Martial Arts: I Have Diligence Reward System

”This Seven-Rhombus Bamboo Forest contains an Array set up by Master Yuangu of the Daoist Sect back in the day. It can hide all auras. Without a special method, even a Ninth Grade wouldn’t be able to find this place.

”For the next period of time, you’ll be chopping bamboo in here!

”These Seven-Rhombus Bamboos have a Defense Power comparable to the Sixth Grade Steel Bone Race. It takes a lot of effort to chop them down. You can take your time; after all, you have your Divine Soldier battle axe.

”After chopping them down, some of the bamboo joints will appear emerald green with a texture like jade. These are the mutated Jade-Rhombus Bamboos. Make sure to wrap them securely in Choice Beast Hide and save them for me.

”Your dad is planning to build a Divine Return Tower. I need to quickly figure out a way to break through to the Ninth Grade!” Su Qingfeng instructed.

”A Divine Return Tower?

”Dad, I have a bold guess.

”You dragging me into this bamboo forest... cultivation is just secondary. Using me as free manual labor to chop bamboo is the main job, isn’t it!” Su Yue said, breaking into a cold sweat.

Sure enough, nothing had changed.

When he was a kid, his dad used to tie a rope around him and drag him across the floor like a mop. Now that he was all grown up, he still had to moonlight as Bald Qiang and chop down trees.

”Huh, you actually saw right through it,” Su Qingfeng said, looking surprised.

Hearing this, Su Yue felt like breaking down. He wondered why his dad couldn’t even pretend to deny it. It was so heartbreaking.

”To be honest, this Jade-Rhombus Bamboo is indeed a hassle.

”All the inventory is hoarded by the Daoist Sect. The little bit the Research Institute has isn’t even enough for their own research. On top of that, this Seven-Rhombus Bamboo is exceptionally sensitive to a Grandmaster’s aura.

”If I were to chop the bamboo myself, I’d have to forcefully suppress my Qi Blood. Otherwise, under the suppression of a Grandmaster’s Qi Blood, the Seven-Rhombus Bamboo would lose its chance to mutate.

”Furthermore, I can’t even use my demonic blade; I can only use ordinary weapons. But these Seven-Rhombus Bamboos are harder than iron plates. Before I could even chop down a single stalk, the blade would be ruined.

”But you have a Divine Soldier. You’re the perfect lumberjack!” Su Qingfeng pinched his son’s head.

He thought, ”This kid hasn’t been raised all these years for nothing.”

”Dad, is the chance of a Jade-Rhombus Bamboo mutating high?” Su Yue asked.

”About one percent, I suppose!

”If it manages to mutate, one of the bamboo joints on the Seven-Rhombus Bamboo will turn an emerald green.

”Otherwise, that particular Seven-Rhombus Bamboo is useless.

”You’ll be able to see it after you chop it down,” Su Qingfeng sighed.

”Dad, how many do you need?” Su Yue asked again.

”At least twenty stalks,” Su Qingfeng sighed again.

Cultivation truly was difficult. If he had to chop the Seven-Rhombus Bamboo himself, he could chop down ten stalks a day at most. If everything went smoothly, obtaining twenty Jade-Rhombus Bamboos would require chopping down two thousand Seven-Rhombus Bamboos. Doing the math, that would take over two hundred days. More than half a year would just pass by like that. How agonizing. The worst part was having to constantly go back and forth to find new blades.

But with his son here, everything became much simpler. Chopping Seven-Rhombus Bamboo was also a form of cultivation, and a rather efficient one at that. Moreover, his son’s Divine Soldier battle axe was the number one Divine Soldier in the Wet Realm. In terms of sharpness and durability, it was practically a cheat-level existence. When father and son unite, their combined strength can cut through metal. The ancients truly hadn’t deceived him.

”Dad, how many raw materials do you need in total to build the Divine Return Tower?” Su Yue continued to ask.

Moonlighting as Bald Qiang didn’t really matter. Not to mention it could serve as cultivation, even if it were a pure waste of time, he still had to help out. This was his own biological father, after all.

”Around seven or eight kinds!” Su Qingfeng said.

”Then... how many kinds are you currently missing?” Su Yue pressed on.

”Around seven or eight kinds!” Su Qingfeng nodded very seriously.

”So... this project has literally just started, hasn’t it!” Su Yue wore an expression that suggested he had lost all will to live.

”Your little brain is getting more and more like mine. You’re just so smart!” Su Qingfeng praised him sincerely.

”Son, chopping the Seven-Rhombus Bamboo can help you consume the Spiritual Qi in your body. If you accumulate too many impurities, go catch those Short-Catch Pigs,” Su Qingfeng suddenly said, pointing at a small gray pig in the bamboo forest.

The small gray pig had very long tusks and looked particularly ferocious. It was incredibly fierce, and its two small eyes gleamed with a hateful light.

”Eating this pork can purge impurities?” Su Yue asked, his face full of curiosity. He had come in such a hurry that he hadn’t brought any cumin or cooking wine. It would be quite inconvenient to have a barbecue.

”No.

”You won’t be able to catch these Short-Catch Pigs at all. They possess a uniquely innate perception that allows them to effortlessly predict the trajectory of your capture attempts.

”Let alone you, even a Seventh Grade Grandmaster would have a high probability of failing to catch one.

”Moreover, the moment a Grandmaster steps into the bamboo forest, these little creatures will hide so deep you won’t even see a shadow. They bully the weak and fear the strong, only acting arrogantly in front of a Martial Artist below the Fifth Grade.

”While these Short-Catch Pigs gained terrifying perception, they lost the chance to break through to the Grandmaster level. The strongest they can ever become in their lifetime is the Fifth Grade, and their lifespans are quite short. I’ve heard their meat is incredibly tender and fresh, but I don’t have the fortune to taste it,” Su Qingfeng added, swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

”But what does this have to do with purging impurities?” Su Yue got straight to the point. He thought, ”If I can’t catch it, and I can’t eat its meat, how am I supposed to purge my impurities?”

”When you fail to catch the Short-Catch Pigs, you’ll naturally get very angry.

”When you get very angry, you’ll channel that frustration into chopping bamboo with all your might. The more bamboo you chop, the more mutated Jade-Rhombus Bamboos you’ll find.

”I can then take those Jade-Rhombus Bamboos and have Duan Yuandi exchange them for high-quality pills for you. After all, both the Research Institute and the Daoist Sect are in desperate need of them.

”I’ve studied your condition. Your foundation is solid, having completed the Three Washes of the Qi Suppression Ring. Your body will be fine even if the impurities aren’t cleared out for a month.

”Isn’t your dad smart?” Su Qingfeng said, the light of wisdom sparkling in his eyes.

Hearing this, Su Yue found himself completely unable to argue. For a moment, he was left speechless. Aside from wearing his utterly soulless expression, Su Yue no longer knew what to say.

”Oh, by the way, let me give you a heads-up. These Short-Catch Pigs are incredibly annoying.

”They absolutely hate it when people destroy the Seven-Rhombus Bamboo. Since the Short-Catch Pigs feed on them, they will try every possible trick to interfere with your work.”