Lin An had now returned to his own courtyard.
He ordered the maids to prepare hot water. He had killed quite a few people today, so it was inevitable that he had blood on him. Naturally, he needed to wash up properly.
An hour later, with the maids' help, Lin An had quickly finished washing up.
Inside the room, Lin An sat cross-legged on the bed and opened the game panel.
[Player]: Lin An [Title]: First Blood [Realm]: None [Cultivation Technique]: None [Divine Ability]: Resentful Tiger's Eye [Attribute Points]: 162
Looking at the more than a hundred attribute points, Lin An couldn't help smiling.
In his previous life, he had spent three months in the game and earned only a little over twenty attribute points in total.
It was nothing like now. It was only his first day, and he had already accumulated over a hundred attribute points.
And he had a title and a divine ability, too.
"I got a Divine Ability Upgrade Stone earlier. I can use it to upgrade my divine ability first."
As he spoke, Lin An took out the Divine Ability Upgrade Stone.
[Player successfully used the Divine Ability Upgrade Stone. Your divine ability has been upgraded.]
As a notification appeared, the Divine Ability Upgrade Stone in Lin An's hand turned into a streak of white light and merged into his body.
[Resentful Tiger's Eye]: Can see through an enemy's weaknesses and the flow of their energy. It also has the ability to see through illusions.
"Compared to before, it now has the ability to see through illusions. Not bad," Lin An thought.
The Sin Beasts excelled at creating illusions and drawing living beings into them. Then, by stirring the desires deep within their hearts, they could make those beings destroy themselves.
Now that he had a way to see through illusions, facing Sin Beasts would be easier.
"Next, I'll cultivate the technique."
With an expectant look, Lin An took out the scroll and slowly unrolled it.
[It has been detected that the player possesses the Platinum Rank "Lin Clan Cultivation Technique." Would you like to spend 50 attribute points to learn it directly?]
"Sure is expensive."
Lin An wasn't surprised.
The higher the grade of a cultivation technique, the more attribute points it cost to learn.
In his previous life, the Bronze Tier cultivation technique he had obtained had cost three attribute points to learn.
"Learn it," Lin An said.
[Player successfully learned this cultivation technique and has reached the Beginner level. Cultivation speed doubled.]
[Congratulations, player! You are the first player on the server to learn a cultivation technique. Reward: ten Lesser Spirit Pills.]
[An announcement will be made to the entire server. Would you like to hide your name?]
"I won't hide it from now on. Announce it directly."
Lin An said. He was the only one on the server, so it didn't matter.
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Lin An for becoming the first player on the server to obtain a cultivation technique.]
After the announcement had been broadcast three times, just as Lin An thought it was over, the game's voice sounded again.
[Congratulations on becoming the first player on the server to learn a Platinum Rank cultivation technique. Reward: Cultivation Technique Level Upgrade Card.]
[Cultivation Technique Level Upgrade Card]: When used, it directly raises the proficiency level of the cultivation technique being cultivated by one level. (Can raise it to no higher than the Great Achievement level.)
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Lin An for becoming the first player on the server to learn a Platinum Rank cultivation technique.]
"A Cultivation Technique Level Upgrade Card? There's something this good?"
Lin An's eyes lit up. Although this item could raise proficiency only as high as the Great Achievement level, he was cultivating a Platinum Rank technique. It could save him a huge number of attribute points.
As he thought this, Lin An put away the reward and looked at the technique he had just learned.
[Cultivation Technique]: Platinum Rank · Lin Clan Cultivation Technique (Beginner level, 0/100,000 proficiency)
"It takes 100,000 proficiency to go from Beginner to Proficient. No wonder it's a Platinum Rank cultivation technique." Lin An couldn't help taking a deep breath.
There were two ways to increase proficiency.
The first was to cultivate on one's own, slowly increasing proficiency.
The second was to spend attribute points directly.
One attribute point was equivalent to 1,000 proficiency.
That meant he would need 100 attribute points to raise this technique to the Proficient level.
"This is only the Proficient level. After that, reaching Minor Achievement, Great Achievement, and even Perfection will take even more terrifying amounts of proficiency."
"No wonder even my cheap old man, who's a Gold Rank expert now, has only cultivated this technique to the Minor Achievement level."
Were 100 attribute points a lot?
Naturally, they weren't.
After all, players had to be at least Silver Rank, or even Gold Rank, to obtain a Platinum Rank cultivation technique.
By then, it was already much easier for players to earn attribute points.
Lin An immediately spent another 100 attribute points.
[The "Lin Clan Cultivation Technique" you are cultivating has reached the Proficient level. Cultivation speed increased fourfold.]
[Cultivation Technique]: Platinum Rank · Lin Clan Cultivation Technique (Proficient level, 0/500,000 proficiency)
"It takes 500,000 proficiency to go from Proficient to Minor Achievement. That's equivalent to 500 attribute points."
Lin An glanced at the 12 attribute points he had left and suddenly realized that although he had a higher starting point in this life, he still didn't have enough attribute points.
"Tomorrow, I need to search for Sin Beasts and hunt them down to earn attribute points."
"Once I've saved up 500 attribute points, I'll raise my proficiency to Minor Achievement, then use the Cultivation Technique Level Upgrade Card I just got to raise it to Great Achievement."
A cultivation technique at the Great Achievement level could give him sixteen times the cultivation speed.
After closing the attribute panel, Lin An looked at the scroll in his hand.
"As expected of a family-inherited cultivation technique. The scroll didn't disappear after I learned it."
Lin An put the scroll away. That saved him from having to come up with a reason to explain why it had disappeared.
"Next, I'll cultivate."
Lin An looked at the three jade bottles in front of him.
His cheap old man had given him two of them, containing twenty Lesser Spirit Pills.
The other bottle was the reward the game system had just given him.
He took out a Lesser Spirit Pill and swallowed it, then circulated the technique and began cultivating.
The night passed uneventfully.
The next morning, when the maid's voice sounded outside the door, Lin An slowly opened his eyes.
[Player]: Lin An [Title]: First Blood [Realm]: Black Iron Second Grade [Cultivation Technique]: Lin Clan Cultivation Technique [Divine Ability]: Resentful Tiger's Eye [Attribute Points]: 12
"As expected of a Platinum Rank cultivation technique. With four times the cultivation speed, I reached Black Iron Second Grade in just one night."
Feeling the power within him, Lin An nodded in satisfaction.
Then he remembered that the system seemed to have sounded again last night, just after he broke through to Black Iron First Grade. He immediately checked.
[Congratulations to the player for breaking through to Black Iron First Grade and becoming the first player on the server to possess a realm. Reward: one Black Iron Tier weapon of your choice.]
[The Realm Rankings have opened. Please check them yourself.]
[Server-wide announcement: Player Lin An has become the first player on the server to possess a realm.]
Looking at this information, Lin An raised an eyebrow. He wasn't interested in the reward.
He was the crown prince of Shenglin City now. His cheap old man had even given him permission to enter the treasury. He no longer cared for a mere Black Iron Tier weapon.
"There's only me on the server, and they still made a rankings list?"
Lin An opened the rankings to take a look.