Chapter 22: Bloodline Advancement.
Chapter 22
"Bloodline advancement?"
Sensing the aura of the heavenly tribulation, he was shocked to realize that the culprit behind it lay within his own Fuhua Peak. Without hesitation, the Peak Master dropped his current affairs and, like lightning, appeared high in the sky, outside the range of the heavenly tribulation at Buxingjin's courtyard.
With his rich experience and excellent insight, he recognized the nature of this natural disaster at a glance.
"I didn't expect that an ordinary little grass spirit could actually break through the shackles and advance into the bloodline?"
The Master of Floating Flower Peak was surprised. Bloodline advancement often occurs in demonic beasts. Some possess traces of the blood of sacred or divine beasts. Under special circumstances, these bloodlines can activate and promote the demonic beast's bloodline advancement. However, the laws of nature do not allow this to happen easily. Therefore, during the bloodline advancement process, thunder tribulations are sent down as a test. Only by successfully surviving the thunder tribulations can the demonic beast truly achieve bloodline advancement.
If one fails in the process of overcoming the tribulation, at the very least, he will lose his intelligence and become an ordinary monster; at the worst, he will be turned into ashes under the heavenly tribulation and will never be reborn.
It seems this little grass spirit holds a considerable secret. Having been saved by the Peony Flower Spirit Ning Zi, he has developed a fondness for other plant spirits. This is especially true since the little grass spirit not only knew one of his disciples but also brought news of the murder of another. That's why he arranged for the little grass spirit to stay at his guest residence and tried every possible means to lead it to the Yanshui Secret Realm, where treasures abound. With a bit of luck, the little grass spirit will find what it needs.
Who would have thought that the seemingly ordinary little grass spirit he considered had actually taken the next step towards a bloodline advancement? As far as he knew, plant spirits capable of bloodline advancement were all rare and precious medicinal herbs, and the fact that such a mere grass could achieve such a feat was truly astonishing. However, whether this mysterious little grass spirit could continue its rapid advancement, break through its limits, and become an even more powerful being remained a mystery.
The master of Fuhua Peak slowly departed after witnessing Bu Xingjin's successful tribulation. He keenly sensed that the little grass spirit had successfully advanced to a spiritual herb, yet its aura remained untamed, leaking out unchecked. If it encountered cultivators harboring ill will towards plant spirits, they might capture it to refine elixirs.
Before leaving, the leader of Fuhua Peak waved his hand and injected a spiritual light into Bu Xingjin's body before departing. He gifted Bu Xingjin with a mysterious technique that could conceal his aura, rendering his cultivation invisible. Only cultivators three realms above him could discern his true identity.
Bu Xingjin's bloodline advancement actually differed from the understanding of the Fuhua Peak Master. This was because his advancement was a result of a system upgrade, making it almost impossible for him to fail during the tribulation.
However, apart from not encountering failure, his other feelings were exactly the same as those he experienced when his demon beast bloodline advanced.
For example, he is suffering greatly at this moment.
The agony obscured his awareness of the disappearance of the thunderbolts from the sky. He felt only a raging fire burning within him. Pain washed over him like a blazing tide, every inch of his skin screaming in endless torment. He curled up on the ground, the pain in his body beyond words, unable to utter even the faintest of moans.
An hour passed, and Bu Xingjin, pale-faced, struggled to his feet. Suddenly, a mysterious breath-retaining technique emerged in his mind. After diligent study, Bu Xingjin successfully mastered the art of suppressing his aura, effectively eliminating any trace of it.
He didn't know who gave him this technique, but he could probably guess that it was no one other than the master of Fuhua Peak.
Although he didn't understand why the Peak Master of Fuhua Peak had suddenly gifted him with a breath-retaining technique, and why a young man at the Foundation Establishment stage would conceal his cultivation, he had no intention of playing the pig to eat the tiger. After all, those at the Foundation Establishment stage were already like pigs, and there was no need for pretense. However, he firmly believed that there must be some unknown reason why the Peak Master of Fuhua Peak had so inexplicably gifted him with this breath-retaining technique.
He'll figure out the reason when he gets a chance.
Fortunately, the torturous pain finally disappeared, and now Bu Xingjin had time to check why this upgrade brought about a thunder tribulation.
Bu Xingjin opened the system panel and looked from top to bottom.
At the top was the time for the humanoid experience card and the quarterly time acceleration card, both of which were still quite a bit. Bu Xingjin only glanced at them and then looked away.
The first thing you notice when you look down is the image.
Bu Xingjin stared at the grass inside and found that the image had changed.
Although I don’t focus on the image every time I open the system panel, I will glance at it unintentionally, so any slight change will be clearly noticed.
Moreover, the change this time was not a trivial one. The entire image had jumped from two-dimensional to three-dimensional. The details of the plants were more refined, and they were surrounded by flickering light spots. It was a bit like when he was doing plant-picking tasks in the game before, the plants required for the task would become very obvious on the map.
So, he was struck by lightning, his body burned by flames, and the pain was unspeakable, just to improve the image quality on the system panel?
Bu Xingjin looked to the side with a frown on his face.
Bu Xingjin's gaze first fell on the name column, which remained unchanged. Then, his gaze shifted to the word "Level," which had changed to 25. He then noticed the value next to his cultivation level—720/50,000. Although filled with confusion, Bu Xingjin didn't dwell on this sudden, enormous number. He instead focused on the fourth line of information. This line contained information about the species, labeled... Rare Spiritual Herb.
Bu Xingjin carefully examined it again to confirm that he was not mistaken. The species in that row had been transformed from ordinary weeds to rare spiritual herbs.
Therefore, his previous speculation was probably wrong. Although the system was indeed a bit tricky, it wasn't that inhumane. Everything he experienced today was probably because he had advanced from an ordinary weed to a rare spiritual herb.
The rare spiritual herb can increase one's cultivation by 0.1 per second. It probably took him an hour to overcome the tribulation, so his cultivation increased so much.
Apart from this, the rest of the basic information remains unchanged.
Previously, when it was upgraded to level ten, the grade was promoted from inferior to second-rate, and there has been no movement since then.
Now is the time to upgrade to level 25, and the species will be upgraded from ordinary weeds to rare spiritual herbs.
Both of these information changes only once, making it difficult to discern a pattern. Normally, when a level reaches 10, the rank is promoted, and at level 20, it should be promoted again. However, this is not the case. The only commonality is that, regardless of the rank or type of advancement, it triggers the arrival of a calamity.
Therefore, Bu Xingjin could not predict when he would suddenly encounter an unexpected thunder tribulation after happily clicking on the upgrade button.
After feeling depressed for a moment, Bu Xingjin turned his attention to the generous rewards brought by this upgrade.
The next second after seeing the content clearly, Bu Xingjin burst out laughing.
Upgrade Reward (choose one from three):
1. Randomly reward one;
2. A random reward;
3. One random reward will be given. "
Is it because he took so long to upgrade to level 25 and only chose a random reward once? Even the system can't stand it?
Give him so much at once?
No matter what he chooses, the reward is random.
However, Bu Xingjin thought deeply. The last random reward was a backpack. Could it be something similar this time?
You will know whether it is true or not after you choose it.
All three are the same, which means you can choose any one. Bu Xingjin chose reward one.
"Congratulations on getting one of the seven sign-ins."
As expected, the random rewards may not be normal items, but functions similar to those in the game.
There is a big number seven next to the backpack icon on the panel. Click on it and you can see seven small grids in a row. The first one is lit and the others are black.
Click on the first one to see the requirements for signing in.
On the first day, sign in at high altitude.
The next six days are all gray and you cannot view more.
I can't see any sign-in rewards.
Bu Xingjin is now regretting why he didn't upgrade during the test for outer disciples. The top of the mountain should be considered high, right?
It was nearly midnight, perhaps before midnight, perhaps after midnight. During the day, he could still roughly judge the time by looking at the position of the sun, but that was impossible at night.
If it was near midnight, with only a few moments until midnight, or if it was the beginning of the next day and just past midnight, he needed to determine whether the initial calculation for this sign-in activity would start from now and end at midnight, or from the moment he obtained the seven-day sign-in and end twenty-four hours later.
However, according to the general understanding and rules of the game, the first day of sign-in should be calculated from the day when you obtain the privilege of signing in for seven consecutive days and end at midnight.
If it is the next day now, it is not too much trouble, as there is almost a day to complete the sign-in task. However, if it is only a little time left until the next day, then you have to rush to complete the sign-in task as soon as possible.
Bu Xingjin opened the system panel and ran to the top of Fuhua Peak, while paying attention to whether the seven-day sign-in showed as invalid.
The successful foundation building and advancement to rare spiritual herbs had a huge impact on Bu Xingjin.
His physical fitness, strength, and power had all improved significantly. While running, he seemed unaccustomed to the sudden, uncontrollable surge of power. In a single leap, he could soar two or three meters into the air, nearly falling when he landed. After a period of activity adjustment, he gradually adapted to his now more powerful body.
Soon, Bu Xingjin, with only a slight breathing disorder, reached the top of Fuhua Peak.
Fortunately, the first day of the seven-day sign-in on the system panel has not been shown as expired, but it also does not show that I can sign in now.
This indicated that he had not yet met the sign-in requirements, probably because the summit of Fuhua Peak was not considered high in the air.
Bu Xingjin chewed over the words in the sky carefully, pondered for a moment, and then jumped on the spot.
He jumped two meters high on the flat ground, and at the moment of falling, Bu Xingjin caught a glimpse of the first day's sign-in box flashing.
Sure enough, high in the sky means being in the air, and having your feet on the ground does not count as being in the air.
Bu Xingjin jumped again, and with quick eyes and hands, he clicked the button the moment the first day's sign-in lit up, and he had successfully signed in after landing.
"Sign in successfully. Congratulations on obtaining a fragment of a Broken Ancient Rune."
A piece of yellow, worn paper with irregular fragments covered with red lines fell into Bu Xingjin's hands.
Bu Xingjin studied it over and over again and found that it was just a piece of paper, but the paper was very strong and he couldn't tear it into pieces even with his current strength.
There won't be something like this as a reward for signing in during these seven days, right?
What would he get in the end? Bu Xingjin speculated based on the name, could it be a complete ancient symbol?
You will know what it is only after completing the seven-day sign-in, but judging from the difficulty of obtaining it, Bu Xingjin guessed that it should be a good thing.
Bu Xingjin put the broken fragments of the ancient talisman into his backpack and turned back to the courtyard.
The way down didn't need to be as hurried as the way up, so Bu Xingjin walked back slowly. When he could clearly see the pitch-black night turn into a deep blue, he returned to the courtyard.
The first thing he did was to go back to the room to see the little tree. He was afraid that there was not enough time, so he ran out without taking the little tree with him.
The little tree stayed beside his pillow, exactly the same as when he put it down.
Bu Xingjin walked to the cushion calmly and devoted himself to practicing.
He temporarily had a psychological shadow about the upgrade, so he took a break and continued during the day.
After practicing for more than an hour, daybreak arrived.
Bu Xingjin's current cultivation level is the foundation-building level. Cultivation is not as easy as when he was practicing Qi. He can break through several small realms in one night.
He felt that if he practiced for about another hour, he would be able to break through to the second level of foundation building.
Bu Xingjin opened the system panel and found that the quarterly time acceleration card could still accelerate for thirteen days before entering the cooling period.
Bu Xingjin clicked to use the quarterly time acceleration card for one day, and his cultivation level increased by 4000.
After calculating the time, Bu Xingjin continued to use the quarterly time acceleration card for 11 days, and his cultivation progress bar was full.
25→26.
The moment he clicked the upgrade button, Bu Xingjin unconsciously looked up at the sky. However, as expected, the sky was not thundering or lightning, but rather clear and cloudless, with a vast blue sky.
Don't worry, Bu Xingjin chose to upgrade the reward.
"Congratulations on obtaining a backpack expansion card (twenty slots)."
This was exactly what he urgently needed at the moment. The original twenty-grid backpack already contained several pieces of Yin Iron, several pieces of spirit stones, and other miscellaneous items, and was almost full to the limit.
He was still wondering what to do if he got some goodies in the Yanshui Secret Realm but had no place to put them?
There was no need to worry now. Twenty grids were enough to hold twenty kinds of natural treasures. He was just worried that he wouldn't be so lucky to come across so many treasures. If he did, he could grab all the natural treasures he came across.
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