Sect Leader’s Rise to the top! - Chapter 67

Kai turned back to the battle between Qiulong and the [Fungus-Ape]. She had the beast’s neck in her jaw while dragging the lifeless body towards Kai.

“Looks like you finally got the better of it”. Kai patted Qiulong’s head, making her wag her large tail in happiness.

Kai collected their hides and gallbladders then left the area again.

“I now have a strong defense as well as high damage. If my opponent is still too strong, I can still whittle them down with [Corrosive Dragon Stance]”, Kai thought as he left the swamp with Qiulong. On their way out, they ran into more groups of [Slime-Vine] and [Fungus-Ape] which they made fast work of.

Kai had also been increasing Qiulong’s Qi pool to keep up with her fast Qi gain. The higher her Qi went, the stronger she became. Qiulong could now finish killing a [Fungus-Ape] in half the time.

[Grade-2] [Rock Stalker] [Qi 400]

[Sub-Core 3] [Qiulong] [Qi 387/400]

[Manuals]

>[Dragon Subduing Law]

“Her progress is fast. The fact that she doesn’t seem to have any cultivation barriers to break through is proving to be good for her…”

By the time they had left, Kai had collected enough gallbladders to increase his body cultivation to [Mortal Grade-4]. When Kai ate the last gallbladder, he felt his muscles tighten as if becoming more compact. There was a new explosive power stored within his muscles and Kai instinctively knew that his physical strength had reached another milestone. This meant that Kai had finally reached the peak of what the continent considered to be Intermediate Body Cultivators. The next step was now reaching [Mortal Grade-5], which was the first stage for Advanced Body Cultivators.

==[Body Cultivation Manuals]==

>[Primordial Dragon Physique] [D-Rank] based on [Grade-2] [Fungus-Ape]

[Limit]: Mortal Grade-6

[Action]: Consume the Life Essence of defeated foes to increase your Body cultivation]

[Life Essence is stored within the heart or gallbladder]

[Passive]: Body automatically produces parasites that boost metabolism, detoxification, and physical recovery by 100%]

[Body Cultivation Progress: [Mortal Grade-4]

[Life Essences required for next promotion]: 0 /200 [Grade-2 Essences].

“So now I need Grade-2 Essences…” Kai said with a sigh. Collecting 200 [Grade-2] beast essences wouldn’t too be difficult, but it would take a very long time since they were a lot rarer than [Grade-1] beasts.

“Had I knew this earlier, I would have stayed in the Southern Catacombs a lot longer to collect some adult [Rock-Wyrm] gallbladders…” Kai could only sigh as he and Qiulong rode back to the city. His main goal for today had been to test his new internal manual’s power and he was more than satisfied with the results of Wind-Qi.

Kai arrived back in the city after dusk and rode back home. The streets were well lit by the street lamps, giving the whole city a different feeling. Kai hadn’t experienced the nightlife in the city yet but felt since he was technically still 14, that he should act his age and not partake in anything too unsavory.

Kai reached his building and walked in. Old Lao had already prepared dinner and his students were all downstairs talking about something. They didn’t seem to notice Kai had entered as they continued their conversation.

“So you’re saying I should be able to feel the Qi around me?”, Old Lao asked Mina with his eyes closed.

“Yes, Master said if you concentrate, you should be able to sense the Qi within the vicinity. Once you can sense it, then your body will be able to pull it in”, Mina said while nodding her head.

“Sister is right. I can’t sense the Qi as well as my sister can, but it’s still enough to gather a little bit at a time”, Ryu added.

“I see…then I will continue trying to sense the Qi. Thank you”, Old Lao said as he fell back into concentration.

Kai was happy to see them helping each other. He wouldn’t have the time or energy to teach every single newcomer so it was good that they were learning to share their experiences.

He checked their progress and was pleased with what he saw.

Body:[Divine Yin Physique][Mortal Grade-3]

[Sub-Core#1] [Mina] [Qi 40/100]

[Manuals]

>[Modified-Dragon Subduing Law]

Body:[None][Mortal Grade-1]

[Sub-Core#2] [Ryu][Qi 15/50]

[Manuals]

>[Modified-Dragon Subduing Law]

Body:[None][Mortal-Grade-1]

[Sub-Core #4] [Lao Ren][Qi 0/20]

[Manuals]

>[Modified-Dragon Subduing Law]

“Everyone, let’s take a break and have dinner”, Kai said, quickly drawing everyone’s attention.

“Welcome back Master!”, Mina said energetically. She was glad to see that he returned quicker than she thought he would

Kai waved then invited them all upstairs to have dinner. While they ate, Kai told them all about the Hunter’s Association maps and gave each of them one map to use. Kai had already gotten over his fear of the map’s recording function. They seemed to only detect the deaths of wild beasts and only functioned outside of the city. Inside the city, they were just like ordinary pieces of paper.

Once everyone understood the functions of the Maps, Kai told them that they would start hunting tomorrow morning.

Kai also took this time to transfer exact copies of his Body Cultivation Manual, [Primordial Dragon Physique] into them all. This manual was hard enough already to cultivate and so Kai didn’t see the need to make it harder for them.

Just learning the Body Cultivation manual allowed their bodies to start generating the parasites which went to work detoxifying their bodies and improving their current body strength. Ryu became a lot more energetic while Old Lao started to look a lot brighter, as if some weight was finally lifted off his back.

As for Mina, her body reacted a lot differently to the Body Cultivation Manual. First, Her silver hair grew down to her back which surprised everyone. Kai also could swear that she grew a few inches taller. Kai assumed that this was likely due to her [Divine Yin Physique] which was already at [Mortal Grade-3]. Kai didn’t know too much about it, nevertheless, he knew that her physique was already top tier. His manual wouldn’t replace her natural Physique as that was already a part of her. Kai’s Body cultivation manual would actually allow her to increase the Grade of her current physique.

This was good news since Mina was also probably the only person in the world who could use the Physique. Most people born with the [Divine Yin Physique] would have their spiritual roots destroyed while their body’s life essence was siphoned out by the very the same physique until they died at a young age.

As far everyone knew, there was no cure so it was considered a death sentence to be born with a [Divine Yin Physique]. However, now that Kai had given her an alternative way to cultivate, she could gather enough Qi to satiate Her Physique.. Mina was quickly becoming stronger and Kai once again became curious on how far he could push her strength.