Chapter 2: Upgrading with Finesse

  Life is dull and tasteless, devoid of any interest, like a stagnant pool of water.

  Time travel should have been a thrilling experience for Qin Tian, but now he just can't seem to get excited about it.

  Walking out of the pigsty-like room, Qin Tian arrived at the backyard of Furong Wine House, preparing to start sweeping the yard. As a person under the eaves, he still understood the reason for bowing his head.

  Don't look at Zhang Dafu's big-bellied appearance, but he is also a master of the fifth rank of martial arts, dealing with Qin Tian is as simple as pinching an ant to death.

  Of course, no matter how Qin Tian spoke, he was still the illegitimate son of the Qin family. Zhang Dafu didn't dare to do anything to him, at most insulting him with words, and occasionally punching or kicking him, but not daring to use excessive force.

  Besides, Qin Tian being banished by the Qin family was also the intention of the great elder of the Qin family. At his current age of 15, he shouldn't have reached the time for demotion yet. The rules of the Qin family state that one must be at least 18 years old and have not reached the fifth stage of martial arts before they can abandon their martial path to pursue business.

  But for some unknown reason, Qin Xiangtian, the great elder of the Qin family, suddenly issued a transfer order and sent Qin Tian to this Furuong Building as a small miscellaneous servant. Every day, he washed dishes, fed pigs, swept floors, and wiped tables without a moment's rest.

  Can't figure out why Qin Xiang Tian is treating him like this, he didn't do anything to betray the family after all.

  Isn't it possible that this guy used to peek at his wife while she was bathing?

  Sweeping the floor while clearing his mind, Qin Tian didn't want to spend the rest of his life in such a miserable state. Some debts had to be repaid.

  It was early morning, and the wine shop had not yet opened for business, so it was very quiet, but also the busiest time for miscellaneous chores.

  Wipe the table, mop the floor, wash dishes, slaughter chickens, ducks and fish, and so on. A series of trivial matters are waiting for Qin Tian and Meng Lei to do.

  Manly is big and sturdy, but clumsy when doing things. Except for some physically demanding tasks, Qin Tian does almost everything by himself.

  "Qin Tian, go kill those fierce chickens." Zhang Da Fu pointed at the bamboo cage.

  "Shopkeeper, I'll take care of it. The Firebird is a low-level demon beast after all. Young Master's body hasn't recovered yet, and I'm afraid..."

  Meng Lei put down his work and ran over immediately.

  "This is none of your business, go and do your job." Zhang Dafu glared at Meng Lei, thinking to himself: "Offending the Great Elder will only lead to a bad outcome. Letting you thrive here means I'll be in trouble."

  The whole city of Qinghe knew that Qin Tian was dismissed ahead of schedule, all because he had offended the great elder of the Qin family, Qin Xiangtian. Many people didn't get along with Qin Tian, and Zhang Dafu was one of them.

  So in many cases, they deliberately made things difficult for Qin Tian. For example, now killing Huo Lie's chicken is a difficult task, of course, it was handed over to Qin Tian to do.

  The Huo Lie Ji is a low-ranking demon beast, but don't look down on it. If you're scratched by its two chicken claws, it will hurt to the point of being half-dead. Although it won't be fatal, the pain in your skin and flesh is unavoidable.

  Qin Tian also knew that Huo Lie Ji posed a certain threat to him, his body was sore all over, and he didn't even have the strength to hold a broom in his hand. Did they want him to be humiliated by asking him to kill Huo Lie Ji?

  But he had no choice but to go and kill.

  Because the cage had a fierce chicken on its head, surprisingly, there was a blood groove. Qin Tian thought he was seeing things and walked closer to take another look. The blood groove was still there, and the fierce chicken stared at him with fear in its eyes, chirping "cluck, cluck, cluck" non-stop inside the cage.

  It wasn't just that, while Zhang Da Fu was telling him to kill Huo Lie, a voice system suddenly popped up in his mind.

  "Help Zhang Dafu kill Huo Lie Ji, experience +50, internal energy +20, survival value +1"

  "I'm a plug, isn't playing online games?" Qin Tian was greatly shocked in his heart, thinking he had an illusion. Just as he hesitated, the system popped out another voice: "Please make a decision within 10 seconds, after 10 seconds the system will refuse the task, at which time there will be punishment."

  "Agreed."

  As soon as Qin Tian heard the word 'punishment', he was immediately startled and silently muttered 'acceptance'.

  Punishment is not a system prompt that Qin Tian wants to get, and it's definitely not lacking in Zhang Dafu's punching and kicking. His weak body can't take the toss anymore.

  At this moment, Qin Tian held a kitchen knife in his right hand and reached out with his left hand to grab the chicken.

  It's strange to say that the fierce chicken in the chicken coop is desperately dodging, as if it was extremely afraid of Qin Tian. If it were before, the chicken claws would have attacked long ago.

  "Sorry, bro." Qin Tian felt a bit apologetic.

  "Cluck cluck cluck, cluck cluck..." The fierce chicken let out a frightened cry.

  A fierce rooster was caught by Qin Tian, he didn't hesitate, one knife chopped down, the chicken head fell to the ground, and a lot of chicken blood splashed on him.

  The brain suddenly popped up with a system sound "Task completed, task reward obtained, experience value +50, internal energy value +30, survival value +1"

  "Congratulations to player Qin Tian for leveling up! Current level: 2nd level, attribute value +1 (can be freely allocated)"

  "View properties?"

  "Yes."

  "Player: Qin Tian"

  "Level: 2nd level"

  "Health: 100"

  "Chi Value: 40"

  "Survival value: 101"

  "Free attribute value: 1"

  "Method: None"

  "Special Move: None"

  ……

  "My god, heaven is treating me well, actually giving me an upgraded system, I'm rich now, haha..."

  Qin Tian was excited and almost burst out laughing, instantly pulling out another Fire Chicken from the cage, instantly chopping it down with one knife. Suddenly, the system popped up a voice: "Killing the Fire Chicken earned 25 experience points, 15 internal energy points, and 0 survival points."

  "How did the experience value decrease by half?" Qin Tian secretly wondered in his heart, but the system didn't make any response.

  Qin Tian took out another Firebird from the chicken coop and killed it with one knife, getting half of the task value as experience.

  Although the experience and vital energy values were only half of the task value, it was enough to get Qin Tian excited.

  Zhang Dafu beside him was stunned, watching Qin Tian slaughter three fire chickens in a row, his heart secretly shocked. Killing one fire chicken is extremely difficult, even some highly skilled butchers need to be careful, but he slaughtered three in a row, and the fire chickens didn't attack him at all.

  And also, when he killed the second Firebird Chicken, his strength suddenly increased, as if breaking through to Martial Artist Second Stage. What's wrong with this trash today? Could it be that someone beat him up and merged his dantian?

  "Young master, you actually managed to kill the Firebird Chicken, that's amazing!"

  Meng Lei looked at Qin Tian with a face full of worship and incredulity.

  "It's just killing a chicken, what's the big deal?"

  "You didn't even dare hold a knife before, let alone kill a fierce chicken."

  "Am I really that weak?" Qin Tian couldn't help but feel a shock, and didn't even dare to hold his sword? This guy was too cowardly in the past.

  Zhang Dafu was in a bad mood, originally looking forward to seeing Qin Tian show off his skills, but unexpectedly he easily took down three Fire Chicken and looked excited about it, which made Zhang extremely unhappy, but he couldn't find an outlet for his emotions, feeling stifled and uncomfortable.

  "Shopkeeper, what else do you want to kill? Tell me and I'll do it for you."

  "I think the pig in the pen is quite good, why don't I kill it for you?"

  "Don't look at me like that, I just wanted to help."

  "Hey, hey, don't go!"

  Qin Tian was very depressed, the fierce chickens in the cage were all killed by him, and the only one left to kill in the yard was the old sow in the pigpen. Looking at the old sow, a lewd smile appeared on his face...

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