While eating his barbecue, Zhang Yuhe watched the players chatting and joking around in the chat channel.
Seeing the miserable state of the others, he suddenly felt that the roasted meat in his hand tasted even better.
To be honest, he wasn't prepared enough.
It seems like I had nothing to prepare except for mental preparation. I resigned a month in advance, and all I had prepared was a knife.
Of course, no matter how much preparation you do, it won't be of much use.
After all, this was the first time everyone had encountered Yu Fantian, and the information provided on the website was quite limited.
For example, those big shots who brought in firearms ended up being worse off than him.
A firearm that won't fire is no better than a stick of firewood.
His longsword can at least slash monsters and cut meat; it's simple and practical.
Zhang Yuhe felt that this longsword was worth the 50,000 blue coins.
"Continue your cultivation."
After finishing the barbecue, Zhang Yuhe didn't waste any time and immediately sat down cross-legged.
As he circulated his cultivation technique, the surrounding spiritual energy slowly converged towards him.
He only wants to cultivate now and doesn't want to think about anything else.
For example, as some players have mentioned, are there ghosts at night?
After all, this is a world of cultivation, so it's normal to have ghosts and monsters here.
Especially since they are now in the wilderness, this possibility is indeed not small.
Some players are also worried that they might be carried away by wild monsters at night.
In Zhang Yuhe's view, there's no use thinking about these problems too much; he'll deal with them when they come into play.
...
The next day, Zhang Yuhe woke up from his cultivation, and the sun was already high in the sky.
The night passed peacefully, and he even leveled up again, now at the fifth level of Qi Refining.
"It's getting slower and slower, only one level up in one night."
Zhang Yuhe silently complained about his cultivation speed.
If anyone else knew what he was thinking, they would definitely rush over and kill him.
In fact, cultivation is inherently a slow process.
Normally, it takes about ten days for a person with a superior spiritual root to progress from a mortal to the first level of Qi Refining. However, the time required can vary considerably depending on how diligent one is.
For a person with a mid-grade spiritual root to advance to the first level of Qi Refining, it would take at least a month.
As for low-grade spiritual roots, that depends on fate. If you're lucky, you can enter the first level of Qi Refining in three to five months.
If you're unlucky and don't cultivate diligently enough, you might still be just an ordinary person after two or three years.
Zhang Yuhe only spent one day cultivating to the fifth level of Qi Refining, which has definitely broken Yu Fantian's cultivation record.
Who can blame him for having such abnormal talent?
...
Time passed slowly, and Zhang Yuhe stayed in the Taoist temple to cultivate. When he was hungry, he would go out to hunt some wild game.
He discovered that the probability of food dropping was very high; on average, one serving of food would drop for every two monsters he killed.
It's mostly various kinds of grilled meat, and occasionally some dry food items will be available.
As for the cultivation techniques, secret manuals, or magical artifacts and treasures he was hoping for, he had never seen them at all.
Fortunately, the drop rate of spirit stones is not low. Through these days of foraging, he has already picked up about ten spirit stones.
It's unclear whether it's related to his luck attribute, but almost every time Zhang Yuhe kills a monster, he gets a spirit stone.
These days, besides sleeping, I've been practicing and slaying monsters.
...
A month later, Zhang Yuhe woke up during his cultivation, and a powerful aura emanated from him and spread outwards.
"I've finally reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. It's time to go out and take a look."
It wasn't that he didn't want to continue cultivating, but rather that he had reached the point where he couldn't cultivate any further.
Because he had no cultivation method, the Qi-guiding technique given by the system could only be cultivated up to the Qi Refining Perfection stage.
To continue cultivating, one must seek out more advanced techniques.
He had originally planned to cultivate while fighting monsters to see if he could obtain suitable cultivation techniques or secret manuals.
However, he was overthinking it; cultivation techniques are not so easy to obtain.
The best way to obtain martial arts techniques is to start with the indigenous people.
They can either buy or choose to join an indigenous group.
For the past month, Zhang Yuhe has been checking the chat channel for information every day.
Although most players either perished in the monsters or couldn't withstand the various difficulties and chose to log off.
However, there is still a small group of players who are persisting.
Moreover, a few lucky players have already left the wilderness and found Yu Fantian's indigenous city.
According to the players' descriptions, the indigenous forces in the city consist of families and gangs, and most of these indigenous forces recruit people.
Of course, joining an indigenous group requires signing a contract.
They will recruit anyone who has spiritual root aptitude, even if they haven't reached the Qi Refining stage and aren't a true cultivator.
Once you join the indigenous forces, you will not only be given martial arts manuals, but you will also receive a salary.
The specific training methods provided and the amount of salary earned depend on individual skill and the strength of the local tribes.
If you don't want to join the indigenous forces, that's fine too; there are places in the city that sell martial arts techniques.
As long as you have enough spirit stones, cultivation techniques, secret manuals, magical artifacts, and treasures are not a problem.
Zhang Yuhe planned to find the indigenous city first, and then slowly work on the subsequent cultivation techniques.
There is no future in cultivating in seclusion in the wilderness.
...
Zhang Yuhe arrived at the entrance of the Taoist temple and suddenly swung his long sword out of thin air.
As the blade flashed, a large tree five meters away fell to the ground.
Seeing this effect, he couldn't help but nod silently.
His strength at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining is not weak, is it? Even if he doesn't know any magic or supernatural abilities, he should be able to establish himself in a small place just by relying on brute force.
Let's go.
Zhang Yuhe chose a direction and quickly leaped forward.
There was no other way; he couldn't fly yet, so he could only hop forward on the ground.
With his current strength, he could run ten meters in a single jump.
If he were to participate in the Olympics, Bolt wouldn't even be able to see his back.
Zhang Yuhe rampaged through the mountains and forests, completely disregarding whether there were any monsters or not.
He had explored all the monsters in this mountain forest, and they weren't too strong. Having strength meant you could do whatever you wanted.
He roamed freely, killing any monsters he encountered along the way.
He picked up the spirit stones that had been dropped, but he decided to skip the roasted meat; he was already a bit tired of it.
roar……
As he was running and jumping, a deafening roar suddenly came from afar.
"There seems to be a big guy. Let's go take a look."
Zhang Yuhe quickly turned around and ran towards the direction from which the sound came.
Since we've encountered a demonic beast, we naturally have to go and kill it. Even if it drops a spirit stone, that would be great.
A short while later, he saw the monster that had roared earlier.
However, it wasn't just one, but two demonic beasts, locked in a fierce battle.
One was a giant, striped tiger, and the other was a blue ox that was bigger than an elephant.
Each time the giant tiger roared, it would unleash beams of light, like invisible longswords, relentlessly slashing towards the blue ox.
Although the oxen looked tough and thick-skinned, they were still slashed with huge gashes.
The blue ox was not to be outdone. Its horns gleamed with a yellow light, and every time the light flashed, spikes of earth would spring up from the ground and pierce the giant tiger.
"Both of these demonic beasts can use magic?"
Seeing this, Zhang Yuhe was greatly surprised.
He had killed many monsters before, but he had never encountered one that knew magic. Those monsters were just like him, relying only on brute force.
These two demonic beasts are clearly extraordinary.
Zhang Yuhe silently sensed the auras of the blue ox and the giant tiger.
"They are all peak first-tier demonic beasts, almost breaking through to the second tier."
Looking at the two demonic beasts in front of him, Zhang Yuhe hesitated.
Both of these monsters seem quite fierce; he might not be able to defeat them.
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