บท 20: Leveling Using Pills

Ace and Molat looked at one another not knowing each other's thoughts. Ace had spoken, but Molat only smiled back at him, at this point Ace had enough and was about to step away from the scene.

"If you don't have anything to say, I will be excusing myself now."

"Wait! Don't go just yet, I came here to make a friend why don't you listen to my words first before leaving? The things I want to talk about is something better not uttered in a public area, so can we talk in some place with fewer people?"

Molat spoke with haste making him look desperate to stop Ace on his tracks. Looking around, Ace saw more people converging there and the more people there are the more Ace felt uncomfortable to talk with Molat and the other two.

Ace nodded his head then said;

"Alright, but I first need to find a friend of mind mine is that acceptable? I also have to take care of important things so can we just meet somewhere later?"

The rowdy disciple was once again about to step forth and say something to Ace but Molat stopped him from doing so and with an indifferent face Molat said;

"I don't mind, take out your medallion I'll pass you a map."

Molat nodded his head in agreement and took out his medallion from somewhere. The medallion he had was different than what Ace had, what he held was not a black medallion but a slightly purplish one and when he took it out Ace did the same.

When Ace took out his medallion Molat was surprised especially the two disciples. Seeing their expressions Ace found it weird, nonetheless, he still stretches his right arm forward and presented his black medallion to Molat.

Molat saw him doing so and with his own medallion he sent out blue light from his own to Ace's medallion then said:

"I left some of my divine sense in your medallion just search for it in your medallion and then break it that way I will be able to know where you are, take this with you just follow it and you will be able to reach my own place in the Central Plains of the Lower Demon Plateau."

Molat gave Ace his divine sense and a map to his own place in the Central Plains. The divine sense was the ethereal and intangible sense that every cultivator who has become Saints achieve its uses varies from locating enemies by sensing them, sensing others cultivation bases and many more, and as for the Central Plains, that place was something that Ace only heard from Altair some time ago.

'The place where the people of the Minor Saint realm gather and challenges one another for the top spot, so Molat is also a Minor Saint? And if these two are with him, they should also be Minor Saints right?' Ace had his doubts but it seems like these three were true young saints of the sect.

"Thank you, senior brother Molat, if you'll excuse me for a bit, I have to take care of something." After thanking Molat for the map, Ace hurriedly left whilst carrying the items and ingredients he got from Rea.

The two disciples and Molat look at Ace's back and after a short while, the three of them headed to the opposite direction.

"Senior brother Molat so the rumors about him being a mere Core Formation stage disciple was true?"

One of the two spoke in disbelief. They had heard of Ace's endeavors in the Lower Demon Plateau and they were all unthinkable, they had thought that someone with a Core Formation stage cultivation will not be able to do such things but seeing him hand out a black medallion the three of them had to think otherwise.

"It seems like he truly wasn't using any technique that can hide his cultivation base because even if he was the sect medallion will still reveal its true colors, seems like he really did enter the Demon Rankings while still being in Core Formation."

Another spoke.

Molat just kept silent and didn't speak any words but from the expression he was currently showing on his face, it was clear that he was finding the current development quite entertaining. With his face showing smile that stretches from one ear to the other Molat was looking like a great villain right now.

"Come on you two we need to hurry, I need to feed my Vahor before the show starts." Molat stated as they stood in front of the Lower Demon Plateau's entrance.

…

In the very back of the residential area, Ace was inside his house while hiding the medicinal plants he got from the Alchemist Association. From what he learned from the books inside his head, he didn't need a special method of taking care of low-level medicinal plants such as this so he just hid them normally underneath his bed.

Then after doing so Ace took the leather bag that contains the Restoration Pills he got from the Lower Demon Plateau and without even hesitating Ace took one bottle of Restoration Pills that contains one hundred pills from inside the bag and without wasting any time he dumped all the bean size Pills inside his mouth and started chewing on them like some kind of rice.

+ 10000

Ace didn't need to waste any time on absorbing the effects of the Restoration Pills because of the system, he just needed to eat the pill and will gain the experience point inside them and currently, he just got ten thousand experience points from one single bottle.

"Before leaving for the Lower Demon Plateau I need to first level up as much as I can or else I may pay for it dearly later, that Molat must be the one Lorenz talked about, I need to be careful with him." Ace muttered to himself and took another bottle from inside the leather bag.

When Ace was talking with Lorenz he had heard Molat's name and from Lorenz's reaction, Ace already placed Molat as someone he had to be worried of.

+ 10000

Ace finish another bottle and took another from the leather bag, he didn't have to worry about the number of Pills he had because Ace has over four thousand pills in his possession and all them were won by him through the 'Devil's Bet' he started a few days ago.

He was able the earn a lot of pills from inside the Lower Demon Plateau, especially with the giant brawl against the eighth level Core Formation disciples gave him a substantial number of pills and added the bets he had with the ninth level disciples Ace can be considered rich in the whole outer sect at the moment and he was burning through his hard-earned Pills without batting an eye.

It took him a while but Ace finally ate a total forty bottles in total making leaving behind two bottles inside his leather bag, but the amount of experience point he gained from bingeing in Restoration Pill was enough to make him open his mouth agape.

'Ding… stored experience: 400100 (Can level up character level, can level up the martial skill level, can level up elemental variants.)'

"This is good, seems like bingeing in Restoration Pills are truly worth It." Without a second thought, Ace opened his system and started checking on the contents on where he should use his experience points on.

Name: Ace (no surname)

Level: 9

Experience Points: (2000/400000)

Stored Experience: 400100 (Can level up character level, can level up the martial skill level, can level up elemental variants.)'

Martial Skills: <<Flame Serpent>> 11th level (100500/200000)

<<Lightning Demon Body>> 8th level (80900/100000)

Cultivation: Core Formation (To be unlocked: Minor Saint)

Extra Jobs: Alchemist level one (0/10) (Apprentice)

Elemental Variants: <<Core Flames>> 1st level (0/10)

<<Core Lightning>> 1st level (0/10)

Ace observed his current status and was placed in deep thought on where he should pour his experience points. It took him a while but after thirty minutes of contemplation Ace finally made a decision.

'Ding… <<Flame Serpent>> raised to 12th level.'

'Ding… <<Lightning Demon Body>> raised to 9th level.'

'Ding… <<Lightning Demon Body>> raised to 10th level.'

'Ding… <<Core Flames>> raised to the 2nd level.'

'Ding… <<Core Flames>> raised to the 3rd level.'

'Ding… <<Core Flames>> raised to the 4th level.'

'Ding… <<Core Flames>> raised to the 5th level.'

'Ding… <<Core Flames>> raised to the 6th level.'

'Ding… <<Core Flames>> raised to the 7th level.'

'Ding… <<Core Lightning>> raised to the 2nd level.'

'Ding… <<Core Lightning>> raised to the 3rd level.'

'Ding… <<Core Lightning>> raised to the 4th level.'

'Ding… <<Core Lightning>> raised to the 5th level.'

'Ding… <<Core Lightning>> raised to the 6th level.'

'Ding… Stored experience 3800 ((Can level up character level, can level up the martial skill level, can level up elemental variants.)'

In mere moments Ace's experience points almost reaches zero, he didn't level up his character because it was too much but he made sure to level up his Martial Skills and Elemental Variants but he didn't regret doing so because when he peeked inside his body the flames that looked weak was now burning brightly and the Lightning's strength made his hair stand to one he was also feeling something had changed inside himself when he leveled up his Elemental Variants.

"I don't know what it is but I can feel power welling up inside me." Ace stated.

Name: Ace (no surname)

Level: 9

Experience Points: (5900/400000)

Stored Experience: 3800 (Can level up character level, can level up the martial skill level, can level up elemental variants.)'

Martial Skills: <<Flame Serpent>> 12th level (0/400000)

<<Lightning Demon Body>> 10th level (0/400000)

Cultivation: Core Formation (To be unlocked: Minor Saint)

Extra Jobs: Alchemist level one (0/10) (Apprentice)

Elemental Variants: <<Core Flames>> 7th level (0/15000)

<<Core Lightning>> 6th level (0/10000)

What he did may have been too much but in his eyes, the power of Martial Skills is simply too important, even if he had to postpone his character level up Ace didn't mind at all.

Ace stood up and went to the Lower Demon Plateau with the leather bag on his back.