After eating the pill, the injuries began to close by themselves. As time passed, His body was gradually healed.

Zhen Lun woke up from his deep sleep. The first thing he sensed the moment he woke up was someone staring at him intensely.

"Where are we?" He looked around but he didn't find the place familiar to him. 'If I'm not wrong I was supposed to be climbing stairs.'

Xiao Xue shook her head as she doesn't know either. The room they are staying has nothing except a bed. There's no exit to be seen, the room was sealed.

Suddenly, An old man walks in as he entering through the wall. "You finally woke up." Elder Yu said with hands on his back. "This old man was almost killed by her while you were asleep."

"T-this, I deeply apologized for her actions." Zhen Lun bowed and apologized. "Please forgive her!"

Seeing her Master being respectful toward the elder, she can't help but feel guilty. Xiao Xue was about to kneel down to apologizes but it was stopped by Zhen Lun.

'It's not her fault! She shouldn't kneel just because of this kind of matter.' He gazed at Xiao Xue, gesturing her to just watch and do not interfere.

"Hahaha, This Old Man respects talented youngster like her. So, I won't take this matter seriously." Elder Yu strokes his beard. "But you should really keep her in check. It'll be bad if she actually killed someone while you are not with her."

"I will remember that in my mind." Zhen Lun replied.

"Then, Since you, both have performed magnificently. I'll have to reward both of you." Elder Yu brought out two wooden boxes that resembled what Sister Tang gave him.

"Zhen Lun, you have performed greatly in the trial. You managed to advance over 10000 steps just by relying on your physical body."

"Following the rules, I'll be rewarding you, Light Brown-Grade Spirit Stone." Elder Yu presented the wooden box with the Light-Brown Spirit Stone.

Zhen Lun was exhilarated to hear that. Light-Brown Spirit Stone worth about 5000 Gold Coins but even if someone wanted to buy them at that price, they would not sell them. They would rather use it to increase their strength.

"Next, Young Girl, as someone that reached Transcendent Mortal realm, You managed to advance over 50000 steps just by relying on your spiritual energy. Following the rules, I'll be rewarding you, Black-Grade Spirit Stone." Elder Yu presented the wooden box with the Black Spirit Stone.

Xiao Xue that accepted the box, she looked at Zhen Lun as though she wanted to be praised.

"Good Job!" Zhen Lun petted her head. "If only I didn't drag you down you would have received a better reward." He thought that Xiao Xue was sad. He forgets that Xiao Xue didn't know about the grade of spirit stone.

Hearing that Zhen Lun was comforting her. She looked at her reward and immediately realized that her reward probably didn't worth anything to Zhen Lun. 'If I know, I would have tried my best.'

"Both of you have recovered and received your rewards. I will be sending you guys off. Is there anything you want to ask?"

"Is there any purpose for this trial that you created?" Zhen Lun asked.

"Of course it is to make Peerless Sky Sect flourish. Ehem, Nevermind what I said, No more question!" Instantly they were sent out of the library, appearing at the middle of Peerless Sky Sect near the Headquarters where most Elders stayed and also where the monthly meeting was held.

'There's something suspicious about Elder Yu. Not just Elder Yu but the entire place is suspicious to him.' If Elder Yu let everyone to take that trial freely, The disciples of Peerless Sky Sect will surely get stronger.

As that being said, He also never heard Elder Yu, Elder Bai, or Elder Lin helping or accepting a disciple. They only focused on the jobs that they were given and nothing else.

'It is weird if you think about it.'

Since they have been kicked out, they might as well return as their objective was completed.

'Oh right, There's still a bronze chest from the system.' Zhen Lun quickly opened his inventory menu to check whether it is there.

[Would you like to open 'Bronze Chest'?] Yes/No

He unhesitantly clicked 'yes'. The following that, more screens appeared.

[Opening The Chest!]

A giant bar slowly getting filled. It progressed for a while.

[Chest opened!]

[You received 'Invulnerability Potion']

...

'That's it? Only one item?' Last time he opened a chest, he received many items in a row. How did this chest give him one item only and it's not something that will enhance his strength, it's only a potion.

He should have known that there's something fishy when the system is too generous toward him.

---

"Princess, It's lunchtime." General Shui knocked on her door.

"I'm coming." She returned the book to the shelf and walked out of her bedroom. With a beautiful smile, she heads to the dining room to eat her lunch.

The dining room itself was exquisitely decorated. The table is full of nutritious dishes. Father and Mother sat on the chair waiting for their daughter to come before they start to dine.

"Le'er..." The mother called her with a sad tone. She knew that her daughter is hiding her feelings.

"Let's eat!" Zhen Le, The little girl cheerfully said as she sat at the table along with her family.

"Le'er, Can you please stop forcing yourself." The mother cried. "You're hurting yourself." She stood up and tried to hug her but was pushed away.

"Let's eat!" Zhen Le repeated.

Zhen Kang grabbed his wife's hand and pulled her back. "Honey, Let's just eat."

She immediately lost her appetite. She left the dining room while crying.

Zhen Kang sat there with a blank mind. He started to think, what did he do to deserve this. "Shui sit down and eat with us."

Without saying anything, General Shui agreed and sat down, filling the empty chair that was supposed for Zhen Xin.

He wanted to comfort his wife right now but he will do it after his daughter eats something. He and her mother will be fine even if they didn't eat for a few days but Zhen Le was a normal kid.

'Zhen Lun, Your Father needs your help. You're the only one left that can convince your little sister.'

---

Zhen Lun returned back to his apartment with Xiao Xue. He needs to start preparing already. The tournament will start in the next few days.

[Spirit Stone] (Light-Brown)

Consumable, A Special Stone, Within the stone it contains Spiritual Energy.

Effect: Provide Abundant of Qi and 150% Effectiveness of Cultivation Technique for 24 hours

[Would you like to consume?] Yes/No

'One hundred and fifty percent? Since, When Light-Brown Spirit Stone provides such an effect? Is it because of the System again?'

[Spirit Stone consumed]

[Spiritual Energy is fusing with your body]

[You received 'Buffed' Status]

The Qi that the spirit stone stored surprised him. He immediately experiencing a breakthrough.

[Intermediate Body Harmonizing reached!]

It didn't stop there, The Spiritual Energy in his body kept getting denser.

[Advanced Body Harmonizing reached!]

After a minute it finally stopped. The Spiritual Energy from the spirit stone was all absorbed by him. Compared to the one he consumed last time it is definitely denser.

"System, Did you trifled with the Spirit Stone?"

[No]

"Then why the effect from the spirit stone would be so generous?"

[What do you mean?]

"...Nevermind." He stopped wasting his time, He definitely asked the wrong person.

Now is the perfect time to train his Water Sword Technique. While doing so, he also didn't forget to constantly use other abilities that have cooldowns.

A day has finally passed, He achieved a breakthrough to Pinnacle Stage. He didn't notice it because he is undergoing the last test, The hardest test which is to execute one hundred sets of moves that he learned. From the beginning to the end.

The 74th... The 86th... The 92nd...

The last move!

[Water Sword Technique leveled up!]

[You gained an additional skill!]

[Dragon Dance] (Level 1)

Active Skill, 1st Form of Water Sword Technique, It summons a Water Dragon to attack your enemies.

To activate the skill you will have to execute 100 sets of moves continuously.

Seeing the screens that popped out. He doesn't know whether to cry or not. To execute 100 sets of moves he actually spent over an hour. 'How will he use it in a battle?'

'Let's try it out first.'

He decided to practice in an open area. If it really summons a dragon, his whole room will be destroyed.

...

"Here should be fine." He found a suitable place by exploring the mountain.

He found a pleasant place, which is at the back of the mountain. The place is peaceful, there's no sign of people around the area. From where he stands he could see the closest neighboring city, Hong City.

Again starting from the beginning he started to reproduce the 100 sets of moves.

1st...10th...20th...30th...40th...

His speed is increasing gradually as he moves with his sword. His movement is equivalent to dancing as it was calm as water flows.

At the 70th moves, The swords starting to show some reactions, water started to slowly cover the sword as he continues to progress.

80th...90th...

'Hundredth!' He thrust the air with his sword.

The air starting to vibrates, Dragon made from water came from the handle of the sword, circling his way up the tip.

The size of the dragon at the beginning has the size of the worm, it increases its sizes by two-fold every time it circled the sword.

As it reaches the end of the sword it jumped off and flew in the straight direction. Even when it's flying, the sizes kept increasing. It will stop until it reaches the size of a normal dragon.

He then realized that he could control the dragon. It actually follows his command.

He controlled the water dragon to clash at the mountain rocks to test its destructive power.

Boom*

The head of the dragon hits the rock, creating a huge explosion. Though as the head was gone, the body kept moving, it continues to dig deeper into the mountain. As the water dragon finally vanishes it left an artificial deep-cave behind.

'It is quite powerful! and suprisingly it didn't consume any of my Spiritual Energy. It just hard to activate. The whole process was too long for him to use it in a fight.'

Sigh*

'I should return.' he has completed his experiments.

...

Zhen Lun returned back to his apartment, seeing that her master returned. Xiao Xue cheered up.

"Master! I have finished reading your book." Xiao Xue handed the book over to Zhen Lun. "Can I learn your sword technique too?"

'Well, I just got it to Level 10 I supposed right now the Water Sword Technique should be available to write.'

"I supposed you can. Wait here, I'll write it in a book." Zhen Lun head over to the desk where his paper and inks were placed.

'Spiritual Writing!'

A screen appeared showing skills that are available to write. As expected, There's Water Sword Technique.

Zhen Lun clicked on it and his hand started to move by itself, grabbing the brush, dipping it into the ink and started to write.

Last time, he didn't pay attention to the words he wrote. This time he wanted to see what did he actually wrote on the paper.

His hand starting to move at an amazing speed. Moving up and down with a brush.

'...' Zhen Lun was dumbfounded.

No, This is not writing! I'm drawing!

His hands are currently drawing a person. He recognizes the person's stance. It is from the first sets of moves he studied.

'I thought this is supposed to be writing?'

As he finished his first drawing he moved on to the next one. He draws another person but this time it's from the second sets of moves.

'This will take a while.'

In the next few minutes, he moved to the third and then the fourth and the fifth.

'Hm?' Doesn't this looks familiar. He wanted to flip the pages back but his hand doesn't let him do it.

Time slowly passed as he kept drawing. He noticed more and more moves that resemble each other. He never really understand the moves that he studied. It was because they look unimportant to actually understand as those that he learned most of them cannot be used to fight.

'So, There's such a thing! To activate the water dance you need to execute 100 moves continuously, without being interrupted but it never said that it needs to be in order.'

'I was executing them incorrectly the entire time!'

He was getting impatient as he looked at himself, drawing the shitty person. Since he realized that everything he has done is actually incorrect. He wanted to revise everything that he learned.

Few hours passed and he finally finished drawing the entire thing.

Ding*

[You have finished writing a book]

[Spiritual Writing proficiency increased]

'I can finally read the book properly this time.' He quickly confirmed the truth.

'This, My guess is right! The First resembled the fifth. The fifth resembled twentieth and there's more.'

If he can find the correct order to execute them it will save himself some time if he wanted to activate Dragon Dance.