511: Special Reward
Jiang Mo felt she must have left ho today without consulting the almanac—she was truly having terrible luck.
For the past few days, her point-farming challenges had gone smoothly, but today was particularly unfortunate. First, she received a thorough beating from Divine Lord Zhiming in Zhiming Hall, and now she was enduring a mixed doubles beating from her two mothers-in-law in Lingyun Hall. Thankfully, Peak Master Qingyu showed so restraint and didn't use her sword edge, but even being struck with the flat of the blade left the little tiger in unbearable agony.
Eventually, Senior Sister Yun couldn't bear to watch anymore and actively stepped in front of the "yowling" little tiger, pleading on behalf of both Jiang Mo and herself. Only for the sake of their daughters did the two mothers-in-law reluctantly let her go.
What Jiang Mo didn't know was that if she hadn't completely given up in front of Sect Leader Zhu, she might have faced a single opponent rather than two—Peak Master Qingyu obviously hadn't intended to interfere initially, otherwise she would have confronted them directly when she first discovered their relationship. But Jianbing's performance was so lacking in spirit that, as a mber of Xuanqing Sect, Peak Master Qingyu felt responsible for training the future guardian divine beast of the sect.
Fortunately, Jiang Mo remained unaware of this; otherwise, she might have cried out with an "Aooo" on the spot, utterly regretting her actions.
However, the fortunate thing was that despite their anger and the tiger-beating, the two mothers-in-law did say "I concede" afterward as Jiang Mo had hoped. Even though this concession was as perfunctory and insincere as Divine Lord Zhiming's, it was still recognized by the system's judgnt, and with both of them conceding simultaneously, it triggered the system's special reward chanism—
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for defeating higher-level opponents in a two-versus-one battle. You have received the original reward ×4."
If the system had announced this when she first started the task, Jiang Mo would definitely have been embarrassed by these words, but now she only cared about the reward. In fact, the system's rewards were quite tily—almost the instant the announcent fell, she felt the familiar warm current flowing throughout her body.
Of course, this was just the most superficial sensation Jiang Mo experienced during her ga level increase. The outside world could see her changes more clearly... Coincidentally, Jiang Mo was originally level 76, and this upgrade brought her precisely to level 77. Converted to a cultivator's realm, this ant advancing from mid-stage Fusion to late-stage Fusion, breaking through a minor boundary.
"Oh?" Qingyu and Zhu Baiyi, being closest, were the first to notice Jiang Mo's anomaly. Looking at her, they saw spiritual energy gathering around her body, followed by a breakthrough that seed as natural as water flowing downstream, so fast that she didn't encounter even the slightest bottleneck.
Soon, everyone in the hall noticed this, including Peak Master Qingyuan and Peak Master Qinglan, who were still researching the strange rain. They all cast astonished glances her way.
The people of Xuanqing Sect knew best that Jianbing had only broken through to the Fusion stage three or four years ago. Although her cultivation had always been rapid, at this level, each breakthrough was typically asured in centuries, yet Jiang Mo had repeatedly broken through to late-stage Fusion in this short ti. How extraordinary was this speed? Even among humans, renowned for their swift cultivation, few such geniuses had been seen, let alone long-lived divine beasts.
Of course, Yun Qingyue was an exception, having broken through at once with the opportunity of atavism. Though her cultivation speed was equally unbelievable, atavism itself was an enormous opportunity, so it counted as being partly assisted by external forces.
Only when Jiang Mo swiftly completed her breakthrough did Sect Leader Zhu seem to find her voice again, murmuring: "It seems like she suddenly broke through right after we conceded?" After a pause, as if to support her conjecture, she added: "Since she began challenging others, Jianbing's cultivation seems to have been advancing especially quickly these days."
Almost everyone present had higher cultivation than Jiang Mo, so they could detect her every bit of progress—the reason for saying "almost" was because when she challenged those of the sa level, her improvents were limited and not easily noticeable. But each ti after challenging powerful figures, setting aside experience points, her combat power increased by hundreds or thousands, making the improvent much more obvious.
Sect Leader Zhu's words undoubtedly received everyone's approval. Although none knew what strange cultivation thod Jianbing was using, it was truly effective. Even Peak Master Qingyuan and Peak Master Qinglan, who initially didn't want to spare ti for Jianbing today, were now willing to cooperate a bit.
Unfortunately, there were too many matters at hand; otherwise, they would certainly have been happy to research this cultivation thod.
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While everyone was marveling at Jiang Mo's breakthrough, Jiang Mo herself didn't need extra ti to stabilize her realm. Taking advantage of this opportunity, she opened her status panel for a look—
[Host: Jiang Mo
Race: White Tiger
Occupation: Divine Beast
Level: 77
Combat Power: 160,121
Experience: 10/340,000
Points: 13,210
Potential: ∞
Skills: Advanced Spiritual Energy Utilization, Blood Inheritance Suppression, Sharp tal Force, Way of Transformation...]
Today, Jiang Mo had only challenged three people, and coincidentally, the experience gained was just enough to level up. She vaguely rembered that after challenging Divine Lord Zhiming yesterday, she still needed more than 80,000 experience points to level up. Today, challenging Divine Lord Zhiming had earned her 60,000 experience points, and the remaining 20,000 would normally have required challenging quite a few people. But as luck would have it, she received a fourfold reward from her two mothers-in-law, instantly reaching the experience needed to level up.
This was quite a coincidence, but what made Jiang Mo even more delighted was this fourfold reward—she felt she might have found a new point-farming channel. Ignoring everything else, she hurriedly prodded the system: "System, quickly tell , what's with that fourfold reward?"
The system had been with its host since manufacturing and could almost guess her intentions from the mont she opened her mouth.
However, within the rules, the system was naturally willing to provide Jiang Mo with convenience, so it promptly replied: "Host, the system judged the task difficulty increased. After calculation, the reward was reasonably increased."
The system made it sound matter-of-fact, but in truth, if the host hadn't triggered this special reward, even the system itself wouldn't have known about such a rule. Therefore, it couldn't be blad for not revealing this to the host in advance.
Jiang Mo didn't dwell on the system's previous "concealnt," perhaps guessing that the system itself was unaware. She now only cared about one thing: "So system, is this special reward a one-ti thing, or can I continue to farm it? If I later challenge two people, or even three or four people, will the system's rewards increase further?"
The system knew she would ask this and imdiately replied: "No, it's a one-ti reward. But this reward has another calculation rule in the system. It's not determined by the number of people challenged. Please take care, host!"
Hearing this, Jiang Mo pondered for a mont and understood the system's aning—Peak Master Qingyu and Sect Leader Zhu were both Grand Achievent cultivators, originally a major realm higher than Jiang Mo. The threat posed by their joint forces was naturally incomparable to ordinary challenges. If challenging two Grand Achievent cultivators yielded a fourfold reward, and challenging two peers at the sa level also yielded a fourfold reward, although the base rewards would differ, it would sound very unfair.
Nevertheless, such a special reward was still very attractive. Jiang Mo had already ntally ranked the people in the hall.
……
After her exchange with the system and calculating her own little sche, Jiang Mo opened her eyes, having used hardly any ti at all.
Yun Qingyue stood guard beside her. Although the hall was filled mostly with trustworthy elders, she still assud a protective posture next to her. Therefore, as soon as Jiang Mo opened her eyes and the spiritual energy gathering around her dispersed, Yun Qingyue imdiately noticed.
"How is it? Has your cultivation stabilized?" Yun Qingyue asked with so concern, looking Jiang Mo up and down.
A cultivator's breakthrough was a very serious matter. No matter how smoothly the breakthrough went, additional ti was needed to stabilize one's cultivation. This ti could range from several days to several months or even years, which wasn't uncommon... If one went out to wander before their cultivation had stabilized, their unstable realm might regress, potentially affecting their cultivation path—an absolute loss not worth the risk.
Yun Qingyue, having cultivated for many years, was very experienced in this and had prepared to protect Jiang Mo for a long ti. But wasn't Jiang Mo's speed a bit too fast? In less than a quarter of an hour, she felt the other's realm had already solidified and stabilized.
Jiang Mo herself didn't think much of it and replied with a smile: "I'm already fine, Ah Yue, don't worry."
Hearing this, Yun Qingyue was sowhat pleased but still concerned, fearing Jiang Mo might be confused or that she might have misjudged. So she turned her questioning gaze toward her master and mother nearby, only to see them both staring at Jiang Mo with curious eyes, examining her up and down. Then, noticing her inquiring gaze, they nodded to her, indicating that Jiang Mo's realm had indeed stabilized.
Jiang Mo naturally also noticed their exchange. Seeing the two elders' approval, she winked at her Senior Sister. Those bright golden eyes seed to say: See, I didn't lie to you, did I?
Yun Qingyue couldn't help but smile, setting aside her worries: "It's good that your cultivation has stabilized."
Jiang Mo was also very happy about her level increase. Combined with the new point-farming thod she had just learned from the system, she was now eager to give it a try. Her gaze swept across everyone present, finally settling on two people with the lowest cultivation, good temperants, and whom she was relatively familiar with—Peak Master Qingyuan and Peak Master Qinglan, the research duo.
Her request wasn't much; she only needed them both to make a move, and then say "I concede."
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