Chapter 11
Chapter 11
C11 – Increase the Points of Element Gathering Powder
“Welcome back, Young Master,” greeted Ninghe as Zhou Jibo stepped into the small courtyard. “Elder Zhou Shuang has sent over five batches of Element Gathering Powder for your cultivation needs.”
Zhou Shuang?
Zhou Jibo allowed himself a wry smile. Another shrewd elder.
If he could win over the Third and Fourth Elders, forgiving their hesitations was trivial.
The Zhou family’s unity was paramount; minor schemes were inconsequential.
The five batches of Element Gathering Powder, worth fifty silver taels, were a decent token indeed.
After changing and dining, Zhou Jibo turned his attention to the Element Gathering Powder. As he picked up a batch, the system chimed in, “Element Gathering Powder increases ten days’ worth of vitality from cultivation. It contains impurities, which are detrimental to the bone root over time.”
Points could be added to this too!
What a pleasant surprise.
He wondered why there had been no such notifications at the Glorious House. Then it dawned on him: those items weren’t his, hence unrecognized by the system, and without notifications.
Now, owning these five batches of Element Gathering Powder, he could enhance them.
“Add points,” Zhou Jibo resolved to test the effects. With fewer than ten thousand attribute points remaining, he was unsure how often he could do this.
“One hundred attribute points deducted. Element Gathering Powder is now Premium Quality, with impurities removed, posing no threat to the bone root, and doubling the vitality yield to twenty days.”
The impurities were gone, the bone root safe, and the benefits improved.
His eyes lingered on the label “Add attribute points” on the Premium Quality Element Gathering Powder.
He proceeded.
“Five hundred attribute points deducted. Premium Quality Element Gathering Powder is now upgraded to a First Grade Acquired Stage Essence Gathering Pill. When utilized by someone in the Acquired Stage, it enhances two months’ worth of vitality from cultivation.”
The Element Gathering Powder had transformed into a pale yellow pill, exuding a medicinal scent.
It was a first-grade Acquired Essence Gathering Pill, the first of its grade that Zhou Jibo had ever encountered.
At the sixth layer of the Acquired Stage, this was the most potent pill Zhou Jibo could safely use. Adding more attribute points might yield better pills, but the overwhelming medicinal power could prove too much for him to handle.
Zhou Jibo enhanced four more sets of Element Gathering Powder to first-grade Acquired Essence Gathering Pills using attribute points. Consuming one, he commenced his cultivation.
The pill’s warm, surging power gently unfolded within him, as Zhou Jibo’s Earth Spirit top-grade bone root began to amass vitality, all while he practiced the Profound Rank top-grade Frost Mental Cultivation Method.
Aided by the pill’s strength and a rush of vitality, Zhou Jibo’s progress in mere moments surpassed that of many days of arduous cultivation.
After several hours of dedicated practice, Zhou Jibo felt a significant increase in his vitality. Except for some residual medicinal power yet to be fully absorbed, he had reached the day’s cultivation peak.
Having nothing else to do after a night’s rest, Zhou Jibo used up the remaining medicinal power from the previous day and ingested another Acquired Essence Gathering Pill, digesting a substantial portion of its strength.
Pushing his cultivation to the brink, Zhou Jibo realized that the past two days of continuous consumption and digestion of the Acquired Essence Gathering Pills, combined with his Earth Spirit top-grade bone root and the relentless application of the Profound Rank mental cultivation method, amounted to the equivalent of months of intense training.
Without realizing it, he had pushed his sixth layer of the Acquired Realm to its limit and was on the cusp of breaking through to the seventh layer.
The convergence of his talent, cultivation method, and the pill had an unexpectedly formidable effect. This revelation was a delightful surprise, bolstering Zhou Jibo’s confidence in his forthcoming endeavors.
The Zhou family’s dispatch of a divorce letter to the Zheng family had become the talk of Icefair City. To address this looming issue, Zhou Jibo knew he needed to achieve a higher level of cultivation.
Another day had passed, and Zhou Jibo was in his room practicing a top-grade Profound Rank mental cultivation method. He channeled vitality throughout his entire body, feeling it cleanse and strengthen him with each cycle. Meanwhile, his vitality steadily increased.
Before he knew it, he had reached the pinnacle of the Acquired Realm’s sixth layer. With another circulation, his vitality shattered a certain barrier, propelling him into a new minor realm—the first layer of the seventh.
Zhou Jibo had ascended to the Seventh Layer of the Acquired Realm. Simultaneously, a voice announced, “Congratulations on reaching the Seventh Layer of the Acquired Realm. You have earned 100,000 attribute points.”
With these 100,000 attribute points, Zhou Jibo could enhance his bone root, but it wouldn’t be sufficient. He could upgrade his mental cultivation method once, and his Mountain Suppressing Palm martial skill several times.
Yet, Zhou Jibo had his own strategy and wasn’t rushing to allocate his points. The auction at Glorious House was set for tomorrow, and he planned to select a martial skill that resonated with him. There would be time to assign points afterward.
Now, with the Frost Mental Cultivation Method and the seventh layer of the Mountain Suppressing Palm, Zhou Jibo could match Zhou Qian of the ninth layer in combat.
Still, to achieve the dominance he envisioned, he needed a broader attack range—a weapon and a corresponding martial skill that would give him an overwhelming edge over Zhou Qian.
With this in mind, Zhou Jibo decided not to rush with his points, opting to save the newly acquired 100,000 attribute points for future use.
After a full day’s cultivation, Zhou Jibo solidified his mastery of the seventh layer and honed his Mountain Suppressing Palm technique.
In the courtyard, Zhou Jibo stepped and swung his palms with agility and vigor. Caught up in the thrill of practice, he summoned two fifth-layer Acquired Realm guards for a sparring session.
The guards, unaware of Zhou Jibo’s recent breakthroughs, assumed he was still at the fifth layer and approached the bout with caution. But as the fight commenced, they quickly realized they were outmatched.
Zhou Jibo seemed to anticipate every weakness in the Gravel Palm technique as if he knew it inside out. With a casual raise of his hand, he struck effortlessly, hitting their vulnerabilities with ease.
The two guards exerted their full strength in their Gravel Palm, yet Zhou Jibo’s strikes landed with relaxed precision.
“Young Master, you’re incredibly skilled!” Ninghe cheered, watching in awe from the sidelines.
The guards stepped back, gasping for breath as they conceded to Zhou Jibo, “Young Master, you’re formidable. We stand no chance against you!”
In the midst of their conversation, Zhou Kaile and Qian Jiajia just so happened to walk by the courtyard entrance.
Witnessing the scene, Zhou Kaile felt the urge to test his skills. “Zhou Jibo, I’ve yet to fully witness your palm technique. Allow me to experience what sets apart the low-grade Yellow Rank Gravel Palm Technique!”
With a smile, Zhou Jibo engaged in a friendly exchange of moves with his father, neither using their vitality.
Zhou Kaile maintained a smile initially, but after only three moves, his expression turned to one of astonishment. Following two more exchanges, his face mirrored the shock of encountering the inconceivable.
Taking a step back, Zhou Kaile halted the sparring session. “Does this low-grade Yellow Rank palm technique truly possess such formidable power? Every time I initiate a move with my Gravel Palm, it’s preempted and countered, targeting the weak points. How can this be?”
Internally, Zhou Jibo chuckled. The Mountain Suppressing Palm was a seventh-layer Profound Rank martial skill, evolved from the Gravel Palm Technique. He knew the Gravel Palm so thoroughly that complete suppression was only logical.
Zhou Kaile was about to speak again, but Qian Jiajia couldn’t stand by any longer. She quickly pulled him away to leave.
They couldn’t possibly reveal Zhou Jibo’s cultivation secrets to others. Qian Jiajia vividly remembered the incident with the traitor close to Zhou Jibo!
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