Chapter 3

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Working for three years is not as good as slacking off for one day

After leaving the restaurant, Lin Luo wasn’t in a hurry to get home.

He exchanged one spirit stone for 10000 spirit coins and took Lin Meng’er around.

He bought her a dress he usually could not bear to buy, ate the most expensive candied hawthorn, and drank the most expensive milk tea.

“Brother, do we have that much money? Save some.”

Lin Meng’er was a little apprehensive and heartbroken as she spent so much.

“Meng’er, don’t worry. Your brother has already become a warrior apprentice, and I’ll become a warrior soon. By then, I’ll be able to get a few hundred to a thousand spiritual stones as a white-collar worker’s allowance, let alone a job.

“These things that can be bought with spirit coins now will be worthless when the time comes.”

Becoming a warrior apprentice was equivalent to an admission ticket to the nobility.

When they became martial artists, they would be no different from nobles to ordinary people.

“Brother, I’ll listen to you. I trust you.”

Lin Meng’er held Lin Luo’s hand, and she snuggled into his arms. Unknowingly, a tear fell from the corner of her eye.

She only realized now that her life was tough… Was it finally going to end?

…

After accompanying Lin Meng’er to shop and eat for an entire day, Lin Luo finally returned home, satisfied.

One had to admit that cultivating dantian with one key was really heaven-defying!

He had spent a total of eight hours shopping, which was considered cultivation.

One should know that for an ordinary person, it was already good enough if he could cultivate for two hours a day.

The children of big families might be able to cultivate for six hours a day.

Real geniuses and ascetics, however, might be able to grit their teeth and cultivate for ten hours a day.

However, Lin Luo was different. He ate and drank every day, which counted as 24 hours of cultivation!

Moreover, the efficiency of other people’s cultivation was often not high, especially in the later stages of a stage, where cultivation would be slower.

But Lin Luo had no limits!

With an increase of 100 spiritual energy points every hour, Lin Luo’s cultivation rose even as he slept!

He was more talented than a genius!

The next day… he didn’t need to go to work!

Lin Luo slept until ten in the morning.

After eating the breakfast that Lin Meng’er had made, Lin Luo brought her out to play again without any explanation.

He had no intention of cultivating!

“Brother, I’ve heard that other people must work hard to become martial apprentices. Brother, don’t do it for Meng’er…”

Meng’er was a little worried.

She felt that Lin Luo had delayed his cultivation to accompany her.

“It’s fine. I’m a genius among geniuses. I can become stronger just by drinking water.

“Alright, I’m the best.”

Meng’er didn’t know anything about cultivation.

In any case, her brother would definitely not lie to her!

At two in the afternoon, Lin Luo finally received another system notification.

[The system has detected that your spiritual energy has reached 3000. You have successfully advanced to the middle-rank apprentice warrior level.]

He received 100 units of spiritual energy every hour, and 30 hours later, Lin Luo finally advanced again.

He went to the hall of the Martial Arts Association alone.

Hello, little sister. I’m here to receive my monthly allowance.

The young lady was the same person as yesterday. She looked up and frowned.

“Sir, you received it yesterday, didn’t you?”

“I’ve advanced. I’ll take it again.”

The young lady’s mouth twitched, but the spiritual power test at the front desk could not be faked. The test showed that Lin Luo had indeed reached the middle-rank apprentice warrior level.

“Then I’ll have to congratulate you.”

Although it was rare for a junior apprentice to advance to a mid-grade apprentice warrior in one day, it was not impossible.

“Here are your 50 spirit stones. Please keep them.”

Lin Luo had never seen so much money in his life!

However, he didn’t lose his composure today. He simply took the spirit stones with joy and left.

The lady at the front desk didn’t pay much attention to it, but she was used to it.

Until…

At eight o’clock sharp on the third night… Lin Luo appeared again!

“Little sister, I’m here to receive my allowance.”

Seeing Lin Luo appear again, the young lady had a bad feeling.

‘Could this person be… Did he break through again?’

[The system has detected that your spiritual energy has reached 6000. You have successfully advanced to a high-level apprentice warrior!]

The third day! After waiting for 60 hours, Lin Luo advanced again!

When an average person’s spiritual energy value reached 5900, they’d usually encounter a cultivation difficulty.

Usually, it would take ten days to half a month of closed-door training, an opportunity to fight, or the help of natural treasures to break through from 5900 to 6000, which was the small threshold of a high-ranking apprentice warrior.

But Lin Luo didn’t need that!

He just had to wait from seven to eight in the evening. It was that simple!

He even had the time to munch on some melon seeds and soak his feet!

In just three days, Lin Luo had broken through from a junior apprentice warrior to a senior apprentice warrior. This made the lady at the front desk pay attention to him and feel nervous.

Could this be a disciple of some big family sent out to gain experience?

His clothes weren’t that luxurious either!

“Hello, Sir. This is your monthly allowance of 100 spirit stones.”

The young lady’s attitude was much more respectful than before, even more respectful than some martial artists.

Age was the most important factor in the martial apprentice stage. The younger the martial apprentice, the greater the potential for future growth, not to mention this Lin Luo, who had broken through to a high-ranking apprentice warrior in three days under his own eyes!

After Lin Luo left, the young lady hesitated for a long time before finally pressing the communicator.

“My Lord, I have something to report…”

“What is it?”

On the other end of the phone, there was a deep voice of doubt. It was the voice of an old man.

“Sir, there’s a martial apprentice here. In three days, he has advanced from a junior apprentice to an advanced apprentice.”

“Oh?”

The other side obviously interested, though he didn’t seem too surprised.

“Good report. Ignore him for now. If he breaks through to the martial warrior realm in the next half a month, we’ll contact each other again.”

“Yes, my Lord.”

The other side cut off the communication.

For some reason, the lady at the front desk suddenly had an extremely ridiculous thought.

To break through to the warrior realm?

Perhaps… This Lin Luo didn’t need half a month.

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[Automatic detection of spirit stone balance …]

[Balance: 159 pills. It is recommended that you spend it on time!]

[Automatic detection of spirit stone balance …] Balance: 159 pills. It is recommended that you spend it on time! Limited time discount!]

[Automatic detection of spirit stone balance …]

[You have 159 spiritual stones in your balance. It only costs 100 spiritual stones to top up now!]

On the way home, the system sent Lin Luo countless notifications!

“Push, push, push… What’s the rush? I’ll recharge it when I get home!”

It was a must to top up. Upgrading the functions in time could make one stronger.

Just as the lady at the front desk had said, spirit stones were inanimate objects. They were only valuable when they were used.

But the key problem was …

He only had a little more than a hundred spiritual stones. Which one should he upgrade first?

The speed of absorbing spiritual energy would double every hour, and he could level up faster!

Upgrade the one-click learning function, and you could quickly learn a skill.

Which one should he choose?

Suddenly, Lin Luo seemed to have thought of something. He asked the system, “By the way, system, does it only take 10000 points of spiritual energy for me to advance to a martial warrior?”

[Dear host, your current spiritual energy value is 6000 points. The requirement to advance to martial artist is 10000 points of spiritual energy. Yes, that’s right.]

“In other words, I’ll be a martial artist in 30 hours?”

[Yes, host. With your current speed of 100 spiritual energy points per hour, you still need 30 hours.]

“No threshold? No bottleneck in cultivation?”

“It won’t slow down, and it won’t have a 99% progress bar limit?”

[You won’t be able to do anything. You can cultivate your dantian with a single click, and you’ll become stronger every moment. You won’t stop for a second!]

It felt so good!

At this moment, he made a decision!

“System, top up 100 spiritual stones for me to upgrade the one-button dantian function!”