529: Technique Upgrade

Li Wu World.

Maple Leaf left the Ming Tribe and set out to explore the Li Wu World.

Just as Maple Leaf had embarked on her "journey", someone in the Cross-World Group @mentioned her.

Yi Xin: "@Maple Leaf Wake up! Your cultivation technique has been upgraded! It's time to spend source points!"

Maple Leaf: "Coming, coming! Really, it's like I'm rushing to give you source points!"

Maple Leaf immediately checked Yi Xin's shop. In the custom services, a 'ready for upgrade' service was displayed for her.

"Divine Martial Heart Art - Awakening" (Original: "Divine Martial Heart Art") - source points: 5e.

When she first customized the "Divine Martial Heart Art", it cost 4500w source points. Maple Leaf knew how effective it was, as she had been using it until now, and she was clear about its usefulness.

Now, the upgrade required 5e source points. Maple Leaf didn't think it was expensive; she only wished it were more expensive, not out of a desire for sudden wealth.

Rather, for items priced in the Cross-World Group, good things weren't necessarily expensive, but expensive things were definitely good, and the more expensive, the better!

Maple Leaf was not hesitant about this cultivation technique; she bought it directly without batting an eye.

After the cultivation technique was upgraded, due to their shared origin, Maple Leaf felt the power within her body changing.

The "loading" of the new cultivation technique caused her to continuously transform.

Her own strength was constantly increasing.

She felt at least 20% stronger.

This cultivation technique was indeed worth the 5e source points.

It improved her so much just upon conversion, and she would certainly become stronger with continued cultivation.

Not only that, Maple Leaf also discovered that this cultivation technique had an additional ability: Awakening.

It seemed Yi Xin and the others had specially created it based on Maple Leaf's characteristics and system.

This 'Awakening' technique transforms her Martial Will into a Martial Dao True Body through the special power of the cultivation technique, integrating it with herself, similar to a transformation ability.

It can greatly amplify her strength and also grant many special abilities.

Maple Leaf: "@Yi Xin @Lin Zifeng Thank you both! The upgraded cultivation technique is incredibly powerful! It's so useful! I didn't expect it to even come with a special ability!"

Yi Xin: "As long as it's useful, hahaha~ It's good that you don't find it expensive. This special ability is also one of our attempts, and thankfully, the effect is significant."

Maple Leaf: "Not expensive! It would be even better if it were several times more expensive!"

Yi Xin: "Hahaha! Next time! Definitely next time! Don't feel bad about your source points then."

Maple Leaf: "Only source points spent are truly source points! Strength is what truly belongs to oneself!"

Lin Zifeng: "Well said! Next time, we'll try to clear out all your source points!"

Maple Leaf: "Looking forward to it!"

The others watched Yi Xin and Maple Leaf's conversation, feeling curious and wanting to know what it was, so they couldn't help but ask.

Ellie: "Curious.jpg"

Miya-pasu: "Meow meow, peeking curiously.jpg"

Chen Mu: "Let me see what's going on.jpg"

Everyone started sending images.

Seeing this, Maple Leaf couldn't help but laugh out loud, but she still told everyone in the group about her upgraded cultivation technique, which drew envy and exclamations from them.

After chatting in the Cross-World Group for a while, Maple Leaf exited the interface and focused on exploring the Li Wu World.

..........

Several days later, after Maple Leaf had crossed over a dozen mountains, she arrived at a vast plain.

Along the way, she had gained quite a few "resources."

"Hmm? So many people ahead!" Maple Leaf stood on a small hill, gazing into the distance. Her powerful eyesight allowed her to clearly see a group of shirtless, nearly 2-meter tall muscular men chasing five black wild yaks, the size of small elephants, several kilometers away.

If Maple Leaf remembered correctly, she had killed similar yaks before. The information given in the Cross-World Group called them "Three-Horned Yaks." They had three horns on their heads: one on the forehead, and two curved forward on the sides.

These Three-Horned Yaks possessed immense strength, robust bodies, and often moved in groups of three to five.

"But their meat is indeed delicious!" Maple Leaf licked her lips. When she was in the Ming Tribe, she had killed them a few times, and the meat of these beasts she brought back was naturally for eating.

They barely needed any seasoning; simply stewing them made them taste incredibly sweet.

These muscular men were likely from a tribe living in this area.

Their strength was immense! These should be members of that tribe's hunting party. Each of them exuded surging vital energy, and their strength was basically at the Grand Warrior level, which was already on par with the leader of the Ming Tribe!

This tribe was very strong! And not just ordinarily strong!

They were probably one of the top-ranked large tribes in the Li Wu World!

Maple Leaf thought carefully. She had been in the Li Wu World for quite some time. Although she hadn't visited many places, from various understandings, she could discern the general level and hierarchy of the Li Wu World.

She hadn't expected such a tribe to be not very far from the Ming Tribe.

Of course, "not very far" was only relative to Maple Leaf.

After all, she had already crossed over a dozen mountains.

Under normal circumstances, a tribe would not cross mountains and valleys, especially a hunting party.

While larger tribes had larger territories and hunting ranges, they weren't so large as to hunt on the other side of a dozen mountains.

This was true for this large tribe, let alone the weaker Ming Tribe.

The five Three-Horned Yaks were quickly subdued by force.

These tribal warriors were powerful, basically relying on sheer physical brute force to pin the Three-Horned Yaks to the ground.

Then they pulled out short daggers, made of unknown beast bone, and stabbed them directly into the brain through the eye sockets.

One hit, instant kill!

The harvest was good. Coincidentally, it was a hunting party of five, and each person carried one Three-Horned Yak back.

Maple Leaf quickly followed them. She revealed herself proactively.

"Hello!" Maple Leaf called out to them.

Hearing the commotion, the five tribal warriors immediately dropped the yaks and adopted fighting stances.

Upon seeing that it was only Maple Leaf, and a female at that, they didn't completely let down their guard. Instead, they observed Maple Leaf's body, estimated her strength, and only then relaxed considerably.

Maple Leaf's body was relaxed, and her vital energy was restrained, so nothing could be discerned from her appearance.

Moreover, her muscles weren't bulging; she looked slender with long limbs, and her skin was very fair.

The people of this world generally had wheat-colored or brownish skin.

After all, they exercised frequently, even under the scorching sun.

Of course, those like the Great Chiefs might be a bit fairer, but only slightly.

To the people of this world, Maple Leaf's skin was excessively fair.

"Who are you?" The captain of this hunting party stepped forward and asked Maple Leaf.

"My name is Maple Leaf. I am a traveler from afar," Maple Leaf told the other party.

"Traveler?" The captain frowned slightly. He had basically never heard of that term... After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Are you a wanderer?"

"..." Maple Leaf paused upon hearing his words, then nodded: "That seems to be correct!"

"So your purpose is... to join our tribe?" The captain looked at Maple Leaf and asked.

After all, a wandering person would live a more difficult life, and upon seeing people from their tribe, they would naturally want to join.

Most wanderers were either expelled from their tribes or were survivors whose tribes had been destroyed.

As for why they were destroyed, there were many reasons: some were attacked by beast tides or powerful wild beasts, or invaded by other tribes, and so on.