The nest day, rain started pouring on the forest.
Ji Yen knew, it must the last rain before winter arrives. But the rain did not stopped after a day or two of raining.
On the third day, some hails started started falling with mixed rain drops.
And finally, on the 5th day, the hail storm finally arrived.
Ji Yen had never seen such a terrible hail storm back on his earth.
The ice falling from the sky was larger than a human fist. He wondered how the humans of this world survived that kind of hail storms.
As if answering Ji Yen's doubt, a message popped up.
[Human houses in this world are made up of durable materials. And more harden than back on earth. Even small houses and cheap houses are strong enough to withstand the force of it.]
Ji Yen just simply nodded. Then he stood just at the entrance of his cave and looked at the rain mixed with hail storm.
Looking at the scene, he did not know what to feel. Should he feel nostalgic or just in terrible mood.
As he looked at the scene, Ji Yen felt like he understood something.
Thinking of that, he closed his eyes and started pondering.
Without Ji Yen's knowledge, the air around him shifted. The Qi from the surrounding area started pouring into his body.
Qi from inside the spiritual cave started flowing outside and came to Ji Yen. And the heaven and earth Qi from the hail storm also shifted towards Ji Yen.
Continuous system message popped up on the screen. But Ji Yen did not see that. All his focus was on the thought he had just acquired.
[Congratulations, on opening new system storage.
The Qi point storage.]
[Ding! 0.1 Qi point acquired.]
[Ding! 0.1 Qi point acquired.]
[Ding! 0.1 Qi point acquired.]
[Ding! 0.1 Qi point acquired.]
[Ding! 0.1 Qi point acquired.]
...
Instead of energy points, it was Qi points that he obtained.
Time went on, from seconds to minutes, from minutes to hours.
Finally, after more than 11 hours, the sound of something breaking echoed inside Ji Yen's body.
Boom..boom..
Then Ji Yen opened his eyes slowly.
As he opened his eyes, the system sent him a message.
[Congratulations, host just gained an enlightenment.]
[Congratulations, host just reached the 3rd layer of Grade 1 demon beast realm.]
"Enlightenment..? So that was what feels to gain a sudden enlightenment." He murmured. Then smiled at himself.
'Of course, I was a human. My intelligence is way ahead of this bird body.' Ji Yen thought to himself.
As this time, he felt someone coming out of the spiritual cave. It was Ji Wen.
Ji Wen approached from behind and said. "You are still standing here."
Ji Yen did not turned to look. He just nodded.
Then Ji Wen continued. "I did not disturb you, as you were too focus on yourself."
"Thank you." Ji Yen said.
"So, what were you thinking?" Ji Wen asked.
Ji Yen did not replied. And the moment went silent for a few seconds.
Ji Yen thought for a moment and responded. "I was having an enlightenment."
"Enlightenment..? What is that?" Ji Wen asked, confused.
Ji Yen turned and walked passed Ji Wen. As he was about to enter to cave, he said. "You will know it once you have it." Then he walked inside the cave.
Ji Wen stood still at tunnel, looking visibly confused. He murmured to himself. "You.. will know it.. once you have it....?" He tilted his head slightly.
After he entered the cave, Ji Yen sat down and digested what he had just gained from the sudden enlightenment.
"Data." He called out.
[Data.
Race: Wind Chasing Sparrow.
Name: Ji Yen.
Rank: Low Grade 2.
State: Stable state, normal.
Realm: Grade 1 Layer 3(Low).
Bloodline: None.
Abilities:
Active: Wind Step, Feather Blade, Air Pulse Sense.
Passive: Wind Affinity Boost.
Storage:
Energy storage: 48/120 points.
Qi storage: 5 points.]
He saw an additional Qi storage, other than the energy storage.
"What is the Qi points?" He asked the system.
[When host uses the skill, there will be an additional layer of aura impeded into your skill. This will make your skills or abilities more powerfulcand deadly. And it consumes Qi points.
Host can choose to use it or not.
Note: Only demon beast at Grade 2 and above and human cultivators at Qi Vein Realm and above, can use the Qi.]
"Qi... So what I have gained way better than what I have imagined." He said.
"How do I gain more Qi points. Do I just simply cultivate like usual or what?" He asked the system again.
[Host will be able to absorb the Qi automatically from cultivation. But it will take a long time to absorb even 1 Qi point.
So host should use the Qi points wisely. I advise the host to use it only when host is in danger.]
Ji Yen also agreed with the system. Since he can not gain the Qi points easily, he should uses it only when it is necessary.
As that time, Ji Wen also came inside the system. They both nodded at each other and closed their eyes to cultivate.
Like every other days, both of them stayed inside the cave and cultivated.
On the outside, the rain continued pouring. Sometimes it will only be just rain, sometimes it will mixed with ice hails.
But nothing changes inside the cave.
And before the rain started, Ji Wen stored his share of food. The foods was consist of meat and vegetables and fruits.
Since Ji Yen did not want to see him eating the meat raw, he roasted it and stored.
Ever since he gained enlightenment, Ji Yen's cultivation speed was faster than before. His energy circulation was smoother than before.
But it lasted only for about a week. After that, his speed went back to normal.
From time to time, he would come out of the cave and stood at the tunnel entrance. But he could not get the same feeling again, he felt during the enlightenment.
After a long 15 days, the rain and the storm finally stopped.
Inside the city, the Li clan's preparations was finished. Their search for the spiritual tree was about to start.