1 A Martial Art that Cultivates on Its Own

[Your Crimson Afterglow Technique has improved after a day of painstaking cultivation. Experience +1.]

A notification popped up before Yang Yi's eyes. He was pleasantly surprised. "The martial art cultivated on its own?"

A day ago, an attribute panel suddenly appeared in his mind. He tapped a few buttons and learned the Crimson Afterglow Technique.

Today, he received a feedback report about the Crimson Afterglow Technique.

Yang Yi opened the attribute panel.

Host: Yang Yi

Realm: Skin Refining (261/300)

Spirit accumulation point: 50

Learned martial arts: Crimson Afterglow Technique

Pending martial arts: None

Number of scans: 1

He stared at the martial arts panel again.

Martial art: Crimson Afterglow Technique (learned)

Realm: Level 1 (Skin Refining)

Characteristics: perceptive

Quality: Body Tempering martial art

Feedback: [Your Crimson Afterglow Technique has improved after a day of painstaking cultivation. Experience +1] (Next feedback requires 24 hours)

After the feedback from the Crimson Afterglow Technique, the experience points in Yang Yi's Realm had indeed increased by one point.

In this world, martial arts were divided into cultivation methods and martial techniques.

A martial artist could learn several martial techniques, but only one cultivation method.

This means that a breakthrough in the cultivation method of a martial artist was equivalent to a breakthrough in their own realm.

If one did not cultivate a cultivation method, one could only temper their own bones and tendons, and rely on strength training alone, like the fighters in the pugilistic world.

That process was slow, and it was easy for the cultivator to have internal injuries. They would not be able to reach the Strength Entry realm no matter how hard they cultivated.

The path of cultivation began with the Body Tempering realm and the Strength Entry realm. The Body Tempering realm was divided into the Skin Refining, Blood Refining, and Bone Refining stages.

The Crimson Afterglow Technique was the Qixia sect's Body Tempering martial art. There were only three stages, and the highest level could help Yang Yi break through the Bone Refining stage and reach the Strength Entry realm!

However, Yang Yi was not gifted. Ever since his transmigration a year ago, his parents sent him to the Qixia sect to be a general disciple. Even after a long period of cultivation, he was still at the most basic level of the Skin Refining stage.

If he relied on his own strength to break through to the Blood Refining stage, it would take at least four months!

"According to the original plan, it would take a year and four months to break through to the Blood Refining stage. That means that I have extremely poor aptitude. If that's the case, it would be better for me to return home and take over the family business instead of toiling away with cultivation."

Yang Yi's parents were famous tea merchants in Qingzhou's Baisha City.

They lived in a beautiful mansion built on fertile land, and had riches beyond compare. He could spend the rest of his life without worrying about his food, clothes, and other matters.

However, the world was not a peaceful place. They were living in troubled times, and demons were ruining people's lives.

Therefore, Yang Yi hoped to learn some skills to protect himself in this chaotic world.

"I still have less than 40 experience points before I can break through."

Yang Yi looked at his cultivation realm on the attribute panel with anticipation.

When he breaks through to the Blood Refining stage, he would be promoted to an outer disciple.

As an outer disciple, he would have more time to cultivate, among other benefits.

In this chaotic world, the well-established Qixia sect had no shortage of disciples wanting to join it.

Therefore, ordinary, untalented individuals could only start from being a general disciple even if they donated money to the sect.

"When I was cleaning the side hall this morning, I inexplicably received 50 spirit accumulation points. What are spirit accumulation points for?"

While Yang Yi was feeling puzzled, a piece of information flashed through his mind.

It turned out that spirit accumulation points could not be seen or touched. They were formed by the gathering of Heaven and Earth's fate. They could be used to hasten the feedback from cultivation methods.

10 spirit accumulation points were needed for one feedback report from a Body Tempering martial art.

"Does this mean that I can speed up my cultivation?"

Yang Yi could painstakingly cultivate for a day with no guarantee of gaining any experience points. Compared to the Crimson Afterglow Technique's auto-cultivation, he was much slower. The consumption of spirit accumulation points could also double the cultivation speed of the Crimson Afterglow Technique!

"I want to repeat this process three times!"

Yang Yi recited it inwardly.

[Your Crimson Afterglow Technique has cultivated arduously for a day. Its cultivation base has improved. Experience +1.]

[Your Crimson Afterglow Technique sneaked a peek at the internal disciples' competition. It gained a deeper understanding of the cultivation method. Experience +10.]

[Your Crimson Afterglow Technique decided to rest for a day due to the bad weather. It will cultivate arduously tomorrow. Experience +0.]

The Crimson Afterglow Technique indeed gave some feedback. The information on the last two reports were different. Yang Yi guessed that they were some kind of special event.

Usually, the Crimson Afterglow Technique would earn one experience point a day. However, after watching the internal disciples' competition, it gained 10 experience points. From this, it could be seen that the comprehension ability of the Crimson Afterglow Technique was far more terrifying than Yang Yi had imagined.

Yang Yi noticed that the experience points on the interface had increased from 261 to 272!

He was in a great mood. Just as he was about to use up the remaining 20 spirit accumulation points, he heard something.

Creak.

The door was pushed open.

His roommate, Zhou Yan, dragged his exhausted body into the room.

"I'm so tired. I work all day long. How can I find the time to cultivate?"

Zhou Yan came from a well-off family, but he was also a general disciple. He had very little time to cultivate every day. He only had one lesson a month. Hence, his cultivation progress was not much different from Yang Yi's.

"Didn't today's cleaning finish in the evening?" Yang Yi glanced over.

"Don't get me started. I ran over to join in the fun, but I accidentally bumped into a Senior Brother from the inner sect. Then, I was dragged away to do chores."

Zhou Yan did not even take off his clothes. He collapsed on the opposite bed.

"Then you deserve it," Yang Yi smiled.

"This time, it's not my fault. Do you know what happened?" Zhou Yan got up and said mysteriously with his eyes wide open.

"Let me guess, you went to see some beautiful Senior Sisters."

It was normal for teenagers of their age to be doing such things.

"Wrong! This was a big deal. Do you know the master of the Raindrop Court, Elder Mei?"

"There are 13 Elders in the Qixia sect. Among them, there are nine Elders for cultivation method impartation. They are also the the masters of the nine Inner Courts. Elder Mei of the Raindrop Court is also known as Elder Tenth."

Although Yang Yi was a general disciple, he collected a lot of information.

Among the nine Inner Courts, the Raindrop Court was ranked the middle. However, Elder Mei was a woman and was good at swordsmanship. Most of her disciples were women. Therefore, the Raindrop Court was a beautiful sight to behold in the sect.

"What about Elder Mei?" Yang Yi asked with a frown.

"She went missing! Also, none of the disciples who went on the mission with her came back except for the First Senior Sister of the Raindrop Court, Zhou Wansu."

The cold moon cast its frost-like glow through the wooden window, making Zhou Yan's face seem pale.

"The Elders are at least at the Sati Transformation realm. How could she..." Yang Yi could not believe it, but Zhou Yan did not look like he was joking. "What did the First Senior Sister say?"

"She was found next to the sect's boundary stone. She's affected by the Devil Qi which entered her body, and she remains unconscious still."

Zhou Wansu of the Raindrop Courtyard had always been kind to others. She looked like an immortal. Nobody expected her to be met with such misfortune.

Yang Yi sighed. He had thought that a behemoth like the Qixia sect would be able to survive on its own in this chaotic world.

However, even a Sati Transformation realm Elder could not escape danger.

As he thought about this, Yang Yi opened the attribute panel and looked at his remaining 20 spirit accumulation points.

He made up his mind and used it all for a feedback!

[After a day of hard work, your Crimson Afterglow Technique has improved. Experience +1.]

[Your Crimson Afterglow Technique is eager to protect its master. When it passed by the pill room, it brought back a vial of vitality pills for you!]