Yi Fan passed the next few days training and leading a simple life.
He kept to the sect's routine. He practiced early and rested early. The days were plain and steady.
A few days later, Yi Fan was walking around the sect.
When he walked beside the Coiling Dragon Stream he saw Yang Kai in a meditating state before it, absorbing dense Yuan Qi. Suddenly Yang Kai brokethrough.
Yi Fan was a bit far from him. He jumped onto a tree branch and used it to hide. He kept watching.
Suddenly Yang Kai brokethrough again and reached the peak of Body Tempering stage. Yi Fan saw that Yang Kai's breakthrough stopped; Yang Kai struggled within. He watched with a tight chest. The scene made him uneasy.
A few moments later, a woman who covered her whole body in black cloth attacked Yang Kai.
Seeing this, Yi Fan thought, "Oh — this is the time when Xia Ning Chang will help Yang Kai to breakthrough."
Yi Fan could not see the woman's face because it was hidden by a black mask, but he remembered something from the novel. With Xia Ning Chang's help Yang Kai had succeeded in breaking through to the Initial stage before. Yi Fan watched from the tree branch and did not move.
******
Three days later
The day finally came when he would get the system. Yi Fan was walking on the sect's outer street. He thought, "I need to wait for the evening. That is when my system will complete its fusion." He felt nervous and excited at the same time.
Suddenly he heard a commotion. When he looked toward the sound he found disciples gathered in a circle, watching something. Yi Fan reached that place and found that Su Mu was fighting with someone. He asked a nearby disciple, "What is going on?"
The disciple replied, "Su Mu is fighting with Wei Zhuang, who is the grandson of the Great Elder."
Yi Fan remembered the incident. Suddenly he realized something and started running toward Su Yan's house.
On the way he thought, "I have to inform Su Yan as soon as possible. If not, this incident will escalate. I almost forgot about this, or I would have prepared beforehand."
He thought of the chain of events. Because of this incident, while Yang Kai defeated Wei Zhuang to take revenge for Su Mu and tried to intimidate him with a weapon made from his blood, an inner disciple would come and imprison him, saying that he had tried to kill someone in a friendly match with a weapon.
After some time, Xia Ning Chang would try to save him by asking his master Old Meng for help. Old Meng would help and do a favor, but later he would want Yang Kai to help his disciple get a Ying energy drop.
This way all the incidents were linked. If I could stop the first part, it would be easier for me to stop their relationship from growing."
At that moment he felt he needed the system badly. He reached Su Yan's house. His breath was short because he had run all the way without stopping.
He said, "Senior sister, your brother is in danger. Wei Zhuang's is going to kill him. Please go to the martial arena as soon as possible."
Su Yan asked, "Are you telling the truth?"
Yi Fan added, "Senior brother Yang sent me to call you. He is trying to stop him, but he is badly injured. If you don't go soon they both will die."
Yi Fan changed the story and told a different version so that he could get Su Yan to move quickly. His plan worked. Su Yan went to the arena at once. She stopped Yang Kai and Wei Zhuang's fight before Yang Kai could threaten Wei Zhuang with his blood knife.
Seeing the scene where Yang Kai had defeated Wei Zhuang, Su Yan asked, "Yi Fan, you said Yang Kai was injured, but I can see he is fit and fine. Only my brother and Wei Zhuang are badly hurt."
Yi Fan answered to defend himself, pretending he did not know Yang Kai's true strength. "I did not know Senior brother Yang was so strong, or else I would not have come."
That incident closed for the moment. The crowd dispersed and the wounded were taken away. Yi Fan let out a small breath when things calmed.
*****
In the evening, while Yi Fan stood before a river, suddenly a sound came to him.
[Ding. Host. Fusing with your body is completed.]
At the same time a blue panel opened in front of him, showing his status.
[Name: Yi Fan
Race: Human
Age: 17
Identity: *Yi Family Young Master
*Trial Disciple of Skyword Pavilion
Origin: Earth
Cultivation: Body Tempering — First Stage
Body Constitution: None
.....]
Below it some options were shown.
[Options:
Notification
Mission
Special Gift Box •
...]
A red dot showed on the Special Gift Box option. He clicked it.
The panel changed and a different panel appeared. A diamond-colored chest floated in front of him. He opened it. Another panel showed. He read —
[Congratulations. You received the opening gift after transmigrating into this world.]
[You have obtained a special physics called "Limitless Force physics."
*The user's body allows them to fight with strength equal to someone one cultivation layer higher than their actual level.
*Without refinement, its possessor could fight with the strength of someone one layer higher than them.
*After 1 refinement, its possessor could fight with the strength of someone 2 layer higher than them.
*After 2 refinements, its possessor could fight with the strength of someone three layers higher than them.
After 10 refinements, its possessor could fight with the strength of someone one entire stage higher than them.]
[Sit cross-legged and then "click here" to activate this ability.]
Yi Fan sat cross-legged and clicked where it said. Immediately he felt intense pain, as if his body was burning and reconstructing from inside. He thought, "I cannot endure this if I do not train hard for five days. This system is not exactly like the game I played, but it is a little similar. I saw this type of ability in a game once but I did not try it then."
After a few hours, Yi Fan's physique changed and he discovered that he had broken through to Body Tempering — Third Stage. He felt a new firmness in his limbs. The system notification arrived again.
[Host, try to sense spritual energy of surrounded and if successful then gather it in your dantian.]
Yi Fan followed the instruction and successfully gathered spiritual energy from the surrounding area. He collected spirit until the system told him to stop. He practiced the gathering with care and patience. In the next few days he broke through several more times. He trained, rested, and practiced gathering. His body accepted more Yuan Qi.
A few days later his cultivation had reached Body Tempering — Sixth Stage. He felt stronger. He knew he would need even more practice, but the start had been good.
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