47: Qi Refining Level 6

Gu Changan was overjoyed; after half a month of effort, he had finally reached Layer Five.

After half a month of cultivation, his Divine Soul strength had increased by about ten percent.

As for body tempering, his overall physical fitness was improving, though the effects weren't as obvious.

This was mainly because the Jade Cleansing Art enhanced his internal organs and Meridians simultaneously.

Therefore, the magnitude of the improvement wasn't that large; if his original physical punch was about 100 jin...

Now, a single punch was about 200 jin. This was because the initial cultivation effects were relatively better.

Further down the line, the improvements might not be as significant.

Regarding his cultivation level, based on his current speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi and taking one top-grade qi gathering pill every day...

It would take about 18 more days to reach Qi Refining Layer Six.

This was only two days more than the one-month goal he had initially set for himself.

Gu Changan figured that even if he dawdled for two extra days, no one would care.

During this time, Zhao Ye and the others had knocked on his door.

However, Gu Changan sent them away under the pretext of striving hard in his cultivation!

Until half a month later, Gu Changan's cultivation reached Qi Refining Layer Six.

However, he still used the Qi Concealment Art to firmly suppress his cultivation at Qi Refining Layer Three.

After all, if people discovered a newcomer had Advanced three layers in a month, they might take him away to be sliced up for research.

Gu Changan didn't dare gamble on human nature; he had finally managed to transmigrate here.

He didn't want to pop the champagne halfway and end up getting himself killed by being too flashy!

Once the month was up, Gu Changan stepped out of his small courtyard.

Someone happened to be leaving next door as well, and their eyes met.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, you're finally out."

"Don't you find it suffocating to Cultivate for a whole month?"

Gu Changan said solemnly, "What's so suffocating about it?"

"Is it more suffocating than having people come to your face to collect protection fees?"

Ye Wei was momentarily stumped by the question, then she stuck out her tongue slightly.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, so you're coming out now to...?"

Gu Changan spoke plainly, "I'm out of qi gathering pills!"

"What would I stay in my room for?"

"I tried it; without qi gathering pills, cultivation really makes no progress at all!"

Ye Wei nodded in agreement. "If I want to reach Qi Refining Layer Two, it will probably take half a year!"

"Luckily, I kept five low-grade qi gathering pills, but they're all used up too!"

"That's why I'm planning to head out to do missions!"

Gu Changan asked curiously, "Are you going to the Mission Hall?"

"Are the missions in there easy to do?"

Ye Wei smiled slightly and began to explain, "The Sect has many missions!"

"All sorts of missions. The one I took a few days ago was a cleaning mission!"

"Cleaning the Sect's Formation Square pays one Contribution Points a month. After finishing the cleaning for the day, you can continue to do other missions!"

Gu Changan nodded in understanding. So, one person could do many missions at the same time?

As long as they could handle the workload!

"How are the Sect's Contribution Pointss exchanged for resources?"

Ye Wei thought for a moment. "One Contribution Points has the purchasing power of roughly one Spirit Stone!"

"It can be exchanged for various cultivation resources, including Medicinal Pills and Spirit Stones!"

"However, Contribution Pointss can be used to exchange for various Cultivation Techniques and treasures."

"But Spirit Stones won't work for those. The Sect also buys back Spirit Stones, at a rate of roughly two Spirit Stones for one Contribution Points!"

Gu Changan thought to himself, the Sect is really exploitative!

In this Dharma-Ending Age, the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth was already thin, and Spirit Stones were even more tightly controlled by the major Sects.

Exchanging Contribution Pointss for Spirit Stones was 1:1, but Spirit Stones for Contribution Pointss was 2:1.

They were making a clean 100% profit!

Gu Changan couldn't deny that he would definitely earn a large number of Spirit Stones in the future, but using them to exchange for Contribution Pointss would be a massive loss!

The two of them, one following the other, arrived halfway up Heavenly Human Peak!

The Sect's Mission Hall and Merit Hall were located together, and it was very lively with Outer Sect Disciples coming and going.

The two of them entered the Mission Hall.

Ye Wei said, "Fellow Daoist Gu! That stone tablet over there is for accepting missions!"

"All missions are taken from there. To turn in a mission, go to the service window next to the stone tablet!"

"As for exchanging resources, you have to go to the Merit Hall next door!"

"Familiarize yourself first! I'm going to take a mission."

Ye Wei stepped forward with familiarity, preparing to take another cleaning mission.

Gu Changan began to observe the environment. Directly facing the entrance of the Mission Hall was a giant stone tablet that looked like a screen.

It was made entirely of white jade, and the surface was bare with nothing on it!

However, many people were gathered in front of it, stopping to watch.

Gu Changan was also curious and approached it.

As soon as he got close, an image appeared in his mind.

In his mind was a giant stone tablet, with line after line of densely packed missions on it.

New missions were constantly appearing, and others were constantly disappearing.

It seemed that the acceptance and posting of missions here were very rapid!

At the very top of the stone tablet were several bounty missions, which seemed to be pinned, hanging high at the peak.

Then, on the left column, there were two sections. The upper half was for Sect missions, meaning missions posted by the Sect.

The lower half was for private missions, meaning missions posted by individuals.

Both mission zones had bounty missions.

For example, one of the Sect's bounty missions was to purchase various scarce resources.

For instance, various Spirit Medicine and Ores; selling them back to the Sect's Mission Hall would earn a certain amount of Contribution Pointss!

Gu Changan suddenly remembered that he had obtained a stalk of Spirit Medicine during the newcomer trial.

That Spirit Medicine was still in his Storage Pouch, and no one had required him to hand it over.

Even those collecting protection fees hadn't set their sights on this Spirit Medicine; that was the strangest part!

Unable to figure it out after thinking it over, he temporarily suppressed the thought.

Continuing to observe the stone tablet in his mind, he found another bounty: to investigate the reason for the Blood Fiend Alliance's invasion during this newcomer trial!

Gu Changan's eyebrows twitched. The Sect still hadn't found out?

Logically, that shouldn't be the case!

Even if the Sect couldn't find out through investigation, they could deduce it through divination!

With so many Advanced Cultivators in the Sect—Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage—could none of them deduce it?

Besides, with so many people back then, there must have been survivors!

Don't they know how to catch a living person and perform a soul search?

Or did those people also not know the specific purpose?

Gu Changan withdrew his thoughts and then looked at the private bounty section!

These bounties were mostly for requests for help, such as the urgent purchase of a specific Spirit Medicine, with the reward based on the age of the medicine.

10 years for 100 Contribution Pointss, 20 years for 200, 30 years for 300, and so on!

Another type was to provide protection; if one's Family was under attack, they would seek the protection of Sect Disciples.

Protection for one month was 100 Contribution Pointss, two months for 200, half a year for 600, and so on!

Gu Changan watched with great interest, then looked at the top of the mission board.

At the very top on the right side was a Bounty List, offering rewards for the heads of various enemy forces, with the amount of Contribution Pointss each head could be exchanged for marked behind them!