Martial Artist! System Upgrade!

Over this period, Tang Ping had been doing fine; after all, he could grow stronger just by lying flat. Jiang Yang and the others, however, had been training with genuine diligence for several months, not willing to waste a single moment.

Now that the Quasi-Martial Artist assessment had finally been passed, it was the perfect time to play together for a day and relax. Otherwise, given their current state of mind, it would likely be difficult to enter the meditative state required for cultivation.

After a day of wild fun, the brothers each returned to their homes.

After celebrating once more with his family, Tang Ping finally had the leisure to attempt cultivation once he returned to his room.

He sat on his bed, legs crossed with the soles of his feet facing upward, hands resting on his legs with palms facing up, his waist and back kept straight.

The text says the first time sensing the energy is the hardest. I wonder if my trash talent can manage it. If not, I'll just have to wait for my Tool People to succeed.

"Hoo... hah..."

Tang Ping's breathing gradually leveled out as he controlled himself, letting his heart grow quiet.

"The body must be relaxed, the Five Hearts Toward Heaven posture natural; the heart must be still, as calm as a mirror-like lake." Tang Ping's self-control was decent; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to persist through those previous two years.

Gradually, Tang Ping became completely still, even his heart settling into silence.

Silence reigned, his breathing becoming almost imperceptible.

One minute, two minutes... thirty minutes... one hour... three hours...

"Ugh! Damn it, did I fall asleep?" Looking at the sky outside the window, which was already beginning to brighten, it was clear that Tang Ping's cultivation last night had not succeeded.

"Forget it, I knew I wasn't a genius, didn't I? I'll just lie flat and wait for my Tool People to succeed." Since he had anticipated that his first attempt might fail, Tang Ping's mindset remained quite peaceful.

To succeed in cultivating Genetic Origin Energy sooner, he had even specially deleted a few previously bound Tool People during yesterday's assessment, replacing them with the three trainees who had passed the Quasi-Martial Artist assessment alongside them.

In other words, he now had seven Tool People working hard at the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method. As long as one of them succeeded, it would be equivalent to him succeeding as well. It was wonderful.

Although a whole night had passed and not one of them had succeeded, Tang Ping wasn't discouraged. After all, this was normal; those who could succeed in a single day were true geniuses, and it was perfectly normal for none of these seven to be such a prodigy.

In the days that followed, Tang Ping would occasionally try to practice the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method himself when he was bored, but most of the time, he was still lying flat.

His brothers were surely all training hard, and he didn't want to disturb them.

Just like that, on the morning of the fifth day, Tang Ping woke up and discovered that the power contained within his body had increased by a significant margin compared to before.

"Whoa... at least 2000kg or more." He threw a punch, gauging the feeling roughly; as for the exact figure, he would need professional equipment to test it.

"Oh, right, since I've succeeded in cultivating Genetic Origin Energy, I should count as having entered the Apprentice Level. Let me see if the system has upgraded along with me." After the initial excitement, Tang Ping remembered his previous speculation about the system upgrading.

[Heaven Rewards Diligence System]

Host: Tang Ping

Realm: Apprentice Level, Tier 2

Current Bindable Tool People: 20.

Currently Bound Tool People: 10.

Tool Person No. 1: Jiang Yang, Apprentice Level, Tier 2 (Reward Distribution Ratio: 50:50).

Tool Person No. 2: Li Ze (Reward Distribution Ratio: 60:40).

Tool Person No. 3: Li Zhongyun (Reward Distribution Ratio: 50:50).

Tool Person No. 4: Wang Zhizhong (Reward Distribution Ratio: 60:40).

Tool Person No. 5: Wang Jiang (Reward Distribution Ratio: 10:90).

Note: The current system reward level randomly increases cultivation effects by 1-100 times. For example, if a Tool Person's cultivation increases their punching power by 1kg and a 100x reward is triggered, the increase becomes 101kg, with the 100kg system reward distributed according to the ratio set by the Host, ranging from 1:99 to 99:1.

"Oh ho, so it was that kid, the Big Thief, who succeeded. And the system really did upgrade! Not only has the number of bindable Tool People doubled, but the reward multiplier has also increased tenfold. Not bad, not bad at all." Looking at the upgraded system panel, Tang Ping was grinning from ear to ear.

Although he had guessed that the system might upgrade along with him, the massive improvement after the upgrade was something he hadn't dared to imagine.

He readjusted the distribution ratios and added back the few Tool People he had deleted to make room for the three trainees who had passed the assessment.

Since he had space now, he just hoped they hadn't started doubting their lives due to the drop in cultivation efficiency over the past few days. If they really fell into a slump because of it, Tang Ping would have no choice but to permanently delete their qualifications.

As for the remaining seven slots, Tang Ping planned to keep them open until he met a few more genius martial artists to bind.

After all, frequently changing Tool People not only increased the risk of exposure but could easily ruin someone else's life.

One must remember: it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Having experienced the rapid cultivation under the system's boost, it would be impossible for an average person to endure returning to their previous, poor state.

Perhaps the system's reward multiplier also helped increase the success rate of practicing the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method, because in the following days, Tang Ping's other six Tool People who had learned the method all succeeded one by one.

Moreover, there was a surprise gift package in the mix: one of Tang Ping's brothers, the little fatty Li Ze, had actually awakened his Spirit Reader talent upon succeeding in his cultivation.

Naturally, after the system rewards were processed and distributed, Tang Ping also became a Spirit Reader. Although his sea of consciousness didn't contain the innate liquid or solid spiritual energy that other Spirit Readers possessed to rapidly boost their own power, he believed that with his Tool Person brothers, his own growth would only be faster.

He opened the system panel.

[Heaven Rewards Diligence System]

Host: Tang Ping

Realm: Martial Artist Apprentice Level, Tier 4; Spirit Reader Apprentice Level, Tier 4

Current Bindable Tool People: 20.

Currently Bound Tool People: 13.

Tool Person No. 1: Jiang Yang, Apprentice Level, Tier 2 (Reward Distribution Ratio: 99:1).

Tool Person No. 2: Li Ze, Martial Artist Apprentice Level Tier 2, Spirit Reader Apprentice Level Tier 4 (Reward distribution ratio: 50:50).

Tool Person No. 3: Li Zhongyun, Apprentice Level Tier 2 (Reward distribution ratio: 99:1).

Tool Person No. 4: Wang Zhizhong, Apprentice Level Tier 2 (Reward distribution ratio: 99:1).

Tool Person No. 5: Wang Jiang (Reward distribution ratio: 10:90).

Tool Person No. 6: Lu Yang, Apprentice Level Tier 1 (Reward distribution ratio: 5:95).

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