Advancement to Third-Rate Martial Artist, Soul Gathering Bowl!

"Worthy of a purified Qi and Blood Pill!"

"It absorbed four or five times faster than before!"

Qin Wang felt the internal force in his body grow as thick as chopsticks, his eyes brimming with hope.

This broken bowl's function was truly too powerful.

With this Treasure Bowl, the medicinal power could be absorbed and converted into internal force faster, increasing the speed of his cultivation by fivefold!

Qin Wang then swallowed the other two purified Qi and Blood Pills in succession.

Advancement to Third-Rate Martial Artist

After Qin Wang absorbed the other two Qi and Blood Pills, a notification suddenly popped up on the Intelligence Panel.

"I've advanced to a third-rate martial artist?"

Qin Wang's eyes lit up as he looked at the notification on the panel. After taking the purified Qi and Blood Pills, his advancement had come another two days early. The Intelligence Panel had previously shown that it would take three days.

Qin Wang checked the panel.

Qin Wang

Lifespan: 17/67

Realm: Third-rate (1/1000)

Cultivation Technique: Minor Scarlet Sun Cultivation (Beginner)

Progress: (38/800)

Effect: Draws inner qi into the dantian, shapes the sinews and membranes, nourishes the bones; qi channels become long and enduring. Minor mastery can be achieved in 2 years.

Martial Arts: Ancestor's Long Fist (Beginner)

Progress: (576/800)

Effect: Agile footwork, long strikes and close presses, powerful bursts; excels at close-quarters combat. Minor mastery can be achieved in 2 years.

Martial Arts: Flying Eagle Movement Technique, incomplete (Beginner)

Progress: (45/800)

Effect: Nimble movement, swift shifts and turns, light footsteps. Minor mastery can be achieved in 1 year.

"With the panel, as long as I keep taking Qi and Blood Pills and grinding progress, my cultivation will rise quickly!"

"Next, perhaps I should consider finding work as an apprentice at a pharmacy!"

Qin Wang looked at the panel, a thoughtful expression in his eyes.

If he wanted to raise his cultivation quickly, he could not do without a large supply of Qi and Blood Pills.

But buying too many pills would inevitably draw covetous eyes. If he could refine pills himself, that would be even better. It would save quite a bit of money.

Qin Wang remembered.

The intel from a few days ago had said that Li Hongfei, the alchemist at Tongrentang Pharmacy, intended to take on an apprentice. He could go and give it a try.

"It's one in the afternoon. It's time to head back to Qingniu Town."

Qin Wang's eyes flickered thoughtfully.

He needed to retrieve the 850 taels of silver beneath Li Laocai's bed, or the longer the night, the more dreams it would bring.

The county seat was nearly fifty li from Qingniu Town. On foot, it would take roughly two and a half to three shichen.

Qin Wang buried his silver in the kitchen. He only carried some loose silver, the Treasure Bowl, and his Travel Permit. After buying some meat and flatbread for the road, he set off for Qingniu Town.

Afternoon.

Six o'clock.

With a bundle on his back, Qin Wang arrived at Hundred Herbs Hall in Qingniu Town.

Recently, because he had been eating better and filling his belly every day, Qin Wang could clearly feel that his body had become much sturdier and more agile. On top of advancing into the third-rate realm, walking nearly fifty li had not tired him in the slightest.

Qin Wang had also brought Bai Fenghuan some tasty food from the county seat. Bai Fenghuan was delighted to see him and insisted that he stay at Hundred Herbs Hall for dinner.

Unable to refuse, Qin Wang stayed for dinner.

During the meal, Bai Mingliang was very warm toward Qin Wang, though inwardly, he sighed in regret.

In his eyes, Qin Wang was a clever child. Studying medicine would be a fine path for him, and Bai Mingliang had even intended to keep him on to pass down his mantle. These past few days, his granddaughter had kept asking why her big brother had not returned yet.

Qin Wang also understood Doctor Bai's intentions.

But he needed to rescue his sister, Qin Xuemei. With the panel, his goal was the pinnacle of the martial path—perhaps even immortality! Not becoming a doctor. Qingniu Town was merely the starting point of his journey through life.

After dinner.

Qin Wang repeatedly thanked Bai Mingliang and said that he would come visit Doctor Bai whenever he returned to Qingniu Town in the future.

Doctor Bai was a good man. Without him, Qin Wang would still be locked in prison. As far as he knew, those tenant farmers falsely accused by Zheng Kecheng were still being held.

Night.

The streets of Qingniu Town were pitch-black, with scarcely anyone on the road.

Eleven o'clock.

Carrying an Iron Wedge and a cloth sack, Qin Wang crept through the night beneath the moonlight until he reached Li Family Manor.

Li Family Manor was still as it had been before: broken walls and crumbling ruins, silent on all sides.

Qin Wang came to Li Laocai's bedroom. His bed had already burned into ash, leaving the ground blackened. He used the Iron Wedge to rake aside the ashes and began digging. After digging down one chi, he discovered a large earthenware jar, still sealed with mud.

Qin Wang smashed the jar open with one strike of the Iron Wedge. Under the moonlight, gleaming white silver ingots immediately came into view.

"Li Laocai was stingy his whole life, and now all his property belongs to me! Feels great!"

"If that old bastard is dead, will he crawl out of his grave?"

Qin Wang looked at the shining silver ingots in the jar, satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

"Hm? There's also a black bowl? Could this be the Soul Gathering Bowl mentioned in the intel?"

As Qin Wang loaded the silver ingots into the sack he had brought, he suddenly spotted a half-chi-wide bowl in the jar, grimy with dirt. He picked it up. It was cold and heavy.

Looking at the bowl, Qin Wang involuntarily shuddered.

Qin Wang remembered.

After Li Laocai and his family died, their souls had been trapped by a Soul Gathering Bowl beneath the manor. Unable to enter reincarnation, the manor had become a haunted place.

"From the sound of the intel, Li Laocai's soul is trapped inside this Soul Gathering Bowl?"

Qin Wang looked at the Soul Gathering Bowl in his hand, his gaze flickering as he muttered.

To avoid unforeseen complications, Qin Wang did not waste any more time.

He packed all the silver from the jar. Eight hundred and fifty taels of silver ingots weighed nearly seventy jin by rough calculation.

Having continuously eaten Qi and Blood Pills these past few days, practiced Ancestor's Long Fist, and cultivated Minor Scarlet Sun Cultivation, Qin Wang's strength had surged after becoming a third-rate martial artist. Defeating four or five burly men would be no trouble. After covering up the pit, he slung the silver onto his back and headed for the earthen-walled thatched house.

One shichen later.

Qin Wang returned to his home.

"I'll eat something first, then cultivate!"

Qin Wang sat on the bed, took out the flatbread and roast chicken he had bought in the county seat, and began eating. Afterward, he practiced several rounds of Ancestor's Long Fist, then the Flying Eagle Movement Technique, then Minor Scarlet Sun Cultivation, rotating through them in turn.

Daily Intel Has Been Updated!

Today's Intel

1: Yesterday, you exposed the weakness of Chen Kun, the Chen Family Patriarch of the Four Great Families, and obtained relevant intel. Chen Kun is searching the entire city for the person who exposed him, while the Chen Family has tightened its defenses. The Lin Family, Su Family, Zhang Family, and Tianhe Society have learned of the weakness in the Chen Family's Purple Sun Cultivation and each harbors their own thoughts.

2: Yesterday, you exposed Black River Gang leader Ji Zhang for practicing a demonic art that consumed human blood, and obtained relevant intel. Ji Zhang flew into a rage, hates you to the bone, and is searching the entire city for the person who exposed him. At the same time, he is wary of an investigation by the Divine Constable Bureau. To ease the suffering caused by his demonic art, he drained a Black River Gang disciple dry a quarter of an hour ago.

3: Yesterday, you exposed Lin Yunfeng for betraying and ambushing his fellow disciples, and obtained relevant intel. Lin Yunfeng has sensed the estrangement of his senior and junior brothers at the Lightning Sword Martial Arts School. He hates you to the bone and has decided that once he catches you, he will torture you to death.

4: Yesterday, you dug up the Soul Gathering Bowl at Li Family Manor and obtained relevant intel. The Soul Gathering Bowl contains a soul-gathering space and can actively absorb the souls of the dead. The souls of Li Laocai and his family are trapped within it and can be refined and controlled with divine sense.

5: Yesterday, you paid attention to the Four Great Families and obtained relevant intel. Zhang Aofeng, the Zhang Family Patriarch of the Four Great Families, is preparing to lead men to test Chen Kun's true strength at midnight tonight.