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Chapter 3: Cultivator

Since the beginning of time, the nine realms that existed were ruled by a single nation that had a tremendous power, they could destroy thousands of land and oceans with ease, they were known as Ancient Divinity.

Other nations born in the nine realms were born with weak bodies, making them end up food, even toys for the Ancient Divinity.

They hoped to one day be able to avenge the deeds of the Ancient Divinity, until that day came, the day that appeared a human figure of unknown origin defeated and sealed the Ancient Divinity.

The day he sealed the five Ancient Divinity, the rest of the nations asked him why he had not killed the Ancient Divinity.

The mighty man replied with just one word, ”Entahlah.”

Then after that he gathered all the races that existed and passed down a science to them, a science that allowed living things to absorb energy from the universe called Qi.

Those who could absorb qi were referred to as cultivators and they officially entered the path to immortality.

After popping up many cultivators, that Milky Way Man had suddenly disappeared mysteriously.

Afterwards the remaining races continued to build their own civilization, and made a pact not to disturb each other for a long time.

Millions of years have passed since the day the Milky Way disappeared, people have begun to forget its story and the world of cultivators has entered a new era.

An era where fellow cultivators killed each other to obtain resources.

**

A few days had passed since Xiao Fan arrived at this Sacred Realm, he had started to set up a place for himself to take shelter and all other necessities, not to forget that he had also learned to feel the Qi with his senses.

As a result, on this day he managed to see Qi with the naked eye, making him very excited.

”I feel it! This is called Qi?” Xiao Fan shouted in excitement.

[Don't be happy first Host, you're still not a cultivator]

”Hah?! It's not that I can already feel the Qi, so I should be a cultivator dong.”

[You can only be called a cultivator if you manage to absorb a certain amount of Qi into your body]

Xiao Fan nodded in understanding, he then asked System to teach him how to absorb Qi.

[To absorb Qi, you must learn one manual first]

System explained, in addition to having to be able to feel and see the existence of Qi, the cultivators also had to learn a manual.

Manuals are clues left behind by cultivators who usually have stepped on a higher realm, there are even manuals that have existed since the Early Era, known as the Four Matchless Manuals in the world of cultivators.

In addition, each manual usually has its own uniqueness, there is to arrive at a certain realm, or specifically for cultivators with certain elements.

A great manual is one that covers up to the highest realm, and has special effects for its users.

After listening to the long explanation of the System, Xiao Fan instead frowned.

”How do I get the manual?” Xiao Fan asked.

[Of course you can buy it in the Credit Store, one of the special features I have]

”I just found out there are such special features...How to access it?”

[You just say it, as usual]

”Open Credit Store.”

Instantly in front of Xiao Fan, a floating screen appeared that displayed a lot of writing.

[ Credit Store ]

< Forging Qi >

< ×Foundation Realm× >

< ×Core Transformation× >

< ×Nascent Soul× >

< × ???× >

< × ???× >

< ×???× >

”What is this system? Why can't I access options other than ?” Xiao Fan had earlier tried to suppress options other than Forging Qi, but other than Forging Qi no one had opened.

”Ohh, I understand...So that Forging Qi, Foundation Realm, Core Transformation, and Nascent Soul was the practice level of a cultivator?”

[Yes, and who ??> will be visible when you reach Nascent Soul realm]

”Is there a difference in each level?”

[Of course there is, the higher the realm you achieve the more quality things you can buy in the Credit Store]

Once again Xiao Fan was made to be astonished by his System. If in the novels he has read his mc can buy anything no matter the realm, and can instantly become very strong in a matter of months or even days. He felt it would be more difficult for him to move up the level than the mc novel system he had read.

**

It had been several hours since Xiao Fan had searched for the Manual, but he had not found one that was truly suitable for him.

”System, my finger hurts...Can you find a suitable one for me?” Xiao Fan asked System for help with a clear face, although nothing hurt at all, he was just lazy to look for a Manual that suited him among the many Manual options.

[Alright Host.....I recommend the Nine Realm Manual to you]

”Nine Realm Manual? Sounds cool.” Xiao Fan smiled in satisfaction then asked System to show the price.

[10,000 Credit Points]

Xiao Fan's soul seemed to drift for a while when he saw that fantastic amount, these few days he had been actively collecting Credit Points from the Daily Quest that the System had given him, so he knew how hard it was to collect Credit Points.

”System, don't you pity to see this lowly creature?”

[No]

Xiao Fan tried to persuade System to lower its price in various ways, but System still refused to lower its price.

”Ya stop, change other options only.” Xiao Fan let out a long sigh, he did not want to spend nearly all of his Credit Points on a single item.

[You sure Host? You can only learn the manuals in the Forging Qi realm, if it's already to the Foundation Realm let alone Nascent Soul then it's all too late...It is one of the Four Matchless Manuals]

A few days ago, System had mentioned the Four Matchless Manual, because the history of the world of cultivators was closely related to the Four Matchless Manual which was supposed to be the beginning of cultivation science.

Xiao Fan gulped his saliva, he began to waver after hearing the explanation from the System, there was no way he would miss the golden opportunity to obtain any of the Four Matchless Manuals.

”Credit Pointku currently only exist 11,000.” Xiao Fan moved his fingers doubtfully.

[Purchase succeeded! Items stored in Dimensional Storage]

Xiao Fan breathed a weak breath, if only the results were not satisfactory then he would regret it for the rest of his life, since a cultivator would better only learn one manual for his entire life. So you could say the manual is very important for the foundation of a cultivator, even the manual can determine the degree of a sect.

”System, open Dimensional Storage, I want to see Nine Realm Manual.”

Then it reappears a floating screen that displays several columns of boxes, some filled and some not.

It is one of the special functions of the System, Dimensional Storage.

Dimensional Storage was a place where Xiao Fan could store goods, or other things, except for something that lived and moved like Humans and Animals.

One of the items inside was a thick black book with abstract patterns, in front of it was written Nine Realm Manual. If seen more observant, the patterns were similar to the picture of the universe that Xiao Fan had seen. Moreover, somehow the aura released by the Nine Realm Manual was very mysterious and foreign.

Xiao Fan took it and closed the Dimensional Storage as it blocked the view.

”So this is the name manual.” Xiao Fan smiled faintly then started to open the first page of the Nine Realm Manual.

The contents of the first page and several pages after it contain the story of a Sakti Man who defeated and sealed the creature known as Ancient Divinity.

”....” Xiao Fan fell silent because he was so creepy he read the story, told in detail how the journey of the Milky Way Man defeated the Ancient Divinity.

The following pages contain the understanding of Qi and the various things that System has previously explained, there are only a few that Xiao Fan only knows about, and one of them is the method of cultivation.

Xiao Fan could actually directly cultivate after reading that page, but he decided to postpone it and read through the Nine Realm Manual first, as per the advice of the System as well.

After that began to be explained about what was in the Forging Qi realm, starting from its levels and various other things.

In short the Forging Qi realm was divided into 15 levels, but not everyone could reach the peak of Forging Qi. Most of them could only reach level nine, while those who were quite talented could reach level twelve. And only the chosen ones could reach the fifteenth level.

As for entering the Foundation Realm, it should at least be at the Forging Qi level 9.

More or less that information Xiao Fan got from the first chapter of the nine chapters contained in the Nine Realm Manual, the Realm Of Mortals.

Xiao Fan stopped his activities when he felt tired and decided to go to sleep and continue the activities he had not completed tomorrow.