Following his Fiasco of creating an earth rank technique Tai Bàoli was ushered to his room and quietly went about his life momentarily, it had taken a long time to write down the technique, however thankfully that mattered very little now that he was an inner disciple. He had much broader free time, however he still had to go on a mission or he'd be penalized.
Of course before any of that occurred Tai Bàoli would be sitting within his Cave abode staring wide eyed at the screen within his vision.
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-Unlimited Experience System-
-Host-(Tai Bàoli)
-Cultivation Stage-(Body Refining 6/9, Pulse Condensation)
-Experience-(200.5)
-Upgrade Cost: 1, amount upgraded per, .1-
-Strength-(7.5)(+4 from Basilisk Hide, +6 from Hammering Ogre Fist, +15 from Light Devouring Phantom Body)
-Dexterity-(7)(+15 from Light Devouring Phantom Body)
-Comprehension-(19.6)
-Martial Arts-
-Cost to Upgrade: 5 experience per grade, per rank-
-Light Devouring Phantom Body ~Mid~
-Hammering Ogre Fist: Mastery ~High~
-Basilisk Hide: Mastery ~Mid~
-Petrifying Mad Hammer Stance ~High~(Side Effects Detected: When used for more than 1 minute in combat consecutively the user begins petrifying themselves slightly. -1 dexterity for every minute after the user continues using the technique.)
-Martial Arts Eligible for Grade Increase-
-N/A-
-Martial Arts Eligible for Fusion-
-N/A
-Upgrading a stat requires experience, gain experience in a myriad of ways-
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Tai Bàoli didn't know where he should start... He had gathered 8,000 martial credits so he could go try and learn another technique.... however he still had to take a mission so he wouldn't be left with much time to train in a hard technique if he did that he'd be forced to use his experience points.
Tai Bàoli did the mental calculations and it looked like he could give himself a total increase of 20 points to his stats, that'd be insane, he could directly jumped his base stats to double there values, he could only imagine how strong he'd be!
He was hesitant to do it but eventually Steeled his heart, he'd do it. He'd take the leap in points he obviously wanted to quickly gain strength and holding out was just to much of a hassle.
Sitting within his new cave abode he'd mentally allocate his stats points and immediately go unconscious, an incredible change undergoing within his body, near equivalent to the light Devouring Phantom Body, however different in its own unique way.
The incredible increase of stat's would force Tai Bàoli through pulse condensation, and even through tempering marrow, straight into Dao Condensing.
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-Unlimited Experience System-
-Host-(Tai Bàoli)
-Cultivation Stage-(Body Refining 8/9, Dao Condensing)
-Experience-(.5)
-Upgrade Cost: 1, amount upgraded per, .1-
-Strength-(17.5)(+4 from Basilisk Hide, +6 from Hammering Ogre Fist, +15 from Light Devouring Phantom Body)
-Dexterity-(17)(+15 from Light Devouring Phantom Body)
-Comprehension-(19.6)
-Martial Arts-
-Cost to Upgrade: 5 experience per grade, per rank-
-Light Devouring Phantom Body: Mastery ~Mid~
-Hammering Ogre Fist: Mastery ~High~
-Basilisk Hide: Mastery ~Mid~
-Petrifying Mad Hammer Stance: Mastery ~High~(Side Effects Detected: When used for more than 1 minute in combat consecutively the user begins petrifying themselves slightly. -1 dexterity for every minute after the user continues using the technique.)
-Martial Arts Eligible for Grade Increase-
-N/A-
-Martial Arts Eligible for Fusion-
-N/A
-Upgrading a stat requires experience, gain experience in a myriad of ways-
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It was an unbelievably strong change, Tai Bàoli had jumped from 32.5 str, and 22 dexterity to an incredible 42.5 str, and 32 dexterity, Tai Bàoli's base existence now without utilizing his technique's were now near triple what they were 4 ish months ago when he'd be in the tournament. He was confident that he could easily defeat anyone within the tournament with stats like he currently held.
It had taken Tai Bàoli 3 days to undergo this transformation so he was quickly forced to go and receive a mission. He was nearing the end of the month and only had a 12 days left to complete a mission, of course he could take a an easy mission near the, or even in the sect, however he wanted to try out his newfound strength in combat.
Opting to pursue a mission within Tianjin Forest again, however instead of the outskirts he'd he'd deeper within closer to the middle sections of the forest, when he was much weaker and slower getting to the outskirts took an entire day worth of travel.
However now with his current speed instead of 24 hours it would merely take two.
The mission pavilion within the inner sect was located in a general meeting area between the separate peaks, it was slightly far from some peaks but with the inner disciples talents they'd still quickly make way to and from.
Upon arrival Tai Bàoli saw dozens of other inner disciples looking around the mission pavilion, all with different unique tokens representative of their individual peaks.
Tai Bàoli of course wore his inner disciple robes and adorned his Crouching Tiger Peak token. The presence he gave off was domineering, you wouldn't have guessed he'd been a disciple for less then a year, the natural aura his strength at the DAO Condensing realm gave alone was staggering.
At least it would be.....if there weren't a handful of other Dao Condensing stage disciples here currently, all with their own entourage of weaker disciples fawning around them, it seemed they were well known.
Of course Tai Bàoli payed them a total time of zero seconds worth of attention, ignoring them and going straight to the mission board to find a mission.
It would be around this time he'd hear a familiar voice from behind him.....
Liu Yanjiang: "Tai Bàoli?, so it was true you did become a inner disciple!! Congratulations!!"
Tai Bàoli was stunned hearing Liu Yanjiang's voice, he'd turn around quickly and see it truly was Liu Yanjiang, not only was it Liu Yanjiang but she was very clearly at least Body Refining stage 7/9 Tempering Marrow, the aura she gave off was domineering.
....how...how.....just how....Tai Bàoli had cheats....he could gather and allocate stay points to cheat his way....how could Liu Yanjiang keep up....in 4 and a half months she'd gone from stage 3/9 to 7/9? That's unheard of ...well other then him...and Great Elder Yi.....but again .....he had cheats!
Of course this momentary vexation didn't last long Tai Bàoli exceptionally happy to see Liu Yanjiang nonetheless.
Tai Bàoli: " Liu Yanjiang!!! How have you been? I'm glad to see you, you're amazing to also have became a inner disciple. It was unbelievably hard for me."
Liu Yanjiang: " I've been great! I'm glad to see you too!!, I was so happy when I heard you became an inner disciple, especially since I had just been promoted recently too, I knew the tournament was coming up soon again, but I didn't feel like doing it so I just revealed my body refining stage early. I heard you got in right as they were starting the tournament, nice!!"
Liu Yanjiang took a deep breath, she had been talking for quite a long time, of course Tai Bàoli listened happily he always had great conversations with her so he wasn't annoyed with how much she spoke.
Tai Bàoli: " Yea I got in pretty much right as the bells rung luckily, so wait you've been an inner disciple for a while?"
Liu Yanjiang: "Not awhile but at least 3 weeks, I have to do my monthly mission now, how about you?"
Tai Bàoli: "same, I was thinking of doing a mission within the middle section of Tianjin Forest, preferably to test out where my current combat powers are"
Liu Yanjiang: " Great we can do a mission together! "
Of course Tai Bàoli agreed, the two of them overlooking the mission boards before eventually agreeing upon a decently tough mission. So tough in fact that usually only 2 Dao Condensing stage disciples could undertake it, thankfully it seemed like the Yanjiang clan had some special privileges as the elder in charge of the mission pavilion allowed the both of them the chance to do the mission.
Upon accepting the mission and taking the mission token Tai Bàoli's mouth went agape for a moment as some new and previously seen things appeared.
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-Outside System Mission Detected-
-Mission-(Defeat Dao Beast: 2 Headed Armoured Mantis )
-Mission Outline-(Defeat Dao Beast: 2 Headed Armoured Mantis in the middle section of Tianjin Forest)
-Mission Difficulty-(Extremely Hard)
-Experience Payout- 20 Experience
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Tai Bàoli was slightly stunned the mission was still stated to be extremely hard, but that wasn't what made his mouth go agape it was the new function he'd seen.
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-New Mission Companion-
-Companion-(Liu Yanjiang)
-Dual Occupation-(Heiress Of the Yanjiang Clan, Hidden Mountain Tiger Sect Inner Disciple)
-Cultivation Stage-(Body Refining 7/9, Tempering Marrow)
-Strength-(14.5)(D.T.B.B +15)
-Dexterity-(14.5)(D.T.B.B +15, B.D.S +7)
-Comprehension-(40)
-Martial Arts-
-Bloody Dragons Step: Mastery ~Peak~
-Dragon's Talon's Bloody Blade: Mastery ~Mid~
-Array Knowledge: Mastery: Mortal Rank ~Peak~
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Liu Yanjiang.....was the real monster here ...she was clearly far better then any other disciple he'd ever fought... She even doubled Ju Yian's monstrous talent. By a large degree at that!