Year 1034 of the Zhang Dynasty - Outlands of Heavenly Phoenix City - Linjian farm

I wake up in the barn with the light of the sun.

[Good morning Linjian]

(Good morning Maria)

After a breakfast I went out the central square to continue with my training.

[From now on you will follow this schedule]

A schedule?

[In the morning you will make muscle building exercises, you are too thin right now]

That is true, my arms look like branches.

[In the afternoon you will train your Earth Manipulation and Life Detection until you waste all your MP, then you will take a nap and repeat it]

(Why Life detection, shouldn't I just focus in Earth Manipulation?)

[Your foes will not always fight face to face]

... I haven't thought of that.

[The remaining time I will teach you otherworldly knowledge, and I hope you answer some of my questions about this world]

(Of course, but have in mind that all I know comes from travelers and merchants)

[That will be enough]

“Shall we start with the muscle building exercises?“

[Something will appear in front of you, don't get too surprised]

?

“Wha“

In front of me stood a white humanoid figure without face.

[This is a projection of a dummy I created with the help of the book of appraisal, it will show you the right way to exercise]

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-First week of training-

One night I asked Maria...

(Who is the ruler in your world?)

[There were 195 countries in my world, and the big majority chooses their rulers with votes from the common people]

“From commoners!?“

-Second week of training-

Maria asked me...

[How many cultivation ranks exist in this world?]

(Bronze, silver, gold, jade and immortal. Only an emperor is capable of reaching the immortal rank)

[Each rank has 9 grades like in the cultivation novels?]

(Yes, they do)

[What rank is a city lord?]

(Between gold and jade, the lord in this city is jade ranked)

[How do you know that?]

(Cultivators practically yell such things whenever they show up, so it is common knowledge)

-Third week of training-

(What would the most destructive weapon of your world do?)

[Last time I google it, a Hydrogen Bomb could destroy a radius of 100 km]

(100 KM !??)

-Fourth week of training-

[Is there some kind of tournament event in the city?]

(There is one every first day of the year)

[And when is the next one?]

(In three months)

[We should go there, we need information about their fighting methods]

(I think our food supplies will hold out)

-Five weeks of training-

(How many years did your people live?)

[About 100 years, and the yours?]

(Commoners usually live until 50 and the cultivators...)

[It depends on their cultivation rank, right?]

-Six weeks of training-

Upon reaching Earth Manipulation level six, I started to be capable of covering all my body with the reinforce.

“Earth Manipulation“

[15 MP CONSUMED]

The MP consumed was always 15 for full strength and 3 for light effort

“Life Detection“

[10 MP CONSUMED]

In the level five this skill can reach 400 meters for 10 MP and 40 meters for one MP.

-Seven weeks of training-

[How many emperors there were in the history of this world?]

(The current emperor Zhang Wei ascended 1034 years ago and the last emperor lived 2340 years in power that is all I am certain, but there were some others)

[So there were at least 5000 years of civilization]

-Eight weeks of training-

Maria started teaching me how to read and write using her projection ability.

[There are twenty six letters in the alphabet...]

-Nine weeks of training-

(How do you remember all these things?)

[The Book of Appraisal grants me access to all of my memories, I could even tell you stuff that I only saw once]

(Unbelievable)

[It too increases your memory, the fact that you learned how to read in a week is enough proof]

-Ten weeks of training-

Maria started to teach me arithmetic.

[The four operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division...]

-Eleven weeks of training-

One afternoon while I was training Life Detection, a notification appeared.

[SKILL MANA HANDLING AWAKENED]

“Mana handling?“

[Looks like your abusive use of mana awakened a skill]

“What can it do?“

[It decreases the necessary MP to use skills]

“Should I say Mana Handling every time?“

[No this skill is always active and gains experience when using other skills]

...one night of that week.

[Tell me about how the days and months are called here]

(The days are called Spirit day, Iron day, Bronze day, Silver day, Golden day, Jade day and Emperor day)

[They are seven here too]

(And the months are called Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig)

[...The Chinese zodiac]

-Twelve weeks of training-

The subject today is biology... so that is what a cell is.

-Thirteen weeks of training-

[What is the currency of this world?]

(Spirit coins, with 10 coins you could buy a bag of rice)

[How many coins do you need to witness the tournament?]

(About 100 spirit coins)

[How many coins do you have?]

(I was saving to buy another horse, so I have about 500 spirit coins in the house)

-Fourteen weeks of training-

(Maria did you ever get married?)

[...in my thirty years of life I never really wanted to have a partner]

(...)

[I forced myself to have a boyfriend once, but I couldn't feel a thing and ended up hurting him.]

(...)

[After that, I only lived for myself]

-Fifteen weeks of training-

Finally, my Earth manipulation reached its highest level.

“Earth Manipulation“

Thanks to Mana Handling Lv. 3 now reinforcing my body costs 0 MP, technically it was 0.3 MP but it was close enough.

[Try focusing on converting the soil in your arm into stone]

?

[Just do it]

I focus...

(Turn into stone)

[100 MP CONSUMED]

Wow, my arm feels the weight of stone.

[Now you can transmute the Earth into what you want it to be, but be careful it will consume a vast quantity of MP]

This is great, but my arm cant move like this.

[Now we only need to wait the new year's tournament, in the remaining time train the Animal Whisperer and Life Detection skills]

-Sixteen weeks of training-

Ending my last breakfast here, I put on my city clothes and grab my luggage. Inside the bag there is a transmutation made medical kit, a transmutation made plastic water bottle and 510 coins.

“Ziyun, Xue“

I stand in front of the graves of my loved ones.

“I will go deeper into the Heavenly Phoenix City“

I really don't want to leave.

“And I will not come back...“

But this is the only way.

“Not until I have fulfilled my promise“

[...]

“So wait for me“

I get on my horse, the only living being left in the village, and left.

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-Linjian Lv. 10-

HP 100%

MP 0999/1000

Stamina 120/110(+10)

Brawn 14(+6)

Awareness 10(+1)

Endurance 7(+6)

Resistance 5

SKILLS

Book of Appraisal

Earth Manipulation Lv. Max

Animal Whisperer Lv. 2

Life Detection Lv. Max

Mana Handling Lv. 4

OTHER

Trained body (Stamina + 10, Brawn and Endurance + 5)

Under clothes Earth reinforce (Awareness, Brawn and Endurance + 1)

Reincarnation of Maria Campbell (MP 10000%)

26 years old

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