Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Spirit Essence Pill, Black Frost Blade, Magic, Secret Manual
In terms of using Military Merit Points, Qin Tian has already made his decision.
First is cultivation resources. Following Xiao Yunlong’s advice, Qin Tian exchanged for two hundred Spirit Essence Pills.
The Spirit Essence Pill is a supportive elixir. While it doesn’t directly increase Spiritual Energy, it significantly enhances the efficiency of the Spiritualist’s cultivation, allowing them to absorb more Spiritual Ability Factors in the same amount of time.
Compared to those elixirs that directly increase Spiritual Energy, Spirit Essence Pills are more gentle and do not shake one’s foundation, making them the first choice for most Spiritualists’ cultivation.
However, Spirit Essence Pills are not cheap, costing 100 Military Merit Points each.
Qin Tian spent twenty thousand Military Merit Points to exchange for two hundred Spirit Essence Pills, which, taken once a day during cultivation, would last for more than half a year.
The second is weaponry.
Weaponry is extremely important to Spiritualists.
If two similarly powered Spiritualists are pitted against each other, the side with the superior weapon will undoubtedly have a clear advantage.
Weapons are the partners of Spiritualists and require time to hone and adapt to.
Frequently changing weapons is not advisable.
Therefore, Qin Tian plans to accomplish this in one go, directly exchanging for a treasure saber that can be used in high-tier battles.
After careful research, he finally chose a famous saber –
Black Frost
From the images and videos, "Black Frost" has an overall ancient yet sharp design, with a blade length of over three feet. Under the light, its body is dark and deep, appearing to engulf all light, with intricate black patterns etched on it resembling flowing frost.
When "Black Frost" is drawn from its sheath, its blade gleams with a cold light, like a bolt of black lightning. Even across the screen, one can feel an icy chill hitting their face.
Black Frost is forged from high-grade ebony and various Spirit Golds, known for its hardness and sharpness, and also has excellent Spiritual Energy conductivity, capable of supporting a Tier Six Spiritualist in battle.
Black Frost comes from the renowned Jewel Studio, with about 50 Black Frost blades entering the market annually, priced at 20,000 Military Merit Points on the Military Department’s online store.
Spirit Essence Pills plus Black Frost saber consumed a total of forty thousand Military Merit Points.
For the third part, Qin Tian focused on martial techniques and magic.
Due to the special talent management regulations for Clones, he received a Bronze Level Technique "Shadow Thunder Prison Technique," a Black Iron Level Swordsmanship "Thunderbolt Saber," and a fragment from "Ninefold Thunder Flash" for free.
From the combat power system perspective, he is currently missing a fist technique.
To distinguish from the rapid and violent traits of "Thunderbolt Saber," he exchanged for a dark element fist technique "Bone-Eroding Hand."
This is a sinister Black Iron Level fist technique, where the punches carry a corrosive power of darkness. At its peak, it can erode a living person into water.
Moreover, Bone-Eroding Hand can synergize with Qin Tian’s poison ability, becoming even more insidious and deadly, leaving no defenses.
In fact, with his current reserve of Military Merit Points, it’s enough to exchange for Bronze Level Martial Techniques.
But since his spiritual cultivation has just begun, and his internal Spiritual Energy is sparse, even the Black Iron Martial Techniques can only be cultivated to the first one or two moves. Bronze Level Techniques are even only capable of being read, not trained, so he does not consider them temporarily.
Besides the fist technique, he also exchanged for a spell and a meditation technique.
The spell is called "Shadow Touch," Black Iron Level. The caster manipulates the power of darkness, condensing dark tendrils to bind the enemy, eroded by the power of darkness, affecting their actions and Spiritual Energy operation.
Initially, he didn’t consider Spiritual Ability Magic, given that his talent, cultivation technique, and martial techniques are related to Spirit Warriors, with a future focus on melee combat as the primary means.
Later, it was Xiao Yunlong who recommended "Shadow Touch" to him.
After reading the introduction of "Shadow Touch," Qin Tian felt that this spell was quite suitable for him.
Especially during stealth, [Shadow Jump] paired with Shadow Touch can silently eliminate some sentries and minor soldiers, and during direct confrontation, Shadow Touch might also have unexpected effects.
Furthermore, "Shadow Touch" is part of a series of spells, with further options like Bronze Level "Dark Binding Technique" and Silver Level "Night’s Imprisonment," similar to "Ninefold Thunder Flash," with great potential.
Thus, he decisively spent 1200 Military Merit Points to exchange for "Shadow Touch."
Mind Meditation Technique is a non-conventional type of cultivation technique, focusing solely on the cultivation of Spiritual Power.
His numerous talents, like [Burning Embers Critical Strike], [Black Gate], [Spatial Bag], [Explosion], all consume both Physical Strength and Spiritual Power when activated, and the use of Spiritual Martial Techniques and magic also requires participation of Spiritual Power.
Currently, his physique is exceptionally robust, but his feeble Spiritual Energy and Spiritual Power have become the main shortcomings limiting his combat power.
"Shadow Thunder Prison Technique" is a cultivation technique suitable for Martial Artists, focusing on improving physique and Spiritual Energy.
To ensure his Spiritual Power doesn’t lag behind, he needed a meditation technique to enhance Spiritual Power.
The meditation technique he chose is called "Frost Meditation Technique."
It involves contemplating snowy landscapes in his mind, simultaneously enhancing Spiritual Power and keeping the mind cool and composed, which fits his needs well.
Besides the spell and meditation technique, he also exchanged for two meticulously explained video courses.
"Combat Mastery" Li Dong Edition
"Swordsmanship Mastery" Zhang Haichao Edition
The instructors for these courses are both Tier Six Spiritualists, with excellent online reviews, one explaining close combat, and the other swordsmanship.
The video courses consist of dozens of Chapters, where the two instructors use personal demonstrations, student assistance, and video analysis to explain combat and swordsmanship in meticulous detail, from basics to advanced levels.
Currently, Qin Tian’s weakest area is the basics. Although he has [Sword Heart Clarity] and excellent talent in Sword Dao, his cultivation time is too short, and there are few experts around him, making his progress very limited lately.
As for unarmed combat, he is merely at a beginner level.
These two video courses can rapidly enhance his theoretical knowledge, and combined with daily training and actual combat, his combat and swordsmanship skills will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.
Each course is valued at 1500 Military Merit Points, more expensive than "Shadow Touch," but Qin Tian believes it’s worth it.
From the perspective of enhancing combat skills, "Combat Mastery" and "Swordsmanship Mastery" are more important than "Shadow Touch."
Spirit Essence Pills, 200 pieces, 20,000 Military Merit Points
Black Frost, 20,000 Military Merit Points
"Bone-Eroding Hand," 1000 Military Merit Points
"Shadow Touch," 1200 Military Merit Points
"Frost Meditation Technique," 2100 Military Merit Points
"Combat Mastery," and "Swordsmanship Mastery," totaling 3000 Military Merit Points
Besides this, Qin Tian also exchanged 500 Military Merit Points for 500 Shadowstrike Special Bullets.
Total: 47800 Military Merit Points, leaving 24200 Military Merit Points remaining.
As for the remaining Military Merit Points, Qin Tian plans to hold off for the time being.
Currently, the materials he can exchange for, aside from knowledge-based goods like cultivation techniques and martial techniques, all come from the local inventory of Alpha 7 Star.
On this war-torn planet, resources are not abundant, and the available types for exchange are relatively limited.
Qin Tian plans to wait until he reaches a new star, where he will tap into the local Military Department store to exchange for what suits him better.