Eastern Wasteland.
Within Chunyang Immortal Sect, at the edge of the vast bamboo sea.
"Huh, huh..."
The young man in green panted heavily, waving the hatchet with a faint glint in his hand, and slashed at the towering emerald green bamboo.
"Forty-one, forty-two, forty-three..."
Zhou Qing silently counted in his heart, and vigorously waved the half-magic weapon hatchet in his hands with both hands, slashing deeper along the gap made previously.
It is clearly a hollow green bamboo, but its hardness is similar to copper and iron. Even though Zhou Qing has hundreds of kilograms of strength and is holding a semi-magic weapon that has been refined with magic power, it is extremely difficult to chop it.
"clang!"
Occasionally, he chopped the knife crookedly and landed on the surface of the green bamboo. It made a sound like fine iron hitting each other, and a few sparks burst out.
"This thing is really hard!"
Zhou Qing gritted his teeth, endured the numbness and pain in his arms and waist, and slashed with the knife again and again.
When the first generation founder of the Chunyang Immortal Sect established the sect and spread the teachings to the Eastern Wilderness, he established the rule that all disciples must start as handymen to temper their muscles and sharpen their minds.
There are tens of thousands of outer courtyard disciples in the twelve outer courtyards. Fifteen-year-old Zhou Qing is a very inconspicuous one among them. He was assigned to the "Green Bamboo Courtyard", one of the twelve courtyards, and was responsible for the daily labor of chopping green bamboo.
"Crunch!"
After a total of one hundred and nine cuts, the straight green bamboo in front of me was finally cut off and fell to one side with a crunching sound.
"Finally chopped down!"
Zhou Qing sat down on the ground, the hatchet in his hand rolled aside, panting violently, his clothes were almost soaked with sweat, and his physical strength was basically exhausted.
He felt his lungs stinging just by breathing. He was so exhausted that it was difficult to move his fingers. He instinctively wanted to lie down and take a good rest.
But after taking a few breaths, he used great willpower to sit up straight, cross his legs and perform the sutra. He tried his best to relax his mind and began to refining his breath.
Strange to say:
With Zhou Qing's current state in such a bad state, it stands to reason that it would be difficult for him to practice. The soreness and tingling all over his body and the feeling of exhaustion would disturb his mind all the time, making it difficult to purify the spiritual platform. , Sensing aura.
But when Zhou Qingzhen performed the action of refining and breathing, he quickly entered the cultivation state, his expression returned to calm, and his body no longer trembled slightly.
"call……"
Zhou Qing's breathing gradually became steady and regular. In the lower right corner of his vision, which was darkened by closing his eyes, a line of white text suddenly flashed:
The professional talent [Hard-working and Hard-working] is being activated...
An hour later.
Zhou Qing slowly opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and felt comfortable all over his body. The previous fatigue and numbness were swept away without any trace.
Under the nourishment of spiritual energy, his whole body returned to its peak state without even realizing it, and his body was full of vitality.
"Reiki is so magical!"
Zhou Qing sighed from the bottom of his heart.
Even though he had experienced the effect of spiritual energy nourishment dozens of times, it still made him emotionally agitated after each experience.
"Since God has given me a second chance, I must seize it!"
The thoughts in his mind became more and more determined:
"Immortal path to immortality, who else could it be than me?!"
After traveling for more than half a month, Zhou Qing has adapted to his identity as a disciple of the outer courtyard, and has a new pursuit - immortality and freedom!
What supports his ambition, or dream, is the golden finger that traveled through time with him.
"Uh-huh!"
Zhou Qing thought, and a translucent and simple panel suddenly appeared in front of him. Lines of text and numbers were listed, which was very similar to the career panels of the game interfaces he had seen in his previous life.
Name: Zhou Qing
Age: 15
Affiliation: Chunyang Immortal Sect
Realm: Opening the Second Heaven of Veins
Occupation: Disciple of the outer courtyard
Essence: 7
Qi: 6
God: 6
Attribute points: 0
Talent points: 0
Skill Points: 1
【Outer Court Disciples】
【Level 2(24/25)】
Professional talent——
Hard work and hard work: After the physical strength or mana is exhausted, the efficiency of skill improvement is doubled.
professional skills--
Logging: Level 4 (62/80)
Pure Yang Kung: Level 2 (16/25)
"It seems that we can reach level 3 today!"
Zhou Qing's face showed a hint of joy:
"My hard work of splitting bamboo and practicing is not in vain."
In the past half month, he has basically understood this career panel.
The most important ability in the career panel is to gain experience, which opens up an additional way to improve oneself and truly widens the gap between oneself and ordinary people.
Experience is divided into skill experience and professional experience. The former can be obtained by practicing skills, while the latter can be obtained in two ways - activating professional talents and upgrading professional skills.
If you have enough professional experience, you can upgrade your professional level. Each time you upgrade, you can get one attribute point and one skill point, which can be used to improve your own attributes and a certain skill respectively.
"Keep going!"
Zhou Qing was full of energy. He grabbed the handle of the hatchet and jumped up from the ground. He dragged the previously chopped green bamboo to an open space and picked another green bamboo to chop.
"Dang!", "Dang!", "Dang!"...
He chopped hard, and after finally cutting down another green bamboo, a prompt suddenly appeared in the lower right corner of his vision:
By practicing the skill [Logging], you have gained 1 point of corresponding skill experience.
Your professional skill [Logging] has been upgraded to level 4 (63/80)
"call!"
Zhou Qing let out a long breath and moved his a little sore arms:
“This kind of experience is really hard to earn!”
His first skill [Logging] is already the easiest to improve based on the level, but even so, it takes an hour of hard work to get 1 point of skill experience.
The less difficult one is the professional talent [Hard-working and Hard-working], which can be used for an average of three hours to gain 1 point of professional experience.
As for the most difficult thing, it is naturally his second skill, which is the basic skill that the outer courtyard disciples major in - "Pure Yang Kung".
He has summed up his experience and found that if you don't use your talent, you can get a little [Pure Yang Kung Fu] experience every six hours on average, but with the blessing of the [Hard-working and Hard-working] talent, the time is shortened to three hours.
nowadays:
He needs to spend four hours a day chopping bamboo, three hours practicing "Pure Yang Kung", one hour going to the podium to listen to lectures, and the rest of the time to rest and relax.
In other words, he can gain 4 points of [Logging] experience, 1 point of professional experience and 1 point of [Pure Yang Skill] experience in almost a day.
This speed is obviously not fast enough, but after considering it comprehensively, it is currently the most efficient way to practice.
After all, he is different from other outer courtyard disciples. He not only has to consider the advancement of his own skills, but also considers the improvement of professional level and skill level.
"about there."
More than an hour later, Zhou Qing dragged his exhausted body and walked towards the bamboo sea carrying a large bundle of green bamboo.
The Baili Bamboo Sea is lush and green, and it is easy for others to get lost when entering it, but Zhou Qing was already on the edge and quickly left the Bamboo Sea.
Walking along the path, within a short time, we reached the area of Qingzhuyuan.
Looking around, there are rows of wooden houses, bamboo buildings and small courtyards next to the slopes. These were built by generations of Qingzhuyuan disciples. The predecessors planted trees for the next generation to enjoy the shade.
It was just when the sun was setting. There were not many people in the Qingzhu Courtyard, and many disciples were practicing hard.
According to the door rules:
New disciples under the fourth level of Kaimai are required to undertake hard labor.
Each of the twelve outer courtyards has different labor requirements. The labor in the Qingzhu courtyard is to chop sixty kilograms of spiritual bamboo in the bamboo sea every day.
Most of the new disciples can complete the hard work in almost two hours a day. Naturally, they will work hard in the afternoon and evening, and very few will waste time.
"Two senior brothers."
Zhou Qing carried the large bundle and came to a secluded courtyard and spoke politely.
The two young men guarding the gate in front of the small courtyard, although they were also wearing the Tsing Yi of the disciples in the outer courtyard, they looked like servants. The one on the left said when he saw Zhou Qing:
"Junior Brother Zhou is here."
"Just put the spirit bamboo down."
Zhou Qing responded, separated half of the green bamboo he was carrying, and stacked it in front of the courtyard gate.
He spent four hours a day chopping spiritual bamboos and earned more than 120 kilograms. In addition to what he needed to hand over, the remaining half was sold for spiritual stones.
The newly promoted outer court disciples are also divided into third, sixth and ninth grades.
Those children from aristocratic families, with their profound backgrounds and abundant spiritual stones, would naturally not waste their time doing hard labor, but instead devote themselves to understanding the techniques, breathing in, refining Qi, and practicing spells.
The owner of the small courtyard in front of him, Mr. Liu, was a son of such a noble family. He had already made an agreement with Zhou Qing to receive five spiritual stones per month in exchange for a daily quota of sixty kilograms of spiritual bamboo.
As for the two "boys" guarding the door, they were really servants he brought from home. They passed the entrance test and were assigned to Qingzhuyuan.
"Um?"
The servant on the right in front of the courtyard gate immediately raised his eyebrows when he saw that Zhou Qing had put down the spiritual bamboo but had no intention of leaving.
"Junior Brother Zhou, do you have anything else?"
Zhou Qing smiled awkwardly and whispered:
"Brother, you see it's time to give the spirit stone again..."
His agreement with Mr. Liu was to give him a spiritual stone every five days, and now was the fifteenth day.
"Oh, look at my memory."
The servant on the right slapped his forehead and said:
"You wait, I will inform the young master."
"OK."
Zhou Qing nodded and watched the servant turn around and leave, entering the small courtyard.
He took a glance while the courtyard door was open and found "Mr. Liu", a young and handsome man in a white shirt inside the courtyard, practicing a spell. Opposite him were two other servant disciples who were acting as sparring partners.
"It's so extravagant..."
A hint of envy flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes.
The treatment enjoyed by the children of these aristocratic families is undoubtedly very enviable, and he is naturally no exception.
He had long wanted to try practicing the magical spells recorded in "Pure Yang Kung", but he had no free time at the moment.
"It's not time yet."
Zhou Qing secretly thought in his heart:
"I have a career panel. As long as I keep my feet on the ground and continue step by step, my future achievements will definitely be better than those of these children from aristocratic families!"
He still has this bit of confidence.
Practicing magic is also in his follow-up plan, but the time has not yet come.
"Junior Brother Zhou."
The servant came back and threw him a crystal clear spiritual stone the size of his thumb:
"This is the spiritual stone for you."
"Thank you, senior brother!"
Zhou Qing took it, put it in his arms and put it away.
This spiritual stone is nothing to Mr. Liu and others, but it is still very precious to him.
The disciples of the outer courtyard can only get ten spirit stones and three bottles of Bigu Pill from the sect every month. Therefore, these five spirit stones are equivalent to half of his "salary", so he cannot help but ignore them.
"Two senior brothers, I will come back tomorrow."
Zhou Qing nodded, carried the remaining Lingzhu, and left the place in a hurry.
