Chapter 31: New Status
"Ahhh!"
Ken tried not to scream, but it still escaped his mouth. The sound wasn't loud, but it was quite horrifying.
He had truly underestimated the power of the Sword Intent Pill or even the Middle Level Pill.
The medicinal power of this pill was so high that his cultivation was rising like a rocket, but his entire body was bleeding.
He had to literally reinforce his inner organs with the Qi to make sure those sword energies wouldn't affect him.
And, when the sword energy entered his Dantian, he placed it at the top of the dantian.
At the core was his normal Qi, and the surrounding was his Ice ring.
The process continued and he kept bearing more pressure inside his body.
After a day, his Qi was almost exhausted but he had finally managed to temper his muscles to fifteen percent.
But at the same time, a lot of medicinal properties of the pill still remained while the sword energy was perfectly contained within his dantian.
"Haaa! Haaa!"
Ken finally could take some breaths of relief. His inner organs weren't destroy by the sword energy which was perfect for him.
He didn't need to take the Healing Pill and could continue tempering his muscles with the remaining medicinal energy.
If Blood Tempering required him to temper the blood until it improved the blood marrow itself, Muscle Tempering only required muscle tempering.
Nothing more, nothing less!
Because every muscle in his body needed to be tempered until newly created cells could inherit the new strength.
Thus, this process was a bit slow.
Since cells die every second, he would need to use his Qi to keep muscles from dying quickly.
The more longer those muscles remained, the easier it became to inherit the improvement.
Since the medicinal energy had more vitality than normal Qi, it made the process a bit shorter.
He would only need to merge this energy with his muscles and let it do its job. But even so, the process wasn't slow.
He just continued this process for six days.
On the seventh day, he opened his eyes.
"Finally!"
Ken opened his eyes with excitement. Feeling the strength flowing through his muscles, he knew had perfected the Muscle Tempering Stage.
And unlike normal cultivators, he had inherited the strength of an Elephant.
Although he hadn't perfected the Second Stage of Golden Elephant Body Technique, it was more than enough to gain Elephant strength.
With this strength, he had the raw power to fight any normal Organ Tempering Stage cultivator.
That was two stages higher than his.
Of course, he was only taking about normal cultivators. He had seen what true geniuses were capable off.
Unless he was willing to use abilities like Dragon Scale or Dragon Flame, he didn't come close to their level of strength.
After he finished his cultivation, Ken asked.
'System, is there any way for me to know what the Nether Race are planning without spending Destiny Eggs?'
[Host, there is a way. The question is do you have what it takes to find out what they are planning.]
'Oh, what is it?'
Ken curiously asked. He wanted to know what the Nether Race were planning. Until he knew, he wouldn't be able to sleep well.
In this week, he was in constant fear of being attacked by the Nether Race.
This race had the power to threaten the world. How could he have any ability to face them.
So, he became seriously curious about the systems method.
[Brain]
The system replied and his expression froze.
'Fuck you, system!'
Ken cursed in his mind and decided not to talk with this system for some time.
Just having the brain wasn't enough. He not only had brain but also experience. But even then, he didn't know what exactly they were planning.
At least, that's what he thought.
But now, he questioned his mind.
'Could it be there is something that I am not looking at?'
He thought to himself.
He walked out of the bed and kept moving around until something came to his mind.
'I think I understand. From the very beginning, they send Makim to infiltrate the sect.'
'Their reason behind it was to find the inheritance left by the ancestor of Golden Dragon Sect.'
'It has only been a thousand year, right? Maybe a bit more since his death! In these years, nobody had gotten the inheritance.'
'So, either they have confirmed that his inheritance exists or they are just testing their luck.'
'I think they are planning a full on invasion but it will not happen until this continent is weakened.'
'Wait a minute!'
Suddenly, his eyes widened. Ken realized something. He clutched his hair and thought.
'This is not about our continent. This was never about our continent. I never understood it before because I didn't know the full scope of power between continents.'
'But think about it for a moment, except for the Empress and old emperors, there isn't a lot powerful people in our continent.'
'At least, when I compare this to a powerful family like Xin to Fire Dragon Race, Fire Dragon Race's tenth elder is Saint Realm powerhouse.'
'And, there is only one Saint Realm powerhouse in Xin family. Both should be High Level Power but one has more than ten Saint Realm cultivators.'
'And, that's not even counting what their leader, or position of Great Elder or Supreme Elder. More importantly, the first five elders could be Emperors.'
'After all, Golden Dragon Sect was created by the tenth elder and he would definitely follow the tradition of his race.'
'That means the higher one's rank gets, the stronger that person would be. If this is correct, there are multiple Emperor Realm cultivators in a single race.'
'While in our continent, except for the Empress, there has not been a single person who reached the rank of an Emperor in the next two hundred years.'
'So, they have no problem destroying our continent. Their main problem is once they do, they need to fortify this continent.'
'At least fortify enough to defend against any upcoming attack from other continents or even hide their invasion completely.'
Thinking of this, he bitterly smiled and sat on the bed.
'I am not even sure if I should be happy that they won't be coming after me or feel sad that they can conquer our continent with ease at any moment.'
He fell on his back and stared at the ceiling. He raised his hand and clenched his fist.
'No, I have a chance. I have an idea. It could work. I will do anything to make it work.'
'I can no longer hesitate. I have to get the Empress and make her fall in love with me at any cost.'
'I will also need to get other women and establish a force with my harem.'
'A force that promote Alchemy, Talisman, Assassinations, Beast Taming, Protection, and Formation around the world.'
'If I can create a force like that, I can spread my influence to the world, and change many things. Maybe not all of them will give me Destiny Eggs.'
'But as long as enough people have their lives changed, I will definitely get Destiny Eggs.'
'With Destiny Eggs, I can buy Middle Level Destiny Weaving Ticket and change my destiny, giving myself better talent.'
'Of course, for now, I need to utilize my current talent to its absolute limit. Maybe I wouldn't even need Middle Level Destiny Weaving Ticket.'
'After all, I have acquired Ancient Dragon Transformation Technique which even the Fire Dragon Race is searching for.'
'I could simply aim for High Level Destiny Weaving Ticket while using some Destiny Eggs to speed up my cultivation.'
'System, show me the character panel!'
[Name: Ken Xin
Cultivation: Muscle Tempering Stage (100%)
Cultivation Technique: Ancient Dragon Transformation Technique, Golden Elephant Body Technique
Secret Technique: Nine Continents Frozen Body Technique
Martial Art: Rock Shattering Fist, Snake Steps,
Secret Art: Mist of White Turtle
Luck: Blue
Background: Son of Xin Yue, First Daughter of the Xin Family
Comprehension: 4-Star
Physique: Dragon Blood Body (Awakened)
Innate Ability: Dragon Scales (One-Star), Dragon Roar (One-Star), Dragon Flame (One-Star)
Bloodline: Samsara Flame Bloodline (Unawakened)
Bloodline Abilities: None
Professions: Teacher (One-Star), Dual Cultivator (One-Star), and Overlord (One-Star)
Gifts: Enlightening Words, Touch of Passion, and Strong Presence
Passive Abilities: Iron Body, Ice Ring (Low-Level), Sword Energy (1st Level) Elephant Strength
Destiny Eggs: 20
Items: Yin Energy Pill, Scroll, Space Ring]
'Oh, new section has appeared. Passive Abilities! Wait, I have Sword Energy, already? Did I already comprehend the first level of Sword Energy.'
'More importantly, the power of Ice Ring is also Low Level. It shouldn't be one or two star but rather nine-star.'
'Otherwise, it would've simply called itself one-star. Just like how Sword Energy is measured by its level, instead of stars.'
'Level One Sword Energy, huh?'
He thought to himself and decided to make himself a sword.
After all, with Sword Energy, how could he miss a sword?