96: Buying Spree

"Why is it so hard to collect kinetic energy?" Ning thought. Every time he tried to make Night attack him, he would always end up with heat and sound.

He wouldn't get much heat, but sound, he would get most of it because the source of the sound was his body. One way to increase kinetic energy was to have Night attack him slowly enough so that not much sound would be produced.

But then, he would end up with almost no energy, and he would have to do this action nearly 100 times to fill up. This was very inefficient.

So, now that he had a 160 million energy cap, he decided to forget everything and live freely. He didn't need to worry about 10 billion energy to double his cap, as that energy would come to him no matter when or where.

So now, it was Ning's turn to go on a crazy spending spree.

The first thing he did was look for a body cultivation technique. He said, "System, show me body cultivation techniques I can use for around 1 billion energy."

You can buy the Earth-Shaking - Tempering Art for 1,020,000,000 energy.

"Alright, buy it," Ning said. Confirmed.

A wave of information flooded his mind, and the Earth-Shaking - Tempering Art was deeply ingrained in his mind. He looked at the technique, surprised by how simple yet unique it was.

Body cultivation depended on one's Qi gathering speed. It utilized the excess Qi gathered around a person's body to temper it by forcefully entering the body. It not only tempered the body but also the meridians and the mind.

That is, it enhanced one's Qi cultivation ability and intelligence.

"So, this is different from Qi adaptation rate, right? The former speeds up how quickly my body adapts to the surrounding Qi, while the latter allows me to better control the Qi inside my body," he thought.

"Let's try it," he said and tried the technique.

He cultivated with his Earth Jade Cultivation Method for a while, and Qi began to gather around his body, glowing for a few hours.

During this time, the Qi became more and more violent, starting to cut his skin everywhere. Slowly, they penetrated his skin and reached his muscles. After that, they reached his bones, and then his organs.

Soon, they also reached his meridians and brain. As soon as they reached any of them, they began to cut them, just as they cut the skin.

However, these cuts were negligible and quickly healed with his current cultivation base. The cuts appeared and disappeared quickly, but to him, the amount was very small. His knowledge told him there would be more cuts than this.

Ning quickly realized something was wrong and stopped.

"I need a better cultivation method," he thought.

He quickly checked his status, realizing he still had about 6 billion energy of multiple types, so he asked the system, "Find me a cultivation method that costs around 2 billion energy."

His energy was a bit boring, but it made sense. He hadn't spent money for months, and now he was spending it all at once.

You can purchase the Divine Devouring Vortex Technique for 2,120,000,000 energy.

"Yeah, buy it," he said. Confirmed.

Once the technique was firmly instilled in his mind, he began to practice it simultaneously with the Earth-Shaking - Tempering Art.

Soon, a Qi vortex appeared in the room, sucking all the Qi from around the room. This Qi vortex kept the Qi gathered there, not allowing it to leave the area.

Suddenly, Ning had much more Qi than usual, almost 10 times the normal amount. The Qi began to cut his skin again, but this time, the amount was much larger than before.

This meant his skin was getting stronger and faster.

As before, the Qi began to enter his skin, cutting his muscles while making them stronger. Next were the bones. They were harder to cut, but the amount didn't decrease at all. The Qi was doing its job.

Soon, they also reached the organs, cutting them open, followed by the meridians, and then the brain.

Meridians are what carry Qi around the body. They are also what we are affected by spiritual roots, often called one. Once the meridians were tempered with Qi, he was sure his cultivation speed would be much faster than it was now.

The brain was what he was most worried about, but it seemed his worries were unnecessary; the brain's tempering was not only good but also the best.

Since there were no pain receptors in the brain, he didn't feel a trace of pain despite the countless wounds on his body. The brain didn't react after being cut, and he even wondered if the brain was still working properly.

Alas, he could see his inner self with his own eyes, so he knew it worked. Finally, after a while, he stopped and felt himself. It definitely worked.

In fact, this small training alone had raised his body cultivation from level five to level six. The Earth-Shaking - Tempering Art combined with the Divine Devouring Vortex Technique was exactly what he needed to advance his body cultivation level.

Now, his body was strong enough to compete with others who had a cultivation base at the sixth Qi Condensation realm. Combined with his own fifth Qi Condensation realm cultivation base, he would be much stronger than others.

He stopped this practice, wanting to add more things to his repertoire.

So, he spent 500 million energy to increase his Dimensional Storage by another 100 kilograms and bought Kumiya's Omniscient Map. Now, he knew all the worlds like the back of his hand.