Chapter 24: Boiled Meat Slices
Diamond Sutra: A Buddhist Sutra. After using, wisdom +1 (no effect on repeated use).
Shariputra: The relic left behind by a high-ranking monk after his death. After use, it increases Cultivation Points by 5000.
A sutra that enhances wisdom and a Shariputra that boosts cultivation - each of them is a valuable item that money can't buy!
"The value of these two things should be about the same. The difference is that one is better for long-term development, and the other can immediately enhance fighting abilities. Let's add two and one to make five, ladies first, you pick."
"How can that work?" Yori firmly shook her head: "These things were just found out, I didn't help at all, I absolutely can't take this Shariputra!"
Ye Weiming sighed helplessly, and silently used up both items in one go.
Actually, his previous gesture of offering was just to be polite to this girl, and anxious to test the other person's nature.
Situations like this should not be repeated.
What if the girl was moved by his sincerity?
That would be a massive loss!
Ding! You used the Shariputra and gained 5000 Cultivation Points.
Ding! You've read the "Diamond Sutra", wisdom +1.
Cultivation Points have increased to an unprecedented level, so Ye Weiming quickly pulled up the skill interface, ready to upgrade "How is Mount Tai".
Ding! "How is Mount Tai" belongs to a special category of mental methods, and cannot be upgraded using Cultivation Points.
What?
This "How is Mount Tai" can't be upgraded using Cultivation Points!
Considering the teeth-grinding activation conditions of this mental method, it seems that it's not an achievable task for a normal person to cultivate!
Every successful activation only increases 1 point of proficiency, but the activation condition is to correctly answer 10 consecutive math problems! 1000 points of proficiency is equivalent to answering 10,000 Math problems!
This is just the proficiency required to upgrade from the first level to the second level. What about further upgrades?
Isn't this supposed to be a game?
This is just like five years of college entrance examination, three years of mock testing!
What's more, it's just an ideal case to improve 1 point of proficiency by answering 10 questions. In practice, with the ever-changing emergencies during the fight, focusing on Math problems is no different from seeking death, isn't it?
Fortunately, this mental method's proficiency can be improved through the effect of learning from related things; otherwise, it would have been too inhuman!
Along the way, he returned along the same route. In the meantime, Ye Weiming used his Cultivation Points to upgrade the "Breathing Method" and "Yue Maiden Sword Art" by one level each. Then, his painstakingly accumulated Cultivation Points were reduced to single digits.
Ye Weiming
Level: 14
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Vitality: 760/760
Inner Strength: 550/550
Physique: 73
Arm Strength: 73
Movement Technique: 138
Reaction: 73
Talent: 25
Wisdom: 29
"Breathing Method" (Low-rated) Level: 7
Proficiency: 0/6400
The most basic breathing method in the world, with no particular features, but there's no risk of Qi deviation.
Vitality +350, Inner Strength +350
Physique +35, Arm Strength +35, Movement Technique +35, Reaction +35
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"Yue Maiden Sword Art" (Low-rated)
Swordsmanship passed down from the Spring and Autumn period, mediocre power.
Level: 8
Proficiency: 0/12800
Attack Power +80%, Precision +80%
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Eight Steps to Catch the Moon (Beginner)
Level: 3
Proficiency: 912/1000
A widespread lightness skill in the Jianghu world that significantly increases movement speed.
Movement technique +60
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Mount Tai How-To (Unique technique)
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Level: 1
Proficiency: 201/1000
Attack Damage +10%, Precision +10%, Critical Damage +10%.
In battle, you can activate its active effect, calculating the flaws in the enemy's moves to break through their defenses!
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Equipment
N/A
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With Ye Weiming's current attributes, even if he took a hit from the Zhuge Crossbow in Youyou's hands, he wouldn't be killed instantaneously!
Probably...
When he arrived at the entrance to the underground palace, Ye Weiming once again twisted the mechanism to open the secret tunnel. He then began climbing the hanging chain ladder. Each footstep rang out against the chains, causing a cracking sound.
Unexpectedly, when he had only just reached the halfway point, a series of crossbow arrows shot down from above, falling squarely on Ye Weiming.
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-95
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In a series of decreasing health, one instance of critical damage almost halved Ye Weiming's life instantly.
"Damn it!" In surprise, Ye Weiming quickly let go of the ladder, dropping straight into the underground palace. He then dodged to the side in time to avoid being targeted from the secret tunnel's opening. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Quickly taking out a healing pill from his bag and swallowing it, Ye Weiming's face was very grim.
Without asking, they both knew they had been ambushed, trapped within this underground palace with only one exit!
At this moment, Youyou took out the Zhuge Crossbow, quickly moved to a point under the open space, aimed and gestured towards Ye Weiming, signaling she couldn't spot the enemy from this angle.
Suddenly, a woman's voice came from outside the underground palace. "That girl's reaction is indeed fast. She jumped down as soon as I started attacking. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to kill her, and she escaped!"
From the tone of her voice, she had mistaken Ye Weiming for Youyou.
"No worries!" Another female voice echoed. This woman calmed down the one who spoke previously, then raised her voice and shouted, "Youyou, we are actually not here with ill-intentions today."
Trying to kill us with a sneak attack and then saying they bear no ill will?
Ye Weiming gave Youyou a look as if to say: Is she kidding?
Youyou, on the other hand, had a very grim look on her face at this moment. She sternly asked: "Are you Boiled Beef Slices?"
"Oh! Youyou, why are you being so formal, didn't you used to call me Sister Beef?" The woman outside laughed softly, then proposed, "But whatever you call me, I don't mind. I just want to make a deal with you. We plan to offer 50 gold pieces to buy your Zhuge Crossbow. What do you think, Sister Youyou?"
Youyou clenched her teeth, "50 gold for the Zhuge Crossbow! Why don't you just rob it?"
The woman, Boiled Beef Slices, chuckled playfully, feeling quite pleased: "From your words, isn't that what I am doing?"
"In your dreams!"
"Don't be so agitated, Sister Youyou, you can take your time to consider. I am not in a hurry." Boiled Beef Slices spoke as if victory was already in her grasp. "But I suppose that the Zhuge Crossbow must have a time limit in your hands. I advise you to think it over. If you fail the task and get expelled from your faction, when the NPC experts come hunting, you won't get anything."
Youyou's face was extremely grim at this moment, while Ye Weiming asked in the team channel: "What's going on?"
"I was ambushed!" With both of them trapped here, Youyou frankly replied: "Actually, if I was not certain about Chen Ming's specific location, I would not have rashly accepted this five-star task. I learned that he was hiding in the underground palace of Leifeng Pagoda from another task, which Boiled Beef Slices "accidentally" let slip during a casual chat!"
Listening to Youyou's explanation, Ye Weiming roughly understood the ins and outs of the situation.
"If she really killed you, would she be absolutely sure that the Zhuge Crossbow would drop?"
"During the task period, the drop rate of the Zhuge Crossbow is 100%, so the most dangerous time for this task is after getting the Crossbow. Before getting it, a task failure only means no task rewards and losing the qualification to retake the task. If you get it but drop it or fail to return it to your faction on time, it will be seen as a betrayal of the faction!"