Competition (Part 6/15 - Preparing the duo)

Looking around the room, the old man became confuse, because he could see light, but he couldn't see where the light was coming from (light source), also he couldn't tell how the entire room suddenly became dark.

"Now then, shall we begin" said Feng Zhen with an indifferent expression.

A few hours later, the negotiation finished with a little show of power. Afterwards, Feng Zhen and his group left the Adventurers guild and went to stay at an inn.

...

Moon Bright Empire, Inside the New Cresthill Inn...

There were three figures in the room with a kitten, two were sitting on the bed, whereas the other was lying on the bed. The pair that was sitting on the bed was Xi Shoukang and Xi Yingyu, whereas the other figure that was lying on the bed was Feng Zhen.

"Wow, the room is huge" said Xi Shoukang enthusiastically.

"Yes, Big Brother. This is my first time seeing such a big room" said Xi Yingyu as her grew misty.

Xi Shoukang asked "Big Brother Feng, You're Amazing. Can you tell us how you became that strong"

"Uhm-Uhm" Xi Yingyu nodded, while staring at Feng Zhen with her googly eyes, in wait for answer.

"Stop staring at me like that. Actually, I'm really not that strong. In fact, There are a lot of people stronger than me" said Feng Zhen.

"But, Mister Feng, is very strong. I wish I could be as strong as Mister Feng"

"Me too, I wish I could be as strong as Big Brother Feng"

Staring at the eyes of the duo, that were filled with determination and yearning, Feng Zhen smiled.

"Big brother Feng, Can you teach me how to be strong" Xi Yingyu asked, while staring at Feng Zhen with here googly misty eyes.

Feng Zhen wanted to refuse, but when he saw the way Xi Yingyu was staring at him.

'Why are they looking at me like that. Those eyes, Hah! Do I even have a choice' Feng Zhen thought helplessly.

'I remember Qingyan saying something about the coming competition. If I recall correctly, then she said that there would be an entrance examination, if I could get Xi Yingyu and Xi Shoukang to participate, maybe they might get admitted' thought Feng Zhen.

"Alright" said Feng Zhen.

"Yeah" Xi Yingyu and Xi Shoukang shouted Happily.

It wasn't until then, did Feng Zhen recalled that Xi Yingyu called him Big Brother Feng.

'She really called me Big Brother'

"Now, listen carefully"

Then, Feng Zhen explained the basics of cultivation and how to cultivate, with the help of the system.

'System, can you keep track of people's progress in cultivation?'

[ Ding! Responding to the host, the system could keep track of the progress stat of people, but that would be if the host stays 300 m close to the people the host wants the system to keep track of their stats.]

'That's great' thought Feng Zhen.

A few days later, inside the New Cresthill Inn...

Feng Zhen sat cross-legged with his eyes closed in lotus pose.

[ Ding! Congratulations to host for leveling {Grandmist Force Technique} to Level 6...]

[ Ding! Xi Yingyu has broken through the second stage of Initialization Stage...]

'Hah! That girl is really a monster. Even if I cultivate like her, I'm not sure I can achieve what she just achieved. If her progress is this fast, how would her progress be if she was given a cultivational manual.' thought Feng Zhen.

'System, according to your analysis. How long do you think it would take an average cultivator to level up from a mortal to a second stage of Initialization Stage?'

[ Ding! Responding to the host, Due to the system's level limitation, displayed data would be limited.....

Data (Calculating how long it would take an average cultivator to level up from a mortal to a second stage of Initialization Stage...):

Innate Talents and Physique (Without any advancement pills/artifacts):

Mortal - 16 weeks

King - 8 weeks

Emperor - 4 weeks

Heaven - 2 weeks

Saint - 1 week

Immortal - 3 - 4 days

Divine - 1 - 2 days

Data Accuracy: 70%

]

'Does that mean it would take Xi Shoukang 2 weeks to reach Xi Yingyu's current level' thought Feng Zhen.

[ Ding! Assisting the host, The host could buy accessories that could increase cultivation speed...]

'Oh! That's a great idea'

'Open Shop'

[ Ding! Opening the Cosmos System Shop...10%...30%...60%...100%! Opening the shop...]

[Ding!

Shop:

(-) Bloodlines

(-) Clothes

(-) Accessories

]

'System, show me every Accessories in the shop."

[ Ding! Filtering everything except Accessories...]

[ Ding! Filtering... done]

{Poisoned Lapel pin} = 5000 points [Deadly poison]

{Blessed Ring} = 20,000 points [Cure a cursed person/item]

{Blessed Incense burner} = 50,000 points [Increase speed in cultivation under the condition that {Blessed Incense} is burned within]

{Blessed incense} = 1000 points [Increase speed in cultivation, when burned in the {Blessed Incense burner}]

{Soul Bond Necklace } = 40,000 points [Connect souls]

{...}

{...}

{Celestial Hand Fan} = 100,000 points

{Nine Colored Lotus} = 150,000 points

{War God Amulet} = 200,000 points

{War God Scarf} = 200,000 points

{...}

{...}

{Cursed Ring} = 500,000 points

{Amulet of Destiny} = 600,000 points [Revive the dead - The person must not be dead for longer than a month]

{Spatial Ring [Unlimited Space]} = 700,000 point

{Magic Cube} = 5,500,000 points

{...}

{...}

]

'Hmm! Revive the Dead' Feng Zhen was amazed, but what he saw next killed his amazement.

'What the hell! 5 million for a cube. System, I want to see the details of the {Magic Cube}'

[ Ding!

Data {Magic Cube}:

Grade: ?????

Description: Used to absorb, nourish, defend the soul. It can also be used to extract memories from souls.

]

'Oh, That kind of item might be useful in some certain situation. Anyway, what I really need is the {Blessed Incense burner} and the {Blessed Incense}'