On the ground, Hou Yan laid on the ground panting profusely and was drenched in sweat. You could tell from his face that he was out of energy to even blink.
For several days, he hunted monsters and exercised in order to reach the 5th Qi Condensation and increase the level of his body technique. It was a repetitive thing he kept on repeating, kill a rabbit then exercise for a while. The reason why it took several days was due to Hou Yan's inexperience in fighting.
Name: Hou Yan
Cultivation: Qi Condensation level 5 (0/50)
Physical Body: Peak Qi Condensation
Martial Skills:
- Hercule's punch level 1
- Body Tempering level 3
Looking at the change in his status, Hou Yan was satisfied. After regaining his energy, Hou Yan retired for the day and went back to the sect. Tomorrow he would report to the sect that he had reached the 5th level and would receive his promotion.
After entering his room, his body fell on his bed and laid there lifelessly.
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The next day...
Waking up early in the day, Hou Yan headed to the sect's General Affairs Hall. In the sect, there were multiple halls like the alchemy hall, forging/refining hall, and the disciplinary hall. As it states in its name, the General Affairs Hall handled all of the disciples' general affairs.
After entering the hall, Hou Yan went towards one of the employees of the hall and reported to them.
"Greetings senior disciple, I would like to report my achievement in reaching the 5th level of Qi Condensation. I would like to be promoted from a servant disciple to an outer disciple."
The worker sized up Hou Yan and noticed his unrestrained aura.
"Alright. Let me promote you. Wait for a while."
After half an hour of waiting, Hou Yan received the outfit of an outer disciple and also the location of his new room. Thanking his senior disciple, Hou Yan went to his room. He was finally an outer disciple but he still didn't have enough power to seek revenge against the other outer disciples who thrashed his body.
After a while, Hou Yan headed towards the library. The library had 5 floors and the outer disciples were only allowed to use the first two floors. 3rd floor was for the inner disciples while the 4th floor was for the core disciples. The elders could enter any floor but only the sect master was allowed to enter the 5th floor.
In the first floor, Hou Yan was checking out the martial skills but he was left utterly disappointed. What was he expecting? Divine techniques that could rip the heavens into parts? What a joke.
He proceeded to the second floor, and there, he was a little happy. He found an eye-catching skill. It was called 'Sky Dashing Technique'. That wasn't the only technique he checked out of the library, but also an incomplete technique that was called Hidden Arts.
Back at his room, Hou Yan began to learn both of his techniques.
'Yeet... You have received Sky Dashing Technique and incomplete version of Hidden Arts.'
'Would you like to learn it?'
Hou Yan chose to learn them. The reason why he also picked the incomplete version of Hidden Arts is that he was inspired by a certain MC who was able to level up his skills to a heaven-defying level where powerhouses weren't able to find him.
'Yeet... You have learned Sky Dashing Technique and incomplete version of Hidden Arts.'
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Run on the earth, dash through the sky. This skill will let you run faster than an ordinary cultivator and as the mastery of it increase, the speed of the practitioner also increases.
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Grants the ability to conceal yourself against those who have the same strength as you or below. Because the skill was incomplete, the system called up Bob The Builder to fix it.
Name: Hou Yan
Cultivation: Qi Condensation level 5 (0/50)
Physical Body: Peak Qi Condensation
Martial Skills:
- Hercule's punch level 1
- Body Tempering level 3
- Sky Dash level 1
- Hidden Arts level 1
Hou Yan activated the Hidden Arts and used his movement skill to run towards the servant section of the sect. Since the servants were weaker than him, they couldn't see him so he kept running around the place in order to increase his mastery towards the skill.
An hour...
Two hours...
Four hours...
Six Hours...
Hou Yan finally stopped after he repeatedly moved around the servant section for six hours. The servant disciples didn't find out Hou Yan kept on running past them but felt uneasy due to the wind that past by them when Hou Yan used his movement skill.
Name: Hou Yan
Cultivation: Qi Condensation level 5 (0/50)
Physical Body: Able to withstand the blows of Foundation Establishment lower level
Martial Skills:
- Hercule's punch level 1
- Body Tempering level 4
- Sky Dash level 3
- Hidden Arts level 3
His mastery towards his movement technique was able to grant him speed that was faster than 8th level Qi condensation and his mastery towards Hidden Arts was able to grant him the ability to conceal himself against peak Qi Condensation. What was most shocking was his physical body. It had the ability to withstand the blows against Foundation Establishment lower level.
Being Satisfied with his achievements, Hou Yan retired for the day. He planned on gaining his revenge tomorrow.