Chapter 2 - Cultivation System Activate!

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Kai looked at the man who was speaking. He was a big burly man wearing luxurious-looking robes with intricate patterns. The man pulled out a whip and cracked it on the ground.

Kai was frightened to his feet. This brought him back to reality, before he could even think about cultivation, he had to somehow escape this place.

He recognized the man as the overseer of the farm, Overseer Ming

Overseer Ming frowned when he saw Kai stand up and whipped Kai across the chest. "You dare to stand and look me in the eye?!".

Kai was utterly shocked. Before he could react to the stinging pain and blood across his chest, he was kicked to the ground. Kai winced as he rolled on the ground with hot blood flowing down his chest.

"He hit me just for looking him in the eyes, what kind of!?". Kai was furious.

Overseer Ming was merciless and continued to whip Kai while he was on the ground. He also released a sadistic laugh showing that he was enjoying the shouts of pain coming from Kai.

"Overseer Ming, stop wasting time with that corpse, we need to hurry if we will make it on time"

This voice came from a young man standing by the door behind the overseer. His clothes looked even more luxurious than those of the overseer and he had an air of superiority over both of them."Of course young master, I was only teaching this filth for a lesson. Let us depart, the Master is waiting" Overseer Ming said as he hunched his back and bowed repeatedly to the young man.

The Overseer stepped over Kai towards one of the Horses-looking creatures at the back of the stables and left with it.

Kai was still on the ground writhing in pain. It was so severe that he was about to pass out. As he was slowly losing consciousness he heard the sound of a mysterious ding in his mind along with a message.

==[Hidden requirement completed]==

>[Survive multiple serious attacks from a foe much more powerful than yourself]

==[Infinite Manual System has been unlocked]==

Kai woke up yet again with a headache, but this time his surroundings were different. He was no longer in the stables but a pit full of decaying animal corpses surrounded by a dense forest of trees.

"Did they throw me in here to die?" Before he could continue thinking, he heard a ding.

==[Manual System update completed]==

[Functions]

>[Status]

>[Create Manual]

Kai was still lying on his back staring at the diseased corpse of some odd-looking beast when the glowing words appeared before his eyes.

A mixture of confusion and excitement took over his heart as he read the words over and over.

"Bloody hell, is this the legendary system I've read about in novels?, so that message I saw before I passed out was real?"

He was excited, if this system was as powerful as the ones in the novels, then he had a chance to become all-powerful. "No...I shouldn't get carried away", Kai thought. "There is no point in having a system if I get killed or die from some weird disease in here. I need to get someplace safe and lie low for a while"

Kai Crawled over the bodies of the strange beasts and got to the edge of the pit. He then used the last bit of strength he had and crawled away. He crawled for a few meters until he found a thicket of bushes.. he crawled underneath it and found that there was a small space within enough to cover his entire body.

He did not stop there and continued to cover his body in dirt and mud in the hopes of getting rid of his body scent. He was only about twenty meters away from the Death pit as he started to call it; however, he figured anything that could smell well enough would be hampered by the strong decaying stench before finding him.

When he felt safe enough, he thought about the notifications and found that the words reappeared before his vision yet again.

==[Manual System]==

[Functions]

>[Status]>

>[Cultivation manual]>

'Status'. When he thought about this, the words expanded and showed details of his status

==[Status]>

[Name]: Kai (No Last name)

[Age]: 14 [Life expectancy = 30 years]

[Internal Cultivation] level: None

[Body Grade]: Mortal Grade 1

[Health]: 3/20

[Qi]: 0/0

[Qi Gather Rate]: 0 Qi/day

[Status]: Weakened/ Malnourished

==[Stats]==

[External Strength]: 1

[External Defense]: 3

[Internal Strength]: 0

[Internal Defense]: 0

==[Equipment]==

Head Piece = None

Necklace = None

Body = Dirty rags (External Defense: 0)

Feet = None

Ring = None

"Well that's a little overwhelming" Kai murmured, "so I do not have a cultivation level, and my body level is Mortal grade one...is that good or bad?".

Looking at my current state, I'll assume that these are the worst possible stats. I wonder if it is possible to raise it". Just as Kai was thinking this, a new window popped up next to the word "Body Grade" with additional details"

==[Body Grade]==

[The level at which the body has been tempered.]

[Increase in Body Grade will result in increased External Strength and External Defense]

"Aha, so that's how it's done. The higher it goes the stronger my attack and defense. Easy to understand....but it didn't tell me how to increase it..."

"Anyway, I'll figure that out later, let's see what cultivation is"

==[Internal Cultivation level]==

[Cultivation of the body's internal Qi using a cultivation manual]

[Increase in internal cultivation will result in increased Qi and Qi Gather rate as well as Internal Strength and Internal Defense]

As if already knowing his intentions, the system had already opened new windows detailing additional new information.

==[Qi]==

[The basis and strength of internal cultivation]

[Qi functions as a reservoir of power needed to perform Qi-based attacks and techniques]

[The amount of Qi is based on the grade of the cultivation manual as well as the cultivator's level]

[large amounts of Qi reserves can sustain the body and slow aging which can increase life expectancy]

"Oh good, so there is a solution to that dreadful-looking life expectancy. it seems I have to prioritize improving my Qi if I want to see beyond 30 in this life. Kai had purposefully ignored the life expectancy when he saw it. Nobody wants to know when they'll die, but now that he knew how to increase it, it did not scare him as much.

"Lastly, show me these stats, they don't seem to follow the normal RPG stat tropes"

==[Stats]==

[External Strength]: Power exerted by physical attacks

[External Defense]: Resilience against physical attacks

[Internal Strength]: Power exerted by Qi-based attacks

[Internal Defense]: Resilience against Qi-based attacks

"Well that was simple, but what exactly is the difference between Qi-based attacks and Physical attacks? is one like a magic enhancement?"

"...."

No new windows popped up from the system. Kai tried over and over to think about it but the system offered no answers to his questions.

"Well let me not ask for too much. I'm happy that the system is at least giving me these detailed definitions".

"As for the Equipment, this seems pretty straightforward, plus it's a little too pitiful seeing as I'm practically naked so I'll skip these for now"

"That seems to be everything on the Status". Kai thought about going back to the main menu and instantly the screens faded and the main menu reappeared.

==[Manual System]==

[Functions]:

=[Status]>

=[Cultivation manual]>

Kai then selected the cultivation manual option. He had seen this previously however he wanted to take things slow and not get too excitable. Seeing as how the system was called the "Manual System", he knew this was probably the most important part of it.

and he doubted that he would get a chance to redo if he messed up, so he wanted as much information as possible beforehand.. Now that he had a decent understanding of how the system functioned, he felt more confident exploring this part of it.

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