Name: Qin Shujian
Identity: Ordinary Bandit
Affiliation: Liangshan Stronghold
Realm: Second Stage of the Basic Realm
Cultivation Method: Body Tempering Scripture, Second Stage (Total of Five Stages) (Mortal Level Low Grade)
Life Source: 0
Equipment: Broken Broadsword, Tattered Shirt, Tattered Pants, Tattered Straw Sandals
One point of life source was directly reset to zero.
His Body Tempering Scripture had changed from the first stage to the second stage. His realm had also changed from the first stage of the Basic Realm to the second stage of the Basic Realm.
"My strength has roughly doubled."
Picking up the broken broadsword from the ground, Qin Shujian weighed it in his hand and found that it was much lighter than before.
His originally skinny arms were now faintly bulging with muscles.
Afterward, he stretched on the spot and had a clearer understanding of his body.
"Every aspect of my body seems to have improved to a certain extent, but it's not as obvious as the increase in strength."
Pinching the muscles on his body, he found that the skin on the surface also had some toughness.
This was the effect of increasing the Body Tempering Scripture by one stage.
The Body Tempering Scripture was similar to the Liangshan Stronghold's cultivation method. Up until now, all the NPCs Qin Shujian had encountered had cultivated this cultivation method.
As for the function of the Body Tempering Scripture, as the name suggests, it was to temper the body.
To temper the body and nourish the strength.
When one reached the fifth stage of the Body Tempering Scripture, one would be able to spread the strength throughout one's body. Every move would be able to explode with the strongest power.
As for the Mortal Level Low Grade in the Body Tempering Scripture, Qin Shujian guessed that it should be the level of this cultivation method.
According to normal theory, this was the lowest level.
Above it, there should be something like Mortal Level Middle Grade, Mortal Level High Grade, and so on.
Even if you haven't eaten pork, have you not seen pigs run?
Qin Shujian knew a bit about these normal otherworldly, cough cough … game theories.
As for the life source.
"Killing a Zhang Ergou NPC gave me an extra life source attribute. It should be something that can only be obtained by killing NPCs. I just don't know if I can obtain it by killing players."
Qin Shujian's mind turned.
"Consuming one life source to increase the Body Tempering Scripture by one stage. Increasing the realm by one stage is the same as directly increasing one level. If this is the case, leveling up in this game is quite easy."
"After all … in this Cold Mountain Stronghold, these non-intelligent NPCs shouldn't think that their companions are trying to harm them."
"I wonder if Zhang Ergou has already respawned?"
All of a sudden, his thoughts drifted away again.
Suddenly.
Qin Shujian shook his head. There was no point in thinking about this now.
The most important thing now was to find a way to raise his Body Tempering Scripture to the fifth level.
That way, he would be able to raise his strength to a higher level before the players arrived. That way, he would be able to get rid of his identity as a cannon fodder.
He had set a general goal for the "short" future.
Qin Shujian walked out from behind the boulder with the broken broadsword in his hand.
Coincidentally, another patrolling bandit walked over from afar.
Qin Shujian also walked towards the other party openly.
Like Zhang Ergou, this patrolling bandit was not wary of Qin Shujian at all.
Even when he got close, he only glanced at him briefly before passing by.
When the patrolling bandit had his back to him, Qin Shujian grabbed his nose and mouth with one hand and his throat with the other. Then, he dragged him behind the boulder.
His cultivation had increased to the second level of the Martial Realm, and his strength had doubled.
The patrolling bandit was only at the first level of the Martial Realm. In front of Qin Shujian, it was impossible for him to resist. He was easily dragged over.
He did the same thing.
His hand rose and the broadsword fell.
Blood splattered again. The patrolling bandit fell to the ground with a puzzled look on his face.
This time, Qin Shujian had experience. When he saw the bloody scene again, although his face was still a little pale, it was not to the point where he staggered and fell to the ground.
However —
This scene was too real.
It was so real that the thick smell of blood continuously entered Qin Shujian's breath.
He could only say in his heart, "This is not real. This is only a game. I only killed an NPC." He comforted himself with these words.
He familiarly checked his status panel:
Name: Qin Shujian
Identity: Ordinary Bandit
Affiliation: Cold Mountain Stronghold
Realm: Second Level of the Martial Realm
Cultivation Method: Body Forging Scripture Second Level (Total of Five Levels) (Mortal Level Low Grade)
Source of Life: 1
Equipment: Damaged Broadsword, Tattered Shirt, Tattered Pants, Tattered Straw Sandals
Just as Qin Shujian thought, the source of life increased by one point for every NPC he killed.
However —
Qin Shujian looked at the Cultivation Method column and frowned deeply.
The plus sign that he expected did not appear this time.
This also meant that the Body Forging Scripture could not be upgraded this time.
"Previously, one point of life was enough to upgrade the Body Forging Scripture by one level. Now that I have one point of life, I can't upgrade it again. Is it because the amount of life is not enough, or it can't be upgraded continuously?"
Qin Shujian thought to himself.
If it was the first reason, then it would be fine. At worst, he could just kill a few more NPCs. In any case, he did not think that killing an NPC would be enough to upgrade the Body Forging Scripture by one level.
If it was that easy, then he would only need to kill a few bandits and the Body Forging Scripture would be maxed out.
But if it was the second reason, then things would be a little troublesome.
Because what he lacked the most now was time.
If there was a so-called cooldown time for every upgrade, then it was really bad news.
When the bandit on the ground disappeared, Qin Shujian made up his mind to continue testing his conjecture.
One must know that any hypothesis had to be tested in practice.
Fortunately, Cold Mountain Stronghold did not have anything else but enough bandits.
There were at least fifty bandits gathered in the small mountain.
Soon, Qin Shujian left the place.
The disappearance of the two bandits did not seem to have attracted the attention of Cold Mountain Stronghold.
Or rather, no one knew that the two bandits had gone missing.
Not long after, Qin Shujian encountered another bandit who was patrolling the mountain alone.
With the previous two successful experiences, he already had a lot of confidence.
There were no surprises.
Almost as if he was familiar with the route, he forcefully dragged the lone bandit to a place that blocked his view. Then, he decisively finished him off.
After finishing off the bandit, Qin Shujian checked his attributes again.
Just as he had expected, his vitality had increased from one point to two.
But in the Cultivation Method column, the second level of the Body Forging Scripture was still there alone. There were no changes.
The expected plus sign did not appear.
Qin Shujian took a deep breath and calmed himself down. He could only attribute this to the lack of vitality.
After all —
He did not want to admit that there was a cooldown time for upgrading the Body Forging Scripture.
After suppressing the restlessness in his heart, he immediately chose his next target.
One, two …
Every time Qin Shujian killed a bandit, he would check his own attributes. When he found that there were no changes, he would continue to look for the next bandit.
When he killed the fourth bandit.
Qin Shujian checked his attributes again. Finally, his expression changed.
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