Chapter 9: You mad?
The glowing spear turned out to be a Gear just like the Inventory Bag he got. From the details, he couldn't tell how they made it. What he could tell was that the spear gave a +5 strength and was Non-ranked. Meaning, Gears could be ranked.
Just the spear was a great profit yet he had more items. Besides the other four weapons that gave strength or agility, there was a lot of death orbs. The levels after using Identify for these orbs was ranged from level 3 to level 6.
There were about 15 death orbs altogether. Eight level 3s, four level 4s, two level 5s, and one level 6. Of course, he didn't count the human death orb which was a G3-rank level 10 orb. For this type of orb, it was best to wait until he could learn a better breathing technique.
With his Basic Refine Breathing technique, the greatest amount of experience from an orb he probably could get was 100 exp in one setting. To get more he would need a better technique or the exp might go to waste once he absorbs them.
The G3-rank level 10 orb wasn't for exp though, he was going to use it for its ability. Regardless of this, a better technique was best for this kind of orb. Looking more he had some silver coins as well. Regretfully, there were no gold coins, he could only conclude they must like to throw money away.
Before he could search more for the rare treasure, he heard knocking on his room door. Taking a look, he saw his older sister Jie Li pouting.
"Younger brother, when did you become slow? Your young bright and beautiful sister is near, yet you don't take a look at the young me? Are you waiting for me to get old? I will scold you, you know?" She rumbled on, throwing questions after questions.
Hearing these words, most would think she was flirting with him, but he knew better. She was just weird like that and was telling him to pay attention. Ignoring her dramatic acting, he asked his own question, "I was resting and just got up. Now that I'm up, is there something Second Sister need?"
Jie Li nodded her head up and down. "Mother worried so much, she's been crying for 5 days straight. I came to tell you to go see mother before her body dries up. We the young must keep Mother young too."
Five days straight? Doesn't that mean she thinks he died or something? He knew that his parents would be worried about him, going by his memories. His mother more so than his father, but he didn't think it would be this much.
Looking at his older sister, Jie Jun nodded. "Let's go see mother and reassure her I'm fine."
The walking distance to his parents quarters wasn't far and it was located closer to the center of the clan estate. When he got there, he saw his father as well. He could tell both were worried for him, to be gone for 20 days, that time was almost a month.
As he talked to his mother he couldn't help feeling, like he was doing so as if watching from the side as someone else did the talking instead. It ended up almost being an hour before she calmed down. He also decided he would never let her worry that much again.
Before they could leave, his father stopped him to have another word. " Jun'er how do you feel about joining the Big Bully sect? If you agree I will give you the resources to help you pass the assessment entrance to join."
Jie Jun didn't have much thought to this. He was planning to join a sect anyways to widen his horizontal. After going to the Wild Forest, the thing he wanted the most, was to be placed in an environment that would help achieve that.
He would grow stronger and kill the Hot Lion. This was one of his main goals besides wanting to now see the outside world beyond the place of Bullying City. He told his father as such but declined the resources. With the death orbs he had now, he didn't think his father could get much better.
"Are you sure about this? The assessment isn't easy and the minimum level is 5. You should be maybe level 3 now?" he asked unsure if he can really level that fast.
Seeing the nod soon after, Jie Hao couldn't help exclaiming "Are you really level 3 already? Did you found some death orbs?" Once again Jie Jun agreed.
Jie Jun let his father get over the shock before excusing himself to prepare for the entrance assessment which would be 7 days from now. He also didn't forget to give his sister a gift. She was already level 5 but had got to this level after turning 16 years old.
The Big Bully sect's assessment didn't allow people over the age of 15 and had to have leveled up to level 5. This was just the minimum which was barely passing. His sister didn't make this cut.
Grabbing his sister's hand, he placed three level 3 orbs in her hand. "Don't worry too much and use these, I have enough for myself still." he encouraged her to take when she tried to refuse after she saw what it was.
With letting his father and sister know he would be going again, he left back to his courtyard which just so happened to have the Martial Courtyard between them. It wasn't a surprise by any stretch that he ended up meeting his cousin again.
Judging by the look he had, he must be proud of something. There was even a small group of youngster behind him as if to give support. Did he really think he was the young master of the Jie Clan? No amount of support would change that his father was only an elder.
If he wanted to be a young master, he needed to be a Clan Leader's heir. Deciding to stop and see what he wanted, he waited for Jie Zhengfeng to say his peace.
"I see you are done hiding away like a turtle now. But I wonder if you have the courage to exchange a few pointers. After all, us of the younger generation should seek improvement and advice. Or will you coward and wait until the clan competition. I mean, having an older brother must be nice. Ah hahaha!" Jie Zhengfeng said laughing loud and hard.
Jie Jun looked at his cousin as if he was looking at an idiot. Wait until the clan competition? Would he need to wait that long for someone at this level? Of course not! Normally he would just brush the words off, but not now.
He had not really got to vent about the Hot Lion even when he killed the wild beast on his way out of the Wild Forest because the Hot Lion was causing pressure to him. However, Jie Zhengfeng would now be a good stress release.
"Okay. I will give you 3 moves to attack first, so others don't say I was bullying you later." Was the words Jie Jun spoke.
When the clansmen heard Jie Jun speak, they could only think arrogant. He was extremely arrogant. One had to know that Jie Zhengfeng had just leveled up to level 7. This was a genius level for the clans in Bullying City. Not even Jie Yutian, Jie Jun older brother who was the current number one genius in the clan, had been level 7 at the age of 15.
Jie Yutian only became level 7 when he was 16 years old. Of course, this type of genius talent didn't count people like Liu Yuehua and Xiu Xueling. Those two truly had the right to look down on the younger generation in Bullying City.
Snorting in anger, Jie Zhengfeng made his own follow-up, "3 moves? I only need 1 move for people like you. If you want to look for a beating so much, why should I stop you? Come! I want to see where you got your confidence from, zero Sitter."
With a shrug of his shoulders, he followed them along to the marital ring area. Once they both got on the platform, he did something he always felt was poise. He took both hands and put them behind his back as he stood in a relaxed stance.
Seeing this, Jie Zhengfeng spoke again but in rage. "You! You are really arrogant today! Don't think I will hold back because your surname is Jie." Jie Jun didn't continue to try and exchange words. He only said one word, "Begin."
"Good! Good! Very good begin. I will indeed begin." If one looked at Jie Zhengfeng now, one would see veins popping from his forehead.
Jie Zhengfeng was statted like most people did in the early levels, plus he was young, so for the young, it was all about agility and strength, focused more on the strength sided. There would be 1 stamina at the start, then the rest would be, strength first, then agility back and forth each level up.
This was the popular stats until level 7 to 8 where stamina might be needed again depending on one's birth stats. Following this build was the skill Hard Body that increased the toughness which Jie Zhengfeng learned and put 3 talents in it.
He was also born with 11 base stats instead of the usual 10, showing he was already above the average. This put his stats at,
Body Level - [7]
Vitality - [1]
Stamina - [3]
Strength - [6]
Agility - [5]
Spirit - [1]
Perception - [1]
Physical Resistance - [2]
Spirit Resistance - [1]
With his Hard Body being only level 4 because he didn't have a matching talent, he could get his Physical Resistance to 4-5. An overall complete power up when one factor in, that, it's everything needed to make the physical body more strong.
Jie Jun didn't believe following this standard build, for someone like him, he was destined to be a speeder. None the less, he also had changed his stats a little since he couldn't use the spear Gear. The Gears he managed to get was still an unknown to him.
He didn't know if the normal sects like Big Bully sect would even have Gears or how his Gears compare to theirs. The best thing he could do was to hide both until he found out more. He kept the spear in the Inventory Bag while putting the Inventory Bag in a money bag.
This made it look like a money bag to the normal eye, but to those with trained eyes, it would look like two money bags which was still okay. Taking a quick second to check his stats, he didn't feel any need to worry about Jie Zhengfeng.
Body Level - [4]
Vitality - [1]
Stamina - [3]
Strength - [4]
Agility - [7]
Spirit - [1]
Perception - [2]
Physical Resistance - [5]
Spirit Resistance - [2]
He had a G3-rank level 11 Sprint after all. Jie Zhengfeng would never even touch his clothes, even if he used his own Sprint. With the standard build, there was also the Basic Body Arts technique which could be said to be the same thing as his old world's martial art styles like Judo, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, and more.
He had a good feeling that besides the Hard Body skill, there was the Basic Body Arts technique that Jie Zhengfeng had learned from the ability room in the Jie Clan. Jie Zhengfeng had got to use the ability room three times for sure.
Jie Jun stood, hands back, watching as Jie Zhengfeng lost his cool. Seeing his expression he knew he was about to rush him at any moment. This was when a better idea came to his mind. It was something said all the time when playing games and since this was a semi game like world, it would be just right.
Jie Jun said two words, "You mad?" as if a trigger, Jie Zhengfeng lost all reason.
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