Ling Tian broke his cultivation state and looked at his points with a confident smile, '8230 Points! If I continue like this, I can breakthrough in either my Qi or body cultivation after several days. Or maybe I should Increase my talent? Invest to get more points... hmm'
He thought as he stood up and put on some fresh clothes and left the room he had stayed in.
'No, I should go and practice, learn how to use my Qi! I have zero experience, I am like those trash cultivators that MC's beat up despite having lower cultivation... Yes, that's what I will do today.'
his mind was busy as he left the house and began enjoying the view as he walked to the main part of the village.
He stopped thinking on the way when he noticed a commotion going on, he grew curious and decided to see what it was. As he approached he saw a man, dressed in good-looking cultivation robes with an elegant fan in his left hand and a simple book in the other, talk with the villagers.
The person in question seemed like a young man in his early twenties, he had an extraordinary aura and was very handsome.
He felt a heavy and dangerous feeling when he got close, 'He is a cultivator!'
The man also immediately turned to look in his direction with sharp eyes. The two locked eyes and the Cultivator smiled politely, Ling Tian returned it calmly while feeling nervous inside.
'What is he doing here?'
The Cultivator ignored the villagers and approached him and in an instant stood in front of him, "Fellow Daoist, my name is Lian Qiu and I am a core disciple of the Profound Dao sect. May I inquire who you are and what you are doing here?"
Ling Tian didn't know what to say, 'What should I say?!' He paused for a moment and said, "Hello, I am Ling Tian." he said simply.
'Yes, Simplicity is best!'
Lian Qiu seemed a bit taken aback as he smiled unsurely, "I see, Brother Ling must be a rogue cultivator without a sect. I don't feel Devil Qi so you must be a righteous cultivator, I wish not to bother fellow Daoist, however, I have been sent here to hunt a ghost and I would appreciate it if fellow Daoist could lend a hand."
The villagers who heard them talking looked at them with awe, especially at Lian Qiu since he was an illustrious disciple of the Profound Dao sect. Some looked at Ling Tian with admiration, cultivators were very well respected.
"So This young man was a righteous cultivator, that explains his recovery!"
"He used his great power to give us a feast, he has a grand heart!"
"I admire him more now since he is an immortal, If only he married Yan'er..."
Ling Tian who was now the center of attention realized he was put on the spot by the person in front of him.
'If you want to hunt ghosts then just Do IT! Why drag me into it?'
He grumbled inwardly but put on a fake polite smile outside, "It is the duty of a righteous cultivator to help a friend hunt an evil ghost. I will surely lend a hand."
He said to save his image in front of the villagers. Inside, however, his words were quite different, 'It is the duty of a righteous cultivator to help a friend get hunted by an evil ghost. I will surely lend a hand to the ghost and run at the first sign.'
'You dare scheme against me and force me to help you by putting me on the spot? I have read enough stories to see through your little tricks, hehe, I may be a carefree idiot sometimes but I proudly claim to be a master of schemes...' he thought.
Lian Qiu smiled gratefully, "I thank you, let us depart then."
Ling Tian's face changed a little, 'Now?!'
He stiffly nodded and followed him as they left the village and walked towards the Lake.
"Brother Ling, I wonder what cultivation stage you have reached? I can sense limitless Qi filled with power overflowing your body. Are you a body cultivator?" Lian Qiu asked with stars in his eyes.
Ling Tian felt a little creeped out by him but he answered vaguely nonetheless, "Xiantian realm, yes..."
Lian Qiu's expression became awed, "I have heard from my elders that Body cultivation is extremely hard and requires great willpower. You must be a genius to have become a Xiantian body cultivator at your age. Can I request a spar after we hunt the ghost?"
'Was this guy trying to scheme against me or not? He seems way too nice! Maybe it is common for strangers to join hands against ghosts... I need more information but I won't let my guard down,' he thought as he said politely, "Sure, I am curious about my own power as well."
Lian Qiu laughed and patted Ling Tian on the shoulder, "It's a deal then. Also, I am an Inner heaven realm cultivator so I doubt you could beat me..."
Ling Tian slowly put a little distance between himself and Lian Qiu with a challenging smile and said, "I guess we will see about that, I have a question though..."
Lian Qiu nodded politely and Ling Tian continued, "How are we going to deal with this ghost?"
An understanding look appeared on Lian Qiu's face, "I see, I have a special technique that will exorcise it. We just need to weaken it with our Qi attacks."
Ling Tian nodded and turned silent but inside he was freaking out, 'Qi attacks? What the hell is that? I can't harm it with regular old punches? I will just wing it and if I fail, I will run away; I have two strong legs for what?!'
"This is the place, I feel a malevolent presence deep in the lake. It should be the vengeful ghost of a drowned person." Lian Qiu said solemnly.
They had reached the same lake that Ling Tian had tried to catch fish in before.
'Don't tell me...' Lian Qiu suddenly jumped in the lake without a care in the world and Ling Tian followed, his eyes shining with a vengeful light. 'Bastard ghost, you scared me last time, and if it's you; I will take good care of you.'
He followed Lian Qiu and swam deeper inside the lake, the surroundings got Dark after a while as the light couldn't penetrate so deep into the water but Ling Tian had no problem seeing since he had enhanced eyes.
Suddenly, Lian Qiu stopped and Lian stopped as well behind him. Without warning, a creepy ghostly hand appeared and grabbed Ling Tian's ankle then it began dragging downward deeper into the water.
Ling Tian was calm as Wave Repulser appeared in his hand.
'Now I have Qi in my Dantian, I should be able to command it to come out.'
He focused and willed the Qi in his body to surround his leg and willed some to flow toward the sword.
His leg began shining a beautiful light blue color as the edge of the blade of the sword also lit up in a brilliant azure. He forcefully pulled his leg and to his surprise, nothing happened, he grew slightly panicked and slashed the sword to cut the hand. Thankfully, the second move was effective as the ghost screeched and let go of him.
It suddenly appeared in front of him and scared the hell out of Ling Tian. It had yellowed and cracked teeth with white pupilless eyes, its hair was loose and long, its body wearing a shadowy black robe, and her skin a deathly white.
Ling Tian froze in surprise and fear, 'What the hell?!'
Just as the ghost tried to claw a part of his chest with its hand, an orb of light hit it in the back and made it scream in pain. Ling Tian sighed in relief internally and used the opportunity to slash again, this time he used as much Qi as he could on his sword.
A buzzing sound came from Wave Repulser as it left a line of light behind itself as it moved and slashed the ghost in half. A wave of shining Qi continued in the direction of his slash and disappeared in the depth of the lake. The force of his sudden movement had caused great turbulence in the water and rocked him back and force.
[Sword Skill: Qi Wave Slash acquired.]
The System's voice echoed in his head and Ling Tian smiled in surprise, 'A sword skill? YES!'
Lian Qiu used this chance and began chanting as golden light surrounded him. Suddenly, the ghost screeched in pain and fused back together, Its eyes vengefully looking at the duo as it screamed.
Ling Tian held his ears as they hurt a little due to the ghost's loud scream, 'My ears are enhanced and extremely durable especially to loud sound despite being very sensitive, just how loud is she screeching to make it hurt?'
When he saw Lian Qiu holding his head in pain he realized it was very loud. He saw a shadow behind the Lian Qiu and quickly moved him out of the way only to see a terrifying sight. There were hundreds of similar ghosts rising from the depth, they looked at them sinisterly.
Ling Tian's hair stood on end in fright and he noticed Lian Qiu also turning pale. He tried to swim up but he saw dozens of Ghosts also blocking the way up.
One of them even had his fishing rod.
'I screwed up! I will never ever jump into a situation like this with possible danger ever again before making sure I can handle it. I will never jump into a well with someone else's rope again, Stupid...'
He hurriedly opened the system and an idea occurred to him.
'The shop is useless, I can't increase my cultivation so I can only use my EP on the sword skill I got.' He added 5000 to the new sword skill hurriedly.
[Sword Skill: Qi Wave Slash has been mastered to level 2. (-100 EP)
Sword Skill: Qi Wave Slash has been mastered to level 3. (-300 EP)
Sword Skill: Qi Wave Slash has been mastered to level 4. (-700 EP)
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Sword Skill: Qi Wave Slash has been mastered to level 8. (-1500 EP)]
Knowledge of how to use it more efficiently and with more Qi and how to use it faster and where to strike to deal maximum damage, how to use it in water and in the air at different angles, and how to dodge enemies to keep a distance to use it, how to use it close range and long-range and etc. entered his mind. He felt his body also got the experience in muscle memory as the feeling of the sword became natural to his hand.
He turned and saw Lian Qiu had gathered his bearing and looked at the ghosts with a grim expression, he nodded to him and brandished Wave Repulser, a strange excitement filling his body despite the dangerous situation. When he held the sword, all his fears vanished and only calm remained.
'The Sword saved me that day and it will save me today as well.'
He knew he had not much time left before he needed to get air to breathe and survive so he had to resolve the situation in less than 2 minutes...