“Boss, your swordsmanship is pretty good!” Bai Yu said after watching Qin Chu kill a spotted tiger.
Bending down, Qin Chu took the spotted tiger's crystal core. “Bai Yu, you’re wrong. It’s my person that’s good.”
Bai Yu laughed heartily. Perhaps others would think Qin Chu was arrogant upon hearing this, but Bai Yu didn’t. He thought Qin Chu was confident; whether facing a fourth-tier berserk bear or Liu Ze, Qin Chu never lacked confidence.
After a brief chat, Qin Chu and Bai Yu continued their mission. This time, their route was closer to the outer edge, approaching the outskirts of Miyun Mountain, and they proceeded along the periphery.
Qin Chu and Bai Yu dared not enter Miyun Mountain. They had learned about the desolate areas around Qingyun Sect. The outskirts of Miyun Mountain were mainly inhabited by third-tier Yao Beasts, with very few fourth-tier Yao Beasts appearing. However, the interior of Miyun Mountain was different; there were many fourth-tier Yao Beasts, and even fifth-tier Yao Beasts. With their current strength, entering rashly would be courting death.
Although he had killed a fourth-tier berserk bear, Qin Chu was not arrogant enough to think he could easily kill fourth-tier Yao Beasts. Killing the fourth-tier berserk bear was partly because the berserk bear had just experienced a Breakthrough, and also because its speed was relatively slow, which allowed him and Bai Yu to kill it.
“Boss, have you ever considered that when you fight Liu Ze that day, she might be ruthless?” Bai Yu asked Qin Chu.
“Then what should I do? Should I cower? If I cower, living would be too stifling. I can only fight first and then see,” Qin Chu said.
In fact, Qin Chu also knew he might not be able to defeat Liu Ze, but he didn’t want to shrink back. He could fail, but he couldn’t surrender without a fight; that would mean losing his mindset and dignity. When he lived in the mountains, his old man told him that when facing Yao Beasts, he had to be more ferocious than the Yao Beasts to survive.
His storage belt was full, so Qin Chu made a cloth bag out of his outer robe and carried the mission items on his back. He was quite anxious inside, not about a Cultivation Technique, but he wanted to get started early and let Qingyun Sect see his capabilities, so he would have a chance to meet Elder Mo.
“Boss, I see you’ve collected some medicinal herbs that aren’t required for the mission,” Bai Yu asked.
“Those herbs are for my own use. I’ll let you try them later,” Qin Chu said, patting Bai Yu’s shoulder. He thought Bai Yu was very good; at the very least, they could go through life and death together. He didn’t run away when they encountered powerful Yao Beasts, making him a very good companion.
This time, Qin Chu and Bai Yu traveled several hundred miles until they could no longer carry any more mission items, then they turned back.
Qin Chu was a little excited because he thought that after submitting the mission, he should have 30,000 points, which he could use to exchange for the classic he had set his sights on.
The classic Qin Chu liked was called Heavenly Origin Art! From the description, Qin Chu thought it was very impressive, even more powerful than some Origin Qi Cultivation Techniques that cost 100,000 points.
When Qin Chu and Bai Yu returned to the Merit Hall of Qingzhu Peak, the Merit Hall was about to close.
Enforcer Han, who was walking out of the Merit Hall, went back inside and helped Qin Chu and Bai Yu submit their missions.
After submitting the mission, a look of disappointment appeared in Qin Chu’s eyes. It was 29,600, just 400 points short of 30,000.
“Here, take this 500-point Polygonum multiflorum. You can pay me back 1,000 within a month!” Bai Yu took out a thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum and handed it to Qin Chu. He knew Qin Chu needed 30,000 points.
Qin Chu nodded. He knew Bai Yu said that to make him accept it, but there was nothing he couldn’t accept; they were friends.
With 30,000 points in hand, Qin Chu and Bai Yu left the Merit Hall.
“Only with a strong desire to become stronger is there a possibility of becoming stronger. Over 30,000 points in just over a month… How is he still a Utility Disciple?!” Watching Qin Chu and Bai Yu leave, Enforcer Han muttered. He regretted that Qin Chu was a Utility Disciple, because Qin Chu’s speed in acquiring points and his resilience were qualities not found in the Outer Sect Disciples of Qingzhu Peak, and even Inner Sect Disciples couldn’t compare.
Returning to the Utility Disciple Hall, Qin Chu pulled Bai Yu to his wooden house by the cliff.
“Is this big vat for heating water?” Bai Yu pointed to the large vat Qin Chu used for bathing.
At this point, Qin Chu lit the wood under the large vat and then added some medicinal herbs into it.
“I’ll go first, then you try after I’m done!” Qin Chu said, then took off his robe, leaving only his short pants, and jumped into the large vat.
Bai Yu was dumbfounded, not knowing what Qin Chu was going to do. Boil a living person?
Before long, the medicinal liquid in the large vat started bubbling, then boiled.
Watching this scene, Bai Yu was stunned, while Qin Chu fully operated his nameless Mind-Cultivation Technique, absorbing the medicinal power from the medicinal bath to strengthen his body. He found that his body had reached a limit, so he came out after Cultivating for just over half an hour.
“You jump in and try!” Qin Chu said, pulling Bai Yu’s shoulder.
“I’m not going in! You play by yourself!” Bai Yu turned and ran. Boiling a living person, he dared not play that game.
Qin Chu shook his head. He felt that Bai Yu missed an opportunity. He considered Bai Yu a very good friend, which was why he was willing to share the medicinal bath. For anyone else, he wouldn’t have.
After Cultivating Origin Qi for a night, Qin Chu and Bai Yu changed into clean Utility Disciple robes and then hurried towards Qingyun Peak. Today, they were going to exchange for classics. Qin Chu had acquired 30,000 points, and Bai Yu also had a considerable amount, 17,000, which was also enough to exchange for a Cultivation Technique.
A scene unprecedented in Qingyun Sect appeared on Qingyun Peak: two Utility Disciples with swords hanging at their waists swaggered into the Scripture Pavilion.
It was still the same two Disciples on patrol. Seeing Qin Chu and Bai Yu, they thought for a moment and didn’t stop them, because Elder Lu had agreed, and the Elder of the Scripture Pavilion approved, so there was no need for them to do something thankless.
Showing their point cards, Qin Chu and Bai Yu entered the Scripture Pavilion.
The old man who had allowed Qin Chu into the Scripture Pavilion earlier opened his eyes. “You just said he still has over 30,000 points?”
“Replying to Elder, after deducting twenty points, he still has 30,000 points; the other Utility Disciple has over 17,000 points,” the Disciple guarding the points counter said.
“Just over a month ago, he had 3,000 points, and now over 30,000 points… Inform Elder Lu to come over. If it’s fake, he’ll be expelled. If it’s not fake, that’s interesting,” the old man said before closing his eyes.
Entering the Scripture Pavilion, Qin Chu went straight to the area where the Heavenly Origin Art was located and directly took the classic into his hand. Bai Yu chose a movement technique classic, which required 16,000 points. Bai Yu was managing his points carefully.
With their Cultivation Techniques chosen, Qin Chu and Bai Yu left the Scripture Pavilion and then began to exchange for the Cultivation Techniques.
When Qin Chu took the Heavenly Origin Art and flipped through it, his expression changed because it was an Incomplete Manual. To be precise, what Qin Chu had exchanged for was the Incomplete Manual of the Heavenly Origin Art.
“It’s an Incomplete Manual. Why didn’t you state that in the description?” Qin Chu’s face was full of dissatisfaction. After painstakingly accumulating 30,000 points, he ended up with an Incomplete Manual. Anyone would be dissatisfied.
“If it weren’t an Incomplete Manual, you wouldn’t be able to exchange for it even with 300,000 points!” The old man sitting cross-legged opened his eyes.
