Level Up in Martial World

The tree was pretty much crystal clear to his vision, and the branches that extended out from the tree had numerous statuses of important people in his life who had made a certain impact on his life: Lu Ying, Lily, Xia Mei, and many more.

Lu Zhen even noticed his mother from his previous world and some more people. If he had to count by hand, it would be numbering in the hundreds already. Not only that, there were weapon-shaped branches that extended out masterfully as if they were all alive.

These weapons were all the things that Lu Zhen had trained and had some certain degree of mastery in.

"This is almost like a garden for all the things that have impacted my life." Lu Zhen thought to himself. His body was almost in a ghostly form, looking at his true form.

However, Lu Zhen suddenly noticed something.

"Has it grown bigger now?" he thought with an amused expression.

Suddenly, the tree started to flash in a green light, engulfing Lu Zhen with it.

In the real world too, his bulky body started to shine with a green flashing light, covering the entire room with it.

"This isn\'t a green light, this… this is…" Lu Qing jumped up in shock.

"It\'s the pure element of… hmm?" Suddenly, a frown appeared on Fang Yin\'s face. "This element is similar to the Wood Qi, however, it seems to be more advanced than even Lu Ming\'s Qi."

His body and Plant Qi resonated with his true form at the same time simultaneously.

The flashing green light gradually stopped.

Lu Zhen\'s crimson eyes gradually gained clarity, his body filled with power.

"Ho." He took a deep breath, and the moment he exhaled, a green gas came out of his mouth.

This wasn\'t normal air but was the combination of pure Plant Qi.

"My Qi?" Lu Zhen accessed his body. The Plant Qi inside his body had grown stronger and become even more powerful. Not only that…

Lu Zhen extended his hand, and a green solid object similar to his hand extended from his real hand.

"My Plant Qi can materialize fully out of my body now." Lu Zhen nodded his head with satisfaction.

He could also feel his body that was gradually being strengthened after being combined with the true form, causing a strange reaction.

Although Lu Zhen didn\'t know what change it would result in, however, he knew one thing: once his body fully combined with the true form, his strength would rapidly enhance as well.

[Your physique has been strengthened]

[Divine Physique has leveled up from Second-stage martial realm (peak) to First stage Martial Realm (half step)]

A familiar blue screen caught Lu Zhen\'s ears that he had not seen for a long time now.

"I finally leveled up after a long time," he mused to himself with some excitement.

Although this might not be from his Qi cultivation breakthrough only, Lu Zhen had remembered that when he devoured the envoys\' strange power, a strange reaction had happened in his body which caused his physique to increase significantly.

And many other things happened in between which all strengthened his physique above and beyond.

However, the final push might have been his breakthrough with the physique resonating with his true form, which all attributed to his system levelling his physique even more.

"I am one step away from my goal of reaching first-stage martial arts with my physique, and if I can do it with my Qi as well then…" Lu Zhen couldn\'t imagine how powerful he would be by then.

"Lu Zhen, are you alright?"

Lu Zhen looked behind him and nodded at Fang Yin. "Yes, uncle Yin, I am alright." he said with a smile on his face.

"Good." Fang Yin\'s eyes flashed.

Lu Ming was still sitting in a cross-legged position, slowly meditating with his eyes closed.

"Hmm?" Seeing this, a frown appeared on Lu Zhen\'s face.

"It will take some time for Lu Ming to break through." Fang Yin said with a sigh.

"How much time would it exactly take, uncle Yin?" Lu Zhen asked with curiosity.

"Well, the least would be five hours, however, the maximum would be even two to three days. It all depends on oneself." Fang Yin replied with a mysterious smile. "By the way, Lu Zhen, when did you advance your Qi?"

Lu Zhen revealed a bitter expression when he heard this. "Well, it hasn\'t been long. I just had a flash of inspiration which made me gather some materials, and then when I combined them all, my Wood Qi was instantly upgraded with it."

"Oh." Fang Yin nodded his head.

Lu Zhen looked at Fang Yin with a strange glint; however, he refrained from speaking, his face remaining impassive.

Actually, he still didn\'t trust these men yet. Trust was a fleeting feeling. As long as their interests aligned, they were friends. However, if it didn\'t then…

"You must be wondering why I didn\'t doubt you." Fang Yin said with a chuckle.

"Yes, uncle Yin." Lu Zhen said with a smile on his face.

"Somehow I can never read what you have in your mind even with my centuries of experience. You are definitely one to hide your emotions to a terrifying degree, aren\'t you?" Fang Yin said with a chuckle.

"Well…" Lu Zhen just nodded his head shamelessly with no reply. If one let their vulnerability be revealed so easily, then they would be the first to die.

"Forget it." Fang Yin shook his head. Although he didn\'t know how this boy pulled it off, somehow he could hide anything, even closer to his real reaction.

Even he couldn\'t achieve this level of manipulation of his entire body to this degree even as a first-stage martial artist.

"The reason I believe you is that there are some geniuses outside of this little town who have advanced their Qi even when they were in a third-stage martial realm, so compared to them, you are not so special in a certain way." Fang Ying said with a chuckle.

"Really?" Lu Zhen raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

"Yeah, really. This is true." Fang Yin said. "However, these geniuses have mostly consumed many heavenly treasures and come from high and mighty sects that have a terrifying peak first-stage martial artist as their ancestor. They have been passed down from generation to generation as well."

Lu Zhen nodded his head. Since his system could advance his Qi, then there must be other artificial ways to advance Qi as well, just that it was very rare.

Which he could understand.

"They might be arriving soon, Lu Zhen." Fang Yin\'s said.

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy and serious after Fang Yin uttered these words.

"How far are they?" Lu Zhen asked with a frown on his face, breaking the silence.

Lu Qing was already soaked in cold sweat from those words. She knew about the army that Lu Zhen had occasionally talked to her about it as well.