The bright moon hangs high, the night is silent.
The air after the rain carries a refreshing dampness that reaches the heart and soul.
Through the vermilion carved wooden window, you can see Lu Fan sitting cross-legged on the bed, his figure faintly hidden by the hanging canopy.
Lu Fan's gaze is penetrating and bright, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
He brought up the panel and glanced at it.
He saved Nie Changqing and completed "Side Quest 3" with a top-grade evaluation, earning 5 attribute points as a reward.
With these five attribute points, he can advance to the second level of Qi Refinement.
Lu Fan actually has some small expectations for the second level of Qi Refinement.
At the first level of Qi Refinement, his spiritual energy dissipates little by little and cannot be restored. He can only exchange it for soul intensity.
His Qi Pill cannot continuously replenish spiritual energy.
Like Ning Zhao, although she is only at the second level of Qi Pill Realm, her spiritual energy can be restored through the operation of Qi Pills. This is different from Lu Fan.
"System, add 45 attribute points to soul intensity, and allocate the remaining 05 attribute points to physical strength."
Lu Fan silently said in his heart.
Soon, the data on the panel changed.
The soul intensity reached 6 attribute points.
And the physical strength finally no longer looked like a trash attribute, but became 1, officially entering the realm of normal people.
"Convert 4 attribute points into spiritual energy."
Lu Fan continued.
As soon as he spoke, a gust of wind suddenly surged in the room.
The scroll hanging on the wall kept shaking, and the brush on the brush stand also swayed.
Faint blue streams of air flowed around Lu Fan's body.
"Congratulations to the host for reaching the second level of Qi Refinement. The spiritual energy progress reserve has reached 100 strands. Reward: Spirit Pressure Chessboard, ten random seeds of spiritual energy grass."
"The host has crossed into the second level of Qi Refinement and obtained autonomous recovery abilities (spiritual energy, soul intensity, physical strength)."
The prompts from the system kept popping up.
Lu Fan's eyes became brighter and brighter.
The system panel in front of him also changed.
Host: Lu Fan
Title: Qi Refiner (Permanent)
Qi Refinement Level: 2 (Level 3 Progress: 1001000 strands)
Soul Intensity: 13 (Exchangeable: 2)
Physical Strength: 1 (Exchangeable: 1)
Spiritual Energy: 90 strands
Transformation Reward: "Creation and Refinement of Qi"
World Rating: Five Phoenix Continent [Low Martial]
Permissions: [Quest], [Preaching Platform], [Spiritual Energy Projection]
Branch Permission: [Thousand Methods Furnace (lv1)]
This was his first upgrade, from the first level of Qi Refinement to the second level.
The overall change was not significant, but the only change confirmed Lu Fan's previous guess.
Sure enough, by entering the second level of Qi Refinement, he obtained the ability to autonomously recover, which includes the recovery of spiritual energy, soul intensity, and physical strength.
However, this self-recovery ability of spiritual energy is probably relatively weak. After all, his Qi Refinement level is low, and he hasn't tried it specifically.
But even if the recovery is slow, it is within Lu Fan's acceptable range.
After all, with this ability, he no longer has to worry about running out of spiritual energy and losing control over it.
Of course, although the soul intensity has automatically recovered to a perfect state at the moment, Lu Fan was somewhat disappointed when he checked it.
Although it can recover autonomously, the attribute points exchanged for spiritual energy in the soul intensity cannot be reused, which made Lu Fan feel a bit regretful.
He opened his eyes.
The spiritual energy around Lu Fan gradually subsided.
At this moment, his mind was incredibly clear, as if he had been reborn and his soul had undergone baptism.
Although there was no situation of washing the meridians and expelling impurities as described in novels, with a foul-smelling black substance all over the body.
But Lu Fan still felt a transformation.
This transformation was not only in his soul, but also in his physique.
Now, in terms of hand-to-hand combat alone, Lu Fan might not be able to defeat martial arts masters like Ning Zhao or second-rate martial artists like Yi Yue.
However, at least, he still had the ability to fight against Ni Yu...right?
Hmm, maybe it's an evenly matched fight.
In addition to the autonomous recovery ability he obtained.
The most surprising and unexpected thing about this upgrade for Lu Fan was...there was actually a reward.
"Spiritual Pressure Chessboard?"
Lu Fan's face showed a hint of curiosity, and his mind moved.
As if there were heavenly voices booming in Lu Fan's ears, the next moment, Lu Fan discovered that a mysterious and unremarkable chessboard began to surge in front of him.
The void was torn apart, and a simple and unremarkable chessboard floated out from the rift, hovering in front of him.
As the void healed, the chessboard lost its brilliance and fell onto the bed.
In addition to the chessboard, there were also two boxes of chess pieces, one black and one white.
"Spiritual Pressure Chessboard: Profound-level inferior spiritual tool (upgradable). Each move consumes 1 Soul Strength. Placing a black piece can release targeted spiritual pressure on enemies, with a 5 times increase in spiritual pressure. Placing a white piece can restore 50% of the original spiritual energy for the designated individual."
The system's introduction to the Spiritual Pressure Chessboard left Lu Fan silent for a long time.
Lu Fan was not unfamiliar with spiritual pressure.
The spiritual pressure released by his 50 strands of spiritual energy could easily overwhelm Han Lianxiao, a fifth echo-level master, making it extremely difficult for him to move.
If the spiritual pressure was increased by five times, Han Lianxiao would probably be crushed alive. Even if he didn't die, he would be overwhelmed to the point of doubting life.
Moreover, with his current 100 strands of spiritual energy, if it was increased five times, Lu Fan was confident that Han Lianxiao...probably wouldn't last a second.
"Spiritual tool, a treasure that can conduct spiritual energy..."
Lu Fan murmured, stroking the chessboard.
Originally, Lu Fan's application of spiritual pressure was somewhat ambiguous.
However, with this Spiritual Pressure Chessboard, his methods would become even more powerful and unpredictable.
Glancing at the wheelchair quietly placed by the bed, Lu Fan pondered for a moment. Perhaps tomorrow he should have the craftsman remodel the wheelchair and hollow out two concealed compartments in the armrests to hold the chess piece boxes.
As for the chessboard, let Ni Yu carry it.
From now on, this Spiritual Pressure Chessboard would be Lu Fan's weapon.
It truly was a unique weapon that perfectly matched his elegance.
In addition to the Spiritual Pressure Chessboard, he was also rewarded with ten "Random Spiritual Energy Weed Seeds," which, as the name suggests, were weeds that could produce spiritual energy.
Just like how plants release oxygen through photosynthesis.
Lu Fan was quite concerned about this.
Although he could project spiritual energy and increase the concentration of spiritual energy in an area, this method was too simple and crude. The spiritual energy produced was dry and not gentle enough.
With the gentle and harmonizing effect of the spiritual energy produced by the Spiritual Energy Weed, it would be more suitable for cultivation.
In short, the appearance of these seeds was absolutely revolutionary for the Five Phoenix Continent.
Lu Fan looked at the black-brown seed called "Chao Tian Ling Ju Seed" lying quietly in the palm of his hand, his lips lifted slightly, and he carefully kept the seed.
Lu Fan felt very relaxed.
The moonlight shone through the red-carved windows, casting a gentle and peaceful light on Lu Fan's body, making him stretch lazily.
...
The next day.
Lu Fan woke up.
The movement outside the room made Ning Zhao and the others who were already waiting outside busy. After receiving Lu Fan's approval, they pushed open the door and entered.
Yi Yue carried a tray with porridge and side dishes.
Ni Yu rolled up her sleeves, holding a basin of freshly boiled hot water, her small face turning red from the steam.
Ning Zhao approached gracefully, her tender little hands helping Lu Fan get dressed and wash up.
Lu Fan narrowed his eyes, and a beautiful day began with a decadent morning.
"Master, Master asked the slave to escort the captured martial arts masters to the Imperial Capital this morning, and instructed me to give you the copied Blood Manipulation Technique secret book."
Ning Zhao said, and then took out a piece of white cloth from her bosom.
The cloth was filled with dainty words.
Although Lu Changkong was a burly martial arts master, his handwriting was quite delicate and elegant, which was completely inconsistent with his image.
Lu Fan took a sip of the porridge, his eyebrows raised.
He stretched out his hand and took the white cloth that Ning Zhao handed over.