[The player spent 10 attribute points and successfully learned "Star-Chasing Steps."] [Cultivation technique]: Silver Tier · Star-Chasing Steps (Beginner, 0/20,000 proficiency) [The player spent 10 attribute points and successfully learned "Vajra Body."] [Cultivation technique]: Silver Tier · Vajra Body (Beginner, 0/20,000 proficiency)
"Good thing I could afford to learn these two techniques."
Lin An nodded in satisfaction, then continued pouring in attribute points.
[The player spent 20 attribute points. Star-Chasing Steps advanced to Proficient.] [The player spent 50 attribute points. Star-Chasing Steps advanced to Minor Accomplishment.] [The player spent 100 attribute points. Star-Chasing Steps advanced to Major Accomplishment.] [The player spent 300 attribute points. Star-Chasing Steps advanced to Perfection.]
Learning a Silver Tier technique and taking it from Beginner to Perfection cost a total of 480 attribute points.
That was not much for Lin An, but it was an enormous amount for ordinary players.
Even Lin An had relied on his Gold Realm father, who had come with his new identity, to accumulate attribute points early on.
Even later, when he went outside the city to hunt Sin Beasts, it was only because he had already reached Black Iron Ninth Grade and raised all his techniques to Perfection.
He also had a hundred personal guards and the Gold Realm Qian Hai protecting him. Only with nothing to worry about could he hunt without holding back.
Obtaining nearly five hundred attribute points was still very difficult for an ordinary player.
Lin An continued pouring in attribute points, soon raising "Vajra Body" to Perfection as well.
He glanced at his attribute points.
[Attribute points]: 1,655
"Over a thousand attribute points left? That's enough to upgrade One Saber Slash again."
[The player spent 500 attribute points. One Saber Slash advanced to Proficient.] [Cultivation technique]: Bronze Tier · One Saber Slash (Proficient, 0/2,000,000 proficiency)
"Can't afford it. Can't afford it."
Seeing the attribute points needed to reach Minor Accomplishment, Lin An immediately backed off.
A full two thousand attribute points. Back then, even raising a Platinum Rank technique from Major Accomplishment to Perfection had only cost five thousand.
"Taking this saber technique to Perfection will probably cost tens of thousands of attribute points."
Although the required attribute points startled Lin An, they also meant that raising this saber technique to Perfection would bring a tremendous increase in his strength.
"I hope this trip into the Spirit Realm will earn me enough attribute points."
From what Lin An knew of the Spirit Realm, it contained not only all sorts of natural treasures but also vast numbers of Sin Beasts.
Most importantly, hunting Sin Beasts in the Spirit Realm yielded three times as many attribute points as hunting them outside.
That was also why so many players in his previous life had been so eager to seek out Spirit Realms.
Unfortunately, Spirit Realms were rare. Each time one appeared, it would only remain for a while before vanishing.
Lin An glanced at his attribute points. He had 1,155 left.
"I thought I could get One Saber Slash to Perfection, or at least Major Accomplishment. I didn't expect to only reach Proficient."
"Since I still have over a thousand attribute points, I can easily learn another Silver Tier saber technique."
Lin An thought to himself. Although the Wind-Breaking Saber Technique was adequate, this would be his first time entering a Spirit Realm, so he naturally had to prepare thoroughly.
Lin An then returned to the estate's treasury, found Qian Hai, and selected a Silver Tier technique called "Triple Saber."
[Triple Saber]: Silver Tier. Requires mastery of saber force to learn. The first strike initiates force, the second accumulates force, and the third breaks force. By stacking saber force, each subsequent strike doubles in power. Upon reaching Perfection, a fourth strike can be unleashed, with armor-breaking and knockback effects.
After obtaining this saber technique, Lin An spent another 480 attribute points to raise it straight to Perfection.
[Player]: Lin An [Title]: First Blood [Realm]: Bronze Ninth Grade [Cultivation techniques]: Lin Clan Cultivation Technique (Perfection), Wind-Breaking Saber Technique (Perfection), Flowing Cloud Steps (Perfection), Black Armor Technique (Perfection), One Saber Slash (Proficient), Star-Chasing Steps (Perfection), Vajra Body (Perfection), Triple Saber (Perfection) [Divine abilities]: Resentful Tiger's Eye, Spirit Devouring, Earth Vein Power [Attribute points]: 675
Looking at his panel, Lin An nodded in satisfaction.
An extravagant lineup. Within the Bronze Realm, he was absolutely in a league of his own.
Even an ordinary Silver Tier expert would be no match for him.
The Spirit Realm opens the day after tomorrow. I'll go see my bargain father tomorrow, Lin An thought.
He had planned to go a little later today, but he felt that might be a bit of a blow to his bargain father, so he decided to give him a night's breathing room.
The next day soon arrived.
"You're saying you've already met my requirements?"
Lin Xiao stared wide-eyed at Lin An and asked in disbelief.
"Father, after you," Lin An said with a smile.
Lin Xiao took a deep breath, then headed outside. The two soon arrived at the training grounds.
"Come on, then. Let your father see whether you're telling the truth," Lin Xiao said.
Lin An nodded and drew his saber, gripping it in his hand. He also wanted to test just how strong he was now.
Divine ability-Earth Vein Power!
Hum...
The next instant, Lin An felt streams of earth vein power surge into his body as he unleashed his aura in full.
"What a powerful aura. Isn't the young master only at Bronze Realm Ninth Grade? Why does this feel stronger than the Silver Realm?"
Ji Yuan and Qian Yang were watching from the sidelines as well, both looking at Lin An in astonishment.
"This is a divine ability the young master has mastered. Combined with the saber force he already possesses, his aura is naturally powerful," Qian Hai said with a smile, having appeared behind the two at some point.
Yesterday, he had personally watched Lin An comprehend a divine ability in just a few breaths. Upon noticing the commotion at the training grounds, he had immediately come over. He also wanted to see just how strong his young master was.
"The young master has already mastered a divine ability?"
Qian Yang and Ji Yuan froze. Divine abilities were not so easy to master. Ji Yuan had spent five years, and Qian Yang four, comprehending a divine ability from a visualization diagram.
But the young master?
He had only broken through to the Bronze Realm about a month ago. Even if he had begun studying it a month earlier, that speed was already too fast for them to believe.
Qian Hai smiled without speaking, turning his gaze to City Lord Lin Xiao instead. The city lord should be shocked by now too.
Qian Hai was right. The moment Lin An used Earth Vein Power, Lin Xiao had recognized it as a divine ability.
I only sent this brat to study the visualization diagram yesterday, and he's already mastered a divine ability today?
Lin Xiao was inwardly stunned. Yesterday, he had estimated that no matter how monstrous Lin An's talent was, he would need at least half a month, perhaps even a full month, to comprehend the visualization diagram and gain a divine ability.
Yet now, he had actually done it in a single day?
Then his techniques...
Just as Lin Xiao was pondering this, he suddenly saw Lin An slowly begin to raise his lowered arm, lifting the saber gripped tightly in his hand along with it.
Lin An stared ahead with a serious expression and called out softly, "Father, be careful!"
With that soft cry, Lin An abruptly stepped forward, his figure moving swiftly like a phantom.
In the blink of an eye, Lin An unleashed Star-Chasing Steps.
His steps were light and swift, as though he had become one with the starlight, making his movements difficult to track.
"Star-Chasing Steps at Perfection!"
Seeing Lin An appear before him with lightning speed, almost as if he had teleported, Lin Xiao could not help feeling a jolt of shock.
Swish...
At that very moment, a cold gleam suddenly flashed.
The saber in Lin An's hand had become an incomparably fierce streak of saber light, hurtling straight toward Lin Xiao's face with the speed of a thunderbolt.