14 Level up?

Xuan Ren Ryu was overjoyed.

Without wasting any time Xuan Ren Ryu held the soul blade and went towards the old man.

The old man acted like he was sleeping.

Xuan Ren Ryu placed the Soul blade on the desk and shook the old man to wake him up.

The old man gave a lazy yawn and spoke ''Kid, did you select something to buy? If not then get out and don't disturb my sleep.''

Xuan Ren Ryu pointed his finger toward the soul blade and said, ''I want to buy this sword.''

''Oh! Kid, you have good eyes, this sword is called as Dragon Slaying Dark Night Buster created by my great great great grandfather, it was our family heirloom and not for sale. If you want to buy it then its impossible but there is another way to get it without buying.''

''I can't sell my family heirloom but I can gift it to my family members, Kid! How about you become my Old Jie's disciple? Then I can gift it to you.'' the Old man said by spouting a lot of crap.

''Dragon Slaying Dark Night Buster? created by your great great great grandfather. What kind of crap is this old man spouting?'' (Xuan Ren Ryu)

Old Jie cooked up a random excuse to tie Xuan Ren Ryu to his Ship/Faction.

''Become your disciple? Then prove me that you are worth to be my master and also, I have to tell you this before; I have zero talent in magic so I can't level up. Second, tell me the reason, why you do want a no-name random kid like me to become your disciple whom you met for the first time?'' Xuan Ren Ryu asked the Old man.

''Hehe!'' The Old man laughed out loud and said ''Kid, It's true that we met for the first time but who said you have zero talent in magic? Others may be unable to find but not me, and also consider yourself lucky for meeting me. Now let me tell you a secret that only a few top-level magicians like me know.''

''We Magicians use external mana cultivation, and refine our magic externally resulting in our weak physical strength; to balance it we use body strengthening spells,... and the Magic beasts use an inborn internal mana cultivation, resulting in their strong physique. And you are a very rare type among the Naturals, all you need is a catalyst to make a breakthrough in your level.'' Old Jie said.

''You have a strong physical strength also I can feel the presence of mana inside you. Maybe you are unaware of it, so trust me, all you need is a catalyst to connect the mana present inside you with your level status'' saying this Old Jie took out an old and tattered looking scroll and gave it to Xuan Ren Ryu and explained its origins.

''This scroll was not an ordinary magical item you can find anywhere. This is an S Rank item, you can only find it inside the 'Dark Tower or Tower of no return' and the people who can use it are also rare. Now tear it and your internal mana would connect with your level status.''

Without any delay in his actions, Xuan Ren Ryu tore the scroll: a blinding light was excluded from the scroll and enveloped Xuan Ren Ryu. A few seconds later a booming sound was resonated in his brain, he felt like something broke open in his brain.

Xuan Ren Ryu focused on his brain to check what's happening inside his brain. Soon he found the cause, an unknown meridian suddenly appeared in his brain and formed into a mini door.

Xuan Ren Ryu opened the door to check it, the moment he opened the door he felt another booming sound inside his body: following it, all the fat and other useless junk presents in his body turned into mana and entered the mini door.

Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom! Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!

Xuan Ren Ryu started to level up, Level-1, Level-2,... and stopped at Level-10.

''Xuan Ren Ryu sat cross-legged to inspect his body.''

All the excess fat and the other junk turned into mana and the Hulk Size Giant Pig transformed into a Handsome, tall and a very good looking genius magician.

It hasn't ended yet! As if it sensed something the mini door jumped into Xuan Ren Ryu's Dantian giving a huge fright to him.

'A moving meridian? Can meridians move?' Thought Xuan Ren Ryu.

The mini door jumped into his Dantian and started absorbing the mana. As if it felt dissatisfied by the time taken to absorb the Spiritual mana, the mini door came out of his Dantian and sucked it completely.

After completely Sucking the Dantian into it the mini door started to transform into the shape of Dantian and replaced the original.

Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!

Xuan Ren Ryu's level started to increase again. Level-10 to Level-11...Stopped at Level 15.

With a final Boom! Xuan Ren Ryu entered the second stage of Mana Condensation Realm.