68: Rapid improvement

The next day:

Chu Qing went to the classroom.

The Martial Instructor brought resources.

This time, the amount of resources was not small at all.

Chu Qing was satisfied and praised, "The Instructor is a good person."

"However, there's still one thing he didn't do well!"

The Martial Instructor's mouth twitched.

Damn, I gave you all the resources without holding back, and it's still not good? Are you trying to extort me?

"Tomorrow, remember to give the resources to my maid."

With that, he picked up the resources and was about to leave.

Ximen caught up and said:

"Qing Ge, we plan to contact..."

Chu Qing smiled and said, "Just do the job well; I only look at results."

"Nine Heavens... you only have Nine Heavens left."

After saying that, he picked up his things and left.

Ximen and the others were silent for a long time.

The Martial Instructor coughed and said, "Students, today, we will continue to discuss the introduction to the Martial Dao!"

Bang!

Ximen kicked a table away, his face grim, "Instructor... if you can't teach anything useful, I don't mind dragging you out and pulling your head off."

Ximen was furious because of Chu Qing's attitude.

Cui Moyang and the others were the same.

Chu Qing's words before leaving put a lot of pressure on them.

If, after Nine Heavens, they couldn't find three thousand workers to start production... even if they managed to get Bright Pearls later, could they still Secret Inheritance them?

More importantly:

None of them were fools.

They all knew this was a test.

If they couldn't handle this matter, how could they cooperate with Chu Qing in the future?

Cui Moyang said coolly, "Instructor, write nine copies of today's lesson, and tomorrow, along with the resources, send them to our maids."

"If you can't do it, tomorrow I'll pull your head off too!"

After speaking, she said to her companions, "Everyone, we must act quickly."

The Crowd nodded.

Everyone emulated Chu Qing, picked up their resources, immediately went back, used the resources, and quickly improved.

In the large classroom, only the Martial Instructor was left, bewildered.

After a long while, he sighed and went to consult with other instructors about a countermeasure.

These instructors, upon hearing this, trembled with anger.

"Good heavens... are they trying to rebel?"

"They open their mouths to pull off our heads and close their mouths to drag us out and behead us!"

"We are Martial Instructors, not lambs to be slaughtered!"

"They... deserve to die!"

"Chu Qing, deserves to die!"

The instructor teaching the class said, "These people seem to want to do something within Nine Heavens."

"That Chu Qing seems to have had a conflict with them and only gave them Nine Heavens."

An instructor suddenly exclaimed in surprise:

"A Prodigy from Prefecture City is actually doing things at the request of Mud Leg?"

"Did you mishear?"

"No!"

"That Chu Qing is very strong-willed."

"Quick, report to the Family Head!"

Flap!

Flap!

Pigeons carrying messages soared into the sky, flying towards various Fortified Manor.

The Fortified Manor Family Heads received the news, their brows furrowed.

He Family Head pondered for a long time and said, "Send a message to the rebels, urging their experts to come quickly."

"As long as Chu Qing is not dead, I will not be at peace."

"Also, send a command to the Blood River Gang to bring Jin Pangzi and his wife to the Fortified Manor."

A servant respectfully said, "Yes!"

...Clang, clang, clang!

Chu Qing frantically played with the Chain Spear.

Constantly refreshing the count.

The round-faced and melon-seed-faced maids, with cotton and silk stuffed in their ears to block the noise, read to him at the same time.

One hour... three hours... his fingers ached, a little tired.

He lay in the bathtub to rest.

A little while later, he climbed out.

One maid continued to read, while another applied nourishing paste to him.

The nourishing paste was given once a day.

Previously, Inner Courtyard students only received three to five portions of this item per month when they advanced the number of floors in the Stone Tower.

But Chu Qing and his group received one portion every day.

"Is the Main Academy distributing so many resources to Cultivate experts to deal with the millennium Empire catastrophe?"

"Or... is it simply to drain the Empire?"

Chu Qing pondered aimlessly.

At this moment:

The last hidden corner was meticulously covered with the ointment by the maid.

Breathe!

His pores opened wide:

The medicinal effect penetrated his skin, Flesh, tendons and bones, and internal organs.

His whole body, from the inside out, felt warm and extremely comfortable.

This ointment could heal hidden injuries and enhance his foundation.

He moved around, lit a golden incense stick, and inhaled the fragrant smoke.

Then he circulated the Secret Toad Skill.

A few minutes later, he began to Cultivate.

Originally, he should have upgraded his Iron Tendons to Bronze Tendons.

But he wanted to try if he could Cultivate Golden Tendons using the golden incense.

So:

He deliberately controlled the medicinal effect, continuing to refine his only Bronze Tendon.

[Silver Tendon + 0.5%]

The profession panel flickered.

The improvement speed was still very fast.

One minute... two minutes... the golden incense's medicinal effect ended.

The Silver Tendon's progress reached 10%.

After a short wait, he lit another golden incense stick.

Two minutes later;

The Silver Tendon's progress increased by another 10%.

At this point, the effect of the Secret Toad Skill disappeared.

Chu Qing lit the third golden incense stick.

As a result, this golden incense only increased the Silver Tendon's progress by 5%.

Chu Qing was thoughtful.

A little later, the third golden incense also became ineffective.

Chu Qing continued to Cultivate.

This time;

Within the same amount of time, the Silver Tendon improved by 1%.

Continue... Silver Tendon progress 0.5%.

Not long after, the nourishing ointment became ineffective.

At this point, continuing to Cultivate, the Silver Tendon's improvement progress was only 0.001%.

"Without resources and Secret Inheritance Cultivation Technique, let alone Golden Tendons, I can't even Cultivate Silver Tendons."

Chu Qing frowned.

However, both the golden incense and the nourishing Secret medicine were very precious.

Acquiring additional resources would require a great price.

Without considering the Bright Pearls, it was truly difficult to Cultivate Golden Tendons with the existing resources.

As for cultivating 365 Golden Tendons, that was even more impossible.

"After tendon refinement, there are also bone refinement, Blood Refinement, Flesh refinement, and other levels."

"To reach the limit in each level, one either needs Prodigy-level Aptitude or massive resources."

"Resources... are still too few."

Bright Pearls are good, but the output is not enough, and they have to be shared among nine people.

Also, the Fortified Manor and county Powerful are also mining them.

"Too many people are sharing the Bright Pearls."

"There must be fewer."

"Ideally, only the nine of us should share them."

Just as Chu Qing was thinking about how to get resources, Cui Moyang and the others met with the previous batch of Inner Courtyard students.

Ximen and the others, influenced by Chu Qing, had changed.

They all knew that Chu Qing wanted Bright Pearls.

And they also wanted Bright Pearls.

So, they changed their strategy again, saying, "Everyone, to be frank, we want Bright Pearls!"

The previous batch of students were stunned for a moment, then laughed:

"Ten thousand taels of silver per piece!"

"There are ten spots a year."

"You can divide them among yourselves."

They had long anticipated that Cui Moyang and the others would learn about the efficacy of Bright Pearls, so they were prepared.

Ximen shook his head and said, "That's too little."

"We want more."

There was a He family disciple ranked sixth, also known as Young Master He Liu.

Young Master He Liu sneered, "My He family has ten Bright Pearl slots a year."

"If you can kick Chu Qing out of the Inner Courtyard, all ten of these slots will be yours."

Qingfeng said in unison, "That's still too little."

"At least a thousand Bright Pearls a year."

Young Master He Liu sneered, "A thousand Bright Pearls?"

"What a joke?"

"In Shiji County, only about ten Bright Pearls circulate on the market each year."

"The rest are divided among the thirty-six Fortified Manor, twelve Powerful figures, and the Chief Constable, with each family getting at most a dozen or so."

"Even if we wanted to sell them to you, we wouldn't have that many Bright Pearls."

At these words, Cui Moyang and the others secretly rejoiced.

According to this, Shiji County had at least five hundred Bright Pearls a year.

That meant five hundred Golden Tendons.

However, the Wubao Disciples only regarded Bright Pearls as something similar to Secret medicine that accelerated tendon cultivation.

They had no idea that consuming them with a Limit Breaking Technique could Cultivate Golden Tendons.

This was their opportunity.

The two sides discussed fiercely, finally agreeing to negotiate with several Fortified Manor Family Heads the day after tomorrow.