"This is impossible! Don't tell me, my Upgrade Skill is a bust after I entered Inner Qi Fighter Tier? This can't be happening!" Zhang Wu Ji almost screamed after he was shocked by the lack of fifteen additional Strands of Inner Qi in his body.

"Let us see... Status!"

"..."

"Touch me, Status!"

"..."

"This is bad! Really bad! Did I lost my ability to check item status and upgrade it?" he fanatically run around the room and touches the Iron Ruler placed at the corner.

Iron Ruler (Unnamed) +2

Attack: 9 + 1

Defense: 7

Durability: 35/42

Special: When the ruler was in the creator's arms, remove the burden of weight at all. Applicable on other item placed on the ruler.

"I still can see the status of my item... Phew..." he felt relief when he still noticed the box of description when he touches the Iron Ruler.

"Silly me, my Iron Ruler is still at +2 status. Should I upgrade it to +5? Or maybe +6?" he smiled as he decided to upgrade the weapon he loved so much.

"Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade!" he upgrades it without stopping and spent 30 Strands of Inner Qi to bring it into +5 stats.

Iron Ruler (Unnamed) +5

Attack: 12 + 1

Defense: 10

Durability: 45/45

Special 1: When the ruler was in the creator's arms, remove the burden of weight at all. Applicable on other item placed on the ruler.

Special 2: Pay (10) strands of Inner Qi to activate the power of [Shatter-Strike]

"Not bad, Not bad at all!" he laughed the moment he noticed the additional Special Ability on the Iron Ruler now. It seems that he can affirm that for every +5 upgrade, most of them will obtain a Special Ability unless they were something not useful in his life.

"But the question still remained unanswered. Why didn't I receive the increment of 15 strands of Inner Qi on my third day?" Zhang Wu Ji convinced that his ability is still with him, but a question mark still remains. Having no other choice at all, he went to the Knowledge Pagoda once more, for the sake of taking a look at the collection of cultivation manuals and Martial Arts in the library.

It did not take too long for him to reach there, but this time, his appearance was taken much more seriously, without any negative comment came from the seven pagoda elders. Instead, all of them nodded when he requested to enter the Knowledge Pagoda for a short period of time.

He was treated as a young lord coming into the library to study. Not only the collection of books for an Inner Qi Fighter were collected together near him, but there were also two slave disciples waiting outside of the room waiting for his order. But without feeling bothered by the two slave disciple, Zhang Wu Ji paid his attention in reading relevant books related to the cultivation after one becomes an Inner Qi Fighter.

The material he read includes those such as the eye-opener for a person when he reaches the 1st Stage of Inner Qi Fighter, understanding Cultivation, the differences in each stage as a cultivator went higher, etc. Their coverage did not cover too deep into the cultivation, but for the meantime, it was enough for him to understand one thing.

He touches and inspects a few of the Cultivation Manual Specialized for those in their Inner Qi Fighter tier, and the content in the descriptions was quite shocking to him.

Berserker Body Art (Shao Yang Phase)

-Usage 1: Strengthen the user with 1 Strand of Fighter Qi every 72 hours.

-Usage 2: Strengthen the user with 3 Strands of Inner Qi every 72 hours.

-Durability: 4/4

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Xiao Family Body Art (Tai Yin Phase)

-Usage 1: Strengthen the user with 1 Strand of Fighter Qi every 72 hours.

-Usage 2: Strengthen the user with 4 Strands of Inner Qi every 72 hours.

-Durability: 4/4

-Special: +10% Effectiveness when trained by people from the Xiao Bloodline.

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Chen Breathing Technique (Shao Yin Phase)

-Usage 1: Strengthen the user with 11 Strands of Inner Qi every 240 hours.

-Usage 2: Increase User movement speed by 5%.

-Durability: 3/3

-Special: Only usable by Male Cultivator

"It seems that the explanation of the differences of Inner Qi and Fighter Qi is correct. No wonder they say only by collecting 100 Strands of Inner Qi will allow you to become an Inner Qi Fighter. It was because a hundred strands of Inner Qi is equal to 1 Strand of Fighter Qi. Then what are the differences between Fighter Qi and True Qi?"

"In my initial hypothesis, for now, True Qi should be only created each time a person entered a higher stage of his cultivation. The Strand of True Qi is not something usable, but they were treated as the Igniter for the 100 Branching Point. Each strand of True Qi will lit a point in the Qi Branching Tier, and only when all hundred points of the Qi Branching Tier is ignited will one have the qualification to enter the cultivation stage further above the Qi Branching Tier."

"I will need 100 strands of Inner Qi to create one Fighter Qi, but if this were how it goes, I will need to wait 21 days for me to create 1 strand of Fighter Qi from my existing available bonus gotten from the three manual. I will end up needing 210 days, equivalent to 7 months to break through and enter the 2nd Stage of Inner Qi Fighter." he calculates the number of days he needs to progress, and the more he calculates, the worst is his headache.

"With three manual were rewritten, I will need one more to complete my collection of four different phases before it was used for a fusion. Should I look for those none cultivator quality cultivation art to upgrade first?" he returned to the bottom floor where all the none cultivator manuals were placed together.

But before he started his search, Zhang Wu Ji placed two Qi Sensing Pills at each of the Slave Disciples hand and instruct them to tidy the mess he created, and also to bring so food and drinks for him because he has been spending about half a day inside the Knowledge Pagoda without food and drink.

With the two no longer paying any attention to him, his usual behavior surfaced. With a finger pointed at the each of the books he saw, he proceeds to read their descriptions without bothering what was the book is all about. What he doesn't know is that there was a hidden silhouette hiding behind him and remembered each of the action he made.

"What is he doing by touching every single book before he moves to others? Was he reading properly?" the silhouette was confused by his ridiculous action, but maintain hidden without losing herself. In fact, this person was a recently appointed member of the Secret faction belonged to the Headmistress, Guan Qing Han.

She was tasked with the mission to cooperate with people from Knowledge Restriction Forces to monitor each visitors into the pagoda and inspect their intention. And coincidently, Zhang Wu Ji was here while she trying to complete her task.

Zhang Wu Ji was busy going through every single manual that was placed carefully on the shelf, and each time when he found one with Tai Yin Phase word in their description box, he will take this book out for further reading. It took him about two hours to completely went through all the books and found six of them categorized in the Tai Yin Phase. He went through and compare each of their effects before he finally decided on one of them.

Nourishing Yin Technique (Tai Yin Phase)

-Usage 1: Increase the user vitality by 3 points

-Usage 2: Strengthen the user with 2 Strands of Inner Qi every 72 hours.

-Durability: 2/2

-Special: Increase 1 point of user Vitality of she was a Female

"Well, although I'm not a female since it does give me an increment of Vitality and Strands of Inner Qi, I will use this instead. And after I finish copying this manual, I will begin the first fusion attempt, and see what can be done from this." he considered his choice if action after he finishes the rewriting of the Nourishing Yin Technique. With this addition, it will allow him to finally able to fuse the four rewritten art.

Without wasting his time, he placed the remaining five manual back on the shelf and leave the pagoda. Outside, he let the first Floor Pagoda Elder inspect what he intended to bring out before he approved his request and let him leave. This sudden choice gave Guan Qing Han a big question mark.

"What happened to him? He was looking and considering that few manuals before happily selected one before leaving. Did he even open and read their contents before taking one and leave?" she was completely confused with the nonchalant attitude given out from Zhang Wu Ji, but it was pointless for her to think about it as the answer will not come to her.

Back to Zhang Wu Ji, he was rushing back to his own courtyard in order to complete the task in his hand. With a hundred and fifteen strands of Inner Qi in hand, he can easily complete two pages each time before going for a rest. This gave him the probable confidence that within three days, he can complete the whole Nourishing Yin Technique before he fuses them together.

It did not take lesser or longer, but exactly three days pass the moment he completed the newer rewrite version of the Nourishing Yin Technique. The three-day duration also gave him another fifteen strands of Inner Qi, making him at 130 Strands now.

But Inner Qi is still Inner Qi, no matter how much you have, you will still need about 1,000 strands of them to breakthrough from 1st stage to 2nd stage, and continue until he reaches the 10th stage and becoming an Inner Qi Warrior. No wonder the cultivator says that only after you become a cultivator you will realize the differences between none cultivator and a cultivator.

Perhaps, without the Upgrade System, he will end up as a fool that busy cultivating himself by slowly gathering the fruit of his effort together until he finally breakthrough. Without such a system describing the effect each of the cultivation art manual, until when he needs to cultivate using one cultivation art alone until he becomes an Inner Qi Warrior?

But still, luck is a weapon when it can be used in life. This is why he was much more fortunate compared to those that weren't that lucky. Although, he was currently... Less lucky than how it should be.

New Nourishing Yin Technique +5 (Tai Yin Phase)

-Usage 1: Increase the user vitality by 8 points

-Usage 2: Strengthen the user with 10 Strands of Inner Qi every 72 hours.

-Durability: 11/11

-Special 1: If the manual were used by a lady, enhance her figure by 10%

-Special 2: Increase the tenderness of facial skin by 10%

"What the hell do I need the cosmetic effect for! And that's still for a lady after I rewrite you and use a proper paper material to do so!" he was complaining after he sees the two special ability enhanced by the manual. The anger caused him to throw the book flat on the ground, but after a few minutes, his heart was pitiful at the book and pick it up once more.

Still, when the description screen came out, he ends up doing the same thing again. This repeated for three times before he went to collect some of the Double Xuan Paper Tang Yuan created, and return to his room to prepare for the fusion attempt.

[Fuse the four new version of Cultivation Manuals?]

[Yes/No]

It was an unexpected sight for him when the option to choose came to him.

"Yes," he said.

[Fusion Process begin, please wait... 0.1%]

[Fusion speed: 1 Strand of Inner Qi used each minute]

"Shit! It cost Inner Qi to fuse the four manuals!" he was worried because the moment his first strand of Inner Qi was absorbed, he knows that based on his strength, he can only maintain for two hours and ten minutes before he was out of Inner Qi.

Seated in a meditation posture, he calms his mind down, and entered a mediation process, in order to replenish the loss of Inner Qi as the fusion continues. Not long after that, he falls asleep.

when he was asleep, the strands of his Inner Qi were continuously replenished and used, until several hours later, he woke up. He was greeted with a completely new manual in front of him, which were automatically compiled and made by his system.

Although the book related to the Rumor of Four Phases is something written by a human, the Upgrade System still able to activated itself through a special way, and end up creating a new product placed just before the master of the system.

Bronze Grade Nourishment Art

-Usage 1: Vitality +5 / Defense +5 / Strength +5

-Usage 2: Strengthen the user with 3 Strands of Fighter Qi every 72 hours

-Usage 3: Allow the usage of Small Nourishment Art (230) on targets.

-Usage 4: Allow the usage of Bronze Emperor Wheel (130) in a fight.

-Special 1: If user copulates when having this manual on him, increase chances of pregnancy by 20%

-Durability: 24/24

"The hell, System! How dare you continuously irritate me with your weird and ridiculous special abilities!" Zhang Wu Ji was pissed with the special effect of the fused manual sitting before him. Without restraining himself, a hand grip that books up and throws it on the ground without any sympathy.

The only thing this time is instead of picking it up, he left the room without a word and went to take a breath of fresh air outside of his room while taking a look at the floating energy around him, busy fusing with each another and then scatters into a hundred thousands bit once more.

"I may have overreacted myself a little just now..." Zhang Wu Ji calms his mind before he returned to his room once more, and pick the book up from the ground. Reading the contents written inside of the book, Zhang Wu Ji noticed and understand the real meaning behind the Small Nourishment Art, and also the Bronze Emperor Wheel.

During a battle against difficult enemies, the Bronze Emperor Wheel will become his trump card, which when it was activated, creates a tangible Bronze Wheel that can be controlled at will. The Wheel can be activated for a total of 3 minutes and allowed the user to control its movement at will.

As for the Small Nourishment Art, this was a medical expertise technique. It allows the converted amount of Inner Qi to become a ball of recovering energy that can help remove poison, injuries, and illness that were categorized below 19th Stage of Inner Qi Warrior.

With himself is already well categorized, he kept the manual by his side, after the four previous manuals he rewrites were already all taken as the payment to begin the fusion. Without having too much to do, he decides to take a rest for another day, before going to the free market on the next day.

In his mind, he wonders what will happen tomorrow when the trader saw him. Previously, when he was taking a walk at the free market, he shocked the others by completely purchase all the merchandise in his store, and this time, he considered any of them will have merchandise that worth buying once more.

His rest proceed quite well, without any disturbance coming here and there. One straight rest leads him to awaken in the next morning, where the kitchen staff was coincidently delivering the breakfast over to the courtyard.

This was the first time he saw the kitchen staff, after staying in this courtyard for two months now. Thinking about those troubles he caused every time he has a seclusion, Zhang Wu Ji took a few Qi Sensing Pills out from his pouch and distributes them to the four kitchen staff, where they were leaving happily after they set up the dining table filled with foods.

In their eyes, each of the Master Seniors was extremely generous, but this new Master Senior Ninth is exceptional. It was not because he gave them too much, but he gave each of them the similar amount that can be said as too much!

It was a hundred Qi Sensing Pills for each of them, and that's little gesture cost him four hundred Qi Sensing Pills!

"Master Senior Ninth is too nice!"

"I'm going to deliver food to him no matter when he wants. If the kitchen has no food for him, I will go hunting for the food he wanted to eats."

"I will forever bring him food. I will even prepare the utensils to be ready to cook for him anytime he wants."

"Master Senior Ninth, let me introduce you to my sister, she's young and unmarried."

the four of them were quite imaginative and considered their next action when they left. Not known what happened to them, Zhang Wu Ji continues with his breakfast and left for the Free Market after he completed the meal and rest for a while.

But this time, he wasn't going there alone, but with Tang Yuan following from behind him. it seems like that guy was interested to purchase some materials as well since the plot of land behind Zhang Wu Ji's courtyard was spacious enough to have a few personally cultivated plants for himself.

He did ask what the guy needed, but he kept things as secret, stating that it wasn't too valuable for the master senior to purposely purchase that for him.

"Fine, since you don't want me to buy for you, I will just upgrade for you then!" the left together while each having their own thought in their own mind.