14 Yan Sword art

We chatted for a long time before she finally got tired and went to sleep; her facial expressions, and mood weirdly kept changing from time to time; as her manners took turns.

It got to the point that I didn't even know who's the one I was talking to.

'Hmm, was it from her hormones?' I thought after the long conversation, the flaws in her self started to pop slowly under my eyes;

She can be weirdly lovely, cute, and sometimes evil and manipulative; regardless of that, I'm very slick in avoiding trick questions; she will never get something out of me.

However, I didn't sleep that night from the excitement of trying my new, improved spiritual root; I reached to my hidden pocket and pulled my spiritual ring, which I kept in it, some of the Spirit stones; I borrowed from my grandpa before the trip.

Although they don't hold even one percent of the benefits the body tempering pill offers, but they are still the only way for a cultivator to advance his base at the first layers.

Jin sneaked stone after stone, sitting in a lotus position, depleting every one of them till they lost the soft shining surface and self destructed shortly after, ultimately turning to ashes in jin palm; the feeling brought by absorbing the rich qi was heavenly for a novice cultivator like him; his cells grew addicted to the burst of power leisurely flowing inside of them.

He experienced the real thrill and excitement the cultivator's experience from slowly getting more powerful; the feeling was so incredible he lost count of the hours he stayed in the same position.

However, the sun rose, and before he even knows it, A quarter of his stone stock had already been finished.

'Shit! I miscalculated the amount I need!'

The speed of his new upgraded spiritual root was superbly tremendous; his previous root didn't even stand an ounce compared to the grade two root; it seemed like they were in entirely different leagues;

He was shocked throughout the cultivation session, 'Holy shit! Can spiritual roots be this drastically distinct just from one rank to another?'

<Yes, host, it's safe to say that this world relies heavily on individual talent. If the primordial god didn't bestow you with the system, even if you managed to survive the mc wrath after he wakes up, After failing to pass the sect, trial, disgracing the name of your family as a direct descendant, the clan will automatically deem you as unworthy, just like the mc previously with his crippled spiritual root, consequently using you in a scheme, or even accidentally deceasing between the turmoil in the clan fight of secession>

'Huh!? I don't think my mother and grandpa will let me die, though I understand the point your making.'

<Yes, host; however, I already put them in the equation; even if your mother tries to protect you by sending you to her family, with your talent there, you're at best going to become some punk servant, ridiculed and bullied to the rest of your life, and it's the same case with your grandpa too, even though he likes your personality and show you some kind of favoritism, but as a grandmaster himself, if he ever found out about your trash talent, especially since you resembles him, all the good feelings he harnesses toward you will be extinguished in a matter of seconds, probably even your previous clients will not even let you touch their bodies with your garbage qualifications>

'Fuck! This damned previous body owner is a lifetime mob character even without the mc, but wait a minute, assuming that the mc will probably be accepted in the outer sect, and he'll likely meet a hidden legendary master. With Some hardcore cultivation techniques, I should strive to have an average root too, for now, right?'

<Host is half on point, but if you classified in the outer sect, you would be losing lots of support from the clan, and also risking breaking up you're engagement, as your fiance considered to be a genius at this stage>

'Ugh! The cliche is real at this one! Everything is lined up perfectly for the mc; on the contrary, everything is messed up for the cannon fodder.'

'What's her talent like?'

<She isn't the highest spiritual grade bearer in the kingdom; however, her talent for array formation, paired with an 8-grade spiritual root, peerless beauty, powerful clan support, and of course, hidden future potential, made her the top young female in the kingdom>

Jin sighed and sarcastically asked, "Hm, this is a new twist for me; the potent heroine actually was meant for a mob character, just to be stolen by the mc? Hehe! The irony, how did a genius like here end up being engaged with a loser like the previous jin yan?,"

<Your grandfather managed to save her young father during a beast tide attack years ago, resulting in them making a promise to each other if the next grandkid was a boy, and his next daughter was a girl, as the contrary is also valid, they will engage them to each other>

I cut him off, saying, "And that unfortunate kid was me, such a luck!"

<Yes>

The system continued his speech.

<the whole plot was naturally attended as a mean to lower the heroin expectations and of course, having frequent "accidental," encounters with the mc, after all, your were the fat arrogant disgusting fiance, while the mc is the pitful strong-willed, boy, with the mysterious air, and hidden talents, nevertheless, even the mc had a hard time romancing her at the sect>

Jin got up feeling sick to his stomach from the hateful author classic events, "Tsk, well I wasn't even invited to the race, in the silly fight for the "reward," furthermore, there's always going to be the talented, handsome stepping stone admirer inside of the sect, I should plan thoughtfully for every move I'm going to make this few remaining months,"

He walked to the river to wash his face and drink while making plans for his future in the forest, "Hunting is pretty good, but it's definitely not suitable for my body in the long run; after all, with power, I can obtain anything, plus I'm not in hiding like the sibling's pair," he scratched his head and added,"I should start making some money, and have decent meals using the corrupted town as a base, but for now, let's keep terrorizing the animals in this Forrest,"

A while passed, jin cleaned up and pulled a tree trunk, straightening it with his fire technique at the shape of a sword; he next pulled a manual and intensely studied it,

'Now it's time to practice my family sword arts, and see how much power I can attain from them.'

Footwork was the first subject addressed in the manual; some drawings were in the manual to ease the understanding process, making it somewhat more straightforward to remember the feet positions.

'Good! This will increase my speed several folds,'

He practiced following the book's instructions while hunting some rabbits with the experience he gained from watching the villain, successfully chasing dozens of the wild earth animals.

"hehehehe! I'm a Genius!" loud laughs resounded at the forest; jin used the rabbits as a sparring partner, while acquiring some fresh, delicious meat.

He looked down at the pile of dead rabbits under his feet and thought, 'There's so much! I can open a rabbit meat business in the town.' before happily strolling back to the camp.