บท 168: hierarchy

After thinking about the fact that he wasn't growing strong fast enough, Ezra spent the night in his bed thinking.

There were so many routes he could follow to gain strength, like the dark ages, or studying abomination, or making strong gear.

But all of them individually would not be able to get him to the level he needed to be.

As his mind wandered farther, he suddenly recalled that the first time that the system came active, it told him about a way to absorb shadow energy.

Shadow cultivation technique. He had forgotten about it, and had simply been getting shadow energy from kills.

He immediately turned to the system and went into the store, searching for Shadow cultivation techniques, and their prices.

### 1. **Shadow Core Technique**

**Price:** 2,000 shadow points