Begin the Grind!

However, merely figuring out a System Panel was not enough. Xiao Yang began trying all sorts of things.

Before long, he had figured out the system's functions.

On the System Panel before him, visible only to himself, there was now a Task Bar.

There was currently a mission in the Task Bar.

[Mission: Practice the Mountain Splitting Fist 100 times. Reward: Mountain Splitting Fist Proficiency +1]

Xiao Yang now roughly understood how to use the system.

This system was perhaps rather laid-back and required him to create missions himself.

If he completed them, he could receive the corresponding rewards.

It probably did not matter if he failed to complete them.

Xiao Yang discovered that he could delete System Missions.

As for the proficiency behind Dou Skills, it was divided into five levels: Beginner, Minor Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, Perfection, and Supernatural Proficiency.

He had gradually figured this out through creating missions.

For now, however, Xiao Yang kept only the mission to practice the Mountain Splitting Fist a hundred times.

The Mountain Splitting Fist was a Dou Skill he had obtained from the Xiao Clan.

He had practiced it for two years, yet he had only reached Minor Accomplishment.

That was mainly because he had always focused his energy on cultivation.

Looking at the mission on the System Panel, Xiao Yang stopped cultivating Dou Qi. He stood up and began practicing the Mountain Splitting Fist.

Yellow Tier Dou Skills were actually not much different from ordinary martial arts.

They barely used any Dou Qi.

Even ordinary people could use them as long as their physiques were somewhat stronger.

Put simply, the Mountain Splitting Fist was a set of fist techniques.

Although Xiao Yang was only fifteen years old, his physique was somewhat stronger than an ordinary person's due to his cultivation of Dou Qi.

It took him roughly two minutes to practice the Mountain Splitting Fist once.

Without hesitation, he walked to an open area in the courtyard and began practicing the Mountain Splitting Fist.

"Whoosh!"

"Swish!"

"Smack!"

Every time Xiao Yang practiced the Mountain Splitting Fist, he was extremely serious, and every movement was perfectly executed.

Because he had discovered that only then did it count as practicing it once.

Before long, time passed, and five hours went by.

Although it had initially taken Xiao Yang only two minutes to practice the Mountain Splitting Fist once,

as time passed, his stamina began to decline.

Although Dou Qi could restore his physical strength,

there was not much Dou Qi in his body to begin with.

After five hours, Xiao Yang had only just finished the ninety-ninth repetition.

At this moment, his body was already somewhat exhausted, and his muscles had begun to ache.

"Whew... whew... One last time!"

A flash of determination crossed Xiao Yang's eyes.

Though exhausted, Xiao Yang still began the hundredth round of the Mountain Splitting Fist.

Before obtaining the Golden Finger, Xiao Yang had never cultivated so seriously.

But now that he had obtained a Golden Finger and such an opportunity, Xiao Yang naturally had to seize it tightly.

Soon, he completed the hundredth round of the Mountain Splitting Fist.

The moment he finished, Xiao Yang collapsed onto the ground.

The ground was covered in his sweat, and his clothes had long since been soaked through.

Just then, the familiar voice of the system sounded in his mind.

"Mission complete. Would you like to claim the reward?"

Though Xiao Yang's face was full of exhaustion, the excitement in his eyes could not be concealed.

"Claim the reward!"

The next moment, Xiao Yang felt a wave of insights flow into his mind.

They were insights regarding the Mountain Splitting Fist.

Before long, he had fully absorbed those insights.

He discovered that although he had practiced the Mountain Splitting Fist for a long time,

there were still places where he had not exerted his strength properly.

He took a drink of water and stood up to try it out.

Sure enough, compared to before, his force flowed much more smoothly.

He also discovered that on the System Panel, the Minor Accomplishment 2/10 behind the Mountain Splitting Fist had become Minor Accomplishment 3/10!

Did that not mean that after practicing like this a few more times, he could raise the Mountain Splitting Fist to Major Accomplishment?!

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yang directly created another mission.

[Mission: Practice the Mountain Splitting Fist 100 times. Reward: Mountain Splitting Fist Proficiency +1]

Just as he was about to begin practicing again, he discovered that his hands were already trembling.

Although he now possessed Dou Qi and his physique was stronger than an ordinary person's,

after throwing punches at full strength for five hours, his body was still struggling to endure it.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yang did not continue cultivating immediately.

He also understood the principle that too much was as bad as too little.

It would not be worth it if he developed hidden injuries from practicing a Yellow-tier Mid-grade Dou Skill.

He checked the time and saw that it was already rather late.

He planned to eat first.

Servants had already delivered his meal earlier.

However, Xiao Yang had been too absorbed in cultivation at the time, so he had told them to take it away first.

Now, he planned to eat first, then get some herbs for soaking in the bath.

After eating, he would return, rest for a while, and take a medicinal bath. That way, he could continue cultivating tomorrow.

As a "little genius" of a small family, although he was still at the Qi Cultivation Stage,

Xiao Yang and the others still had some allocated resources.

The reason Xiao Yan was mocked by so many people now was actually because a portion of everyone else's resource allotments had previously been reduced and given to him.

One truly could not take medicinal pills at the Qi Cultivation Stage.

But that did not mean other resources could not be used.

For example, medicinal baths, Monster Beast Meat, and so on.

These medicinal baths did not count as medicinal pills and could not be ranked.

However, soaking in them over a long period could strengthen the body and relax both body and mind.

They also contained a faint trace of energy.

Monster Beast Meat was much the same. Eating it over a long period provided some help even for cultivating Dou Qi.

After Xiao Yan displayed his talent, he ate expensive First-order and Second-order Monster Beast Meat as if it were daily food.

While others might only be able to take a medicinal bath once a week, he took one every day.

The Xiao Clan was merely a small family.

When one person's resources increased, everyone else's had to decrease.

Moreover, even after Xiao Yan's realm began to decline, the Xiao Clan still refused to give up. They spent money to hire Alchemists and buy Healing Pills for Xiao Yan to take.

Those cost an even greater price.

This further reduced the cultivation resources of the Xiao Clan's other peers.

It was only later that everyone's cultivation resources returned to their original levels.

Xiao Yang planned to collect his share for the month.

That way, after taking a medicinal bath tonight, he could continue grinding through cultivation tomorrow!

Before long, Xiao Yang returned to his Small Courtyard after dinner.

After resting for a while and finishing his medicinal bath, Xiao Yang was about to begin cultivating Dou Qi.

Just then, he suddenly remembered his system.

So, he began trying to create a mission.

However, he soon discovered that Dou Qi was unlike Dou Skills, for which he could directly create missions to practice a certain number of times or for a certain duration.

For Dou Qi, he could only create realm advancement missions.

[Mission: Break through to the Eighth Stage of Qi Cultivation. Reward: Physique +1, Bone Structure +1, one portion of Foundation Building Elixir]

Looking at the Mission Reward, Xiao Yang was immediately delighted.

Foundation Building Elixir!

It was actually this thing!

This was Medicinal Liquid that could be used even at the Qi Cultivation Stage!