Chapter 6: The system functions

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Legendary crafting system.

Object: helping the host become the greatest craftsman in his own world.

Host Name: Qin Yun (nine years old)

Host Level: 1

Host Strength: 69

Host Skills: 2

System Shop: To be unlocked

System Library: 1

System Quests: 1

Experience Points: 0/1000

Achievement Points: 0

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"WAOH!" Qin Yun watched with a wide-opened mouth and surprised face. This blue screen had appeared from nowhere.

"Host! Let me give you a simple tutorial about the system functions" The robotic voice sounded in Qin Yun's mind.

"Oh! Okay." Qin Yun replied.

"Host! Your level is the measure of your progress in completing the system quests. Every time you advance in level, you will get more access to the system resources."

"Host! The host strength is a measure of your physical strength. You will need strength in order to activate your skills."

"Host! The host skills are like superpowers and they are provided to you by the system. These skills will be useful in your journey to become the greatest craftsman."

"Superpowers!" Qin Yun eye's lit up.

"Yes, currently, you only have two skills. Do you want to see your skills?"

"Yes, of course." Qin Yun nodded with excitement

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Host Skills:

First Skill: Lightning Shield (Active)

Level: 1 (Upgrading Cost: 10 achievement points)

Description: You gain a powerful lightning shield around your body. It can protect you from almost anything.

Activation Cost: 50 strength points.

Skill Duration: 1 minute.

Second Skill: Fast Learning (Passive)

Level: 1 (Upgrading Cost: 10 achievement points)

Description: Your learning ability is faster than normal humans by five times.

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"So, the reason I didn't die from the lightning bolts is the lightning shield?" Qin Yun asked.

"Yes. Luckily, that ape beast rescued you before the one-minute duration finished."

"Then, how did my little sister survived?"

"Host! Your little sister is someone who won't die from something like that." The system answered.

"What!? So, my sister is immune to lightning?" Qin Yun asked.

"Host! Her talent gives her immense body strength, offensively and defensively. Something like those lightning won't be able to damage her skin much less her body."

"System, how did you know about her talent? and where did you learn this information about her talent abilities." Qin Yun asked in agitation.

"Host! I have my special means to check on the people around me. Regarding her talent abilities information, when I descended her in the Martial Land, I began to gather a lot of information about this world, and one of that information was about the talents in the Martial Land."

"Hmm! If the system knows about her talents abilities, then there must be other people who have the same knowledge. They would immediately discover the truth after hearing the story from those martial artists." Qin Yun thought worriedly.

"Host! Don't worry, only a handful of people knows about that information. It will take time for the truth to be discovered."

"What! You can hear my thoughts?" Qin Yun asked in horror.

"No! But seeing your reaction, I can assume that you don't want anyone to know about her talent abilities. You want everyone to think that she is dead."

"WHOA!" Qin Yun exclaimed in surprise. The system was too smart.

"But host! People would be able to discover the truth sooner or later, so you better be prepared."

"Yes! I will." Qin Yun answered with a firm voice.

"Now, I will continue the tutorial."

"Ah! Yes, Go on."

"Host! There are two types of skills, passive and active. The passive skills are active all the time and don't need strength points to work. The active skill on the other hand has a limited working duration. Additionally, active skills need strength points to be activated. Regarding the level of the skill. What you need to know is that the higher the level of the skill is, the stronger its effects become. Additionally, your level needs to be higher than the level of the skill to be able to upgrade it. For example, if your level is two and your skill is also level two, then you won't be able to upgrade it unless you go and advance your level first."

"So, that's why I felt extremely powerless after using the lightning shield. Every active skill consumes some of my body strength." Qin Yun said.

"Exactly!" The system said.

"Then, how can I gain more strength points?" Qin Yun asked. If he can increase the strength points, then he would be able to use active skills without worrying about his body.

"The only way for you is to train your body. You need to increase your physical body to increase the strength points." The system explained.

"Ah! I see."

"Host! The system shop is where you can buy new skills. You can also buy from there information related to crafting like crafting techniques, crafts blueprints, materials formulas, and crafting knowledge. All of those can be bought by using achievement points. It will be unlocked when you earn your first achievement points."

"Host! The system library is where the purchased crafting information is kept. There is currently one book. Do you want to see it?"

"Yes!" Qin Yun said.

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System Library:

First Book: The Basics Of Crafting In The Martial Land (500 Page)

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"Host! You can read any book in the library at any time."

"Okay!"

"Host! The system quests are where you can gain experience points that are needed to advance in level, and you also can gain achievement points that are needed to be able to buy from the shop or to upgrade your skills. Do you want to see it?"

"Yes." Qin Yun nodded.

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System Quests:

Main Quest: learn the Basics Of Crafting In The Martial Land book.

Reward: 100 experience points, 5 achievement points.

Sub Quest: None for now

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"Host! The last things are the experience points and the achievement points. I already explained their uses. You currently need 1000 experience points to level up, and you have 0 achievement points." The system explained.

"So, the more I complete quests the more I get points which are needed to obtain more resources from the system?"

"Exactly! You get new skills and you can upgrade your current skills. You also get more crafting information from the shop." The system said.

"That's amazing." Qin Yun said with an excited voice.

"Yes! Host! Every resource that you might need to become the greatest craftsman in the Martial Land is within your grasp. Go and complete the quests to obtain them." The system said in an encouragement manner.

"If I become the greatest craftsman, can I protect my little sister and reunite with my grandfather and my parents?" Qin Yun asked.

"Of course! in our journey, you will get to know a lot of powerful martial artists, and even obtain favors from them. You will also obtain the knowledge from the system to make puppets and different powerful weapons. You will also make a lot of money with your crafts. Host! As long as you work hard and advance in your journey, I am sure that you will become powerful enough to achieve your personal goals." The system said.

"Really?" Qin Yun asked.

"Yes!"

"Then, from this day onward, I will work hard to become the greatest craftsman in the Martial land." Qin Yun vowed with a firm voice.

"That's the spirit host!" The system said in a complimenting manner

"System, I want to read The Basics Of Crafting In The Martial World now." Qin Yun said.

"Okay!"

"SHWA!"

A visual book appeared in front of Qin Yun.

"What an amazing system." Qin Yun marveled at the system abilities.

Soon, he began to read and study the book.

It didn't take long before Qin Yun let out a gasp.

"This book is too easy to understand." Qin Yun praised with disbelief. He didn't take more than three hours to understand everything in the book. And now, he felt that he knows every basic knowledge about crafting in the Martial Land.

"The host has completed the main quest. Congratulations! You have earned 100 experience points, 5 achievement points." The robotic voice sounded all of a sudden.

"What! I really made it? System! That book was too easy!" Qin Yun said feeling a bit confused. He expected the book to be extremely profound and to take a lot of time to finish it.

"Host! There are two reasons why you made it this fast. The first reason is your skill, fast learning. The second reason is that this book was written by me after gathering a lot of information about your world crafting, then I simplified it and made it easy to understand and learn. I am not the best crafting teacher, but at least, I can say that I'm the best in this world." The system boasted with his robotic sound.

"HAHA! So, that's the reason." Qin Yun said with a laugh. A good teacher can save the time of the student by a significant amount.

"Host! there is a new main quest. Do you want to check it out?"

"Yes please!" Qin Yun replied.

"Main Quest: you now have enough knowledge to make your first-ever crafting. Host, craft your first work and set your first foot on the journey to becoming the greatest craftsman in the Martial Land.

Rewards: 100 experience points, 5 achievement points, a free crafting technique from the shop.

"Good rewards and there is even a free book. And the quest is quite easy." Qin Yun commented.

"Host, there are three rules you need to abide by when you crafts, otherwise the quest won't be accepted." the system said.

"System, what are those three rules."

"The first rule is that your craft's quality must be a fine quality or above. Anything below fine quality like average quality or even poor quality will not be accepted and would be seen as a failure. The second rule, your crafts need to be uniques on their own and they need to be without flaws. The third rule is that your work must be within the six categories of the crafts. You can't just make anything without any uses."

"All of my works must be of Fine quality and above!!!" Qin Yun screamed with a stunned expression.

A craft with a fine quality was a treasure in the Martial land. To make a fine quality, one of the used materials must be of rare graded materials. Rare things were treasures in the Martial Land. Qin Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. How and where is he going to obtain a rare material, they were expensive.

In Martial Land, all the crafts were mainly under six categories.

The first category is weapons crafts. Things like swords, spears, bows, and knives. Anything that could be used as a weapon is under this category.

The second category is vehicle crafts. Things like carriages, chariots, ships, and flying crafts. Anything that could be used for transporting is under this category.

The third category is armor crafts. Things like chest armors, legs armors, boots, and helms. Anything that is used as armors is under this category.

The fourth category is accessories crafts. Things like rings, earrings, headbands, and capes. Anything that is considered an accessory is under this category.

The fifth category is the tools. Things like furnaces and medical needles. Anything that is used as tools.

The sixth category is puppets crafts. Puppets were things made from different types of materials. They resemble humans as they can move like them and fight like them, but of course, they need some hard requirements like rare energy sources to make them move and a capable human to control them.

In Martial Land, the crafts qualities were divided into six levels. The order from lowest to the highest was like this: poor quality, average quality, fine quality, exceptional quality, masterpiece quality, and the highest is one of its kind qualities.

"I can craft a wooden sword for training purposes, its considered under the tools category." Qin Yun thought to himself. He decided to craft a wooden sword as it was the easiest for him to craft right now. It didn't take a lot of requirements to make.

"A good idea! I only need to find a rare graded wood to start the crafting, I also need to buy my first crafting tools." Qin Yun was in deep thoughts.

"Big brother, why are you smiling." Qin Qing who had awoken asked in confusion.

"HAHA! I was only thinking about something." Qin Yun smiled awkwardly.

"Big brother, can you move now?"

"Yeah, I can move a bit. Seems like I needed to eat to regain my strength."

"Phew! Thank God." Qin Qing sighed in relief.

"Qin Qing! Are you ready to leave?" Qin Yun asked. He wanted to leave the Silent Forest as soon as possible. After all, the martial artists might come back or something like that.

"Yes!" Qin Qing replied.

"Okay, we will leave tomorrow. I think that I will be able to regain my full strength by tomorrow." Qin said with a cheerful smile.

"Okay!" Qin Qing replied with a small smile.

Qin Yun looked at the cave's exit with a determined expression.

"The journey shall begin tomorrow."