"The body of a cultivator is graded as well? This is the first time I have heard of this." The interviewer was shocked. This was new information he was not expecting to get in this information today. He was genuinely shocked.
Alex was shocked too. He hadn't given much thought to his body. He started to wonder what grade his body was.
"Yes. I found that out a few days ago as I searched the internet trying to learn everyone's body's name. I had my suspicions before, but the searches I made proved my theories. You see a player is given a random body. Most of the time it's just called 'Mortal body'. People think this just meant the bodies they got were a non-cultivator to start with, but they are wrong."
"Also, since the Earth grade bodies and Heaven grade bodies do not have the words 'Earth' and 'Heaven' in it doesn't help it either. Only after the heaven grade do the bodies actually start to have their names in it."
The interviewer cued in and asked," And what body do you have?"
"My body is an Immortal Grade body. It's called the 'Immortal Tyrant Body'. With this body, I can produce strength equal to 2 realms above my own realm. Meaning, I can currently produce the strength of a True King 6th Realm cultivator." he replied.
"Oh wow, that's one of the reasons for your fast cultivation huh? What are the other 2 reasons?" the interviewer asked.
"The next 2 reasons can in fact be called the same reason, but since they are different I decided to call them 2 reasons. And they are the fact that I got an Immortal Grade Cultivation Method for the self-tempering realm through the gift box, and somehow managed to get a Heaven Grade Cultivation Method for the True realm."
"Add onto the fact that I bought a lot of Qi-providing pills using the monsters I hunted, I got to where I am right now."
The interviewer was shocked again, "Oh wow. You really had a stroke of good luck going into the game, didn't you? What about your talents? Are they any good?"
" It's just a Heaven-grade talent, nothing to call home about."
The interviewer then went on to ask other questions, but none of them interested Alex. He closed the video and just sat there thinking.
"Sun God's Divine… would that be God's grade or is there a grade called Divine as well?" he was shocked again. The only thing his body could do he could tell as of now turned natural common Qi into Yang Qi. Yang Qi lasted twice if not longer than normal qi and didn't need to be used as much to get the same result.
He was already happy to get Yang Qi from his body. But, if what the person said was true, then that just wasn't good enough for a God Grade body. so was it a Divine grade?
"What else can it do then?" he wondered.
The 3 roommates soon woke up, and they went to eat their dinner. He decided to tell them about what he found out today, but it seemed they had already learned about it during the day.
Apparently, they liked to frequently visit the forum and had done just that today during recess. They lamented that they either had Earth or Heaven-grade bodies.
Alex also lamented along with them saying his body was Earth grade too.
After dinner, they returned to their room and jumped into the game. Alex logged in to his tavern room. He hadn't returned to the game since waking up this morning and was quite eager to hunt once more.
He got out of the city and went into the forest through the eastern side once more. From what he understood about the forest, the monster got stronger the deeper one went into it.
If you were on the outer edges, you would only find Skin Tempering realm monsters. Monsters with Muscle Tempering realm only appeared about half an hour into the forest.
And only about 2 hours away from that did Bone tempering realm monsters start to appear. He never went that far and only stayed at the edge of it.
He had met a few monsters at Bone Tempering 1st realm, but he had managed to win against them with his Smiting Blade technique. Although it did take more than 1 strike with Smiting Blade each time he fought them.
Tonight was a moonlit night as always and Alex had walked about 2 hours into the forest. The monsters he found in this area were Muscle Tempering 7th realm to Muscle Tempering 9th realm.
Changing the place he hunted was a good idea at first thought, but once he realized that many other people hunted as well, it wasn't necessary to go out of his way to find monsters.
That said, Alex still changed his path so that he could find more alchemy ingredients. The forest was a treasure trove of alchemy ingredients that no one seemed to have searched for.
Or maybe they did but didn't realize which were alchemy ingredients, and which were not.
<You have defeated 'Blue Bear'>
<You have obtained 'Blue Bear Core'>
A giant bear fell down with a massive cut running across its chest. Alex walked up to the bear and kept its corpse in his inventory. The bear was at the 7th realm of Muscle Tempering, so he had managed to kill it in one hit.
He stood up and walked on ahead, searching for more monsters.
BAM
He heard something a little further ahead of him. He walked a little faster to check what it was. When he finally reached the place, he saw a massive elephant-like monster, whose dead body was lying on the ground. It was wet all over, and there were signs of water seeping out of its mouth.
Suddenly the monster's corpse vanished, and he finally saw what lay behind it.
There were two ladies, one a little further back than the other. The one that was right beside the monster looked up with surprised eyes, and smiled a little as she said,
"Fellow Daoist, it seems fate has brought us together again."
Alex was surprised to see it was the same two girls he met yesterday.
'Fellow Daoist? Is that what the cultivators call each other?' he wondered. He decided to reciprocate the greeting.
"It's good to see you once more, Fellow Daoist. I don't think fate has to do anything with us meeting again," he tried to make small talk.
"Oh. Are you trying to imply that you met us here on purpose then, Fellow Daoist?" she asked with a smirk. She knew the answer but still decided to tease him.
Alex's face changed to a brighter shade of red. "Of course not, It was just a random meeting. I just came here because I heard a sound."
"Haha, you don't need to defend yourself, Fellow Daoist. I was just joking." Her laughter made her look even more beautiful.
Alex looked a little hurt. "I shall take my leave then." He said as he started to turn around.
"Wait a minute, fellow Daoist." She called from behind.
Alex stopped where he was and turned around with a questioning look, "What do you need, fellow Daoist?" he asked. He was starting to get used to calling others 'fellow Daoists.
"Since we met each other, why don't we hunt together?" she tried to invite him to the group.
Alex was surprised. 'Why would she want me to join? I'm the weakest one here and am not even that strong-looking. There must be some other reason.'
"If you want something, you should just ask it, Fellow Daoist." He tried to figure out what she wanted.
"Quite a sharp one, aren't you? Yes, to be honest, fellow Daoist, we do require something." She said as she sighed a little.
"Senior sister, you shouldn't. It's risky to tell him." The girl in the back spoke for the first time tonight. She was about to talk some more when she was interrupted by the other girl's hand gesture.
"I think we should introduce ourselves first. I am Luo Mei, and this is Meng Yun. We are disciples of the Tiger Sect." The girl introduced both herself and the girl at the back.
"I am Yu Ming. I am a disciple of the Hong Wu Sect." He decided to introduce himself as well. "So, you said you wanted something? If it's something I don't mind parting with, I can give it to you." He said. He was slightly worried they might just attack him, and take it away forcefully.
Luo Mei immediately corrected herself, " Oh no. We don't want something you have. We just want your help with something."
"Okay, what do you want my help with?" he asked.
"We are at our last leg, so we need the help of an alchemist like yourself. Please, follow us," she said as she started walking in a certain direction.
Along the way, Alex stopped a bunch of times to collect the alchemy ingredients he found. The two ladies were very surprised when they saw him pick so many things.
Meng Yun softly whispered into Luo Mei's ear as she said, " Senior sister, do you think he knows what we want him to do? He seems to be showing off by randomly picking up ingredients. I think he is a fraud."
Luo Mei frowned when she heard this. "That is a definite possibility, but it doesn't look like he is faking it. Some of the ingredients he picked were ones even I recognized. He must be a genuine alchemist who recognizes the ingredients. I hope he recognizes that one too."
Luo Mei continued to walk deeper and deeper into the forest. Alex started to get worried. They were now constantly meeting monsters that would definitely be able to kill him easily.
But to a Mind Tempering realm cultivator like her, these monsters were a piece of cake. She killed every single monster they came across and took all the drops from the monster.
Alex didn't mind her behavior as he was already getting enough benefits from the ingredients here.
After a short while, she had managed to kill over a few dozen Bone Tempering realm monsters. This was an amount that Alex couldn't even hope to have achieved in all the 3 days he had taken a leave from the sect.
And this girl had somehow managed to kill them in less than 2 hours.
"We're here," Luo Mei said as she increased her walking speed a little faster. "It's right around here, somewhere."
Finally, she stopped as she saw a small opening in the forest where there were no trees and only bushes. In front of the bushes was an Ox-like monster currently sleeping.
[Meridian Tempering 3rd Realm]
This was a monster that Alex didn't doubt could kill him in a single blow. He was really scared now. He looked at Meng Yun, and she was shivering a little as well.
Luo Mei however showed no fear, only some irritation at the fact that she had to fight when her goal was so close.
She kept her sword in its scabbard on her waist and started moving her arms in a certain manner. Alex looked at her arms and saw Qi slowly seep out of her palms.
The moment the Qi left her body, however, something weird happened. All of the Qi started to change as they slowly transformed into water.
Alex had unconsciously started focus mode due to his fright, which was why the transformation looked so slow to him. In fact, the transformation happened in a split second.
A massive ball of water appeared in front of Luo Mei which she sent towards the Ox. Within seconds, the Ox opened his eyes and frantically tried to move. But it couldn't.
Luo Mei had already encased the Ox in the water ball and was slowly drowning it to death in midair. The ball started to move higher and higher as the Ox tried to breathe more and more and failed. Minutes passed by and the Ox finally stopped breathing.
It was dead.
Luo Mei then let go of the water ball, and the entire thing, water, and Ox fell to the ground with a loud bang. She then turned to Alex and said, "This is where I need your help, Daoist Yu."