Chapter 483 - Do You Have Any Spirit Stones On You? (2/2)
“Why are you looking for me?” Chen Jin was afraid that Fang Bin would say something useless again so he quickly spoke before Fang Bin did.
“You didn’t participate in last year’s grand tournament, this year’s tournament will be starting soon. If you don’t participate in this year’s tournament again, both of us might be relegated to being odd-job workers since we’ve not yet participated, we can’t say that we have to be turned into a chore,” Fang Bin said resentfully.
Chen Jin was doubtful, “Didn’t you participate?”
“I participated, but my capabilities were too poor and my cultivation too insufficient. I was one of the last few at the very bottom of the rankings, so I didn’t pass,” Fang Bin said helplessly.
Chen Jin looked at Fang Bin, “What about now? Do you think you can pass?”
“My Qi cultivation is at the fourth level now, I think I should be ok,” Fang Bin said uncertainly.
To better understand the situation, Chen Jin asked, “What were the participants’ cultivation levels in the last tournament?”
“Most of the people in our area had a Qi cultivation level of two or three. After all, everyone had only been cultivating for a short time–only for little more than a month–before they participated in the tournament last year. The sect took into account that we’ve only been cultivating for a very short time so they relaxed the conditions for us. We can choose to participate or not. Those who pass can move to a living area that is one grade better. And if we chose not to participate, we would not be downgraded into servants. But there is no way out if we don’t pass this time around.” Considering that Brother Chen did not attend the event last time, he probably did not understand the situation, so Fang Bin gave Chen Jin a detailed explanation.
“Others got to the second or third level after cultivating their Qi for a month. You have been cultivating for a year but you’ve only attained the fourth level. You’re so confident that you dare to say that you’ll pass?” Chen Jin shook his head, he was speechless.
“Aren’t you also at the fourth level,” Fang Bin mumbled.
Chen Jin couldn’t help but give a reluctant smile. Yes, he was only at the fourth level of Qi cultivation. It seemed that he still needed to improve his cultivation. Otherwise, it would be so shameful if he was relegated to doing odd jobs as a servant.
Seeing Chen Jin’s bitter smile, Fang Bin continued, “But there is still a month to go, we can improve our cultivation some more. Maybe, just maybe, it’s not too late for us.”
“Well, it’s too late to only rely on seclusion. Let’s go and see if there are other ways to improve our strength,” Chen said without thinking. In fact, for Chen Jin, as long as he continued to cultivate from now on, he would have built his Foundation in one month. But in order not to follow his old path of cultivation, he decided not to cultivate according to his original practice methods. He chose to cultivate using new practice methods.
Listening to Chen Jin, Fang Bin began to feel excited. He said rather sadly, “Then we can go to the method transmission pavilion to learn some martial skills or buy some powerful weapons from the market, but we don’t have any spirit stones, so it’s useless even if we go.”
“Is there no place where we can earn spirit stones?” Chen Jin felt like he was about to be driven mad. What was this? He had a lot of spirit stones, but he couldn’t use them. If a new disciple took so many spirit stones with him to purchase items in the market, others would find it strange.
After staying there for more than a year, Fang Bin was more familiar with everything than Chen Jin. He said, “It’s possible to earn spirit stone but it’s too difficult. We can earn them by gambling with treasures in the Memorial Market. We can also earn them by completing various missions. But for us, they are even more difficult than passing the exam, we can forget about the missions.”
“That’s all right, let’s go gambling with treasures. Oh yes, do you have any spirit stones?” Chen Jin said with some embarrassment.