Chapter 34: System Store Updates Again, the Secret of the System!

Ye Bai calculated in his heart; he only needed to exploit the bug nine more times to be promoted to Third Grade!

It was dozens of times faster than relying on himself to complete the tempering!

By then, whenever he circulated Qi and Blood in any part of his body, every point of Qi and Blood would have a limit of 15kg of explosive power.

That is to say, just from the pure Qi and Blood explosion, his strength would increase by 50%.

If he were to simultaneously activate the Great Success Level Explosive Blood Combat Method and the Proficient level Burning Blood Secret Art.

With a shake of his arms, it would be a terrifying explosion of 1.2 million jin!

Not to mention that after completing the tempering of his entire body, his physical strength would reach an even higher level.

Ye Bai felt it briefly; his left hand, which had already been completely tempered, was now incomparably hard.

Of course, it was still incomparable to a Yellow Grade Battle Weapon, let alone the Yellow Grade Top Grade Hundred Battle Spear.

Weapons forged from ordinary materials might not even leave a wound after a single strike!

"Prioritize promotion to Third Grade..."

Ye Bai also decisively decided to prioritize exploiting the bug to exchange for tempering progress.

Being promoted to Third Grade would also grant him more lifespan.

The magnitude of the improvement from each bug exploit would be even greater!

"It is also time to think carefully about the conditions that trigger the System Store update..."

The only problem was that this System Store update was even more abrupt.

It was very necessary for Ye Bai to find the real reason for the store update.

Promotion from Second Grade to Third Grade requires completing the tempering of the flesh and blood of the entire body!

It is impossible for there to be no prerequisites for promotion from Third Grade to Fourth Grade!

After all, there has always been such a saying circulating in the Martial Dao world.

Any Martial Artist, regardless of what Martial Arts Talent they awakened.

As long as they don't die, one day they will surely become a Third-Grade Martial Artist!

Therefore, Martial Artists below Fourth Grade are collectively referred to as Lower Three Grades Martial Artists.

And because it is generally acknowledged that there are no rewards for a Martial Artist reaching Rank One, social status and the ability to earn money are the most substantial rewards.

The vast majority of Martial Artists only go to the association to collect an Exit Permit on the day before their first time leaving the city to hunt, and they will not perform certification again afterward.

But any Martial Artist, upon reaching the Fourth Grade, will go to the Martial Artist Association in the shortest possible time to undergo certification as a Middle Three Grades Martial Artist!

Because after being certified as a Middle Three Grades Martial Artist, they will automatically become a leisure cadre for the Dragon Guard or the Martial Artist Association!

A monthly salary of 200,000 Great Xia Currency, the ability to collect a certain amount of Condensing Qi Pill for free every year, and even after a certain number of years, the ability to learn Earth Grade or even Heaven Tier Martial Skill for free.

Furthermore, only major emergencies require Middle Three Grades Martial Artists to contribute; at other times, it will not affect their daily life in the slightest!

Even after certifying as a Middle Three Grades Martial Artist, when selling the edible parts of Alien Beast, one only needs to pay a 1% individual Martial Artist income tax...

Ye Bai does not yet know the hard conditions for promotion from Third Grade to Fourth Grade, but he can be certain that it is much harder than tempering the flesh and blood of the entire body.

And if he guessed correctly, there are corresponding items in the System Store!

Which can allow him to quickly promote to Fourth Grade by exploiting the bug!

"I always thought the first update of the System Store was caused by me mastering the Explosive Blood Combat Method.

But the item in this update is tempering progress, and I had already started tempering yesterday..."

Ye Bai pondered while continuing to search for new Alien Race.

First, he ruled out the speculation that the System Store would update because he had a need for items existing within the System Store.

It was also impossible that it was caused by mastering the Burning Blood Secret Art or the proficiency of the Burning Blood Secret Art reaching a certain level.

He had mastered the Burning Blood Secret Art eight hours ago and reached the Proficient level an hour ago.

"Could it be that the update was caused by the cumulative amount of lifespan I spent in the store reaching a certain figure?"

Very quickly, Ye Bai had a new guess.

It was just that this inference did not hold much water either.

When the store updated for the first time, his Qi and Blood Value was 4999 points.

That is to say, he had cumulatively spent 4989 years of lifespan in the store.

For the second update, the cumulatively consumed lifespan was also easy to calculate.

A little over 7200 years.

With odd numbers and integers, there was absolutely no regularity to speak of.

"Wait, I have consumed a total of 12,000 years of lifespan?!"

The next second, Ye Bai's body shook.

He felt as if he had discovered the real reason for the store update.

It requires both the lifespan he cumulatively spent in the store to reach a certain amount, and at the same time, he must have a need for the items about to be updated in the store!

"If the condition for unlocking Martial Technique proficiency is a cumulative consumption of 2,000 years of lifespan, plus mastering a Martial Technique.

The condition for unlocking tempering progress is to cumulatively spend another 10,000 years of lifespan on top of the 2,000, plus that I can start tempering flesh and blood."

"Then everything is explained!"

Ye Bai was moved.

Completely excited!

If his guess was correct.

From now on, he only needs to consider not missing any bug, and his Martial Dao will be smooth sailing!

Middle Three Grades, Grandmaster Realm, Upper Three Grades—all of these are within his reach!

However, this is currently just a guess; the truth still needs time to be verified.

Fortunately, Ye Bai is not in a hurry.

Third Grade is already within reach.

The most urgent task is still to continue hunting Alien Races and make every effort to earn money!

……

Evening.

Still at the city gate.

Ye Bai returned much earlier, appearing in the queue to enter the city.

There was still nearly half an hour before the city gates closed.

"Little brother, why are you back so early today?!"

Lao Huang was leaning against the city wall dozing off as usual; the aftereffects of Heaven on Earth clearly had not passed.

Seeing Ye Bai from afar, his heart skipped a beat at the first moment.

As he woke up, his muscles tensed up instantly!

Beside him, Lao Chen exchanged a glance with him, and his expression did not look good either.

It was because they guessed that Ye Bai, just like last night, had returned empty-handed.

Although this is the norm for most Martial Artists.

There are too many First Grade Martial Artists in the Safe Zone; whether one can encounter an Alien Race is purely a matter of luck!

"But the little brother is a genius among geniuses!

He might be a Second Grade Martial Artist at this age; one failure is nothing, but consecutive failures might strike a blow to his Martial Dao Will!"

Lao Huang and Lao Chen are not geniuses.

Having come from the Military Department, they have seen far too many geniuses!

Among them were several young prodigies on whom families and schools had pinned high hopes.

Because of a few failures, their Martial Dao Will became depressed, and they became useless people in a very short time!

At this moment, Ye Bai gave them the feeling of those young prodigies.

"Otherwise, how else to explain why the little brother came back so early?"

"It's been three days; he came back right on time for two of them, and yesterday he even went out of the city twice!"

Coming from a commoner background, his first time out of the city, he killed multiple Alien Beasts, and the second time he went out, he harvested over 100,000 Great Xia Currency!

As a result, the third and fourth times he went out, he returned with nothing……

"Two older brothers, good evening!"

Soon, the Martial Artist in front of Ye Bai passed the inspection and entered the city.

Ye Bai also saw Lao Huang and Lao Chen guarding the side of the city gate.

"Good evening, little brother."

The two exchanged a glance, only feeling that Ye Bai was disguising it well, as they could not see a hint of disappointment.

They dismissed the idea of speaking up directly to comfort Ye Bai.

"Little brother, are you going out of the city tomorrow?"

"Your Brother Chen and I haven't killed any Alien Races for a long time, so our hands are a bit itchy.

And since you call us older brothers, we thought, as older brothers, we have to take care of you."

Lao Huang feigned a look of heroism:

"Tomorrow, your Brother Chen and I will take you to hunt in the real Wilderness, how about it?

I'm not bragging to you, how many Alien Races can you encounter in the Safe Zone? The real Wilderness has more than ten times the Alien Races you can encounter in the Safe Zone!"

Their thinking was very simple.

Ye Bai had no harvest twice because he had been hunting in the Safe Zone! It was highly probable that his realm had reached Second Grade, but his Martial Technique configuration was insufficient, and he was not confident enough to enter the real Wilderness.

There are many such Second Grade Martial Artists in Jiangcheng.

They could not bear to see Ye Bai become decadent.

They would simply risk their lives to accompany a gentleman and venture into the Wilderness with Ye Bai!

"Two older brothers, there's no need for that……"

Ye Bai's expression was strange……