Sense of Urgency

As Liu Feng cultivated inside the hut, and Shu Fanrong cultivated beside the spirit stone, dusk snuck up on the both of them.

In the instant that Liu Feng felt the slightest rumbling of his stomach, he stopped cultivating and stood up to hunt. He never wanted to experience that kind of month-long starvation ever again.

"That reminds me, Little Rong is already in the third realm. Let me see what capabilities she has at that stage."

In the decade that Liu Feng lived in this world, he—more often than not—turned his head away as soon as possible every time he was about to witness a fight between cultivators. For a lowly mortal-like person such as him, this was the smart choice, else he might lose his life just by being in the sidelines.

Even during the Great Order Sect's destruction, he could do nothing but hide and hope that no stray sword energies or attacks reached him and his fragile wooden wardrobe.

Now that there was an opportunity to observe a cultivator's strength in a safe way, he took it immediately. In his opinion, a third realm cultivator should demolish a spiritual boar with no problem.

"Little Rong, it's time for dinner. Let's go hunt another beast."

Shu Fanrong obediently stopped her cultivation and followed along Liu Feng. On the way, she noticed that he didn't bring his bow and arrows along.

"Master, where is your bow?"

"Ahem, I'm planning to let you experience your first hunt. There is no need for my bow and arrow."

"My, my first hunt?" Shu Fanrong's heart dropped. "No! Master, I'm scared..."

"Don't be silly, my disciple." Liu Feng ruffled Shu Fanrong's hair. "You are already in the third realm. This is more than enough to take care of some spiritual beasts."

"But, but—"

"Hush now. Don't worry, I'll be here to protect you."

Hearing that, Shu Fanrong was reassured. Despite her master's low cultivation base, his position was very high in her heart.

Soon, the two encountered a lone boar, feeding on the grass.

"There. You should use your newly learned combat technique. Just consider this as practice—no danger whatsoever."

Shu Fanrong suppressed her fear and nodded cutely. As she gulped, she exited the protection of the bushes and walked towards the brown-furred creature.

The boar raised its head and immediately looked at Shu Fanrong with rage and caution in its eyes. It got ready to charge at her small body.

Shu Fanrong widened her eyes. She recalled the first move of the combat technique, Perfect Harmony Fist, and circulated her spiritual energy accordingly.

Right before the boar reached her, Shu Fanrong extended her arm with force, her small fist reaching the boar's snout. A light of red and blue, intertwined with each other, flashed within an instant--

Bam!

The boar turned stiff before its head directly exploded! The rest of its body remained intact.

It plopped onto the ground headlessly.

Shu Fanrong widened her eyes. Her fist was splashed with the boar's blood, similarly with her face. She smiled at Liu Feng.

"Master, master, look! I hunted it in one shot!"

Shu Fanrong's innocent and excited look contrasted with the blood-stained grass beneath her.

Liu Feng returned the smile. He thought inwardly, "Damn. If I didn't know that was blood, I would've thought she was just a naughty kid playing with ketchup."

"Good job, my disciple. I knew you could do it."

He looked at Shu Fanrong and noticed that despite the boar's blood splashing all over her skin, the disciple uniform surprisingly stayed stainless.

Liu Feng smeared some of the blood on his disciple's uniform directly, but it didn't stick.

"At least I have one less thing to worry about."

.....

The two headed back, with Shu Fanrong finding and killing two more beasts, one of which was a snake instead of a boar.

Liu Feng was a bit worried when he first saw the snake, but he knew his worries were needless when he saw Shu Fanrong execute a different move of the Perfect Harmony combat technique—Perfect Harmony Slice!

With a movement echoing that of a karate chop in Liu Feng's previous life, the snake was accurately separated into two clean parts.

After Shu Fanrong cleaned up, she joined Liu Feng for another sumptuous dinner. Despite her non-hunger, her master's cooking was way too good to pass up.

As the moon took over the sky, Shu Fanrong continued her cultivation. Liu Feng gave her another Quarter-Pure Spirit Stone before he headed inside to check the system.

"It's been 4 days since I've gotten a disciple. It's time for me to harvest the leeks!"

———

Time left before DP turnover: Available!

Amount of DP to be collected: 44 DP

———

"44 DP! That's about half of the DP I spent so far."

Liu Feng figured out the system. He was to get 10 DP per level that his disciples had surpassed.

Shu Fanrong, a third realm Attribution Form cultivator, was of the fourth level according to the system. Although he didn't know what kind of metrics the system used to measure the level, he guessed that it was somewhat related to overall strength instead of realm.

He also surmised that he could harvest Disciple Points from every member of the sect, since he was the sect master. As such, when the number of members of the sect start to balloon, his DP turnover should also follow accordingly.

Of course, this wasn't confirmed to be the case yet, but it made him hopeful. It was also the only way the 1000 DP cost for a day's extension of the barrier made sense to him.

As for the extra 4 DP, it came from the +10% that the [Master I] achievement gave him. This bonus didn't look like much now, but once the amount of DP he got per turnover went higher and higher, this ten percent bonus would rocket alongside it.

Liu Feng claimed the turnover without hesitation. He would be able to get this amount every 4 days from now on.

———

44 DP has been claimed.

Time left before DP turnover: 25 days

Amount of DP to be collected: 44 DP

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"...Did the system glitch or something? Why is it 25 days?"

[Ding! The week-long DP turnover is a novice bonus for the host. Normal turnover periods are 28 days long.]

Liu Feng's expression sank.

"Every month? No wonder a mere Speed Master achievement took 3 days off the turnover period. I thought it was such a huge bonus, removing almost half, but it turns out that it only removed a tenth!"

The long period before each turnover shattered Liu Feng's future plans!

He recalled the person that tested the barrier's strength and felt fearful.

"There's only around three months left till the barrier drops. I can't rely on the next two or three turnovers—I need to either get more powerful in the next three months, do more achievements to reduce the turnover period, or somehow get 1000 DP to extend the barrier.

"The 1000 DP plan is not reliable. After all, it would only prolong the death of me and the sect for just one day.

"As for reducing the turnover period, heh, I can count that out as well. The achievements are all hidden, who knows when I'll get lucky enough to get another one.

"In the end, only power and strength reign supreme..."

For the first time in a long time, Liu Feng felt a sense of urgency.