The System Arrives: Leading My Clan to Become the Strongest

15: Chapter 15 Qi Refining Level 12Returning to his courtyard.

Jiang Chen did not hesitate. He sat cross-legged on his bed, took out a Top-Grade Spirit Stone, and circulated his Cultivation Technique to absorb the spiritual energy.

While slacking off was great—and slacking off indefinitely was even better—one had to consider the circumstances. Previously, although his Aptitude was decent, constant Cultivation would have only brought him stress.

Now it was different. He currently possessed Divine Grade Aptitude; slacking off with such talent would be shameful. More importantly, the Jiang Family was not yet strong enough, and the Clan Members were temporarily unreliable, so he could only rely on making himself stronger.

As the pure spiritual energy surged into his body, it wasn’t long before Jiang Chen felt he was about to achieve a Breakthrough again.

As time passed, Jiang Chen felt it was taking too long. He had initially felt he was on the verge of a Breakthrough, but there was always a tiny bit missing.

It wasn’t until the latter half of the night that Jiang Chen finally broke through to the Eleventh Level of Qi Refining.

Jiang Chen stopped his Cultivation and placed the partially absorbed Top-Grade Spirit Stone into the System space.

Jiang Chen thought for a moment. With a Top-Grade Spirit Stone plus Divine Grade Aptitude, why wasn’t this Breakthrough speed like the ’Foundation Establishment in a single day’ people talked about?

Finally, he realized there was only one possibility: the Cultivation Technique was too low-level.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen felt somewhat helpless. The entire Jiang Family only had one copy of the Qi Refining Art. His grandfather’s Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment had relied on that supreme grade foundation establishment pill.

It seemed he still needed to help his Family obtain a high-quality Cultivation Technique.

However, even if he were to get one, he would have to wait until he broke through to Foundation Establishment. This way, while he had thought he could break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm tonight, it seemed he would have to wait two days.

Then there was the issue of the Spiritual Vein. Digging through a tunnel was impossible, so he could only use a Spirit Guiding Formation. However, the Family didn’t have one, so it seemed he would still have to visit the Tianfeng City market to take a look.

Unknowingly, the sky gradually brightened, and a new day arrived.

”System, sign in.”

Seeing the dawn, Jiang Chen thought of the daily sign-in and started it immediately.

[Ding! Sign-in successful. Reward: ”Heaven and Earth Profound Origin Art”]

”Heaven and Earth Profound Origin Art”, a Profound Rank supreme grade technique. The first layer can increase Cultivation speed by 1 time, the second layer increases it by four times... all the way to the ninth layer, which increases Cultivation speed by eighty-one times.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen was momentarily stunned. This was truly a case of someone delivering a pillow just as he was getting sleepy; the System was indeed worthy of its name.

But soon, Jiang Chen seemed to think of something.

”System, can you exchange for Cultivation Techniques on your end?”

Jiang Chen asked. If the System could handle exchanges, why would he need to seek things elsewhere?

[Sorry host, this function is not available for the time being.]

The System’s cold and heartless voice rang out.

”Psh, and here I thought you were so capable. You’re just average.”

Hearing the System’s words, Jiang Chen’s voice rang out with disdain.

[host, please mind your words. If it weren’t for my arrival, you might not even exist right now.]

The System’s cold voice rang out again.

”Alright, alright, I get it. So when will you have an exchange function?”

Jiang Chen asked again.

[I am currently just a Pioneering System, not an exchange System. My main purpose is to assist you in pioneering. Otherwise, why do you think the Newbie Gift Pack gave you so many benefits?]

Jiang Chen was left speechless.

Stepping out of his room, he saw all the Clan Members busy once again. Even those few eleven or twelve-year-old children were walking as if on wings while carrying adult-sized stones.

Seeing his Clan Members so full of drive, Jiang Chen suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.

Should he go help? That would be too undignified, and those Elders wouldn’t allow a Clan Chief to personally join the labor.

In the end, he returned to his room and began to Cultivate again.

This time, he directly cultivated the ”Heaven and Earth Profound Origin Art”. At this moment, the benefits of the System were apparent; the ”Heaven and Earth Profound Origin Art” circulated directly within his body as if he had known this technique forever.

Outside, building after building rose up, gradually nearing completion.

At this moment, a football-field-sized space was left vacant in the center.

The Grand Elder arrived here with the other three Elders and a dozen Clan Members.

”This area will serve as our Jiang Family Main Hall.”

After speaking, the Grand Elder waved his hand, and about twenty thousand units of azure wood appeared in everyone’s sight.

”The Main Hall will be constructed using this azure wood.”

Seeing the sudden appearance of the azure wood, the other three Elders were somewhat shocked.

”So much azure wood.”

”Our Jiang Family could obtain this much?”

”Fantastic! To build a hall with azure wood—even those Foundation Establishment Families in Tianlin City can’t afford that.”

The three Elders marveled incessantly.

”Alright, let’s begin. It would be best if we can finish building it by tomorrow.”

After the Grand Elder finished speaking, spiritual energy surged out, heading towards a piece of azure wood.

Quickly, a layer was shaved off the entire block of azure wood. At the same time, spiritual energy continued to pour out, and several square holes appeared in the wood.

These holes were meant for connecting the crossbeams. The other three Elders and the Clan Members also stepped forward, starting to select their own materials for processing.

But soon, the three Elders showed strained expressions. Don’t be fooled by the Grand Elder’s ease; that was because his cultivation was already at the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining, but they were only at the Sixth Layer. This operation was suddenly extremely taxing for them.

Not to mention these three Elders, the other dozen or so Clan Members were the same. When they were using mysterious iron wood to build the houses earlier, they were still more than capable. Now that they had switched to azure wood, although they weren’t exactly crawling, they were dripping with sweat.

On the Second Elder’s side, he had taken five Clan Members and finally carved out a stone chamber in the middle of the mountain. Seeing the stone chamber finally cleared and becoming spotless, the Second Elder prepared to go to Jiang Chen’s residence to report.

Back with Jiang Chen, his Aura was currently skyrocketing. As his Aura surged, the entire courtyard was trembling slightly.

Just as the Second Elder stepped into the courtyard, a powerful Aura erupted from the room, spreading toward the surroundings.

Before the Second Elder could react, he was swept away by this Aura.

It wasn’t until he landed that the Second Elder regained his senses. He had actually been blown away by a gust of wind—no, it was the Clan Chief.

At this moment, he seemed to realize something and looked ahead.

However, as far as the eye could see, the entire courtyard had collapsed into ruins.

Fortunately, the Clan Chief was fine and was currently standing in the middle of the ruins.

At this moment, he looked at Jiang Chen as if he were a monster. This Clan Chief felt wrong in every possible way.

This house had only been built yesterday using mysterious iron wood, yet it had been collapsed by the Aura of the Clan Chief’s Breakthrough.

One must know that mysterious iron wood can withstand attacks from the Foundation Establishment Realm. While it might not block many, it shouldn’t be something that could be brought down by mere Aura, right?

Sensing Jiang Chen’s Aura, although it was strong, he definitely hadn’t broken through to Foundation Establishment, which made it very hard for him to understand.

Soon, the commotion here alerted the Grand Elder and the others, and they quickly arrived.

Seeing the Clan Chief’s courtyard turned into ruins, they were all at a loss, fearing the Clan Chief would blame them for cutting corners, but the fact was that the Clan Chief’s courtyard had been built with extra materials.

”Clan Chief, are you alright?”

The Grand Elder looked at Jiang Chen, who was still in the middle of the ruins, and asked cautiously.

”I’m fine. The commotion during the Breakthrough was a bit large. Help me rebuild one.”

Jiang Chen said indifferently.

”What happened?”

At this time, Jiang Suhai and Ling Xuanye also appeared. Seeing this scene, Jiang Suhai inquired.

”It’s nothing, Grandfather. It’s just that the commotion during the Breakthrough was a bit large.”

Jiang Chen waved his hand indifferently.

”Breakthrough, you...”