Fantasy: Starting with a bowl, you can exchange it for endless cultivation.

An unfamiliar environment, medicinal herbs scattered haphazardly everywhere, and a group of laborers with blank expressions and stiff movements sorting various medicinal herbs.

As Gu Chen looked at everything before him, a sharp pain shot through his brain, and countless memories flooded into his mind.

After receiving the information in my mind.

He was stunned; it was as if he had traveled through time.

He died suddenly from overwork.

My soul has transmigrated to this world and possessed the body of a servant in this Treasure Medicine Pavilion.

This is a fantasy world where demons wreak havoc and evil spirits run rampant!

Human life is cheap, and ordinary people are in great danger!

Although the Cangshan County where he lived was guarded by the Night Watch Division established by the Divine Dynasty, incidents of demons and evil spirits harming people often occurred.

The only way to protect oneself is through spiritual cultivation.

But these low-level servants who had signed indentures with the Precious Medicine Pavilion didn't even have personal freedom, let alone the opportunity to cultivate.

Gu Chen began to analyze the current situation.

Sudden.

Dangdang Dangdang!

The bell rang, signaling the assemblies of the servants.

In the backyard of the Precious Medicine Pavilion, all the servants quickly assembled. Seeing this, Gu Chen followed a group of servants and stood in a row in the courtyard.

He Xiangdong, the manager of Baoyao Pavilion, stood in front of the crowd.

"I've been a servant in my Treasure Medicine Pavilion for some time now," He Xiangdong said, looking at the group of servants.

"Many of you came in with injuries or in very poor health, but thankfully you have all fully recovered!"

"Next, my Treasure Medicine Pavilion has decided to teach you the cultivation techniques."

Upon hearing this...

All the servants became agitated, their expressions no longer blank!

Learn the techniques!

They must have heard right, the Treasure Medicine Pavilion was actually going to teach them, these menial servants, martial arts techniques!

They were either beggars who had fled to Cangshan County or lowly people who sold themselves to Baoyaoge because they couldn't make a living elsewhere.

In the past, let alone practicing cultivation techniques, even survival was a problem.

I never expected to have such an opportunity.

In this world overrun by evil spirits and demons, who wouldn't want to cultivate martial arts?

But how could someone from the lower classes be qualified to touch such a cultivation technique!

Seeing the reactions of the servants, He Xiangdong nodded in satisfaction.

"This technique is called the 'Blazing Sun Technique,' and it is a blood-refining technique unique to my Treasure Medicine Pavilion."

"This time, the teaching of the cultivation technique is only to test your talent for cultivation. If you can condense a complete wisp of qi and blood within a month without the aid of medicine and meat, you will be considered to have the talent for cultivation and can be trained by my Treasure Medicine Pavilion, and promoted from servants to guards."

After saying that, He Xiangdong began to teach the group of servants martial arts techniques.

One hour.

He then taught the techniques to a group of servants.

He said, "Today you can be spared from other chores and try to cultivate this technique."

"Yes, thank you so much, Steward."

The servants nodded excitedly in response.

After familiarizing yourself with the techniques...

The servants began to try practicing this technique directly in the courtyard.

One hour later.

All the servants collapsed to the ground, limp and exhausted.

After practicing their techniques for an hour, they had exhausted all their energy, their bodies ached, and they had no strength left.

He Xiangdong looked at the servants and said, "Now that you have just begun your cultivation, without meat to nourish you or medicine to aid you, you should not practice for more than an hour each day, otherwise you may easily injure yourselves. Today's cultivation ends here."

After an hour of cultivation, Gu Chen felt a slight improvement in his qi and blood.

"So this is a cultivation technique? It's truly amazing," Gu Chen exclaimed inwardly.

However, the slight improvement in blood energy he had just gained from practicing the technique was still a long way from what He Xiangdong had said about condensing a complete wisp of blood energy.

Next.

Time passed day by day.

Gu Chen had gotten used to life here. Every day, he practiced his martial arts for an hour, just like the other servants.

The rest of the time, he continued to do the odd jobs he was supposed to do: sorting medicinal herbs, drying medicinal herbs, and running errands to deliver medicine to customers' homes.

Soon, half a month later.

These days.

All the servants' qi and blood improved, but none of them were able to condense the first complete wisp of qi and blood, meeting the requirements for promotion to guard.

night.

The servants' dormitory was filled with heat and various sour smells.

"Cultivation is too difficult! It's been half a month, and I haven't shown any signs of refining even the first wisp of Qi and blood," a servant complained.

"Cultivation is not that easy. I have already inquired privately. The Treasure Medicine Pavilion teaches cultivation techniques to all the new handymen it recruits each year, but very few of them can condense a complete wisp of qi and blood within a month."

"Among the new handymen recruited each year, there are probably one or two out of every twenty."

"With such a low probability, does that mean most of us have no hope?"

"If you can't condense a complete wisp of Qi and blood within a month, you can't be promoted from a handyman to a guard. We'll have to be handymen for the Treasure Medicine Pavilion for the rest of our lives!" One of the handymen complained.

"I heard that the guards of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion not only don't have to do heavy chores every day, but they also get tonics and meat to nourish themselves, and they receive a monthly salary. Their status is worlds apart from ours as servants," a servant said.

The guards are treated too well.

Unlike the menial laborers, who not only didn't receive a monthly wage!

They also had to get up at dawn every day to work, and work all day long.

If I can't be promoted from a menial servant to a guard or an apprentice in the future, I'll have to work for the Precious Medicine Pavilion until I die!

"No, I have to persevere no matter how difficult it is. I must become a guard."

Listening to the discussion, Gu Chen pondered to himself.

After practicing for half a month, he felt a significant improvement in his physique and qi, but he was still far from condensing the first complete wisp of qi.

If this opportunity is missed, it's uncertain when another chance will come to advance from a menial servant to a guard.

Is there a way to quickly condense the first wisp of qi and blood?

Other servants shared his thoughts, believing that improving one's qi and blood through self-cultivation was far too slow.

If we could obtain external assistance!

Soon, some of the servants began to have wicked thoughts.

Go steal the medicinal soup from the Treasure Medicine Pavilion to cultivate.

He was caught and killed on the spot!

Extremely brutal.

This immediately stopped some of the servants who were thinking of doing something wrong from their minds.

You won't die if you can't refine your first complete wisp of Qi and blood to advance to the Guardian level within a month, but you'll really get killed if you try to steal the medicine from the Treasure Medicine Pavilion!

The servants returned to their previous routines, diligently practicing their spiritual disciplines every day.

That day.

The guards were summoned early in the morning.

They were assigned to go to Jiuchongling outside Cangshan County to collect medicinal herbs.

Going out into the mountains to collect medicinal herbs was also one of the menial tasks, once a month.

Nineteen servants, under the protection of two guards from the Treasure Medicine Pavilion, entered the Ninefold Ridge.

Although evil spirits may roam in the deep mountains and forests outside the city, the yang energy is strong during the day. As long as you return before dusk and do not go deep into the mountains, you will generally not encounter evil spirits.

This trip was to collect medicinal herbs in the mountains.

Gu Chen must have had a stroke of good luck.

We've only been in the mountains for a short time.

He then discovered a miraculous herb.

"It's actually a Blood Ganoderma!"

Gu Chen was overjoyed. Working as a handyman at the Treasure Medicine Pavilion required him to identify many common medicinal herbs and spiritual medicines. He had already received training and knew many herbs and spiritual medicines.

This blood-ganoderma is one of them.

Blood Ganoderma is a wonderful thing. Taking it can not only greatly replenish vital energy, but also improve blood circulation. It is a rare and precious medicinal herb.

He cleverly surveyed his surroundings and saw that there were no other servants nearby.

He immediately knelt down, protected the fire lingzhi with his hands, and began to dig it up using a small hoe for gathering herbs.

Perhaps Gu Chen was too nervous, because while digging, he accidentally dug into his own finger with a hoe, breaking a large piece of skin and causing blood to flow profusely.

But in his excitement, Gu Chen ignored the injury to his finger, dug out the Blood Spirit Mushroom, and then took out a broken copper bowl from his pocket, carefully hiding it inside.

The servants at the Treasure Medicine Pavilion had to hand over all the herbs they collected.

If anyone is found to be hiding something, they will be killed on the spot.

Gu Chen planned to find a secluded place to eat the Blood Spirit Mushroom directly to strengthen himself.

It's impossible to hand over such good stuff; it's better to keep it for yourself.

Arriving at a secluded corner in the mountains, Gu Chen took out a small, broken bowl, preparing to take out the Blood Spirit Mushroom inside and consume it.

"Hmm?" Gu Chen suddenly noticed.

The copper bowl I had just used to hold the Ganoderma lucidum suddenly lit up with a golden light.

A message appeared on the bronze bowl:

[A low-grade mortal-level Blood Spirit Mushroom can be exchanged for fifteen days of pure cultivation.]

Gu Chen was stunned.

Before becoming a servant in the Treasure Medicine Pavilion, the original owner was a beggar. This broken copper bowl was used by the original owner to beg when he was still a beggar.

Later, he became a handyman at the Baoyao Pavilion and always kept it close to his body.

Gu Chen saw that it was made of bronze, which was quite unusual, so he kept it. He never expected it to be such an extraordinary treasure.

It seemed that the blood from the cut on his finger had dripped into the bowl, creating a connection between him and the small bowl.

At this moment, many sensations arose in his mind.

It was the golden bronze bowl that was passed down to him:

[The Heavenly Bowl allows you to exchange the spiritual herbs placed within it for cultivation points.]

[—You can put cultivation techniques and martial arts skills into it, and spend silver to learn them.]

[—You can spend silver to glimpse the secrets of heaven and exchange it for information related to your own crisis.]

Gu Chen found it all very amazing.

"Can this Blood Spirit Mushroom be exchanged for fifteen days of pure cultivation? I wonder how much strength can be increased by one day of pure cultivation?" Gu Chen pondered.

"Exchange." Gu Chen communicated with the copper bowl.

[A low-grade mortal-level Blood Spirit Mushroom grants fifteen days of pure cultivation.]

The blood-red Ganoderma lucidum disappeared from the copper bowl.

A powerful surge of cultivation energy flowed from the bowl, permeating his limbs and bones.

This cultivation level was very pure, as if Gu Chen had honestly cultivated it himself, and it was very solid.

Gu Chen's aura rapidly increased.

His qi and blood began to surge, and the wisp of complete qi and blood that he had failed to condense even after practicing the Rifting Yang Technique for more than twenty days was instantly condensed.

And not just one strand, but a second, a third...

Strands of qi and blood were rapidly condensed by him, then merged with each other, transforming into an incomparably powerful qi and blood, which circulated throughout his body, beginning the first cleansing and transformation of his body, causing Gu Chen's physical body to undergo a metamorphosis.

A rumbling sound emanated from Gu Chen's body, and his limbs and bones crackled and popped continuously.

After a while.

Having fully absorbed all the cultivation, Gu Chen's physical transformation was complete.

Gu Chen felt that his speed, strength, eyesight, and hearing had all been greatly improved.

He made a breakthrough.

He has entered the first realm of cultivation in this world, the "Blood Refining Realm".

The Blood Refining Realm is the first stage of cultivation.

It mainly focuses on cultivating qi and blood.

Based on his previous daily progress in practicing the Blazing Sun Technique, it would take him at least several months to condense the first wisp of Qi and blood.

His talent for cultivation is definitely poor.

However, it takes even longer to break through to the early stage of the Blood Refining Realm, at least several years.

The fifteen days of pure cultivation he obtained from this copper bowl directly saved him several years of cultivation time.

The pure cultivation he gained in one day was equivalent to several months of his cultivation; it was terrifying.

"This bronze bowl is truly an extraordinary treasure. With such miraculous powers, I'm going to be rich!" Gu Chen thought excitedly.