Five Frozen Centuries

“I don’t have any money!” Wei Huo waved his hands. “Just pass me the inheritance at 35% completion!”

Before the inheritance could take place a voice said, “Are you sure you want to proceed with an inheritance at 35% completion? You have three more chances to decide.” Wei Huo’s face darkened, he already said that he did not have any money!

A panel appeared in front of Wei Huo with its background showing red-crowned cranes, white deers, and jade palaces. The panel showed ‘35% Completion’. Other than that, there were two other options. ‘Pay with Magical Stones to Increase Completion Percentage’ and ‘Confirm (Please Confirm Three Times)’.

The ‘Confirm’ option was not provided when they asked players to reload money. What would have happened if someone reloaded the wrong amount?

Wei Huo tapped twice on the ‘Confirm’ option, but out of the blue, he accidentally tapped the ‘Pay with Magical Stones’ option. He was then led to another two options. ‘Pay with 49 Magical Stones’ and ‘Pay with 81 Magical Stones’.

Wei Huo stroked his chin. Anyways, he did not have any Magical Stones hence, he just wanted to see what would have happened after he clicked that option.

Wei Huo clicked on the ‘Pay with 49 Magical Stone’ option. His inheritance completion rate suddenly increased to 36%.

Wei Huo was confused. “???”

‘What happened? Don’t tell me that I have Magical Stones?’

Wei Huo looked at his body, then he looked at his Inventory Menu. There were no Magical Stones!

After a few moments, Wei Huo figured out the whole situation. God had yet to create the in-game purchase system, meaning that the Magical Stones have not existed. However, Magical Stones were needed to increase the Qi Cultivation inheritance completion rate. It was a BUG!

Wei Huo immediately clicked on the ‘Pay with 81 Magical Stones’ option. His completion rate boosted up to 41%.

‘It’s a BUG! It really is a BUG!’

Wei Huo was thrilled. Magical Stones do not exist in this world yet, meaning Magical Stones were equivalent to ‘Nothing’. Players could increase the inheritance completion rate through Magical Stones, meaning that he could use ‘Nothing’ to increase his completion rate. In other words, his completion rate would increase as long as he chooses the ‘Pay’ option!

Wei Huo started clicking on the option furiously. At the same time, his inheritance completion rate was also escalating. It surged till 100% and of course, that was the limit.

Wei Huo was on cloud nine. He did not expect to come across such a benefit when he was just testing the waters. Full completion rate on the inheritance of Qi Cultivation. He was quite a thing, right?

“Congratulations! You have achieved 100% completion for Qi Cultivation inheritance!”

The immortals sitting in their residences were smiling at the same time when the system notification appeared. They all stood up and turned into a huge pile of books. The books then shattered into pieces, and transformed into an endless stream of data, flowing into Wei Huo’s mind.

Wei Huo closed his eyes. He did not feel any brain swelling pains that he had imagined. Instead, the word ‘Sending’ and a sending progress bar appeared in his mind.

Not long after, the sending progress bar reached 100%. A new skill was added into Wei Huo’s Character Menu ‘Qi-Training Skill, Level Zero’.

In contrast to the other skills, that skill had a description.

“Qi-Training Skill. Lifespan will increase by 100 years for each upgraded level. The highest level is level 20.”

Wei Huo was stunned. He could live up to 2,000 years if he practiced his Qi-Training Skill!

‘Stop talking. Time to practice, practice, practice!’

Wei Huo searched through his mind and soon after, he found the Qi-Training manual. However, he thought that the manual was a bit weird. There were a total of five steps in Qi-Training. The Qi Cultivation only starts after one reaches the fifth step. After the training starts, the Player would lose one percent of their blood essence every two hours. At the same time, the Player’s Qi-Training Skill EXP would increase by 0.1 percent.

In other words, 2,000 hours were required to be upgraded from level zero to level one provided that one has sufficient blood essence. The human body would be in danger when they lose over 30 percent of blood. One would be on the verge of death if they lose over 50 percent of blood, let alone blood essences.

In order to upgrade from level one to level two, one would lose one percent of blood essence every four hours to gain 0.1 percent of Qi-Training EXP. A possible reason for that was when the Qi-Training Skill reached level one, one’s physical quality would also be improved. It meant that the difficulty to improve his Qi using blood essence would increase simultaneously.

Eight hours will be needed to upgrade from level two to level three, 16 hours will be needed to upgrade from level three to level four, and so on. As the player’s level increases so do the time required to upgrade to a higher level.

The time spent on Qi Cultivation is only secondary. The actual time used would have to be doubled as the player would need to regain blood essences by having adequate rest and sufficient amounts of nutrients. The fact that more time was needed for next level advancement as the player’s level increases, Wei Huo might not even gain an extra 100 years of lifespan although he would have trained for 100 years.

Wei Huo recalled a novel he previously read which mentioned practicing immortality for 45 years only to increase his lifespan by 35 days, that was f*cking… awkward!

At times like these, the importance of natural treasures that could help restore blood essences was accented!

“Hint. Regain 10% Blood Essence by consuming the Tianshan Snow Lotus. One serving costs 100 Magical Stones, while stocks last.”

Wei Huo was speechless. “…”

Everything was indeed connected to everything else. One would have to spend time if they do not want to spend money.

Wei Huo immediately purchased 100 servings of Tianshan Snow Lotus since there was still a BUG in the game.

The Tianshan Snow Lotus was kept in his Inventory Menu so that he could consume it whenever he wanted. One would not feel hungry after consuming the Tianshan Snow Lotus. On the other hand, strength and power would start fueling the body.

“Alright! Let the Qi Cultivation begin!”

He was eager to start his training as the Qi-Training Skill could increase his lifespan, as well as improve his physical qualities.

However just as Wei Huo sat down crossed-leg, a notification sound appeared. “This site is considered a sacred location which boosts the player’s Qi Cultivation progress by 5%. However, it would cost 10 Magical Stones per day as rental fees.”

Wei Huo was speechless. “…”

Motherf*cker!

Wei Huo could not care any less about the Magical Stones. With the aid of Snow Lotus to increase his satiety, he did not even have to go hunt for food. He only needed to focus on his Qi Cultivation!

He sat down and assumed the Lotus position, concentrating on his Qi Cultivation.

In the blink of an eye 100 years had passed!

He halted his Qi Cultivation because God has spoken again!

“New material ‘Magical Stones’ added.

“New menu ‘Item Mall’ added.”

Now that Magical Stones existed, he could not practice Qi Cultivation anymore as he had to pay with Magical Stones. The BUG was repaired. Although Wei Huo could not continue his Qi Cultivation anymore, fortunately, his Qi-Training Skill was already at level five!

He used up 50 servings of Tianshan Snow Lotus on his Qi Cultivation. Although the Tianshan Snow Lotus could restore his hunger and rest bar, it was a waste not to use it all on Qi Cultivation so Wei Huo still spent some time hunting for food and resting.

Despite 100 years having passed, he did not spend all his time only on Qi Cultivation.

Let alone some days when he just wanted to be lost in his own thoughts. Instead of practicing Qi Cultivation, he pondered on life and observed the plants and animals around him.

That was the reason Wei Huo had only reached level five after 100 years of practice. He had also gained an extra 500 years of lifespan. The beard he had shaved never grew back and his appearance never grew any older. He became younger instead. He turned back into how he looked when he was in his early 20s.

There was no doubt that his physical qualities also improved. Throughout those 100 years, there were countless times he encountered those irascible monkeys who ran after him while holding axes. However, not even one scar from those axes left a trace on his skin.

Wei Huo knew that he was very strong right now, but as there was no comparison he does not know exactly how powerful he really was.

The time halt had not recovered and time had not left a single trace on those halted humans.