Chapter 43 (continued)

As a teaching assistant, he has extensive experience in helping freshmen to "attract the stars into the body" (a metaphor for spiritual guidance).

There are still at least two months until the Tree Tower opens again. He will Yu Hongyuan to the First Grade Realm so that he can safely gather monsters in the Tree Tower.

Yu Hongyuan: "..." Oh no! Mom! This script has gone a bit off track. Your son just wants to lie down and doesn't want to be "tiger mom"!

After eating and drinking his fill, Li Yang began his cultivation (which involved sacrificing his life force).

She first checked the system panel, and sure enough, after breaking through to the Second Grade Realm, her lifespan limit had also increased significantly.

Li Yang's immediate response was. "Consume ten years of lifespan to increase Physique Points."

[You have trained continuously for ten years, thus your realm far exceeds your own limits. Improving your physique has been exceptionally difficult, and your Physique Points has been forcibly increased to 401 points.]

Li Yang: "???"

Even with her good temper, she was about to explode.

It has increased by 1 point in 10 years.

You've gone too far, Tongzi!

Li Yang read the prompt carefully again, barely managing to glean some details. "Far beyond my own limits... does that mean my body can only be raised to a maximum of 400 points of physique? This 'forced increase' is somewhat defying fate."

Li Yang is no longer a clueless newbie.

Not everyone is suited for cultivation. Just like in her previous life, some people understand it in a few minutes, while others can't learn it even after several days. Talent is something that is truly beyond our control.

Li Yang's physical attributes are quite average.

Her mere 30 points of Physique Points when she transmigrated was a testament to her abilities.

Even with the Longevity System's support, this body's maximum potential is 400 points, so it consumes more lifespan while gaining even less in terms of numerical improvement.

If your foundation is too weak, you have to work a thousand times, a hundred times harder.

Li Yang calmed down and no longer felt that the system was harsh.

Without the Longevity System, she wouldn't even have the chance to cultivate. Once she thought about how this was "defying fate," the consumption was nothing.

After all, harvesting wheat isn't too difficult for Li Yang; if a batch of wheat lasts 600 years, she can afford it for the time being.

Li Yang was also mentally prepared that his lifespan would likely be consumed more and more in the future.

Second Grade is the limit, so what about Third Grade, Fourth Grade, or even higher?

It's estimated that the lifespan loss will be even more terrifying by then.

A thousand or ten thousand years is nothing; she's probably going to become an ancient monster that's hundreds of thousands of years old!

Li Yang sighed softly and continued, "It consumes 100 years of lifespan to increase Physique Points."

System: [You have been training continuously for 100 years. With your superhuman willpower, you have triggered the 'Even the heavens were moved by your efforts' event, and your Physique Points has increased to 415 points.]

Even though Li Yang had mentally prepared herself, knowing that her "life" was worthless and her Physique Points was hard to improve, she still felt dizzy when she actually saw it.

It's too difficult.

If improving Physique Points is this difficult, then improving Spirit Points must be even more difficult.

I thought 700 years would be enough, but now that I see it, even accumulating enough Physique Points might be a struggle!

After another 500 years of investment, Li Yang finally managed to raise his Physique Points to 470 points.

"I can't spend any more money, I need to save some of my lifespan..." Li Yang had no choice but to stop. Looking at her remaining 123 years of lifespan, she felt a pang of heartache.

Making money and risking one's life both need to be prioritized.

Li Yang took out a small notebook and roughly summarized her situation.

First, the farmland needs to rest; the next batch of mutated wheat won't be ready for harvest for another four months.

Secondly, the Physique Points is still 30 points away from being maxed out, which requires at least 300 years of lifespan.

Furthermore, the Spirit Points is always tripled by spending money to increase the Physique Points. To reach 500, you'd probably need a lifespan of 3000 years!

Li Yang then wrote another line with a flourish of his pen, "The most urgent task is... to save lives!"

There are no mutant wheat varieties available at the moment, so we can only harvest wild plants.

Since Li Yang couldn't go off-campus, she had to find a solution within the school. She searched on the forum for a long time, using keywords like: rapid cultivation, killing alien plants or Star Plant.

She actually found it. Li Yang murmured, "A practical training camp... sounds pretty good."

This was clearly a popular search term, and many posts were paid. Li Yang looked at his pitiful 5 merit points...

Save money where you can; ask someone for advice.

Li Yang dialed He Song's number and asked, "Teacher, are you familiar with the practical training camp?"

He Song immediately asked, "What, you want to go for special training?" He couldn't help but sigh, "He's talented and hardworking, no wonder he's left everyone else far behind."

Li Yang nodded and said, "Yes... I've advanced to the Second Grade and want to increase my Soul Points."

He Song said, "Well, the combat training camp has single-player and multiplayer modes. For you... you can go directly to the single-player mode, which is more efficient but also more expensive."

Li Yang felt a headache coming on when she heard about the fees, but she had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask, "How much do they charge over there?"

"At the Second Grade Realm... it's about 10 merit points per hour."

"..."

Li Yang gasped for breath in the sweltering summer heat, her face contorted in pain. "What about the First Grade Realm?" she asked with a pained expression.

"The First Grade Realm is cheaper, probably only 7 merit points."

It's not that much cheaper!

Li Yang then asked, "So how is training conducted in this combat training room?"

He Song explained to her, "It's very simple. You just need to choose the alien plant or beast you want to fight and kill it."

This pleased Li Yang, and she continued, "Is there no limit to the number?"

"No quantity limit, only time limit."

"What if I kill too many...?"

"Don't worry, even if you kill dozens of monsters an hour, the training room's supplies will be more than enough."

Li Yang asked curiously, "Teacher, where did these strange plants and beasts come from?"

He Song cleared his throat and said, "The research institute in the Beast Taming Department produces a large number of exotic beasts and plants every day, all of which are deployed to the combat training camp."

Li Yang: "..." I see, it's quite a mature industry chain.

Li Yang, remembering that the Beast Taming Department seemed to study "beasts," couldn't help but worry and asked, "I only want to kill exotic plants, will that be enough?"

"Enough is enough!"

"The Beast Taming Department also cultivates exotic plants?"

"The Beast Taming Department doesn't cultivate anything; they only research how to create abnormal creatures."

"???"

"Literally, it means changing the original form, not that it means being mentally abnormal." Although people with the Beast Taming Department are generally not very normal psychologically.

"I see..." Li Yang had learned something new.

He Song added, "By the way, add me as a friend. I haven't transferred the bounty reward to you yet."

Li Yang: "!"

My senior is such a kind person; he's like a pillow delivered to someone who's sleepy.

The reward for this bounty mission was quite generous, a full 70 merit points. He Song immediately transferred 60 points to Li Yang, saying, "This was unanimously agreed upon by everyone. If you hadn't pushed away the cultist who was about to self-destruct, we would all be dead."

Li Yang was really poor, so he didn't stand on ceremony and said, "Thank you, senior!"

With these 60 merit points, Li Yang immediately navigated to the combat training room, wanting to see if he could harvest some lifespan.

From the outside, the combat training room looks like a teaching building. Once inside, a lazy administrator pulls out a safety agreement, which is covered in dense writing. In short, it means: if you can't win, press the rescue button; if you press it too late, you are fully responsible.

Ten merit points vanished in an instant, and Li Yang's heart ached.

After taking the key and finding the corresponding room, Li Yang pushed open the door and went inside. There was an operation panel with very simple instructions.

Please select the mutated creature.

There are quite a few options, but they are all exotic beasts and plants categorized according to their cultivation level, ranging from the First Grade Realm Initial Stage to the Second Grade Realm High Stage.

Li Yang carefully selected Second Grade Initial Stage exotic plant.

As the countdown began, a strange plant with a gaping maw emerged, but Li Yang had already activated his Hidden Shadow and hidden himself.

The strange plant didn't sense anyone and remained motionless.

Li Yang quietly circled behind it, and the Star Weapon pierced through with a soft "plop." The alien plant suddenly turned around and opened its mouth to bite her.

Li Yang quickly deployed Wood Shield to block the attack, and then released several Light Blades.

Bang bang bang, each of her Light Blade struck the weak point with pinpoint accuracy, quickly taking down the man-eating plant.

Li Yang sighed softly and glanced at the time, "It actually took six minutes."

If it's one head every six minutes on average, that's only 10 heads per hour.

And my lifespan was increased by... 10 years.

What!

Li Yang stared intently at the number and said, "Tongzi, come out here! Shouldn't Second Grade Low Stage exotic plant take 20 years?!"

The system is frozen.

A bad feeling rose in Li Yang's heart. "Could it be because I've advanced to the Second Grade Realm? If so, can I still harvest First Grade Realm mutated wheat... one stalk per year?"

Li Yang gritted her teeth and went to the operating table to select a rare plant at the First Grade Realm Initial Stage. This rare plant was actually a familiar one, a man-eating flower.

Faced with this First Grade Realm, Li Yang didn't even bother to activate her Hidden Shadow. The man-eating flower lunged at her, and Li Yang simply placed a Wood Shield inside its large mouth. Then, several Light Blade shot out and pierced through it.

[Lifespan +1 month.]

Li Yang felt a buzzing in her head; her terrible premonition had come true.

Grade One First Stage exotic plant, which should have lasted a year, has now been reduced to a month!

Does that mean her First Grade Realm wheat harvest only lasts for one month of lifespan?

The sky has fallen!

Li Yang killed another First Grade Middle Stage alien plant:

[Lifespan + 1 month]

Grade One High Stage exotic plants:

[Lifespan +1 month.]

Second Grade Middle Stage exotic plants:

[Lifespan +20 years]

Second Grade High Stage exotic plants:

[Lifespan +30 years]