It had been hours and Fang Hao had sorted the loot he obtained from the aggressive inner disciples. He kept the treasures which were fairly common, and dumped those that were somewhat exotic but not of great utility. He found a decent number of low grade spirit stones and quite a few consumables (like pills, talismans, beads etc.).

'Nice! None of the treasures are really useful to me, but most of the treasures are run of the mill ones which can be exchanged for contribution points. Better dump few of the exotic but useless ones as I don't my attempt to earn a few points to bite me back in the ass later. Those along with the pills and low grade spirit stones nets me almost 10,000 contribution points. Pity none of these fuckers carried some spells or techniques. Oh well 10,000 contribution points is roughly a year's worth of farming. Murder sure is productive for profit and fun!' thought Fang Hao as he finished cataloging his loot as he summoned his Status Screen.

STATUS SCREEN

Name:

Fang Hao

Race:

Human

Gender:

Male

Age:

20 years

Titles:

Lord Lard

Class:

Cultivator

Unused Skill Points:

102

Realm:

Qi Condensation Realm

Level:

6

Current Experience:

222073

Level Up at Experience:

222303

Active Effects:

Stats

Physique:

16

Finesse:

14.3

Spirit:

17.1

Qi

51.2/53.7

Traits

Calm

Lucky

Primal Instinct

?? Immortal Monk's Prospective Disciple ??

1st Seal - Primordial Marrow

Manuals and Scriptures

Sublime Qi Manual (1st Realm, 10th Layer)

Divine Vajra Body Scripture (1 seals, 4 moves)

Aura Fist Manual (+) (3rd Layer)

Spells and Techniques

Aura Infusion (Perfection)

Fire Serpent (Basic)

Wind Blade (Expert)

Elementary Qi Barrier (Expert)

Frost Chains (Expert)

Aura Fist (Expert)

Phantom Aura Steps (Expert)

Concealing Mist (Expert)

Minor Illusion (Expert)

Telekinetic Hand (Expert)

Call Clouds (Expert)

Static Web (Expert)

Acid Splash (Expert)

Lion's Roar (Expert)

Floating Leaves Step (Expert)

'My Qi has replenished almost completely. Looks like I should find a few more things to murder for the level-up.' thought Fang Hao as he casually stretched his arms with his palms facing outwards with interlocking fingers. His outstretched palm just happened to touch the “Divine Vajra Body Scripture” Field of his Status Screen and a new dialog box popped up.

Divine Vajra Body Scripture

This body refining scripture is an ancient inheritance which has the potential to empower mortals with physique of the gods.

Available Actions

Set as Default Cultivating Scripture

Fang Hao was stunned at the translucent blue popup window. 'WTF. This status screen shit can be activated via Touch Screen? It has been six years and I figured that out now? I am a fucking retarded dumbfuck. Hmm what does the “Set as Default Cultivating Scripture” Action do?' The fatty wondered as he touched the default cultivation action. The pop-up window disappeared as his status screen flickered for a moment.

STATUS SCREEN

Name:

Fang Hao

Race:

Human

Gender:

Male

Age:

20 years

Titles:

Lord Lard

Class:

Cultivator

Unused Skill Points:

102

Realm:

Mortal Body Refiner

Level:

4 (6)

Current Experience:

101617 (222073)

Level Up at Experience:

222303

Active Effects:

Stats

Physique:

16

Finesse:

14.3

Spirit:

17.1

Qi

51.2/53.7

Traits

Calm

Lucky

Primal Instinct

?? Immortal Monk's Prospective Disciple ??

1st Seal - Primordial Marrow

Manuals and Scriptures

Sublime Qi Manual (1st Realm, 10th Layer)

Divine Vajra Body Scripture (1 seals, 4 moves)

Aura Fist Manual (+) (3rd Layer)

Spells and Techniques

Aura Infusion (Perfection)

Fire Serpent (Basic)

Wind Blade (Expert)

Elementary Qi Barrier (Expert)

Frost Chains (Expert)

Aura Fist (Expert)

Phantom Aura Steps (Expert)

Concealing Mist (Expert)

Minor Illusion (Expert)

Telekinetic Hand (Expert)

Call Clouds (Expert)

Static Web (Expert)

Acid Splash (Expert)

Lion's Roar (Expert)

Floating Leaves Step (Expert)

'Eh?! My Realm, Level and current Experience changed? My Class is still Cultivator, but my realm changed from Qi Condensation to Mortal Body Refiner. My Divine Vajra Body Scripture is at the 4th move, so looks like my level changed from 6 to 4 (6). Also my current experience has changed. If I am inferring correctly, looks like my “Primary Class” of Qi Cultivator has changed to Body Refiner. Does that mean that all the xp I get from now on will go towards m body refining scripture while I will have to practice Qi cultivation the hard way? The xp and level in brackets probably means that I need to catch up to my level in the Qi Condensation Class.'

Wondering about the consequences of this, Fang Hao got supremely excited. He was always worried about the apparent speed of his Qi Cultivation. His Qi Cultivation talent wasn't that great but if he leveled up with the xp from kills, his Qi Cultivation speed would be highly suspicious. On the other hand, probing the cultivation stages of Body Refining was extremely difficult unless he exposed his physical battle power and resilience. This meant that he would no longer have to suppress his xp farming rate. If his Qi cultivation was about to exceed the bounds of his talent, he could always change his primary cultivation method to his Body Refining Scripture. Fang Hao then tried touching the “Aura Fist Manual” field and all he got was a pop up window with a brief description of the Aura Fist Manual without any Available Actions.

Aura Fist Manual (+)

A stable and reasonably powerful supllementary Qi Cultivation manual primarily used by Body Refiners. The auxiliary spells granted by this Manual can be exploited fully only with those practicing both Qi Cultvation and Body-refining.

Note: This Manual/Scripture has been augmented by insights of the practioner.

'Eh? No available actions for me to switch back to this Aura Fist manual? Is there some sort of time or level based cool down for switching cultivation techniques? Oh well, wasn't I worried about by Qi Cultivation having a sudden level-up if I cleared the wind wolf carcass delivery quest? Looks like now I can funnel all my earned xp into my body cultivation! This will surely save plenty of resources for me. On the flip side, it looks like I will have to cultivate my Qi Cultivation the hard way. But since I am out for completing missions... I might as well take this opportunity to level up my body refining level to my Qi condensation level which needs roughly 120k xp.'

'Also looks like the (+) thingy is the bonus effects from insight. Good to know. Does this mean that (-) will appear due to cultivation deviation? Oh well, looks like it is time for some xp farming.'