《I Have a Cultivation System in the Xianxia World》


 chapter 1: A man without talent

    In the forest, Fei Li felt kind of exhausted, his palm slightly burned, looking at the fallen rocket pig in front of him. He muttered to himself, "Dealing with such a low-level demon beast requires so much effort. My cultivation is really weak."


    Fortunately, he had a system. He could use the experience points he earned from hunting to advance his cultivation as long as he killed enough demon beasts. As a cultivator with low talent, without the system, he would likely be mocked for the rest of his life.


    He was hunting demon beasts today, although he was supposed to collect Chinese herbs. After killing several rocket pigs, he casually picked a few herbs. He kept only one rocket pig for tonight''s dinner, as these beasts weren''t particularly valuable¡ªafter all, he was here to "gather herbs". As the sun began to set and the evening glow emerged on the horizon, he slowly walked out of the forest. Also, he saw two young menial disciples approach.


    "Look," one of the young men said in a low voice.


    "Be quiet," the other immediately whispered.


    Fei Li gave them a nod and quietly walked past them. They were discussing him, and he could hear a few words: "poor talent". But he didn¡¯t care and just continued walking.


    He had been severely injured after falling into a valley, causing the soul from another world to be reborn in this body. His pre-rebirth memories were gradually blending with his present-day memories. He had gone out to hunt demon beasts and get ready to advance his cultivation because his mind had finally calmed down and his headaches had stopped.


    Returning to his small and old wooden house, Fei Li sat cross-legged on the bed.


    "Open system," he said in his mind.


    Instantly, a light screen unfolded before his eyes:


    Name: Fei Li


    Talent: Five Spirit Roots (Pseudo Spirit Roots)


    Cultivation: Meditation Phase First Layer/Nine Layers (13/50)


    Cultivation Method: Five Elements Technique


    Martial Skill: Mountain Splitting Punch First Layer/Five Layers (10/30)


    Alchemy: Yuan Nurturing Pill First Layer/Three Layers (18/20)


    Chinese Taoist script: None


    Array Formation: None


    Hints: None


    Experience Points: 40


    Fei Li sighed as he looked at the talent column. Although practicing or training would increase his cultivation or martial skill points, the progress was incredibly slow. Fortunately, he had the system; otherwise, with his talent, he would never know when he might advance.If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    Investing most of the experience points into cultivation, a warm current instantly flowed through his entire body. Fei Li could clearly feel the changes in his internal spiritual power, becoming deeper and more condensed. He checked the system again and found that his cultivation had progressed to the Second Layer of the Meditation Phase.


    Just as a satisfied smile appeared on his face and he was about to get up and pour some water, the old, worn-out door was suddenly opened, and a pleasant voice came from the entrance.


    "Brother Fei Li!"


    Fei Li looked up to see a lovely young girl standing in the doorway, smiling at him. The girl was around twenty years old, with large, bright eyes and a delicate nose, extremely beautiful. She wore a light green dress that made her look youthful and vibrant. She was Ke er Lin, the daughter of Zheng Hui Lin, the old man who lived across from him.


    "Ke er? What brings you here?" Fei Li asked, and he is a little surprised.


    Ke er Lin entered the room and gave him a slightly worried look. "You were only going into the forest to collect herbs, right? Why do you look so tired?"


    Fei Li lied, "Yes! I was gathering herbs, but I was unlucky and encountered a rocket pig, haha!" He forced himself to laugh a little.


    However, Ke er Lin wasn''t fooled. She noticed something strange about Fei Li''s hand and moved closer. Suddenly, she discovered clear burn marks and several blisters on his palm.


    "You''re burned?" Ke er Lin said worriedly. Without waiting for Fei Li''s response, she quickly grabbed his hand and examined it carefully. "You haven''t fully recovered from your last valley injury. There''s no need to push yourself to go into the forest and gather herbs!" She looked up at Fei Li, her face full of concern. "You were severely injured and fainted when my dad discovered you in the valley!"


    Seeing Ke er Lin''s anxious expression, Fei Li felt warmth in his heart. He smiled embarrassedly, "It''s nothing. This injury isn''t serious."


    "You''re so worried about me, could it be..." Fei Li smiled.


    Ke er Lin understood the implication. Her face turned slightly red, and she shyly lowered her head, saying, "Don''t think too much. When my dad and I first moved here, you helped us a lot, so I''m just... just worried about you."


    She turned and walked towards the door, saying, "I''ll get some medicine for you to apply."


    Soon, Ke er Lin returned with a small bottle emitting a medicinal herb smell.


    "This isn''t any magical pill, but it can relieve pain. Let me help you apply it," Ke er Lin said, walking to Fei Li''s side.


    Fei Li felt embarrassed and quickly waved his hand. "No need, I can do it myself. Thank you." He took the medicine bottle from her.


    Ke er Lin glanced at Fei Li, her eyes showing a hint of doubt. She softly said, "I feel like you''ve changed a lot since falling into the valley."


    "Really?" Fei Li asked nervously, still calm on the outside despite being startled inside.


    Ke er Lin seriously nodded, continuing, "Before, you were an honest good person and didn''t talk much. Now you seem a bit... less honest."


    Fei Li forced herself to smile, unsure how to respond.


    Ke er Lin seemed to sense his awkwardness and quickly added, "But you still seem like a good person, just not as naive as before, haha."


    "You''re calling me naive?" Fei Li pretended to be angry, raising his hand as if to knock her head.


    Ke er Lin laughed and quickly dodged his hand.


    As they were joking, a sound came from outside the door. A menial disciple stood outside and said to Fei Li, "Fei Li, steward Chen wants to see you."


    Hearing the words "steward Chen", Fei Li had a bad feeling.


    Realizing they may have been overheard, Ke er Lin felt embarrassed. "I... I''ll go back now," she said, quickly leaving.


    Fei Li immediately went outside and responded to the messenger, "Okay, thank you for letting me know. I''ll be right there."

 chapter 2: More tasks

    On his way to see the steward Chen, Fei Li couldn''t figure out why he was being called, feeling a little nervous. As he was about to arrive, he heard a notification in his head. He stopped suddenly, and a light screen appeared before his eyes. The hints column said: "Today, someone mentioned to the steward Chen that you went out to hunt demon beasts. Since you still have energy to spare, the steward Chen has chosen to give you more tasks.


    Fei Li was stunned for a moment. So this was how the system¡¯s hints column worked; it seemed quite useful. After he knew how the hints column worked, he reminded himself to keep a low profile in the future. Today''s matter was likely due to yesterday''s rocket pig he had brought back, which led others to misunderstand that he had gone out hunting demon beasts instead of seriously collecting herbs. Although he had indeed killed demon beasts to gain experience points.


    Later, Fei Li arrived at the steward Chen''s residence. Chen was very kind and asked about Fei Li''s physical recovery. Then, changing the topic, he smiled and said, "Fei Li, the sect''s demand for pills has recently increased, so I need you to make more."


    Fei Li cursed in his mind. Steward Chen was clearly trying to exploit him. With a sorry face, Fei Li said to steward Chen, "My body has not fully recovered yet, and I''m afraid I cannot bear the additional burden."


    The steward Chen smiled, "Fei Li, I remember your alchemy skills are quite good. Moreover, this is a sect mission. I hope you can produce more pills."


    After some bargaining, Fei Li ultimately agreed. He had already decided that once he returned to his wooden house, he would use the system to upgrade his alchemy layer, which should reduce his pill-making failure rate and help him manage the extra workload.


    After returning to his wooden house, Fei Li casually ate something and rested early.


    Early the next morning, someone knocked on his door. Fei Li opened it, and he found out it is Zheng Huilin and his daughter.


    "Fei Li, I heard the steward Chen called you. What was it?" Zheng Huilin asked with concern.


    Fei Li explained yesterday''s events.


    "With the steward Chen giving you more work, will you have time to cultivate?" Zheng Huilin worried.


    Fei Li quickly reassured them, "Uncle Lin, Ke er, don''t worry. I can handle it myself."


    He didn''t want to trouble them. They already had their own sect-assigned herb collection and pill-making tasks; there is not much time left for them to meditate, cultivate, or practice martial skills.


    Especially, he didn''t want to interrupt Ke er Lin''s cultivation. Both of them were at the third layer of the meditation phase. Zheng Hui Lin''s cultivation seemed hard to make progress, but his daughter had good talent. Fei Li didn''t want his own matters to interfere with her progress.The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.


    "Fei Li, don''t be polite. Let us know if you need help," Ke er Lin said.


    Fei Li smiled and shook his head. "Really, I''m fine."


    After chatting a while, they left.


    Back inside, Fei Li checked his system, seeing 3 experience points remaining. He invested 2 points into the Yuan Nurturing Pill''s alchemy technique, watching it upgrade to the second layer.


    Satisfied, he felt the alchemy experience increase in his mind. He took out his alchemy furnace and added ingredients. With the second layer technique, his control of fire and material fusion had become more precise.


    Fei Li concentrated on crafting pills, time passing. By afternoon, he had completed part of the steward Chen''s monthly task and stopped.


    Although it was afternoon, he didn''t feel hungry. His spiritual power could sustain his body''s needs. With pills like the Bigu Pill, he could even go months without eating. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began circulating his spiritual power to recover what was spent during pill-making.


    After adjusting his energy, Fei Li opened his eyes, feeling refreshed. Looking at the neatly arranged pills, he thought, "Indeed, after upgrading the Yuan Nurturing Pill''s technique to the second layer, my success rate has significantly improved." He thought he could easily complete the steward Chen''s assigned tasks.


    After resting, Fei Li heard someone calling outside. Opening the door, he saw a woman smiling at him. He didn''t recognize her until she spoke, "Junior Brother Fei Li, you haven''t forgotten me, have you?"


    He suddenly remembered¡ªthis was Liu Yue Wu, an outer sect disciple at the fifth level of the meditation phase. She was the one who had asked him to collect fire spirit grass, leading to his previous dangerous encounter with demon beasts and causing him to fall into the valley and injure himself.


    Fei Li felt disgusted. Liu Yue Wu, with her higher cultivation layer, had asked a first-layer disciple to collect herbs, clearly wanting him to be harmed.


    He thought, "The previous owner of this body was too foolish. Accepting requests from anyone, even this kind of guy."


    Liu Yue Wu said. "Junior Brother Fei Li, you look well. Seems you''ve fully recovered. I''m so sorry. I was inconsiderate and caused you such serious injury. Did you find the fire spirit grass?"


    Fei Li is not happy but still coolly responded, "Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister. I''ve recovered. Unfortunately, I didn''t find the fire spirit grass."


    Liu Yue Wu looked disappointed. After some casual conversation, she left.


    That night, Liu Yue Wu was nestled in Zheng Hua Zhao''s arms¡ªan outer sect disciple at the eighth layer of the meditation phase. "Zheng Hua, I visited Fei Li today. He didn''t find the fire spirit grass," she said.


    Zheng Hua Zhao responded, "You had him look? He''s only at the first layer. He''d likely die before finding it."


    Liu Yue Wu laughed, "He is kind of foolish, so I casually mentioned it to him."


    Zheng Hua Zhao chuckled, "You''re wicked. But I do need the fire spirit grass to enhance my Foundation Establishment chances. I''ve already known its location."


    Liu Yue Wu replied, "You have already known it? Fei Li is truly useless."


    Zheng Hua Zhao, however, shook his head and smiled, "Not quite. You see, near the Fire Spirit Grass, there¡¯s a second-tier demon beast¡ªa Fire Serpent. Maybe he is useful."

 chapter 3: Prepare for the upcoming fight

    The morning of the next day, Fei Li got a notification from the system.


    [Notification: Liu Yue Wu and Zheng Hua Zhao are planning to set you up and Zheng Hua Zhao needs fire spirit grass.]


    Fei Li sighed. ¡°These guys just won¡¯t give me a break,¡± he muttered, and at that moment someone knocked on the door of his wooden house.


    Opening the door, he found Ke Er Lin standing there, kind of unhappy. ¡°It¡¯s a Gu Ban Pill from your big sister,¡± she announced, holding out a small wooden box. Unlike the Yuan Nurturing Pill, which aided in cultivation speed, the Gu Ban Pill accelerated physical recovery.


    ¡°Big sister?¡± he questioned.


    ¡°Yue Chen,¡± Ke Er Lin clarified. ¡°She said she¡¯s busy, so she sent this pill ahead. She might come to see you next month.¡±


    It came to Fei Li¡¯s mind. Yue Chen was a disciple of the Water Moon Clan, a neighboring sect even smaller than his own Long Lake Clan.


    Although the Long Lake Clan has around a hundred disciples, it is still a small clan in this world. The Water Moon Clan probably has thirty or forty disciples.


    ¡°By the way,¡± Ke Er Lin said, ¡°I saw Liu Yue Wu visiting you yesterday. I think she is not trustworthy. You need to be careful.¡± She said.


    ¡°Why are there so many girls around you?¡± she muttered while she was heading back for making pills.


    Fei Li closed the door and thought he needed to learn some new technique for the upcoming fight. So he decided to go to the library of the clan.


    When he got there, a man sat behind a simple wooden desk in the main hall, likely the librarian. Fei Li approached him politely. ¡°Excuse me, I¡¯d like to borrow a book,¡± he requested.


    The librarian looked up, his expression impassive. ¡°You can¡¯t borrow books,¡± he said flatly. ¡°You can only read them here. Besides,¡± he added, his gaze sweeping over Fei Li, ¡°you need task points.¡±


    Fei Li thanked him and left, heading towards the clan¡¯s task hall. He chose a task related to herb collection, an additional assignment separate from his daily quota. He needed those task points if he wanted access to the library¡¯s resources.


    The next few days, Fei Li dedicated himself to collecting herbs. He also hunted low-ranking demon beasts for gaining experience points, which could be invested in the system for upgrading cultivation layers. Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.


    And this time he won''t bring any bodies of demon beasts back. He doesn''t want Steward Chen to discover he''s still hunting demon beasts.


    Fei Li also found out that if you kill the same demon beast many times, the experience points will gradually decrease. So Fei Li sometimes would find other different low-ranking demon beasts to kill.


    Finally, after several days, Fei Li got enough task points. He returned to the library and approached the librarian once more. This time, the librarian granted him access. ¡°You can only go to the first floor and choose two books,¡± he said. ¡°The other floors are restricted to outer and inner disciples.¡±


    Fei Li nodded and entered the first floor. Rows of shelves filled with books before him. He searched for anything that could aid him in the upcoming confrontation. He focused on martial arts, magical arts, alchemy, Taoist scriptures, and array formations.


    His eyes landed on a book titled ¡°Wave Wall.¡± It described a water-based magical art. Fei Li¡¯s five spiritual roots¡ªmetal, wood, water, fire, and soil¡ªmeant he could theoretically learn any magical art.


    However, this ¡°talent¡± has been considered the worst talent.


    Cultivating with five spiritual roots is incredibly slow, so even if you can learn every magical art, you do not have enough spiritual energy to use magical art. It is still useless. But with the system¡¯s help, Fei Li didn¡¯t have to worry about the speed of his cultivation.


    He reasoned that ¡°Wave Wall¡± might be particularly effective against Zheng Hua Zhao. The system said Zheng Hua Zhao was seeking a fire spirit grass, leading Fei Li to believe one of his spiritual roots was fire. Water magic would restrict fire magic.


    Having found an attack technique, Fei Li sought a method to replenish his spiritual energy. He discovered an alchemy text titled ¡°Hui Ling Pill.¡± This pill, according to the text, could rapidly restore spiritual power. Fei Li decided to focus on these two techniques first.


    After reading the two books in the library, the two techniques appeared in his system interface, both at zero layers.


    He returned to his small wooden house and immediately invested his experience points. He enhanced the Hui Ling Pill alchemy to the third layer, its maximum, and the Wave Wall to the fourth of its five layers, exhausting his experience points.


    After a short rest, Fei Li headed to the clan¡¯s resource hall to purchase ingredients for the Hui Ling Pill.


    Suddenly he found out that he had not much money because he stayed in the clan for many years, and the clan will give them 10 golden coins every month.He should have more money. From the remaining memories of the original owner of this body, there are some people who borrowed his money and didn''t pay it back. The original owner of this body is really a ¡°good guy,¡± and the new Fei Li won¡¯t lend money to others anymore.


    So he didn''t buy many ingredients, but he wasn''t worried about it because he¡¯s got good alchemy skills.


    The following week has gone so fast. Fei Li kept hunting demon beasts in the forest and making pills. He occasionally chatted with Ke Er Lin.


    His cultivation had reached the sixth layer. His Mountain Splitting Punch had progressed to the third layer, and his Wave Wall had reached its peak, the fifth layer. Also, he had so many Hui Ling pills.


    Today, as usual, Fei Li was going to the forest for hunting demon beasts and also collecting herbs, but he had a bad feeling, so he wanted to go back after two hours. but it¡¯s too late.

 chapter 4: Chased by the Fire Serpent

    ¡°Fei Li!¡± A voice came from behind Fei Li. It¡¯s Liu Yue Wu behind him.


    Fei Li startled; his entire body shook a little. When Fei Li saw Liu Yue Wu, he realized this is it. They are going to set him up, and he doesn¡¯t know what the plan is.


    ¡°Senior Wu! What a surprise to see you here. Did you come here for collecting herb? ¡±Fei Li asked.


    ¡°Yes, I did. You?¡± Liu Yue Wu replied, and approaching him.


    ¡°Me too, but I am going back.¡± Fei Li pretended to smile, and he didn''t believe her at all.


    ¡°I can see that, but can you help me collect herbs? because right now I am not feeling well.¡± Liu Yue Wu said.


    ¡°Sorry, Senior Wu, I have to go back for making pills because Steward Chen wanted me to make more pills lately.¡± Fei Li made an excuse.


    Suddenly, Liu Yue Wu¡¯s hand touched her forehead, and she pretended to be dizzy. "Oh..." she murmured, and her body fell towards Fei Li.


    ¡°Senior Wu,¡± Fei Li exclaimed and tried to push her away, but he couldn¡¯t because her arms were wrapping tightly around his neck.


    Fei Li felt irritable, and he just wanted to punch her in the face.


    Suddenly, Fei Li can¡¯t move.


    ¡°Forgive me, Fei Li,¡± Liu Yue Wu released Fei Li¡¯s neck. ¡°I need you to be the distraction. She used a Chinese Taoist script on him. It is a binding script, which can make Fei Li freeze a moment.


    A roar that echoed through the forest.


    The trees in the forest are not dense, so he can see about 50 meters away a Fire Serpent, which is a second-tier Fire Serpent about 7 meters long, and its body is really thick. Its cultivation is approximately equal to the Foundation phase of a cultivator.


    The Fire Serpent is breathing fire and chasing a man desperately.


    ¡°Why are you doing this? Fei Li asked.


    ¡°Because sometimes if you want something, in exchange you need to sacrifice something, so I decide to sacrifice you.¡± Liu Yue Wu laughed.


    ¡°I swear I am going to kill you.¡±Fei Li was so angry.


    ¡°Please do your best.¡±Liu Yue Wu laughed so hard.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    In the meantime, that man Zheng Hua Zhao arrived at them.


    He took out two boxes from his pocket; the fire spirit grass was then removed from a box and placed in another box that was exactly the same as the first one.


    Zheng Hua Zhao put the box without fire spirit grass into Fei Li¡¯s pocket.


    ¡°Run fast; maybe you can live.¡± Zheng Hua Zhao laughed.


    Then Zheng Hua Zhao and Liu Yue Wu ran away. and after a few seconds, Fei Li can move, but the Fire Serpent had already arrived.


    Fei Li pulled out the box and showed the empty box to the Fire Serpent. But the Fire Serpent is still prepared for attacking. Apparently the Fire Serpent didn¡¯t believe it.


    Suddenly, Fei Li got a notification from the system.


    [Notification: The box with fire spirit grass can isolate the smell of fire spirit grass, and Liu Yue Wu applied some fire element stuff on you, so you smell like you have a fire spirit grass. Suggestion: Go after Zheng Hua Zhao and Liu Yue Wu.


    Fei Li cursed and ran after Zheng Hua Zhao and Liu Yue Wu.


    Fei Li used spiritual power to run at full speed; after a few minutes, the Fire Serpent was still closed behind.


    Luckily, he had already seen the figures of Zheng Hua Zhao and Liu Yue Wu in front of him.


    ¡°How can he run so fast? Isn''t he in the first layer of the meditation phase?¡± Liu Yue Wu looked back and was surprised.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it; maybe he is in the third layer. Soon he will exhaust his spiritual energy,¡± Zheng Hua Zhao responded calmly.


    A few minutes later, ¡°Do you have any Hui Ling pills?¡± Liu Yue Wu couldn¡¯t hold on much longer.


    ¡°I only got one.¡± Zheng Hua Zhao handed it over to Liu Yue Wu while they were still running. ¡°I wonder how he can hold on for that long.¡±


    Actually, Fei Li had already eaten a few Hui Ling pills to replenish his spiritual energy.


    Ten minutes later, Liu Yue Wu couldn¡¯t hold on anymore. She had been caught up by Fei Li, who used Mountain Splitting Punch to hit her back.


    Liu Yue Wu discovered Fei Li was trying to hit her, so she turned around and hit back, then Liu Yue Wu¡¯s palm hit Fei Li¡¯s palm.


    Due to a lack of spiritual energy, Liu Yue Wu was injured and fell to the ground, but Fei Li is unharmed.


    ¡°Liu Yue!¡± Zheng Hua Zhao yelled.


    Zheng Hua Zhao glared at Fei Li in anger and tried to go help Liu Yue Wu. ¡°Don¡¯t even think about it.¡± Fei Li pretended to use Mountain Splitting Punch to hit Zheng Hua Zhao.


    Zheng Hua Zhao fought back when he saw Fei Li trying to hit him.But this time Fei Li dodged it because Zheng Hua Zhao''s meditation phase is higher than his.


    And his purpose was trying to slow him down to let¡­


    ¡°ZHENG HUA, HELP!¡± Liu Yue Wu shouted.


    Zheng Hua Zhao looked back and saw the Fire Serpent open its big mouth to eat Liu Yue Wu, who already couldn¡¯t move because of lack of spiritual energy and also was harmed by Fei Li.


    ¡°Liu Yue!¡± Zheng Hua Zhao just watched helplessly as the Fire Serpent swallowed Liu Yue Wu.


    ¡°You guys deserved it.¡± Fei Li said mockingly.


    ¡°FEI LI!¡± Zheng Hua Zhao yelled.


    Zheng Hua Zhao chanting incantations while forming hand gestures for a magical art. Two seconds later, a lot of fireballs appeared in front of him. He was quick at preparing a magical art. Apparently, his magical art¡¯s layer is high.


    Fei Li smirked with a knowing look. This is exactly what he wanted.