Chapter 12

1st person Pov:

By leveling up, I know two things now. One, I can grow stronger by leveling up. The stat points given can help me achieve that according to the system. Second is that my growth rate depends entirely on increasing my level. Whether this is a bad thing for me or not, it's too soon to tell now. For a martial artist, many things contribute to achieving strength far beyond human capabilities. The belief in your morals and goals, hard work for your morals and goals and never giving up on them. There are many more factors, but these are the most basic factors for every martial artist of any kind. Offensive warriors have a desire for victory makes their attacks stronger. Defensive warriors' desire to defend and protect makes them sturdier. Just like them, all martial artists have their own beliefs which drive them to gain strength.

My desire in Kunlun was to uphold justice. Kunlun was a place that had many laws but at the same time was a lawless place as well. To common people, martial artists were supreme existences, the chosen ones. Martial artists committed many crimes because they got away without many heavy repercussions. I changed that all. I destroyed those who committed unforgivable crimes. I mutilated and mangles those who resisted. I wasn't only the enemy of unorthodox sects, I was also a cause of fear for the orthodox sects and the empires. My desire was strong enough to instill fear in those who even thought of sinning. This same desire led me to become stronger than ever.

There are also many factors such as rage, sadness, happiness, and, gloominess, etc. In these emotions, sometimes a martial artist can find a reason to break through the wall blocking their path to strength. However, currently, none of these factors are working for me. This is the problem that I am facing right now. I can't circulate the energy that I am sensing in the air and sensing inside my body. Circulation is an important step. It can expel many impurities from my body and improve the quality of my energy. It can also strengthen my blood vessels, bones, joints, and muscles as it passes through them. But I can't do it right now. I can't circulate it. It's like it is stored somewhere in my body but I can't pinpoint its location. This is vexing. This is causing anger to well inside me, but it is not giving any results because yesterday when I tried being angry, I ended up wetting my diaper. That was embarrassing. What would Carla think of me now? She must think I'm a baby. This is vexing.

The only experiment left is to raise my stats using stat points. This experiment might be able to answer some of my questions. Then it is better to deal with it as soon as possible. The question now is how do I distribute them? Strength, agility, and stamina are physical stats, so they are a must to invest in. but right now I am a toddler. I have no use for strength. And raising a few points may not also cause any significant changes. It is better to leave it for now.

My charm and wisdom stats are already high. I don't know what effect increasing them would be. For all I know, it might make me cuter than before but there is no immediate result right now. Wisdom can be given a chance of doubt as it can help me analyze situations better. So, I will give it some thought too. Now what's left are Intelligence and sense. Intelligence is the most important stat since it is directly related to mana. By increasing it, I might be able to circulate mana, but I can't be sure of that. Sense can increase my senses. Would it also be able to raise my perception of mana or not? Whether I increase sense or not depends entirely on this reason.

Another question that rises now is how much I should increase them to attain some physical results. For all, I know that increasing them both to 20 might not give me any visible results. So, I can't just keep increasing them and ignore the rest of my stats. So, for now, I will try to increase my intelligence stat one by one until I notice any kind of significant changes. Only then will I know how much to increase every stat. I also only have enough for experimenting with one stat so I will go with the most important one for now. 'Status'.

[Int stat +1]

[Int stat +1]

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[Int stat +1]

[Congratulations. Increasing your Int stat to five has caused your mana sea to expand by a small margin.]

Hmmm… mama sea. I haven't heard of this term before. It seems it is the place where my mana is stored. Is it not in my body then? If it is not, then there is only one place it can be. My soul. Or it is connected to it.

[You have discovered new information about mana. Storing information in log]

Ho… so that is the case. That is why I couldn't pinpoint its location in my body. It was connected to my soul all along. If that is the case, then there are a few methods I can utilize to circulate mana in me. I simply have to bring it out in my body from the soul or make a stable connection between my body and soul. I can try making a mana heart that the system had mentioned. Then I will see if it has any effects on me or not. If it doesn't, then I will simply try my way which is a little dangerous as it is not a method of this world but it's not like I will have any other choice.

[For accurately figuring out the problem you were facing, your wisdom stat has increased by 1]

That's interesting. So that stats can be increased in this way too. Then maybe physical training can enhance my physical stats too. I will have to check that out too. For now, "Open status".