After I reached my complex, it was about as big as a basic house you'd find on the way here, which had me stunned as just because I'm a cultivator I can get a house? The benefits have increased ma.s.sively in 100 years! I sat down and began to cultivate.

"I'll get at least body building 3rd layer!" I encouraged myself as I sat down and began circulation.

Hours pa.s.sed by, one hour, two hours, five hours, ten hours, Until eventually it was midday.

The sun was s.h.i.+ning brightly on a hot summer day, a soft wind swept across my face as I stopped cultivating, although, when I got up I was given a pleasant surprise.

"What? I've gotten the 4th layer already? I thought I accounted for the speed increase?" I muttered to myself as I soon left to find a way to earn money, as I am currently broke.

"New quests are in! picking magical herbs for a healing pill! It pays a low-level spirit stone per bundle!" shouted a random man

"Spirit stone? Those are worth at least twenty gold coins! And with the stone tablet, I can find many herbs!" I thought to myself, excited for what was going to begin.

"I'll take the quest!" I shouted out as clearly as possible.

"Hmmm… do you think you can do it? You seem to be rather weak" the man said. "Oh well, everyone has to take a chance, you can find them in the forest north of here, where the giant ravine is"

"Thank you very much!" I said as I walked towards the entrance to the sect.

I had to try and figure out what the dots meant on the tablet, and if they are herb specific or beast specific, I decided to just go to the closest dot and pray, the dot was white in colour so I didn't think there would be much there. The dot seemed to be about 2 hours away, but I can make it there in only an hour since I've upped my cultivation to the 4th layer. On the way there, I saw a few patches of the herbs and picked them along the way, not the highest quality, but still at least 10 spirit stones worth of them. After the hour and a half due to spending some time picking additional herbs I finally made it to the dot on the map.

"What??? There's… herbs everywhere here!!!" I was stunned, thinking that it was only white so that it wouldn't allow me to gain much since it's only at my difficulty, but there are at least thousands of bundles worth!

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I absorbed them into my spirit ring which can now be seen as an ancient artifact, probably far smaller than any ring that has been made these days, after picking all the stalks their was a few additional herbs that came into my eyes. There were high quality herbs that could be used to make the ink used for runes! I made sure to seclude those herbs from the healing pill herbs and decided to go to the next closest dot, expecting many herbs from this black dot, and the distance was only half an hour away! After a little bit of exploring I felt a strong energy surging from a cave.

"This must be it! I shouted enthusiastically as I ran into the cave.

Big mistake.

ROOARRR!!!!

A ma.s.sive roar echoed as I felt saliva fling onto my body from this ten-metre tall beast.

"It's.. a peak rank 5 beast!!!" I said scared out of my boots.

The beast roared once more, intimidating me as I took a step back.

"Ooohh s.h.i.+t…" I muttered as I sprinted out of the cave "RUUUUUUUNNN!!!!!"

I sprinted faster than I've ever ran in my life, the rush of being chased by a beast far stronger than you only tells you to get stronger, if it doesn't kill you, you'll only get stronger! The way of cultivation is a long and painstaking road, leaving no room for true love or friends.h.i.+ps! After a good five hours of running around, the beast finally gave up and returned to it's lair.

"Phew!!! That was… very tiring!" I barely got out as I gasped for air, feeling as if I'll collapse at any time, I searched for a tree with a stable branch and sat down to rest and cultivate. Sitting there for a few hours I reached the 5th layer and felt full of stamina again. As I sprinted back to town, I picked up five more bundles and then made it back to the city.

After an hour of running, I was finally back to the sect with the bundles of herbs and quickly ran towards the mission area. I looked around for the turn in area but I couldn't find it.

"Looking to get a quest?" a man asked.

"Oh, I'm turning one in, do you know where to find the area?" I asked the senior.

"Oh? Turning in so soon?" he asked "didn't you just join?"

"Ah yes, I accepted an herb searching mission so it was pretty easy!" I replied.

"Oh okay, well you can find the mission turn in on the hill up top, it's less crowded there so it's easier to gain your reward" he told me as he pointed towards a faraway hill top.

"Thank you very much" I exclaimed as I ran towards it and prayed that they would have enough s.p.a.ce for my herbs.

"I'm here to turn in a quest!" I announced as I entered.

"Quest please?" the lady asked.

"Collecting herbs for a healing pill!" I replied.

"Okay, put them on the table…" the lady sighed.

After she said that, I put the thousand top grade herb bundles on the table.

"W-what?!? These are all top quality! We can't take these, we need the specialist to estimate their value, we'll be right back!" she exclaimed with a shocked expression.