[Heavenly Rewards Diligence System ]
Name: Zhao Xuan
Age: 18
Spiritual Power: 32.56 / 42.97
Physique: 168.59 / 209.96
Abilities:
Shave (Proficiency: 110 / 200), Iron Body (Proficiency: 180 / 200), Finger Pistol (Proficiency: 113 / 200), Paper Art (Proficiency: 170 / 200), Moon Step (Proficiency: 120 / 200), Tempest Kick (Proficiency: 155 / 200), Swordsmanship (Proficiency: 38 / 200), Armament Haki (Beginner: 677 / 1000), Azure Dragon Fruit (Proficiency: 154 / 2000)
In an old apartment, Zhao Xuan stared at his personal status panel, frowning slightly.
"Although I made over a million today without breaking a sweat, aside from the Azure Dragon Fruit, the proficiency of my other abilities barely increased. That's not good!"
"Still, at least I've already completed all the third-tier expulsion missions from the Tongcheng Ability Users' Guild today."
"Starting tomorrow, there won't be any more expulsion-type missions left. The remaining ones are mostly combat-related!"
"Combat missions might take longer to complete, but those are the ones that'll really make me stronger!"
Muttering to himself, Zhao Xuan casually tossed a pill into his mouth, closed his eyes, and began to meditate.
The Spirit-Nurturing Pill—a second-tier elixir—accelerates meditation progress. Each one costs 50,000 yuan.
Flush with cash, Zhao Xuan had bought ten of them straight from the Ability Users' Guild, spending half a million without blinking.
The importance of Spiritual Power was no less than that of physical strength.
The stronger one's Spiritual Power, the easier it became to comprehend and develop various abilities on a deeper level.
Moreover—
The strength of one's spirit was also directly tied to the awakening of Observation Haki.
According to official data, the minimum Spiritual Power required to awaken Observation Haki was 50 points.
Zhao Xuan's current Spiritual Power was 42.97 points—not far off.
That was why he had gritted his teeth and spent 500,000 yuan on Spirit-Nurturing Pills to assist his meditation.
Although 50 points was only the minimum threshold for awakening Observation Haki, statistics showed that ability users across Shenzhou typically awakened around 500 Spiritual Power.
But still—
You never know unless you try!
Zhao Xuan couldn't help harboring a bit of hope.
As he put it:
"What if I awaken Observation Haki just like I did Armament Haki—right at the minimum requirement?"
Even if he didn't manage to awaken it, improving his Spiritual Power would only help him further refine his other abilities.
Either way, those 500,000 yuan wouldn't be wasted.
While Zhao Xuan meditated under the effect of the Spirit-Nurturing Pill—
Elsewhere!
Inside the office of the Tongcheng Ability Users' Guild, Guildmaster Lian Jie was receiving several visiting guildmasters from neighboring cities.
"Old Lian, if I remember correctly, that ruin in Tongcheng was discovered nearly half a year ago, right?"
A middle-aged man with thick brows and sharp eyes suddenly spoke up.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
At his words, the other guildmasters turned their gazes toward Lian Jie.
Lian Jie's expression darkened. "Zheng Bin, if you've got something to say, just say it. No need to beat around the bush."
"Then I'll be blunt." Zheng Bin smiled, his tone deceptively pleasant. "According to the joint regulations between the Central Ability Guild and the authorities, the right to develop any newly discovered ruin belongs to the local guild—but only for six months."
"If the local guild fails to pass the ruin's trials and claim the Heart of the Ruin within that period, the development rights become open to all nearby guilds."
He grinned. "Old Lian, if my sources are correct, your Tongcheng Guild still hasn't cleared the sixth trial yet, have you?"
Lian Jie's face turned even gloomier.
The other guildmasters, meanwhile, wore knowing smiles.
They had been eyeing Tongcheng's ruin for a long time now—after all, that particular site produced Spirit-Nurturing Fruits.
Though considered a low-grade spiritual fruit, each one sold for 100,000 yuan on the market.
But what really mattered was the quantity.
The ruin could produce at least fifty fruits a day.
That's 5 million yuan daily!
Five million might not sound like much—
But remember, that's every single day!
Five million a day was no small figure.
"Hmph! I knew it. You bunch of old foxes didn't suddenly drop by for a friendly visit. You're all drooling over Tongcheng's ruin!"
Lian Jie snorted coldly, his voice filled with fury.
Before Zheng Bin and the others could reply, he barked, "Don't even think about taking that ruin from me! Get out! All of you, out! You're not welcome here!"
"Come on now, Old Lian, don't be like that—we've known each other for over twenty years…"
"Yeah, yeah, we're just trying to help since your guild can't handle it alone…"
The group chuckled as they tried to calm him down.
"Out! Get out, all of you!" Lian Jie shouted, practically shaking with rage.
"Alright then, Old Lian—we'll be back in five days."
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