Just as Universe pushed the button on top of the "+" sign, he suddenly felt electricity surge through his body. His skin seemed to tighten a little; it was still snow-white but now felt different to the touch.
Universe clenched his fist to feel the power he had just obtained by simply pushing a button.
After that, Universe didn't stop but once again initiated the upgrade by pushing the "+" sign.
The same message came again, but it was a little different. Instead of 10 MP, it now asked for 20 MP.
Universe didn't even think about it and said yes. This time, Universe felt something slightly different. It wasn't just his skin that got stronger but his muscles too.
Before, his muscles were loose, and anybody could pinch them. But now they were harder than before. They couldn't be said to be as hard as iron, but they were still quite tough.
In the body tempering stage, each level strengthens a different part of the body, starting from the skin, muscles, bones, lungs, meridians, blood vessels, heart, bone marrow, and mind.
And once you reach the physical limit, you can start breaking through to the Energy Gathering stage.
After multiple upgrades, Universe felt quite good. While directly reaching level 9, he had to spend 450 MP, and now only 410 MP was left in his mobile bank.
But going from body tempering to energy gathering stage is a huge leap, and the MP required is also a lot.
If he wants to become an energy gathering stage cultivator, he will have to spend 100 MP, then 200 MP, and so on.
Even though he could become an energy gathering expert, Alfa stopped him.
According to him, Universe first has to stabilize his current cultivation base by hunting or exercising because breaking through too many levels at once made his level unstable.
Universe listened to him and stopped upgrading, starting to check the other functions of the mobile.
This time, Universe opened the mobile mall, and a list of names suddenly appeared in front of him, with their MP cost as well.
- Calamity Dragon Blood Essence -- 1,000,000 MP
- Furious Phoenix Blood Essence -- 1,000,000 MP
- Darkness Sword -- 800,000 MP
- Core Lightning Bead -- 10,000 MP
- Soul Marrow -- 10,000 MP
- Father's Ring -- 200 MP
- Storage Ring -- 1,000 MP
As he kept looking down the list, Universe was really shocked and surprised by the names written on the list as well as their cost. Universe didn't even know where to start complaining or who to complain to. Alfa was just lucky to become what he is today.
"Alfa, this is really amazing."
"Well, it can all be yours; you just need MP," Alfa answered proudly as if it were his doing.
"Well, I will do that later. First, show me the perfect cultivation manual.
Once, I heard my father say, 'At the peak of the body tempering stage, you have to cultivate some kind of manual, otherwise, you wouldn't be able to cross this threshold.'"
"Actually, your father is right. And in the mobile mall, there are lots of manuals which are far better than those outside.
For your knowledge, cultivation manuals or cultivation techniques are all divided into four levels:
- Human level
- Earth level
- Heaven level
- Divine level
If you cultivate with a human-level cultivation manual, then you wouldn't be able to go far on the road of cultivation, and you will stop at the peak of Energy Liquidation stage.
Earth-level manuals are much better than human level. With it, you will be able to reach the peak of the Soul Materialization stage.
As for heaven-level cultivation manuals, after using it, you can cultivate to the peak of the Mind Tribulation stage.
And I don't need to explain about divine manuals, right? Only with the divine level manual or techniques will you be able to cross the threshold of mortals and set foot into immortality.
So, I think you should cultivate a divine-level manual, which you can find in the mobile mall for only 10,000 MP."
Universe fell into thought, 'According to Alfa in my clan, there are only human-level manuals and techniques. So cultivating from outside is out of the question. But if I need good manuals and techniques, then I will have to spend time reading novels.
So be it, let's just start now.' Universe then asked Alfa to show him the least of all cultivation novels.
In front of Universe, various types of cultivation novels started to appear. Some of them were based on romance, and some on action.
And Universe liked action novels only.
So he opened the page of "Battle through the Haven" and started his grind.
At 7 pm in the evening, Universe, who had lost himself in the novel, suddenly woke up from the sound of a knock on the door.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Shi Fen, young master. It's already time for dinner. Patriarch and mistress are looking for you."
'Sigh, it's already dinner time, and I didn't feel a thing. Time goes fast when you're having a good time.'
But before that.
"Alfa, how many chapters did I read?"
"60 chapters," Alfa answered precisely.
"And how many MP did I earn?"
"600 MP."
"It's too slow. When will I be able to collect 10,000 MP for a cultivation manual?"
Hearing the point he earned just now, he really didn't know what to say. 'If in one day, I somehow read 100 chapters, then it will only be 1,000 MP. That means I have to read for ten days continuously. Then I will be able to buy the manual.'
Sighing slightly, Universe got dressed and left the room.
While during dinner, Universe was still thinking about what to do when suddenly his father exhaled a heavy sigh.
Looking at his father, Universe asked, "Father, is something bothering you? If you want, you can share it with me."
Looking at his son, who is mature for his age, his father shook his head and said, "It's the other clan in the city. They just can't sit still. Always finding a new way to oppress us. And this time is the same situation."
Hearing this, Universe got interested.
"Oh, now what are they trying to do?"
"On the border of our city, we found a satin steel mine. But now they are trying to use it for themselves through a competition.
They are asking for the younger generation of our clan to fight in this competition, and whoever wins will take the mine.
Even though they know, in our younger generation, there is no one strong enough to fight theirs."