Level Up in Martial World

"I must reach the third stage as a martial artist." Lu Zhen thought with determination as he checked his body.

He felt a strange refreshment for some reason. However, there was nothing wrong with his body except the strange power that made him refreshed for some reason.

"Hmm..." Lu Zhen contemplated hard; however, he had no answer for the reason behind this.

"Maybe it is because of..." Lu Zhen thought as his eyes widened with realization.

With a thought, he opened his system, and a blue panel opened in front of his eyes with a [log] button on it.

"So..." Lu Zhen thought with a strange expression on his face as he imagined pressing the button.

With a swish as if looking at a presentation.

[You have mated for the first time.]

[You have acquired the dual cultivation skill.]

"This is true." Lu Zhen thought with widened eyes as he looked at the skill in front of him with some shock.

"This," he thought as his face turned to a mixture of emotion.

From his understanding, dual cultivation was a mating skill.

"Forget it; it is better anyway." Lu Zhen thought as he examined his body more carefully again; however, he found that nothing had increased much as his qi was still in the middle stage of martial training and his body strength hadn't increased much.

"This dual cultivation skill only refreshed me." Lu Zhen thought with a little question mark on his face.

"Wait maybe…" Lu Zhen checked his bloodline; however, he didn't feel much change in his bloodline either, which caused a frown to appear on Lu Zhen's face.

Since Lu Zhen has gotten his system, he has never been able to get the full explanation of his skill and has only been helplessly able to test it on his own with the skills that he got.

"Sigh," Lu Zhen thought as he found no way to know the details of his skills.

"Wait, what about appraisal? Can I appraise my own skill?" Lu Zhen suddenly thought of this as if a light bulb lit in his eyes.

It was not like he had not tried before to check his skill; in fact, when he very first got the appraisal skill, he had checked his skill. However, at that time, nothing happened, but Lu Zhen had a gut feeling that it would work now since he had the skill that leveled so much.

With a thought, he opened the blue panel, and his system panel opened.

[LEVEL UP]

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[Name: Lu Zhen]

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[Race: Human]

[Bloodline: Human/Volgrith]

[Lifespan left: 125 years]

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[Attributes]

[Constitution: Divine physique (level 2)]

[Charm: Mortal (Level 4)]

[Wood Qi: (level 1)]

[Demonic Qi: Uninitiated (Level 0)]

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[Cultivation manuals]

[Cultivation technique: verdant art (stage 1)]

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[Skills]

[Gluttony: level 6]

[Appraisal eye: level 4]

[Saber mastery: level 5]

[Adaptability: level 4]

[Aura control: level 5]

[Meditation: level 2]

[Dual cultivation: level 1]

[Cooking skill: level 10] <no>

Lu Zhen closed his crimson eyes and opened them again as his eyes turned golden as he carefully looked at his skill.

[Gluttony: increases metabolism to the point where you can]

[Saber mastery: increases the understanding of saber]

[Adaptability: helps to adapt]

[Meditation increases the efficiency of meditation to increase its productivity.]

[Dual cultivation: when the host mates with other partners, he will circulate the partners qi with the host and interchange among themselves as the host and the partner will feel refreshed.]

[Cooking: increases the proficiency of the cooking skill]

[Aura control: helps the host manipulate his aura]

Lu Zhen looked at all the skills with widened eyes as he felt happy that he could now see the full details of the skill.

Although the skill was not detailed enough, seeing it and getting the general was good either way. However, when Lu Zhen looked at his newly acquired skill, he couldn't help but be disappointed, seeing it as quite useless, with no use other than lasting longer, and it was even meagre in effect.

However, Lu Zhen  He didn't give up as he looked at his attributes.

[Constitution: overall strength of your physical body, everything]

[Charm: how much charisma do you have?]

[Wood Qi: wood attributed to Qi]

[Demonic Qi: qi obtained from the bloodline]

Seeing all these, Lu Zhen felt it was natural, as he expected it to be; these were things he had already pretty much guessed.

However, before Lu Zhen could contemplate any longer, his eyes shut off as his qi was exhausted.

He felt a little headache, but he recovered in almost an instant.

"Let's meditate first to recover my qi before I train." Lu Zhen thought as he sat cross-legged as he slowly visualized a tree.

Although meditation only increased his qi, resting was an optimal way to recover it if he meditated with it.

There will be two benefits with one arrow. He could recover his qi as well as increase his qi at the same time.

Slowly, Lu Zhen's visualization of the tree became a little clearer as he opened his eyes.

Lu Zhen looked at the time-hourglass at the side.

"Sigh, 3 hours just passed like this." Lu Zhen thought with a bitter expression as he opened his system with a thought and saw his qi level.

[Wood Qi: (level 1)]

"Well, at least my qi increased by a percent at least," Lu Zhen thought as he stood up, stretching his body because of a little muscle soreness.

"But it will take too long for me to reach third place as a martial artist if I go at this pace." Lu Zhen thought as he could feel that the increase in his qi was becoming more and more difficult.

Actually, it was very easy for Lu Zhen to become a third-stage martial artist compared to others, as he just needed enough qi to store in his body. Unlike others who needed to go through the tedious process of having to create Qi pathways to reach the third stage, Lu Zhen didn't need to, as he could directly absorb Qi in his body.

So the only thing stopping him from doing so was the lack of qi he had.

He thought he could gain qi just by meditating according to the [verdant art] by visualizing the tree, but the rate was too low.

"Let's just eat the pill now." Lu Zhen thought as he looked at the box in his hand.