Ah Chun looked around excitedly. The room was well lit and allowed for Ah Chun to see everything in it clearly. The room was no more than a half circle with a table, two chairs, and a bed. The walls were aligned with shelves that were carved out of the rock wall. Only a few had things on them. Some had scrolls and some had pill bottles as well. Ah Chun first looked at the scrolls but they were all empty. Feeling a bit disappointed Ah Chun took a look at the pill bottles. She took one into her hand and could tell right away that they were sealed tightly.

Ah Chun's eyes sparkled as she went to open the bottle in her hand. But what she found in the first bottle was not what she was expecting. Inside the bottle in her hand was around one hundred food pellets. Ah Chun took one out and sniffed it. It did not seem to be bad. Of course, Ah Chun had no idea if food pellets could go bad or not. She had only started learning alchemy when she needed some money when she first reached the Celestial Star City.  

Ah Chun could feel her stomach roaring so she popped the pellet into her mouth. As soon as it entered her mouth the pill instantly melted and flowed down her throat. Ah Chun could feel the hunger pains in her stomach disappear instantly. This made Ah Chun smile as now she would not need to search for food since these food pellets were of high quality, she would be able to go without food for a few weeks with just one pellet. "At least now I do not have to worry about starving to death."

Ah Chun then turned her attention to the other bottles. She opened them on at a time. One bottle had twenty healing pills and another one had five spirit gathering pills which would help boost her cultivation. Although the spirit gathering pills was not much they were of a high grade so just one alone would take Ah Chun a few days to refine. "These will also come in very handy."

Ah Chun gathered all the things together. She then ripped a large section off the bottom of her hanfu. She twirled it up and made a makeshift pouch which she stored the three bottles and the cultivation method into it. After she was done she adjusted the pouch so that it was nestled on to her chest. Ah Chun was very happy with her findings. To be able to find both a cultivation method and some pills was enough to allow her to regain her strength.  Ah Chun was about to leave the cave but stopped in her tracks. 

"Since I do not need to hurry and leave just yet  I could stay here for now and cultivate. I have five spirit gathering pills. If I am lucky this should be enough to get me to rank seven or eight body refinement." Ah Chun pondered for a moment, as she tapped her chin with her finger. She then turned around and walked over to the stone bed.

Ah Chun did not sit down right away. Instead, she walked over to one of the shelves and took one of the empty scrolls and tore it apart. After which she walked back over to the bed and used the torn scroll itself to clean the dust off the bed.  After she was done she sat down into a lotus position and took out the pill bottle with the spirit gathering pills. 

"Strength defines everything. If I use these now to help boost my body refinement then I will have a better chance of entering a sect later on. Once I get out of this cave I will go back to my old hut gather anything that might be useful and then leave the village. I need to join a sect of some sort so I can use their resources to build my strength. So, for now, I can only cultivate cultivate cultivate!" Ah Chun took out a spirit gathering pill and popped it into her mouth. Just like the food pellet it immediately melted and flowed down Ah Chun's throat. 

Ah Chun could feel a surge of spiritual qi flow throughout her body. She quickly closed her eyes and started to cultivate. Time passed and two then three days passed. During this time Ah Chun would continuously cultivate. She only stopped cultivating to sleep for a few hours before waking up and going right back to cultivating. 

Ah Chun opened her eyes and smiled: "Finally broke through to the fifth rank of body refinement." Ah Chun lifted her arm and looked at it but froze when she saw brown scales on her arms. "This..." Ah Chun touched the brown scales on her arm and felt that familiar feeling she had from her memories. She quickly touched her head to find two nubs. Thinking quickly she then touched the top of her butt to find another nub. "Don't tell me this cultivation method gives you dragon traits." 

Ah Chun quickly took out the Twin Star Jaded Dragon Cultivation Method and read through it again. At the end of the body refinement section it read: "Upon completion of body refinement, one will have the traits of a dragon. Allowing one to have the strength and defense of a dragon." Ah Chun let out a long sigh. "So it seems I will look similar in this world as I did in my memories. It's as if the heavens want me to be a little dragon girl. Not that I mind. This makes things easier since I got used to fighting with a tail. What's done is done and a dragon's defense is stronger than that of a human's. Although I am not sure by how much this cultivation method is able to mimic a dragon's defense. At least it would be better than that of a normal cultivator. Anyway, I should go back to cultivating! "

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