Chapter 82: The Third Level

Chapter 82: The Third Level

[Cultivate in Qi-rich environment for 10 hours: +20000 XP]

[Level Up! | 5 Stat Points Added] x5

William wanted to pump his fist in celebration and cackle like a lunatic, something he noticed he had a habit of doing after something good happened to him. Maybe because it was so rare that he wanted to take all the pleasure he could from it.

However, since it wasn’t a great idea to do anything that could encourage a greater chance of water in his lungs, William settled for fist-pumping vigorously.

He was glad there was nobody else watching. On the other hand, if someone was watching, it was likely that he would have more to worry about than looking like a lunatic.

Level: 29

Experience: 6064/3625

William blinked when he glanced at his main stats before pumping his fist even faster. It was needed to rid himself of the excitement before settling back down to make the breakthrough to the third level of Qi Gathering.

Upgrade Requirements (2):

1. Spirit: 30

2. Eligible for Level 30

It did make him wonder why he hadn’t already broken through. With how long the increased rate lasted this time, he had more than exceeded the experience points required for level thirty.

Previously, quest rewards had made him exceed the limit, and only when he cultivated was he able to break through. That shouldn’t have happened this time around since he was already cultivating.

As William sat back down on the lake floor, he wondered if a breakthrough had to be purposeful. Since he was cultivating purely for the experience points, it couldn’t do the other.

However, William immediately knew that made no sense. Especially since the last breakthrough happened when he had practically given up on figuring out how to do it. He had simply been cultivating when the success hit him by surprise.

He pushed the mystery out of his mind and quickly returned to the trance, focusing on getting to the next level of Qi Gathering. William might be thinking about it but really had no idea how to go about it.

It wasn’t like he knew how to add that extra luster that signified the increased quality of his pathways. That sort of just... happened while he was cultivating.

Nonetheless, William, having no clue what particular thing he did, just started to cultivate, hoping that it would just work out.

Unfortunately, it didn’t. Two hours had passed, and all he seemed to be accomplishing was earning experience points.

[Cultivate in Qi-dense environment for 2 hours: +20 XP]

He concentrated on the pathways themselves, wanting to see if he could sense any change.

After what must have been around an hour of cultivating, something finally happened. Like before, William’s pathways became... shinier, except this time, he could see it form a look that vaguely reminded him of a crystal.

[Cultivate in a Qi-dense environment for 42 minutes: +7 XP]

[Level up! | 5 Stat Points Added]

[Modified | Points: 33 —> 38]

[Cultivation upgraded | Qi Gathering (2nd Level) —> Qi Gathering (3rd Level)]

[Modified | Health Overall: 1100 —> 1200]

[Modified | Max Level: 29—> 39]

[Modified | Max Attribute: 45—> 55]

[New upgrade requirements available]

Upgrade Requirements (2):

1. Spirit: 40

2. Eligible for Level 40

Personal Note (PRE-EDITOR): Change previous system messages to show modifications of stats ((DELETE BEFORE POST!!!))

William let out a sigh of relief as he read all the alerts. He was worried that the lake wasn’t the block and he would be stuck in the second level of Qi Gathering for an extended period of time. Thankfully that wasn’t the case.

He walked back to the water and took out a Blood Orange, eager to devour an enhanced version before going back underwater to go deeper into the lake. He didn’t know for sure if wandering into the depths would once again give him an even more ludicrous cultivation rate. Still, until he was proven wrong, that hope would stay.

Right before William dropped the Blood Orange into the water, he remembered something that certainly wouldn’t hurt if it was higher.

[+10 Luck]

[Max Luck Reached]

That was pretty much the only attribute that the unused points would be used for. All the others benefitted from abundant, low-level spirit fruits combined with the lake’s miraculous water to enhance them.

William dropped the Blood Orange into the lake and sighed again in relief. Being able to max his attributes this quickly and easily felt like heaven.