618: Chapter 618 Battlefield Gains!

Their families had been rooted in Qingyun City for many years, sharing its fate through thick and thin.

They were happier than anyone else that the beast tide had receded.

Afterward, Zhao Qingyun expressed his gratitude once more before quickly getting down to business.

"Prodigies, regarding your rewards for this mission, it won't be long before the Vicious Beasts you killed are automatically converted into taixuan points and entered into your Holy Land tokens."

Zhao Qingyun spoke.

Hearing this, Qin Yan's brows rose.

Immediately, he sank his Mental Energy into his spirit token to check his harvest from the battlefield.

In the token, rows of numbers appeared:

Sixth Rank Peak: Twenty-five beasts.

Sixth Rank Late Stage: Fifty beasts.

Middle Sixth-Grade: Two hundred beasts.

Sixth-Rank Early Stage: Four hundred beasts.

...

The dense clusters of numbers left Qin Yan feeling dazzled.

These were all thanks to him and his Blood Puppets. The Vicious Beasts killed by the Blood Puppets were also credited to him.

In this battle, he had killed more Vicious Beasts than anyone else present.

As for the Great Vicious Beasts Qin Yan had killed, they were not included in the token's statistics.

The mission to kill Great Vicious Beasts had been issued by Zhao Qingyun on the spot and was not part of the Holy Land's team mission System.

Killing one Great Vicious Beast was worth 3,000 taixuan points.

"I wonder how many taixuan points I'll get for killing so many Vicious Beasts? I wonder if it can reach 2,000 points?"

Qin Yan felt somewhat excited.

Having killed so many Vicious Beasts, combined with the rewards for the Great Vicious Beasts, his harvest from this trip would be an astronomical figure.

The others also began checking the number of beasts they had hunted, and one by one, their eyes showed looks of satisfaction.

Clearly, everyone's harvest was not small.

Some had killed dozens of Sixth Rank Vicious Beasts, some had killed over a hundred Fifth-Rank Vicious Beasts, and some had even killed several Sixth Rank Peak Vicious Beasts.

To them, this was a significant amount of income.

But immediately, everyone's gaze turned toward Qin Yan.

No matter how many they killed, it wasn't as many as Qin Yan.

That guy had a full two hundred underlings helping him!

Although his underlings' strength was quite average—only Sixth-Rank Early Stage—their sheer numbers and lack of fear of death made them a pack of killing machines on the battlefield.

In this campaign, those Blood Puppets had indeed helped Qin Yan benefit greatly.

Especially this guy, who had also participated in killing two Great Vicious Beasts—the Crimson Flame Magic Lion and the Golden-Winged Thunder Peng. This harvest... was simply incredible!

"Young Master Qin Yan, Your Highness, I wonder how you will distribute the rewards from the Golden-Winged Thunder Peng?"

Zhao Qingyun asked. The Golden-Winged Thunder Peng had been killed by the combined efforts of Zhao Tieyi, Qin Yan, Lin Ruoxi, and others, so the distribution became an issue.

City Guard Commander Zhao Tieyi was the leader of the City Guard Army, and killing the Golden-Winged Thunder Peng was his duty; he did not need a share of the reward.

But Qin Yan and Lin Ruoxi were both Holy Land Disciples and needed taixuan points. How should these taixuan points be split?

"City Lord, a thirty percent share of the distribution is fine for me," Qin Yan said.

This was the result of his discussion with Lin Ruoxi and the others.

He could accept this outcome.

After all, he really hadn't contributed much effort against the Golden-Winged Thunder Peng.

He had only delivered the final blow.

Being able to take thirty percent of the profits was already very good.

Lin Ruoxi and the others also nodded to Zhao Qingyun, indicating they would follow this distribution.

Zhao Qingyun nodded.

Fifteen minutes later, the meeting ended.

The crowd stood up and dispersed.

Qin Yan and his group returned to the courtyard the City Lord's Manor had arranged for them.

Moonlight spilled into the courtyard, plating everything in a layer of silver-white. The night wind blew, carrying a hint of coolness and the bloody scent of the battlefield.

After returning to his courtyard, Qin Yan immediately picked up his long spear and continued his training.

With the moyuan spirit weapon in hand, he brandished the long spear, creating layers of spear shadows.

He practiced the Ice Flame Spear Technique over and over again.

Every thrust was preparation for future battles; every form was an accumulation of power.

He had to seize every minute and every second; there could be no slackening.

Training until the early morning, Qin Yan completed a four-hour session and gained 160 Skill Points.

Without hesitation, Qin Yan immediately invested all 160 Skill Points into the Dao of Alchemy.

On the panel, the numbers in the Alchemy column twitched slightly—

Immediately, the progress for Fifth-Rank Alchemist behind the Alchemy Dao increased from 17% to 18%.

It increased by 1%. This 1% progress represented his understanding of Alchemy growing a level deeper, meaning he had mastered the refinement methods for several more types of Fifth-Rank Medicinal Pills.

"At my current rate, my Alchemy progress can grow by 4% to 5% a day. In about twenty-some days, I'll be able to raise my Alchemy Dao to the level of a Sixth-Rank Alchemist."

Qin Yan calculated silently in his heart.

Twenty days was neither long nor short.

As long as he persevered, he would soon achieve a Breakthrough.

His Body Refining and Qi Refining had both reached the Sixth Rank. To further increase his Cultivation Technique progress now would not only be dreadfully slow but also wouldn't bring an immediate increase to his combat power.

Moreover, he estimated that if he wanted to raise his technique progress to the point of breaking through to Grandmaster, the Skill Points required would be an astronomical figure.

Instead of throwing Skill Points into that bottomless pit, it was better to first improve his Alchemy and use Medicinal Pills to support his cultivation.

He wasn't in a hurry to break through to the Grandmaster Realm.

He wanted to comprehend at least one Supreme-grade Spear Intent while at the Sixth-Rank Martial Artist level.

A powerful Spear Intent would be a massive help for breaking through to Grandmaster.

The Grandmaster Realm was difficult to break through; this was an iron law summarized by the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

Breaking through to Grandmaster required not only an extremely high level of comprehension of one's Cultivation Technique but also an extremely high level of one's own Foundation.

According to records, if a Martial Artist's Concept was below the fifth grade, they were simply destined to never reach the Grandmaster Realm.

Concept was a Martial Artist's understanding and realization of the rules of the Martial Dao.

The higher the grade of the Concept, the deeper the understanding of the rules, making it easier to break through to Grandmaster.

A first grade Concept was stronger than a second grade Concept; a Supreme-Grade Intent was even stronger than a first grade Concept.

The success rate for a possessor of a Supreme-Grade Intent to break through to Grandmaster was several or even dozens of times that of an ordinary Martial Artist.

Furthermore, the deeper a Martial Artist's Foundation, the more powerful the Golden Body they could condense.

The Golden Body was the hallmark of the Grandmaster Realm, the condensation of all the Martial Dao essence of a Martial Artist.

Martial Artists with deep Foundations condensed Golden Bodies that were more solid, taller, and more powerful in combat.

Therefore, many Prodigies would not rush to break through to Grandmaster after reaching the Sixth Rank Peak. They would find every possible way to strengthen their Foundation—deepening their insights into techniques, comprehending higher-level Concepts, and polishing a firmer Foundation.

They wanted to polish themselves to the absolute limit at the Sixth Rank stage before attempting to cross that threshold.

Consequently, if you saw a Grandmaster expert, you could be absolutely certain they were a Prodigy.

Because if they weren't a Prodigy, they couldn't have broken through to Grandmaster at all.