Lifting a Thousand Jin

"I was ready long ago."

In response to Liu Yuan's question, Qin Dongcheng immediately went to the Bamboo House and brought back two baskets of medicinal herbs. One basket contained the herbs he needed to submit this month, while the other had been obtained through the Heaven Rewards Diligence System.

Naturally, Qin Dongcheng would not say that. Instead, he smiled. "Steward Liu, aside from the herbs I need to submit, I've accumulated this basket over the past few months. Do you think I could exchange them for Sect Contribution?"

If Handymen tending Herb Fields submitted enough medicinal herbs each month, they could earn five Sect Contribution points. Submitting extra herbs could also earn them additional Sect Contribution.

Qin Dongcheng was naturally doing this in preparation for exchanging for a Skin Refining Technique.

Seeing Qin Dongcheng take out another basket of medicinal herbs, a faint, barely perceptible gleam of greed flashed through Liu Yuan's eyes. If there had not been several people nearby, he might even have considered swallowing it for himself. After all, a basket of medicinal herbs was worth quite a bit.

It seemed he would need to keep an eye on this Qin Dongcheng from now on. Who would have thought that he was actually rather skilled at cultivating medicinal herbs?

Since becoming a Handyman in the Herb Field, he had been able to submit his herbs on time every month. Now, he had even secretly accumulated a whole basket, including quite a few precious medicinal herbs.

If he could be made to support his son, his son would surely improve faster and might have a chance of becoming an Inner Sect Disciple in the future.

Liu Yuan nodded somewhat regretfully. With so many people around and Qin Dongcheng's request being perfectly reasonable, he naturally could not refuse. "Certainly. In addition to the fixed five contribution points every month, you can receive another twenty points. Bring over your Servant Token, and I'll record them for you."

Qin Dongcheng took out his Servant Token and handed it over. Every disciple of the Five Elements Sect possessed such a token, graded according to their status and rank.

It could simply record the Sect Contribution possessed by disciples. Though it could not compare to the electronic products of his previous life, it was already quite impressive in this ancient-like world.

Identity tokens were made from a special kind of jade that could record simple information. If one wanted to transfer the Sect Contribution inside, other jade artifacts were required. Without a certain status, one could not obtain such jade.

The identity tokens of Chore Disciples were gray, with the words Five Elements Sect carved into them. They looked quite plain.

"Done. Cultivate your herbs well from now on. The sect will not shortchange you on Sect Contribution."

After recording the Sect Contribution, Liu Yuan left with several Handymen. Including the Sect Contribution he had accumulated before, Qin Dongcheng now had fifty points. He only needed fifty more points to exchange for a Skin Refining Technique.

With a slight smile, Qin Dongcheng continued cultivating medicinal herbs. At his current rate of accumulating contribution, it would take only a few months for him to save enough Sect Contribution.

After finishing his work in the Herb Field, Qin Dongcheng returned to the Bamboo House and began refining Blood-Replenishing Pills. His luck was good this time. He failed only twice, then refined a Blood-Replenishing Pill on the third attempt, earning a net profit of six hundred copper coins.

An ordinary person earned only two or three hundred copper coins a month. Qin Dongcheng made this much in a single day; he was absolutely among the high-income earners.

In his previous life, that would have been the equivalent of a white-collar elite earning tens of thousands a month.

Qin Dongcheng had been nothing more than an ordinary person in his previous life. Who would have thought that after transmigrating, he would so quickly become one of the high-income class?

If he stopped cultivating and instead married and had children, he could easily find a beautiful wife who stood out one in a hundred and become a respectable wealthy man.

Seeing that it was already late, he made and ate a Medicinal Meal before beginning to practice the Mount Tai Body Strengthening Fist.

Having already reached Minor Achievement in the Mount Tai Body Strengthening Fist, he practiced it with the ease of familiarity, carrying a relaxed and unhurried feeling that quickly immersed him in it.

"You performed the Mount Tai Body Strengthening Fist once. Congratulations, you triggered a Triple Critical Hit and gained triple the rewards!"

On the fourth repetition, he actually triggered a Triple Critical Hit, and his cultivation increased by a small amount.

This kind of little unexpected bonus truly made one happy.

When immersed in cultivation and reaping rewards, time always passed swiftly. Dozens of days vanished in the blink of an eye.

With every effort bringing its reward and occasional critical hits lending their aid, Qin Dongcheng's cultivation progressed at a furious pace. However, he had also consumed nearly all the Blood-Replenishing Pills he had refined during these days.

The extra medicinal herbs gained from critical hits had long been unable to meet his needs, forcing him to frequently purchase herbs from the Black Market.

Doing so would undoubtedly increase his risk, making people wonder where he had obtained so much silver. Qin Dongcheng was therefore already considering when he should reveal that he could refine Blood-Replenishing Pills.

"You performed the Mount Tai Body Strengthening Fist once. Congratulations, you triggered a Hundredfold Critical Hit and gained a hundredfold the rewards!"

The sun set, and the evening clouds filled the sky.

What Qin Dongcheng had not expected was that, as he neared the Late Body Phase, he would trigger another Hundredfold Critical Hit.

The power of his Blood Qi began rising rapidly, while his physical constitution surged forward at breakneck speed. He hurriedly chewed up and swallowed all the remaining Ginseng roots.

Their medicinal potency was like ice and snow meeting the warm sun, melting into Qin Dongcheng's body and enhancing his Blood Qi and physical constitution in every aspect.

At the Late Body Phase, one's Blood Qi was vigorous, and one's body was strong and sturdy.

Other Martial Artists often needed several years of cultivation before they had any chance of entering the Late Body Phase.

Yet Qin Dongcheng had spent only a little over half a month going from an ordinary person too weak to truss a chicken to stepping through the gates of martial arts, then soaring all the way to this point.

Looking across the entire Five Elements Sect, there were likely very few people who could achieve such a cultivation speed.

Every bit of effort brought a corresponding reward. That alone was terrifying enough, not to mention that he could also trigger critical hits.

During these days, he had also consumed quite a few Blood-Replenishing Pills that accelerated cultivation. His little over half a month of cultivation was comparable to several years of cultivation for other Martial Artists.

It was not strange that he had reached the Late Body Phase.

Once he stabilized his Late Body Phase strength, this critical hit came to an end.

With every gesture, he possessed a tremendous force of over six hundred kilograms. Enhanced by martial techniques, the destructive power he could unleash was even more terrifying.

Moreover, Qin Dongcheng had gained more than just strength. His speed, defense, and five senses had all improved as well... The First Martial Realm, Body Strengthening, enhanced one's overall constitution. It was not merely about strength.

In the martial arts novels of Old Master Jin from his previous life, an expert with the strength of a thousand jin was already at the level of the Central Plains Five Elites.

But in this world, Qin Dongcheng, who already possessed more than a thousand jin of strength, had only just stepped through the gates of martial arts and was still merely in the first realm.

There were even more realms beyond this. The martial arts hierarchy of this world was far more formidable than he had imagined.

After his cultivation realm broke through, the Mount Tai Body Strengthening Fist also drew closer and closer to Major Achievement. Before long, he should be able to cultivate it to the realm of Major Achievement.

He wondered whether reaching Major Achievement would allow him to awaken a Body Strengthening Phenomenon and further increase his strength.