The young boy looked around, as if afraid of being beaten, then continued.
"The Cosmic University, well, it is also one of the many branches they have on several planets. They only accept people walking the path of five domains, openly rejecting people from the churches, which has caused some friction.
"About your question for a way to leave this planet, there is an interplanetary teleportation formation in The Cosmic University.
"It is the only known way to leave and travel to some other planet. However, I've heard that you need to join The Cosmic University to gain access to that teleportation formation."
Hmmm… the rest of the information matches.
"Is there no other way to leave the planet?"
The boy paused, thinking hard before answering.
"The churches and the University are the main sources of knowledge about planets beyond this one. If that was all, no one would think much of it.
"But the churches often have items that obviously come from other planets. Sometimes even brand new inventions from other planets."
He swallowed, eyeing the coin.
"So people think they have a teleportation formation too. A hidden one. They might be bringing things in from outside."
Kaizen sank into thought as the pieces shifted in his mind.
So the Cosmic University is my only confirmed route out… for now.
Also, judging from his lack of mention, the Aeonhart Empire and Krick Merchant Clan, or rather, the entire planet is dominated by humans. No dragon or anything was mentioned.
So my draconic essence's origin is still unclear, at least not inherited from my parents.
He handed the boy his deserved silver coin, and watched him hide it immediately.
Without another word, Kaizen turned and left the city.
Since there were a few hours to go before returning, he might as well test how his system worked.
From the basic information, he knew of a place where monsters and ghosts alike gathered.
Kaizen had already bought a plain sword, light armor, and a few healing pills for this journey.
According to the logic of games, killing monsters grants experience points which can be used to level up. This leveling up is another term for powering up.
In my past life, one couldn't get stronger simply by hunting monsters, but if players can do that, they'll indeed be a larger menace to this world than I thought.
I need to test if my system can do the same, that way I wouldn't be lacking in advantages compared to them.
[No need to test, the System can indeed do that.]
I don't trust someone who revels in pranks.
[Fine.]
He ignored the system's sulking tone and soon arrived at the entrance of the Lyren Forest.
Approximately ten minutes later after entering the forest, surrounded by trees on all sides, he finally spotted a monster.
It was a sharp tusked monkey glaring at him.
Kaizen widened his eyes, glared right back, and because he could, let out an imitation of a lion's roar.
Truly, a profound application of freedom of speech.
The monkey flinched. Whether from fear or the sheer stupidity of the moment, no one knew.
Kaizen took advantage of the flinch to swiftly brandish a sword skill he had frequently used in past life.
[Recorded the Myriad Form Swift Wind.]
[The System has judged the host's mastery to be at Supreme level.]
[Achieved final level of mastery without using Insight Points.]
[Granted twenty Insight Points.]
Hmm… makes sense. I technically maxed out that skill without the use of Insight Points.
Realizing that he could exploit this loophole, Kaizen deployed the other two skills which he felt were at the maximum level.
[Recorded the Heaven's Veil.]
[The System has judged the host's mastery to be at Supreme level.]
[Achieved final level of mastery without using Insight Points.]
[Granted twenty Insight Points.]
Nice, a pity that I've only mastered only three completely.
It couldn't be helped. He was the youngest one to reach the peak in his past life, that meant he had a lot less time to practice than others did.
Heaven's Veil was a concealment type cultivation skill, useful, but not immediately necessary.
Keeping his focus on the fight, he used the third cultivation skill.
[Recorded the Thousand Shadow Mirage Pace.]
[The System has judged the host's mastery to be at Apex level.]
[Apex: 99,998,803,215,784/100,000,000,000,000]
[Invest 1 Insight Point to max out and level up to Supreme level mastery?]
Kaizen's focus momentarily faltered as he read through the new text.
So my movement skill wasn't truly at peak huh, it was closeeee. Which means the rest of my skills are probably even further behind.
Also, Insight Points are this fucking useful? How much experience do they add though?
But… if one point fills the whole bar, some gets wasted, right?
[Yes, the extra will go to waste. 1 Insight Point gives you an average of 50,000,000,000 of cultivation skill experience. More if the cultivation skill is of low quality, less for higher quality ones.]
Woah.
Obviously, Kaizen didn't spend Insight Points to max his skill.
A few seconds later when the monkey's bloodied head hit the ground, a notification popped up in front of him.
[Killed an unranked sharp tusked monkey.]
[Experience gained 60.]
[Experience multiplied by 100x.]
[Experience gained 6000.]
As Kaizen stood there, he felt nothing different even after a few seconds.
Shouldn't I feel some changes? I gained experience, right?
[Due to the unique nature of the Host, the experience wasn't directly allocated but stored by the system.]
[Please allocate the stored experience towards one of your Classes for progress.]
[You may also automate the process by commanding the system to always allocate the experience to a particular Class. The allocation may also be done in percentages.]
Alright, automate it at 80-20 then. Eighty percent of all the acquired experience goes toward the Artifact Refining class, and the twenty percent towards Cultivation.
[Noted. The stored experience has been distributed accordingly.]
[Artifact Refiner: 4800/10000]
[Cultivator: 1200/10000]
Imagine filling up the experience requirement for the level almost halfway with just one kill. Hah, those players can kiss my ass in leveling up.
His reason for giving Artifact Refining the majority of the experience was because he had no prior knowledge of the Class, whereas he had plenty of personal experience and memories to tread the path of Cultivation.
Even without the help of the experience points gained through monsters, his progress wouldn't fall short.
With experience handling settled, Kaizen adjusted his grip on the sword and moved deeper into the forest.
Time to level up.