'Being followed?'
'System, can you assess if they have any hostile intentions?' Ye Tian Yun asked.
[No hostile intent observed]
'Then they must be here under my father's orders. Why doesn't he allow me to do whatever I wish, always trying to pry out my secrets.' Ye Tian Yun grumbled for a moment before heading inside his mansion
'System, do you have any way to get out of here safely and secretly?' Ye Tian Yun asked when he saw no other way to head out, 'Open Status.'
[Host: Ye Tian Yun]
[Kill Points: 0/1000]
[Cultivation: 9th Level of Qi Condensation Realm]
[Cultivation Techniques: One Sword for all (Initial Phase), Thousand Faced Death (Initial Phase)]
'Hmm… I didn't ask earlier, how to increase Kill Points?' He asked the system.
[Kill Points are rewarded when a spiritual loss happens in the surrounding due to host. It can be by killing or by absorbing spiritual herbs and pills.]
'Oh, and I can upgrade my cultivation with them?'
[Not only cultivation but the skill level of cultivation techniques too]
When he heard cultivation techniques, his focus immediately shifted to the two techniques present in front of him on the screen.
'Show me the cultivation techniques'
[One Sword For All] (Initial Phase) (0/100)
[One Sword resonates in the Heavens. One Sword to devour the Heavens. One Sword to create the realms. One Sword to ascend. One Sword For All]
[Thousand Faced Death] (Initial Phase) (0/100)
[One life, thousand deaths. One cultivation, thousand realms. One person, thousand faces.]
A smile appeared as he remembered these two cultivation techniques. These two techniques had helped him a lot in many of his previous lives near-death encounters. One Sword For All gave him a great advantage in direct confrontation while the Thousand Faced Death was a disguise technique best for ambush and assassinations.
'So, the techniques need 100 Kill Points to break through?'
[Yes, to upgrade to Middle Phase, each would need a hundred Kill Point]
Looking at these two cultivation techniques, Ye Tian Yun started assessing his situation. His future plans would take a long time to finish, and sometimes there may be some unpredictable situation.
'Alright, I will go into seclusion for some time before heading out.' Ye Tian Yun thought and concluded after some time. He wanted to go at his best state and be at least at the level of Core Disciple by the time he set foot into the Sect.
"Butler, bring all the Seven Treasures Qi Tempering Liquid we have right now!" He called out to his Butler, ordering him to bring all the resources for him.
This spiritual liquid had the ability to increase the strength of the physical constitution and increase the speed at which a Qi Condensation Realm cultivators cultivated.
To refine Qi pills, one would first require the formation of the Pill Fire, an ability that was only achievable by Ranked alchemists.
However, concocting spiritual liquids only required a formula. With the knowledge of the herbs and spiritual materials required and the order in which the spiritual materials were to be prepared, anyone was capable of concocting spiritual liquids.
Ye Tian Yun poured the Seven Treasures Body Tempering Liquid into the barrel, mixed everything thoroughly. After some time, he took off his clothes before jumping in.
Sitting cross-legged inside the barrel, Ye Tian Yun felt a numbing sensation flow through his body.
He knew it was due to the Seven Treasures Qi Tempering Liquid fusing into his body and increasing the Qi flow throughout his body.
As he started absorbing the liquid, the System started making prompts,
[Host has absorbed Seven Treasures Body Tempering Liquid, gained 1 Kill Point]
[Host has absorbed Seven Treasures Body Tempering Liquid, gained 1 Kill Point]
[Host has absorbed Seven Treasures Body Tempering Liquid, gained 1 Kill Point]
[Host has absorbed Seven Treasures Body Tempering Liquid, gained 1 Kill Point]
….
Under the greedy absorption of Ye Tian Yun's body, a barrel of the medicinal bath was swiftly consumed.
The foundations of cultivation was Qi absorption, where the body tempering process, the strengthening of vitality and blood, and the changes of the fleshly body took place.
Three days later, after absorbing the third barrel of medicinal liquid, Ye Tian Yun finally stepped into the realm of the first level of the Qi Stabilization Realm as soon as system prompted him,
[Host has accumulated over 1000 Kill Points, would you like to break through?]
Ye Tian Yun got out of the barrel and stood in front of a mirror. He looked at the able-bodied figure that was completely different from the figure from three days ago and started laughing, happy for his breakthrough.
'Status'
[Host: Ye Tian Yun]
[Kill Points: 12/10000]
[Cultivation: 1st Level of Qi Stabilization Realm]
[Cultivation Techniques: One Sword for all (Initial Phase) (0/100), Thousand Faced Death (Initial Phase) (0/100)]
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When the Butler saw Ye Tian Yun three days later, he had an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Crown Prince, you…"
After a brief moment, he cupped his fists and said, "Crown Prince really is a once in an era genius, to be able to reach Qi Stabilization Realm before turning fifteen is unheard of even in the Upper Heavens, since the first three stages are the most important."
"Alright, stop bootlicking. Go and prepare Qi Strengthening pills, I am not done with cultivation yet."
"Yes, Master." The Butler went to prepare the herbs with a swift reply.
Very soon, he returned and handed over the Qi Strengthening Pills to Ye Tian Yun.
Qi Strengthening pills gave best effects when consumed within a day of the breakthrough in the Tri-Qi Stages, Qi Refining, Qi Condensation and finally, the Qi Stabilization Stage.
These three were the foundational stages in all the cultivation realms.. After these came the Foundational Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul and so on.