Chapter 2
Lin Yun was immersed in the training of the Tongbei Fist!
Aside from eating, drinking, and sleeping, Lin Yun spent all his time on cultivation.
After his parents passed away, Lin Yun lived alone in the courtyard. He was reclusive and rarely went out, mostly focusing on closed-door training, so there were not many people to disturb him.
The family competition was approaching.
All the younger members of the Lin family were training hard. Originally, Lin Yun had no expectations for the clan competition, but now that he had the system, his confidence soared.
"Lin Dong is probably also training hard right now. He has the ancestral stone and the spirit liquid from the stone talisman, so his training speed isn't slow. However, mine should be faster."
Lin Yun thought with a smile, looking forward to meeting Lin Dong.
They both belonged to the type that quietly developed and then amazed everyone, and this time it would be a matter of who would be more astonishing.
[Task: Train Tongbei Fist 10 times. Reward: Tongbei Fist proficiency small achievement +1. Completed, would you like to claim it?]
"Claim!"
"Clap clap clap clap clap!"
"Nine claps!"
A series of clapping sounds echoed from Lin Yun's courtyard.
[Tongbei Fist (small achievement +10) — (great achievement)]
[Task: Train Tongbei Fist to great achievement. Reward: One bottle of first-grade Qi and Blood Pill. Completed, would you like to claim it?]
"Claim!"
A flash of white light appeared before Lin Yun, and a green jade bottle appeared in his hand.
Lin Yun opened the bottle cap, and a rich fragrance wafted out, revealing ten round, plump pills, crimson as blood.
[Qi and Blood Pill: Can quickly replenish stamina, enhance physique, and solidify the foundation.]
"This pill comes at just the right time."
Lin Yun was delighted.
For cultivators, ordinary food contains limited energy; no matter how much one eats, it digests quickly and cannot satisfy the physical demands of daily training.
Previously, Lin Yun couldn't maintain such intensity in his training. After practicing a few times, he had to rest and replenish.
To increase the intensity of his training.
Beast meat, spiritual herbs, and pills with spiritual energy were extremely important.
Continuous practice of the fist consumed a lot of stamina. Just after obtaining the system, Lin Yun was relying entirely on passion to push through, and now he felt both tired and hungry.
"Glug!"
Lin Yun couldn't help it and directly swallowed a Qi and Blood Pill.
As soon as the pill entered his body, it transformed into a fiery energy that merged into Lin Yun's body, instantly revitalizing him.
"Establishing task, continue grinding!"
[Task: Train Tongbei Fist 100 times. Reward: Tongbei Fist proficiency great achievement +1.]
[Task: Train Tongbei Fist to perfection. Reward: One bottle of second-grade pill, Blood Pill.]
"Clap clap..."
Lin Yun resumed practicing the Tongbei Fist.
Having consumed the spiritual herbs and with experience, he knew that at this moment, practicing the fist could accelerate the refining of the pill's effects and enhance the body tempering effect, which was beneficial for improving his realm.
...
Lin Yun was not stingy with pills for cultivation.
He took two pills every day to maintain uninterrupted training.
Five days later!
[Task: Train Tongbei Fist 100 times. Reward: Tongbei Fist proficiency great achievement +1. Completed, would you like to claim it?]
"Claim!"
"Clap... Clap!"
"Ten claps!"
Finally, he reached perfection in his training.
[Tongbei Fist (great achievement +10) — (perfection)]
[Task: Train Tongbei Fist to perfection. Reward: One bottle of second-grade Blood Pill. Completed, would you like to claim it?]
"Claim!"
Lin Yun checked the information on the Blood Pill, and its effects were equivalent to an enhanced version of the Qi and Blood Pill.
"I am now at the peak of Body Tempering Level Five, just one step away from Level Six. I can already feel a power within me, faintly present; it must be the Yuan Power."
"With the Blood Pill, I should be able to break through to Level Six quickly."
Lin Yun thought excitedly.
Body Tempering Level Six is the most crucial checkpoint in the early stages of cultivation. At this step, Yuan Power can be generated within the body and condensed into a Yuan Power seed.
Only by possessing a Yuan Power seed can one be considered to have stepped into the threshold of cultivation.
Lin Yun swallowed the Blood Pill and continued his training.
He planned to first train the Tongbei Fist to the realm of mastery.
[Task: Train Tongbei Fist to the realm of mastery. Reward: Fist Technique Talent (beginner).]
[Beginner Fist Technique Talent: Has a unique understanding of fist techniques, greatly enhancing comprehension during fist training.]
The reward of "Fist Technique Talent" was too tempting.
Lin Yun felt that if he obtained this talent and then returned to train the Falling Rock Fist, it would be much more efficient.
[Task: Train Tongbei Fist 1000 times. Reward: Tongbei Fist proficiency perfection +1.]
To reach the realm of mastery, he needed to train 10,000 times.
Now Lin Yun's speed in practicing Tongbei Fist has become very fast; he can complete a round in less than two minutes.
Twenty thousand minutes is less than half a month.
Excluding eating, drinking, and sleeping, he can max it out in at most a month.
Ten days later.
After consuming ten Blood Essence Pills, Lin Yun finally felt the Yuan Force emerging from his body during high-intensity training. It was an indescribable sense of power, born from the marrow, slowly flowing and eventually spreading throughout every part of his body.
At the same time, Lin Yun also sensed the vitality of the world, which was very similar to the Yuan Force he generated within.
[Task: Break through to the sixth level of Body Tempering. Reward: Physique +1, Root Bone +1. Completed, would you like to claim it?]
"Claim."
Lin Yun responded quickly.
In the next second, two wondrous forces merged into his body, and Lin Yun could clearly feel a slight transformation occurring within him, which was very comfortable, as if breaking through some kind of shackles.
[Physique 7 (Ordinary) — 8 (Ordinary)]
[Root Bone 9 (Ordinary) — 10 (Outstanding)]
"The attribute breakthrough to 10 becomes Outstanding."
"Hey, it seems the task has also changed!"
Lin Yun noticed a few subtle numerical changes in the task list.
[Task: Practice Tongbei Fist 980 times. Reward: Tongbei Fist proficiency +1.]
The task changed from 1000 times to 980 times.
"It should be due to the improvement in my physique and root bone."
After a moment of thought, Lin Yun figured it out.
Physique is the foundation of cultivation, while root bone represents talent in cultivation. With the improvement of both, practicing the fist technique would definitely be easier.
This change surprised Lin Yun. He originally wanted to continue pushing himself to train, but unfortunately, the food at home had run out, and he had to go out.
If it weren't for the system rewards of Blood Qi Pills and Blood Essence Pills, Lin Yun's food would have run out half a month ago.
Now that he has broken through to the sixth level of Body Tempering and started cultivating Yuan Force, the energy consumption is greater, and Lin Yun must find a way to obtain high-energy food and resources.
As a member of the Lin family, Lin Yun can also receive some supplies from the family, but those supplies would only allow him to live a bit more comfortably and would not greatly help his cultivation.
"It seems I need to go out hunting!"
Qingyang Town is surrounded by mountains, and there are plenty of monsters; many people rely on hunting for a living.
Lin Yun had hunted alone before; as long as he didn't go too deep into the mountains, there wouldn't be much danger.
Moreover, now that Lin Yun has reached the sixth level of Body Tempering and cultivated Yuan Force, this strength is already considered outstanding in Qingyang Town. Among the many younger generations of the Lin family, probably only Lin Hong and Lin Xia have reached this level.