For a gamer, there was no faster way to improve one's strength than leveling up.
And in the Martial God World, the best choice for leveling up quickly was hunting demonic beasts.
So early the next morning, Wei Yi left the academy and headed to the forest outside the city to begin his hunting journey.
As for the academy's classes, he had never attended them before, and had even less need to now. He did not need to report to anyone when leaving the academy either, because no one bothered with him at all.
Things in the Martial God World were different from those on Earth.
In the Martial God World, apart from the cities and villages inhabited by humans, most of the forests outside were the territory of wild animals and demonic beasts. Ordinary people did not dare enter them.
So Wei Yi had no need to worry about a shortage of prey or being unable to find any.
Instead, as soon as he entered the mountains, an endless stream of wild animals and demonic beasts came looking for trouble, treating him as their prey.
Naturally, Wei Yi showed them no courtesy.
A fierce mountain goat with crimson eyes charged madly at him. Wei Yi immediately tightened his grip on his iron sword. Just as the Red-Eyed Mountain Goat reached him, he pushed off hard with both feet, suddenly shifting left and deftly avoiding its pounce.
At the same time, he unleashed the Storm Sword Technique. The iron sword in his hand instantly became a dazzling streak of sword light and slashed down viciously. Airborne, the Red-Eyed Mountain Goat had no way to dodge. It could only let out a mournful cry before its head flew high into the air.
Wei Yi's clean, decisive strike instantly slew a first-tier demonic beast.
Not only did it demonstrate the Storm Sword Technique's savage power, it also displayed his own first-rate combat skills.
Ding! Player Wei Yi has killed one first-tier demonic beast, Red-Eyed Mountain Goat. Cultivation experience +80, Storm Sword Technique martial skill experience +75.
The system notification sounded immediately afterward.
Wei Yi could not help smiling.
At this rate, it would not take long to level up again.
"What should I do with this dead Red-Eyed Mountain Goat? Just throwing it away would be such a waste."
Wei Yi could not help muttering to himself.
Ding! Player Wei Yi has unlocked the Shop System. Purchasing and selling functions activated. Ding! Player Wei Yi's current cultivation is Second-Rank Martial Disciple. Only items of the corresponding level may be purchased.
The system really was the most considerate. Its notifications sounded instantly.
Delighted, Wei Yi immediately opened the game shop and soon found the selling function.
Then he chose to sell the Red-Eyed Mountain Goat.
Ding! Player Wei Yi has sold one first-tier demonic beast, Red-Eyed Lamb. Received 20 taels of silver.
After some thought, Wei Yi searched the game shop for weapons.
With a casual browse, countless divine weapons and keen blades with stunning designs appeared before him, batch after batch.
Unfortunately, his current purchasing level was low, and he only had two thousand taels of silver left. The vast majority of the weapons were grayed out and unavailable for purchase.
Wei Yi then specifically checked the treasured sword category.
The Xuanyuan Sword, Red Firmament Sword, Tai'e Sword, Dragon Spring Sword, Fish Intestine Sword, Shadow-Bearing Sword, Zhanlu Sword, Pure Jun Sword, Giant Que Sword... he could not afford any of them.
The Immortal-Slaying Sword, Golden Snake Sword, Dark Iron Heavy Sword, Heaven Sword, Peerless Good Sword, Fire Qilin Sword, Hero Sword, Kusanagi Sword... fine, he could only look at these too.
After eliminating the unavailable choices, Wei Yi found that he could count the treasured swords he could currently buy on his fingers.
He finally settled on a Qinggang Sword worth one thousand taels of silver.
This was Cao Cao's sword from the Three Kingdoms. Although it was only a mundane treasured sword, it could still slice through iron like mud.
Replacing the ordinary iron sword in Wei Yi's hand, it immediately increased his combat strength considerably.
Ding! Player Wei Yi has killed one first-tier demonic beast, Black-Haired Ox. Cultivation experience +82, Storm Sword Technique martial skill experience +76. Ding! Player Wei Yi has killed one first-tier demonic beast, Four-Eyed Poison Frog. Cultivation experience +75, Storm Sword Technique martial skill experience +68. Ding! Player Wei Yi has killed one ordinary wild animal, Barren Mountain Wild Boar. Cultivation experience +30, Storm Sword Technique martial skill experience +22. Ding! Player Wei Yi's Second-Rank Martial Disciple cultivation experience is full. Automatically advancing to Third-Stage Martial Apprentice.
As Wei Yi began hunting, the system notifications kept ringing out.
Wei Yi's experience kept increasing too.
By the end of the first day, Wei Yi had hunted several dozen demonic beasts, while his tally of ordinary wild animals reached one or two hundred.
His cultivation had risen to the peak of Sixth-Stage Martial Apprentice, and he had trained the Storm Sword Technique to LV4. Unlike the Azure Ape Fist Art, the Storm Sword Technique was an upper-grade mortal martial skill. Along with its greater power, the experience needed for each level was also considerably higher.
By selling the slain wild animals and demonic beasts to the game shop, Wei Yi had also earned over a thousand taels of silver in total.
And these were only the results of his first day.
Since Wei Yi intended to hunt monsters to level up, naturally, he would not stop after the first day. He spent the next few days the same way.
He left the city alone at daybreak and only returned to the academy after dark.
Few people paid attention to his changes. Although his furious beating of Lu Dawu and Sun Wenyuan had caused something of a stir, its impact was limited to a small circle. True Martial Academy had several campuses and several thousand students in total, including countless outstanding young talents and geniuses. Naturally, hardly anyone would pay attention to a good-for-nothing like him who could not cultivate.
This was not the age of information networks. All news spread by word of mouth, so in most people's minds, Wei Yi was still a good-for-nothing who could not cultivate. Even True Martial Academy had not discovered his transformation.
Wei Yi himself had no intention of changing this situation immediately. Instead, he threw himself into it, seizing every moment to cultivate hard and level up.
"Wei Yi, are you heading out again?"
His roommate Lu Xing had just gotten out of bed, still groggy, only to discover that Wei Yi had already packed up and was ready to leave.
"Yeah. Did you need something?"
Wei Yi asked.
Honest and good-natured, Lu Xing was one of Wei Yi's few friends at True Martial Academy.
"The final exams are coming up, and the date of your final assessment is almost here too. You haven't forgotten, have you?" Lu Xing could not help reminding him.
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I really would've forgotten."
Hearing this, Wei Yi slapped his forehead in sudden realization.
"Um, I saw something yesterday. I'm not sure whether I should tell you..." Lu Xing hesitated.
"If there's something, just say it. Why hesitate with me?"
Seeing him like this, Wei Yi could not help laughing.
"Here's what happened. Yesterday, I went to see Instructor Qian about something and saw the brothers Sun Wenzong and Sun Wenyuan coming out of his place. Instructor Qian even personally saw them to the door. They were chatting and laughing, and it looked like Instructor Qian was beating his chest and guaranteeing them something. I vaguely heard your name..."
"Although I don't know exactly what they discussed, you'd better be careful. After all, Instructor Qian is the head instructor of our Class Eight. He has the final say on a lot of our affairs."
After some thought, Lu Xing gritted his teeth and told him what he knew.
"Got it."
Wei Yi nodded lightly.
Although the smile on his face did not change, a trace of coldness entered his eyes.
"Don't worry. Nothing will happen."
"Just give it some time. Your bro will take you showing off and flying high. Just you watch!"
With that, Wei Yi turned and left the dormitory.
On the way, he checked the game system panel.
Cultivation: Ninth-Stage Martial Apprentice
And his experience had already reached 95%. With just the final 5%, he could advance to the Tenth-Stage Martial Apprentice realm.
The Storm Sword Technique had likewise reached LV9.
With strength like this, he might not be able to slay gods or Buddhas that stood in his way, but at least Wei Yi no longer gave those capering clowns a second thought...