The quality of the treasure chests I open will always increase by 3.

That night, Lin Yuan found a tree hollow to sleep in.

His down-to-earth and unwavering approach was effective, continuously improving his physical condition.

This will ensure his safety.

After sleeping for a few hours, even if a player like the old man from Su Yunmeng's family came, he probably wouldn't be able to hurt him in the slightest.

This A-level talent is useless in mobile combat, but it can be surprisingly effective in situations like this, allowing Lin Yuan to rest in peace.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened that night.

In the morning, Lin Yuan stretched and continued on his way.

Earn experience points by improving your gold rating!

Around 11 o'clock, he finally arrived at the entrance of the dungeon.

Su Yunmeng and Han Ming were already waiting for him.

Just like last time, Su Yunmeng came with Sister Hong, while Han Ming was still alone.

Is the Han family really that comfortable with her?

Lin Yuan had investigated and found that the Han family's strength was in no way inferior to the Su family's, both being in the hundreds of billions. However, Han Ming had always been alone, which Lin Yuan couldn't understand.

"Let's go in," Lin Yuan said. This time, he didn't even drink a strength potion, but only used an agility potion.

Killing monsters was no longer a problem for him; what he needed to do was run faster so he could get to the BOSS as soon as possible.

Both women nodded, and Han Ming looked relaxed, having gained experience.

The three entered the instance, and then Lin Yuan started running.

Enter the instance, kill the BOSS—it's that simple and straightforward.

The battle ended a dozen minutes later.

As expected, they once again achieved the top gold rating.

"At this rate, all twelve gold-ranked players in the country's level 20 dungeons will become members of the Gale Squad," Su Yunmeng said with a sigh. "Just based on that achievement, you won't even need to take the martial arts exam."

Lin Yuan smiled. He still had to participate in the martial arts exam; otherwise, how could he give the Yang family a huge "surprise"?

Furthermore, in addition to testing skill levels, the martial arts exam also involves combat to determine rankings. What if... he were to encounter Yang Xuan?

If you "accidentally" kill someone during a match, that's within the rules, and the officials won't pursue it.

Otherwise, if he wanted to kill Yang Xuan, he would have to find an opportunity and hope to encounter him in the game.

But that's difficult.

Of course, the chances of encountering Yang Xuan in the competition are also very low. After all, the other party is not some invincible genius. So, as long as he remains undefeated, he will definitely meet the other party.

It all depends on luck.

This time, all three of them were lucky and received experience rewards.

Lin Yuan's stats remained at 90%, while Su Yunmeng and Han Ming's remained at 50%.

Upgraded.

He's level 16, and his experience bar has reached 67%. After all, he was already level 15 with 79% experience. Even if it takes more experience to go from level 16 to 17, it would only be a 2% or 3% difference at most.

His second reward was a skill book.

【Soul Impact (Rank A)】Strikes the target with your soul, dealing damage equal to 400% of their spirit value, and has a certain chance to stun the target. Maximum range: 10 meters.

Another A-level skill!

However... this skill is based on mental value.

What is his current mental value?

76. That's all.

So even if it deals 4 times the damage, it's only 304 points, but the advantage is that it can be hit from a distance—up to 10 meters.

Lin Yuan's other skills are all within melee range, requiring his weapon to be able to hit him.

Ah, if only it were based on strength stats!

His strength is 410 points!

If a single shot could deal damage equal to four times the power value, it could probably one-shot even level 40 monsters.

Why is there such a big difference between strength and spirit?

Because of weapons.

The Demon Eye Blade adds 240 points to Strength. If it were to add 240 points to Spirit, his Strength would drop to 170 points, while his Spirit would rise to 316 points, completely reversing the ratio.

Lin Yuan had nothing to complain about.

Let alone beginners, even players around level 50, how many skills do they have now?

Do you really think skill books drop easily?

He was able to get so much by opening high-quality treasure chests and by getting gold ratings. But high-quality treasure chests are already very rare, and gold ratings are even harder to obtain!

This is why the reward for a gold rating is an A-level skill, while he only got a C-level skill from the treasure chest.

The two are completely different in difficulty.

"Where to next dungeon?"

Su Yunmeng and Han Ming both looked at Lin Yuan with bright, beautiful eyes.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment, then took out a map and started searching. He then laughed and said, "Death Cave! And we can fight it tomorrow!"

He left through the gate and could reach the next level 20 dungeon gate with just one intercity bus ride.

"Great!" Su Yunmeng immediately jumped up, her chest heaving violently, trembling, making one's mouth water.

Han Ming had a cold personality, but a slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Why don't we go together?" Su Yunmeng suggested. "We can rest in Huacheng tonight and then take the intercity bus to Yuecheng together tomorrow morning!"

"I've never ridden an intercity bus before."

Han Ming was also tempted and said, "I've never sat in one before."

"We must go together!" Su Yunmeng emphasized.

Lin Yuan thought about it for a moment, then nodded, deciding it didn't matter.

"Shall we go grind some monsters now?" Su Yunmeng suggested.

"Okay, let's not waste time," Lin Yuan agreed.

Han Ming didn't have any objections.

So the three of them went to fight monsters together.

The three of them split the experience points from killing monsters, so the experience points they gained were naturally very limited. Fortunately, none of them considered killing monsters as their main way to gain experience; they just felt that they couldn't waste time.

Also, Lin Yuan was wondering if he could find a treasure chest or something.

Even a broken treasure chest would be fine.

Unfortunately, he was unlucky.

Seeing his disappointment, and after learning the reason, Su Yunmeng and Han Ming were both amused and exasperated.

"You're way too addicted to opening treasure chests!" Su Yunmeng laughed. "I really don't know what's so exciting about opening treasure chests, unless it's a high-quality chest like a silver or gold one! But even if such chests existed, we wouldn't be able to use what we got!"

You need to be at least level 50 to wear silver gear, and level 80 to wear gold gear!

Want to drive it out and feast your eyes?

By evening, Lin Yuan's experience points had only increased by 2%, so the three of them found the door and returned to reality.

"I've already spoken to the hotel, and they've reserved a room for us. We'll head straight there," Su Yunmeng said, as she hailed a taxi.

The four people got into the car and arrived at a luxury hotel, where the hotel manager was already waiting for them. He and four subordinates came to greet them, addressing Su Yunmeng as "Miss" with utmost respect.

Lin Yuan then realized that this hotel was actually owned by the Su family.

"Huh, Yunmeng!"

A surprised voice rang out, and a young man in his early twenties walked out of the hotel. When he saw Su Yunmeng, his eyes lit up and he immediately ran over.