Rolling it
A couple of days after that I was looking at my new level. If I thought that it will be very easy to increase it, then I can say that I am wrong. All next secluded areas were areas with a small amount of experience for me. Only rare monsters gave me ten points of experience. Mostly I was receiving three or two points. That is it. Grinding level up was not easy. I needed to sleep, eat and communicate with other people.
Level up gave me five bonus statistic points that I can use to increase my powers. Like in every RPG game it is important to think about what stat you should increase to make your character stronger. A player needs to take into consideration who is his character. Different types of builds need a different amount of statistics points. So, for example, an intelligence centered character should max his Intelligence stat. Warrior, on the other hand, needs Agility or Strength.
I know that I will be Qi dependable person, but also, I understand that other statistics also need to be developed. So I can see a couple ways of development, but I should be careful. I feel comfortable with the amount of Strength and Agility I have right now. Intellect and Qi are something different. I don't know what the relation is here, but there is one definitely. I can feel it.
In the end, I decided to put one point in each statistic and then add the last point that was no used fo the increase of Qi. I have for statistics I, but every level five points are given. My Qi increased to three points. I don't know if it is considered strong. There is no way for me to compare it right now.
My mom was a completely different woman from what I knew from the memories. She was very lovely to me and was allowing a lot more that I could even think about. Of course, I am not crossing borders right now, because I do not feel safe now.
"Son," said my dad during our normal evening mealtime. Our family is actually very busy, and we can not eat altogether because dad is working hard, and my mom was never very fond of me, until my Qi Awakening, but now. "You spend a lot of your time at home meditating. I know that you do not have any meditation techniques but still try to meditate. You are not efficient."
"Then what would you recommend?" I asked my dad. "You promised to find a technique for me, but I do not see one."
That was harsh. My dad clearly had not enough time to find a meditation technique for me, but I do not want him to try to control me that hard. It will be very inconvenient for me. I am still a sixteen-year-old teenager and I should definitely do some stupid stuff. That what he believes.
"You should go to school," said my dad and started cutting chicken leg that he had on his plate. My mom was not saying anything just listening. "I know that we had a talk about that, but you need socializing. And the good news is that I know a person that wants to sell a meditation technique for a beginner Qi practitioner."
"What is the price?" I was surprised. That is very fast… It looks like society division does not work well with money. Everyone needs them.
"Don't ask," said my dad. "You do not have to worry about that."
After these words, there was silence in a room. If my dad says it like that, it means that the price is very high. But benefits that they can get with me being a cultivator with a technique is higher then me being a cultivator without a technique.
This world is huge. From the memory of the previous guy, I know that many countries have never existed in my own world. There are seven different continents with around three hundred countries on them. Some are huge, with billions of people living there, some are very small with only a couple million. The population of this world is also bigger than in my previous world. That means that there can be more cultivators in other countries. If I want to be the strongest person, I should probably win against that other humans.
A country where I live is named Country of Blue Waves. It is named that way because of the see that is very stormy and as well because of a strange Qi effect that appears in the center. This Qi wave is blue and covers a huge territory. From memory, I know that there were many wars for control of this anomaly. And our country won most of those.
The leader of the country is the Emperor and his family. Everybody knows that the Emperor's family always had great Qi cultivators. In addition to that, they had someone called genius every hundred years or so. It is believed that they have a godly bloodline. I don't know anything about that, because most of the available information is trash or just pure propaganda. I do not say that it is not true at all, but I don't believe in that.
"Hey, Tekeshi," said my mom. "Maybe you should visit some martial arts training?"
"Hm," I thought for a short second. There was nobody in our room except for our family. Even maids were not allowed. Other times our maid would have already cleaned the table.
It is a good idea to start doing some training. In the future, there might be a situation, where I will be against the cultivator of the same power. Then only mastery in some field can decide death and life. I don't want to die, so training in martial arts can be beneficial.
"I think that this a great idea," I said after a couple of seconds of thoughts. "But it should be a good martial arts dojo with knowledgeable masters."
"Of course," said my Youi with a smile. "And I got a call from Emily worrying if you are ok."
Emily Knob is my sex friend. Yeah, I know that it is surprising for me, but not surprising in overall. I was dating with her from when I was fifteen. This woman is older than me and is currently working as my sex friend. I could call her anytime I wanted, and she will come. Emily had other positions in dads' company, but it was not connected to upper management and money anyhow.
"So what will you do tomorrow?" asked my mom. Dad was not listening carefully because he was working on his smartphone, responding to the emails.
"I will go to school, and also call Emily," I said with a short smile. My mom just nodded with her head and continued her meal.