Chapter 54: The Bullshit System

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  At night, the cave was pitch black.

  Under the night sky, from time to time, the roar of a monster can be heard, making the night restless.

  Hei Yan crouched at the entrance of the cave, his eyes vigilantly scanning the surroundings. From the moment he stepped into the depths of the Kunlun Mountains, his tense nerves had not relaxed for a single moment, always paying attention to every movement around him.

  The terrifying Kunlun Mountains, where danger can occur at any time, steep cliffs and flying birds and beasts. When you are not careful, your life may no longer be in your own hands the next moment.

  Qin Tian leaned back against the wall inside the cave, slightly further in, and closed his eyes lightly, wanting to fall asleep and rest for a while. However, he couldn't enter sleep no matter what, so he opened his eyes again, let out a breath, and walked towards the entrance of the cave instead. "Hei Da Ge, you take a break, I'll keep watch."

  Hei Yan smiled lightly and leaned against the damp rock wall without moving, looking at Qin Tian and said, "Can't sleep?"

  Qin Tian also sat down, leaning against the rock wall on the other side, gazing at the dark night sky. He hesitated for a moment before finally asking, "Big brother, are you leaving?"

  Hei Yan was taken aback, his eyes changing slightly as he glanced at Qin Tian before turning to look outside the cave and saying calmly, "The pursuit of martial arts is endless. I haven't made a breakthrough in a long time. Next year, I plan to join the Liu Yun Sect to pursue an even higher level of martial arts."

  "Liúyún Zōng?"

  Qin Tian's eyes slightly trembled, and he had a rough understanding of the various major sects on the mainland. The Liuyun Sect was a well-known major sect in the Tianyuan Continent, with tens of millions of disciples and countless super high-level experts. Every year, they would open their mountain gates to recruit some talented and gifted disciples. At this point, Hei Yan's current cultivation level was already at the Lianhua boundary, so it wasn't too difficult to join the Liuyun Sect. However, wanting to gain recognition might be a bit more challenging.

  Compared to the Flowing Cloud Sect, the Qianji Sect of Concealing Heaven's Machinery is also the same. Even small families are competing so fiercely, let alone large sects with numerous experts. To gain recognition from the sect, one must display sufficiently powerful talent.

  Qin Tian had also thought about joining the Qianji Sect, but with his current cultivation level, he didn't even have the qualifications to join, let alone be valued.

  Of course, he wanted to join the Qianji Sect for the purpose of completing the SSS-level task, killing Long Xuetian, and taking the position of sect leader. Another reason was to obtain the treasure hidden in the Tianji Ring. Every time he took something out of the spatial ring, his heart would tremble with excitement. There were so many magical artifacts and elixirs that even one piece could make Qinghe City tremble, but he couldn't take them out. The feeling was unbearable just thinking about it.

  Joining the Xiu Zhen Giant Engine Sect, Qin Tian had not thought about it for the time being.

  But the words spoken to Kuroiwa were silently remembered in his heart, that martial arts training has no end, even if you reach the state of great perfection and break into the void, becoming a god or a saint, the slow path will never have an end.

  The two fell silent for a moment, and before long, the night grew quiet again.

  The next morning.

  Hei Yan started a new round of hunting, specially choosing some demon beasts that Qin Tian had never encountered before, explaining, analyzing, weaknesses, and one move to kill.

  One move at a time, demonstrating and slowly analyzing, Qin Tian engraved it in his heart.

  In a month, the number of demonic beasts killed is no less than 500 species. Almost every demonic beast was played to death by Hei Yan, with overwhelming strength and a brutal appearance.

  After a month, I'm glad I didn't encounter any fifth-tier condensed crystal core demonic beasts.

  In the following month, Hei Yan no longer took action to slay the demonic beasts, instead letting Qin Tian start practicing his hand. He stood by and guided him.

  The demonic beasts in the Kunlun Mountains were extremely warlike, and the four-stage demonic beasts that survived were all battle-hardened, with countless scars on their bodies. Facing Qin Tian, who lacked combat experience, they were in a precarious situation after several rounds, barely holding on thanks to the deep internal energy within them.

  The whole morning only beheaded a four-stage demon beast, he was lightly injured countless times, fortunately none were fatal, and the elixirs on his body were also many, after taking them, he adjusted himself and was as good as new.

  At this time, even if Qin Tian was pressed to the ground by the demon beast, Hei Yan didn't move, his face serious. This is a necessary test, later he won't be there, Qin Tian will be alone, this kind of situation often happens, must learn to face it alone.

  Hei Yan's bitter heart, Qin Tian naturally understood.

  So even when he encountered life-threatening danger, he didn't cry out for help.

  In the second month, Qin Tian's time spent hunting and killing demonic beasts was shortened by half, and his injuries became fewer and farther between. Hei Yan looked at him with a pleased glint in his eye, delighted in his heart.

  Several months of progress had already astonished him, thinking of Qin Tian's talent, he secretly speculated that in the future, he would definitely become a dominant force, even reaching the realm of Dacheng and breaking into the void, becoming a respected master.

  Apart from hunting and killing demonic beasts, Qin Tian was also collecting spiritual herbs.

  Alchemy must be cultivated, although now there is a crystal core that can continuously release qigong value, but the crystal core is extremely precious and Qin Tian will not use it unless absolutely necessary.

  The terror of a fifth-grade demon beast was something he had deeply experienced. To think about beheading another demon beast with a crystal core was undoubtedly as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

  The low-grade spiritual grass in the Kunlun Mountains is very dense, and he doesn't have to worry about not having enough spiritual grass. As for alchemy, there are no other shortcuts, only constantly increasing proficiency and upgrading levels can produce high-quality elixirs. Occasionally, when collecting some high-grade spiritual grass, Qin Tian would also reserve it, leaving it there until the success rate of refining some high-grade elixirs is improved.

  Days slipping away one by one, Qin Tian changing with each passing day.

  Kuroiwa has changed from his originally serious demeanor to now always having a satisfied smile on his face.

  Half a year had passed, and Qin Tian had become very skilled at hunting and killing fourth-stage demonic beasts. He could kill hundreds of them in a single day, and rarely got injured, which also accelerated his leveling speed. In half a year's time, he had already reached the ninth stage of Lingdong, and was just one step away from breaking through to the Jiling boundary.

  However, Qin Tian recently discovered that his experience points had decreased significantly, and Ling Dong's 9th stage had been upgraded for over a month. According to the accumulated experience, it should be close to leveling up soon.

  His experience suddenly decreased, leaving him bewildered.

  "Can't even a fourth-grade demonic beast satisfy me?"

  "Damn it, spit, spit, spit......"

  Qin Tian felt that what he said was extremely awkward, and after clearing his throat a few times, he opened the system to find that his experience bar was already full, but he couldn't figure out where the problem lay. Could it be that the system had intentionally increased the difficulty?

  No way, it's impossible that everything was normal at first, but when I'm about to level up, it becomes abnormal. Is the system playing a trick on me?

  It can't be that bad.

  I thought about it for half a day and still couldn't figure out what was going on.

  However, Qin Tian recalled the slaughter in Evil Wolf Valley half a month ago and his heart tightened. He then cursed inwardly, "Damn it, you won't let me kill a fifth-stage demon beast, will you?"

  At first, when Qin Tian broke through the Lingdong boundary in Evil Wolf Valley, he encountered a similar situation. At that time, there were too many Qingya wolves, and they couldn't even kill them all, so they didn't have the heart to think about it. Now, looking back, breaking through the Lingdong boundary was actually after beheading a Qingya wolf king.

  It seems that he must kill a fifth-order demon beast in order to break through the Lingyun boundary, otherwise he will not be able to break through.

  Qin Tian's eyes were dull, he had already asked the system about the women of eighteen generations of ancestors, what was going on? Upgrading relied on piling up experience, now at the critical moment you suddenly come over and want to skip levels and kill monsters, are you trying to drive me to death?

  Complained for an entire morning, the system didn't respond at all.

  Finally, Qin Tian understood that the system was just a program and wanting it to speak was undoubtedly a daydream.

  "Five-tiered demon beast, five-tiered demon beast..."

  Thinking of the violent King Kong ape, he felt a chill in his heart, "Damn it, I'm going all out."

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