Cursed Phantom Mantra

At a small house in the woods there is a massive pile of horned rabbit corpses. 20 to be exact, with about 1/3 of them containing the small red crystal. Every horned rabbit kill gave a repeatable achievement point reward of 5. Quite generous for this easy of a kill to be honest.

Overall Byron currently has 135 achievement points. This presents the tempting option of 2 gacha spins, but that is definitely not what she needs right now. Current goal being a cultivation technique which synergizes with the Yin Body Cultivation technique.

Speaking of... she hasn't checked how much that would cost.

"System"

As the system screen opened, she selected shop and opened the search bar. Searching for Qi cultivation techniques which work well with Her body cultivation method. She sorted out the expensive ones.

[Severing nightshade mantra - With this Qi cultivation method the user incorporates nightshade qi from poisonous plants into their daintain to add a deadly poison to all attacks. Works best with dark and water type techniques.] (B grade common) - 1200

[Bloody Blizzard mantra - With this Qi cultivation method ice and water type techniques can be infused with the user's blood to have massively increased potency. Cultivation speed can be increased by infusing the blood of others with your own (does not allow for stealing bloodlines).] (A grade common) - 1500

[Cursed Phantom mantra - With this Qi cultivation method attacks can become ethereal, affinity with spiritual techniques and those related to cold or wind. Cultivated speed can be increased by consuming souls (mainly found in monster crystals)] (S grade common) - 2000

'hmmm, they all sound hard to cultivate..... System show me rare level techniques' hoping the techniques won't be too expensive she prays to herself before looking

[Yin Yang balance mantra - With this Qi cultivation method Qi of both yin and yang must be absorbed equally both day and night. Allowing a balance of Qi types equalizing into an overall affinity boost. Cultivated in both sunlight and moonlight] (A grade rare) - 150,000

[Yang blazing mantra - With this Qi cultivation method Qi is absorbed into the daintain, ignited and expanded using Yang Qi from blazing sunlight. Allows massive boosts of power for fire, heat, light, physical techniques. Only able to be cultivated in direct sunlight. The final form of this technique achieves the yang blazing heart.] (SS grade rare) - 300,000

[Malevolent Yin mantra - With this Qi cultivation method the Qi in the daintan freezes and contracts using Yin Qi from anywhere, most prominently the moon. Allows for massive boosts of power for ice, cold, dark techniques. Slow cultivation when not used under moonlight. Final form of technique grants the Frozen Malevolent Heart] (SSS grade rare) - 400,000

'HOLY WOW THATS EXPENSIVE.... I don't even have 1/10th of the amount needed for any of these.... possibly I could get one of these later on? But this does mean the technique I got for body cultivation is really valuable...' with a extremely shocked expression she returns to the less expensive techniques

The cheapest one sounded good but its probably as cheap as it is for a reason. At the current moment the Cursed Phantom mantra seemed the best because it's condition for faster progress was more achievable and less gross then bathing in blood or whatever.

Byron had a pile of 21 monster crystals already... albeit not powerful ones but still. If she keeps getting around 20 horned rabbit kills and crystals a day she could get the cultivation technique relatively quickly.

One issue is that she will have to trek out to farther areas and search for more rabbits because if she keeps killing all of them in one area they will no longer come by out of fear. Maybe she could search for other monster types? There was a part of the forest that looked more ominous then the others after all.

The opposite side of the field had a forest with a new type of tree. Possibly there could be more powerful animals as its a different habitat? This was only speculation though and the trip would take around 5-6 hours on foot.

The sun is setting now, and Byron makes her way out to the patches of yin flowers to cultivate her body. Letting the whirlwind of Yin energy force its way through her getting caught in her muscles. Compacting and reinforcing them.

She can feel something coming, right on the edge. She knows this feeling, a breakthrough is coming. Stealth training with the light mirage technique really payed off this time. Progress may have been good before but actual experience was much better.

The feeling cold feeling building all throughout her body, right on the edge ready to tip over. With one more punch she finally tips over that edge.

*BOOM* a decently loud noise comes from Byron's body like every other breakthrough.

[(repeat achievement) Earned 20 achievement points!]

taking a short break to catch her breath, Byron opens her status window

"Status"

(I'm dropping the whole status window this time, I'll do this occasionally so it's not just you adding stuff together in your head. Gotta be visual too :thumbsup:)

---------{Status}---------

Name: None (Was Byron)

Active Title: None

Race: Human

Bloodline: Supreme Human

Physique: None

Body Cultivation Realm: Muscle Refinement 3

Spirit Cultivation Realm: Mortal

Qi Cultivation Realm: Mortal

Str (strength) - 3 (slightly above average mortal)

Dur (durability) - 10 (durable)

Will (willpower/mental strength) - 3 (above average mortal)

Agi (agility/speed) - 3 (slightly above average mortal)

Cha (charisma/charm) - 2 (good looking)

Lck (Luck/Fortune) - 15 (very fortunate)

Unused Stat Points: 2

Skills {none}

Techniques {

Qi nourishing technique (S tier common) - allows the user to use Qi as a food and water source, a very common cultivator technique which becomes useless for those of the higher realms as this becomes a normal thing.

Yin body Cultivation Technique (B tier rare) - cultivate Yin energy into the body, use in combination with Yang soul cultivation technique for more power, the highest form achieves grand yin physique.

Light Mirage technique (S grade rare) - Qi cultivation technique which allows manipulation of light, specializing in mirage techniques. When fully mastered, it allows manipulation of light itself on a major scale.}

Items {Bronze Spiked Gauntlets (B tier uncommon), useless talisman (F grade common), Humble Abode blade (A grade Epic), Cultivation Abolishing Pill (B grade Legendary) }

Titles {none}

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Seeing how her breakthrough gave her 2 free stat points like the other 2 muscle refinement breakthroughs, she put both points into luck.... considering another stat but that probably won't help enough in the long run.

[Lck (Luck/Fortune) - 15 --> 17 (very fortunate)]

Her job now is to use the light mirage technique hunt during the day and body cultivate during the night. Soon she will move locations searching for more powerful monsters. Getting the cursed phantom mantra as soon as possible is a must.