Before the Martial Refinement Tower.
It was now mid-February.
After days of clear weather, the bitter winter had long since departed.
The morning sun shone before the Martial Refinement Tower, warm and gentle.
"The bronze bell on the second floor moved!!" someone called out.
Everyone's attention was instantly drawn over.
On the Martial Refinement Tower, the hexagonal eaves of the second floor swayed slightly, producing a crisp, pleasant chime.
Once the bronze bell on the second floor moved, it meant that Jiang Ning, who had entered the tower, had reached the second floor.
Inside the tower.
As the lift slowly came to a stop, Jiang Ning appeared on the second floor of the Martial Refinement Tower.
The crimson token was now in his hand, and the number on it had changed as well.
"Five credits for clearing the first floor. Not bad!!"
Seeing the number 95 appear on the token in his hand, he nodded.
The reward for the first floor was five credits, equivalent to five taels of gold. That was by no means little.
After all, he had only cleared the first floor of the Martial Refinement Tower.
Then, he felt the increase in his qi and blood within his body.
Only after clearing the first floor did he understand the Martial Refinement Tower's special reward for clearing a stage.
It was a strand of qi and blood, an incomparably pure strand of qi and blood.
At that moment, the qi and blood had already merged into his body and was rapidly digested and absorbed by it.
"One strand of qi and blood, thirty-six wisps in total!"
Sensing the change in his qi and blood, he nodded in satisfaction again.
He still remembered that with the entry-level Five Animals Fist, and his one-hundred-percent success rate in tempering qi