After leaving the Red Orchard village behind, Allan used the routes of the merchants to leave for the next village. He was planning on travelling by day and cultivating at night. He didn't need to sleep in this world since he was sleeping in the real world.
After leaving the village, Allan equipped a dark cloak he found on his spatial bracelet. He knew this cloak wasn't simple, he could feel something magical about it. But since he didn't know how to appraise items, he could only wear it and hope for the best.
It was already the middle of the afternoon in he left the village. He was travelling on foot alongside a beat path of the ground as it wasn't a proper road. He had his attention all the time on his surroundings since he feared that he was going to be attacked by monsters.
And it didn't take long for a monster to appear. A purplish wolf with red eyes jumped out of a bush and pounced on Allan. He tried to dodge, but his lack of combat ability made him take the hit on his arm under the cloak. But to his surprise, the cloak negated all the damage and he was scratch free.
He materialized a sword from his spatial bracelet and prepared to defend the wolf next attack. The wolf pounced again on Allan, but being prepared this time Allan managed to sidestep and swing his sword with full force on the wolf. It hit on the back of the wolf and continue to slice the wolf all the way to the belly, leaving a bloody mess that was gushing out from the wound.
The wolf looked at Allan in disbelief, since Allan looked so weak and didn't emit too much aura, it couldn't understand how this weakling manage to hurt it to this extent. But the blood loss was too much, the wolf fell to the side unconscious. Allan then pierced the wolf's head and killed it.
Allan also didn't waste time and placed the body of the wolf monster in his spatial bracelet. Hi didn't want to stay in place since the smell of blood would attract other monsters. He wasn't sure this could happen, but he had seen it too many times in stories that he acted upon it.
Allan didn't know at that time, but his sword and cloak are spiritual treasures of a high grade. At least these Rank 1 monsters wouldn't be able to handle it.
The journey continued like this all the way to midnight, when Allan was tired of meeting so many monsters. He found a small cave and hid inside for a while. He tried to hide on the top of a tree canopy, but monsters still managed to find him somehow.
When he managed to secure an area inside the cave, he lit a fire and started refining the monsters he killed today.
"Let's see, I killed at least ten monsters. This sword is very good, it's very sharp, it cut even metallic monsters. The monsters also have a very limited move set that put them in jeopardy if they miss." Allan thought to himself while he began refining the monster meat. This time Allan used the sword the cut the monster flesh, and it sliced the monster parts neatly. When it was already morning, Allan managed to refine all of the monster flesh.
[[Roots: ( Fire : Rank 2 : 356/4000) ]]
[[Roots: ( Earth : Rank 1 : 1956/2000) ]]
[[Roots: ( Metal : Rank 1 : 1845/2000) ]]
[[Roots: ( Wood : Rank 2 : 128/4000) ]]
[[Roots: ( Water: Rank 1 : 1463/2000) ]]
"Nice, I managed to reach rank 2 in two elements, great. Let's breakthrough to the next realm before moving, outside is too dangerous." So Allan spent a great time cultivating inside his safe cave. He only had almost 24h left before the game closed. He used all of his time to breakthrough the next stage for each element, his stats almost doubled once again. He felt much more powerful now, he could feel he could move faster, his senses were even sharper and his mind could think at a much faster rate.
"Definitely cultivating all five elements is the way to go. This will make me much stronger than a normal cultivator at Qi Gathering Rank 2. I'm at least ten times stronger on stats alone." Allan thought to himself. "I wish I could test this strength now, but there is no time anymore."
Allan and Tory logged out and went to do their morning routines. When they arrived at the cafe, all their friends were already there. Allan brought his foam swords, they knew that today they would start practicing martial arts.
"Morning everyone. How was your experience today?" Allan greeted when he arrived.
"I managed to breakthrough two levels in wood element and one level in metal element." Sasha said, feeling proud.
Keith for some reason was kind of quiet. Allan noticed how he didn't jump to answer before anyone else.
"I broke through in metal and fire." Said Jasper.
"I broke through in wood and water." Said Sheila.
"I broke through in wood and fire." Said Tory.
"I didn't manage to break through." Said Keith.
"Did you upgrade your spiritual roots at least?" Asked Sasha.
"Of course I did, but I think I spent too much time doing that." Said Keith.
"It's ok. I manage to cover a great distance this play through. So Sheila, I'll be reaching your location around the end of the next play through." Allan said. "Tory, can you head to Keith's location?"
She nodded.
"Nice. Jasper and Sasha, since you both managed to breakthrough already, can you head to each other locations and meet in the middle?"