Ye Chen set a goal for himself, to practice hard to catch up with other more powerful senior brothers and sisters in the academy, and to participate in Beilu Academy's strength appraisal and graduation examination half a year later, and strive to pass the graduation examination in one go.
Twenty days passed by in a flash.
Ye Chen completed the chore of cleaning out the old library and received the approval of Manager Wang.
He came to the handyman compound, reported the work situation to Mr. Li, who was in charge of the academy's chores and logistics, handed over the handyman's badge, and received the twenty taels of silver he had earned from his work these days.
"Ye Chen, your energy and blood are strong, and you seem to have made a lot of progress in your practice this month!... Young people, don't rush for success. Working slowly and steadily is the way to go in the long run!"
Manager Li's eyes were sharp and he could see that Ye Chen's complexion was different from a month ago. Apart from being surprised, he was also a little worried.
"Thank you, Chief Manager, for your concern!"
Ye Chen's heart warmed.
He was very grateful to Manager Li.
Ever since he came to Beilu Academy at the age of five and lived by doing odd jobs in the academy for ten years, the senior person he had the most contact with in Beilu Academy was Manager Li. Thanks to Manager Li's care, he was able to
Fill your stomach, and even have enough money to buy herbal medicine for cultivation.
Especially this time, Manager Li especially allowed him to complete the chore task of cleaning out the old library.
By chance, he got an ancient painting scroll from the "Immortal Mansion", a treasure used by immortals.
And with the help of the "Immortal Mansion" ancient painting scroll, I obtained several sets of sixth-grade herbal medicines.
In just one month, his physical body has been tempered very quickly. He has reached half of the fourth level of the body refining stage, and will be able to enter the fifth level of the body refining stage in another month. If not for this reason, he would have spent at least
It takes two to three years or more to break through to the fifth level of the body refining stage, and it is impossible to complete the sixth level of the body refining stage before the age of twenty.
"My disciple has been using the cheapest first- and second-grade herbs to assist in the body tempering practice, and the body tempering progress has been slow. But this month, thanks to the blessing of the chief manager, I earned thirty taels of silver, and I have the money to buy better ones.
The third-grade herbal medicine is used to temper the body and has made great progress."
Ye Chen said respectfully.
As for the ancient painting of the Immortal Mansion, he did not dare to reveal even half of it. Once this kind of treasure used by immortals was known to the outside world, it would definitely lead to death.
"Oh, the effect of third-grade herbal medicine is so good?! However, every warrior has a different natural constitution, and their adaptation to the herbal medicine is different, and their progress is also different. For the same pair of herbal medicine, some warriors have very good effects when using it, while others have different effects.
It is also common for warriors to have little reaction after using it.
It seems that the third-grade herbal medicine you used this month is particularly suitable for your constitution, which is why it has such a miraculous effect. You can continue to use this herbal formula until the sixth level of the body refining period. In addition, this manager will help you pay attention.
Let’s see if there is any money-making work and leave it to you to do. As for those small jobs that earn dozens of copper coins, don’t waste time, it’s better to seize the time to practice.”
Manager Li's eyes lit up and his mind became active.
If Ye Chen keeps making such progress in his cultivation, it will only take him one or two years to break through to the sixth level of physical training. After graduating from the academy, he will either serve as a general or prime minister in the Wu Kingdom court, or become a national-level magic swordsman in Wu Kingdom Town.
I will certainly remember his contribution today.
Arranging a few handymen to make money is actually just a piece of cake for him, the general manager of the handymen. It is worthwhile to arrange a few good handymen to win over the hearts and minds of a warrior who will become a successful warrior in the future.
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"Well. I practiced slowly in the past ten years and wasted too much time. I am far behind the other senior brothers and sisters in the academy. Now I must go all out, seize every day and never slack off, in order to catch up with the academy's students.
The strength of all senior brothers and sisters!"
Ye Chen said firmly.
"Okay, seize the day! If I had the idea of seizing the day like you, I wouldn't just be a handyman. Go ahead, I will call you when there is a good job that makes money."
Manager Li smiled.
"Thank you, Chief Manager!"
Ye Chen said goodbye and left the handyman compound.
With silver in his arms, he went to the herbal medicine shop in the academy and bought seven pairs of twenty third-grade herbal medicines in total.
Ye Chen returned to his small room in the academy and locked the door bolt from inside to prevent anyone from suddenly entering.
He then put these herbs into the medicine garden of the ancient painting scroll one by one, and looked at the medicine garden in the painting with joy, improving the quality of the third-grade herbs to the sixth-grade. When the ancient painting scroll upgraded these third-grade herbs to fifth-grade, and sixth-grade
, and then dimmed and lost its luster.
"Growing these twenty herbs has used up all the farmland in the medicine garden!"
Ye Chen was not surprised by this and sighed slightly.
However, he was very satisfied with twenty sixth-grade herbs. These sixth-grade herbs were not sold in herbal shops at all. Even if they were sold in herbal shops, the prices would be quite astonishing. For a poor student like Ye Chen,
It's completely unaffordable.
In fact, even those common people who were born into wealth cannot afford very good herbal medicines and can only buy third-grade herbal medicines at most. Only a few wealthy children from wealthy families can get fifth- and sixth-grade herbal medicines from their families for practice.
"These seven sets of body-tempering herbs are enough for me to use for two months."
Ye Chen lowered his mind and immersed himself in cultivation.
These two months are not a long time for a student who has devoted all his efforts and energy to cultivation.
It took Ye Chen a month to break through the fifth level of the body refining stage in one fell swoop.
At the same time, he has finished practicing the first two basic sword skills of "Tiger Leap Sword Technique" "Draw the Sword, Tiger Leap Slash", and is practicing the next two intermediate sword skills "Tiger Leap Double Slash, Tiger Leap Slash"
Leap three times and chop in a row."
Tiger Leap Slash, a sword shadow strikes a target in an instant. For a sixth-level warrior in the body refining stage, the force of the sword is 600 kilograms.
Tiger Leap slashed twice in a row, two sword shadows struck a target in an instant. The force was one thousand two hundred kilograms.
Tiger Leap slashed three times in a row, three sword shadows struck a target in an instant. The force was one thousand eight hundred kilograms.
Ye Chen specifically asked Li Cang, the head coach of the Upper Academy.
The key to this is "a moment". The difficulty of slashing out one sword in an instant is completely different from that of slashing out two swords. The difficulty is at least several times higher. Of course, the killing power is also greatly increased.
times.
One move of Tiger Leap and two consecutive slashes are enough to kill a ferocious tiger and wolf.
Ye Chen spent a full month practicing this move with all his strength before he could barely execute the Double Tiger Leap Slash.
He reached the fifth level of the body refining stage, and the body tempering slowed down again.
Ye Chen has used up all the sixth-grade body-tempering herbs in his hands and has no herbs to maintain high-intensity training.
"Although Manager Li promised that he would ask me to do tasks to make money, but who knows when there will be a handyman to make money? If it takes several months to have money to buy third-grade herbal medicine, then I am not doing it.
Wait?...The college graduation exams are in three months, I can't afford to wait!"
Ye Chen was helpless.
He searched everywhere inside and outside Beilu Academy, which covers an area of thousands of acres, for treasures that could restore ancient painting scrolls. He searched almost every corner of Beilu Academy, but the treasures were not that easy to find.
He spent several days searching but found nothing.
"It seems that the good treasures in the academy have been taken away by others a long time ago, and it is not my turn to get them. There is no treasure to restore the power of the 'Immortal Mansion', and I have an Immortal Mansion scroll in my hand, but it is not easy to use!"
Ye Chen was worried.
Now, the ancient painting scroll in his hand has a gray appearance, no different from an abandoned scroll that has been worn out for hundreds of years.
Ye Chen even murmured in his heart, "If I put this ancient painting scroll on the bookshelf of the library, or throw it on the road, will anyone be interested in it?! I'm afraid they will treat it as junk."
"It seems that I can't place all my hopes on this ancient painting of the Immortal Mansion. I have to take risks to practice. Even if I rely on my own strength alone, I have to complete the sixth level of the body training period. Stay in the academy.
There is no benefit to me. I have reached the fifth level of the body refining stage and learned a very powerful mid-level sword technique. I can now go to Beilu Mountain to find some herbs to use. With luck, I might be able to pick third-grade or above herbs.
!Stay in the mountains for three months, find herbs to temper your body, and practice sword skills at the same time, and come back to participate in the academy's appraisal and assessment!"
Ye Chen looked at the Beilu Mountains.
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