CHAPTER 97: CHAPTER 90: GREAT INCREASE IN STRENGTH, IGNITING THE FIRE DEMON EYES

Putting down the traced blueprint, Lu Yu glanced at the cultivation progress bar of the Ice and Fire Qi, less than two hours remaining.

It’s past ten now, and Lu Yu’s internal Spiritual Qi of ice and fire had been completely exhausted, unable to continue drawing the array diagram.

After drawing the array diagrams for so long, Lu Yu was mentally fatigued. He lay on the bed, allowing the cultivation technique in automatic training mode to automatically circulate and restore Spiritual Qi.

Log off now, when logging back in tomorrow, the realm will upgrade, and Spiritual Qi will be fully restored.

After leaving the Martial World, Lu Yu pulled out his fully charged phone and began to shop online for a large amount of daily necessities. He figured that he couldn’t possibly have time to go shopping in the supermarket during the day, so he might as well shop online.

The 15 million he obtained from Guo Cunrui, he recharged all of it as Points, but he also had more than a hundred thousand in savings himself, enough solely for purchasing daily necessities.

After browsing on his phone till around one or two in the morning, Lu Yu finally sorted out the matters of daily necessities, and now just waited for the delivery to reach his door.

Thinking about possibly not having time to receive the deliveries, he contacted the customer services of each major mall, changing the address to the nearby delivery centers for collection, so he could pick them up when he had time.

Although he bought a lot of stuff, changing the address wasn’t troublesome. Lu Yu placed orders in a few major stores for living supplies and groceries, only needing to inform a few customer service reps.

Then he conveniently browsed some news and forums.

In the blink of an eye, it was almost three o’clock before Lu Yu put down his phone to sleep.

The next day, when Lu Yu entered the Martial World, he saw the system notification.

[Through diligent cultivation, the first level of the Ice and Fire Qi is completed, Qi Blood +200, Spiritual Qi +100]

[Cultivating the Ice and Fire Qi resulted in some comprehension, player realm advanced to Qi Cultivation Level 3]

[Significant breakthrough in cultivating Ice and Fire Qi, Fire Demon Eyes activated 30%]

Check personal attributes.

[Name: Lu Yu]

[Realm: Qi Cultivation Level 3 (0/300,000)]

[Qi Blood: 521]

[Spiritual Qi: 354 (Ice 177, Fire 177)]

[Cultivation Techniques: Ice and Fire Qi (First Level), Bladeless Blade Technique (Level 3)]

[Skills: Ice Qi (Ice martial arts power +35%), Fire Qi (Fire martial arts power +35%)

Fire Demon Eyes (Not fully mastered, activated 30%)

Fierce Tiger Fist*Hu Wei (Unparalleled)

Eight Steps to Catch Cicadas (Unparalleled)

Bladeless Swordsmanship - Celestial Collapse (Accomplished)

Blood Burning Secret Technique (Consumes 30% Qi Blood, Attack Speed +70%, Martial Arts Power +70%) (Some Success)

Earth Escape (Some Success)}

??? Array (Template loading progress 42%)]

[Experience: 147200]

The completion of the first level training of the Ice and Fire Qi yielded immense gains, and Lu Yu hadn’t expected to jump directly from the peak of the Body Refinement realm to Qi Cultivation Level 3.

"What’s with the Fire Demon Eyes activation at 30%?" Lu Yu was somewhat puzzled why the skill could only activate partially?

Activating the Fire Demon Eyes, when Lu Yu opened his eyes again, they turned completely red, with no distinction between pupils and whites, like a pair of burning eyes.

However, the flames in his eyes were slightly dim, looking like lacking fuel, unable to surge up.

Lu Yu himself felt no difference, the world in his eyes remained unchanged, no imagined ability to control flames, not even a candle’s flame.

He blew hard, extinguishing the candle with his breath.

With the Fire Demon Eyes activated, Lu Yu walked out of the room, glanced around, unable to see any change after activating the Fire Demon Eyes. If anything, his eyes just looked like burning flames.

According to the knowledge in the heritage jade plate, Lu Yu realized that his eyes appeared this way because he hadn’t fully mastered the Fire Demon Eyes and couldn’t restrain its power.

Once Lu Yu fully masters the power of the Fire Demon Eyes, his eyes will return to normal, not drawing attention.

Finding no use in activating only 30% of the Fire Demon Eyes, Lu Yu had no choice but to deactivate them.

Activating the Fire Demon Eyes consumes Lu Yu’s Spiritual Qi, consuming 1 point per second, which is quite resource-intensive.

Beep beep beep~ A message alert sounded, Lu Yu saw a message from Guo Cunrui.

[Guo Cunrui (Sound Transmission over a Thousand Miles): Mr. Lu, can you find a medium-grade spirit level cultivation technique for trading? I am in urgent need.]

Medium-grade spirit level cultivation techniques refer to fourth to sixth grade techniques. Since the highest realm these techniques can train to are the same, martial cultivators sometimes refer to them collectively as medium-grade spirit level techniques.

Even though they lead to the same highest realm, a sixth-grade technique is definitely much more powerful than a fourth-grade one.

Lu Yu opened the system store to check, discovering that, after advancing to Qi Cultivation realm, he could now purchase spirit level techniques below the sixth grade.

Previously, when he was still in the Body Refinement realm, techniques above fourth grade showed "Condition not met, cannot purchase," and he couldn’t even view detailed information, only the name and technique grade.

The third grade Bladeless Swordsmanship cost 1 million points, and techniques above fourth grade cost over 2 million, with some sixth grade ones approaching ten million points.

After telling Guo Cunrui the price for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade techniques, he expressed the desire for the best sixth-grade technique, stating price was not an issue. He also asked Lu Yu if he could recommend him to a few friends, as they also wanted to buy things from Lu Yu.

Without Lu Yu’s permission, he didn’t dare to bring others to meet Lu Yu, fearing offense.

He was not afraid of Lu Yu personally, but feared losing Lu Yu as a resource channel.

Currently, Lu Yu was the person he encountered with the most resources, fearing that if he brought others without consent, Lu Yu’s dissatisfaction would sever their connection, losing that resource channel.

Especially after Lu Yu displayed the ability to easily provide a sixth-grade technique, with a "take your pick" attitude, Guo Cunrui was more determined to hold onto Lu Yu’s favor.

In reality, money couldn’t be used in the in-game auction house, making Lu Yu the sole place to use money to buy resources.

As for other players.

Up to now, Lu Yu was the only one willing to do large-scale transactions with real-world currency; others only sold small amounts of in-game items for cash and didn’t offer good stuff, let alone a sixth-grade technique.

Even he felt that using items to enhance strength in exchange for cash felt valueless.

Using money to enhance strength was very worthwhile, according to Guo Cunrui.

After all, strength is one’s own, while money is external. Guo Cunrui, having weathered many years, deeply believed this, though previously it was about "health" rather than power.

Using external items to enhance one’s strength was quite a profitable deal.

Lu Yu agreed to meet his friends before Guo Cunrui shared the meeting location with his friends. He initially planned to buy things on their behalf if Lu Yu declined to meet.

The friends were of his level.

At his suggestion, they began collecting items like broken Small Jade Swords and finally acquired the Martial World log-in devices, just entering the game not long ago.

Under Guo Cunrui’s arrangement, they were able to gather in Beifeng City.