High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

After eating and drinking his fill, Su Jie returned home, feeling full of energy.

"My top priority right now is to improve my strength as quickly as possible. After all, I aspire to become the top scholar in the martial arts examination!"

Without any hesitation, he comfortably lay back down on the bed, focusing his mind on his body. He looked at the system panel, which showed a high level of 65030 points of Qi and Blood reserves, as well as 84 level-three martial acupoints and 15 level-two martial acupoints.

"First, upgrade all the remaining level two martial arts techniques to level three!"

Without further ado, Su Jie entered a state of cultivation once more.

[Consuming 40 points of Qi and Blood, Martial Aperture Tempering in progress...]

[Ding! Martial Aperture Tempering Successful! Current Martial Aperture Level: 3. Combat Power +3!]

It takes five minutes to upgrade each martial acupoint from level two to level three. In just over an hour, Su Jie had already upgraded all the remaining level two martial acupoints to level three.

[Current Martial Arts Acupoints: Level 3, 99 in total]

Current Qi and Blood Reserves: 68930 points

[Combat Power: 594 points!]

Ninety-nine level-three martial acupoints! Combat power approaching six hundred!

Su Jie felt the increasingly surging power within him, but he did not stop.

"How much Qi and Blood is needed to advance from Level 3 to Level 4? How long does it take?" He asked curiously, trying to guide his Qi and Blood to a Level 3 Martial Aperture.

[Consuming 80 points of Qi and Blood, Martial Aperture Tempering in progress... (Estimated time: 30 minutes)]

"Double the consumption, and the time increased sixfold?" Su Jie raised an eyebrow. "How much of an improvement? An extra four points of combat power?"

Su Jie could clearly "inner vision" and see that the martial acupoint was undergoing subtle changes under the influence of qi and blood, its structure becoming more compact and the energy fluctuations it emitted becoming stronger.

Thirty minutes later.

[Ding! Martial Aperture Tempering Successful! Current Martial Aperture Level: 4. Combat Power +4!]

A significantly stronger sense of power surged from that martial acupoint, flowing into his limbs and bones.

Sure enough, upgrading from level three to level four increased my combat power by 4 points, so a single level four martial skill increased my combat power by 10 points.

Su Jie's spirits lifted. "Continue!"

Without pausing, he immediately guided his qi and blood to target the next objective.

[Consuming 80 points of Qi and Blood, Martial Aperture Tempering in progress... (Estimated time: 30 minutes)]

Time slips away quietly in this monotonous yet fulfilling cycle.

Once one martial arts acupoint is fully refined, he immediately begins the next. There is almost no interval in between, like a precise pendulum.

The sky outside the window changed from pitch black to a pale white, and then to the rising sun, with sunlight streaming into the room through the window.

Su Jie slowly opened his eyes, exhaling a long breath of stale air. This breath was surprisingly hot, forming a brief white streak in the air. Despite not having slept all night, he felt not tired at all, but rather radiant, his eyes frighteningly bright.

View the system panel:

[Current Martial Acupoints: Level 4: 22, Level 3: 77]

Current Qi and Blood Reserves: 106770 points

[Combat Power: 682 points!]

Overnight, he successfully upgraded 22 level-three martial acupoints to level four! His combat power reached an astonishing 682 points!

If word got out, this efficiency would be enough to shake up the entire martial arts education community in Linjiang City! The progress that others would need years of hard work to achieve, he accomplished in just one night!

"682 combat power points!" Su Jie clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within his body, far exceeding that of last night. "There are still 77 level 3 martial acupoints. Each one will take half an hour. In less than two days, I will be able to upgrade all the level 3 martial acupoints to level 4!"

You ask me how much sleep I get each day? Does the King of Scrolls need to sleep? Guess how my soul transmigrated into this body?

He stood up, stretched his limbs, and his joints cracked and popped like popping beans. The powerful feeling of strength made him want to immediately find a steel plate to test his punches and kicks on.

"Gurgle..." My stomach protested again. The intense tempering took a huge toll on my body.

"Making money to eat is still a big problem." Su Jie frowned as he looked at the few remaining star coins in his bracelet. With his current appetite, this amount of money wouldn't last him more than a few days.

"I can't keep making a living by selling my life essence; it's too conspicuous." He pondered. "Perhaps I should consider other ways to earn money more quickly? Like... taking on some simple tasks?"

He reconnected to the cloud-based trading system, this time focusing on the "Mission Assignments" section. Filtering out missions with overly demanding requirements or located in dangerous areas, his gaze fell on a pinned, long-term mission posted by the City Hall:

[Level D Emergency Mission: Clear out the mutated rat swarm in the city's sewers]

[Description: Recently, a large number of mutated rodents have appeared in the sewers of some older urban areas of Linjiang City. They are larger and more aggressive, posing a threat to the pipeline facilities and occasional maintenance personnel. Regular eradication is necessary.]

[Requirements: Combat strength of 50 or above, with basic combat skills.]

[Rewards: Based on the number of rats killed and the Rat King's Crystal Core. Each common mutated rat rewards 500 Star Coins or 0.5 HP. Each Rat King rewards 5000 Star Coins or 5 HP. Mutated rat materials obtained during the mission belong to the killer.]

[Note: Mutant rats are generally equivalent to martial artists with a combat power of 30-60, while the Rat King's strength is approximately between 80-120. Please act according to your abilities!]

"The sewers? Mutant rats?" Su Jie's eyes lit up.

This task was practically tailor-made for him!

The location is within a relatively safe urban area, with a manageable level of danger. The opponents are mutated rats, whose strength is generally not high, making them perfect for someone like him who has combat power but lacks practical experience to practice against.

The reward was Star Coins, settled instantly, which solved his immediate problem! Moreover, the materials from the mutated rats could also be sold for money!

"This is it!" Su Jie immediately took a liking to it. With his current combat power of 682 points, clearing out these mutated rats with combat power of only a few dozen points was like a dimensional reduction attack, and the safety was extremely high.

"But I need to use an anonymous identity to accept these tasks?" He studied the task details and found that in order to encourage civilian martial artists to participate in city maintenance, the city hall allowed the use of verified anonymous identities to accept these low-level public tasks, as long as he could make contact and complete the task.

"Very good!"

Su Jie immediately took action, registering an anonymous temporary martial artist identity using his bracelet, and casually entered the code name "Shadow".

Then, as "Shadow," I accepted the mission to exterminate the mutated rats. The mission was successfully accepted, and the system provided the coordinates of several areas that needed to be cleared, as well as the location to pick up a special signal transmitter provided by the city hall (used to record kills and distress calls).

"No time to lose, I'll pick up the equipment this morning and then go down to check it out!" Su Jie acted swiftly, deciding to take immediate action. Besides, tempering martial arts techniques can be done continuously; multitasking is a standard skill for a scroll king, isn't it? This way, he can earn money and cultivate at the same time!

However, Su Jie thought about how he was a transmigrator with a cheat ability, and how he had just sold his blood and now had to play whack-a-mole. This life was really too difficult!