After Ning Ri returned to his small cabin, he immediately seized the opportunity to practice his blade for half an hour, earning a skill point.
He was indeed tired from practicing, so he slept for a while to recover his energy.
After sleeping for two hours, he woke up in the dead of night to continue practicing.
He didn't stop until he had earned six skill points.
With one plus six, seven skill points in hand, it meant he could reach the peak of Qi Refining at any time.
Ning Ri was very satisfied.
However, besides that, he didn't have any offensive skills. Both Gale Step and Crocodile Turtle Iron Bone Skill were incomplete, and Spirit Absorption Technique couldn't be considered an offensive skill.
As for [Heavenly Craftsmanship - Incomplete Version], there was no need to even mention it.
After some thought, he decided to take on a mission to earn Contribution Points before setting off.
At the very least, he wanted to acquire one or two offensive techniques before leaving.
Actually, he had also considered that if he directly displayed his peak Qi Refining cultivation, the people of the Heaven Defying Sect would probably immediately pull him into the inner sect and give him Foundation Establishment Cultivation Methods. Offensive techniques would naturally be included.
But he still wanted to improve his aptitude.
If he rashly revealed his peak Qi Refining cultivation, the people of the Heaven Defying Sect might not think he had any aptitude issues.
That wouldn't do!
He had practiced his blade technique all night. When he left the cabin, the sky was already bright.
Under the daylight, Ning Ri arrived at the place where Outer Sect disciples accepted missions—
[Lotus Mountain].
In front of Lotus Mountain was Lotus Lake, and in the center of the lake was Lotus Pavilion. This was where missions could be accepted.
When Ning Ri arrived, there weren't many people in Lotus Pavilion, only two senior brothers and sisters.
As he walked over, before he could even greet them, the eyes of the two senior siblings lit up. One of the senior brothers spoke first, "You're Ning Ri, right?!"
The other senior sister followed with a smile, "I remember you too!"
Ning Ri flashed a bright smile, "Good morning, senior brothers and sisters. This junior brother is indeed Ning Ri!"
The senior sister smiled, "Hello, Junior Brother Ning. I have a deep impression of you."
"It's because you said you wanted to be 'Yang' (sun/positive), and your name is also related to 'Yang'. Now everyone in the inner sect calls you Junior Brother Yang."
After saying that, the senior sister seemed to recall something amusing and started covering her mouth, shrugging her shoulders...
Ning Ri: "..."
Another senior brother waved his hand, "Enough joking, Junior Brother Ning. Are you here to accept a mission today?"
Ning Ri said, "Yes! I want to accept some missions to see if I can exchange them for techniques at the Pillars of Cultivation Pavilion!"
The senior brother pondered upon hearing this, "It's like this. For disciples who have just joined and have lower cultivation, the Lotus Pavilion cannot assign overly difficult missions."
"So, the missions you can accept now are only sect errands or errands down the mountain."
"But these missions are very trivial and offer very few Contribution Points."
"Generally, others choose to wait until their cultivation is stronger before coming to accept missions."
"Which one do you choose?"
"I'll choose this one, Copper Coins are fine, thank you, Immortal Ning!"
At the entrance of Zhao Family Village, Ning Ri sat in a pavilion. A middle-aged man in coarse cloth clothes smiled and pointed to Ning Ri's left, saying.
To Ning Ri's left was a pile of bags of copper coins, and to his right was a Jade Slip. This Jade Slip had an automatic medical function. As long as it was activated with spiritual energy and a mortal touched it, their illness could be roughly understood.
Ning Ri handed the copper coins to the middle-aged man, "Here you go."
"Thank you, Immortal Ning!" The middle-aged man chuckled, then put down a large basin of braised pork and turned to leave. The next person stepped forward...
Ning Ri then directly stored the large basin of braised pork into his Disciple Token.
The Disciple Token issued by the Heaven Defying Sect had a storage space.
Watching the large basin of braised pork disappear into thin air, the villagers exclaimed in amazement—
Amazing!
"Next."
If you can't find the book by its title, you can try searching for the author. Perhaps the name has been changed!
Ning Ri then said.
At Lotus Pavilion, Ning Ri finally chose "Errands Down the Mountain." The mission content was: to purchase materials for Bigu Pills.
When Ning Ri lived near the Heaven Defying Sect before, the sect would give out daily wage jobs.
He had done them before.
Now that Ning Ri had joined the Heaven Defying Sect, his responsibility was to give out daily wage jobs to the villagers.
For Ning Ri, this was like [going from a daily wage worker to a station manager].
His task for the villagers today was to purchase ingredients for Bigu Pills.
The ingredients for Bigu Pills were the dishes the villagers stir-fried.
After the villagers finished stir-frying their dishes, they would bring them over. He would then collect the dishes, give them money, or help them with their illnesses. It was that simple.
Ning Ri felt this was a charitable act. After all, it wasn't difficult for the Heaven Defying Sect members to stir-fry their own meals.
In reality, he felt that besides helping the villagers, the Heaven Defying Sect's actions also allowed their disciples to descend the mountain and guard the area, deterring any petty criminals.
After dealing with everyone's dishes, Ning Ri hurried back to the sect and accepted a new mission—
To collect wild medicinal herbs from another small village.
Many Outer Sect disciples were arrogant and always disliked running these trivial errands, feeling they delayed their cultivation.
They usually waited until their cultivation was strong enough to directly accept missions that were straightforward and offered a lot of Contribution Points. But Ning Ri didn't mind.
He could practice his blade techniques while running missions; it didn't delay him at all.
After two days of running missions, Ning Ri accumulated twenty Skill Points. At the same time, he finally saved up enough Contribution Points for an offensive spell technique. He exchanged it for a copy of [Lightning Control Palm]. It had great power, could scare people, and wasn't afraid of elemental weaknesses.
Elemental weaknesses were like water overcoming fire, or fire overcoming wood.
Next, he arrived at the entrance of the Heaven Defying Sect and took out a Jade Slip.
The entire Jade Slip was golden and inscribed with the words "Golden Strategy," giving it a magnificent appearance.
Ning Ri thought to himself—
As expected of the most famous nouveau riche sect in the Cultivation World.
And this Jade Slip in his hand was the summoning Jade Slip for the [Golden Strategy Tally]!
Before Ning Ri could form the hand seals to summon the driver... no, summon a cultivator, he first opened his Panel.
[Host]: Ning Ri [Skills]: 1. [Mortal Blade Technique]: 0 2. [Qi Refining Art]: 3 (Resettable) 3. [Gale Step · Incomplete]: 3 (Maxed) (Resettable) 4. [Crocodile Turtle Iron Bone Skill · Incomplete]: 0 5. [Spirit Absorption Technique]: 10 (Maxed) (Resettable) 6. [Heavenly Craft · Incomplete]: 100 (Maxed) (Resettable) 7. [Heaven Defying Soul Splitting Technique]: 0 8. [Lightning Control Palm]: 0 Free Skill Points: 27.
Ning Ri wanted to learn [Heaven Defying Soul Splitting Technique] first to create a new user identity.
However, what Ning Ri found strange was—
Elder Zhou Hai had clearly told him that the Heaven Defying Soul Splitting Technique he gave him was a simplified version.
But when this technique appeared on the Panel, unlike other cultivation methods, it didn't have the word "Incomplete" next to it.
What was going on?
Could it be that even if a cultivation method was simplified or abridged, the Panel could still deduce the complete version?!
Thinking of the Spirit Absorption Technique from before, Ning Ri's eyes suddenly lit up...
Immediately, without hesitation, he began to pour points into [Heaven Defying Soul Splitting Technique]!
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