BXBX NOVEL Chapter 59 Penalty
"The memory feature. Host will be allowed to memorize a single skill and it will transformed into a skill within the memory of the system. The cool down for this feature is ten days." the system said.
"Ten days? That is a long time. But with this, I can memorize this and look at other skills as well. It will always be helpful to have a good attack skill that I can use anywhere and I do not need to tell anyone where the hell I got it from." I thought to myself.
"Use the memory skill on this skill book, Kun Peng Myriad Transformations." I asked.
"Initiating sequence. Memorizing skill.... 50%...60%....90%... Complete. Transferring assets into system storage... plete. Skill acquired. Information of the skill will be transferred to your memory." the system said.
"Wait! Not yet-"
Before I could stop the system, images flashed by my mind. I could see the training methods, and the skill itself. I could see a majestic beast flying through the air, and moving at the speed of sound itself. I could see a man within the huge beast. This man was moving like a Kun Peng, and he achieved a perfect mastery of this skill that he actually was able to look like a Kun Peng flying.
"This is the art? How can a human actually move like this? No wonder they felt so fast. I spent a lot of stat points on agility, but I still could not keep up with them because I all I had was raw speed and no way to use all of this." I realized.
Ping!
"Three days have completed. Host has not completed mission. Host shall receive penalty. Host will lose one level, and five stat points. System encourages Host to complete all missions on time, or Host will face bigger penalties. This is the first story quest that Host has failed. Host shall not receive any story quests for the next three months as penalty due to the Host\'s incompetence." the system suddenly said.
"Wait, what? I lost a level? Damn it. System home page." I asked.
Username - Gray Holton
Cultivation name - Liu Feng
Title - Young Master of the Liu Family
Level - 8
Strength - 55
Stamina - 32
Agility - 55
Cultivation - Foundation Establishment - 2nd layer
Luck - 20
Skills - Heaven Devouring (Medium Proficiency)
Blue Dragon Spear (Medium Proficiency)
Iron Body (Medium Proficiency)
Ethereal Weapon Arts (Basic Proficiency0
Alchemy(Basic Proficiency - Foundation Establishment level)
Mind Eye(Active)
Skill points - 5
Stat Points - 5
"Hmm this seems the same as before. What happened? I thought I lost a level?" I asked.
"Host has leveled up three days ago but it was not shown. This is the corrected system homepage. Please continue to level up and complete the missions to avoid penalties." the system said.
I nodded. This was indeed trouble. But there was nothing that I could do. I had no way to go within the barrier. Whatever was within pushed me out. It did not want me approaching it, and I was not strong enough to actually go inside it. But whatever was inside it, it was a really important person or thing. For it to be a story quest, it had to have some meaning. I was sure that the story quest was going to become something big, and was going to be a catastrophical event.
"Your time is up. Have you selected a book? It looks like you have. You will have three more hours to learn the book and then you will have to leave the city lord\'s mansion." I heard the city lord\'s voice.
"My time is already up? No way! How did the time pass by so fast? This makes no sense at all. I did not see where the time went! I must have spent more time in those memories than I realized. Atleast I did not come out of here empty handed. That would just suck." I thought.
I looked around. It seemed that I needed to walk out of the library. The city lord was not going to transport me out this time. I should have guessed that much. Why would he want to be my chauffeur? I needed to go out immediately though. The city lord was not an existence that I could afford to offend. I had to listen to everything that he said.
I walked to the entrance through which I came. I saw that there were two other guards on this side of the room.
"Have you chosen your book? We shall take you to another room for you to memorize it." the guard on the left said.
"There is no need. I already memorized this one. I guess that I do not need to spend any more time here. I will just leave the city lord\'s mansion now. I am sure that my family must be awaiting now." I said.
"Very well then. This is your choice. The city lord gave you time, but you have refused it. You cannot go out and complain about it anymore." the guard said as he opened the door.
"You must go straight. The guards in every corridor will guide you out." he said.
I walked out of the room and followed his instructions. There were indeed guards on every corridor. I used my mind eye. These were not any ordinary guards! They were all in the Core Formation Stage. For someone to hire these many guards in the Core Formation stage, it must have cost a fortune. Anywhere in the city, any expert at this level would be treated as royalty. For them to put their head down and work like this, I really had to fear the background of this city lord. The royal family must be a very powerful family.
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