A Full Harvest

Completed mission list:

Mission: Defeat Lin Shan. Reward: one Third-Grade Qi Blood Pill. Completed. Claim?

Mission: Defeat Lin Hong. Reward: one bottle of Third-Grade Origin Qi Pills. Completed. Claim?

Mission: Defeat Lin Xia. Reward: Physique +1, Root Bone +1. Completed. Claim?

Mission: Defeat Lin Dong in the clan competition. Reward: Root Bone +10, Luck +10, Divine Grade Automatic Alchemy Furnace. Completed. Claim?

Mission: Win first place in the clan competition. Reward: Spirit +2, Comprehension +2, one bottle of Fourth-Grade Foundation Nurturing Pills. Completed. Claim?

"Claim!"

A day of matches had allowed Lin Yun to complete nine missions, and the rewards were all extremely generous.

As the rewards were issued, streams of attribute-boosting energy merged into Lin Yun's body. His body and spirit were both elevated, as if he were ascending. Wave after wave of ecstasy washed over him, leaving him incomparably refreshed.

Several flashes of white light appeared in front of him in succession, and the rewarded pills and alchemy furnace all arrived before Lin Yun.

Lin Yun felt as if he were about to be filled to the brim with happiness.

Today's haul was far too abundant, especially the reward for defeating Lin Dong. As expected of the Son of Destiny—defeating him had actually dropped a divine artifact.

If he killed him, would even more drop...? The thought flashed through Lin Yun's mind and vanished. Lin Dong was such an obedient, well-behaved, sensible little fanboy—how could he bear to kill him?

Lin Yun checked the information on the Divine Grade Automatic Alchemy Furnace.

Divine Grade Automatic Alchemy Furnace: This is an alchemy furnace that has developed self-awareness. As long as spiritual medicines are placed inside the furnace, it can automatically refine pills.

Divine objects rewarded by the system automatically recognize the host as their master. Please use them with peace of mind.

Lin Yun circled the furnace and examined it. It was a reddish-orange furnace, with three legs and two handles. Half a meter tall, round and smooth, its body was carved with dense crimson runes. Those runes seemed to be circulating and flowing, profoundly mysterious.

"This function is somewhat similar to Lin Dong's Ancestral Stone. The Ancestral Stone can also refine spiritual medicines into pills," Lin Yun said in surprise. This function was very good. He liked it a lot.

On the Heavenly Profound Continent, pills were used as circulating currency. Possessing an automatic alchemy furnace was equivalent to owning a money-printing machine.

Lin Yun would no longer lack pills in the future.

"Master, I can not only refine spiritual medicines, but also combine them to refine even stronger pills," a crisp little girl's voice suddenly came from within the reddish-orange furnace.

"You can talk?"

Lin Yun was slightly surprised.

"Of course. I'm a Divine Alchemy Furnace, after all. I developed intelligence a long time ago. Master can communicate with me at any time." The soft, sweet female voice sounded again.

"As far as I know, the Heavenly Profound Hall, ranked tenth on this world's Divine Object Ranking, is also a divine artifact with intelligence. As long as materials are put in, it can automatically refine divine objects. It's basically the same idea as this alchemy furnace."

Lin Yun suddenly thought of the Heavenly Profound Hall.

Overall, in this world, divine objects that could speak were nothing rare. Quite a few divine objects had developed intelligence.

Lin Dong's Ancestral Stone was the same, except the Ancestral Stone Spirit had not yet recovered and awakened.

Lin Yun quickly accepted the existence of the furnace spirit, but that tingling little girl's voice was something he could not adjust to for the moment.

A gentle, obedient little girl and a cold, heavy furnace—no one could really connect the two together.

Lin Yun placed his hand on the alchemy furnace and could sense a mysterious connection between his consciousness and the furnace. He closed his eyes, and his consciousness immediately arrived inside the alchemy furnace's internal world. It was a crimson space, filled with warmth.

"Master!" The image of a little girl made of crimson light appeared and called out crisply.

"You're the Furnace Spirit."

"What's your name?"

Lin Yun asked her with his consciousness.

"I don't have a name yet. Master, please give me one."

"Mm... then I'll call you Chi Ling," Lin Yun said after pondering briefly.

"Thank you, Master. From now on, I'll be called Chi Ling."

Chi Ling said happily. She immediately wanted to show what she could do. "Master, do you need me to refine pills? The pills I refine are very tasty. I can adjust their flavor according to Master's preferences."

"I happen to have two spiritual medicines. I'll let you try. Flavor isn't important. As long as the effect is good."

Lin Yun took out an embroidered box. This was the reward for taking first place in the clan competition.

He opened the box, revealing red silk inside. On top of that silk, two stalks of blood-red ganoderma, as if burning with flames, lay quietly. An enticing fragrance wafted out.

Lin Yun said, "This is Fire Blood Ganoderma, a Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine."

"Master, put them all in!"

The lid of the alchemy furnace opened automatically. Inside, it was like a fiery sunset cloud, hazy and indistinct, impossible to see through clearly.

Lin Yun placed both stalks of Fire Blood Ganoderma inside.

Chi Ling asked for help. "Master, Chi Ling has only just come out and hasn't accumulated any energy yet. I need your Yuan Power to help. Just transmit your Yuan Power into the furnace body."

"Okay!"

Lin Yun placed both hands on the furnace body, and Yuan Power surged out.

As Yuan Power flowed into the furnace, the runes on its surface suddenly lit up. Crimson flames appeared inside, but Lin Yun's hand did not feel any intense heat.

"Master, the Furnace Space is self-contained and has a complete Rune Formation. It can circulate the warmth released by the flame runes within the Furnace Space, so there won't be any effect outside," Chi Ling explained sensibly.

The two Fire Blood Ganoderma quickly melted into liquid in the flames, and before long, they condensed into fire-red pills about the size of red dates. There were ten in total.

"Master, at your current realm, you aren't suited to refining pills with overly strong medicinal power. That would waste the medicine's effects, so I condensed them into ten for you. You'll have no pressure absorbing them," Chi Ling explained considerately. She could control the strength and quantity of the pills.

"You really do know alchemy!"

Lin Yun patted the top of the furnace in approval, then put away the ten pills inside.

"Ding~ling!" Chi Ling closed the furnace lid and made a strange sound.

"Chi Ling, do you need me to provide Yuan Power every time you refine pills?" Lin Yun asked.

Just that brief round of refining had consumed nearly a third of his Yuan Power. If alchemy was always like this, it would be a little hard to bear.

Chi Ling hurriedly explained, "No, Master. Besides Yuan Power, Mental Energy works too. Also, Chi Ling has a Spirit Gathering Rune Formation and a Spirit Locking Rune Formation inside, which can absorb energy from heaven and earth and store it in the furnace. Once there's enough energy, I can move on my own. However, that process takes time."

"All right. Then stay here and accumulate energy for now."

She was a chatterbox, so Lin Yun paid Chi Ling no more attention.

He wanted to look at his current attribute panel. He had gained quite a few attributes just now.

"System, check attribute panel!"

Name: Lin Yun
Talent: Fist Technique Talent (Elementary +2), Movement Technique Talent (Elementary +2), Palm Technique Talent (Elementary +2)

Physique: 11 (Outstanding)
Root Bone: 21 (One in a Hundred)

Spirit: 17 (Outstanding)
Comprehension: 11 (Outstanding)
Fortune: Cyan (Fortune grades: White, Cyan, Orange, Purple, Gold)

Cultivation Base: Body Tempering Seventh Layer
Martial Arts: Falling Rock Fist (Superb Skill), Tongbei Fist (Superb Skill), Eight Steps Catching Cicadas (Superb Skill), Eight Desolations Palm (Superb Skill)
Items: Divine Grade Automatic Alchemy Furnace

The attribute panel now had Fortune and Items columns.

Every attribute had broken into double digits.

On the surface, Lin Yun did not look any different, but he could clearly sense that both his body and spirit had improved considerably. The feeling was marvelous, as if the very essence of his life had undergone a leap.

"My next goals are to break through to Body Tempering Eighth Layer and cultivate my Martial Arts to Close to the Dao."

Lin Yun began setting up tasks.

Task: Break through to Body Tempering Eighth Layer.
Reward: Physique +1, Comprehension +1.

Task: Practice Tongbei Fist 10,000 times (0/8060).
Reward: Tongbei Fist proficiency Superb Skill +1.

Task: Cultivate Tongbei Fist to Close to the Dao.
Reward: Fist Technique Talent (Elementary +3).

Task: Cultivate Eight Desolations Palm to Close to the Dao.
Reward: Palm Technique Talent (Elementary +5).

After all his attributes increased, Lin Yun cultivated Martial Arts even faster. Proficiency that originally required ten thousand repetitions to improve now basically only needed around eight thousand.

This made the importance of talent and attributes even more apparent.

"To cultivate them to Close to the Dao will take too long. It isn't something that can be completed overnight. I can only spend some time on it every day and slowly grind it out as a daily long-term task."

"Right now, second-grade Martial Arts can no longer fully display my strength. I need deeper Martial Arts. I'll go to the Martial Arts Hall tomorrow and take a look."

After thinking it over, Lin Yun decided to learn new Martial Arts.

In this world, the Martial Dao flourished. Apart from Yuan Power Cultivation Base, Martial Arts were also a very important part of strength.

Martial Arts grades were clearly divided:

First to third grade were Inferior Martial Arts, and fourth to sixth grade were Middle Martial Arts, Seventh to ninth grade were Superior Martial Arts.

Above that, there were even stronger ones:

Creation Martial Arts, Spirit Martial Arts, Heaven Martial Arts!