Igris’s face turned white, he coughed out some blood. He hurried to activate his energy to cut the connection between him and the Energy Stone.

[Ding! 100x Multiplier System Activated on Energy Stone!]

[Low Grade Energy Stone -> Mid-Grade Soul Crystal!]

"Gasp...gasp..."

After taking a couple of deep breaths, Igris was still shaking. He was so happy when he saw the ring then he got carried away and forgot about the basic rules which almost cost him everything.

Although the meridians in his arms still hurt, Igris started to laugh.

The Energy Stone is essential for high warriors, to provide energy which was needed for training. Also, the Energy Stone was even more rare as it could not be manufactured, it could only be created by nature and was rated as low, mid, top, or extreme grade according to its quality and purity.

With this stone he didn’t need to kill to gain experience points. He could simple stay at home and absorb energy from the stones until it was fully drained.

In another word, energy stones are shortcuts.

Especially for geniuses who jumped power levels in an inhuman speed, with the help of Energy Stones, they could reach their full potential without having to move a single step out.

Igris did some quick calculations: there were at least ten thousand Energy Stones in the hidden compartment, each Energy Stone was worth at least 1000 Crowns, which meant they were worth ten million Crowns in total.

Ten million silvers was a huge amount of money, it was the amount a middle class family would spend in their lifetime.

"I can never show it to anyone. I have to keep it as a secret until I get powerful enough."

Igris thought to himself. He immediately stored it in his system inventory.

Forcing himself to let go of the Energy Stones for now, he took out the two skill books.

The first skill book was called Golden Star Fist and was actually a Low-tier Earth Grade.

[Ding! 100x Multiplier Activated]

[Low Rank Earth Grade Skill -> High Rank Heaven Grade Skill: Emperor’s Star Fist!]

Igris was extremely excited because only a core disciples could learn Heaven Rank skills!

Igris took out the second manual and opened it.

It was a body tempering manual.

Iron Body Tempering Technique. Low Rank, Earth Realm.

With this art, a warrior could store more energy when mastered. it would boost up the warrior’s body and enable him to absorb energy from the Energy Stones without concerning the safety issues.

There were five levels in Iron Body Tempering Technique:

The first spell, Power Enhance!

The second spell, Power Balance!

The third spell, Pure Iron Body Enhance!

The fourth spell, Black Iron Body Reborn!

The fifth spell, Iron King Body!

The first and second spells were focused on body tempering. If one could reach the highest level, he would be invincible to those of the same cultivation.

[Ding! 100x Mutiplier activated]

[Low Rank Earth Realm Technique-> Low Rank Heaven Realm Technique: Immortal Diamond Physique!]

[Effect: Body Constitution drastically increased. Energy Stone absorption efficiency +1000%.]

It was another Heaven Realm manual!

After the excitement of discovering the Energy Stones, Igris felt nothing looking at the low-rank Earth Realm manuals. But now? Now he was holding Heaven Realm skills. His hands trembled.

Putting away the manuals, Igris took out one last object.

It was a large Saber that looked like a ruler. .

"Ting!"

As Igris took out the extremely sharp saber, a bright beam of saber Qi shot out, leaving a one-meter-long mark on the wall.

"Nice!" Igris’s eyes brightened because he knew this saber was definitely a treasure.

[Ding! 100x Multiplier System Activated on Weapon!] 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

[Black Iron Grade Saber -> Diamond Grade Artifact: Shadowless Tiger Saber!]

The saber was even more than what Igris hoped for but sadly he couldn’t equip it until he has 100+ of strength. But it wouldn’t take long now.

The scary saber disappeared into the scabbard, Igris’s eyes moved back to the burnt floor. "If I am right, the owner of this Clay Hut must have died outside by a beast, only for me to come reap the benefit a few years later."

Igris chuckled at the man’s bad luck and his good luck.

Stuck inside this place, there was no way of knowing the time. With nothing else to do, Igris started training the Immortal Diamond Body Tempering Technique.

In under an hour he had already mastered the first level and immediately gained the Immortal Iron Body.

Instantly, all of Igris’s stats strength increased by 10 percent!

He clenched his fist and rolled his shoulder as popping sounds echoed in the clay room.

Igris slowly lost himself in practicing, forgetting about everything around him.

Vaguely, he could hear his blood pumping inside his body like a river. But on the contrary, he could feel his heart beating more and more slowly, yet more and more powerfully, like drums shaking every bone.

No one knew how long it had been before Igris suddenly opened his eyes, his body shifted, his punch landed on a huge gray tree branch.

"Boom!"

The huge branch was extremely tough and only responded with a few cracks.

’What a tough tree! But my power has increased quite a lot!’ The Body Tempering Technique was surprisingly effective.

In the short time of 2 hours, Igris’s power had increased by 20%.

After a short break, Igris felt a bit hungry, all of those movements had drained his energy.

Walked towards the river, Igris thought, "those fish in the river should be edible, right?"

The river was very deep but it was very clear, Igris could see some shadows moving around under the surface. The small ones were one meter long, the big ones were almost three meters long. They swam with an extremely fast speed, they just shook their tails and they would shoot out eight meters, away from his sight.

Picked up a rock, Igris grunted, "Now!"

With his strength, the little rock in his hand was sharper than an assassin weapon, it drew a straight line into the bottom of the river.

"Whoosh!"