The exchange coins required in the system's store were spirit stones, and the Simplification Record was priced according to the quality of the technique. A B-grade technique required one spirit stone, an A-grade technique required five spirit stones, and an S-grade technique required a number higher than two digits!
Ye Yan felt helpless. He didn't have five spirit stones. He had used one to automatically cultivate, and now he wasn't left with enough.
"Tsk... What should I do?!" Just as he was worrying, a thought flashed and Ye Yan suddenly remembered that he seemed to have completed a mission.
Oh right, he had completed the mission of finding a companion and the reward had been released. He wondered what it would be. Ye Yan immediately opened the internal storage and checked it.
[Mission Reward: God-slaying Sect uniform blueprint x1, cold summer lotus heart x5, spirit stones x5. ]
Five spirit stones! Ye Yan didn't look at the remaining two rewards. These five spirit stones solved his urgent problem, and he could finally get the A-grade Simplification Record! With that, Ye Yan immediately clicked on the Simplification Record's interface and bought it.
[Do you wish to bind the record to the Dharmic technique, Willow Heaven and Earth?]
After clicking "confirm", there was a slight clang, and the interface of the system store jumped to the smelting interface. It was the familiar grids again... Wait, this time, only the first two for wood and ink were left empty.
The grids for the main image and the special item were already filled, so there was no need to place anything in them again. As for the two other materials, he had some leftovers from just now. With that, Ye Yan moved the ink from the internal storage into the grid, then took some remaining branches from the corner and put them in as well before starting the smelting process.
"Wait a moment, it'll be done soon," Ye Yan looked up at Chen Geng and explained.
On the other side, Chen Geng felt as if he had fallen into an illusion. Brother Yan simply stood up and took a bundle of wood, but in the next moment, the wood disappeared into thin air!
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he kept hearing clanking sounds in the room. Then, half a minute later, another shocking scene happened.
A few steps in front of Ye Yan, a red round space suddenly appeared, and a book flew out! Pa! The book landed steadily beside Chen Geng.
"Here, this is for you. It's a simplified version of the Dharmic technique. Read it well, and give me the original one," Ye Yan pointed at the simplified Dharmic technique, "It's all in simplified language, but you still need to learn how to read."
Chen Geng picked it up impatiently and stared at it like it was a treasure.
"You can look at the pictures first," Ye Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It doesn't matter if you're illiterate. I'll teach you little by little."
With that, Ye Yan also had something to do, and that was to make Chen Geng learn to read and step on the path of cultivation as soon as possible. Therefore, they spent almost the whole afternoon studying the Dharmic technique in the room. Ye Yan also took the opportunity to teach Chen Geng some words.
It was because of this that Ye Yan was immersed in the book, and seemed to have some enlightenment. Even with the automatic cultivation function, it was always good to read the Dharmic technique himself and familiarize himself with the content and essence of his sect's technique. It would be embarrassing if his understanding of the technique was not even as profound as his disciples in the future.
Now was the beginning of spring, and the daytime was getting longer and longer. It was almost dinner time, but Ye Yan and Chen Geng still hadn't left their immersed state.
"Little brother, are you there? It's late!" Suddenly, a voice came from outside the house, jolting the two of them back to reality. It was Ye Wen. Ye Yan looked outside and found that it was almost evening, and his brother Ye Wen was walking in.
"Hmm? Why is there a willow tree here?"
Looking at Ye Wen's approaching figure, Ye Yan suddenly thought of something. He wanted to speak but found it was too late.
"Bang!"
"Ah!" Sure enough, a muffled sound was heard, followed by Ye Wen's cry of pain. Ye Yan felt a bit embarrassed that he forgot to inactivate the defense system for his family.
[Ding! The host has made a breakthrough to rank one of the beginner Qi-forging Realm!]
The system's mechanic suddenly sounded in his mind. Ye Yan was stunned at first, but then his expression became overjoyed. He had broken through! In just one afternoon, he had broken through to the Qi-forging Realm, and it just so happened to occur when he was no longer immersed in that state. It seemed that cultivating the Dharmic technique himself would be more efficient than relying on the cheat.
The joys and sorrows of people were not the same. For example, Ye Wen was now lying on the ground, twitching from the pain.
"Why did this happen? Did something happen to my younger brother?" He didn't know where the huge force came from, but it sent him flying. Ye Wen was very worried. With such a strange phenomenon happening all of a sudden, was his brother still fine?
"Whoosh!" Just as Ye Wen was struggling to get up, the door curtain was pulled open and a figure walked out. It was Ye Yan.
"Brother, are you okay?" Looking at Ye Wen's miserable state, Ye Yan scratched his head and said.
The former recovered and hurriedly said that he was fine. He rushed to Ye Yan and sized him up and let out a sigh of relief after finding nothing wrong, "That was really scary. I don't know why, but a huge force sent me flying just now. I thought something happened to you."
Ye Yan was touched by his brother's concern for him, but it wasn't easy to explain the defense at the moment, so he had to find a reason to make his brother leave.
"Well..." Ye Yan's eyes rolled, "Is there something you need me for? Why are you in such a hurry to find me?"
"Nonsense! It's already dark and you still haven't come down from the mountain. Dad told me to come and get you," Ye Wen patted his head and remembered the business he was here for, pulling Ye Yan down the mountain.
"Let's go, let's go. There are many jackals at night. I'm worried about a child like you staying on the mountain. Let's go."
Ye Yan heaved a sigh of relief when the topic was diverted. He signaled Chen Geng to pack up with his eyes. The latter understood and picked up the scattered tools and followed them down the mountain.
After leaving the mountain, Ye Yan took the farming tools and said goodbye to Chen Geng. Then, they went back to their respective homes. As soon as he entered the yard, Ye Yan saw that the dinner was already set. There were some pickled radishes, some vegetarian buns, and some wild vegetable soup. Looking at Ye Dahai's listless appearance, one could tell that he had been sitting there for a long time.
"Little rascal, you're happy that I built a house for you, aren't you? you're back so late, I'm not leaving any food for you!" Seeing Ye Yan come back, Ye Dahai seemed to let out a sigh of relief. Then, he deliberately put on a stern face.
"Hehe, there won't be the next time!" Knowing that he was in the wrong, Ye Yan smiled apologetically, then ran to the back to wash his hands before following Ye Wen and sitting at the table.
All of them were hungry, so the family didn't say a word and immediately began to gobble down the food on the table. Ye Wen glanced at Ye Yan and saw him in deep thought. He suddenly thought of what happened on the mountain and the corner of his mouth twitched as he couldn't help but ask, "Little brother, that strange force on the mountain..."
Hearing this, Ye Yan's heart skipped a beat. Alas, this topic could not be skipped. However, on second thought, since they were family, there was no harm in talking about it. In the future, when the sect grew bigger, he would still have to let them know anyway.
Ye Yan made up his mind and told the whole story, "Brother, father, I have something to tell you."
"What's the matter?" Ye Dahai looked at his son impatiently.
"Do you know why I need a house? That's because I've built a sect specifically for celestial cultivation. So, I'm the sect master now."
With that, Ye Yan brought out the nonsense that he had told Chen Geng. It was only a given that he couldn't expose the system's existence.