‘It’s a special feeling indeed.’

Circulating his Internal Energy, Leo felt especially comfortable compared to every other meditation session that he started. Unlike life before accumulating 60 years of Internal Energy, no part of his Energy Channels was empty. It was full from the very start to the end, creating a never-ending cycle. This perfect loop was also why this threshold was known as a Major Energy Cycle!

In retrospect, the Minor Energy Cycle could never compare in effectivity or efficiency. The only reason both Leo and Yeon had been able to achieve their breakthrough despite their drained Internal Energy was thanks to Cheon Jeong’s help. Now, however, Leo felt that he was close to a complete recovery in a matter of hours!

[ Plot Change confirmed. Unique Event occurrence has been detected. ]

[ The Reader’s character has achieved simultaneous advancement with Secondary Main Character Yeon under the eyes of the protagonist and other major characters. ]

[ You have received 110 Reading Points. ]

Finally opening his eyes, Leo planned to check the changes in his page when the Personal Book directly revealed a newly triggered event!

‘This is still relevant, or…’

Taking into consideration the lack of linked event triggers, Leo thought that it was about time for plot change messages to pop up once he or Yeon made a certain advancement or achievement ahead of time. However, it was likely that its effect on the future couldn’t be ignored… Either that or the important members of the audience were extremely affected by it!

[ Book 2 ]

Name: Cheon Baek-Ho (Leo Lock)

Age: 15 (18)

Role: Reader

Reading Points: 3105

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Personal Statistics:

Internal Energy: 668/744 (Scarlet Sky)

Physique: 4.6

Mind: 0.96 (+2.3)

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Personal Skills:

‘Advanced Swordsmanship’ – Chapter 3 – page 5/10

‘Advanced Spearmanship’ – Chapter 3 – page 2/10

‘Advanced Footwork’ – Chapter 3 – page 1/10

‘Advanced Close Quarter Combat’ – Chapter 3 – page 1/10

‘Intermediate Smithing’ – Chapter 2 – page 0/10

‘Basic Horsemanship’ – Chapter 1 – page 9/10

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Personal Abilities:

– ‘Scarlet Sky Breathing’ – Peak – 0/10

– ‘Internal Energy Channeling’ – 7/10

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Personal Talents:

– ‘Cleared Energy Channels’ –

– ‘Body of Accelerated Recovery’ –

– ‘Expanded Dantian’ – 3/10

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Events:

– Suffering Delayment – Unique

– A Star’s Emergence – Unique

– Sleeping Dragon – Unique

– Twin Star Shining – Unique

– Twin Star Rising – Unique

– Chance Exchange – Epic

– Reverse Victory – Legend

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Having only had less than a second to check his change before, Leo took a look while pondering the trigger’s hidden prerequisites. As to be expected from a Peak stage elevation, even the stagnant Physique took a sudden upward jump…

The part that interested Leo the most, however, happened to be his swordsmanship’s elevation. Rather than being the effect of the advancement, this was something he had obtained from the Murim Lord’s experience. Other than the compatibility, being already on the advanced level had made it easier to integrate more experience than before.

‘Quite versatile…’

Most importantly, even Spearmanship had been positively affected by the legendary event bonus. Although he was someone who once held the title of the Sword Emperor, Leo had noticed hints of spearmanship tendencies in his style. It also happened to be deep enough for him to move a page forward!

“Ho…”

Before he got to think about it for long, a pair of reddish-black pupils shone under the floating book. Yeon, who was sitting in front of him, also seemed to have finished at the same time.

“Yeon.”

The reddish hue soon started to seep away from Yeon’s eyes, but even its momentary appearance gave her a sense of mysticism. Although Leo knew that this was only another display of her great affinity, he could hardly move his eyes away…

“Congrats.”

However, this rare moment of relaxed sync was all blown away when the two came to notice the presence of Cheon Jeong sitting just next to them.

“Oh! Did I interrupt something?”

Another mischievous smile surfaced on the Blade Spirit’s lips. Leo wasn’t sure how he wanted this to end up, but he was absolutely confident that she did it on purpose!

“Well, it doesn’t really matter I guess. You two sure did a lot for your very first outing.”

Although she appeared to be teasing them, Cheon Jeong was seriously impressed by their performance. Winning the competition was something she already expected, but their reaction to the chaos that followed was exceptional. Especially…

‘Gentle Han was right.’

Whether it was by showing it to be a logical deduction or just a stroke of genius, Leo had always tried his best to mask the actions he took based on his knowledge of the novel. However, this streak of his didn’t seem to escape Cheon Jeong’s eyes either.

‘I probably need to lay low for a little bit.’

His expression reading skill wasn’t good enough to completely read a master like the Blade Spirit, but he could see some suspicion in her eyes. Compared to her, his senior brother’s stiff face was still more trusty!

After taking so many risks throughout this volume-starting arc, Leo didn’t mind taking a small break till things started for real. At the very least, he managed to do everything he could to make his quests easier to finish…

At this point in time, the 1st rate field was already empty aside from the Heavenly Strength Society’s group. Naturally, no one would wait for them to finish their obvious taunt, or so Leo thought at first.

‘Oh.’

Accompanied by a senior Daoist, Pung Miyoung was sitting at the chair that the overseers were originally sitting on. Once she noticed their movement, she started approaching them.

“Master congratulates you on your success in the pursuit of martial arts!”

Giving a slight bow, Pung Miyoung relayed the formality message that the Sword Sage had left behind before turning to Yeon, it seemed like she had more to say.

“I-I would also like to become friends with you… If you don’t mind that is.”

‘So he left.’

Ignoring the childhood friend’s attempt at making friends, Leo couldn’t find Geochin’s figure anywhere around. It was likely that he secretly left like he originally did in the novel.