Upgrading Little Assistant

The cave was dimly lit, and vines hung on both sides of the cave walls.

There were many purple flowers on the vines.

The fresh and elegant fragrance of the flowers assailed his nostrils, making him feel relaxed.

It was simply as if…

The reason why he felt comfortable after entering the cave was because of the fragrance of the flowers and not because of the dense spiritual energy inside.

"Brilliant! Truly brilliant!" Chen Mu complimented the higher-ups secretly and continued walking forward.

The cave was not big, only about 40 square meters.

The arrangements inside could be said to be extremely simple and crude.

A wooden bed, a table, a bookshelf, a cushion…

There was nothing else.

Chen Mu took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

At that moment, he felt like he was possessed by a detective. All kinds of details in the cave kept appearing in his mind.

...

At the same time, within the main hall of the main peak of the Azure Yang Sect, Qing Yangzi and the other elders gathered together once more.

Everyone was smiling as if they had just completed a huge project.

Qing Yangzi swept a glance at all the elders and chuckled out. "It's rare for everyone to be so united. Our Azure Yang Sect is truly not meant to be exterminated!"

When Second Elder Li Daoyi heard this, he stroked his beard and smiled. "This matter concerns the life and death of my Azure Yang Sect. Who dares to be negligent?"

"I wonder if Chen Mu will be able to see through it?" Shui Rou of the water spiritual root branch asked worriedly.

She was the only one who did not participate in the entire initiation plan.

First Elder Zhang Yan smiled faintly upon hearing this.

"Don't worry, there were no mistakes."

"Can it be that we, a group of old fellows who have lived for over a hundred years, are unable to deceive an 18-year-old mortal youth?"

"Junior Sister Shui, don't worry."

"Indeed!"

It was rare for Qing Yangzi to come to an agreement with the First Elder, Zhang Yan.

As an example, regarding the bed in the cave…

He had provided it personally.

That bed was called the 10,000 Year Profound Wooden Bed. Not only could sleeping on it strengthen one's body, it would also calm one's mind and prevent one from entering Qi Deviation.

Moreover, according to the principle of the Five Elements, wood created fire.

That kid had a fire spiritual root. Sleeping on that bed every day would be very beneficial to his cultivation.

And in order to conceal the extraordinary nature of this 10,000 Year Profound Wooden Bed…

He had cut an exquisite bed with dragon and phoenix carvings into an ordinary flat bed…

Now that he thought about it, he felt his heart ache.

As for the other items, they were mostly obtained this way.

They looked ordinary on the outside but were extremely valuable on the inside!

...

In the cave, Chen Mu opened his eyes and walked quickly to the bed. He gently touched the edge of the bed.

The paint was still wet…

He tried to move the wooden bed, but it did not even tremble. It was as stable as a mountain.

"Good lord…" Chen Mu praised in his heart. Then, he used his fingernails to lightly cut the paint on the edge of the bed.

A trace of azure spiritual light immediately shot out.

He stood up and walked to the bookshelf.

He knocked lightly on the bookshelf…

Clang!

A metallic sound rang out, sounding especially pleasant to the ears.

He looked at the books on the bookshelf.

The geography of the mountains, the customs of the land, the secret history of cultivation, the foundation method for the early-stage Qi Refinement Realm…

He had everything he needed.

It was worth mentioning that there was a book titled "The Legend of Mortals Defying the Heavens" placed at the most eye-catching spot.

Chen Mu chuckled and walked to the table.

There was a bronze lamp on the table, and a green robe was folded beside the lamp.

This should be the Outer Sect disciple uniform of the Azure Yang Sect.

Chen Mu picked up the green robe and rubbed it vigorously.

Yeah, just like he thought, there were hidden layers inside.

He put down the green robe and picked up the storage bag on the table.

Opening the storage bag, there were ten low-grade spirit stones inside.

Each piece was filled with energy!

It was exactly the same as the 500 low-grade spirit stones in his other storage bag.

Other than spirit stones, there were also two pill bottles.

The pill bottles were all labeled.

Qi Gathering Pill, Inedia Pill.

Qi Gathering Pills were used for cultivation, while Inedia Pills were consumed in place of food.

Chen Mu picked up the pill bottle and opened it.

Inside were three Qi Gathering Pills.

Qi Gathering Pills were pills that could help mortals successfully enter the Qi Refinement realm.

The Azure Yang Sect was more generous, giving three each.

Chen Mu shook the pill bottle and frowned subconsciously.

That was because some of the Qi Gathering Pills' shell had fallen off. The spiritual light within could no longer be concealed, and it shot out.

Accompanying it was rich spiritual energy.

"As an alchemist, how can you be so crude?" As Chen Mu spoke, he took out the special Qi Gathering Pill that had almost 'revealed its true form' and covered the pill shell where the spiritual light leaked out.

As a result, the pill became an ordinary Qi Gathering Pill again.

After putting the pills back, Chen Mu turned to look at the cushion in the corner and could not help but laugh.

Without needing to check, he knew that it was definitely extraordinary.

This was just a rough glance. Who knew what other secrets were hidden in this cave?

Besides, there was a huge place outside the cave.

It had to be said that living in such an environment was very exciting.

Because every now and then, a little surprise would pop up.

Strictly speaking, he was still considered a mortal and did not understand many things.

There was no point in delving deeper. It was better to let nature take its course.

However, before taking the Qi Gathering Pill and officially stepping into the first stage of Qi Refinement realm, he still had one more thing to do.

Upgrade his Little Assistant!

He needed 100 low-grade spirit stones to upgrade it. Previously, he had thought about how he would earn these low-grade spirit stones if the Azure Yang Sect did not do anything.

There was no need to think about this now.

Without any delay, he chose to upgrade it.

At the same time, 95 of the 500 low-grade Spirit Stones in his bag of holding were gone…

From the looks of it, the spirit stones in his storage bag were better than normal.

After successfully upgrading it, Chen Mu checked on the Little Assistant again.

[Host: Chen Mu]

[Age: 18]

[Cultivation: Mortal]

[Spiritual Root: Fire Spiritual Root (5)]

[Attribute Storage Space: 100/100]

[Battle Fluctuation Detection Range: 10,000 meters]

[System Upgrade Condition: 1,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones]

[Upgrade successful, battle fluctuation detection range has expanded.]

[The host can now absorb the spiritual root attributes as well as the attributes of the basic spiritual technique.]

[Furthermore, each time the system upgrades, the host will receive a single-use skill.]

[Obtained Single-Use Skill: Instant Learning of Basic Spiritual Technique]

[Instant Learning of Basic Spiritual Technique: Instantaneous mastery of a Basic Spiritual Technique among the stored attributes.]

After checking on the assistant, Chen Mu was enlightened.

No wonder he could not absorb the attributes of the spiritual roots earlier. He could only absorb it after the upgrade.

In addition, through this upgrade, he also understood the direction of the upgrade.

On the one hand, it was to increase the monitoring range of battle fluctuations.

On the other hand, it could increase the storage space of the stored attributes.

Also, it could absorb higher-level attributes progressively.

Previously, the Little Assistant could only allow him to absorb some of the mortal attributes and cultivation level. After leveling up, he could absorb the attributes of the spiritual roots and the attributes of the basic spiritual techniques.

In the end, he would receive a single-use skill each time.

In short, these 90 low-grade spirit stones were well spent.

"Congratulations, my Little Assistant, you have successfully advanced from an early-stage Little Assistant to an intermediate-level early-stage Little Assistant."

"Keep working hard and strive to become a Big Assistant one day."

Chen Mu silently encouraged it. Then, he looked at the pill bottle on the table that contained the Qi Gathering Pills.

Without any hesitation, he took out a Qi Gathering Pill and swallowed it.