Arc 1: The System Of Unlimited Cunning
Chapter 12: Meeting, Upgraded Sword

The next day, upon arriving at the elder hall, Jett walked in. He noticed that not everyone who was here last time was present this time. It was only the five people sitting in the seats, and only six other elders standing, rather than the dozen or so from last time. Walking to the center of the hall, Jett cupped his hands and slightly bowed, saying,

“Greetings leader, vice leader, three great elders, and other elders.”

"Congratulations on passing the test, Jett," Shen Wei said.

"Thank you, leader. It was challenging, but I managed to pass because I was able to grasp all the techniques. Also, I'm grateful to the vice leader for providing me with 100 Spirit Stones, which allowed me to use the tower," Jett replied.

“It’s fine, we knew you needed to train if you wanted to get back into shape for the test,” Jong replied, then added, “Though you wouldn't have been able to kill the last wolf if you didn't have the talent.”

“No, it was thanks to you guys weakening it, or I wouldn’t have been able to beat it,” Jett replied, then noticed that the elders' faces twitched, causing Jett to be confused.

“So, we never intended for you to kill the Golden Core Stage wolf…” Shen Wei said.

“What do you mean by that?” Jett asked.

“So we suspected you to pass, but not like that. We intended for you to run away from the wolf. Since the test is only for you to get back to the village without any beast following. Not that you had to kill your way through. It was just supposed to see how well you can defend yourself, then escape and run away,” Shen Wei replied.

This time Jett’s face twitched, and then he said, “But the Vice leader sent me a mind message and said I should be able to defeat it.”

When Shen Wei heard this, he glared at Jong. “Did you say that?”

Jong looked away and just coughed. When Shen Wei saw this, he couldn’t help but get angry. “I’ll deal with you later.” He then looked back at Jett and just sighed.

“Sorry, it seems like Jong wanted to test you more, due to you receiving that sword,” Shen Wei said.

Getting up, Shen Wei walked over to Jett and handed him a ring. “This is a storage ring, It is your prize for defeating the wolf. The stuff in it is a gift for you also.”

Jett grabbed it, using his Qi to inspect it. The storage ring was filled with herbs and pill bottles. Also, there were tons of Spirit Stones. “Leader, this…” Before Jett could finish what he was saying, Shen Wei cut him off with a mind message, “Shh, It’s a gift from me to you, don’t let others know.”

Jett nodded, putting the ring away. Shen Wei smiled, then said, “You can leave now. If you need anything, just ask.” Jett nodded and left the hall.

“Jong, why the hell did you tell Jett to defeat the wolf? What would happen if he lost, or was killed? You went too far, even if Jang-mi had given him that sword,” Shen

“Brother, I am sorry. Yes, we intended for it to allow him to understand not to be arrogant and to not underestimate enemies. I still wanted that. I just wanted to test it more. When he got into danger, I was going to help him and just say that he still passed,” Jong replied.

Shen Wei just shook his head. “I can understand, though it doesn’t seem to matter since he would probably try and kill it either way. Since he defeated it, I hope he won't be too arrogant about it.”

Jong didn’t say anything since he knew that it didn’t matter. He just hoped that Jett would be okay in the future. Then Wu Tian spoke up.

“I would like to suggest something.”

“What might that be?” Shen Wei asked.

“We have all seen how talented he is, especially with skills that only the founder was able to use,” Wu Tian said while everyone nodded. “So let's first give him some other manuals that only the Clan Leader can access, but no one has learned them. Also, why not let him take the position of Young Clan Leader or Young Vice Clan Leader.”

When the elders that were standing heard this, they all detested it. Then Shen Wei spoke up, “Let's not think about that right now. That is not something we can talk about without everyone. Also, the young Clan Leader Position is currently reserved for my daughter. Also, he has things he needs to do, he might not be able to come back as he says.”

Wu Tian nodded, and the meeting was dismissed. Jett had already arrived at Jang-mi’s house by this time. Jang-mi was currently not home, so he decided to just go to his room and organize the storage ring.

All the herbs inside the ring were healing herbs, and then the twenty bottles of medicine were mixed with a few things. Ten of them were bottles of healing pills, and ten were healing medicine. Another five were beast attraction and five were beast repellent. Then the last thing was the Spirit Stones, there were a lot of them. Jett started counting, he landed on 1k Spirit Stones.

This will last him the whole time that he will be at the village. At least, he wasn’t suspecting to stay for a whole year, so it should be enough. He then heard someone knock at the front door, got up, and walked downstairs opening the door. Jong was standing at the door.

“Greetings, Vice Leader, is there something you need?” Jett asked.

“I am only here to give you a gift,” Jong said, then handing Jett a talisman. “This will allow the sword you have to upgrade to a Tier 2 sword. Don’t overthink it. The sword was always a Tier 2 sword, it just locked its power for later.”

Jett grabbed the talisman and thanked Jong. After Jong left, Jett went upstairs and pulled out the sword. Placing the talisman on the sword, it started glowing and floating. After a few minutes, the sword was returned to a Tier 2 Spirit Sword.

Jett was happy; he now had a sword that would last him longer. Though it wouldn’t be something he could use in the long run, it was still something that he required now. After finishing it, Jett left the house. It was still midday, so he left for the tower. Arriving, people took notice of Jett and started talking. Jett, of course, heard what they were saying.

“Dude, this guy defeated a Golden Core Stage beast, just how powerful will he be in a year?” Guy #1 said.

“What do you know, the beast was weakened so you can’t say it was at the Golden Core Stage,” Guy #2 replied.

“Even if that is true, it still had the body and physical strength of a Gold Core Stage,” Guy #3 said.

Jett didn’t care what the rumors were; he just went to the final floor and put 10 Spirit Stones in for 5 hours. After 5 hours, Jett left and went back to the house. Arriving, Jang-mi was back and was already cooking food.

“Hello, let me help you,” Jett said.

“Hello, thanks, you can help finish up cooking the chicken,” Jang-mi replied.

After finishing up cooking, they set everything on the table and started eating.

“How was the meeting today?” Jang-mi asked.

“I got some gifts when your father and the clan leader,” Jett answered. “I was given a talisman from your father to upgrade the sword to tier 2. And from the clan leader, I got a storage ring with some stuff in it.”

“Oh, you were able to upgrade the sword to tier 2, that's awesome,” Jang-mi said, then paused for a few seconds. “How do you like the sword so far? Does it suit you?”

Jett smiled and nodded, causing Jang-mi to also smile brightly. “That’s good that you like it.”

After eating the food, they went into the living room to enjoy some small talk. Jett enjoyed the small talk since there was nothing else to do really, unless he wanted to read the whole time. But there wasn’t any TV or games. Like there might be chess but he didn’t want to ask to play that.

After a good hour of talking, Jang-mi was already tired and decided to go to sleep. Jett went to his room and quickly put back everything he had taken out of the storage ring earlier to organize, and then put the ring on. He then lay down and decided to go to sleep. He wanted to go into the forest again tomorrow, to find some more beasts to fight.

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