Jian Meili was startled and thought. 'He knows that I'm poisoned with a single glance. I also can't sense his cultivation. He's definitely a supreme expert.'

She cupped her hands together and replied after a moment. "Senior, I left my home to temper myself out in the wilderness. However, I was poisoned by a peak Level-5 Demonic beast(King Grade) during a battle. After killing it, I took a stop in this forest which I just found out to be the Lonely Devilwood Forest."

Tian Long laughed. "What 'Senior'? I'm only 19 you know."

Jian Meili was shocked. "19?! So you're not a supreme expert that uses a youth retaining method to look younger?"

He replied blandly. "How can I be an old man? Look at me, I'm full of vigor that someone young should have."

Jian Meili was still dazed from the shock she experienced so she couldn't hear what he said. 'A 19 years old that's stronger than me? Even in my peak condition? I can't believe this.'

Still, Jian Meili was a person that has already experienced a great number of things, she knew that this world was infinitely large, containing powers that even she didn't know of. It only took her a few breaths before she regained her calm.

Tian Long noticed the changes in her expression as he nodded and thought. 'She's definitely deserving of being a supreme genius of this era. System, is there anything in the shop that could cure her poison?'

[ Ding! The host could use 600 apex points to buy a {Clear Qi Pill}. This pill would be able to cure her poison while improving her physique at the same time. ]

He nodded. '{Clear Qi Pill}, this pill once saved me so it's definitely a great solution for this.'

Tian Long offered to the woman. "Would you like to return with me to my cave and recuperate there? It's clear of surrounding demonic beasts and is pretty clean."

Jian Meili's eyes flashed and as she hesitated. 'I'm injured and poisoned while he's stronger than me so he could definitely...'

Tian Long knew what she was thinking so he interrupted her thoughts and made a vow to the heavens. "I, Tian Long shall never harm Miss Jian Meili until she is able to solver her injuries. If I violate this oath then the heavens shall strike me down."

He then looked at her and helplessly said. "Is that enough? I already made an oath to the heavens and I don't want to die yet so you don't have to worry about me trying to kill you."

Even though Jian Meili was a bit suspicious as he clearly knew her name, she still accepted his offer.

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After they returned to his cave, Tian Long then remembered something. 'I completely forgot about those gift packs! Just by leveling up to Energy Refining already gave me plentiful of rewards. I need to see what I'll get this time.'

Tian Long said in his mind. 'System open the two gift packs.'

[ Ding! Opening gift pack...10%...30%...70%...100%! Opening. ]

He excitedly grinned.

[ Ding! Congratulations to host for obtaining Divine Talisman x2. ]

[ Ding! Congratulations to host for obtaining 5000 apex points. ]

[ Ding! Congratulations to host for obtaining the mid-rank Immortal Grade {Nine Waves Influx Technique}. ]

[ Ding! Congratulations to host for obtaining a mid-rank Saint Grade equipment {Challenger Cape of Conquered Worlds}. ]

[ Ding! Congratulations to host for obtaining a high-rank Emperor grade spiritual herb {True Lightning Gra.s.s}. ]

[ Ding! Congratulations to host for obtaining a supreme-rank Emperor grade equipment {Silverlight Longsword}. ]

Hearing all those rewards left Tian Long full of glee.

While walking back, Jian Meili asked out of curiosity. "Hey, your name is Tian Long right? I remembered when you gave an oath. But how could you know my name when I never met you before?"

Tian Long lightly answered. "Indeed it is my name. Also, how can I not know of the Sublime Sword Empire's greatest genius? Miss Jian Meili's fame resounds throughout this world."

She nodded her head as this answer cleared her suspicions because she knew herself how famous she was.

Finally reaching the cave-base of operations, Tian Long started a fire and cooked some Level-4 Demonic Beast meat that he got as item drops.

(Note: Demonic Beasts meat are highly nutritious as they contain heavenly energy within and can nourish one's body. Higher level meat = better.)

They chatted as they ate, trying to get to know each other.

Jian Meili asked. "Tian Long, what exactly are you doing in this place?"

He replied. "Tempering myself, same as you."

She nodded her head and asked. "Then can you take off your mask? I wanna see what you look like."

Tian Long smiled underneath the mask. "Are you sure? If you see what I look like then you might fall in love with me, hehe."

Jian Meli rolled her eyes and said. "Why are you hiding your face anyway, are you ugly or something?"

"Ugly? It's fine if you don't believe me." He laughed after the short banter.

Night time.

Tian Long checked his status page.

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Status:

Name: Tian Long

Age: 19

Apex Points: 21,300 points

Cultivation: Grandmaster stage Level 6 ( 11,300 / 600.000 )

Techniques:

{Ancient Dragon Force Technique} Level 3 = ( 3,500 / 7,000 )

{Universal Body Origin Technique} Level 2 = ( 564 / 1,000 )

{Heavenly Lightning Body Refinement Method} Level 1 = ( 0 / 100 }

{Luminous Flash Art} Level 3 = ( 3,105 / 5,000 )

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After checking his status page, Tian Long then told the system to show him the rewards that he obtained from the gift packs.

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[ {Nine-Waves Influx Technique}: A technique that the system gifted and tailored for Tian Long. This technique compresses and transforms the heavenly energy to send out attacks, akin to invisible waves, through s.p.a.ce. The "wave-like" energy increases its strength by an extra fold as the skill level increases. Maximum of nine waves when mastered to the peak. ]

[ {Challenger Cape of Conquered Worlds}: A cape tailored to Tian Long by the system. This cape is capable of granting someone an endless amount of heavenly energy. While in combat, the cape is able to absorb heavenly energy from all sources which the user can use as his own. ]

[ {True Lightning Gra.s.s}: A spiritual herb that grows in areas with plentiful lightning sources. This gra.s.s could be said to be either a treasure or something ordinary, depending on the person that has it. It is capable of sensing lightning sources that are closest to it. ]

[ {Silverlight Longsword}: A sword once owned by a peak Life and Death Realm cultivator, 3,000 years ago. The sword is capable of releasing Sword Qis or combine it with the user if has one. If combined, the power would be doubled instantly. ]

After reading the {Nine-Waves Influx Technique}, Tian Long was overjoyed as he finally has a real offensive martial art. With the combined prowess of both {Ancient Dragon Force Technique} and {Nine-Waves Influx Technique}, Tian Long believed that he could pummel a King grade cultivator to death with ease and deal with Emperor grade cultivators without any difficulty.

He pondered. 'And with the {True Lightning Gra.s.s}, I'll finally be able to find lightning sources and be able to use the {Heavenly Lightning Body Refinement Method} to improve my physical body. But the {Silverlight Longsword}... As I've no uses for it now, I'll just store it in my inventory for the time being.'

After deciding, Tian Long then gave Jian Meili a {Clear Qi Pill} and told her that he'll start cultivating now and that she shouldn't disturb him.

Jian Meili was once again shocked at seeing a real supreme-ranked pill, which are very hard to come by, and a Level 4 pill at that.

Tian Long sat cross-legged and along with the automatic cultivation of the system, he started cultivating his {Nine-Waves Influx Technique} and the rest of the techniques

Jian Meili, after seeing Tian Long start cultivating, did the same.

It was quiet the whole night except for the occasional tiny sword lights that could be seen and tyrannical pressures that could be felt inside the cave. The rest of the night, however, went smoothly for both Tian Long and Jian Meili as they cultivated and increased their mastery towards their respective skills.