Chapter 80: Secret of the Oasis

Chapter 80: Secret of the Oasis

William waited to see if the attribute max would increase anymore. When it didn’t, he supposed that even a windfall like this had to stop. Anything more, and he figured it would be unreasonable. Well, more unreasonable than it already was.

Of course, that was only if his cultivating speed would increase as he guessed.

William sat straight in the water before closing his eyes, ensuring he wouldn’t accidentally breathe in water because of bad posture.

The beginning of the cultivation was fairly standard, with his Qi slowly starting to flow through his pathways. He was slightly disappointed that there didn’t seem to be any accelerated effect. Still, he supposed the increased max attribute was worth more in the long run. At the very least, it gave him the knowledge that there were things out there that would let him increase it.

Since William was already starting to cultivate, plus the increased motivation to better himself and gain usable stat points, he decided to keep going.

Over the next hour, the familiar sensation of his Qi getting denser before suddenly reverting to the original state happened around ten times. It was the fruit of his cultivation being converted to experience points.

The following hour was far different, and William noticed the change immediately. With the average cultivation rate of the oasis, it took around five to six minutes for the cycle of his Qi to become dense before reverting back.

It started to take around four seconds. William almost lost his concentration at sensing the rapid change in his Qi. Still, he recovered just in time as he reverted back to the focus that was necessary when he first started cultivating.

Thoughts about stats, the outside world, or anything other than cultivating were blocked out. William kept circulating his Qi, watching his pathways almost pulse with the quickness of the cycle of it reaching the limit before resetting back to normal.

William had lost track after counting the thousandth time it had occurred. It wasn’t that he couldn’t keep up, but he started to purposely ignore it since he could feel the excitement building in him, enough to break him out of this state.

He wasn’t sure how long he had been cultivating when the insane rate of cultivation finally slowed to the usual of the oasis. After a few more circulations to ensure it was truly over, William opened his eyes with a broad smile on his lips.

He wasn’t sure exactly how many experience points he had gotten from that session, but it was definitely more than enough for a level.

[Cultivate in Qi-dense environment for 1 hour: +10 XP]

[Cultivate in Qi-rich environment for 8 hours: +8000 XP]

[Level Up! | 5 Stat Points Added]

[Level Up! | 5 Stat Points Added]

[Level Up! | 5 Stat Points Added]

[Cultivate in a Qi-dense environment for 20 minutes: +3 XP]

William laughed loudly, finally glad that things were going his way. There was no surprise increase of Impurity to ruin the mood, no random monster that would fly out of nowhere and nearly kick him to death...

He quickly looked around to make sure one hadn’t popped into existence while he was being deliriously happy, and thankfully it was still safe.

William was about to automatically max out his Spirit and Luck attribute before remembering that the enhanced Lightning Berry was still on the grass where he had placed it. It could be possible for it to give points to more attributes with its evolution, there was no way of knowing before actually eating it, but remembering how many attribute points the Dragonheart Plum gave him, he wanted to try his luck and go deeper into the mini lake.

If the efficiency of the water strengthened further inside, it might be possible to raise the max of his attributes one more time. And while it would be harder to cultivate constantly deeper into the mini lake, he would try to find a way if he once again got that type of experience point gain.

William took a deep breath before wading in, submerging his head under the water as he started to swim more than walk. He could feel something in the water changing, almost feeling like a supercharged version of what he experienced in the shallower area.

Just when his excitement was about to shoot through the roof, thinking about all the possibilities, he was hit by an almost fatal alert.

[-100 HP]

[Max Agility Reached]

[+5 Spirit]

[Max Spirit Reached]

[Modified | Spiritual Energy]

[Spiritual Energy Capacity | 175 —> 200]

[Trait Modified | Soul Damage (Minor)]

[12% —> 11% Attribute Reduction]

[Trait Added | Spirit Plant Addict - XP Gain Decreased (10%)]

William expected every single alert except for the Spirit. He certainly hoped that he would get that after eating the enhanced berry, but thought it was too much to wish for. Thankfully, the water passed some of its cultivation properties to the Lightning Berry.

With the relatively low amount of Qi released from his dantian compared to how much he already possessed, William was able to guide it to his heart meridian without meditating. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much of a change with the glowing speck, not that he expected anything.

There was only one more thing to do before heading back into the water.

William had plenty of Lightning Berries in the spatial stone to enhance, but that wouldn’t help with his Luck attribute. Thankfully, he had plenty of stat points to spare.

[+7 Luck]

[Max Luck Reached]

Level: 24

Experience: 181/3000

Cultivation: Qi Gathering (2nd Level)

Health: 1100/1100

Spiritual Energy: 200/200 (20% per Hour)

Spirit: 45 (40)

Strength: 40 (35)

Stamina: 45 (40)

Agility: 45 (40) + 10

Luck: 45 (40)

Points: 8

William nodded in satisfaction at his stats and prepared to make another run.