Chapter 285: The Pleasure God's Program

【Your profession 【Painter】 has changed to——【Artist】】

【Congratulations on leveling up! Your current level is: lv31

Your maximum HP +20, Attack +14, Spell Strength +25, Defense +6, Resilience +2, Dodge +5, Speed +2, Precision Correction +7, Critical Hit +1%】

【Note: In addition to the extra attributes gained from advancement, 【Expert】 tier Transcendental will randomly increase 7 points of attributes each time they level up!】

【You have unlocked the new attribute 【Qi】!】

【Qi: 10/10】 【lv1 (10): All attributes +1.】

【Note: When Qi drops below 10 points, the effect of lv1 will not take effect.】

【You have comprehended the passive skill 【Basic Qi Training lv1】】 【Improve the total amount and quality of Qi through exercise, you can exercise for up to 1 hour per day, and you can exercise 【Qi】 to lv3 (1000) at most through this method】

【You have mastered the trait 【Fast Copying】】 【Your painting speed is greatly increased, and when you paint scenes that you have an impression of in your mind, the speed will be further accelerated.】

【You have learned 【Passive Skill: Painting Draft Substitute】!】 【Now you can transfer the damage you receive to a Supernatural Painting bound to yourself; damaged paintings cannot be used as targets for this skill.】

【You have learned 【Active Skill: Construct into Reality】】 【Inject Spirituality into the tip of your brush and paint in the air; any completed painting will gain the power you desire for a short time.】

【Your passive skill 【Spiritual Painting lv4】 has been upgraded to 【Spiritual Painting lv5】】 【Your passive skill 【Painting Harmonization lv1】 has been upgraded to 【Painting Harmonization lv2】】 【Your active skill 【Encapsulation lv2】 has been upgraded to 【Encapsulation lv3】】 【Your current attributes are too high, some attribute values failed to be obtained!】 【Focus +2】 【Name: Yun Mu (Favorite of the Gods 【10/15】 · Sleepy Cat · Civilization Spreader · Artist) 【Divine】】

Level: lv31 (Expert) Race: Frost Person · Bloodline

Age: 15 years old

Maximum HP: 120 (200)

Attack: 80 (86)

Spell Strength: 90 (137) 【After breaking through to Expert, the number of bound paintings has increased, Painting: Sunset returns for a limited time!】

Defense: 30 (52)

Resilience: 15 (23)

Dodge: 100 (130)

Speed: 34 (40)

Precision Correction: 107 Critical Hit: 30% (34%)

Qi: 10/10 【lv1 (10): All attributes +1】

Equipment: Omitted Traits: Omitted Passive Skills: Omitted

Active Skills: Omitted

Status: Blessing of the Night, Ghost Sea Oath

Path: Scarlet lv4 (197/300), Cat lv3 (5/80), Oil Painting/Manga lv3 (16/80), Civilization lv3 (54/80), Desire lv2 (1/30), Fusion lv1 (Cannot be upgraded)】 【Dungeon Exploration】 (On cooldown) —— 【Note: The cooldown time for Expert-tier Dungeons is one month!】 "Is this the power of an Expert?"

Yun Mu spread her arms, feeling the gentle Qi Strength flowing within her body.

This is a power that can only be controlled after advancing to Expert; just letting it flow through her body grants the effect of All attributes +1.

However, this effect seems to be determined by the remaining Qi in the body; All attributes +1 is the effect of Qi lv1, which requires the Qi attribute to be maintained at 10 points or more to activate.

Once the Qi in the body drops below 10 points, the buff effect will disappear.

Very reasonable. After all, how could it buff attributes if it were used up? As for the fact that she only has 10 points of Qi in total right now, there is nothing to worry about.

Because while gaining the Qi attribute, she also mastered the skill 【Basic Qi Training lv1】; as long as she exercises for one hour every day, both the total amount and quality of Qi will slowly rise.

Besides that, after advancing to Expert, each level-up increases attributes by 7 points; the experience she accumulated previously allowed her to increase by 6 levels in one go, which is 42 points of attributes.

Calculating this way, breaking through to Expert should have granted her 40 points of extra attributes.

It really is exaggerated.

The trait Fast Copying, the passive skill Painting Draft Substitute, and the active skill Construct into Reality... these are all abilities possessed by a Third-tier Expert Artist.

Fast Copying allows an artist to get rid of the problem of not having time to paint when encountering a skirmish, while Painting Draft Substitute is clearly a life-saving skill, at the cost of damaging the Supernatural Painting bound to oneself.

However, if the damage is not severe, the painting can self-repair over time.

And if the damage received exceeds the threshold for self-repair, the artist also has corresponding means to restore it.

It is just that if the painting is accidentally completely destroyed by the enemy, there is no room for any repair.

So it is best not to rely on the Painting Draft Substitute skill to take attacks recklessly; if you can dodge, try to dodge.

And there is the final active skill——Construct into Reality.

Just looking at the skill description, one might mistakenly think that this is just an ability to paint in the air.

However, the massive amount of information flooding her mind told Yun Mu that this skill is not as simple as the description.

Painting in the air is not false, but the most important thing is... Yun Mu extended the index finger of her right hand, and in just half a second, she drew a water droplet.

"Bang!"

The condensed water droplet struck the wall of the Xiangyang captain's cabin; because she did not use much Spirituality, this water droplet did not cause any damage to the wall.

The point is, she had just thought about attacking, and this water droplet she drew attacked!

This means she can finally control the effects of the paintings she creates, instead of being like opening a blind box, completely unaware of what kind of ability the painting will have after it is completed.

Of course, it is limited to the kind of paintings temporarily drawn in the air just now.

The effects of Spiritual Painting and Supernatural Painting are still unpredictable... but Yun Mu believes that as her level continues to rise, these will all be just a matter of time.

And speaking of leveling up... the time for Dungeon Exploration has actually been extended to one month! This was something Yun Mu did not expect; could it be that her novice period has ended? Thinking carefully, as the Dungeon level increases, the difficulty of creating a Dungeon will also increase, so it seems quite reasonable for the Dungeon cooldown time to increase.

She has a hunch that even if she hadn't advanced to Expert, and had cleared the Expert-tier Dungeon while still an Elite, the Dungeon refresh time would still have been extended to one month.

This hunch has no origin; it is simply that she feels it would be like this.

"Forget it, let's try the effect of Basic Qi Training first."

Because of the skill effect of the equipment 【Reversed Pocket Watch】, Yun Mu did a quick calculation and knew that it was only five o'clock in the morning, and there were still four hours until the scheduled departure time of the Xiangyang.

This time is completely enough for her to max out today's Basic Qi Training.

However, it is worth noting that Basic Qi Training is not like the breathing techniques or meditation cultivation methods in the web novels she read before she transmigrated, where you just sit cross-legged.

Likewise, it is not some high-difficulty movement that would leave even a Transcendental panting after finishing a set.

This is perhaps because its skill prefix contains the word "Basic."

Compared to a skill, Yun Mu feels this is more like a theory.

According to her understanding, simply put, it is to continuously use the Qi Strength within the body to stimulate fatigued muscles while exercising. This not only speeds up the rate of exercise but also enables the newly formed muscles to develop the ability to produce Qi Strength. This is because the Qi Strength currently in Yun Mu's body was not produced by her own, but was "gifted" to her by the Ether after she promoted to Expert.

She herself does not have the ability to produce Qi Strength; she needs to rely on the Qi Strength gained after promoting to Expert to allow her body to autonomously produce her own Qi Strength.

In fact, even without the Basic Qi Training skill, the total amount of Qi Strength in Yun Mu's body would still slowly rise; this skill just speeds up that rate.

And those affected muscles, or cells, will spread through the body like a virus—uh, although this is not a great way to describe it, it is indeed the case.

By the time the cells throughout her entire body can autonomously produce Qi Strength, the Basic Qi Training skill will likely have reached max level.

【After one hour of arduous training, your skill 【Basic Qi Training lv1】 has increased to 【Basic Qi Training lv2】】 【Max HP +5 / Attack Power +2】

【Qi +50】

【Note: The initial training effect of this skill is the best.】

"Huff, hah, huff—what a truly satisfying workout."

Yun Mu previously had some doubts about whether the effects of physical exercise would become increasingly lower as a Transcendental's physical fitness improved.

Now it seems she was overthinking it.

As physical fitness increases, exercise methods will certainly continue to iterate; as a Transcendental, there will always be methods of one's own.

But come to think of it, why does the newly added Qi Strength in her body feel different from the one during her promotion? Yun Mu extended her right hand, and she saw a wisp of white Qi Strength mixed with a pale red color gathering in her palm.

Is it an attribute?

She recalled that in the skill description of the Scarlet Cross Sword, it was specifically stated that Qi Strength with the 【Scarlet】 attribute could further enhance its power.

And since her race is Bloodline, it doesn't seem strange that the refined Qi Strength is mixed with the Scarlet attribute.

It's just that she doesn't know what is special about this Qi Strength with an attribute compared to the pure Qi Strength from her promotion.

Hmm... Brenna has been an Expert-level Transcendental for a long time; she should know more than her, so she should go ask her.

Thinking this, Yun Mu put on her coat, took a deep breath, and pushed open the wooden door of the Captain's cabin.

"Bang!!"

The wooden door of the Captain's cabin slammed against the wall, and the howling gale and Blizzard immediately plastered Yun Mu's face.

The deck of the Xiangyang was full of snow at this moment, and the thickness was enough to swallow Yun Mu's calves entirely.

The field of vision was filled with swirling snowflakes; even though Yun Mu's eyesight far exceeded that of an ordinary person, it was difficult to see scenes too far away in such harsh weather.

"What is going on?"

The biting cold wind made Yun Mu shiver, and it wasn't until the Qi Strength in her body began to circulate that she felt slightly better.

If she, as an Expert-level, was like this, what about those ordinary townspeople living in Folaka Town?

There is definitely something wrong with this Blizzard! Even if this is the northernmost region of the North Continent, it shouldn't be this cold.

This feeling is already below minus 40 degrees Celsius, right! Even the surface of the seawater would be frozen, let alone setting sail.

But with such cold conditions outside, why did she not feel it at all inside the Captain's cabin just now?

Is it because the Xiangyang is a Ghost Ship?

Yun Mu has no way of knowing. The first thing she must do now is find Brenna and understand the current situation—uh, although she guesses Brenna probably doesn't know the situation outside either.

Clearing away the snow at the entrance to the cabin, Yun Mu followed the stairs into the interior of the ship and immediately felt as if she had changed places.

Unexpectedly discovering that the Xiangyang had such a use, Yun Mu did not stop her steps and walked straight toward Brenna's bedroom.

Relying on her Blood Perception ability, she knew Brenna was there, and it seemed she hadn't been awake for long, likely in the middle of washing up.

"Something terrible has happened, Brenna!"

As the Captain of the Xiangyang, Yun Mu used her own authority to push open the door to Brenna's bedroom and said.

"Eh?"

Brenna, who had just taken off her pajamas and was about to change into her daily clothes, was standing on the bed completely naked and was startled by Yun Mu's sudden raid.

However, she quickly feigned composure and said, "Can you knock next time you come in?"

"Even if you are the Captain... prying into a crew member's privacy without permission is a bit too much!"

It was clear that she was not as calm as she wanted to appear, but now was not the time for such things. Yun Mu immediately recounted the scene she had seen when she just left the Captain's cabin.

"A Blizzard that even makes you feel cold?" After hearing Yun Mu's account, Brenna also realized the severity of the matter.

Now is not the time to feel shy; she hurriedly put on her clothes. "Wait, when did you promote to Expert!?" She suddenly reacted and looked at Yun Mu with an expression of disbelief.

"Just last night... this is not important, let's hurry to the town and check the situation."

Thanks to Yun Mu, the crew of the Xiangyang were all made drunk by her last night; they are either in the cabin or resting in the inn in Folaka Town.

She doesn't need to worry about the crew in the cabin; Yun Mu is mainly worried about those crew members in the town.

In such harsh weather, they mustn't freeze to death! She could only hope that this kind of Blizzard was a normal phenomenon for the residents of Folaka Town and that they had countermeasures in place.

"Mm, this kind of Blizzard is definitely not normal..."

Brenna followed behind Yun Mu, left the cabin of the Xiangyang, and the two braved the Blizzard, heading toward Folaka Town on the shore.

At this moment, a wisp of soft yellow light gradually appeared in the howling Blizzard.

A young man wrapped in a thick fur coat with an old steam machine hanging on his chest appeared in their field of vision, and that soft yellow light was emanating from the machine on his chest.

"Ah, you are the people from that ship, that's great!"

The young man was clearly here to find them; upon seeing the two of them, a happy smile immediately appeared on his face.

"I am here to take you to take shelter; do you have anyone else?"

"The creation of the God of the Ice Flame Polar Circle, the Extreme Cold Core, is approaching here. It is still very far away, but once it gets closer, the Blizzard will become even more severe. Take advantage of the time and come with me now!"

(End of this chapter)