By the time I finished recording all the manuals and techniques in the 3rd floor the other inner disciples had already arrived and also selected a few manuals to practice
It was no wonder that there was a fight for the handsome body forging technique and a line of disciples that practiced it together, the comradery between those that practiced this technique was as high as the one between the crazy body builders that practiced techniques to look bulkier and compared muscles
Luckily I had recorded the technique and didn't need to read together with them, after 'greeting' all the inner disciples as the 'friendly' kid I am I went back to my room to check my gains for the day
"oh? What a coincidence, I didn't know we were staying in the same courtyard"
A blonde boy spoke up when I passed by into my room, it was definitely not a coincidence that we were roommates as I had met with every inner disciple earlier during the day and greeted them
"ah, yes, it's a pleasure to meet you Ki Yang"
"wow! You actually remember my name, I believe we only spoke for a brief moment"
He said in astonishment
"of course! How could I possibly forget the name of my roommate..."
' ...When it's written on your forehead...' I finished the sentence in my thoughts as I glanced at his status
"ah, I'm ashamed, my memory for names isn't as good as yours"
"it's Via, I hope we get along well"
I smiled and said, after a brief chat I went back to my room and checked my AI
/Via
Talents copied: ..., perception lvl 4 (0%), strength lvl 3 (33%), stamina lvl 3 (80%), agility lvl 3 (50%), comprehension lvl 3 (5%), sword heart lvl 4 (0%), crafting lvl 2 (50%), stealth lvl 3 (0%)/
I had leveled up a few previous talents and gained two new talents called crafting and stealth
The crafting talent increased my learning speed for things such as blacksmithing and pill refining, it also helps to make better items
Stealth came from a single disciple who I found interesting, despite his strange talent which helped lower his presence and keep him hidden he seemed like a normal nice guy, due to this I decided to stay away from him to be safe in case he was some kind of spy or assassin... Or well he's only around 14 years old like me so he shouldn't be
Unfortunately although the inner disciples were talented none had talents above lvl 3 and because of that I couldn't reach lvl 4 in any of my talents except sword heart and perception, tomorrow I decided to look for a few elders, hopefully they had some better talents
During the rest of the day I practiced the techniques I chose, and since I now had a crafting talent I also put aside a technique for each on blacksmithing, pill refining, and rune carving
Blacksmiths forged weapons from materials obtained from beasts such as the Razor Horned Bull's horns which could be smelted and made into a powerful sword
Pill refiners used herbs that had absorbed the power of Li and make elixirs with different effects such as healing or strengthening the body
Rune carvers infused the power of Li into items to give them special powers such as pendants that formed a shield when attacked or finger rings that could store more than a backpack
I wasn't sure what direction to go in so I decided to put it off for later when I had the time
I lay down on my bed and followed the instructions of the handsome body forging technique and tried to sense my surroundings, when I closed my eyes I could fell little balls of light floating in the air like stars in the night sky all around me