Once Jarek entered his room, took a seat, and thought, 'I was planning to cultivate in a slow and steady pace, thinking I was safe inside the academy as long as I didn't display anything too extraordinary, but it seems I was being too optimistic. It seems like I'll have to leave once I have Lord stage combat prowess.'
He needed strength, and he needed it fast.
He immediately moved to the Law diagram section of the system.
The Low Tier Law Section was unlocked when he advanced to the Advanced stage yesterday, but he hadn't looked at it and went to sleep.
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{Law Diagrams}
Low Tier
Price: 250 System points
Elements
[Fire] [Water/Ice] [Wind] [Earth] [Wood] [Metal] [Lightning] [Shadow]
Weapons
[Sword] [Spear] [Bow & Arrow] [Dagger] [Staff] [Shield] …
Special
[Sound] [Mind]
S.N: Once you buy a law diagram, the price for the next purchase will double.
System points: 900 points.
]
After a long moment of deliberation, he decided to pick [Shadow] and [Mind].
He had considered selecting [Metal], but that would have to wait.
As for the rest, some of them were from a part of his curriculum, so he wasn't that worried.
With the shadow circulation pattern from the law diagram in his mind, he circulated his qi to generate shadow qi.
His qi moved according to his will, flowing in a pattern guided by Jarek's thoughts. As Jarek's qi completed this pattern, a dark energy manifested from his body.
[Congratulations, host, for comprehending the 1st Level Shadow Elementary Intent. You are rewarded with 500 System points.]
As Jarek opened his eyes, he felt a strange feeling enveloping him.
He felt connected with the shadows all around him, and his understanding of shadows deepened.
'Let's move on to mind law.' Jarek once again closed his eyes and began circulating in another different pattern.
As the pattern was finished, Jarek couldn't help but feel a wave of mental exhaustion hit him.
It was only when a familiar voice rang in his mind did it began to subside a bit.
[Congratulations, host, for comprehending the 1st Level Mind Elementary Intent. You are rewarded with 500 System points.]
After half an hour of rest, his mental strength had recovered completely, and he even felt that his mind was sharper than before.
'I have enough points to buy the metal law diagram.'
And after a few minutes, another new type was generated from within his body.
[Congratulations, host, for comprehending the 1st Level Metal Elementary Intent. You are rewarded with 500 System points.]
With all three laws now at his grasp, he focused on cultivating his unattributed qi.
He was currently at the Initial Level of the Advanced stage, but that would soon change.
Before today, he didn't put increasing his cultivation as his highest priority.
But now that he figured out the dark side of the academy, he must increase his strength as soon as possible.
As he thought so, qi all over his surroundings began to rush into his body as he accumulated qi within his body.
If anyone else were to see this, they would be shocked by what they were seeing.
Normal people cultivate by absorbing energy from spirit stones, but he was directly absorbing it from the world! Or as Jarek calls it, World qi.
World qi contains a very concentrated amount of unattributed qi, making it impossible for someone to directly absorb.
Jarek continued his cultivation till it was nighttime.
Unfortunately, he was not yet ready to advance his cultivation to the next level, just short of two hours.
Even so, he found his advancement to be extremely fast, and he asked, "Are you sure that my cultivation speed has dropped? Isn't this still too fast?"
[Yes. It would have taken you about two hours to break through without any karmic burden affecting you.]
To those at this academy, Jarek might be a Supreme Grade talent, but in actuality, his talent was unquantifiable.
And after a long shower, he went to bed and drifted into deep slumber.
The next day, class went on as usual, and it soon ended, as Konrad left the room first, and the rest followed after.
Since it was noon, most students were heading to eat their lunch at the cafeteria.
Jarek, on the other hand, hadn't entered the cafeteria ever since the first day he ate there, because he didn't need sustenance to survive anymore.
It was one of the perks of becoming a cultivator. At this point, eating is like a hobby.
An Apprentice stage cultivator can stay weeks before having to eat anything, and as for someone at the Advanced Stage, they don't need to eat at all.
As Jarek saw a lot of students heading towards the cafeteria, he walked past them, heading for the academy gates.
He was soon outside the academy, walking across the town streets.
As he walked around, he noticed all types of reactions among the common folk as they saw him. Some blushed, others had looks or respect, awe, and envy.
It was a rare occurrence to see a student of the academy out and about in the town.
Jarek walked into a clothing store and bought some clothes before heading to a restaurant.
He sat down at a table, and the waiter soon approached, ready to take his order.
Upon seeing Jarek, he quickly moved in his direction when he saw Jarek gesturing for him to come closer.
Jarek gave out his order, but not before giving out a few instructions to the waiter, who moved to fulfill them.
When his food came, Jarek ate his meal slowly. Seeing that what he was looking for was not here, he left.
He walked all around the town before once again reaching the town gate.