This day, Jiang Kai cleared out four groups of Water-Absorbing Ghost Cows.
With an average of 400 experience points per Cow and over 300 Cows in total, Shen Yi gained 120,000 experience in a single day. Adding the 70,000+ experience he had previously accumulated, Shen Yi reached level 17 of the second tier.
Shen Yi sat by the campfire, deep in thought.
"Leveling up is a bit slow," Jiang Kai mumbled beside him, "If I dropped the three deception clones, my leveling speed could increase by about two times."
Shen Yi almost spat out a mouthful of water.
The more than 100,000 experience he had, was earned through bitter cultivation over more than a month.
But today alone, he got more experience than he had after a whole month of bitter cultivation.
And the guild leader could still double that leveling speed?
"Guild leader, you... what level are you?", Shen Yi asked tremblingly.
"I'm level 1 of second tier," Jiang Kai said somewhat embarrassed.
"You're only level 1 of second tier?", Shen Yi was even more shocked, "Level 1 of second tier, how can you possibly have such terrifying strength?"
If Zhuzi heard such praise, he would definitely float with pride, but Jiang Kai remained very calm.
"Very strong? In this National Domination Tournament, I feel like there are many masters out there. Even domestically, I think there may be people stronger than me."
Ruan Yu shook her head and muttered while sipping her drink, "Why don't we go hunt warlord-rank ones tomorrow instead? These monsters don't drop valuable stuff. After the brewing materials rose in price, I can't make a profit with my wine. I'm feeling a bit pressured by recent repayments."
"I'll also hunt some elites, get some chests to ease things up a bit."
Jiang Kai frowned, "The materials went up, but your wine doesn't go up in price?"
Ruan Yu pulled a long face, "The military said they wanted to help me at the time, so they signed a long-term contract with me."
"Long-term?", Jiang Kai widened his eyes. Ruan Yu had clearly been scammed badly.
But maybe the military had good intentions back then. Signing a long-term contract was probably meant to give Ruan Yu a steady income. After all, who could've predicted how wildly brewing material prices would rise now?
Shen Yi listened from the side, completely lost. He couldn't understand a word of these two people's conversation.
So much for being a well-traveled ascetic monk. He felt like he was reading a heavenly scripture.
The next day, Jiang Kai and his group did go looking for warlord-rank Water-Absorbing Ghost Cows.
Jiang Kai was responsible for clearing mobs and killing warlords, Ruan Yu picked off some elites and looted, and Shen Yi was busy harvesting.
The three of them worked in perfect coordination, and began systematically clearing the 29 warlord nests on the green grasslands.
Ten days later, Shen Yi had already reached max level for second tier. Ruan Yu reached level 14 of second tier, and Jiang Kai reached level 11 of second tier.
Jiang Kai leveled up to second-tier level 11 during battle. At the time, he didn't even notice. It was only during the fight that he realized his ability seemed to have made a huge leap.
In previous level-ups, although there was a strength increase, after all, each level in second tier generally gave 20 attribute points, Jiang Kai gained 40 points per level.
But even that felt like a small improvement, barely noticeable.
This time, however, Jiang Kai could clearly feel that all his attributes had received a massive boost.
After killing a warlord Water-Absorbing Ghost Cow, Jiang Kai looked strangely at his watch.
Even the worst Fearless model had data recording functions, and it retained the log of this level-up.
[Congratulations on reaching level 11. "Super Multiplied" triggered. Your base attributes are: Strength 320, Constitution 328, Agility 772, Spirit Power 492.]
Jiang Kai had a talent for Agility Enhancement, with a 40% boost to agility. But even without that agility bonus, his agility had already reached 552 points.
"Damn, finally got Super Multiplied," Jiang Kai's eyes widened.
After upgrading his talent last time, the chance for Super Multiplied rose from 1% to 3%. It didn't seem like much, but thinking about it carefully: it used to occur once every hundred times, now it was about once every 33 times. The chance had significantly increased.
Now that Jiang Kai had reached level 11 of second tier, he finally triggered a Super Multiplied.
Even his weakest attribute, Strength, was now more than 30 points higher than Yuan Zhu at max second tier.
Jiang Kai's Agility had reached a staggering 770 points. Normally, even an agility-focused profession with equipment might reach 450 points at max second tier, that would already be a rare talent.
This single attribute alone equaled the combined base attributes of four stats for other people.
'If it's the current me, if I encountered Kuramasuke again, maybe I'd be able to match him in speed,' Jiang Kai narrowed his eyes.
Last time he beat Kuramasuke, Jiang Kai wasn't satisfied in his heart. He wanted to defeat him without relying on luck.
"Super Multiplied is seriously too insane."
"Since all the warlords are gone, let's head back. Maybe Old Hu has returned."
Jiang Kai nodded. Old Hu had made great contributions to the team's victory. If he came online, they definitely couldn't miss him.
"Okay."
On the way back, Shen Yi was lost in thought.
Though their guild leader was only second tier, Shen Yi had personally witnessed his strength.
Forget second tier, even third-tier folks might not be a match for him.
Most importantly, Jiang Kai and Ruan Yu treated him like a friend, never bringing up the secret encounter info again.
Over the years, Shen Yi had joined other guilds too, but not one gave him such a warm feeling.
Even though the Lord God Guild was still weak now, Shen Yi felt a strong sense of belonging…
Thinking of this, Shen Yi looked up at Jiang Kai and Ruan Yu. The two were discussing something about interest rate cuts.
Shen Yi suddenly jogged a few steps and caught up.
"Guild leader, President Ruan, can we sit down and talk?"
"Tired?", Jiang Kai looked at Shen Yi with surprise, "Alright, let's rest a bit before we go."
"No, I…", Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, then said, "Can I buy those two swords from you?"
Jiang Kai slightly frowned, "You like those two swords?"
Shen Yi slowly nodded, "I'm willing to offer 1 million star coins. But I don't have that much money on me, could I pay in installments?"
Ruan Yu frowned, "Those two katanas are second-tier grade-one weapons, but katanas don't sell for that much in Huaxia."
Jiang Kai also said, "If you want them, I can just put them in the guild shop. You can exchange guild points for them, no need to pay money."
"Just happens the military needs some materials. If you go exchange some guild points, it might only cost the equivalent of ten-something thousand star coins."
Shen Yi shook his head, "We ascetics rarely have combat abilities and rarely team up, so we don't get many chances to acquire materials. However, I can submit a piece of information I know to the guild."
Jiang Kai frowned.
Shen Yi continued, "Do you remember when you found me, I was training under a waterfall?"
"I remember," Ruan Yu said confusedly.
"Actually, I wasn't training. I was… healing from injuries."
"Healing?", Jiang Kai and Ruan Yu were even more confused.
"Yes," Shen Yi nodded and continued, "Behind the waterfall, there's a cave. Inside that cave, every six days, a golden light appears."
"But once the golden light appears, it flies around the cave at extreme speed, I can't catch it at all."
"It only appears for about ten seconds. After ten seconds, the light vanishes."
"Because I've never caught it, and last time I tried, I got injured by falling rocks, I still don't know what it is."
Jiang Kai and Ruan Yu frowned slightly.
Clearly, that golden light wasn't any known creature in the Zhulu Ridge.
It might be a clue to some hidden encounter.
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