Alright! I have broken into rank 6 martial mortal realm. Now to breakthrough through the bottleneck!
Su Jun focused on the skill, <Remove Bottleneck>. He felt six strands of Qi leaving his dantian and moving along his meridians, and then ramming into something that laid in their path.
<Martial mortal first bottleneck, -5>
A message floated up in his head and then every five seconds the same message floated up in his head.
<Martial mortal first bottleneck, -5>
<Martial mortal first bottleneck, -5>
…
Three minutes passed and after a series of the same message, a different message floated up in Su Jun’s head.
<Qi depleted>
Su Jun opened his eyes. “I am out of Qi
…
” he mumbled.
I need Qi restoration pills. Mhm… I can get the Qi restoration pills in two ways, craft them myself or exchange them for sect contribution points, but I have neither the ingredients or sect contribution points… I will first head to the alchemy guild to see whether there is the ingredient I need.
Su Jun jumped of his bed and walked out of the house. Walking outside, he saw a Cui Ni and Cui Ni saw him. They walked up to each other, just stopping an arm’s length away from one another.
“Hello, senior brother Cui Ni,” Su Jun said with a faint smiling expression on his face.
“Long time no see, junior brother Su Jun.” Cui Ni said with the same faint smiling expression on his face.
Su Jun laughed lightly and raised his right arm, scratching his head as he said, “I guess it has been almost a few months since we saw each other.”
Cui Ni nodded. “Yeah, so where are you going, junior brother Su Jun?”
“I was just going to the alchemy guild, what about you senior brother Cui Ni?”
“I am going to do a mission with my two friends. I will see you later, junior brother Su Jun,” Cui Ni said and walked away.
“Yeah, see you,” Su Jun said to Cui Ni’s departing back. Then he left the house area himself and made his way to the profession area.
Ariving at the profession area, Su Jun quickly found the alchemy building and walked inside. Inside the building, from the left and the right there were shelves with nothing but plants on them. Between the shelves at the end of the room stood a counter, behind the counter sat an old man and behind the old man was a door.
“Hello,” Su Jun said as his eyes landed on the old man sitting at the counter. Above the old man’s head, he saw his name and cultivation base.
<Duan Mik, Level 145 (Rank 6 Martial)>
Duan Mik raised his head. “Hello youngster. What are you here for?”
“I need a herb called lesser Qi root, do you have it?” Su Jun said as he walked up to the old man sitting behind the counter.
Duan Mik nodded his head. “We do, 1 contribution points per herb. How many are you taking?”
Su Jun nodded his head with understanding. “Thank you, but I won’t take it now. I will come back another time.”
“Come back any time,” Duan Mik said and closed his eyes.
“Yeah, I will be back,” Su Jun said and walked out of the alchemy building.
I need sect contribution points.
He left in the direction of the mission building. Arriving at the building, he entered it, and saw that it was the same as in the outer sect. He walked up to the unoccupied mission elder.
The elder that Su Jun walked up to was a handsome man that looked like he was in his thirties. Above the man’s head, his name and cultivation base could be seen.
<Fai Jun, Level 235 (Rank 6 Martial Grand Core)>
“I want to take a mission,” Su Jun said.
Fai Jun’s eyes widened, but they returned to normal just a half of the second later.“What kind of mission do you want, beast core gathering, ingredient gathering or an escort?” he said with a blank expression on his face.
“I will take beast core gathering,” Su Jun said without hesitation as he thought,
I will take this chance to farm out the cores that I need to unlock magical wolf and magical boar bloodlines to their limits.
Fai Jun closed his eyes, let out a sigh and opened his eyes again. “With your cultivation base, I recommend you take ingredient gathering mission instead.”
Su Jun shook his head. “Thank you for your concern, but I will take the beast core gathering mission.”
Fai Jun furrowed his eyebrows. “Very well… You have three missions to choose from. Advanced magical wolf core gathering, advanced magical boar core gathering, ray fish core gathering.”
I wonder which bloodlines gives the biggest bonus…
“I will take the advanced wolf core gathering.”
“Alright. Your goal 10 cores, reward 40 sect contribution points. 4 sect contribution points for an additional core. You can be out of the sect for 3 months.” The elder pulled out a map from under the counter and pushed it towards Su Jun.
Su Jun took the map off the counter. “I will see you later, elder,” he said and walked out of the building. Then, he walked to the sect’s exit, and after showing the elder guarding the exit – the map, he left the sect and made his way to the place where magical boars lived.
Arriving at his destination, Su Jun quickly found his first magical boar and started killing and looting. He spent 13 days and in this time he killed 17,648 boars, driving magical boars to near extinction. Then, he made his way to the place where magical wolves lived. In this place he spent 14 days and in this time he killed 18,617 magical wolves, also driving them to near extinction. After that he made his way to the place where advanced wolves were living.
Now where are they?
Su Jun thought as he looked around his surroundings. A few seconds later, his eyes landed on the advanced magical wolf.
<Advanced Magical Wolf, Level 95 (Rank 1 Martial Core)>