Out of curiosity

…I was still trash, especially when it came to taking in mana from my environment. through my body to my mana core.

Still, just to make sure that it wasn't simply a temporary thing, I continued even more amazed at my next discovery when I felt hands shake me back to reality.

"How many hours has it been?" I quickly asked the moment I opened my eyes to see Nami standing right in front of me with a worried expression on her face.

"I didn't want to disturb you or I would have tapped you earlier," she said as she pointed at the window through which I could see how pitch black it was outside.

"Dinner is over but I covered your food on the table…" she went ahead to say even as I slowly began to make calculations in my head about how many hours I've been cultivating in relation to the rewards.

"More than twelve hours and I only have three points to show for it," I thought to myself realizing pretty quickly that the higher my rank became with my shitty aptitude, the less I would be able to even get any benefits from cultivation.

"What then is the use of a crystal clear mana core?" I wondered to myself especially when it became pretty clear that my aptitude was just as shitty as before and apart from upgrading my rank through three levels it did nothing less.

"Does this mean I would have to depend on making money to increase my mana and rank?" I thought not wanting to put hunting down beasts on my list yet since I knew that I was still a little bit traumatized at the thought of beast hunting.

"Caen…your food. It's going to be too cold to be eaten soon," I heard Nami remind me, shocked at how respectful she sounded compared to before, but knowing that it was simply the reward for being the richest in the family.

I nodded in response as I climbed off the bed, seeing her begin to take her clothes off from the corner of my eye as I made my way out the room.

Her boobs bounced slightly as she slide off the strap of cloth that covered it, squeezing it a little before moving her fingers to the strap of her skirt, which too long for her to take off as I simply made my way out the room, intent on hurrying right back after eating to satisfy the dissatisfaction I'av had since morning.

I made my way back to the dining room, glad to see my plate already covered in such a way that would ensure that it wouldn't quickly get cold.

I ate at a steady pace while thinking of the next issue I needed to solve, which was my mana control since it was really a shame for a Final stage cultivator to be unable to use the mana in their core.

Just out of curiosity, I stretched out my hands towards a cup right on the table in front of me, and concentrated on the reverse of what I usually did when cultivating, trying to move mana out of my core towards the cup.

Surprisingly, I found it to be extremely easy as I watches the cup instantly lift up as easy as If I was using my hands to lift it, wavering it in the air a couple of times before and even going as far as to keep it there before going ahead to make my plate and all the kettles on the table shoot up until they got to the ceiling.

I left them swinging there, trying to see how much more I could lift before I decided to try lifting the table, surprises to see how easily lifting it became, as I also watched the big heavy table the four of us usually are on float in the air close to the ceiling with an expression of delight on my face.

I continued to look for what else to lift and inky when I no longer found anything else that would give me as much pleasure. I pulled back the table, allowing it to land on the ground, arranging the kettles, cups and spoons back on the table in the order they had been before.

The moment I was done and no longer controlled mana out of my mana core, my eyes widened in shock when I instinctively tried to see how much mana had left my core only to see that I currently had 850 points instead of the 890 that was supposed to be there after giving Moey a hundred.

"Using Mana is so costly!" I thought to myself, realizing why I almost never saw people in the village haphazardly using their mana unless they felt it was absolutely necessary or something extremely small.

"I'm slowly getting poorer each second," I thought to myself, as I got off the dinning table to wash my plate by the sink.

It was only when I was done, that I quickly made my way back to the room, already untying the rope that held my robes together even before I opened the door.

It was slightly dark when I entered the room apart from a small lantern that was bound to burn out soon, but It was enough to help me hurriedly take off my pants as I made my way to my bed, which was only separated from Nami's bed by a few feet.

I had only just dropped down to sit my ass down on the bed when the soft sounds of Nami's snores made their way to my ears.

"She's sleeping," I gasped in a low voice that bordered on despair, looking down at my rock hard dick that was already gearing to go.

"I not only lost 40 points but I also lost a great opportunity," I groaned in annoyance as I laid back on my bed glaring at the ceiling I could barely make out in the dark.

"Buzzzzz…" I heard a mosquito buzz close to my ears and I instantly unleashed a sharp bust of air to my right side, not caring how much mana went into it.

I was beyond annoyed.