Vajra Wisdom King Art, Initial Mastery

[Random Chest, Tier: White]

[Chest Tiers: White, Blue, Silver, Gold, Purple, Emerald, Diamond]

"There are seven chest tiers. What I got is the lowest-tier chest."

Yang Ling took a deep breath and rubbed his hands together.

Then he crouched before the chest and slowly opened it.

As the chest opened, a soft white glow spilled forth.

Like a gentle breeze brushing across his face.

Inside the chest lay a single pill in silence.

Yang Ling focused his gaze, and its information immediately surfaced:

"Spirit-Nourishing Pill: Can increase proficiency by 500 points."

"What the hell? Increase proficiency by 500 points!?"

Yang Ling was stunned.

That was a little too outrageous.

At his current training speed,

500 proficiency points would take at least twenty-some days!

After thinking it over, Yang Ling swallowed the Spirit-Nourishing Pill in one gulp.

The white chest vanished at that moment as well.

"Please select the martial art whose proficiency you wish to increase."

"Vajra Wisdom King Art."

"Please select the martial art whose proficiency you wish to increase."

"Looks like the Vajra Wisdom King Art won't work. As expected, it can only increase martial skill proficiency."

"Mountain-Crushing Fist."

The next second, a warm current began continuously rising within Yang Ling's body.

It felt exactly like the sensation of gaining proficiency while practicing martial arts.

The only difference was that this warm current came crashing in, wave after wave.

Yang Ling even felt lightheaded.

As though he had practiced the Mountain-Crushing Fist nonstop for over twenty days.

When the sensation faded, he was suddenly left feeling hollow.

He immediately checked his Attribute Panel:

Character: Yang Ling

Class: Martial Artist

Level: 10

Strength: 11

Agility: 5

Mental Power: 12

Martial Arts: Vajra Wisdom King Art (First-Class Cultivation Method, Beginner)

Experience: 60/100

Mountain-Crushing Fist (Initial Mastery)

Proficiency: 587/1000

Health: 110

"It really increased by 500 proficiency points. If I got another one, wouldn't I directly reach Integrated Mastery?"

Yang Ling clicked his tongue inwardly.

This was far too miraculous.

"Spirit-Nourishing Pills... Aside from game rewards, is there anywhere to buy them?"

"There should be. The major sects must have treasures like this. That's why disciples raised by those sects have such high martial skill proficiency."

"The group I saw before, including Wu Que, had all reached Advanced Mastery."

"With that, Transcendent Mastery seems possible too... I just wonder whether Spirit-Nourishing Pills build up resistance, making them less effective the more you take?"

Suppressing his thoughts, Yang Ling opened the Divine Realm Level Rankings and gave them a glance.

His name was not there.

"As expected, you aren't qualified to be ranked until you change classes."

"The game just said I was among the first thirty high-level players to reach Level 10. That means my level is in the first tier across the entire Divine Realm."

"But the experience from mining can relieve my fatigue, allowing me to keep mining without stopping."

"Why are those guys leveling so quickly? Is it because they have an advantage in their background?"

Yang Ling was somewhat suspicious.

He had already confirmed that although Zhang Wei, Lin Guoliang, and the others could gain experience from mining,

experience was merely experience for them. It was nothing like his own, almost cheat-like ability to directly relieve fatigue.

That was why Zhang Wei wanted to leave this place.

For him, leveling through mining was not only exhausting and painful, but also extremely slow!

"Forget it. Leveling comes first. Maybe there'll be another reward at Level 20."

Pushing aside those distracting thoughts, Yang Ling got back to work grinding experience.

He did not aspire to be number one, but he still wanted to maintain his leveling speed.

Ideally, he would receive game rewards every time.

As the sun was about to set, Yang Ling returned to the wooden cabin and began practicing his fist techniques.

Time passed little by little.

"Huh? Something's not right."

Yang Ling's expression shifted.

Previously, he could only gain 1 point of proficiency per hour.

That meant 5 points in five hours.

But while practicing just now, he had clearly felt his proficiency increasing much faster.

"Could it be 6 points in five hours? That's an increase of one-fifth?"

"My Mental Power was previously 10, and now it's 12. That means Mental Power really is connected to proficiency..."

"Let's try the Vajra Wisdom King Art too!"

Without another word, Yang Ling assumed a stance and began cultivating the Vajra Wisdom King Art.

Experience +1

Experience +1

As time passed, his experience quickly increased by 5 points.

The rate of increase seemed no different from before.

Yang Ling did not stop and continued cultivating.

After a while:

Experience +1

"Six points!"

Yang Ling opened his eyes, overjoyed.

The upper limit for gaining experience had increased!

It was also by one-fifth!

"Mental Power really is connected to this proficiency and experience!"

"Great! I don't necessarily have to wait until I'm seventy or eighty to become an expert!"

Yang Ling was secretly thrilled. As long as he kept leveling up and put his Free Attribute Points into Mental Power, he could increase his cultivation speed and create a positive cycle!

"I have Free Attribute Points that I can allocate, but Zhang Wei and the others seem to be able to gain corresponding attribute points only through similar training.

If other players are the same, then this is one of my greatest advantages.

I can add Mental Power whenever I want, but they can't..."

Over the next few days, Yang Ling's life settled into a steady rhythm.

He mined during the day, grinding experience.

At night, he practiced his fists and cultivated the Vajra Wisdom King Art.

Not only was his strength slowly increasing,

his purse was growing fuller by the day as well.

On this day,

an unprecedented gravity appeared on Yang Ling's face.

After making sure no one was around, he continued cultivating the Vajra Wisdom King Art!

97/100

98/100

99/100

Time passed.

Finally!

100/100!

Boom!

A massive warm current surged into Yang Ling's body.

Heat continuously billowed from his entire body.

A faint wisp of white steam even rose from above his head!

[Congratulations, the Vajra Wisdom King Art has advanced to the first layer.]

[You have gained 5 Free Attribute Points. While circulating the art, Strength and Agility each increase by 15 points, and maximum Health increases by an additional 100 points.]

"It's finally done..."

Yang Ling muttered to himself.

Having reached this point, his strength had finally undergone a qualitative transformation!

"There shouldn't be any question about where these 5 Free Attribute Points should go."

Yang Ling immediately added all of them to Mental Power.

At that moment, he felt his mind undergo an immense sublimation.

The benefits did not merely make his thoughts increasingly clear.

Even his field of vision became incomparably sharp!

"Wait, something seems off. Is this increase in Health permanent?"

With a thought, Yang Ling began checking his Attribute Panel.

Character: Yang Ling

Class: Martial Artist

Level: 10

Strength: 11

Agility: 5

Mental Power: 17

Martial Arts: Vajra Wisdom King Art (Initial Mastery)

Experience: 0/1000

Mountain-Crushing Fist (Initial Mastery)

Proficiency: 786/1000

Health: 210

"I'm not even circulating the art right now, yet my Health has risen from 110 to 210... So I misunderstood before. This increase in Health is permanent!"

"A first-class cultivation method truly is extraordinary. If I complete all four layers, won't my Health exceed a thousand?"

Yang Ling's breathing grew rapid.

When he had first arrived, he had possessed a pitiful 40 Health.

By normal human standards, 50 points was average.

That meant his current Health was actually more than four times that of an ordinary person.

In reality, he could be called a monster without exaggeration!