The beginning of the Adventure
«Congratulations! Player Yuan has obtained the world's first Divine grade Servant!»
" Wow, Xiao Hua, your cultivation is so high, how strong are you?" I ask, faking surprise.
" Of course I'm strong, Xiao Hua has to protect brother Yuan," she said and after thinking she continued, " Xiao Hua should be the strongest in the world by a long margin."
" You sure are strong, but say, Xiao Hua, what will you do now that you have become my Servant?"
" Xiao Hua will follow Brother Yuan wherever he goes," she answered quickly. "And she will lead you to the next realm, and for that Xiao Hua will help brother Yuan become strong."
" Brother Yuan is currently in the lowest realm — the Lower Heaven. Xiao Hua's job is to help Brother Yuan reach the highest realm — the Supreme Heaven."
" Alright, sounds fun, so lead the way." I say, very eager for a new adventure as my past life was plain old boring.
" By the way, why do you have this goal of bringing me to the Supreme Heaven?"
" Xiao Hua accepted the Supreme Heaven's Legacy, so it became her job to find a successor."
" I see, I'm looking forward to it."
After walking for some time, Xiao Hua stopped and pointed at a large frog monster.
" For brother Yuan to become strong, you'll have to fight."
" I understand, but I don't have any weapons."
" Don't worry brother Yuan, Xiao Hua has a lot of treasures and weapons for you." she said with a smile, handing me a steel sword.
«Spirit Sword»
«Grade: Spirit»
«Quality: Peak»
«Physical Strength Required: 900»
«Mental Strength Required: 1,500»
«Sharpness: 1,000»
«Description: Cuts metal like butter.»
" Brother Yuan that frog is a Ninth Level Spirit Apprentice so it will be a good fight for you."
Getting the sword from her hand I ready myself for the first fight of my life. Moving forward with caution I study the beast as it first notices me. Xiao Hua just stood at the side lines while I began with a fast dash that surprised me with how fast I was moving. Approaching the frog I ready my sword as a feeling of familiarity begins to rise in my body, probably because of the other reincarnations.
Seeing me approach it, the monster moves to attack me jumping to where I was standing, probably trying to smash me in the ground and kill me, but with my speed I dodge to the side and deliver a strong slash across its side, making a deep gash spraying blood everywhere. I notice I don't have any experience moving qi in my body, so I start to focus to enhance the movement of qi.
As I haven't learned any skill yet besides the op Heaven Splitting Sword Strike, I have to kill the frog with only my sword, body and qi. Moving to strike again, this time at its head, the monster notices my approach and tries to dodge, but my sword was faster, not by much though as I only managed to cut one of its eyes instead of the whole head.
A new feeling rises in my body the more I fight and with every cut my sword skills and qi manipulation begin to improve at a rapid pace. After a few minutes of fighting and about 12 cuts I take the beast's head.
«Player Yuan has become the first player to have killed the Elite Boss: Jade Frog!»
After the fight Xiao Hua came to me and said, " Brother Yuan, you're very good, are you sure it's your first time fighting?"
" Yes I'm sure, but it seems very natural to me to use the sword, maybe it's fate"
" Brother Yuan is a genius, no doubt." Xiao Hua nodded with a serious face.
" Brother Yuan's ability to improve in battle is otherworldly. Such talents are rarely seen even in the higher heavens, let alone this Lower Heaven…"
" Thanks Xiao Hua."
Xiao Hua suddenly walked away and towards where the dead Jade Frog laid. After picking the monster core of the frog she walked back to me.
"Here you go, Brother Yuan." She handed me the monster core.
" Xiao Hua, I have to say something, I have a celestial physique that allows me to eat cultivation resources as well as monster cores, with improved efficiency and it also allows me to eat resources a few realms above my own."
Xiao Hua stared in disbelief at my face as I said that, probably not knowing what to say or do in this situation. Finally breaking out of her daze she asks, " Brother Yuan, are you sure, it can kill you if you eat that."
" I'm sure, it was written in the text of my ancestors and I was the first to awaken this physique in thousands of years."
After that I pick up the core and eat it. It gives a nice taste and sensation in my mouth. Swallowing the core Xiao Hua has a mini heart attack, but still remains watching.
Suddenly
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«Heaven Refining Physique activated»
«1,280,000 Qi has been refined from the Jade Frog's monster core»
«You have absorbed enough Qi for a breakthrough»
«You have reached Eighth Level Spirit Apprentice»
«All stats +450»
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" Brother Yuan, did you just have a breakthrough?" Xiao Hua asked after a long silence, her voice filled with disbelief.
" See, I wasn't lying, my physique is really special."
" It's called Heaven Refining Physique," I say.
However, Xiao Hua only tilted her head. " Heaven Refining Physique? Xiao Hua has never heard of it before…, but as its celestial rank it should be pretty good. Brother Yuan, we will get more monster cores for you to grow stronger."
" So where should we go to get some more?"
"Any monster with a cultivation base of Seventh Level Spirit Apprentice and above will have a chance to drop a monster core," she said.
" Then what are we waiting for? Let's go hunting!"
So Xiao Hua began leading me around to find monsters for me to fight. With her cultivation base, it was an easy job for her to locate monsters within a thousand-meter radius.
So it begins our hunt for monsters. After a few hours and several monsters dead I got 12 monster cores and my swordsmanship and qi manipulations increased a lot. Finishing the hunt I throw the rest of the core into my mouth.
«Heaven Refining Physique activated»
«560,000 Qi has been refined from the Silver Needle Wolf's monster core»
«You have absorbed enough Qi for a breakthrough»
«You have reached Ninth Level Spirit Apprentice»
«All stats +500»
1,519,395/3,840,000
«Heaven Refining Physique activated»
«900,500 Qi has been refined from the Blood Ape's monster core»
«895,415 Qi has been refined from the Vampire Wolf's monster core»
«730,650 Qi has been refined from the Scaled Boar's monster core»
3,846,000/3,846,000
«You have absorbed enough Qi for a breakthrough»
«Because your Qi Experience is already full, you will not be able to receive anymore Qi until you reach the next realm»
The notifications disappeared for a few seconds before returning.
«You have met the requirements for a breakthrough»
«You have reached First Level Spirit Warrior»
«Your 'Enhanced Senses' has developed into 'Advanced Senses'»
«You have learned Enhanced Strength»
«All stats +1,000»
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«Advanced Senses»
«Rank: Mortal»
«Description: Sharply enhances the functions of all available senses permanently. Requires no activation»
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«Enhanced Strength»
«Rank: N/A»
«Description: Greatly enhances your strength and stamina»
After breaking through I feel a lot of strength and energy in my body. It felt really good to enhance my strength. Even knowing that it would be worse I ate the rest of the cores.
«Heaven Refining Physique activated»
«Because you have consumed a monster core that is not suitable for your cultivation base, the overall absorbed Qi will be reduced by 90%»
«88,000 Qi has been refined from the Blood Ape's monster core»
«82,500 Qi has been refined from the Vampire Wolf's monster core»
«70,500 Qi has been refined from the Scaled Boar's monster core»
«85,000 Qi has been refined from the Vampire Wolf's monster core»
«65,000 Qi has been refined from the Hairy Serpent's monster core»
«66,700 Qi has been refined…»
«54,650 Qi has been refined…»
Qi Experience: 4,500,000/38,460,000
Seeing my action, Xiao Hua almost fainted, she never thought she would see someone eat 11 monster cores once after the other and pass through the realms like a hot knife through butter, not even needing enlightenment to break through a major realm.
" B-B-Brother Yuan… Y-Y-You…"
Never had someone break through to Spirit Warrior without any enlightenment! Such an achievement was unprecedented even in the higher Heavens!
Seeing her almost broken state I say to calm her down, " it's okay Xiao Hua, it's my physique working its heaven defying powers."
"Unbelievable…"
Xiao Hua still couldn't believe it. Just what kind of cultivating prodigy is Yuan? Hell, calling him a prodigy is still an understatement considering what he'd just accomplished!
After she calmed down I told her to go towards the city because I needed to buy a few things. Looking around she saw that there was a city nearby, and so we began our small journey there.
An hour of running later we came upon a big city and Xiao Hua explained, " this place is called Spirit City, it's one of the four Great Cities within the Eastern Continent, and it's ranked third in terms of influence."
Reaching the entrance the guard informed us, " 1 silver for each individual", as I had remembered I kept 1 monster core, giving it to the guard and passing through with Xiao Hua following behind, leaving the guard shocked at the transaction.
Entering the city you could notice this was indeed one of the biggest and most populated cities in the continent, you could see swarms of people moving around, numeros merchant stalls and stores promoting and selling goods and quite a number of cultivators present, it was a great sight to see.
As we didn't have any money I presented an idea to Xiao Hua.
" Xiao Hua, we don't have any money, do you mind selling a few of your more worthless treasures so that we can gain a bit of gold?"
" Of course brother Yuan, Xiao Hua is only carrying the treasures, in the end they all belong to you."
" We should look for an auction house for the most profit."
And so our search for the auction house began and it soon ended as the Azure Phoenix Auction House was very popular and easy to find, being one of the most influential institutions in the city. As we were a day earlier than the main story we needed to wait if we wanted to buy stuff but we didn't need anything in there.
As we walked in, a lady that worked there came to us.
" I'm sorry customers but the auction is only tomorrow."
" I know, I came here to sell 5 heaven grade treasures."
After saying that the lady almost fainted. Not believing my story, as she was about to call me out on it I showed the five treasures that gave a very profound feeling and pressure. There was a bow, a sword, 2 daggers and a piece of chest armor.
Now stumbling about, she looks at me with a strange smile with fear and disbelief at my previous statement.
" Excuse me for a moment while I bring Senior Chang, she's the one with the highest authority present at the moment."
Looking with a calm gaze I say, " Sure, but bring her quickly."
After only a few brief minutes a mature and beautiful woman arrives displaying the best business slime I have ever seen.
" Hello Young Master, I hope you didn't wait long. I heard you were willing to sell 5 heaven grade treasures. While the buying period has ended months ago, we can make an exception. Would you like to wait until the auction to receive the money, of course we will get 10% of the price or would you like to receive it now from the price we choose based on the items?"
" I would like to receive it now as we won't be staying until tomorrow."
" Of course as you like, please follow me to our appraiser that will be reviewing the items," Senior Chang said very happily at the current situation.
After reviewing the 5 treasures they were sold for 30, 46, 25, 28 and 53 million gold, earning me a whopping 182 million gold. If he waited for the auction he would have received more but who cares 182 million gold is enough for now, and he even received a Spatial Ring.
Leaving the Azure Phoenix Auction House I decide to do a shopping spree for necessary items I might be needing.