Chapter 104: Excelsior!
The next four days passed with no exciting developments besides the incremental improvements made by Benton’s sect members. Peng Hanying was able to advance from the first minor realm to the second, but it was Wan Ai who made the most major improvement in cultivation. She first hit minor realm six before using a pill to get to minor realm seven the next day. Continuing her run of exceptional advancements, she got her dagger technique to Small Success as well.
Much bigger point moves were made in regards to techniques, however. Working in the village forge daily as a blacksmith apprentice, Shi Long was able to advance Hammer Time to Large Success. Bigger news was that more than half of Ye Zan’s guards reached Large Success with their primary weapon during the time period, and Benton made a mental note that they needed to discuss how to proceed from there.
The biggest point earners were all the orphans, both those from the village and those from Vermillion Incomparable Rain Town. Bai Xinyi, Wan Ai’s alchemist helper, reached Small Success with her herb technique, and all six wood harvesters reached the same level with their skill. Zhong Wen and her two helpers along with eighteen more of the kids, including Zi Delan’s group, had been practicing weapons skills with the twins, and all reached Small Success as well, thirteen with the bow and eight with the spear.
More successes came from sect members gaining in Body Cultivation. Wan Ai added a second assistant, and the combination of the three of them working together really helped jump up production. Over the course of the four days, a total of twenty-seven sect members completed their third baths, propelling them into the first minor realm of Bronze Body Cultivation.
All combined, Benton gained sixty-nine Sect Points, using fourteen to increase his personal power. He bought both his shield and his gravity area attack to Mastery as well as advancing his cultivation to Foundation Establishment minor realm five.
He pulled up his status.
Sect Name:Rising TideSect Members:111Disciples:55Sect Points:141Shop Points:79Host Cultivation:Foundation Establishment - Minor Realm FiveQi Available:7,335Host Body Cultivation:Silver - Minor Realm OneHost Techniques (Qi Gathering): Analysis - Large Success Basic Archery - Mastery Basic Spear Combat - Mastery Pill Basics - Large SuccessHost Techniques (Foundation Establishment): Automatic Reaction Variable Shield: Mastery Folded Space Quickstep: Mastery Layered Variable Shield Breaker with Void Finisher Weapon Augmentation: Mastery Pause Time - Small Success Seeking Speeding Arrow: Large Success Variable AoE Gravity Burst: MasteryMenus:[Cultivation Method][Technique][Quest][Perk][Advancement][Shop][Sect]
Nice. Very nice.
He had nearly completed his ultimate combat build, needing only twelve more points to max out everything on his list, and he still had over one hundred forty Sect Points and almost eighty Shop Points remaining. Not to mention that he’d only just begun getting his sect members started in Body Cultivation and not a single member had yet even reached the first realm of Soul Cultivation.
There were hundreds of points out there just waiting to be earned.
In addition to the advancements leading to Sect Points, Benton was pleased to see production of Orange Vigor Spirit Wood increase. By the end of that fourth day, the harvesters were on track to cut enough for forty-five linear feet every other day. That was mainly the result of the orphans reaching Small Success, though, and it would be a long time before they upped that to Large Success.
Production was probably maxed unless he added more labor.