2: Peerless Potential Pill

A medicinal pill, a wooden sword, a calligraphy painting, a teapot.

Xiao Shi looked at the gains before him.

He had only killed four mosquitoes, and he had obtained these four items.

It was a pity that the number of mosquitoes was limited, only these four in total. If there were more...

Xiao Shi took a deep breath.

He tried to calm his excited emotions.

Among these four items, he focused on the Potential Pill in his hand.

He didn't know much about medicinal pills, only that they were very precious and rare in the Red Tiger Sect.

Even the most ordinary medicinal pills often required a high amount of contribution points to exchange for.

“From the description of this pill, its main purpose is to improve one's aptitude!”

A light gleamed in Xiao Shi's eyes.

His progress in cultivating the Crimson Tiger Art was slow precisely because his own aptitude was insufficient.

If he could improve his aptitude... his cultivation of the Crimson Tiger Art would undoubtedly be faster!

What thrilled him even more was that the Potential Pill in his hand was of peerless quality!

The color and size of a Potential Pill often determined its quality.

Medicinal pills usually had five qualities: common, fine, rare, perfect, and peerless.

Common quality Potential Pills were all light green and only the size of a pellet.

However, the Potential Pill in his hand was dark green, as large as a pigeon's egg.

This was a level that even a perfect quality Potential Pill could not achieve!

Only the highest quality, peerless Potential Pill, would appear in such a size.

Any medicinal pill, once it reached peerless quality, would see its value skyrocket wildly on its original basis, causing a sensation!

Making countless people fanatical.

The entire Red Tiger Sect had never seen a peerless quality medicinal pill to date.

After understanding this, Xiao Shi eagerly put this peerless Potential Pill into his mouth and swallowed it.

As the medicinal pill dissolved within his body.

A cool sensation quickly permeated his limbs and bones, making him feel light and airy, as if he had shed a heavy weight, with an indescribable sense of comfort.

This feeling lasted for about thirty minutes before his body adapted to it.

While feeling the changes in his body, Xiao Shi tried to perform the first cycle of the Crimson Tiger Art.

He immediately found that the circulation speed was more than ten times faster than before!

What previously took almost an hour to complete now only took about five minutes to finish directly!

And the entire circulation process was extremely smooth and fluid.

He felt no hindrance at all.

“Is this the cultivation speed of a genius?!”

Xiao Shi's heart was burning.

Although he knew that improving his aptitude would speed up his cultivation, he never expected it to be so fast!

He completed the first cycle in five minutes.

Without any pause, he immediately began the second cycle.

Soon, the second cycle was completed, and he entered the third cycle.

When the third cycle was completed, Xiao Shi found that he had none of the usual fatigue.

His energy was still abundant and vigorous.

He directly proceeded to start the fourth cycle.

The fourth cycle, which he had previously been unable to succeed at and repeatedly failed, now, under Xiao Shi's astonishing improved aptitude, he felt almost no difficulty and succeeded directly on the first try!

Xiao Shi thus broke through to the Entering Martial Realm Fourth Level in one fell swoop!

“This... succeeded?”

Xiao Shi was in a daze about this.

He didn't expect it to be so easy!

If it weren't for the need to strengthen his body through multiple fourth cycles before breaking through from Entering Martial Realm Fourth Level to Entrance to Martial Realm Fifth Level, he even felt that he could try to perform the fifth cycle.

This cultivation speed was something he had never experienced!

He truly felt the difference between a mortal and a genius.

“At this rate, it will certainly not be difficult for me to cultivate to Entrance to Martial Realm Fifth Level within the remaining three months! I even have hope of reaching Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level!”

Xiao Shi excitedly clenched his fists.

However, his personality was cautious, and he felt that even at Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level, there would still be danger.

He needed to be at least Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level to have sufficient self-preservation ability after becoming a Night Watch.

If he could cultivate to Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level, it would be even more stable.

But he also knew.

It was impossible for him to cultivate to Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level in just three months with only one Potential Pill.

Unless he could get more medicinal pills!

...Night.

Xiao Shi lit a candle and sat quietly beside it, waiting for mosquitoes to visit.

He waited until late at night.

Only three mosquitoes came.

“I never thought there were so few mosquitoes normally...”

Xiao Shi looked at the mosquito corpses on the ground.

He used to complain about too many mosquitoes.

Now he realized there were actually only a few.

He originally thought at least a dozen would come in one night, but only three came in total.

Xiao Shi looked at the items dropped by these three dead mosquitoes.

【Name: Cloth Bag】

【Type: Container】

【Grade: Mortal Grade】

【Description: Has a certain storage space.】

【Remarks: It's best not to use it to hold weapons, it will break.】

...【Name: Hairpin】

【Type: Ornament】

【Grade: Mortal Grade】

【Description: A piece of jewelry used to secure and decorate hair】

【Remarks: Men can wear it too~】

...【Name: Hot Steamed Bun】

【Type: Food】

【Grade: Mortal Grade】

【Description: Delicious food that can fill your stomach】

【Remarks: After eating one, you'll want another】

He had already eaten the steamed bun.

It tasted pretty good.

Just as the remarks said, he indeed wanted a second one... It was just a bit disappointing that no medicinal pill dropped.

Xiao Shi gradually realized that although killing mosquitoes would drop items, it wouldn't always drop medicinal pills.

It was very likely that he would have to kill a hundred mosquitoes, or even more, before a medicinal pill might drop.

If that was the case, then he would need to find many mosquitoes.

Killing them one by one like this, he didn't know when he would get a medicinal pill.

In fact, besides mosquitoes, there were other options.

Such as ants, cockroaches, rats, and the like, all could be targets for killing.

But Xiao Shi knew.

A large sect like the Red Tiger Sect would not tolerate the existence of such creatures that would tarnish the sect's image within its grounds.

Even if they weren't completely absent, they would be extremely rare and impossible to kill in large numbers.

However, Xiao Shi soon thought of a forest within the sect.

This forest housed a type of flying bird called the Five-Colored Spirit-Tailed Sparrow.

Of course.

Xiao Shi had no intention of harming the Five-Colored Spirit-Tailed Sparrow.

He knew that the Five-Colored Spirit-Tailed Sparrow was an important resource of the sect, and the sect attached great importance to it; he wouldn't dare to hunt them.

What he thought of was that within this forest where the Five-Colored Spirit-Tailed Sparrow were kept, there must be many insects like ants and earthworms.

At the same time, there was also a type of insect called the Spotted Bug, which was one of the daily food sources for the Five-Colored Spirit-Tailed Sparrow.

Perhaps he could go there and take a look.