Lu Zheng spent a minute testing the different stances and techniques and was over the moon to discover he had become more powerful than before.
Furthermore, his mastery of the Azure Tide Sword Technique had undoubtedly elevated, making his execution of the stances and techniques more impeccable.
Furthermore, he became familiar with his current Qi Circulation and even felt he would only need to spend another five minutes of cultivation to increase his Qi to one point, creating another Qi ball inside his dantian.
However, he knew his time was tight.
If it was not because he needed to be familiarized with the sword and the Azure Tide Sword Technique, he would not have wanted to spend a minute doing so.
Lu Zheng soon went to find the Necklace of Inheritance while calling the system to show his current status.
[Name: Lu Zheng
Rank: Apprentice
Internal Technique: Ocean's Heart Qi Technique.
External Technique: Azure Tide Sword Technique.
Strength: 2 (7)
Durability: 1
Speed: 3 (8)
Agility: 3 (10)
Stamina: 3 (7)
Intelligence: 4
Qi: 1
Extra Points: 4.]
Out of the other physical capability points, only durability was the lowest.
If he was not wrong, durability means the ability to withstand damage from other physical attacks.
Since it was one point, the system must have been referring to the standard durability of an adult.
After all, he might be just sixteen years old, but his durability far surpassed others of his age.
It was the result of the hardship training he underwent.
Of course, he was still known as the agile Lu Zheng, resulting in his agility times more than the average human.
It was the same for others, too.
Now that Lu Zheng recognized that his durability had the lowest points, and he could not leave it as such later on in the battle, he decided to add the two points to the durability.
[Durability: 1 > Durability: 3.]
[Extra Points: 2.]
Lu Zheng felt his bones and muscles become tougher and stronger, and he was extremely delighted.
Of course, it was after the sudden wave of pain assaulting all over his body, but it quickly disappeared in a second.
Now, Lu Zheng only had two extra points left, and he saved it for later.
As Lu Zheng was absent-mindedly walking while dealing with his points, with the sword inside the scabbard on his waist, Lu Zheng finally found the Necklace of Inheritance.
It was actually placed on one of the shelves, where it contained the history of the clan.
It was inside a jade case, where it showed the Necklace inside it.
Lu Zheng grabbed it and examined it to his amusement.
It was rough and cold, with designs that seemed to replicate the oceanic waves.
Lu Zheng rubbed it, and accidentally, his fingers bled.
Lu Zheng did it on purpose.
From what his mother told him, the jade case of the Necklace of Inheritance was unbreakable, even to the Master, resulting in the impossibility of stealing the Necklace of Inheritance.
However, the jade had been inscribed with inscriptions by the creator of the Necklace of Inheritance himself, so it would only open if it was dampened with blood the same as his.
It was to maintain the legacy of the Head of the Clan, ensuring that the position would not land on outsiders.
As long as Lu Zheng rubbed the jade case, as the design was carved enough to the point a certain part was sharp, making those who tried to rub it bleed, the jade case would open once it recognized the blood.
Indeed, the jade case dimmed with green light as it was now completely soaked with Lu Zheng's blood.
Lu Zheng did not worry about dying from blood loss since the cut was minor, probably due to the increase in durability.
Click!
The jade case broke into two.
The jade case breaking did not mean it would not be used, since to restore it and hide the Necklace of Inheritance again only needed to be placed in a formation by a Formation Expert.
It was what the deceased Clan Head did to hide the Necklace of Inheritance.
However, Lu Zheng did not have any use for it.
He was determined to use the Necklace of Inheritance until it was completely exhausted, wanting to treat it as a treasure protection, similar to Jade Fang.
Only that the Necklace of Inheritance was powerful, but the drawback was powerful, too.
Nevertheless, Lu Zheng felt it would be worth it as long as he would be able to survive.
Lu Zheng dripped the remaining blood from his fingertips to the Necklace of Inheritance, and it dimmed an oceanic light.
The Necklace of Inheritance appeared to be a stone with a design of, perhaps, inscriptions used by the creator.
It was known that the creator himself was an inscription master, capable of even creating Legendary Grade Sword weapons.
In fact, the Azure Tide Legendary Sword was created by him.
As the oceanic light dimmed, it slowly faded until the Necklace of Inheritance returned to normal.
Lu Zheng stared dazedly at the Necklace of Inheritance, feeling an abnormal sensation crept to his whole being, but then it vanished like nothing happened.
He had a bad feeling about it, but since it appeared it was only his mind playing with him, he soon forgot about it.
After all, he was more focused on the fact that he finally acquired the Necklace of Inheritance, and feeling familiarity with it only escalated his excitement.
Furthermore, as he was grasping the stone, he felt a massive amount of Qi being sealed inside it.
He only needed to activate it, even with the slightest bit of his Qi.
Thankfully, he was now an Apprentice Rank, who learned about Qi control, not the previous Novice Rank, who did not even have a meridian opened.
If he was a Novice Rank, he would not be able to activate the Necklace of Inheritance at all.
Now that Lu Zheng collected the Azure Tide Sword Technique, the Azure Tide Legendary Sword, and the Necklace of Inheritance, he was now set to take revenge on his clan.
However, he needed to escape first and cultivate outside before returning to completely take revenge on his clan.
For his mother.
Whenever he thought about the massacre of his clan, killing his mother and friends, his eyes flashed with killing intent.
At the same time, his Qi was also a bit affected since his internal technique focused on inner peace and mental clarity.
However, the killing intent overflowing from Lu Zheng, flashing in his eyes, only lasted for a second before regaining his composure by taking a deep breath and exhaled.
Soon, he walked out of the treasury and planned his escape.