Proficiency Maxed Out, Liver Become Mortal Sword Immortal — Section 2

Now that the voice had appeared once again, Yun Shu hesitated.

Last time, the energy probably had not reached the required threshold.

Even after pouring down these two bottles of Hundred Herbs Liquid, it might still not be enough.

If he absorbed it himself, then after entering the Outer Sect, he could even nourish this thing that might be his Golden Finger under better conditions, until it made some other move.

"Time waits for no one." Yun Shu's gaze darkened slightly as he gritted his teeth. "I'll gamble on it. Absorb!"

Ding. Absorption successful. Energy +1. Proficiency System activated!

Yun Shu's eyes flickered. This was quite a pleasant surprise.

The system and the future plot were both here. If he still could not make something of himself, he might as well bash his head against a wall and die.

With a thought, the panel appeared.

Name: Yun Shu

Age: 16

Realm: Body Refining Second Layer Peak

Cultivation Method Proficiency: Body Refining Technique (2/10)

Energy Points: 1

More functions awaiting development...

There were no other explanations, only a panel that he would have to slowly explore on his own.

The Body Refining Technique was a Body Tempering Cultivation Method used throughout the entire Myriad Sword Pavilion, and even all of Yunzhou. It was used within Immortal Sects and in Mortal Dynasties alike.

Those Martial World masters in Mortal Dynasties who leaped over roofs and bounded over walls were only around the Body Refining Stage in strength.

It was the strongest method Menial Disciples could come into contact with.

Yun Shu put away the panel.

He sat down at the table by himself.

Menial Disciples each had their own private room as well, showing the grandeur of the Immortal Sect.

A Simple and Unadorned bronze mirror stood on the table. Yun Shu's gaze met his reflection: a handsome, clean-cut Youth of sixteen, who had received his belated Golden Finger and possessed limitless possibilities.

Now that he had obtained the Proficiency System, he wanted to test its functions.

The Body Refining Technique had to be practiced outside. It was a fist-and-kick Cultivation Method meant to temper the physique. Yun Shu washed his face, put on the training clothes of a Menial Disciple, and headed out.

"Brother Yun." A disciple approached from outside.

Yun Shu had seen him before, though they were not particularly familiar.

This was the Menial Disciple who had tested right beside him, named Li Jian. He was also at the Body Refinement Second Layer and ranked somewhere in the middle among the Menial Disciples.

"So it's Brother Li." Yun Shu spoke, while also wondering what he wanted.

"Brother Yun, there's a task to enter the mountains and gather herbs. An Outer Sect Disciple is leading the team. Are you going?" Li Jian walked over with a smile.

Menial Disciples had fixed monthly tasks. They needed to complete three tasks in order to retain their status as Menial Disciples.

However, most such tasks carried little danger and were usually within the sect.

Tasks like going out to gather herbs were rare, because gathering herbs In the Mountains was quite dangerous.

Demonic Beasts existed In the Mountains, though most were about as strong as ordinary wild beasts.

But even ordinary large predators would be enough to send them there as meat on the chopping block.

The Body Refining Realm sounded impressive enough.

But the Body Refinement Early Three Layers were still only the initial stage, not much stronger than ordinary people.

"It's only to gather an uncommon medicinal herb for an Outer Sect Deacon. It's at the edge of the forest—we'll be back in no time. The reward is five bottles of Hundred Herbs Liquid." Li Jian laid out the tempting offer.

Yun Shu still had no intention of going, but he did not shut the door completely. "Let me think about it. I'll first head to the Training Ground to temper my body."

"Alright. I'll come by again tonight."

"Thank you, Brother Li." Yun Shu cupped his hands slightly.

After Li Jian left, Yun Shu pondered for a moment.

Five bottles of Hundred Herbs Liquid.

If he could obtain them, he might have more confidence in breaking through to the Body Refining Fourth Level later on.

But the risk was also great.

As for Li Jian's claim that there was little danger, Yun Shu did not believe it.

He did not dwell on it. Improving his strength came first.

He arrived at the Training Ground.

Many people had gathered here, including many Menial Disciples in the Body Refining Realm.

They were all tempering their bodies with meticulous, rigid movements.

The Body Refining Realm fell within the scope of the Martial Path. Dense Qi and Blood Power almost blanketed the entire Training Ground.

This was merely the smallest Training Ground in the Myriad Sword Pavilion, reserved for Menial Disciples and some Outer Sect Disciples who had yet to reach the Qi Condensation Stage.

Above the Training Ground, an Old Man sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.

From Yun Shu's very first visit here, he had seen the Old Man sitting there. Two years had passed, and he had only ever seen him open his eyes once.

That was when two disciples had ignored the Training Ground's rules and started a private fight. The Old Man seemed to make no move at all, yet in the blink of an eye, he moved the two out of the Training Ground and placed them before the law-enforcement disciples outside.

Such a ghostly, unfathomable method only inspired even greater awe.

He found an open patch of ground.

Yun Shu performed the Body Refining Technique, his skin gradually becoming flushed with vigorous blood and qi.

With every punch and kick he threw, every muscle in his body seemed to boil.

Soon, he finished a set of body-tempering fist-and-kick techniques, and the Body Refining Technique had completed one full circulation.

Ding. You practiced the Body Refining Technique once. Proficiency +1.

A dense, surging power welled up within his body.

Shock filled Yun Shu's eyes. He had only circulated it once, yet the effect was several times—perhaps dozens of times—greater than usual!

At the same time, places he had once found unfamiliar and incomprehensible now seemed to bring a flash of inspiration, as though clouds had parted and the sun shone through.

"It really has become far more proficient." Yun Shu looked at his blood-qi-filled hands, his gaze burning hot.

The Proficiency System was incredibly useful.

If he could practice here for an entire day, he would surely improve by leaps and bounds.

A month, a year... who knew what heights he would reach!

Confidence gradually filled his eyes.

Without another word, he continued practicing his fists.

His proficiency continued to rise.

Ding. You practiced the Body Refining Technique once. Proficiency +1.

...

Ding. You practiced the Body Refining Technique once. Proficiency +1. Current proficiency: 10. Minor Accomplishment achieved.

Yun Shu checked the panel.

Name: Yun Shu

Age: 16

Realm: Body Refinement Third Layer

Cultivation Method Proficiency: Body Refining Art Minor Accomplishment (1/100)

Energy: 0

What did Body Refining Art Minor Accomplishment mean? Even among disciples at the Body Refining Fourth Level who had passed the Outer Sect Disciple assessment, very few could attain it!

Cultivation Method proficiency was even harder to raise than one's realm!

For ordinary Cultivation Methods, reaching Great Accomplishment in proficiency was already the absolute limit.

Minor Accomplishment represented a degree of understanding and attainment in the Cultivation Method.

Great Accomplishment, meanwhile, meant complete mastery—wielding it as easily as one's own arm, able to infer three corners from one. It was usually attainable only by experts who had immersed themselves in this path for decades.

To his delighted surprise, his strength had also unknowingly reached the Body Refinement Third Layer, and his realm was incomparably stable!

Powerful blood and qi lay dormant within him, as though it were about to burst from his body. He felt that his strength might already be close to the Body Refining Fourth Level.

So this is the benefit of proficiency.