Something’s Wrong with This Game — I Became a God by Mining!

The hall was very quiet, echoing with the words Yang Ling had just spoken.

Lin Zhen and his ilk looked somewhat tense, their eyes fixed intently on Yang Ling.

The Devour Heaven Palace Master fell silent for a few breaths, then smiled:

"Your contributions are considerable, but there are several other chief disciples whose military exploits are no less impressive than yours.

To directly become my personal disciple, merely killing one Jiu Xingkong is not enough.

If what you brought back this time were the head of a Fifth-Rank master, I would have granted it."

Instantly, many mocking gazes fell upon Yang Ling.

Lin Zhen and the others also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then this disciple wishes to have rare exotic herbs and flowers or pills that can increase one's internal technique cultivation."

He was just testing the waters—testing didn't cost anything.

"What you want is the Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill."

The Devour Heaven Palace Master said with a faint smile:

"This pill requires thirty-six kinds of rare exotic herbs and flowers, along with a unique alchemical method, to refine.

Our Devour Heaven Palace only manages to produce three pills per year, and that's with the full strength of the entire sect.

Your current merits are still insufficient to obtain this pill."

Yang Ling grumbled inwardly—the Palace Master had already said everything for him.

The key issue was that he had no idea what other good things the Devour Heaven Palace even had.

At that moment, the mockery in those gazes grew even stronger.

"Let's do it this way. Originally, only Mountain Chiefs were qualified to receive the Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill as a reward."

"At the end of next month, you chief disciples will have a sparring match. I plan to select one as the Palace Master's personal disciple."

"If you obtain that position, I will make an exception and give you another Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill."

The Devour Heaven Palace Master smiled lightly:

"Consider that your reward. How about it?"

End of next month? Yang Ling glanced at the mission timer on his status panel, a flicker of joy rising in his heart.

The timing was just right.

"Palace Master, this disciple has one question he doesn't understand."

A voice rang out.

Flying Dragon Mountain's Lin Zhen stepped forward from the crowd, cupping his hands in salute:

"Since Yang Ling's contributions are equal to ours, why should he be the only one who gets a Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill if he becomes the Palace Master's personal disciple?"

Exactly! Why!?

Huo Yunzhu and Chi Ling exchanged glances, then also looked toward the Devour Heaven Palace Master.

The Devour Heaven Palace Master was not annoyed. Her tone was cool and clear:

"What you say has some merit. So let it be this way: whoever wins the position of Palace Master's personal disciple this time will receive one Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill.

Do any of you still have grievances?"

The various Mountain Chiefs exchanged glances and remained silent.

Originally, the contributions of these juniors were insufficient to warrant the Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill.

But if one obtained the position of Palace Master's personal disciple, combined with their past merits, bestowing such a pill was entirely reasonable.

Lin Zhen and the others were pleasantly surprised and quickly said:

"This disciple humbly accepts the Palace Master's decree!"

"Yang Ling, what about you?"

The Devour Heaven Palace Master looked at Yang Ling.

"This disciple has no objections either."

Yang Ling clasped his fists.

...

Qingyun Mountain. The Mountain Chief merely exchanged a few simple words with Yang Ling before slowly walking away.

From the looks of it, he was going into secluded cultivation.

"At his age, if he doesn't train hard, his Vital Qi will decline even faster.

But even if he trains diligently, without external aid, his Vital Qi will still decline."

Yang Ling thought to himself as he completely ignored Zhang Hongyu, who was trying to come over and talk to him, and returned to his residence on Qingyun Mountain—a small courtyard.

"During the time I'm taking the Foundation Consolidation Pill, I can't move. And there's no Little White here to stand guard for me..."

After thinking it over, Yang Ling waited until late at night, then silently slipped out of the courtyard.

He found a relatively hidden Stone Cavern on Qingyun Mountain. There were no signs of human activity nearby, indicating that basically no one came here.

After briefly surveying the surrounding terrain, he decided to go into seclusion here to cultivate.

"With just 100 Experience Points, Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force can reach Beginner's Insight."

"No need for the Foundation Consolidation Pill. Twenty hours is enough."

Time passed little by little.

Every hour, Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force gained a stable 5 Experience Points.

Yang Ling finally confirmed that the cultivation conditions for Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force had been completely unlocked thanks to his apprenticeship with Zhao De!

Twenty hours later, Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force advanced from Beginner to Beginner's Insight!

"Congratulations, Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force has advanced to Beginner's Insight."

[Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force (First-Rate)]

[Beginner's Insight: Gain 5 Free Attribute Points, Strength Boost 30 Points]

A warm current surged into Yang Ling's body, flowing through his limbs and bones. His muscles and joints instantly relaxed and stretched.

"Beginner's Insight. I still remember when I first entered the game, cultivating for a whole day only increased my Internal Technique experience by 5 points."

Yang Ling felt a bit emotional.

Now, without even needing a Foundation Consolidation Pill, he could raise any one Internal Technique Method from Beginner to Beginner's Insight in a single day.

This kind of speed was absolutely unimaginable for ordinary players. Even among the Natives of the Divine Realm, he had never seen anyone who could do it.

All of them had Spirit far inferior to his.

"Among the Natives of the Divine Realm, those with Spirit stronger than mine probably have cultivation levels far beyond me. Those with cultivation levels comparable to mine would find it very difficult to have Spirit that surpasses mine.

Even players are unlikely to."

Yang Ling was very confident about this.

He didn't rush to allocate his points. He took a Foundation Consolidation Pill and continued cultivating.

Three days later, Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force's Experience Points reached 500.

Another three days passed, and Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force's Experience Points broke through 1000!

"Congratulations, Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force has advanced to Comprehensive Mastery."

[Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force (First-Rate)]

[Comprehensive Mastery: Gain 10 Free Attribute Points, Strength Boost 60 Points]

Yang Ling slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and looked at his Status Panel.

"I have a total of 15 Free Attribute Points now."

"My earlier speculation that reaching 150 points in both attributes is the key to advancing to Lower Fifth-Rank..."

Yang Ling immediately added 1 point to Strength.

There was no bottleneck as he had imagined.

Base Strength instantly jumped from 149 to 150 points!

But before Yang Ling could continue adding points, a violent pain suddenly erupted in his muscles!

It felt as if countless muscle fibers were being inexplicably torn apart, only to constantly heal!

Cold sweat broke out in waves. Since arriving in the Divine Realm, Yang Ling had experienced this kind of pain for the first time.

If it weren't for his 200 points of Spirit holding him steady, he suspected he would have fainted from the agony.

"It'd be better if I just passed out!"

Twenty hours later, Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force advanced from Initiation to Beginner's Insight!

"As soon as Base Strength hit 150 points, this kind of special change happened..."

"I'm not starting a gene mutation early, am I? Or is this a precursor to a gene mutation?"

Thinking about this possibility, Yang Ling even felt that the pain on his body had lessened a bit, and his mood grew excited.

Time ticked by, second by second.

"It must have been three or five hours. Why isn't this change over yet?"

"How much longer is this going to take?"

Yang Ling couldn't help but look at the time counter on his Status Panel.

From just now until now, only five minutes had passed.

"Only five minutes!!!?"

Now, without even needing a Foundation Consolidation Pill, he could raise any one Internal Technique Method from Initiation to Beginner's Insight in a single day.

He didn't know how long passed. In a daze, Yang Ling heard the sound of surging waves.

When he came back to his senses, he felt his entire body's Vital Qi continuously boiling, surging and powerful.

The agony was gradually fading.

"The change is about to end."

Yang Ling's expression shifted as he glanced at his Status Panel.

He had originally had only 6000 points of Vital Qi. Now, his Vital Qi had actually reached 8000 points!

An increase of a full 2000 points!

Comparable to two-thirds of a Vital Qi Age Defying pill!

Besides the change in Vital Qi, he also noticed that his physique seemed to have grown a bit larger.

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