Vajra Skill

Zhou Yi strode into the village entrance with Han Guang on his back and the scarecrow's remains in his hand.

"Right, did I forget something? Ah, whatever, I'll claim my merit first!" Zhou Yi said as he headed towards the Patrol Team's storeroom.

In the wheat field, Lin De and Lin Cheng were waiting by the side for Zhou Yi. Qu Yong, who had just arrived, was also there.

"Which way did that kid go chasing after it?" Qu Yong asked the two, holding a large spear.

"Yeah, that way. We wanted to chase too, but that scarecrow and Boss Zhou were too fast, we couldn't keep up," Lin Cheng said, pointing in a direction.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Yong sprinted off in the direction Lin Cheng indicated.

After running for a while, Qu Yong discovered signs of a battle ahead.

Upon closer inspection, he saw scattered remains of the scarecrow on the ground, but no red bloodstains nearby.

Qu Yong knew Zhou Yi was fine and, relieved, turned back towards the wheat field.

Finding the Lin brothers, Qu Yong told them to end their patrol for the day and follow him back to the village.

As the three reached the village entrance, they bumped into Zhou Yi, who had just finished exchanging for martial arts. The four stared at each other.

It was only after exchanging for martial arts that Zhou Yi realized what he had forgotten: he had left the Lin brothers and their master, who had rushed over later, behind in the wheat field.

As the atmosphere suddenly froze, Zhou Yi spoke.

"Master, what a coincidence!"

"Coincidence? You dared to chase after it alone!" Qu Yong glared at Zhou Yi.

"If I didn't chase it, it would have escaped..." Zhou Yi said to Qu Yong with a helpless look.

Qu Yong sized up Zhou Yi. Seeing that he wasn't injured, he didn't say much more, just waved his hand. "Don't chase after things alone next time. Weirdness is hard to guard against. You were lucky this time, nothing happened. But that might not be the case next time."

"Understood, Master," Zhou Yi replied obediently.

"Alright, get back to patrolling," Qu Yong said, turning to Zhou Yi and the Lin brothers.

Zhou Yi nodded and led the two brothers back towards the wheat field.

After the scarecrow was dealt with, no other Weirdness appeared in the peaceful wheat field, but Zhou Yi and the other two patrolled as usual until dawn.

When dawn broke, the three returned to the village entrance to check in. After the check-in, Zhou Yi returned to his small hut.

He took out the cultivation methods he had exchanged for from Old Qin. After flipping through them once, he opened the modifier panel.

Name: Zhou Yi
Race: Human
Strength: 6
Speed: 6
Physique: 7
Spirit: 1.2
Cultivation Method: Tongming Record+(Great Accomplishment) Primordial Pile(Perfection)
Martial Arts: Jade Lock Skill(Perfection) Star Picking Steps(Perfection) Wave Breaking Saber Technique(Perfection)
Breath Concealment Technique(Perfection) Vajra Skill+(Uninitiated)
Yin Energy: 137
Qi: Qi(2)

The panel now displayed the Vajra Skill he had just flipped through.

Zhou Yi looked at his Yin Energy value and concentrated his will on the '+' sign behind Vajra Skill.

After Vajra Skill was initiated, Zhou Yi saw that his Physique on the modifier panel had changed from 7 to 7.5, and his Strength had also increased by 0.5.

"Good, I'll cultivate Vajra Skill to perfection in one go," Zhou Yi muttered to himself.

Zhou Yi concentrated his will again and tapped the '+' sign.

Instantly, a surge of immense power coursed through Zhou Yi's body. The tearing sensation of his muscles during the breakthrough made him writhe in agony.

Zhou Yi gritted his teeth, resisting the pain of the breakthrough with his will. While others cultivated hard qigong methods gradually, Zhou Yi used the modifier to advance it to perfection instantly. The pain was naturally much more intense.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Yi felt the pain begin to subside, and his body gradually relaxed.

A while later, the pain completely disappeared. Zhou Yi felt as if he had just been pulled out of water, his clothes soaked with sweat.

"It's good that it was all worth it."

Zhou Yi took off his soaked clothes. He felt as if his body had become slimmer, his muscles taut, emitting waves of heat. He pinched his arm; the muscles were much firmer than before.

Afterward, Zhou Yi went to the courtyard and rinsed his body with water, and his body temperature finally began to cool down.

Zhou Yi changed into a clean set of clothes and opened the modifier panel again.

Name: Zhou Yi
Race: Human

Strength;9

Speed;7

Physique;9

Spirit;1.2

Cultivation Method: Tongming Record+(Great Accomplishment) Primordial Pile(Perfected)

Martial Arts; Jade Lock Skill(Perfected) Star Picking Steps(Perfected) Wave Breaking Saber Technique(Perfected)

Breath Concealment Technique(Perfected) Vajra Skill(Perfected)

Yin Energy;120

Other Qi: Qi(2)

"My physical body hasn't reached its limit yet? Looks like I need to find a body-refining cultivation method…"

Zhou Yi muttered as he looked at the panel.

Zhou Yi knew that the attributes on the panel didn't seem to have increased much, but it was increasingly difficult to improve attributes the further they went. If he encountered the scarecrow from before again, it wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

After the battle tonight, Zhou Yi also had a general understanding of his own strength. His nearly all Perfected-level martial arts made dealing with Weirdness below Crimson Grade almost a sure thing. Even if he encountered a particularly powerful Soul Grade Weirdness, he was confident he could escape unscathed.