The Fifth-Tier Rebirth Record
Wang Ling acted swiftly, and within just five days, the transactions for the five shops were completed, earning Lin Qing 15,000 taels of silver.
The Soul-Calming Office immediately sent someone to deliver fifteen silver notes worth a thousand taels of silver to Lin Qing. No matter how calm Lin Qing was, he could not hide his overwhelming joy at suddenly receiving such a large sum of money.
However, when he saw on the panel that advancing to the fifth level of the Rebirth Record would require 10,000 taels of silver plus Five-Element Treasures, his joy was quickly diminished.
"The Rebirth Record is the foundation for my growth; I must upgrade it." Lin Qing immediately went to the Armory and exchanged all ten silver notes for gold.
Afterwards, he returned home with the gold and immediately went to the Golden Treasure Pavilion to buy Five-Element Treasures.
The so-called Five-Element Treasures refer to rare and precious treasures that possess the five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. These objects are frequently used in the forging of Divine Weapons.
When Lin Qing arrived at the Golden Treasure Pavilion, Steward Wang was the first to greet him, his face still beaming with a kind smile and his attitude incredibly warm.
"Lord Lin, I heard the other day that you killed Song Heilong. It was a great relief. Truly, heroes emerge from among the young!" Steward Wang said with a smile.
"Steward Wang is joking. It's just killing a fugitive; it's nothing," Lin Qing said calmly.
"Song Heilong is the leader of the Black Dragon Gang, the largest gang in the Prefectural City. He is a master of the Pill Embrace Force. Lord Lin is only twenty years old and he was able to kill him. He has a bright future ahead of him. No wonder he was appreciated by Wang Ling and became Gold Token Constable."
Steward Wang continued.
"It's just good luck, Steward Wang. Do you have Five-Element Treasures in the pavilion?" Lin Qing asked.
"Yes, my Golden Treasure Pavilion has all kinds of rare treasures. The Five-Element Treasures are generally used for blacksmithing and weapon forging. They are diverse in type and quality. I wonder what Lin Qing specifically needs?" Steward Wang asked.
"Hmm, bring out some low-quality Five-Element Treasures for me to take a look," Lin Qing said.
He didn't know exactly what Five-Element Treasures the Rebirth Record required. Naturally, the cheaper the better, provided the requirements were met. After all, he only had a little over six thousand taels of silver, which seemed like a lot, but some items were too expensive. Spending money freely wouldn't be enough.
"Alright, Lord Lin, please wait a moment!"
Before long, Steward Wang his men to bring over thirty kinds of Five-Element Treasures.
Every time Lin Qing picked up a item, Steward Wang would explain what it was and how much silver it cost, while the Rebirth Record would also provide a response.
"This is Celestial Sunflower Gold. One piece costs over seven hundred taels of silver and is an important material for forging swords."
Lin Qing held it in his hand and weighed it in his hand. A message appeared before his eyes.
"Insufficient gold content, does not meet requirements!"
Lin Qing then picked up another piece of light blue metal next to him, and Steward Wang explained, "This is Azure Fallen Star Gold; this small piece costs 1,100 taels of silver."
"Meets the requirements, can be absorbed." The Rebirth Record immediately provided feedback.
So, following this method, Lin Qing quickly selected the Five-Element Treasures he needed. Even though Steward Wang gave him a 10% discount, and even though he carefully selected and put together the cheapest set, it still cost him 4,300 taels of silver.
Back home, Lin Qing was filled with emotion, feeling that money was flowing away like water. The 15,000 taels of silver he had just received had been spent in the blink of an eye.
However, this money has to be spent.
As he placed thousands of taels of silver and Five-Element Treasures on the table in front of him, a message immediately appeared before his eyes.
"Sufficient amounts of common gold and silver items and Five-Element Treasures have been detected, meeting the requirements for upgrading the Golden Finger. Upgrade?"
"Upgrade!"
In an instant, all the items in front of Lin Qing vanished into thin air, and the Rebirth Record level on the panel increased to level 5.
"The Fifth-Order Rebirth Record allows you to equip five martial arts skills simultaneously, reducing the time to switch skills to one hour. It can obtain information about corpses within a 500-step range and sense the location of corpses within a 3,000-step range."
The next instant, Lin Qing suddenly felt a strong attraction coming from the southeast, which was the direction of the Cremation Ground compound.
A gleam of joy flashed in his eyes. "So that's how it is. Within a three-thousand-step radius, I will sense any corpse in any direction where martial arts techniques can be copied. The more corpses there are, and the higher their martial arts level was before they died, the stronger the sense will be."
"In this way, the difficulty for me to find the corpse of that mysterious expert in the Blood Valley Forbidden Ground will be greatly reduced."
"In addition, the number of martial arts skills that can be equipped has been increased to five, which allows me to combine martial arts skills more flexibly. It's just a pity that there are still too few Talent Combat Arts that can be equipped." Lin Qing thought to himself.
This is because the Rebirth Record is too powerful, and his leveling speed is too fast. He simply doesn't have time to practice Combat Arts. The Tathagata Fist Manual in his hand has already consumed almost all of his time.
At this moment, Lin Qing had a sudden thought and noticed that the conditions required to advance to the next level of the Rebirth Record were a full 50,000 taels of silver, plus four kinds of high-quality Exotic Beast Bone.
"Fifty thousand taels!" Lin Qing clicked his tongue in amazement. "We still need to find ways to make money. Relying solely on the silver distributed by the Soul-Calming Office, our cheat system will never be able to level up any further."
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For the next period of time, Lin Qing stayed at the Soul-Calming Office and rarely went out.
While collecting corpses and accumulating strength, he also studied the Tathagata Fist Manual and the Passing Glimpse. He practiced diligently from morning till night every day, never slacking off, and his strength increased rapidly.
Two and a half months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Lin Qing followed Wang Ling to the entrance of the Blood Valley Forbidden Ground Area again.
"Give it a try. This time, I should be able to break through seven hundred steps," Wang Ling said slowly.
This was the first time in over fifty days that he had brought Lin Qing here, because after entering the Pill Embrace Force, the speed at which Martial Artist's strength improves becomes very slow.
It takes a normal person more than ten years to go from the Early Pill Embrace Force) to its Perfect Mastery. If one has Talent, it can be shortened to five or six years.
Lin Qing was exceptionally Talent, but he figured it would take at least two years.
While he was pondering, Lin Qing had already stepped into the Blood Valley. He walked very fast, covering five hundred steps in just a few breaths, and then continued forward.
Blood Corpse occasionally appeared, but he easily smashed them all with a single punch.
Five hundred, six hundred, seven hundred, eight hundred— Lin Qing kept running forward, taking a thousand steps, until he finally felt a sharp pain.
"If I continue forward, I can take at least two hundred more steps, but a thousand steps is still not my current limit," Lin Qing thought to himself.
His gaze sharpened as he looked southeast, suddenly feeling an extremely strong pull, as if drawn by an attraction, pulling him in that direction.
He understood that there was a powerful Martial Artist's corpse in this direction, which made his heart burn with excitement.
But in the next instant, the direction from which the sensation came suddenly changed, shifting from southeast to northeast.
"Huh? What's going on?" Lin Qing's heart skipped a beat. "Could this corpse be moving?"
He stared intently ahead, trying to discern something, but the white fog was thick and swirling, obscuring everything.
Suddenly, the corpse changed position again, this time to the northwest.
Lin Qing thus confirmed that the corpse could indeed move.
"A great secret must be hidden deep within the Blood Valley Forbidden Ground. It won't be long before I uncover it completely!"
Lin Qing did not continue forward, but turned around and returned the way he came.