After defeating Grac and picking up my loot, I decided to continue through the forest. I hadn't found any other monsters, but as I walked through the forest using my spiritual sense I noticed a large amount of energy gathered around a tree about 30 feet ahead of me. I slowly approached the clearing to get a good look at the tree. In front of me, in the center of the clearing, was a small tree that was glowing with the faint golden light of spiritual energy. Seeing no monsters around, I walked up and inspected the tree.
[Spirit Tree LV. 1- Spirit Trees are rare. They gather and hold an immense amount of Spiritual Energy in and around them. They are coveted by Cultivators for the fact that any place they grow has such a dense amount of spiritual energy. Cultivation speed near these trees is increased by a large amount that scales with the level of the tree. The more they are used, the faster they grow. They can be collected into the Dantian of powerful cultivators to give them a huge bonus to their cultivation.]
I gulped when I read the information on the tree. There was so much energy in the air that each breath I took displaced some of the energy, like a low fog. I decided to sit and cultivate for a while. Entering my meditation to test the results.
[Spiritual Energy +20]
After the first notification, I grinned. I tuned them out and continued to cultivate, quickly losing track of time until I got another notification.
[Congratulations! You have reached Cultivation level 2! All stats +10]
[The Spirit Tree has recognized the absorption of the spiritual energy at a rapid pace and has increased its intake in response]
I looked at the notifications briefly before continuing.
...
[Congratulations! You have reached Cultivation level 5! All stats +15]
I stopped after what seemed to be about eight hours and grinned at the long line of notifications. I had ended up gaining four cultivation levels and 45 points to all my stats! I was most definitely the top player, I was so far ahead of any others that I didn't know if they would ever catch up.
[The Spirit Tree has grown and gained a small amount of sentience.]
This caught my Eye as I reached the end of his notifications. 'Maybe it will chose to just come with me then?' I thought to himself.
[You have unlocked your Dantian! This is an extra dimensional space inside your body that holds your Spiritual Energy. You now have access to use your spiritual energy.]
"Status"
[Character Status]
[Name: Sam]
[Race: Human]
[Class: Cultivator]
[Level: 8]
[Exp: 0/12,800]
[HP: 240/240]
[SE: 500/500]
[Strength: 84 (+10)]
[Dexterity: 84 (+10)]
[Agility: 74 (+12)]
[Intelligence: 74 (+5)]
[Will: 82 (+5)]
[Stat Points: 20]
[Skills/Abilities]
[Meditation, Passive, Rank: C- Allows you to meditate and absorb the spiritual energy in the world to cultivate. Cultivation level: 5, Spiritual Energy: 6000/50000]
[Energy Sense, Passive, Rank: D- Allows you to sense and control the Spiritual Energy around you to some extent.]
[Body Tempering, Passive, Rank: A- Through the use of environmental conditions and Spiritual Energy you can temper your body and make it stronger.]
[Piercing Slash, Active, Rank: C- A powerful slash that ignores 15% of the target's armor. Deals 100% Strength damage.]
I almost fainted when I saw his stats, most of them were over 80! I turned to the Spirit Tree after I collected myself and had another shock!
[Spirit Tree LV. 5- Through collecting large amounts of Spiritual Energy the Spirit Tree has gained a small amount of sentience and recognizes you as its master.]
[Would you like to collect the Spirit Tree into your Dantian? Y/N]
I immediately chose yes and the Spirit Tree in front of me turned into particles of light and entered my body.
[Your skills Meditation and Energy Sense have greatly benefited! Advanced Meditation and Advanced Energy Sense.]
The descriptions were the same but they were now a few ranks higher. Advanced Meditation was Rank A and Advanced Energy Sense was Rank B.
[Character Status]
[Name: Sam]
[Race: Human]
[Class: Cultivator]
[Level: 8]
[Exp: 0/12,800]
[HP: 240/240]
[SE: 500/500]
[Strength: 84 (+10)]
[Dexterity: 84 (+10)]
[Agility: 74 (+12)]
[Intelligence: 74 (+5)]
[Will: 82 (+5)]
[Stat Points: 20]
[Skills/Abilities]
[Advanced Meditation, Passive, Rank: A- Allows you to meditate and absorb the spiritual energy in the world to cultivate. Cultivation level: 5, Spiritual Energy: 6000/50000]
[Advanced Energy Sense, Passive, Rank: B- Allows you to sense and control the Spiritual Energy around you to some extent.]
[Body Tempering, Passive, Rank: A- Through the use of environmental conditions and Spiritual Energy you can temper your body and make it stronger.]
[Piercing Slash, Active, Rank: C- A powerful slash that ignores 15% of the target's armor. Deals 100% Strength damage.]
I stretched and noticed I was getting hungry. I decided to log out for now. I pulled up my menu, looking for the log out button, but it wasn't there. 'What the fuck?' I thought as he continued searching for it. 'Is this Sword Art Online or something?' I half joked to myself. But this wasn't an anime, this was real life and the log out button was gone.