Chapter 12 Harvest

Chapter 12 

Task list completed:

[Task: Defeat Lin Shan. Reward: One third-grade Blood Qi Pill. Completed, claim?]

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[Task: Defeat Lin Hong. Reward: One bottle of third-grade Vitality Pill. Completed, claim?]

[Task: Defeat Lin Xia. Reward: Constitution +1, Root Bone +1. Completed, claim?]

[Task: Defeat Lin Dong in the clan competition. Reward: Root Bone +10, Fortune +10, God-level Automatic Alchemy Furnace. Completed, claim?]

[Task: Obtain first place in the clan competition. Reward: Spirit +2, Comprehension +2, One bottle of fourth-grade Cultivation Pill. Completed, claim?]

"Claim!"

A day's competition allowed Lin Yun to complete nine tasks, all with very rich rewards.

As the rewards were distributed, streams of energy enhancing his attributes flowed into Lin Yun's body, elevating both his physical and mental state, as if he were ascending, waves of ecstasy washing over him.

Several beams of white light flashed before him, and the rewarded pills and alchemy furnace appeared in front of Lin Yun.

Lin Yun felt he was about to be filled with happiness.

Today's gains were too abundant, especially the reward for defeating Lin Dong; it was truly worthy of the Child of Destiny, defeating him even yielded a divine artifact.

If he killed him, would he drop even more...? This thought flashed through Lin Yun's mind and quickly vanished. How could he bear to kill such a well-behaved, obedient, and understanding little fanboy like Lin Dong?

Lin Yun checked the information on the God-level Automatic Alchemy Furnace.

[God-level Automatic Alchemy Furnace: This is an alchemy furnace that has developed self-awareness. As long as spiritual herbs are thrown into the furnace, it can automatically refine pills.]

[The divine object rewarded by the system automatically recognizes the host, please use it with confidence.]

Lin Yun circled around the furnace, which was a reddish-orange, three-legged, two-eared furnace, half a meter tall, round and smooth, with dense red runes carved on its body, as if those runes were operating and flowing, incredibly mysterious.

"This function is somewhat similar to Lin Dong's Ancestral Stone; the Ancestral Stone can also refine spiritual herbs into pills," Lin Yun said in surprise. This function was very good, and he liked it very much.

In the Tianxuan Continent, where pills are used as currency, having an automatic alchemy furnace is equivalent to having a money printing machine.

Lin Yun would no longer lack pills in the future.

"Master, I can not only refine spiritual herbs but also combine them to produce even stronger pills," suddenly, a crisp female voice came from the reddish-orange furnace.

"You can talk?"

Lin Yun was slightly surprised.

"Of course! I'm a God-level Alchemy Furnace, and I've had self-awareness for a long time. Master can communicate with me anytime," the sweet female voice rang out again.

"As far as I know, the Tianxuan Hall, ranked tenth on the divine object list in this world, is also a divine artifact with self-awareness. It can automatically refine divine objects as long as materials are put in, similar to this alchemy furnace."

Lin Yun suddenly thought of the Tianxuan Hall.

Overall, in this world, it's not uncommon for divine objects to speak; many divine objects have developed self-awareness.

Lin Dong's Ancestral Stone is the same, but the spirit of the Ancestral Stone has not yet awakened.

Lin Yun quickly accepted the existence of the furnace spirit; it was just that the sweet and soft girl's voice was something he needed time to adjust to.

The gentle and obedient girl and the cold, heavy furnace were hard to associate together.

Lin Yun placed his hand on the alchemy furnace and could feel a wonderful connection between his consciousness and the furnace. He closed his eyes, and his consciousness immediately entered the internal world of the alchemy furnace, which was a bright red space, filled with warmth.

"Master!" A red shadow of a girl appeared, calling out sweetly.

"You are the furnace spirit."

"What is your name?"

Lin Yun asked her with his consciousness.

"I don't have a name yet; please give me one, Master."

"Um~ Let's call you Chi Ling." Lin Yun pondered slightly and said.

"Thank you, Master! I will be called Chi Ling from now on."

Chi Ling said happily and immediately wanted to show off, "Does Master need to refine pills? The pills I make are very delicious and can be tailored to Master's taste!"

"Just right, there are two spirit herbs for you to try. The taste doesn't matter, as long as the effect is good."

Lin Yun took out a brocade box, which was the reward for ranking first in the clan competition.

Opening the box revealed red satin inside, and on that satin lay two blood-red spirit mushrooms, resembling flames, quietly resting there, emitting an enticing fragrance.

Lin Yun said, "This is Fire Blood Mushroom, a third-grade spirit herb."

"Master, just put them all in!"

The lid of the alchemy furnace opened automatically, and inside it was like a burning cloud, hazy and indistinct.

Lin Yun placed both Fire Blood Mushrooms inside.

The red spirit called for help, "Master, the red spirit has just come out and hasn't accumulated energy yet. I need your elemental power to help; you just need to channel your elemental power into the furnace."

"Okay!"

Lin Yun placed his hands on the furnace body, and elemental power surged out.

As the elemental power flowed into the furnace, the runes on the surface suddenly lit up, and at that moment, red flames appeared inside the furnace, but Lin Yun's hands did not feel intense heat.

"Master, the internal space of the furnace is self-contained, with a complete rune formation that can circulate the warmth of the flame runes within the furnace space without any external effects," the red spirit explained thoughtfully.

The two Fire Blood Mushrooms quickly melted into liquid in the flames, and before long, they solidified into fire-red pills, about the size of jujubes, totaling ten pills.

"Master, your current realm is not suitable for refining pills with too strong medicinal power, as that would waste the medicinal effect. I have condensed ten pills for you, so absorbing them will be effortless," the red spirit explained kindly, as she could control the strength and quantity of the pills.

"You really understand alchemy!"

Lin Yun patted the top of the furnace in acknowledgment and then collected the ten pills from inside.

"Ding~!" The red spirit closed the furnace lid, making a strange sound.

"Red Spirit, do you need me to provide elemental power every time you refine pills?" Lin Yun asked.

Just refining for a short while had consumed nearly a third of his elemental power; if it continued like this, it would be a bit too much to handle.

The red spirit hurriedly explained, "No, Master, in addition to elemental power, mental power can also be used. Moreover, there are spirit gathering and spirit locking formations inside the red spirit that can absorb energy from the heavens and earth, storing it in the furnace. Once the energy is sufficient, it can operate on its own, but this process takes time."

"Okay, then you stay here and accumulate energy."

She was quite chatty, so Lin Yun ignored the red spirit.

He wanted to check his current attribute panel, as he had increased several attributes just now.

"System, check attribute panel!"

[Name]: Lin Yun

[Talent]: Fist Technique Talent (Beginner +2), Body Technique Talent (Beginner +2), Palm Technique Talent (Beginner +2)

[Physique]: 11 (Exceptional)

[Root Bone]: 21 (One in a hundred)

[Spirit]: 17 (Exceptional)

[Comprehension]: 11 (Exceptional)

[Fortune]: Cyan (Fortune Level: White, Cyan, Orange, Purple, Gold)

[Cultivation]: Body Refinement Seventh Layer

[Martial Arts]: Falling Rock Fist (Mastery), Tongbei Fist (Mastery), Eight Steps to Catch Cicadas (Mastery), Eight Desolate Palm (Mastery)

[Items]: Divine Level Automatic Alchemy Furnace

The attribute panel now included fortune and items.

All attributes had broken through double digits.

On the surface, Lin Yun showed no changes, but he could intuitively feel that both his body and spirit had significantly improved; the feeling was wonderful, as if the essence of life had undergone a leap.

"The next goal is to break through to the Body Refinement Eighth Layer and to refine martial arts to the level of being close to the Dao."

Lin Yun began to establish tasks.

[Task: Break through to the Body Refinement Eighth Layer. Reward: Physique +1, Comprehension +1.]

[Task: Practice Tongbei Fist 10,000 times (0/8060). Reward: Tongbei Fist Mastery +1.]

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[Task: Refine Tongbei Fist to the level of being close to the Dao. Reward: Fist Technique Talent (Beginner +3).]

[Task: Refine Eight Desolate Palm to the level of being close to the Dao. Reward: Palm Technique Talent (Beginner +5).]

After the increase in attributes, Lin Yun's speed in practicing martial arts became faster; what originally required ten thousand repetitions to improve now only needed around eight thousand.

This further highlighted the importance of talent and attributes.

"To refine to the level of being close to the Dao takes too long; it cannot be accomplished overnight. I can only spend some time each day to gradually grind it out, treating it as a long-term daily task."

"Now, second-grade martial arts can no longer fully showcase my strength; I need more profound martial arts. I'll go to the martial arts hall tomorrow."

Lin Yun pondered for a while and decided to learn a new martial art.

In this world, martial arts are flourishing; aside from Yuan power cultivation, martial arts are also a very important part of strength.

The levels of martial arts are clearly defined:

From first to third rank are inferior martial arts,

From fourth to sixth rank are intermediate martial arts,

From seventh to ninth rank are superior martial arts.

Above that, there are even stronger ones:

Creation martial arts,

Spirit martial arts,

Heavenly martial arts!