The harvest today was quite good—three low-grade weapons were sold for seventeen thousand Qi-accumulating Pills. As a cultivation sanctuary, the Holy Demon Sect distributes Qi-accumulating Pills monthly to its outer sect disciples. Although the amount given to each disciple isn’t large—only thirty pills per person—there are more than eight thousand outer disciples, which totals more than two hundred and forty thousand pills.
Clearly, the Qi-accumulating Pill isn’t a high-quality pill; it’s merely a supplementary item used to assist cultivation.
Lin Fan needed only two million more experience points to break through to the Innate Realm. Upon reaching the Innate Realm, he could enter the inner sect and become part of its mid-tier forces. At that point, he would gain access to more advanced and comprehensive resources.
Lin Fan now understood the situation clearly—Meng Yangquan, at the Divine Perception Sixth Stage of cultivation, was undoubtedly an elite genius even within the sect itself.
Yet Meng Yangquan remained stuck here in the outer sect. If Lin Fan hadn’t seen Mu Chenyu, he wouldn’t have been able to figure out why Senior Brother Meng was acting this way.
Now Lin Fan finally understood—Meng Yangquan simply wanted to stay by Mu Chenyu’s side.
People strive upward like water flows downward. Meng Yangquan giving up a promising future for a woman was truly admirable.
Lin Fan didn’t dwell on it. He immediately took out his storage pouch, placed it to his mouth, and poured the Qi-accumulating Pills in.
“Ding! Consumed a Qi-accumulating Pill. Experience +100.”
“Ding! Consumed a Qi-accumulating Pill. Experience +100.”
…
A large number of Qi-accumulating Pills were converted into experience points, causing his personal experience to skyrocket.
After consuming all the pills, Lin Fan opened his personal interface to check his stats.
Name: Lin Fan
Level: 19 (Half-step Innate)
Experience: 9,703,400 / 10,000,000
Stored Experience: 0 (can be used to level up character or techniques)
Body Cultivation Technique: “Indestructible Demon Body” Level 1 (10 / 3,000,000)
Technique: “Monkey Steals the Peach” Level 13 (1,500 / 40,000)
Secondary Profession: Artisan Level 1 (1,000 / 5,000)
Equipment: The Great Red Brick of ’95 (Supreme Divine Artifact)
Title: “Fight Me If You Dare” (Doubles cultivation power for one incense stick duration; single-use title)
Looking at his character stats, Lin Fan realized he had already reached the Half-step Innate stage. He only needed another 300,000 experience points to fully break through into the innate realm.
Although the difference between the acquired and innate realms was only one character, the qualitative change was immense.
The acquired realm focused on cultivating blood and qi, while the innate realm cultivated true yuan energy. Only by entering the innate realm and generating true yuan energy within the body, connecting with the power of heaven and earth, could one truly embark on the path of cultivation.
Knock knock knock.
Hearing the knocking sound, Lin Fan didn’t even need to think to know who had come. It seemed the temptation of low-grade weapons was too great for Senior Brother Ni.
Lin Fan opened the door and was momentarily stunned to see a large sack in front of him.
“Little junior, move aside and let senior brother in first,” Ni Mingyang said, his back turned to Lin Fan.
Lin Fan quickly stepped aside. Ni Mingyang walked in a few steps and then placed the sack on the ground.
Thud… A dull sound echoed as chunks of silver-gray refined iron rolled out of the sack, gleaming with dazzling silver light.
“Senior brother, where did you get all this?” Lin Fan’s heart was filled with both shock and joy. Senior brother was truly a senior brother—his speed of acquiring materials was indeed very fast.
“All from the artisans. There’s so much refined iron there that it doesn’t even have a place to be stored. Every year, those empires transport large quantities of refined iron here. We disciples can just go and take it anytime we want,” Ni Mingyang said, patting his hands. He had gone through quite a bit of trouble to get this refined iron, getting himself covered in dust.
However, the temptation of low-grade weapons was simply too great for Ni Mingyang to wait.
Upon hearing this, Lin Fan was momentarily stunned. It seemed he was still too inexperienced. If refined iron could be taken freely, why was he still searching for scrap metal inside his room? That was just unheard of.
“Little junior, come on,” Ni Mingyang suddenly spread his legs wide, assuming a horse stance, clenching his teeth as if making a great resolution.
“Senior brother, what… what are you doing?” Seeing Ni Mingyang’s current posture, Lin Fan was instantly shocked, almost unable to speak. Could it be that senior brother had some kind of unspeakable fetish?
“Little junior, didn’t you say you’d only forge me a low-grade weapon if I performed the ‘Monkey Steals the Peach’ on me? Senior brother is willing to go all out for a low-grade weapon,” Ni Mingyang said.
“Senior brother, what are you doing? How could junior brother ever be that kind of person?” Lin Fan hurriedly patted Ni Mingyang’s shoulder. “Stand up straight, junior brother isn’t that kind of person. It’s an honor for junior brother to forge a low-grade weapon for senior brother!”
“Little junior…” At this moment, Ni Mingyang exhaled in relief, his voice slightly choked. “Little junior, your great kindness, senior brother will keep in my heart forever.”
“Oh come on, senior brother, you’re too polite. It’s just a small matter,” Lin Fan said with a smile, waving his hand.
“Little junior…” Ni Mingyang looked at Lin Fan gratefully, tears of emotion glistening in his eyes.
“Senior brother.”
“Little junior.”
“Senior brother.”
“Little junior…” Ni Mingyang almost wished he were a woman so he could repay his little junior brother.
“Monkey Steals the Peach…” At this moment, Lin Fan suddenly struck. This freely offered experience was too good to pass up.
“Ding! Congratulations, ‘Monkey Steals the Peach’ gained +300 experience.”
“Little junior… you!” Originally touched, Ni Mingyang’s expression suddenly changed. He felt an unprecedented disaster strike his crotch area while also feeling disbelief—hadn’t they already reached an agreement?
Lin Fan inhaled deeply, his face filled with satisfaction, then turned serious, as if lecturing an eager student.
“Senior brother, the path of cultivation is full of dangers. Seeing how sincerely you treat others, junior brother fears that you may suffer great losses in the future. I could only resort to this desperate measure, I hope senior brother can forgive me…” Lin Fan spoke sincerely, his words filled with emotion.
“Little junior speaks truly. Senior brother accepts your advice. But little junior, when can I get my low-grade weapon?” Ni Mingyang couldn’t help but ask about the low-grade weapon again.
Lin Fan looked at Ni Mingyang helplessly. Senior brother, for the sake of a low-grade weapon, you’re even willing to abandon your dignity. This truly leaves junior brother speechless.
“Senior brother, rest assured. I will be waiting in the dining hall tomorrow morning for senior brother to pick up the weapon,” Lin Fan said.
“Alright, then I’ll trouble junior brother. Senior brother feels a bit unwell, so I’ll take my leave first,” Ni Mingyang said with a red face, struggling to speak.
“Alright,” Lin Fan nodded.
Then Ni Mingyang walked out of the room and personally closed the door. As he left, he even said, “Little junior, no need to see me off, senior brother can manage on my own.”
At the moment the door closed, Ni Mingyang clenched his teeth, immediately squatting on the ground, slowly inching forward step by step away from the door.
Lin Fan watched Ni Mingyang leave with a slight smile, then his eyes gleamed as he looked at the refined iron on the ground.
Excellent, excellent. This refined iron was more than enough for him to have some fun.
His secondary profession was already at Artisan Level 1. Using scrap metal, he could forge low-grade weapons. With this refined iron, he could forge mid-grade weapons.
However, the advantage of having a secondary profession was that if one could forge a mid-grade weapon from one material, then one could forge two low-grade weapons from the same material.
In the outer sect, low-grade weapons were already leading the trend. If he were to sell mid-grade weapons, who could afford them?
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