On the surface, Chu Xingchen had gained little from this trip to Cangzhou and Chizhou, as though he had reaped no benefits at all.
He seemed like a sucker who had simply worked for free-at least, that was how Qinghe saw it.
In reality, however, there were still the rewards from the system.
A portion of Heaven's Way fortune and a relic.
But his actual gains did not end there.
Perhaps it was thanks to Lin Luoyu breaking through to Foundation Establishment, or because his other disciples had been cultivating hard.
Chu Xingchen had officially stepped from the Nascent Soul Peak into the Deification Realm as well.
And that was not the only good news.
Ever since Chu Xingchen had come into money, Ning Kun had actually been working on the True Martial Hall.
After finishing the side quest, Chu Xingchen had received the system notification that construction of the True Martial Hall was complete while he was wrapping things up.
The True Martial Hall's effect was somewhat mystical-a slight increase in fortune for every member of the sect.
Chu Xingchen looked at that effect... and could only conclude that it was probably a good thing.
However, the reward for completing the True Martial Hall was the Enlightenment Room. That thing came as blueprints and would need to be built later.
So there was no rush.
Completing a series of system quests awarded cultivation.
Thus, not long after entering the Deification Realm, Chu Xingchen successfully advanced into the Middle Spirit Transformation Realm.
All he could say was that Spirit Transformation lived up to its name. In any case, Chu Xingchen was still figuring out his own cultivation and the additional abilities that came after Spirit Transformation.
The system had, however, issued the next stage of quests.
But he did not