With so many martial arts to cultivate, Lin Yun's days were full and fulfilling.
Due to regularly exchanging martial arts with Lin Dong and Lin Xia, and occasionally entering the forest to hunt, Lin Yun had completed quite a few tasks. The elixirs and food were sufficient for his daily cultivation.
He was improving every day.
Since he wanted to obtain the Intermediate Fist Technique Talent and increase his combat strength, Lin Yun deliberately focused on increasing the proficiency of his fist techniques in the following period.
In the blink of an eye, over a month passed!
[Task: Cultivate Tongbei Fist to the pinnacle of skill. Reward: Fist Technique Talent (Beginner +3). Completed. Claim reward?]
[Task: Cultivate Falling Rock Fist to the pinnacle of skill. Reward: Fist Technique Talent (Beginner +3). Completed. Claim reward?]
"Phew, finally finished. Claim!"
Lin Yun let out a satisfied breath.
The next second, a wondrous energy integrated into his body, especially his arms. He clearly felt a warm energy filling them, a tingling sensation that was particularly magical.
[Fist Technique Talent (Beginner +10) -> (Intermediate).]
He had finally obtained his first Intermediate Talent.
Both First-Grade fist techniques had also reached max level. Now, when Lin Yun used Falling Rock Fist and Tongbei Fist, their attack power was even stronger than the perfected Mountain Shocking Fist, already comparable to Fourth-Grade martial arts.
Moreover, he could use these two fist techniques as he pleased. With a single move, he could unleash their strongest power.
[Task: Cultivate Mountain Shocking Fist 1000 times (76/660). Reward: Mountain Shocking Fist Perfected Proficiency +1.]
Looking at the fist technique task again, the required number of repetitions had indeed decreased. It originally required 1000 repetitions, but now only 660 were needed.
This made Lin Yun look forward to Advanced Talents even more.
Once his talents were also maxed out, learning corresponding martial arts should be a matter of understanding them at a glance and mastering them with a single attempt.
Apart from the continuous breakthroughs in martial arts, Lin Yun had also reached the peak of Body Tempering Eighth Layer, just a hair's breadth away from the Ninth Layer.
However, Lin Yun's elixirs were almost depleted.
On this day, it was time for sparring and exchange with Lin Dong and Lin Xia. When he tried to create a task again, he couldn't succeed.
It seemed that this unchanging exchange activity couldn't continuously generate tasks.
This instantly lowered Lin Yun's expectations for the exchange activity.
However, after more than two months of frequent exchanges, Lin Dong and Lin Xia had also reached a bottleneck in their martial arts. Lin Yun had already taught them everything he knew without reservation. The rest was up to them to comprehend on their own.
Lin Yun suggested shifting the focus of their exchanges to hunting.
Hunting demonic beasts could still generate tasks.
Lin Xia and the other readily agreed.
Actual combat was more helpful to them.
Afterward, they regularly entered the Back Mountain.
With Red Spirit's herb-finding talent, Lin Yun used searching for demonic beasts as an excuse to act alone and enter the depths of the Back Mountain.
The depths of the Back Mountain were rarely visited, and there were many spiritual medicines.
Lin Yun always had some gains each time, ranging from First-Grade to Fourth-Grade.
Among them, First-Grade and Second-Grade were the most common.
He could only occasionally find Third-Grade and Fourth-Grade ones.
As for Fifth-Grade, he hadn't encountered any, which seemed to indicate they were very rare.
Fifth-Grade spiritual medicines were very helpful to Earthly Yuan Realm and even Heavenly Yuan Realm experts.
No matter how many spiritual medicines below Third-Grade there were, their help to Lin Yun was limited.
"Finding spiritual medicines is still not as fast as doing tasks," Lin Yun sighed inwardly.
How good it was to do tasks. The system was generous. As long as a task was successfully created, the reward was basically a bottle of elixir.
As for searching for spiritual medicines, wandering around in the forest all day might not even yield a single Third-Grade spiritual medicine.
It was too time-consuming.
It was better to practice new martial arts and gain rewards by increasing proficiency. That way, he could kill two birds with one stone and also improve his martial arts skills.
Of course, it was also possible that the Lin Family's Back Mountain was too barren.
But no matter what, after trying once or twice without much gain, Lin Yun didn't plan to spend too much time specifically searching for spiritual medicines. It was enough to explore appropriately during hunting. If he found any, it would be a bonus.
After more than two months of getting along, the relationship between the four had become very close.
Especially between Lin Yun and Qing Tan.
During this time, Lin Yun had helped Qing Tan resolve three more cold qi outbreaks.
After returning from hunting, the four of them would gather at Lin Yun's courtyard for a meal and some snacks.
"Cultivating every day, aren't you tired, annoyed, and bored?"
After they had eaten enough, Qing Tan suddenly suggested, "How about we go out for a walk?"
"These few days are the end of the month. I heard that the trade fair in Qingyang Town is very lively. How about we go and take a look?"
Her clear eyes looked at Lin Yun and the other two with anticipation.
Qing Tan had long wanted to go out and wander around, but she didn't want to go alone. Shopping was only fun when done with people she liked.
She wasn't very disciplined about cultivation. If it weren't for Lin Dong and Lin Yun's supervision, coupled with the good cultivation atmosphere among the four of them, she would have given up long ago.
"A trading fair?"
Lin Xia's eyes immediately lit up, and she said faintly, "It's been so long since I've been. Following you two guys to cultivate, I haven't bought new clothes in over two months."
"It just so happens that we've had fruitful hunts during this time and saved up a lot of gold and silver. It's time to spend some."
The prey they brought back from hunting was traded to the family, and the few of them had indeed saved up a small fortune.
Lin Dong was also startled and began to think.
There were many good things at the trading fair, and there should be quite a few spiritual medicines.
He had the Stone Talisman which could extract pills from spiritual medicines. If he could buy spiritual medicines, it could speed up his cultivation.
"I want to go see too, Brother Lin Yun, what about you?" Lin Dong looked at Lin Yun.
Qing Tan and Lin Xia also looked over with anticipation.
Lin Yun was the most homebody among them. Apart from the times they exchanged martial arts, Lin Yun spent the rest of his time cultivating alone in the courtyard. This perseverance and self-discipline made the three of them admire him, while also calling him a pervert and crazy.
"Okay, I haven't been out for a long time either." Lin Yun readily agreed.
During this time, life had become increasingly peaceful. Whether it was exchanging martial arts or hunting in the Back Mountain, the tasks were getting fewer and fewer, and the rewards were becoming more and more ordinary.
It was time to go out and add some excitement to life, so that more tasks would come.
Where there are people, there is the martial world. Where there is the martial world, there will be conflicts and disputes.
Moreover, following the protagonist with a troublesome constitution, and the two beautiful women who naturally attracted attention, trouble was definitely unavoidable.
"Great, yay!"
Getting the agreement of the three, Qing Tan jumped up happily, her eyes instantly becoming like crescent moons, so sweet it was intoxicating.
The next day, the four of them dressed up carefully and went to the fair together.
This kind of fair was jointly organized by several major merchants in Qingyang Town. All kinds of things were sold there, so the popularity was extremely high.
However, this also led to the intersection of many forces, making it a mixed bag.
Entering the fair, there was a large crowd, and soon they were sweating from the squeezing. However, girls seemed to naturally like this kind of lively market.
Lin Xia and Qing Tan were extremely excited, especially Qing Tan. Her delicate little face was flushed with excitement, which was very cute. Her clear and sweet laughter attracted many gazes, and after seeing the girl with picturesque eyebrows and snow-like skin, those gazes were filled with a hint of amazement.
They bought and bought in various shops.
During this time, Qing Tan and Lin Xia also helped Lin Yun buy a lot of things, such as clothes, bedding, and room decorations.
The two girls were very thoughtful. They had stayed at Lin Yun's house and knew what Lin Yun usually lacked, so they took this opportunity to buy things for Lin Yun.
The four of them quickly arrived in front of a magnificent building at the end of the street. This was considered a relatively high-end place in the trading fair, and within it, the Lei and Xie Families, the Mad Blade Martial Hall, and even the Lin Family had shops.
This building was enough for them to browse for a long time.
However, Lin Yun and Lin Dong had no desire to shop. Their minds were elsewhere.
"I'll go look over there and come back here to find you later." Lin Dong casually found an excuse and slipped into the crowd.
He had prepared the Stone Talisman Spiritual Liquid and was going to sell it to buy high-grade spiritual medicines.
"You two go in and browse, I'll wait for you outside."
Lin Yun also didn't plan to go with the two girls. He also wanted to buy some spiritual medicines.
At the fair, there were also some underground trading places that specialized in trading items of unknown origin that could not be explained.
There were quite a few such underground trading places.
Lin Yun chose the opposite direction from Lin Dong, put on the black robe he had prepared long ago, and then chose a relatively hidden trading place.
Before entering the trading place, Lin Yun also tried to establish a task.
[Task: Complete an underground transaction. Reward: Intermediate Cosmos Sack.]
"Another Cosmos Sack, great." Lin Yun was slightly surprised. The low-grade Cosmos Sack he had obtained before was too small and couldn't hold too many things.
An intermediate Cosmos Sack came just in time.
Upon entering the trading place, someone came to lead the way and asked Lin Yun what he wanted to trade.
This time, Lin Yun had prepared quite a few pills, all of which were refined from the first and second-grade spiritual medicines he had found and used. These pills didn't have much effect on him.
However, these pills had a very good effect on martial artists below the Body Tempering Sixth Layer.
Arriving at a room, Lin Yun first took out two bottles of pills, both first-grade, with ten pills in each bottle.
Trading places had specialized appraisers.
"These pills have a very good effect on those below Body Tempering Fourth Layer, are easier to absorb than second-grade spiritual medicines, and also help break through realms," Lin Yun briefly introduced.
The reason why pills were valuable was that their refining efficiency was incomparable to spiritual medicines.
If spiritual medicines were taken directly, at most two or three tenths of the medicinal power could be absorbed, but pills could absorb seven or eight tenths.
Although the pills in Lin Yun's hand were refined from First-Grade Spiritual Medicine, after absorption, the effect was better than that of Second-Grade Spiritual Medicine.
The appraiser at the exchange was an old man. He took out the pills to examine them. A fragrant scent wafted out, and the round, full, and lustrous pills immediately made his old eyes light up.
This was clearly an experienced appraiser.
"The scent is pure, the medicinal power is sufficient, and there's even pill light. Although it's refined from low-grade spiritual medicine, the refining technique is incredibly unique. The grade is a bit low, but it's a top-grade among low-grade pills," the old appraiser commented with slight surprise.
"Only alchemists with advanced techniques can refine such pills."
"May I ask if these pills were refined by you?" the old man couldn't help but ask curiously.
In a small place like Qingyang Town, there was actually such an advanced alchemist hidden away.
"Heh heh heh, you understand pills!" Lin Yun, under the black robe, gave a sinister laugh and said coldly.
"However, you don't seem to understand the rules. Since I'm concealing my identity to trade with you here, I naturally don't want too many entanglements. Be quick about it. Since you know the preciousness of this pill, trade quickly. If you keep dawdling, I'll go somewhere else."
Hearing Lin Yun's impatient voice, and seeing the old man's fear, he immediately said, "Please forgive me, sir. Trade, trade. We'll trade as many of these pills as you have. May I ask what you need?"
"I need Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine or above. One pill for one plant, twenty plants of Third-Grade. If you have Fourth-Grade, two plants will be enough," Lin Yun said casually.
The old man's face twitched, startled by Lin Yun's exorbitant demand. He immediately countered, "Although the effect of this pill is good, it's only useful for people below Body Tempering Third Layer. It can't be exchanged for Fourth-Grade Spiritual Medicine, and for Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine, you can't exchange one pill for one plant. At least two pills. I can only give ten plants."
"Heh, you're quite good at bargaining. I won't waste any more words with you. Fifteen plants of Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine, that's my bottom line." Lin Yun's tone under the black robe was firm, looking like he had the other party cornered.
As a transmigrator, he understood this world very well and naturally knew the value of the pills in his hand.
Especially in a small place like Qingyang Town, where there weren't even Talisman Masters, let alone alchemists, pills were scarce goods.
The old man pondered for a moment, took a deep breath, and said, "Alright, deal!"
Immediately, the old man instructed someone to fetch the spiritual medicine. Soon, someone carried over several boxes.
Lin Yun opened and verified them one by one, confirming they were all Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine. He put them into his black robe and turned to leave.
After circling around and confirming that no one was following him, Lin Yun found another exchange.
However, this time Lin Yun's attempt to establish a task was unsuccessful.
But Lin Yun didn't dwell on it. He had gradually figured out some of the conditions for establishing a task.
The most important point was "difficulty."
Only when a certain difficulty was reached could a task be successfully established.
Some things were difficult the first time, but after doing them multiple times, they became commonplace.
Entering the exchange, Lin Yun still took out two bottles of pills. This time they were refined from Second-Grade Spiritual Medicine, with only six pills in each bottle.
First and Second-Grade Spiritual Medicine, unlike Third-Grade and above, were usually refined into one pill per plant due to their poor medicinal power.
However, there were also some spiritual medicines with similar properties that could be combined to refine higher-grade pills, but those pills were all kept by Lin Yun for his own use.
The absorption efficiency of Second-Grade pills was comparable to that of Third and Fourth-Grade Spiritual Medicine.
This time, Lin Yun only wanted to trade for Fourth-Grade Spiritual Medicine. After some bargaining, his twelve Second-Grade pills were exchanged for two plants of Fourth-Grade Spiritual Medicine.
Above Fourth-Grade, the number of spiritual medicines sharply decreased.
In the market, one plant of Fourth-Grade Spiritual Medicine could easily be exchanged for ten plants of Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine, but ten plants of Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine could not be exchanged for one plant of Fourth-Grade.
Therefore, being able to obtain two plants of Fourth-Grade Spiritual Medicine was already a great gain for Lin Yun.
Having gained a lot, Lin Yun found an uninhabited place, took off his black robe, and went back to look for Lin Xia and Qing Tan.
Not far from the trading alley, he met Lin Dong, who had also just finished trading.
Lin Dong seemed to have guessed that Lin Yun had just come out of the underground exchange.
It seems Brother Lin Yun also has his own secrets... Lin Dong slightly pursed his lips. Ever since he knew that Lin Yun had helped Qing Tan alleviate her suffering from the cold qi, he had suspected that Lin Yun also had unknown secrets.
Just as he was unwilling to expose the existence of the Stone Talisman, Lin Yun probably also didn't want his secrets to be known by others.
The two exchanged a knowing smile and returned to the commercial building.
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