Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave novel Chapter 72

"There are two ways." Sean extended two fingers as he spoke, "The first is to spend a hundred points in visiting Hell Mountain."

"Points?"

Since his came to Cloud Sect, Zen had been bombarded with references to points many times.

Previously during the initial exam, the old man told him of the points necessary to enter the powerful pressure space.

Before participating in the blooded test, Zen was in a fight with members of the Wang Clan. At last, the inner disciple who had started the fight had been punished with a penalty of a thousand points.

"What use do these points have? How can we obtain them?" Zen asked eagerly.

"Within Cloud Sect, it is impossible for disciples to do anything without these points. And all of you should be well informed of their functions." Sean Zhou then began to lecture them, "Outer disciples need to obtain sufficient points to be accepted as inner disciples. Points are also needed to swap elixirs used for cultivation and to eat and live. These points are recorded in your disciple cards."

"How can we obtain a hundred points within a short period?" Zen, at that moment, cared less about the use of these points and more about how to earn enough points to visit Yan at Hell Mountain.

"Masters of Cloud Sect will assign daily tasks to you. On completion of these tasks, you will gain the corresponding number of points. But outer disciples normally get fewer points. And it may take half a year for outer disciples to earn a hundred points. By the way, since my admission to Cloud Sect, I am in possession of less than a hundred points," Sean explained with a forced smile.

"Half a year?" Zen found it unacceptable to wait that long. He was eager to find a time-efficient solution.

"Well, you can swap two hundred cubic crystals for a hundred points," Sean suggested.

Upon hearing that, Zen was happy because he had many cubic crystals in his space ring. However, the exchange rate worried him.

Any outer disciple of Cloud Sect could become a millionaire at this exchange rate after resuming a civilian life.

'Even if I swap a hundred cubic crystals for fifty points, how would I collect the rest?' Zen was overcome with anxiety.

It would take at least three months to complete enough tasks to gain the remaining fifty points. However, Zen was desperate to reach Hell Mountain and see Yan.

Zen was eager to hear of the other alternative to reach Hell Mountain from Sean.

Sean then suggested that if Zen were to violate the rules of Cloud Sect, he would be exiled to Hell Mountain.

"......."

Zen remained silent for a long while. He chuckled as he thought, 'A good alternative, indeed.'

But that option was not feasible for Zen.

Without the backing of a noble clan or a patron at Cloud Sect, Zen had to bide his time patiently.

Zen told himself to wait for an opportune moment to rescue Yan from Hell Mountain.

Over the following few days, Zen applied himself to the tier-four and tier-five cultivation methods as per the books he had gained from the Heavenly Library.

He didn't undertake any task.

Even though Zen was incredibly strong and gifted, it was impossible for him to master both texts within a short period.

Zen scanned through the book on Heavenly Ogre Fist and came to realize the intricacies and mysteries therein. It was no wonder that the old man in the Heavenly Library had said that this cultivation method would be too challenging for most humans.

A good command of demonic life energy was the essence of practicing Heavenly Ogre Fist.

The Purple Light Fist technique that Zen had previously practiced would produce arrays of purple light, virtually, the life energy thereof.

Life energy varied with a person's cultivation method.

For instance, the weapon refiner Evil Lan was an expert in producing a lotus-shaped fire, which was a type of life energy.

Zen was intelligent enough to master the essence of Purple Light Fist within the first three days of practicing this technique.

The first page of the book on Heavenly Ogre Fist included an illustration in which an ogre posed in a tricky position.

The ogre's arms were stretched outward, and his legs were bent in a difficult position.

This posture was hard for Zen to mimic.

After trying and failing several times, Zen finally managed to get the position correct. After that, he began to follow the mental cultivation methods illustrated and exercised from inner to outer.

But all his efforts proved futile.

The first time Zen tried, there was no positive result.

The outcome was equally depressing the second time.

The third time....

Zen was quite patient and disciplined with this daily exercise. He knew that he would not be able to master ancient texts overnight.

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