“I choose to claim them immediately!”
Hearing how rebellious the game prompt sounded, Ye Lin couldn't help but feel his face darken.
【Ding! Rewards claimed. You have obtained one low-grade Gold-attribute, Wood-attribute, Fire-attribute, Earth-attribute, and Sword-attribute Spiritual Root Strengthening Pill each. One low-grade Cultivation Method Strengthening Card, one Spell Strengthening Card, one Weapon Strengthening Card, and two other item strengthening cards.】
As the game prompt faded, ten items appeared in his hands.
“Adding the Thunder and Water attributes I got earlier, I didn't expect to actually gather all the attribute strengthening pills needed to upgrade my Spiritual Roots.”
Looking at the Spiritual Root Strengthening Pills in his hand, Ye Lin was somewhat surprised.
On the Heavenly Desolation Continent, whether it was Spiritual Roots, cultivation methods, weapons, pills, or other natural treasures, they all followed a unified grade system.
From lowest to highest, the grades were: low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, Earth-grade, Heaven-grade, Saint-grade, and quasi-immortal-grade.
With these Spiritual Root Strengthening Pills, combined with the 【Random Replication】 trait, Ye Lin believed that even with the worst luck, he could steadily upgrade his Spiritual Roots by one grade.
Of course, if he could increase his luck value, he would definitely be able to replicate more strengthening pills when using the 【Random Replication】 trait.
However, he currently had no clue how to increase his luck, and the cultivation academy's Spiritual Root testing for this year was also drawing near.
Therefore, he wouldn't gamble on some distant, uncertain increase in luck, nor would he risk the many unpredictable dangers.
Ye Lin always firmly believed that only what he quickly refined and used to improve himself truly belonged to him.
Without the slightest hesitation, he directly used the 【Random Replication】 trait to perform a multiplier replication on the seven Spiritual Root Strengthening Pills.
Buzz!
As the trait activated, a virtual red prize wheel marked with multipliers from 1 to 1,000 appeared before him.
The next moment, the pointer on the wheel spun rapidly. When it came to a stop, it pointed squarely at the 1x multiplier.
“Just as I expected.”
Seeing that the replication multiplier was 1x again, Ye Lin accepted his fate.
After all, he had been getting this exact multiplier over the past few days when replicating vital energy and blood medicinal herbs. It was consistently heartbreaking.
Boom!
Once the multiplier was determined, the prize wheel vanished into thin air, and the quantity of all the strengthening pills in his hand doubled.
Without the slightest hesitation, he returned to his room and swallowed all the strengthening pills in one go, chewing them like jellybeans.
The pills were neither salty nor sweet, with a mediocre taste. Just after swallowing them, he felt his entire body warm up, as if he were bathing in spring sunshine.
This state lasted for about fifteen minutes.
When the efficacy faded, he only felt his mind become much clearer, as if his mental capacity had expanded. As for anything else, he didn't feel much for the time being.
Opening his personal panel to check again, the talent column had indeed changed to Mid-grade Miscellaneous Spiritual Root.
“According to the records in the Compendium of Common Cultivation Knowledge, the cultivation speed of a Mid-grade Spiritual Root is ten times faster than a low-grade one. This can be considered a massive upgrade.”
Seeing that his talent had finally reached the mid-grade, Ye Lin was very satisfied with this result.
With a wave of his hand, he applied the Weapon Strengthening Card to his low-grade spiritual sword.
Buzz!
Along with a flash of light, the low-grade spiritual sword instantly became a mid-grade spiritual sword, its sharpness vastly enhanced.
A mid-grade spiritual sword was typically something only wealthy Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators were qualified to possess.
As for the two other item strengthening cards, he used them on two Fireball Talismans.
Instantly, the Fireball Talismans, which could originally only kill Qi Condensation Stage cultivators, became powerful enough to slay a Foundation Establishment Stage great perfection cultivator.
They could be triggered with just a sliver of spiritual energy, making them extremely convenient.
“Looking at it this way, the protagonist Ye Tian's hundred-fold strengthening cheat is indeed troublesome. Any treasure that ends up in his hands will have its power and quality enhanced a hundred times.”
After muttering to himself, Ye Lin casually tossed the Cultivation Method Strengthening Card and the Spell Strengthening Card into his storage bag.
Feeling that this wasn't secure enough, he directly bound the storage bag to himself with a drop of blood.
This way, unless he perished or actively opened it, the storage bag could not be opened by anyone else even if it was destroyed.
Seeing the sun setting outside and the sky filled with red clouds, Ye Lin prepared to get up and stew another pot of highly nourishing medicinal food for himself, intending to continue raising his vital energy, blood, and physical constitution.
But right at that moment, a piercing roar suddenly echoed through the small Great Desolation Village.
“Another wild beast has entered the village?” Hearing the roar, Ye Lin didn't pay much attention at first.
After all, the mountain behind Great Desolation Village was right next to a boundless mountain range. It was normal for a few wild beasts to run out from the mountains from time to time.
In the few days since he had arrived, wild beast attacks on the village had already occurred twice.
In such situations, the village usually had a special hunting team composed of strong young men to handle it.
Although these youths didn't possess Spiritual Roots, because they had been nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth since childhood and occasionally consumed medicinal diets, they still possessed the strength of the fourth or fifth layer of the Body Tempering Realm.
This strength was nothing in the cultivation world, but it was more than enough to deal with wild beasts.
“Oh no! This is a Qi Condensation Stage dark creature! Quickly signal the nearby Demon Suppressing Guards!”
Just as Ye Lin thought this was merely a common wild beast attack and that the battle would end quickly, the members of the hunting team suddenly cried out in panic.
Hearing this, Ye Lin couldn't help but freeze.
It was recorded in the Compendium of Common Cultivation Knowledge that although most dark creatures were suppressed in various abyssal demon caves, quite a few slipped through the cracks and escaped.
Moreover, these dark creatures were incredibly bizarre and unpredictable, with extremely powerful physical bodies. Ordinary cultivators of the same rank were no match for them at all.
Thus, to deal with these evil creatures that escaped to cause trouble, the various cultivation academies had specially established an organization called the Demon Suppressing Division to handle them.
However, Great Desolation Village was just a remote hamlet. Even if they sent a signal, it would take a long time for the Demon Suppressing Guards from the Demon Suppressing Division to arrive.
This meant that whether he chose to act or not, this disaster would inevitably affect him.
“If I kill this dark creature, maybe I can get a heaven-defying achievement gift pack?” Ye Lin began to ponder.
Even killing a wild rabbit for the first time had yielded a trait like 【Random Replication】.
As the number one invaders of the Heavenly Desolation Continent, the reward for a first-time kill on a dark creature would certainly not be bad.
At this thought, he couldn't wait even a second longer. Gripping his mid-grade spiritual sword and the strengthened Fireball Talismans, he immediately dashed out the door.
“You beast! How dare you come to our village to slaughter my kin! I, Xu Qing'an, will make sure you die without a grave today!”
Just as he rushed out the door, he saw a dark-skinned youth in the distance shout loudly, swinging a pair of iron fists as he engaged in combat with a black-tiger-like dark creature.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Xu Qing'an's fists were like solid iron, each strike generating a gust of wind, growing fiercer with every blow.
In just a few breaths, relying on his ninth layer of the Body Tempering Realm cultivation, he beat the second layer of the Qi Condensation Stage black tiger until it shrieked in pain repeatedly.
“I'll help you!”
Seeing the black tiger retreating in defeat, Ye Lin didn't have time to be surprised by Xu Qing'an's combat power.
With a loud stomp on the ground, his body shot forward like a cannonball, rapidly rushing toward the black tiger.
“Roar!”
Sensing another dangerous aura rapidly approaching, the black tiger's body shuddered, and a very human-like look of confusion and panic actually surfaced in its eyes.
Wait, this isn't right, is it? When I came here, didn't our boss say this was just an ordinary little mountain village where I could do whatever I wanted?
But before I could even eat a single warm human, two cultivators who can take my life suddenly jumped out. What the hell is going on?
“Die!”
Seeing the black tiger turn to flee, Ye Lin gave it no chance at all. He lunged forward with his sword and brought it down cleanly.
Thud!
The black tiger's head was sliced off by him as easily as cutting tofu.
【Ding! Congratulations on becoming the first player in this game to kill a dark creature. You have triggered a special achievement. The rewards have been distributed to the player's space. Please check them yourself.】
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