his teeth, Ye Mo disperses the rampant Qi absorbed from the fruit to every part of his body, and watches it strengthen all of his bones, organs, skin and even blood. The pain lasted for 30 minutes, but Ye Mo felt as if it was years. After the pain disappears, Ye Mo looks at the remaining 5 Blood Fruit on the ground, and grits his teeth before he eats them all as well. For strength, Ye Mo will bear that immense pain he feels from the Blood Fruit. A day later, Ye Mo finally finished the 5 Blood Fruits that remained. The amount of pain he felt increased constantly with each Blood Fruit eaten, to the point he almost wanted to kill himself, but he ended up gritting his teeth throughout the process. Now that he has finally finished, the pain slowly stared to fade from his body, allowing him to move once more. The instant Ye Mo is able to move, he strips and jumps straight into the Cleansing Lake, hoping it will help him remove the pain, which it does, slightly. After soaking in the Cleansing Lake for an hour, all of the pain in his body has disappeared completely. Sighing to himself, Ye Mo leaves the lake and dresses himself. When he was about to sit himself down, Ye Mo suddenly felt a massive amount of danger, and even smelt death near him. Scared crazy, Ye Mo instinctively activates his Darkness attribute, turning himself invisible, and jumping up the largest tree. Once there, Ye Mo could see what gave him that enormous amount of pressure. Flying high in the sky, was something akin to a Dragon. It was badly injured, with blood and wounds all over it''s body, but even the the pressure it gave out to Ye Mo gripped his heart tightly, to the point it almost exploded. Looking at it, Ye Mo decided to analyze it. [Qi Pa Grade 8 Earth Wyvern. Although it is injured and only has 10% of it''s original strength, it can kill Host with a simple breath of it''s. RUN FAR AWAY FROM IT! NOW!] Looking at the description, Ye Mo instantly wanted to run away, but before he could, the Wyvern looked towards the tree he was on and he instantly felt so much pressure he thought he was going to die. Shakily looking up towards the Wyvern, he could see it looking towards him with disdain in it''s eyes, before it move it''s head away and flew into the distance. After being shaken for a few minutes, Ye Mo finally manages to calm himself down. Remembering the disdain in the Wyvern''s eyes, Ye Mo realizes he really is way too weak to survive in this world. He thought it would be fine for a while, but seeing that Wyvern, Ye Mo instantly realizes this forest is only housing weak beasts, and even then, there are probably a few that can instantly kill him within it. After realizing that, Ye Mo makes up his mind and sits down within the Cleansing Lake, and starts gathering Qi towards his dantian from all over, which rapidly absorbs the Qi as if it was a starving man seeing food for the first time in years. Chapter 11 Ye Mo only opened his eyes a whole month later. If it wasn''t for the fact that his body can''t take any longer without food, he would have most likely kept cultivating. Checking out his dantian, he notices that it is multiple times bigger than before. Wondering what his cultivation is at now, Ye Mo opens up his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Lo Stage 6 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 370 - AGI: 320 - VIT: 400 - INT: 230 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Mysterious Steps(R) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Traits: Divine Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - System Level: 2] "A whole month and I managed to increase my cultivation by 4 stages. Not bad at all. Why did my strength and vitality gain such a massive boost though?" Wonders Ye Mo as he stares at his status screen. [Ding! Host''s Strength and Vitality stats have increased massively due to the Grade 4 Blood Fruits Host ate earlier. They increased Host''s fleshy body, which in turn increased Host''s Strength and Vitality.] "I see, no wonder. It makes sense like that then." Ye Mo lightly laughs after he read the screen. After shaking his head a little, Ye Mo stands up due to the insane amount of hunger he is feeling right now. Using Divine Sense, Ye Mo located a pack of wolves not far from him. After rushing towards the pack of wolves, Ye Mo pulls out his sword and starts cutting them down. Although there is a pack of them, the highest cultivation gathered within the pack is only Qi Ji Stage 7, which is nothing to the current Ye Mo. After a few minutes, Ye Mo killed all 24 wolves from the pack. He cuts open all the heads and takes out the Inner Cores, then starts cutting off the edible meat from them. it was only after Ye Mo ate 18 wolves that he managed to get full. As for the rest of the meat, he stored them within his storage ring. [Ding! Host has killed 12 Qi Ji Stage 4 Grey Wolves. Gained 400 points.] [Ding! Host has killed 6 Qi Ji Stage 5 Grey Wolves. Gained 500 points] [Ding! Host has killed 4 Qi Ji Stage 6 Grey Wolves. Gained 700 points.] [Ding! System has detected 12 Qi Ji Stage 4 Inner Cores, 6 Qi Ji Stage 5 Inner Cores, 4 Qi Ji Stage 6 Inner Cores and 2 Qi Ji Stage 7 Inner Cores. Would Host like to sell them all for 5500 points? Y/N] Pressing yes, Ye Mo gained a total of 7900 points from the pack of wolves. Whistling at the amount, Ye Mo heads back towards the Cleansing Lake whilst checking his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Lo Stage 6 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - AGI: 370 - VIT: 435 - INT: 250 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Mysterious Steps(R) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Traits: Divine Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Points: 9945 - System Level: 2] "System, I have enough points to upgrade you again, but will I faint again like last time if I do?" Asks Ye Mo. [Ding! Host is correct. Due to System being connected to Host''s soul, when the System is upgrading the Host will be forced into a deep sleep.] "I see. You will put up another barrier like last time right? I don''t want any beasts coming around me while I can''t wake up at all." Ye Mo asks the System. [Ding! Host is correct. Every time the System upgrades, a protective barrier will form around the Host for safety measures.] "That''s good. Well then, let''s upgrade you to level 3, shall we?" Laughs Ye Mo. [Ding! Would Host like to upgrade System to Level 3 for 7500 points? Y/N] Pressing the yes bu??on, Ye Mo feels the familiar force ?ssaulting his soul, causing him to lose consciousness again, like the System said. After he fell unconscious, all around 500 meters within him appeared a transparent, white dome which created a barrier all around. During the process of the System upgrade, an enormous amount of Qi gathered from all around and entered Ye Mo''s body. Even the Cleansing Lake beside Ye Mo quickly got drained of all it''s Qi and became an empty pit, similar to the Spirit Spring. The Qi formed a hurricane that entered Ye Mo''s dantian, which quickly absorbed it all, while the other half entered his Soul Space, increasing his Mental Energy, while also causing the black ball within both his dantian and Soul Space to increase in size, becoming fist size, rather than the palm size from before. Unknown to both Ye Mo and the System, a pair of black eyes were observing them from the sky, which seemed to pierce through space. It was only when Ye Mo was about to wake up that the eyes disappeared from the sky, leaving no traces of their existence behind. Ye Mo slowly opened his eyes and when he does, he can instantly feel all the changes within his body. Such as the increase in size of the dark ball in both his dantian and Soul Space, the increase in his strength, and the increase in his Mental Energy. Shaking his head, Ye Mo opened his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Lo Stage 9 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - AGI: 470 - VIT: 530 - INT: 325 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Mysterious Steps(R) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B) - Traits: Divine Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - ???: ???, ???(Conditions not yet met. Host has to be at Qi Sa to see) - Points: 2445 - System Level: 3] "My stats increased by about a hundred each, which is nice. I guess my cultivation will always increase to the peak of whichever realm I am in if I upgrade the System. That is pretty insane as, if I am in a higher realm, where it takes a long time to even increase one stage, and I upgrade the System, I would head straight to the peak. Those question marks on my status bug me a little, but I just need to reach Qi Sa to read them, it will just take a while." Laughs Ye Mo after checking his status. It was also at this time that the System popped up. [Ding! Host is correct. Every time the System gets upgraded, Host''s cultivation will increase to the Peak of whichever Realm he is in at the time. There is nothing special about breaking through to Qi Mu Realm, but Host would be able to get the Bonus Pack for that Realm. It is recommended to breakthrough fast. The price of the next System Upgrade is 15000 points. Please work hard, young man!] "Fuck, I think the System is developing a personality. Well, not that I mind. 15000 points though, huh. Well, at the rate I gather points, it actually won''t take me that long to get that many, as I can just find a few hordes to eliminate and sell the Inner Cores." Laughs Ye Mo as he stands up. Looking at the dried up Cleansing Lake, Ye Mo sighs before heading towards the Inner Region of the Forest of Horrors. All this time, Ye Mo has been in the outer regions. He only found that out when he scanned his Divine Sense all around. Ye Mo occasionally found a few beast along his run, but they all instantly ran away from him the second they sensed him. Perk of being strong, he guesses. Ye Mo simply ignores them since they are all weak beasts anyways. While he is running towards the Inner Region, he suddenly felt as if he was being watched. Perhaps to due instincts, Ye Mo activated his darkness power and became invisible. Only then did the gaze disappear. Ye Mo instantly sent his Divine Sense in the direction he felt the gaze from, and he could see a large group of monkeys living in a simple wooden town. There are even walls made out of sturdy wood, with a few spears creating an additional defense. Ye Mo searched around for a bit before he found the strongest monkey, and he analyzes it with the System. [Qi Lo Stage 8 Razor Ape King. This Ape King has gained the inheritance of the Razor Back Hybrid Monkey Emperor, and evolved to a Razor Ape King.] "That guy is pretty darn strong, If I went and fought with him right now, I only have a 60% chance of winning, and that is if I ignore all the other hundred or so monkeys that are there. The inheritance of the Razor Back Hybrid Monkey Emperor, huh. To be called Emperor, it needs to be at least at the Qi Pa Realm. Interesting." Laughs Ye Mo as he stops using his Divine Sense to observe the monkeys. Since he found out what was looking at him, Ye Mo stopped using his darkness power and turned visible again. When he didn''t feel the stare on him again, he shakes his head and continues running towards the Inner Region of the forest. Chapter 12 While he was running, Ye Mo was constantly using his Divine Sense to find a good area for his stay. He found a few beasts along his run, but most of them had just broken through to Qi Lo, so Ye Mo knows he isn''t at the Inner Regions yet. It was only 9 hours later, when Ye Mo started to constantly see Qi Lo Stage 6 and above beasts that he finally realized he reached the Inner Region. Happy to finally be at the Inner Region, Ye Mo used his Divine Sense using 80% of his Mental Energy, expanding the radius of it. After searching around for a few minutes, Ye Mo found a cave that has an insane amount of Qi within it, as if the cave was absorbing the surrounding Qi. A bit curious, Ye Mo headed towards the cave. Once there, Ye Mo can feel a bit of pressure from just the Qi, which lets him know that the amount of Qi here is capable of killing those with weaker cultivation. Truthfully, if Ye Mo wasn''t at the peak of Qi Lo, he wound find it hard to even move, let alone enter the cave. Wondering what is inside the cave for it to gather this much Qi, Ye Mo enters the cave casually, due to not sensing any danger within it at all, besides the Qi. After walking in the cave for a while, Ye Mo suddenly comes across a split path, leading into 3 different directions. Unfazed, Ye Mo used his Mental Energy to search for the path with the most Qi gathered. The result was that the right path has the most Qi gathered, so that should be the direction the Qi is gathering towards. Entering the right path, Ye Mo can instantly feel a bit of pressure from the Qi, though completely different from the Qi outside the path. It seems almost... devilish. After walking through the right path for a few hours at least, Ye Mo finally reached the end of the path and entered a large area within the cave. There are all types of structures within this area, such as broken down pillars, long, red and black carpets, a few paintings, which are broken down, and a throne. The throne is fully black in color, with red marks lining along the whole throne. Beside the throne is a sword, which is stabbed within the ground. The sword is similar to the throne, pitch black with red linings all along it. The hilt has a dragon on it, that goes straight to the tip of the hilt. When Ye Mo looked directly at the sword, he suddenly felt a familiar feeling, but he can''t recall what it is. All he knows that when he looked at the sword, it reminded him of something close to him, even though he cannot remember it. Walking closer towards the sword, Ye Mo could sense the large amounts of devilish Qi, but it didn''t affect him at all, and it even opened a path for him once he reached the sword. Staring at the sword for a few seconds, Ye Mo extends his right hand and grabs the hilt of the sword, and that is when it happened. Ye Mo suddenly found himself within a realistic dream, at least he thinks that is what it is. Within the dream, Ye Mo could see a figure. The figures face was blurry, but he could tell it was a young man from his body shape. The youth was holding the exact sword that Ye Mo grabbed earlier, so he figures the the youth has a connection with the sword. Suddenly, hundreds to thousands of people, as well as beasts, surrounded the youth from all directions, each and every one of them within the air. Shocked since only Qi He cultivators can fly, Ye Mo can''t understand. According to his memory from the database, there is b?r?ly a thousand Qi He cultivators on Malpo. Yet here, in this dream, there are more than a few thousand, and it might possibly reach ten thousand. There were a few old people in the front who seemed the strongest, and they started talking with the youth. Not able to hear what they are saying, Ye Mo can only watch in silence for something to happen. After the old men talked to the youth for a few minutes, they suddenly got angry and pointed at the youth and started yelling at him. While they were yelling, all of the surrounding cultivators and beasts started rushing towards the youth in one giant group. The youth simply looked at them, and even though is face was blurry, Ye Mo could feel the disdain emitted from his gaze towards the group. When they were about to reach the youth, he suddenly raised his sword and said something, after which his sword sent out a large wave of red, devilish Qi. The devilish Qi shrouded the whole sky, dying it red. After the devilish Qi faded, they were all dead. All ten thousand ''Qi He'' cultivators died. IN ONE MOVE! Unable to contain his shock, Ye Mo let out a startled cry. Perhaps the youth heard the sound, he suddenly looked straight towards Ye Mo. He felt a pressure far greater than that of the Earth Wyvern surround him, threatening to kill him, yet also seemingly soothing. Confused by this, Ye Mo could suddenly see the youth smile towards him. Unsure of how he could tell it was a smile, the youth said something towards him, but he couldn''t hear it at all. Then Ye Mo suddenly found himself back at the room with the throne, still holding the swords hilt. Just as Ye Mo was about to release his grip on the sword, the System sent a few screens. [Ding! Host has gained the acknowledgment of the Grade 9 Divine Devil Emperor''s Sword.(Sealed)] [Ding! Host has gained an Unknown Trait.] [Ding! Host has gained Unknown Perk.] "What the hell? Just by entering that dream like state I gained all this stuff. The sword even acknowledged me? Why?" Ye Mo stares at the sword, confused. Although Ye Mo was confused by the sudden turn of events, even before he entered the dream like state, Ye Mo could already feel a sense of connection with the sword, and after he gained the acknowledgment of it, that connection was even larger, and more clearer. Shaking his head slightly, Ye Mo brings up his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Lo Stage 9 - STR: 520 - AGI: 470 - VIT: 530 - INT: 325 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Mysterious Steps(R), Devil Storm(D) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), ???(D) - Traits: Divine Body(D), ???(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - ???: ???, ???(Conditions not yet met. Host has to be at Qi Sa to see) - System Level: 3] "The Devil Storm skill should be the skill that youth used to slaughter those ten thousand ''Qi He'' cultivators and beasts. The only thing I can see about the new Perk and Trait is that they are both Divine rank, just like the skill." Ye Mo sighs while looking at the new additions to his status. Looking at the sword, Ye Mo pulled it out of the ground and held it in his hands. With the sword in his hands, Ye Mo suddenly felt that familiar sense once again. Shaking his head, Ye Mo looks around the room while using analyze on everything to see if there is anything useful here. [Divine Devil Emperor''s Throne: The throne of the Divine Devil Emperor. When he was betrayed and heavily injured, the Divine Devil Emperor brought his Throne, Sword and a few other treasures with him to the Lower Realm and settled down. In the end, he succumbed to his serious injuries.] "Lower Realm? Is this place only the Lower Realm? Now I understand why there were so many ''Qi He'' cultivators and beasts in that dream. They were all at the Upper Realm, if that is what it is called. No wonder there are b?r?ly a thousand Qi He cultivators in the world, they all probably went to the other realm." Ye Mo finally understood. Shaking his head, Ye Mo focused on the ''few other treasures'' line, hinting that there should be a few treasures within this room. Ye Mo excitedly continues to look around the room using analyze to see if he can find those other treasures. Looking through the whole room, Ye Mo finally managed to find a few of said treasures. [Grade 7 Flexible Dragon Armor(Damaged): This armor was created by the scales of a Tier 7 Heavenly Dragon. The armor can defend from any attack up to Tier 3 without much injury.] [Grade 8 Devil Zhen Fruit: Eating this fruit will allow one to increase the strength of their Devil Qi] [Grade 6 Healing Pill: Swallowing this pill will increase all healing of injuries by 70%] [Grade 6 Hell Flower: The main ingredient of the Grade 6 Burning Death Pill] [Grade 5 Baralite Ore: This ore can create Grade 5 weapons, even a Grade 6 weapon if used with higher grade materials.] Opening his mouth wide, Ye Mo stares at all these items. The Grade 7 armor has been damaged and can only block up to Tier 3 attacks, but that is still very good. That Devil Zhen fruit would help with his new skill and sword. There are 24 of both Grade 6 Healing Pills and Grade 6 Qi Gathering Pills in total, placed within 4 bottles for each pill. There are 2 Hell Flowers, and 6 Baralite Ore. Ye Mo opens and closes his mouth a few times before he comes back to his senses. He decides to instantly put the armor on, since it is still very useful. As for everything else, Ye Mo puts them into his storage ring. He put the armor under his robe so it doesn''t get in the way, but still defends him properly. Looking around the cave, Ye Mo can still feel the immense amounts of Qi around, and he realizes this is the perfect place for him to cultivate right now. Sitting down on a somewhat clean spot, Ye Mo pops out one of the Grade 6 Qi Gathering Pills and swallows it, then activating his Death Mantra to gather all the Qi towards his dantian. Chapter 13 Two weeks later, Ye Mo opens his eyes and instantly smiles when he checked his dantian, which increased in size massively. A bit curious about his new strength, Ye Mo checks his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Mu Stage 3 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - AGI: 675 - VIT: 950 - INT: 450 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Mysterious Steps(R), Devil Storm(D) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), ???(D) - Traits: Divine Body(D), ???(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - ???: ???, ???(Conditions not yet met. Host has to be at Qi Sa to see) - Points: 2445 Before Ye Mo could question the huge increase in his stats, the System brought up a barrage of screens, causing him to swallow his words. [Ding! Host has began absorbing Devil Qi, attempting to purge from body.] [Ding! Unknown interference detected!] [Ding! Interference detected as ???(D) Trait!] [Ding! ???(D) Trait turns converts Host body to accept Devil Qi!] [Ding! All Qi absorbed by Host turns into Devil Qi!] "Uh... What?" That is all Ye Mo can say. Apparently his new Divine Trait has a lot more secrets than he originally thought, if it can interfere with the System. Still rather confused, Ye Mo asks the System for clarification. [Ding! Due to Host''s ???(D) Trait, Host is capable of absorbing Devil Qi now, and all Qi Host abossrbs from anywhere will convert to Devil Qi. Perceived as a good thing due to Hosts Divine Devil Sword and Devil Storm Skill.] "Whatever. If even the System says it is good for me, then it is. Why did my cultivation increase that much though? I only cultivated for 2 weeks but I broke through a new Realm, and even increased an additional 3 stages atop of that." Sighs Ye Mo while asking. "115% more than average? How nice. I really wonder what that Trait really is. Will I be able to see the words hidden behind the question marks when I reach the Qi Sa Realm, just like the other question mark rows? Well, I will find out when I do reach that stage." Laughs Ye Mo while he stands up and looks around. The cave that had Devil Qi lingering around everywhere is now empty, with only the physical item that were there before. All of the Devil Qi was absorbed by Ye Mo during his cultivation, as well as all of the Qi outside of this small Devil area. Laughing happily, Ye Mo walks towards the entrance of the cave he came in from, and left the cave. After leaving the cave, Ye Mo activates his Divine Sense and scans the surrounding area before he quickly heads in a direction. After sprinting for an hour, Ye Mo finally reached his destination. The place he was heading towards was a village. Not a human village, but a village full of monkeys. It''s the village with that Razor Back Ape King, which glared at him when he was heading towards the cave. While hiding himself with his darkness power, Ye Mo observes the village. There are at least 150 monkeys in it, most of them being Qi Lo Stage 2-3. Around 40 are at Stage 4, while 15 are at Stage 5, the rest being at Stage 2 or 3. The Razor Back Ape King only increased it''s cultivation by one stage, reaching Qi Lo Stage 9. Clenching his fist, Ye Mo could feel a large amount of power, which gives him the confidence to win against the village. After confirming that the Razor Back Ape King can''t find him anymore, Ye Mo holds the Divine Devil Sword, while sneaking towards the Razor Back Ape King''s hut. Very easily, Ye Mo sneaked into the hut without informing it of his presence. He slowly and quietly walked behind it and once there, he raised his sword and slashed towards the neck of the Razor Back Ape King without hesitation. It finally managed to find out something was wrong due to a massive sense of danger, so it instantly roared and used a burst of strength to leap away from the spot it was at. Feeling the danger disappear, the Razor Back Ape King seemed relieved before it looked towards Ye Mo who appeared out of thin air. Roaring at him angrily, it was about to rush towards him and duke it out, when it felt something was wrong. The human in front of it was looking at it''s right side while silently laughing, so the Razor Back Ape King looked there as well, and it was shocked. It''s entire right arm was missing from the shoulder down, and was bleeding heavily. Angry, the Razor Back Ape King cried out loudly, calling all of it''s brethren towards his location for ?ssistance, as it realized it is not match for the human in front of it alone. Feeling it''s pride as the King taking a hit, the Razor Back Ape King rushed at Ye Mo without waiting for it''s brethren and began fighting him fiercely. Seeing the Razor Back Ape King rushing at him without waiting for backup, Ye Mo snorts and shakes his head before using Lightning Slash and Stab Burst, stabbing his sword towards the ?h?st of the monkey. It backs up and dodges the attack, but still gets slightly burned from the lighting coming off of the sword. Annoyed, the Razor Back Ape King roared and it''s body suddenly got covered in iron, while spikes also grew from it''s back. Looking at the iron covered monkey in front of him, Ye Mo snorts again and stabs his sword towards it again, only this time he used Mysterious Steps, appearing behind the Razor Back Ape King who was defending it''s ?h?st, stabbing his lightning covered sword into it''s back. The sword cleanly pierced through the iron body of the Razor Back Monkey King, pointing out of it''s ?h?st. The Razor Back Ape King looks down in a daze and suddenly sees the sword, before it''s vision was turned black, finally falling to the ground. Taking his sword out of the corpse, Ye Mo turns to look at the over a hundred monkeys that finally appeared. Looking at their shocked and dazed faces, Ye Mo smiled evilly and figured this was the perfect chance to use his new skill. Raising his sword, Ye Mo quietly smoke two words aloud. "Devil Storm." After speaking those two words, a massive amount of Devil Qi swept out form his sword, enshrouding the whole village. Ye Mo could still see clearly within the fog, so he could see how the monkeys died. Their life force was rapidly being drained from their bodies by the Devil Storm, causing them to die from inside, leaving no wounds behind. Looking at the Devil Storm he created, he realized it wasn''t even 1% of the one that Youth used in the dream. It took 3 minutes for all of the monkeys to die with his, while it took one second for the Youth to kill those ''Qi He'' cultivators. [Ding! Host has killed 55 Qi Lo Stage 2 Razor Back Apes. Gained 2300 points.] [Ding! Host has killed 40 Qi Lo Stage 3 Razor Back Apes. Gained 2000 points.] [Ding! Host has killed 40 Qi Lo Stage 4 Razor Back Apes. Gained 3000 points.] [Ding! Host has killed 15 Qi Lo Stage 5 Razor Back Apes. Gained 3500 points.] [Ding! Host has killed Qi Lo Stage 9 Razor Back Ape King. Gained 6500 points.] [Ding! Host has sold 55 Qi Lo Stage 2 Inner Cores, 40 Qi Lo Stage 3 Inner Cores, 40 Qi Lo Stage 4 Inner Cores, 15 Qi Lo Stage 5 Inner Cores and 1 Qi Lo Stage 9 Inner Core for 22500 points.] Looking at the 39800 points he just gained, Ye Mo starts grinning happily. Feeling slightly hungry, Ye Mo cuts up the Ape King and a few regular apes and eats them to fill himself up before checking his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Mu Stage 3 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 750 - AGI: 685 - VIT: 975 - INT: 465 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Mysterious Steps(R), Devil Storm(D) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), ???(D) - Traits: Divine Body(D), ???(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - ???: ???, ???(Conditions not yet met. Host has to be at Qi Sa to see) - Points: 41345 - System Level: 3] "Damn! I have over 40000 points now. I knew it wouldn''t take me long at all to gather enough points for another System upgrade. Just gotta massacre a few places like this and I can get enough for another upgrade. How much was the upgrade again?" Happily laughs Ye Mo. [Ding! The System Upgrade to Level 4 costs 30000 points. Does Host wish to Proceed with the Upgrade? Y/N] Looking at the screen, Ye Mo clicked no since he isn''t at a good spot. Using his Divine Sense, Ye Mo scans the surrounding area and finds an abandoned cave, so he heads there. 45 minutes later Ye Mo enters the cave he found and blocks the entrance with a large rock before heading deeper into the cave. Once at the deepest part within the cave, Ye Mo sits down and brings up the System Upgrade again. [Ding! Does Host wish to upgrade the System for 30000 points Y/N] Pressing yes this time, Ye Mo can feel the pressure he felt twice before so he doesn''t panic while he faints once again. After fainting, Qi gets gathered from all directions and starts entering his body rapidly. Like before, half went to his dantian, while the other half went to his Soul Space. Then, his cultivation rapidly rose. Qi Mu Stage 4... Qi Mu Stage 5... Qi Mu Stage 6... Qi Mu Stage 7... Qi Mu Stage 8... Qi Mu Stage 9... Qi Mu Stage 9 Peak... Stopping at the peak of Qi Mu Stage 9, his cultivation can''t increase any further, just like the other times. A second ball began to form within his dantian, only this time it was red, like his eyes. Similarly, an identical red ball began forming within his Soul Space as well. After they both formed completely, they began fusing with the black balls both the dantian and Soul Space. After a complete fusion, there is only one ball that is half black and half red residing in both dantian and Soul Space. After a few more minutes passed, Ye Mo began rousing before he finally opened his eyes. Chapter 14 After opening his eyes, Ye Mo instantly felt that his cultivation increased to the peak of Qi Mu due to the System Upgrade. Very happy about the huge increase, he brings up his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/??? - Cultivation Realm: Qi Mu Stage 9 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 1100 - VIT: 1450 - INT: 750 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Mysterious Steps(R), Devil Storm(D) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), ???(D) - Traits: Divine Body(D), ???(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - ???: ???, ???(Conditions not yet met. Host has to be at Qi Sa to see) - Points: 11345 - System Level: 3] [Ding! Host''s VIT stat will increase more and more due to the ???(D) Trait Host gained.] "Should of figured. This unknown divine trait is giving me a lot of benefits, huh. I really wonder what it is." Laughs Ye Mo after getting his answer. [Ding! Host has broken through to Qi Mu Realm and will be given a Bonus Pack due to a wish. Due to certain reasons, it was delayed until now. The Bonus Pack are as follows: One Skill Upgrade Coupon, one Random Grade 3 Skill Coupon, one System Treasure Chest and 5000 points.] Two pieces of paper and a small box appear in front of Ye Mo suddenly, confusing him. After reading through the screen, he realizes what they are and looks down at them to analyze. [Skill Upgrade Coupon: A coupon created by the System. It can increase the grade of any skill as long as it is below Divine.(One Use Remaining.)] [Random Grade 3 Skill Coupon: Using this will grant Host a random Grade 3 skill, whether it is from the System or the world.(One Use Remaining.) [System Treasure Chest: A treasure ?h?st created by the System. Opening it will grant Host anything from Grade 1 to Grade 4.] "Interesting Bonus Pack there. Well, let''s use them I guess." Laughs Ye Mo. He picks up the Random Grade 3 Skill Coupon first and rips it in half, which is how you use it. A few colors appeared in front of him and formed a small wheel like thing. It spins itself automatically and stops on one of the green colors. "A sword skill? It''s even a rare grade how nice. It can deal quite a lot of damage if someone gets hit by it. that 5% chance of leaving Death Qi in their body is also very good, since it will damage them from within, giving me a higher chance of winning a fight if they have the same strength as me, or stronger." Laughs Ye Mo as he is happy with his new skill. Looking at the Skill Upgrade Coupon, Ye Mo instantly decides to upgrade his new skill to SR grade, since it is obviously the best choice. He only has 3 other skills he can upgrade and none of them are anywhere as good as this one, so it''s obvious. Picking up the coupon, Ye Mo rips it like the first one. [Skill Upgrade Coupon activated. Please choose which skill host would like to upgrade: Stab Burst(B), Lighting Slash(U), Mysterious Steps(R), Sword of Death(R)] Looking at the skills, like he thought he can''t upgrade the Divine rank skills. Since he already knew that, he goes with his decision and chooses the Sword of Death. [Sword of Death(R) has been upgraded to Sword of Death(SR). 5% increased to 7%.] It took him a few seconds to figure out what that meant, but he realized that his chance of leaving Death Qi in the enemies body increased by 2%, which made him extremely happy. He thought it would only increase by 1% at most. Looking at the treasure ?h?st, Ye Mo looks at it and finds a small bu??on, which he presses. After he presses the bu??on, the box opened and started shining with multiple colors. Eventually, it stopped on a blue color and a piece of paper came out of the ?h?st. Picking it up, Ye Mo analyzes it. [Grade 4 Random Perk Coupon: Using this coupon the Host will get a random Grade 4 perk.(One Use Remaining.)] "What the heck, haha. I got a perk coupon now. Whatever, let''s just use it." Ye Mo laughs before he rips the coupon. [Ding! Host has gained the perk Eternal Youth(SR): Host will never age and will always look like a youth between age 18 and 20.] Looking at the screen, Ye Mo doesn''t know whether to laugh or cry. This perk might seem good, but it is pretty damn useless to cultivators, since their lifespan increases by each breakthrough they make. Sighing to himself, Ye Mo decides to cultivate for a while to breakthrough to Qi Sa since he is at the peak of Qi Mu. taking out a Grade 6 Qi Gathering Pill from his storage ring, he swallows it and activates Death Mantra. The Qi in the surroundings were rapidly drawn to him and absorbed into his dantian at full force, bringing him closer and closer to the breakthrough. 3 weeks later, Ye Mo opens his eyes. Checking his dantian, he knows he finally entered Qi Sa so he decides to open his status, but is interrupted by the System. [Ding! Host has entered Qi Sa Realm, and the question marks on his Status disappeared. Changes are as follows: Race: Human/??? > Race: Human/Devil, Perk: ???(D) > Perk: Devil Regeneration(D), Trait: ???(D) > Trait: Devil Body(D), ???: ???,??? > Transformation: Human, Devil.] Looking at the screen, Ye Mo can''t even say anything. Very confused, he just brings up his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Gender: Male - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Sa Stage 1 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 1200 - AGI: 1050 - VIT: 1550 - INT: 850 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Mysterious Steps(R), Devil Storm(D), Sword of Death(SR) - Traits: Divine Body(D), Devil Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Points: 16345 - System Level: 3] "So.... I am half human half devil now?" Asks Ye Mo. [Ding! Host is correct.] "I see. No wonder the Goddess was amused when I created by body. She already knew I was going to turn out like this. I guess there isn''t really a downside to this, since it will most likely strengthen me. Whatever. Can you tell me about the new Perk, Trait and that Transformation thing please?" Sighs Ye Mo. [Ding! The Perk Devil Regeneration(D) will heal any limbs Host loses. If Host loses his arm, it will heal after a while, same with his leg. If Host loses his head, it will heal after a year. The Trait Devil Body(D) will make Host gather Qi faster by 45% and convert all Qi gathered into Devil Qi. Host will also not be able to die unless Host''s heart is cut in pieces. The Transformation will allow Host to turn between Human and Devil. Turning into Devil mode, Host will be able to fight those 4 stages above him.] "I see. I was correct in ?ssuming that I would just get stronger due to this. Hah, I will just take it. Oh right, when will I get my Bonus Pack for entering Qi Sa?" Ye Mo asks while sighing. [Ding! Host will get his Qi Sa Bonus Pack in 3 days.] "3 days, huh. I guess the System is figuring out what to give me, then creating it with it''s own power. Oh well, what should I do now?" Wonders Ye Mo. After a while, Ye Mo decided to try out his Devil form, so he uses the Transformation tab to turn into a Devil. A black light surrounds his body for a few seconds before it disappears. When it disappears, rather than the normal Ye Mo, there is a Devil Ye Mo. His long black hair turned silver, the white of his eyes turned completely black, and he grew 2 red horns out of his head. Looking behind him, he doesn''t see a tail, so he is interested. Is it because he is only half Devil? Clenching his fist, he can feel that his strength did indeed increase a decently while in this form, so he knows what the System said is true. Deciding to test his power, Devil Ye Mo uses his Divine Sense and searches for a beast. After searching for a few minutes, he finds a Qi Mu Stage 8 fox, so he runs towards it. Devil Ye Mo instantly notices his huge increase in speed while in this form, so he laughs to himself. After running for 30 minutes, he reaches the place where the fox is at and analyzes it. [Qi Mu Stage 8 Fire Fox.] Looking at the red fox with 3 tails in front of him, Devil Ye Mo smiles evilly and rushes straight towards it without taking out his sword. The Fire Fox could feel the huge threat he gives to it, so he shoots out a huge cone of fire, which Devil Ye Mo ignores and runs through. Coming out the other side, Devil Ye Mo has no injuries, not even his robe is burned. The fox instantly turns around to run but Devil Ye Mo laughs loudly and chases it. He catches up to it in a few seconds and stabs his right hand into it''s ?h?st from behind, taking out a bloody heart. Looking at the heart, Devil Ye Mo squeezes his hand and crushes it completely. Looking at the corpse of the fox, he rips out some meat and starts eating it until he is a bit full. Then he pulls the Inner Core out and crushes it. The Inner Core turns into red dust which invades his body. Shaking his head, Devil Ye Mo cancels the transformation and turns back into Ye Mo. Looking at the dead fox, Ye Mo sucks in a deep breath and turns away. "System, why did I go insane like that?" Asks Ye Mo. [Ding! Host gains the instincts of a Devil when he transforms, so it is a bit dangerous.] Shaking his head, Ye Mo starts walking back to the cave he was at before while screens pop up. [Ding! Host has killed Qi Mu Stage 8 Fire Fox. Gained 1500 points.] [Ding! Host has absorbed Qi Mu Stage 8 Fire Fox Inner Core. Gained Perk Fire Resistance(U).] "Huh. I can gain perks by crushing Inner Cores? Ah, that makes sense. I got the Poison Resistance by eating the Inner Core of that snake." Ye Mo says. Due to his instincts while he is a Devil, he knew that crushing Inner Cores can give him perks. Not confused since the System explained it, he heads back to his cave and sits down. After which, he uses Death Mantra and starts gathering Qi without the pill. Chapter 15 3 days later, Ye Mo opens his eyes. The reason is because the Bonus Pack for entering Qi Sa will be given to him today, so he stops cultivating to wait for it. Not long after, the System brought up the screen. [Ding! Host has entered Qi Sa Realm and will be given a Bonus Pack due to a wish. The Bonus Pack is as follows: System Treasure Chest, Skill Evolution Coupon, Orb of Darkness, Devil Form Upgrade and 10000 points.] "Whew~ Really nice. Another ?h?st, a Skill Evolution Coupon, which is obviously what the name of it says, no clue what that Orb of Darkness is, but that Devil Form Upgrade, I guess it will make my Devil form stronger." Whistles Ye Mo in praise. A small ?h?st, a piece of paper, and a black orb all appear on the ground in front of him and be picks them up to analyze them. [System Treasure Chest: A treasure ?h?st created by the System. Opening will grant Host anything from Grade 1 to Grade 4.] [Skill Evolution Coupon: Using this Coupon, Host can Evolve a random skill of his.(One Use Remaining.)] [Orb of Darkness: If Host cultivates while holding this, his Darkness Element will increase in strength slowly.] [Devil Form Upgrade: Host''s Devil Form will be strengthened. Rather than 4 stages above, Host can now fight those 5 stages above him in Devil Form.] "Oh~ Even though the evolution is random, this means I have a chance to upgrade a Divine skill too. Not that it''s likely, though. The Orb of Darkness is really good, since Darkness is my main element, while Death is just a bonus. A whole stage increase in strength for my Devil Form is also nice." Grins Ye Mo while he brings up his status. [Status Screen - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Sa Stage 1 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 1200 - AGI: 1050 - VIT: 1550 - INT: 850 - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), Devil Regeneration(D), Eternal Youth(SR), Fire Resistance(U) - Traits: Divine Body(D), Devil Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Points: 27845 - System Level: 3] "My points went up a bit, which is nice. Well, lets use the Skill Upgrade Coupon and open the System Treasure Chest." Says Ye Mo. Picking up the ?h?st, Ye Mo clicks the small bu??on and the ?h?st opens, showing multiple colors. After a while, it stops on a green color, and a piece of paper comes out. [Grade 3 Poison Orb: An Orb for people with Poison Element. Useless for Host.] [Ding! Host has used a Skill Evolution Coupon. Random skill chosen was Mysterious Steps(R). Mysterious Steps(R) will evolve.... Mysterious Steps(R) evolved to Devil Movement(E).] "My movement skill evolved huh. Devil Movement, everything has to do with my Devil form, haha. It''s an Epic skill now, rather than Rare, which is very nice. Let''s try it out" Laughs Ye Mo. Ye Mo activates Devil Movement and he can instantly feel that his speed tripled, while he can also turn his legs blurry just like with Mysterious Steps. When he stops using Devil Movement, he felt a small headache attack him, letting him know that it uses quite a bit of Mental Energy to use the skill. Shaking his head to get rid of the headache, Ye Mo wonders what he should do now. After thinking for a while, he decides to enter the middle regions of the forest, since the inner regions will be too weak for him now, thanks to his Devil form. "System, which direction will lead me to the middle regions of the forest? Ye Mo asks. [Ding! Host has to move East to enter the Middle Regions of the Forest of Horrors.] Using his Divine Sense to find East, Ye Mo starts running in that direction. Along the way a few beasts would approach him, but when he released a bit of his Devil Qi, they all scurried away in fear, letting him run peacefully. After 6 hours of running, Ye Mo finally reached the middle regions. As if he passed through some invisible barrier, the Qi density here increased by 5 times that of the inner regions. A bit startled, Ye Mo asks the System what happened. [Ding! There is a barrier created by a strong cultivator around the middle regions. Beasts from the middle regions can''t leave the middle regions, and beasts from the inner regions can''t enter the middle regions. Humans can freely enter and exit. The barrier increases the Qi density by 5 times. It was created for unknown reasons.] Since even the weakest beasts are this strong, then how about the strongest beasts? Would they be at the peak of Qi Sa? Possibly even at Qi Pa? Grinning happily, Ye Mo runs towards a Qi Mu Stage 6 beast. A few minutes later he reaches a small cave, where the beast is at. Walking in the cave without hiding himself, Ye Mo grins to himself when he feels the beast release it''s energy to pressure him into leaving. Laughing at it''s foolishness, Ye Mo speeds up and reaches the beast in no time. [Qi Mu Stage 6 Two Headed Snake.] Looking at the 50 feet long snake, Ye Mo grins while taking out his Divine Devil sword, and rushes at the beast. He uses Stab Burst and Lighting Slash when he is within range and his sword leaves a cut on the snake who was too slow to dodge. It hisses loudly and spits out two balls of poison, similar to snake that nearly killed him before. Snorting at the poison, Ye Mo uses Devil Movement and appears above it with the speed boost. He stabs his lighting coated sword into left head of the snake, cutting it off. The snake starts shaking crazily while trying to knock Ye Mo off, who just laughs evilly and cuts off the other head. The snake moves a little bit, but Ye Mo kills it by stabbing his sword into it''s heart. After killing it, he jumps off the snake and cuts open both heads of the snake, getting 2 Inner Cores. [Ding! Host has killed Qi Mu Stage 6 Two Headed Snake. gained 2000 points.] [Ding! Host has sold two Qi Mu Stage 6 Inner Cores for 5000 points.] After gaining an easy 7000 points, Ye Mo leaves the small cave and uses his Divine Sense to look for a Cleansing Lake. After a few minutes, Ye Mo reaches a Cleansing Lake that is 3 times the size of the others he stayed at before. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Sa Stage 1 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 1200 - AGI: 1050 - INT: 850 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Devil Movement(E), Devil Storm(D), Sword of Death(SR) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), Devil Regeneration(D), Eternal Youth(SR), Fire Resistance(U) - Traits: Divine Body(D), Devil Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Points: 34845 - System Level: 3] "How many points do I need to upgrade the System to level 4?" Asks Ye Mo [Ding! Host spent 30000 points to upgrade System to Level 3. The cost increases by 4 times, so Host needs 120000 points to upgrade System to Level 4.] "120000 points... That might take a while. I need just under 90000 points, huh." Ye Mo sighs. Ye Mo decides to just cultivate for now. He sits down beside the lake and starts using Death Mantra to gather Qi towards himself. Just before he began, he took another Grade 6 Qi Gathering Pill, increasing the gathering by another 70%. The Qi from everywhere but the lake nearby started gathering to his black/red core in both his dantian and Soul Space, nourishing them. Chapter 16 3 months later, Ye Mo opens his eyes and stops cultivating. He inspects his dantian and notices it increased slightly, so he brings up his status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Sa Stage 3 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 1400 - AGI: 1250 - VIT: 1750 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Devil Movement(E), Devil Storm(D), Sword of Death(SR) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), Devil Regeneration(D), Eternal Youth(SR), Fire Resistance(U) - Traits: Divine Body(D), Devil Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Points: 34845 - System Level: 3] "3 months and I broke through twice, not bad. It takes such a long time to breakthrough now, so I am really glad I have those pills. I have 20 left now, huh." Ye Mo mutters while checking his storage ring. Looking at his points, Ye Mo decides to go out and slaughter a bunch of beasts so that he gets closer to 120000 points for the upgrade. Using Divine Sense, Ye Mo spots two wolfs hunting together, he ?ssumes, so he chooses them as his targets. [Qi Mu Stage 7 Ice Wolf.] [Qi Mu Stage 6 Ice Wolf.] [Qi Mu Stage 7 Iron Boar] Ye Mo watches them fight for a few minutes, and when they are all somewhat injured, he takes out his Divine Devil Sword and uses Devil Movement to appear behind them immediately. They notice him right away, but his sword already stabbed through the Stage 6 Ice Wolf, piercing it''s heart. The other Ice Wolf roars out in rage and rushes towards Ye Mo, but he is injured so he is a lot slower than usual, so Ye Mo easily cuts off it''s head. The Iron Boar tried to run away, but it is slower than the wolfs, so Ye Mo caught up to it and easily cut it''s head off. He picks up the three Inner Cores and cuts up the bear and Ice Wolf and eats them until he is full. Then, he crushes the Stage 7 Inner Core and sells the other 2 to the System. [Ding! Host has killed Qi Mu Stage 6 Ice Wolf. Gained 1500 points.] [Ding! Host has killed Qi Mu Stage 7 Ice Wolf. Gained 1750 points.] [Ding! Host has killed Qi Mu Stage 7 Iron Boar. Gained 1750 points.] [Ding! Host has absorbed a Qi Mu Stage 7 Ice Inner Core and gained the perk Ice Resistance(U)] After killing them, Ye Mo heads towards another few beasts. This time, his target is a fox that is fighting a monkey. Hiding himself while they injure each other, he analyzes them. [Qi Mu Stage 7 Shadow Fox(3 tail)] [Qi Mu Stage 7 Steel Monkey] They fight each other for 5 minutes before they are injured enough for Ye Mo to easily kill them. He uses Devil Movement and stabs his sword into the heart of the Steel Monkey, killing it instantly. Then he rushes at the Shadow Fox and cuts it in half before it could react, as it was too injured to. He cuts out the Inner cores and crushes the Shadow Fox Inner Core while selling the Steel Monkey''s Inner Core to the System. [Ding! Host has killed Qi Mu Stage 7 Steel Monkey. Gained 1750 points.] [Ding! Host has killed Qi Mu Stage 7 Shadow Fox(3 tail). Gained 1750 points.] [Ding! Host has sold one Qi Mu Stage 7 Inner Core for 3000 points.] "Oh~ I can strengthen my Darkness power by absorbing Inner Cores with Darkness power. Good to know." Ye Mo laughs to himself. He uses his Divine Sense again and finds a big battle going on. There are probably 10 or 15 beasts fighting, so he gets excited since he can get a lot of points from this. He uses his Darkness power to turn invisible, just in case, while he rushes there. Once there, he finds 3 dead beasts, so he gets upset since he lost points, but he can sell their Inner Cores at least. He waits for 50 minutes before all of the remaining 12 beasts are injured enough, and he uses his Devil Storm skill, shrouding the area in Devil Qi. After a few minutes, the remaining beasts are dead and Ye Mo can easily gather all of the Inner Cores. There were 4 Darkness Inner Cores, a Water Inner Core and an Earth Inner Core that he crushes to get the perks, and he sells the rest. [Ding! Host has killed 9 Qi Mu Stage 7 beasts. Gained 15000 points.] [Ding! Host has killed 3 Qi Mu Stage 8 beasts. Gained 18000 points.] [Ding! Host has sold 8 Qi Mu Stage 7 Inner Cores and 1 Qi Mu Stage 8 Inner Core for 40000 points.] [Ding! Host has absorbed 4 Qi Mu Stage 7 Darkness Inner Cores. Host''s Darkness power has slightly strengthened.] [Ding! Host has absorbed a Qi Mu Stage 8 Water Inner Core and gained Water Resistance(U)] Looking at all the screens that came up recently, Ye Mo figures it is a good time to look at his status to see his point gain. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Sa Stage 3 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 1400 - VIT: 1750 - INT: 1050 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Devil Movement(E), Devil Storm(D), Sword of Death(SR) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), Devil Regeneration(D), Eternal Youth(SR), Fire Resistance(U), Ice Resistance(U), Water Resistance(U), Earth Resistance(U) - Traits: Divine Body(D), Devil Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Points: 124345 - System Level: 3] "Woo~ I actually got over 120000 points now, so I can upgrade the System again finally." Happily laughs Ye Mo. He ignores all the dead beast corpses and runs back to the Cleansing Lake. Once there, he jumps into it and cleans himself off before he dresses himself and sits down beside the lake. After which, he asks to Upgrade the System. [Ding! Does Host wish to Upgrade the System to Level 4 for 120000 points? Y/N] Ye Mo clicks yes without hesitation and instantly faints. The Qi needed to upgrade the System to Level 4 was quite a lot, so even the Cleansing Lake was completely dried up by the end of it. Ye Mo''s cultivation rapidly increased, once again. Qi Sa Stage 4... Qi Sa Stage 5... Qi Sa Stage 6... Qi Sa Stage 7... Qi Sa Stage 8... Qi Sa Stage 9... Qi Sa Stage 9 Peak... Once again, his cultivation reached the peak of his current realm, bringing him very close to Qi Pa Realm. Ye Mo twitches slightly and slowly opens his eyes. Chapter 17 After opening his eyes, Ye Mo could see that his dantian increased rapidly, so he happily opens his status to check it out. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Sa Stage 9 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 2000 - AGI: 1850 - VIT: 2350 - INT: 1650 - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), Devil Regeneration(D), Eternal Youth(SR), Fire Resistance(U), Ice Resistance(U), Water Resistance(U), Earth Resistance(U) - Traits: Divine Body(D), Devil Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Points: 4345 - System Level: 4] Looking at his meager points, Ye Mo lets out a sigh before he jumps up off the ground. Since his cultivation is at the peak of Qi Sa, he figures he should go and have a fight with the strongest beast in the Forest of Horrors, which is somewhere in the middle regions, so he asks the System to guide him to it. [Ding! Host can follow the arrow to reach the beast.] Ye Mo follows the arrow that appeared for 8 hours before he reaches the place where the strongest beast here lives at. He looks around and notices a massive lake, and felt a huge pressure from inside it. Looking at it closer, he can see a faint figure within it, so he analyzes it. Looking at that note, Ye Mo knows that he stands no chance. Just it being at Qi Pa Stage 3 tells him that. At least, HE doesn''t stand a chance. His other form might. Ye Mo instantly transforms into his Devil form. A shroud of darkness covers him for a few seconds before disappearing. In the place of Ye Mo stands Devil Ye Mo. His long silver hair, his black and red eyes, and his two red horns. Devil Ye Mo looks towards the lake and notices that the Flood Dragon is coming out. Grinning madly to himself, Devil Ye Mo waits for his opponent. After the Flood Dragon comes out, it instantly looks at Devil Ye Mo. Looking at the Devil in front of it, the Flood Dragon get angry and the water from the lake starts rising and rushes towards him. Looking at the water coming his way, Devil Ye Mo snorts disdainfully and waves his hand, dissipating the incoming water attack. Seeing it''s attack disappear so easily, the Flood Dragon gets displeased and flaps it''s wings slightly, appearing in front of Devil Ye Mo instantly. Unable to dodge, Devil Ye Mo gets hit by the tail of the Flood Dragon and gets sent flying hundreds of meters, crashing through trees. When he gets up from the ground, Devil Ye Mo notices that the left arm he used to block himself from the tail is gone from the shoulder down, causing him lots of pain. Looking at the Flood Dragon coming his way, Devil Ye Mo gets angry and takes out the Divine Devil Sword. He uses Devil Movement and instantly rushes at the Flood Dragon while using Devil Storm. The Flood Dragon gets covered in a shroud of Devil Qi and starts getting injured a lot. While Devil Ye Mo was gloating towards it, the Flood Dragon suddenly roars out and the Devil Storm got dissipated. Stunned, Devil Ye Mo looks at the Flood Dragon. The Flood Dragon looks at Devil Ye Mo and uses it''s power to send waves of water flying at him, blocking all of his directions. He tries to break the water barrier covering him, but his attacks bounced off of it. When he was about to get fed up, Devil Ye Mo suddenly feels an immense amounts of pain coming from his stomach, so he looks down. His stomach was impaled by the tail of the Flood Dragon, which used it to lift him in front of it''s face. Devil Ye Mo could tell that the Flood Dragon was looking down at him with disdain, which angers him. He slowly and weakly lifts his sword and points it at the Flood Dragon. It snorts at him and is about to swallow him when he speaks. "Sword of Death." A large beam of Devil Qi mixed with Death Qi was shot straight into the open mouth of the Flood Dragon, rupturing it''s insides, and turning it''s organs into a bloody mess. The Flood Dragon looks at Devil Ye Mo in shock, who looks back at it laughingly. ... ... ... Ye Mo slowly opens his eyes and looks around confused. He takes a minute to realize something, and he instantly shot up and looked around. Seeing the dead Flood Dragon beside him, he slowly lets out a sigh of relief and looks at his body. His left arm grew back and the huge hole in his stomach filled in and looked normal. Moving his stiff left arm, Ye Mo cuts out the Inner Core of the Flood Dragon and crushes it. [Ding! Host has killed Qi Pa Stage 3 Flood Dragon. Gained 25000 points.] [Ding! Host has absorbed Qi Pa Stage 3 Water Inner Core and upgraded his Water Resistance. Water Resistance(U) > Water Resistance(SR).] Looking at the screen, Ye Mo sighs before he brings up his status. [Status Screen - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Sa Stage 9 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 2000 - AGI: 1850 - VIT: 2350 - INT: 1650 - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), Devil Regeneration(D), Eternal Youth(SR), Fire Resistance(U), Ice Resistance(U), Water Resistance(SR), Earth Resistance(U) - Traits: Divine Body(D), Devil Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Points: 29345 - System Level: 4] Feeling quite hungry, Ye Mo looks at the Flood Dragon''s corpse and starts cutting it up. He eats 70% of the Flood Dragon before he is full, and he stores the rest of the meat in his storage ring. Ye Mo gets up and stretches his body. He is about to leave the area when a screen pops up. [Ding! Detected unknown egg! Host should bind it to himself!] Ye Mo gets slightly startled before he looks around for the egg. He finds it a few minutes later within the lake, and he brings it out. The egg is pure white and is about half the size of his body. Looking at it, Ye Mo asks the System what to do. Ye Mo bites his finger and drops a bit of blood onto the egg. Nothing happens at first, but suddenly a few screens pop up in front of him, while the egg also changes colors. [Ding! System has detected a bind on the Unknown Egg... Removing Bind!] [Ding! Bind has been removed!] [Ding! Host blood being absorbed by Unknown Egg... Detecting change!] [Ding! Unknown Egg has been bounded to Host!] Looking at the now black and red egg, Ye Mo sighs to himself and picks it up. He looks around and finds a cave using Divine Sense, which he heads to. Once there, Ye Mo found it to be abandoned, which works for him. He blocks the entrance with a large rock and heads deeper in. When he reaches the deepest part of the cave, Ye Mo sits down and puts the egg beside him on the ground gently. He then opens his storage ring and takes out the Orb of Darkness, and hold it in his hands while activating Death Mantra, gathering Qi towards himself. Unknown to Ye Mo, when he started cultivating, the Unknown Egg started shaking slightly before it stopped and stilled once again. This repeated for the 6 months Ye Mo cultivated before, until it hatched. Chapter 18 Ye Mo opened his eyes 6 months later due to a screen popping up and the System telling him to wake up constantly. Shaking his head, Ye Mo checks his status first. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Pa Stage 2 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 2300 - AGI: 2150 - VIT: 2650 - INT: 1950 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Devil Movement(E), Devil Storm(D), Sword of Death(SR) - Traits: Divine Body(D), Devil Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Points: 29345 - System Level: 4] "I broke through three times, huh. That''s surprising." Mutters Ye Mo. [Ding! Unknown Egg is hatching! Please pay attention, Host!] [Ding! Host has broken through to Qi Pa Realm! Host will be given a Bonus Pack in 7 days.] "The egg is hatching? Well, let''s see what will come out of it. It might be a dragon since the Flood Dragon had it with it. Well I will find out soon." Laughs Ye Mo as he looks at the egg. Nearly an hour later, the egg starts to crack slightly, then large cracks appear all over the surface of the egg. Then, a hole appears in the egg, and the top of it got smacked off by whatever was in it. A bit excited, Ye Mo focuses his attention on what is coming out, and what he sees dumbfounds him. What came out of the egg was a little girl around 6 years old. She had silver hair and red eyes, just like his Devil form. The only thing missing was the horns and the blackness of the eyes. Her eyes are red with white, rather than red with black. When I am looking at her shocked, she looks around slowly and sets her sight on me. When she sees me, she lets out a sweet smile and jumps into my arms and calls out. "Daddy!" The little girl sweetly calls out, dumbfounding Ye Mo. "System, tell me what is going on!" Ye Mo yells, unable to understand. [Ding! Since Host bound the egg with his blood, whatever hatched will take form of Host. If the Flood Dragon hatched the egg, a small dragon would appear instead.] "Why didn''t you tell me this before!" Ye Mo screams internally, so as not to startle the girl. [Ding! System did not know.] You did not know my ?ss! Ye Mo curses in his mind while looking down at the little girl in his arms. She is smiling up at him sweetly and cuddling into his ?h?st, as if it was something interesting. Looking down at her, Ye Mo speaks up. "Uh-uh! Daddy is Daddy! Daddy put blood on my egg so I turned into this form as proof! So Daddy is Daddy!" The little girl giggles delightfully. Ye Mo just looks at her for a while before he sighs to himself. Since it is like this, he will just act like he gained a daughter. It''s not like it will be that hard, right? "So, uh, do you have a name?" Ye Mo dumbly asks. "Nope! Daddy has to give me a name! Name, name!" The little girl laughs happily. Mentally slapping himself for being stupid, Ye Mo begins to think of a name for her. She has to have the Ye surname since he does, but what should her first name be... "I got it. Your name will be Ye Niu!" Ye Mo declares. The little girl looks up at him for a few seconds before she laughs and mumbles ''Niu, Niu'' to herself. Ye Mo finds himself unconsciously smiling at that act, which confuses him. Why is he accepting this so quickly? He has never even had a girlfriend before, not to mention a child. [Ding! Host has activated the ''Kin'' tab on the status! Host is capable of looking at the status of ''Ye Niu'' through it.] A bit startled at the screen, when Ye Mo reads it, he gets confused before he shrugs his shoulders and opens his status. - Name: Ye Mo - Age: 24 - Gender: Male - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Pa Stage 2 - Cultivation Technique: Death Mantra - STR: 2300 - AGI: 2150 - VIT: 2650 - Skills: Stab Burst(B), Divine Sense(D), Lightning Slash(U), Devil Movement(E), Devil Storm(D), Sword of Death(SR) - Perks: Perfect Memory, Enhanced Regeneration, Poison Resistance(B), Devil Regeneration(D), Eternal Youth(SR), Fire Resistance(U), Ice Resistance(U), Water Resistance(SR), Earth Resistance(U) - Traits: Divine Body(D), Devil Body(D) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Kins: Ye Niu(+) - Points: 29345 - System Level: 4] Ye Mo looks at the ''Kins'' tab and sees Ye Niu''s name with a plus mark beside it, so he clicks on the plus mark, ?ssuming it is her status. - Name: Ye Niu - Age: 6 - Gender: Female - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 1 - Cultivation Technique: Godly Devourer - STR: 200 - AGI: 200 - VIT: 500 - INT: 200 - Skills: Devour(G) - Perks: Devil Regeneration(D), Enhanced Regeneration(B), Elemental Resistance(H) - Traits: Devil Body(D), Void Body(G) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Kin: Ye Mo] "Holy... She is more overpowered than I am. She has two God ranked things. System, can you explain to me what the Devour skill, Elemental Resistance perk and Void Body trait are?" Ye Mo sighs to himself. [Ding! Devour(G) is a God rank skill. It will allow ''Ye Niu'' to increase her strength by eating meat. She can also eat elements, which increase her strength as well. There is also a chance to gain a skill through eating. The Elemental Resistance(H) is a Heavenly grade Perk. It gives her a resistance to all elemental damage, and reduces damage taken from them by 70%. Void Body is an upgraded version of Devil Body. Her Qi turns into Devil Qi, and if her heart gets cut into pieces, she can still heal it slowly over time and revive herself.] "Yep, I was right. She is overpowered. So she can''t die due to the Void Body trait. I guess the only way for Niu to die is if her soul dissipates, which doesn''t really happen." Ye Mo mutters while looking at the little girl in his embrace. She looks so happy that he is a bit sorry that she was born in this type of world. At least, she has him to protect her, and she can quickly increase her strength by eating. Ye Mo slowly pats her head and she squints her eyes in happiness at this small action. Looking at her like that, Ye Mo can''t help but smile slightly. Looking at her silver hair, Ye Mo decides to ask her to change it. "Niu, you can turn into a human, right? You are currently in Devil form, so you need to chance to Human form." Ye Mo gently asks Ye Niu. "Uh-huh! I can do it! There is stuff in my... uh... Soul Space! It tells me how to do stuff!" Ye Niu proudly nods her little head. Ye Mo laughs as he watches her. She closes her eyes and focuses on something for a few seconds and her silver hair turns black. Her eyes stay red just like his, but that doesn''t matter. He is sure it''s not that bad. "System, what should I do now? I killed the strongest beast in the Forest of Horrors, so where should we go to now?" Ye Mo silently asks in his mind. [Ding! Host is recommended to go to the Sun Empire and enroll ''Ye Niu'' in the academy located within the Imperial City. She can gain knowledge about the world there, while also increasing her strength.] "The Sun Empire, huh. I guess I will be seeing humans for the first time in over a year. I just hope they don''t do anything stupid like provoking us, similar to those morons in novels." Ye Mo mutters to himself. Little did he know, that is exactly what will happen in the future... Chapter 19 Ye Mo decided to wait for his Bonus Pack for entering Qi Pa before they go to the Sun Empire. He plans to increase Ye Niu''s strength and have her fight weak beasts at the outer region for the next few days. As such, Ye Mo and Ye Niu found themselves around the place Ye Mo woke up for the first time in this world. He uses his Divine Sense and looks around for a Qi Ji Stage 2 beast. He knows she can fight stronger ones due to her stats, but she doesn''t have any combat experience. "Niu, you will be fighting beasts every day until we leave the forest, so you can get stronger, okay?" Ye Mo gently asks the little girl. "Will it make you happy if I do?" Ye Niu asks nervously. "Yes it will, Niu. If you can get stronger, that will allow me to have less worries about your safety." Ye Mo says while smiling at her. She thinks for a few seconds before nodding her head heavily, agreeing to fight beasts. Ye Mo sighs to himself and guides her to the weak beast. They quickly found a small river where the beast is at. The beast is a Qi Ji Stage 2 wolf. Ye Niu looks at the wolf in interest before she nods her head and runs towards the wolf at her full speed. She appears at the wolf in a few seconds and punches her tiny fist towards the head of the wolf, as Ye Mo told her that is the weakest parts of living beings. The wolf didn''t even manage to move before it''s head popped like a balloon. A bunch of blood got on Ye Niu but she didn''t mind due to her Devil side, which flourishes with bloodshed. Looking at the dead wolf, Ye Niu smiles and ran back to Ye Mo happily. "I killed it! Did I do good Daddy?" Ye Niu asks happily. "Yes you did. Good job, Niu. We need to keep doing this with stronger and stronger beasts for the next few days, so you can get used to fighting. For now, eat this wolf since you can increase your strength that way." Ye Mo smilingly says towards the grinning Ye Niu. Ye Mo cuts up the wolf into small pieces and feeds Ye Niu the meat. He thought of cooking the meat, but decided against it since he knows that the Devil part of her will let her get used to it right away. Looking at Ye Niu happily eating the small wolf pieces, Ye Mo nodded his head slightly and picks up the Inner Core of the wolf. Once Ye Niu finishes eating the meat, Ye Mo calls her over to him. "Niu, crush this Inner Core. You might be able to get a perk or a skill doing so, and those are very useful." Ye Mo says. Ye Niu looks at the Inner Core in front of her and crushes it in her hand like Ye Mo says. After which, grey and white dust flew into her body and got absorbed by her, while a screen popped up in front of Ye Mo. [Ding! ''Ye Niu'' has absorbed Qi Ji Stage 2 Null Inner Core. Nothing gained.] Looking at the screens, Ye Mo is a bit surprised, before he gets a bit disappointed that the Inner Core didn''t give Ye Niu anything. He figures it is because they aren''t at Qi Lo yet, so they don''t have an element. Ye Niu looks at her hand that crushed the Inner Core for a few seconds before she laughs and runs up to Ye Mo and dives into his embrace. Ye Mo shakes his head and picks her up while smiling to himself. A few minutes later they are in front of another beast, this one being Qi Ji Stage 4. It is a fox with one tail, and white fur. Ye Niu looks at Ye Mo who nods before running towards the fox. It manages to sense that something was wrong, but it was still too weak to do anything and it''s head was helplessly blown apart by Ye Niu. She eats the meat of the fox and they move on towards another beast. For the next 10 hours, Ye Niu constantly killed weak beasts with once shot. She kept killing the beats instantly until she fought a Qi Ji Stage 8 beast. Nodding his head being a bit surprised, Ye Mo decides it is time for Ye Niu to rest since it is dark and she is still young and tired. He carries Ye Niu towards a cave and blocks it''s entrance with a large rock and buys some soft bedding for Ye Niu to sleep on. Looking at the sleeping Ye Niu, Ye Mo brings up her status. [Status Screen - Name: Ye Niu - Age: 6 - Race: Human/Devil - Cultivation Realm: Qi Ji Stage 4 - Cultivation Technique: Godly Devourer - STR: 300 - AGI: 300 - VIT: 700 - INT: 300 - Skills: Devour(G) - Perks: Devil Regeneration(D), Enhanced Regeneration(B), Elemental Resistance(H) - Attributes: Darkness, Death - Transformation: Human, Devil - Kin: Ye Mo] Seeing her cultivation increase by three stages and her stats all going up by over 100, Ye Mo grins to himself. It seems like that Godly Devourer technique is really good for Ye Niu to use. At this rate, she should be able to enter Qi Lo before we leave the forest. Ye Mo sits down quietly and activates hid Death Mantra, gathering Qi towards himself and guiding it to his dantian and Soul Space for the next few hours before morning comes. In the morning, Ye Mo opens his eyes a few minutes before Ye Niu starts waking up. When she wake up, she cutely rubs her eyes and looks around. When she spots Ye Mo she happily jumps into his ??p and starts giggling to herself. Ye Mo smiles gently down to her and rubs her head, straightening out her messy hair from sleeping. Once her hair is all straight, Ye Mo takes out a bit of Qi Ji realm meat from beasts Ye Niu hunted yesterday for her to eat as breakfast. She happily eats the amount of meat from 3 beasts, causing him to shake his head. Her appetite was even higher than his when he was at her cultivation, causing him to laugh silently. Ye Niu notices this and starts pouting cutely while puffing out her cheeks, causing Ye Mo to laugh loudly while poking her cheeks and rubbing her head until she stops pouting. For the next 6 days, Ye Mo kept guiding Ye Niu towards beasts for her to gain combat experience on. She was injured a few times and Ye Mo had to stop himself from instantly killing the beast. He is an overprotective father now, huh. Ye Mo silently thinks to himself. Right after they get out and dress themselves, the System brings up a screen for Ye Mo, telling him his Bonus Pack is ready for him. Ye Mo sits down on the ground and Ye Niu happily sits in his ??p while he checks the screen. [Ding! Host has entered Qi Pa Realm and will be given a Bonus Pack due to a wish. The Bonus Pack are as follows: Random Grade 4 Skill Coupon, Skill Upgrade Coupon, Random Perk Coupon, 30000 points.] 3 papers fall in front of Ye Mo and he picks them up and uses the System to analyze them. [Random Grade 4 Skill Coupon: Ripping this Coupon will give Host a random Grade 4 skill.(One Use Remaining.) [Skill Upgrade Coupon: Ripping this Coupon, Host can upgrade any skill below Divine Rank.(One Use Remaining.) [Random Perk Coupon: Ripping this Coupon, Host can gain a random perk from any grade.(One Use Remaining.) "System, can Ye Niu use these and obtain the skill and perk?" Ye Mo asks in his head. [Ding! ''Ye Niu'' is capable of doing so. If ''Ye Niu'' rips the Random Grade 4 Skill Coupon and Random Perk Coupon, she will obtain a random Grade 4 skill and a random Perk.] Ye Mo grins happily to himself when he finds out that Ye Niu can uses the Coupons and gain the skill and perk for herself. Looking at her, Ye Mo starts explaining it to her. Hearing she can get stronger by ripping the two pieces of paper, Ye Niu instantly snatches the Coupons from the laughing Ye Mo and rips both of them in half. They turn into multi-colored dust that enter her body. [Ding! ''Ye Niu'' has used a Random Grade 4 Skill Coupon and obtained the skill Lightning Manipulation(E)] [Ding! ''Ye Niu'' has used a Random Perk Coupon and obtained the perk Weapon Body(SR)] Ye Mo looks at the screens that came up and looks at the ranks and instantly knows that Ye Niu has a lot of luck. Looking at the two things, Ye Mo asks the System what they can do. [Ding! Lightning Manipulation(E) will allow ''Ye Niu'' to control lightning. It is similar to how the Flood Dragon controlled the lake, just with lightning instead. She can create her own lightning due to this and gained the Lightning Attribute.] [Ding! Weapon Body(SR) will allow ''Ye Niu'' to use any part of her body as a weapon. Her hands and teeth can be as strong as a sword and can be used to attack fiercely.] Ye Mo shakes his head due to Ye Niu''s insane luck. Looking at the sky, Ye Mo can tell that it is getting dark, so he carries Ye Mo and heads back to their cave. She is very tired so he takes out the bedding from his storage ring and lays her down on it, and she falls asleep almost instantly. Ye Mo smiles at her and sits down and activates his Death Mantra, gathering Qi to his body. He spreads it to both his dantian and Soul Space, cleansing the red/black balls in both of them. Chapter 20 Ye Mo stops cultivating 8 hours later and wakes up Ye Niu who groggily rubs her eyes. Ye Mo smiles slightly and brings out some beast meat for Ye Niu to eat as breakfast and they head to the exit of the forest. They encounter a few beasts along the way, but since Ye Niu already has sufficient combat experience right now, Ye Mo chased them all away with his aura, so they peacefully reached the exit of the forest. Although Ye Mo came to this world over a year ago, he has never tried to leave the forest the whole time, so he is is slightly curious about the world. He is wondering whether it will look like ancient China or medieval times. Ye Mo leads Ye Niu by her hand and walks along the gravel path that is built where they came out. They follow the path for around an hour before they spot a town, so they head towards that town. There is a sign that reads [Sun Frontier Town] outside of the gate. There are a few dozen people outside of the gate with carriages, so Ye Mo ?ssumes they are merchants or something similar, as this town is near the Forest of Horrors, a place loaded with beasts people can kill. Merchants could buy beast parts or Inner Cores. Ye Mo can see people giving coins to the gate guards before they are allowed in, so Ye Mo instantly realizes that he needs the currency of this world, and he doesn''t have any. A bit annoyed, Ye Mo asks the System. [Ding! Host can purchase 1 Copper Coin for 1 point, 1 Silver Coin for 10 points and 1 Gold Coin for 100 points.] Shrugging, Ye Mo buys 100 of each coin for now and puts them in his storage ring. When it comes to be their turn, the guard looks at them for a few seconds in a daze before he speaks to them somewhat politely. "To enter the town, you need to pay 2 Copper Coins per person, Sir." The gate guard politely says. Ye Mo puts his hand in his pocket and pretends to take out 4 Copper Points but he really took them out of his storage ring. He hands them to the guard and he lets them enter the town. Ye Niu looks curious about everything in the town since she was just born recently, and even stayed in the forest since. Ye Mo is also slightly curious, so they take a stroll around the town. They found a few shops that sell clothes, a few shops that sell medicine, a few shops that sell weapons and tools, there are also shops that sell slaves, which doesn''t surprise Ye Mo. He already knew something like the is would exist in the world, so it doesn''t bother him that much. He knows that he cant change it, so he doesn''t let it bother him. They spent the whole day looking around the town and when it started to get dark, Ye Mo led Ye Niu towards the best looking Inn within the town and walked to the counter where a clerk is standing at. The clerk smiles at them professionally and starts speaking. "Hello customers. Would you like to buy a meal or a room? Buying a meal would cost 5 Copper Coins per person while buying a room will cost 15 Copper Coins." The clerk stated respectively. "Please give us one room, there is no need for food." Ye Mo simply says towards the clerk who nods. The clerk grabs a key with a number on it and passes it to Ye Mo, who passes over 15 Copper Coins. Looking at the key, Ye Mo is reminded of hotels back on Earth, so he shakes his head slightly and pulls Ye Mo with him to the stairs and walk up. Ye Mo is somewhat surprised by how close these things are to Earth, but seeing Ye Niu nodding off and b?r?ly staying awake, he throws those thoughts out of his mind and carries Ye Niu towards the bed and puts her onto it and covering her with the blanket. Ye Mo doesn''t need sleep, so he sits down on the ground and uses Death Mantra to gather Qi towards himself, and he instantly notices that the Qi is too thin compared to within the forest, so he frowns slightly while sighing to himself and continues to cultivate. 10 hours later, Ye Mo opens his eyes and looks at the sleeping Ye Niu while smiling. She is curled up like a ball and has the blanket around her like a cocoon. Ye Mo found that cultivating here in this town for 10 hours was equivalent to cultivating for 40 minutes in the forest, which caused him to frown hard. "No wonder the strongest person I saw when we were walking around the town was only at Qi Lo Stage 4. The Qi here is way too damn thin to cultivate fast." Ye Mo mutters to himself while standing up. He walks over to the sleeping Ye Niu and pokes her chubby cheeks repeatedly until she opens her eyes slightly. Seeing him poking her cheeks, she gets angry and starts smacking his hand away while he keeps poking her cheeks. Ye Niu eventually covers herself with the blanket, causing Ye Mo to laugh even harder. Eventually, Ye Niu joins him in laughing. They eventually got up and headed downstairs, and after handing in the key and refusing breakfast, they left the Inn and headed towards the other town entrance, the one which leads away from the forest and towards the Royal City. They easily exited the town and when they were decently far from it, Ye Mo picks Ye Niu up and starts running towards the Royal City. Since he knows that it will take weeks to walk there, Ye Mo runs there with his full speed without using skills and doesn''t stop. He keeps running for hours and whenever Ye Niu is tired and falls asleep, Ye Mo created a tiny barrier around her with his power to make it more comfortable for her to sleep in his arms. Continuing this constantly the whole time, they reached the Royal City in 4 days, rather than 2 or 3 weeks. Looking at the huge walls around the Royal City, both Ye Mo and Ye Niu are surprised. The walls are around 250 meters tall, and around 50 meters thick. When they reach the gate, two guards walk up to them and start speaking. "We don''t have one of those." Ye Mo says simply. The guards look slightly surprised but they hid it instantly. One of them brought us towards a small building and started explaining. "You will infuse your Qi into this crystal ball and your basic information will be shown and created into a card which is used as your Identity Card." The guard simply states. Ye Mo looks at the pure white crystal ball sitting on a table and puts his hand onto it and injects a thread of his Qi into it, and it starts shining and a few words come up. [Name: Ye Mo -Age: 25 -Race: Human -Gender: Male -Affiliation: None] [Name: Ye Niu -Age: 6 -Race: Human -Gender: Female -Affiliation: None] Ye Mo lets out another sigh of relief and watches as the guard hands them two cards made out of unknown material that have the exact same words as the crystal ball showed. The thread of Qi we injected into the crystal ball was placed into the cards, so that they can''t be used by others. Ye Mo leads Ye Niu into the city and they looks around. The buildings look a lot like those on Earth. There are glass windows, wooden doors, brick walls and roof, or at least what looks like brick. There are also hundreds of shops around, even street stalls. Most of the shops are weapon and medicine shops, there are also pill and cultivation resource shops around. Ye Mo uses his Divine Sense to inspect a few pills but sighs when he realizes that they are just Grade 2 and 3 trash. This Empire or continent probably doesn''t have high grade alchemists, Ye Mo thought to himself. It is already getting dark by the time they finish looking around most of the city, and Ye Mo is slightly tired due to running constantly for the past 4 days, so they book a room at an Inn. Ye Mo places Ye Niu onto the big and soft bed and she falls asleep instantly. Ye Mo sits down on the ground and uses Death Mantra to gather Qi.