Chapter 6 Breakthrough, System Reward

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  Breaking through the middle of the Taoist practice, Fang Yan has reached a new milestone. If it were based on Fang Yan's qualifications, every time he advanced to a higher level in the Qi Refining stage, it would take months of accumulation, especially when entering the fourth layer of the Qi Refining stage, it's not just accumulating for a while and then breaking through, but also requires a lot of enlightenment.

  But now it's different, with this Xianjie system, his cultivation has no bottleneck to speak of, as long as he has merit points to cultivate, he can continuously transform into pure and refined cultivation.

  "Alas, this cultivation is progressing quickly, but the cost in merit points is simply not worth it!" Thinking of his already insufficient merit points, Fang Yan couldn't help but reveal a helpless expression. This system was indeed useful, but once it got going, the consumption of merit points was just too great. Especially now that he had entered the middle stage of Qi Refining, what used to be one merit point worth of cultivation for a whole tea's worth of time was now shortened by half, only allowing him to cultivate for half a tea's worth of time.

  "The experience points I get from killing a first-level demon beast are barely enough, at least I need to kill some peak first-level or second-level demon beasts, otherwise, there won't be any experience points for me to cultivate tonight!" Looking at the undulating forest in the distance, Fang Yan licked his lips and showed a hint of expectation in his eyes. Now, only by venturing deeper into the forest can he encounter even more powerful demon beasts.

  For over a dozen days, it was the same every day, with multiple battles to fight each day, up to a dozen or more. The massive amount of combat experience not only honed Fang Yan's adaptability but also allowed him to better control this body, still as a maiden, and dynamic as a rabbit.

  All the way forward, through the outer forest sea, as Fang Yan guessed, the strength of the demon beasts encountered on the road became stronger and stronger. The first peak demon beasts were everywhere to be seen, and even the second peak demon beasts were everywhere to be seen. From a distance, Fang Yan felt some strong aura emitted by the second peak demon beasts. He knew that he was not suitable for dealing with these second peak demon beasts now, so he sensed them in advance and left detour.

  For several days, Fang Yan had been wandering in this forest, and his cultivation was still at the fourth layer of the Qi Refining stage. His strength was still very weak, so he specifically targeted first-level peak demon beasts to attack. In these few days, his fourth-layer cultivation quickly solidified, and he no longer targeted first-level demon beasts, but instead aimed his Wooden Light at the second-level demon beasts in the forest.

  In this way, Fang Yan stayed in the forest for more than ten days, and his cultivation rose to another level, entering the fifth layer of the Qi Refining stage.

  In just over a month, Fang Yan broke through from the third layer of the Qi Refining stage to the fifth layer, which was already beyond the realm of genius.

  All the way through, the first-class demon beasts on the road were turned into his merit points by ordinary second-class demon beasts.

  Just as Fang Yan beheaded a second-level demon beast equivalent to the fifth layer of Qi Refining, his mind was filled with several cold system prompts: "Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining seven points of merit value!"

  "Congratulations, host, the human-level top-tier martial skill 'Collapse Mountain Fist' has reached the realm of a first-rate master!"

  "Congratulations, host, you have obtained the Human-level Supreme Martial Arts Master reward, 2000 free merit points, and ten days' worth of cultivation experience."

  As the cold system prompt fell, Fang Yan immediately felt a warm power surging in his body, merging into his limbs and bones, his blood and energy like a tide, bursting out with a rumbling sound from time to time.

  "Sixth layer of Qi Refining." As the energy that suddenly surged within his body gradually dissipated, Fang Yan felt shocked to discover that his cultivation had made a breakthrough, directly entering the sixth layer of Qi Refining, the peak of mid-stage Qi Refining. And all it took was one reward from the Sect Master to raise his cultivation by an entire level - this reward was truly too awesome.

  A system reward that saved ten days of bitter cultivation and greatly increased his cultivation. If such rewards come a few more times, won't he be able to directly enter the later stage of Qi Refining?

  Fang Yan felt a direct boost in his cultivation and also noticed the key words in the system's prompt tone.

  When martial skills are cultivated to the level of a grandmaster, there will be a grandmaster reward. This grandmaster reward has 2,000 points of merit value, and also includes the merit value required for ten days, which is absolutely not limited to 2,000. As his future cultivation continues to improve, the merit value required for ten days of cultivation is absolutely astronomical. It's equivalent to using the system to cheat and cultivate for ten days, with no change in time, but a real increase in cultivation.

  Fang Yan unfolded his stance, and the Mount Bao Fist was unleashed. Fang Yan felt that the power of the Mount Bao Fist had suddenly surged several times over, truly worthy of a master's grasp. The full extent of the Mount Bao Fist's power was perfectly displayed.

  "With my current strength, I wonder what the chances of winning against a third-level demon beast are?" Fang Yan put away his fist and stood up, muttering to himself, and once again ventured deeper into the forest.

  His fist was like the wind, capable of exploding air, Fang Yan had confidence that with one punch he could blast a second-level peak demon beast to death, and even for third-level demon beasts, he had confidence in cutting them down.

  Fang Yan darted through the dense thicket, his powerful senses on high alert. He discovered prey all around him and immediately unleashed a crushing blow, striking down his quarry with deadly precision. As he did so, a melodious voice echoed in his mind: "Congratulations, host, you have obtained seven points of merit value!"

  At the sixth level of Qi Refining, Fang Yan can now freely roam in this dense forest with a bright and upright demeanor, no longer hiding and evading like before. In the entire Sword Grave realm, the sixth level of Qi Refining is no longer at the bottom of the hierarchy.

  When Fang Yan advanced a few miles, his figure suddenly stopped, and his eyes looked through the dense foliage to a clearing in front of him. At this time, on the outside clearing, a fierce sword wind suddenly rose, and figures shuttled back and forth among them, with shouts and curses constantly ringing out, interspersed with bursts of mournful beast howls.

  As far as the eye can see, these people are besieging a third-class demon beast. Fang Yan's breath immediately subsided, and his whole person was like an old monk sitting in meditation. A third-class demon beast is equivalent to a Qi-refining period seventh or eighth layer demon beast. If it were a third-class peak demon beast, that would be equivalent to a ninth-layer Qi-refining period cultivator. And the people surrounding and killing it are just a third-class peak Bloodtooth Beast.

  Third-level demonic beast, also has strong and weak, this is similar to the Boar Tusk Pig, the skin is covered with blood-red Blood Tooth Beast, it is not the top-level third-level demonic beast, its strength is only equivalent to a Qi Refining Period 8th layer cultivator. And surrounding this Blood Tooth Beast are six or seven Qi Refining Period 6th and 7th layer cultivators.

  In the jungle, sword energy crisscrossed, waves of air shot out in all directions, and the Bloodtooth Beast roared incessantly. Agile figures darted back and forth, intersecting with each other, as dull thuds echoed unceasingly in the ears.

  Dozens of feet away, Fang Yan jumped onto a tree trunk, overlooking from above, gazing at the distant battlefield.

  "It's someone from the Wang family." Through the battlefield, Fang Yan discovered that the one who was hunting down the Blood Tooth Beast was none other than a young master of the Wang family, one of the three major families in Yangzhou City.

  From the moment Gao Jin and Wang Yanran joined forces to frame Fang Yan, Fang Yan had already put the people of the Wang and Gao families on his list of those who must be killed. Since you want me to die, I will absolutely not go quietly into the night.

  "Go ahead, the more lively the better. When you kill this Blood Tooth Beast, it will be your death sentence." Fang Yan's face turned cold, and at this moment, he had already begun to brew how to keep these excellent young masters of the Wang family in this Sword Grave space.

  The Blood Fang Beast was not a top-tier third-grade demon beast. A young cultivator who had cultivated seven layers of Qi led the charge, four cultivators who had cultivated six layers of Qi launched the main attack, and two cultivators who had cultivated five layers of Qi flanked it. Soon, the Blood Fang Beast was covered in wounds.