64: Chapter 64: Preparing to Make Money, Players Are Coming Soon

"Sharpness."

Master said as he picked up the blade, wiped it with an oilcloth, and then placed it into a long wooden box.

"This counts as the most ordinary characteristic among Rare-grade weapons. It trades the weapon's overall durability for a slight increase in sharpness; it can't compare at all to the Slicing characteristic of your Mo Yuan."

Lin Ye heard this and glanced at the Mo Yuan at his waist.

It seems that even among Rare-grade weapons, Mo Yuan counts as being in the top tier.

If Master's blade could only barely be considered Rare-grade, then the Mo Yuan in his hand was at least a two-star or even three-star Rare-grade weapon.

Master closed the wooden box and tossed it to Lin Ye: "Take this to the Black Stone Gang tomorrow. Someone from the Chijin Hall will be responsible for the transaction then."

"Understood."

Lin Ye happened to want to see that Third Elder of the Black Stone Gang in person, so Master's action was exactly what he wanted.

In the evening, back at Master's courtyard. Lin Ye took a jade bottle from his bosom and poured out a body tempering pill.

This was his last body tempering pill from the Demon Suppression Division. As for the body tempering pills from the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce, they had already been used up yesterday.

He put the Medicinal Pill into his mouth, swallowed it in one gulp, and immediately began to Cultivate the Body Tempering Method.

To this day, he had long grown accustomed to the pain brought by the Body Tempering Method; he could no longer even call it pain, and had started to enjoy the feeling a little.

Do not misunderstand; he was not enjoying the suffering, but rather the pleasure of slowly becoming stronger.

At the same time, he also discovered one thing: as his essence attribute increased, the speed of his Physical Body transformation was also getting faster and faster.

Now, his skin membranes had been thoroughly refined, and his muscles were basically solidified. For his first Physical Body transformation, only his iron bones remained to be fully forged.

However, he had a premonition that in another month or so, he would be able to completely reach the Realm of Copper Skin and Iron Bones, at which point he could begin the matters of the Breakthrough to the eighth grade.

This transformation speed, even among those large factions with abundant resources, was second to none.

And the reason Lin Ye could achieve this, besides the fact that the Physical Body Foundation he built at the start was solid enough, the bigger reason naturally came from the blessing of his talent.

Every time he initiated a Physical Body transformation, it could be seen as an effort. If the harvest of others' efforts was one, then with the blessing of Heaven Rewards Diligence, his harvest was ten or even higher.

This was the true value of Heaven Rewards Diligence; no matter what he did, he would receive a harvest far exceeding that of others.

Lin Ye practiced it over and over again, and that surge of heat scurried around in his body with his movements.

"Proficiency +20"

"Proficiency +20"

"Proficiency +20"

After finishing one set, he continued to the second set, and then the third... In short, before the medicinal effect dissipated, he had to Cultivate the Body Tempering Method as much as possible.

However, when Lin Ye was preparing to perform the fourth set, a System notification suddenly rang in his mind:

"Ding! The Basic Body Tempering Method Realm has been upgraded, current Realm: Entering the Hall (0/1000000)"

Boom! A surging heat flowed out from the depths of his Physical Body, scalding and torrential! Like magma, it instantly spread throughout his entire body and then exploded with a bang.

Lin Ye's body shuddered violently, and his bones crackled and popped all over.

His muscles also began to reorganize and expand; those tiny, invisible muscle fibers were pulled apart one by one and then rewoven, becoming tighter and more powerful.

Even his internal organs seemed to have been washed anew, leaving him feeling completely refreshed.

This was a comprehensive improvement from the inside out, covering every aspect without blind spots, and it was essentially different from the Qi nourishing the Physical Body.

The whole process lasted for a dozen breaths, and as the heat slowly receded, the various changes within his body gradually ceased.

He clenched his fist, and his knuckles cracked. A solid sense of power came from his palm; it wasn't just a surge in raw strength, but also involved more fundamental things, such as vitality, recovery speed, and so on.

He could feel that his body had become more compact and solid, like a piece of refined iron that had been repeatedly forged, slowly undergoing a qualitative change.

Opening his attribute panel, his essence attribute jumped from 37 points to 42 points all at once.

A sudden increase of 5 points in the essence attribute; no wonder there was such an astonishing change. If 10 points counted as breaking the first Physical Body limit, then 40 points was equivalent to breaking the second Physical Body limit.

However, at the same time, Lin Ye felt a sense of emptiness again. This was a sign that his qi attribute was too low to supply energy to the Physical Body in time.

Regarding this, Lin Ye felt somewhat helpless. Compared to the essence attribute, the increase in the qi attribute was indeed not that fast.

However, for the time being, there was no risk of attribute imbalance. After such a long time of breathing and the Breathing Method, his qi attribute had already reached 16 points.

According to Lin Ye's calculations, as long as the difference between the two attributes did not exceed 3 times, it was basically in the safe range.

"However, I need to prepare to make money." Looking at the empty medicine bottle, Lin Ye couldn't help but sigh.

They say that the poor study literature while the rich study martial arts, and there is indeed some truth to that. One body tempering pill was worth 100 taels, three a day meant 300 taels, and a month meant 9000 taels!

It was no wonder that many people practiced for over a decade and still remained at the Ninth-Grade. With this level of resource consumption, not many Ninth-Grade Martial Artists could handle it unless you had a special skill.

Fortunately, Lin Ye did. "It's unlikely I can craft a Rare-grade weapon right now, but I could try refining black iron."

One catty of black iron was worth 50 taels; he only needed to refine 6 catties a day to basically satisfy his daily consumption.

Without further thought, Lin Ye turned and returned to his room. Since he couldn't practice the Body Tempering Method for the moment, he would practice the Breathing Method.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, feeling the Qi circulating rapidly within his Meridians. He was in no rush to consume the qi nourishing pill; he needed to utilize the rapid circulation of Qi to continuously strengthen his Meridians.

If he used the qi nourishing pill for protection, he would lose the honing effect.

The Qi traveled through his Meridians circle after circle. After two hours, his Meridians began to ache slightly. Lin Ye knew this meant his Meridians had reached their limit of tolerance.

He took the jade bottle from his bosom, poured out the last qi nourishing pill, and swallowed it in one gulp. As the Medicinal Pill entered his throat, a cool sensation sank from his chest to his Dantian and then dispersed.

The stinging pain gradually disappeared, replaced by a cool comfort. The Qi became active again in his Meridians, its speed more than several times faster than before.

Half an hour later, the effect of the qi nourishing pill dissipated. Lin Ye opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

He opened his attribute panel; his qi attribute hadn't changed, but the proficiency of his Basic Breathing Method had reached 300,000.

Although it was still far from one million, at the current speed, he would be able to Breakthrough to the next Realm in about half a month, at which point his qi attribute would inevitably see a surge!

The reason his proficiency could increase so quickly was that the effect of the qi nourishing pill accounted for less than half; more of it was because he had long since integrated the Basic Breathing Method into his daily life.

Even if he didn't actively Cultivate, his proficiency was still increasing every moment. Although the speed of increase was slow, over time, it was not a small number—it was no less than the proficiency gained from his active Cultivation.

"Soon..." Lin Ye muttered to himself. He was quite satisfied with his current Cultivation speed.

Although he wasn't quite sure how long it took for those Disciples of large factions to Cultivate to the eighth grade, he imagined it wouldn't be faster than him.

Even if the Internal Skill they practiced was of higher quality, it would be useless if their Physical Body couldn't handle it. Not everyone could be like Lin Ye, who could strengthen his Meridians while Cultivating.

Closing his eyes again, Lin Ye was just about to practice the Visualization Method. Suddenly remembering something, he flipped his palm, and an illusory token appeared—it was the Player Recruitment Token.

At this moment, the countdown on the token had turned into 12 hours. This meant that in 12 hours, the second batch of players would descend upon the Martial Domain World. And converted to real-world time, that was 6 hours.