"What happened to you just now?"
When exiting the mine shaft, Xu Qing was somewhat curious.
"Tired."
Yang Ling replied casually.
"Right, you've been digging away all day, of course you'd be exhausted."
Xu Qing felt the soreness in his arm muscles, thinking he'd need to practice the Mountain and River Heart Method tonight to relieve it a bit.
He bid farewell to Yang Ling and swaggered off from the ore vein just like that.
Supervisor Niu acted as if he hadn't seen him and didn't ask him for any Fire Crystal Rock ore either.
"Yang Ling, thirteen jin of Fire Crystal Rock? Your speed is getting faster and faster."
Supervisor Niu took out some silver beans, weighed them in his hand to confirm it was exactly one tael and three mace, then handed them to Yang Ling."Practice makes perfect."
Yang Ling accepted the silver with a smile.
He had previously spent five taels of silver to buy the Boulder Crushing Fist, leaving him with a little over three taels.
Now with this one tael and three mace in hand, he had once again gathered enough money to buy an identity.
After Yang Ling left, Supervisor Niu sighed with some emotion.
"That important person's status is even higher than Senior Brother Wang Jing's, yet he's so familiar with Yang Ling. He really is a child of the Yang Family after all."
...
Back in the wooden hut, Yang Ling was still thinking about the Divine Realm Ranking in his mind.
"Hui Wu's class change to Martial Monk is probably one of the professions inherent to the Bitter Awareness Temple."
"But I'm not a sect disciple, what could I class change into?"
"A Miner? I'm afraid there's no such profession."
"Class changing definitely brings benefits, either attribute increases or gaining some special abilities."
"If I were level 10 and encountered another level 10 player who had already completed their class change, their strength would most likely be significantly greater than mine."
"So class changing is important... I'm only 1 level away from 10..."
Yang Ling felt troubled; he knew nothing about class changing.
At the same time, he was worried that once he reached level 10, he would be exposed on the Divine Realm Ranking.
"Yang Ling, are you in?"
Outside the door, Zhang Wei's voice came through.
Yang Ling got up and opened the door.
Zhang Wei immediately slipped inside, his expression somewhat grave:
"You know about the Divine Realm Ranking thing, right?"
"I know."
Yang Ling nodded.
"It means there are quite a few players like us!"
Zhang Wei murmured: "Just take that Hui Wu, his leveling speed is so crazy. This shows that joining a sect is our ultimate destination."
Saying this, he suddenly looked up at Yang Ling:
"Do you have any guesses about class changing?"
"You've played quite a few games before too, right?"
Yang Ling asked in return.
Zhang Wei nodded thoughtfully:
"I have. In all games with class changes, they make it extremely important.
Most have over a dozen professions, some games even have dozens.
Each one has its own profession-specific advantage bonuses."
"Now we've confirmed that the Divine Realm has at least one profession: Martial Monk."
Yang Ling nodded: "But no one has class changed into other professions yet, so we can only speculate at most.
I'd guess there are professions like Bandit, Thief, Taoist Priest, Physician, Apothecary, and such."
"......"
Zhang Wei's expression turned a bit strange:
"What are you scheming?"
"What could I be scheming? Don't forget I'm currently a miner, and a vagrant too."
Yang Ling rolled his eyes:
"Some players are just born lucky, we can't compare. We can only dig deep in the fields we're good at.
My field is mining, so I just need to mine as much as possible to level up."
"You mine so fast, what level are you exactly?"
Zhang Wei asked instinctively.
Yang Ling was silent for a few breaths, then said calmly:
"Definitely higher than you. I'm level 6."
"Level 6? That's about right. I'm almost level 4 soon, so him being two and a half levels higher than me makes sense."
Zhang Wei's expression brightened a little.
He didn't think the other would lie to him; if Yang Ling had said eight or nine, he wouldn't have believed it.
After Zhang Wei left, Yang Ling began practicing his fist techniques again.
Since class changing wasn't a possibility for now, he wouldn't dwell on it.
Striving to improve his basic attributes was the right path.
When dawn was approaching, Yang Ling began cultivating the Vajra Bright King Technique.
After a full session, not only was his fatigue swept away, but he also gained 5 more Experience Points.
"45 points now, not far from 100."
"But this time my Spirit increased by 1 point compared to before, yet it seems there wasn't much change in Experience Points..."
"No, there should be a change, just not big enough to easily notice!"
"Last night while practicing fist techniques, the proficiency gain seemed a tiny bit faster, though not very obvious..."
To verify this point, he planned to continue leveling up.
Add a few more points to Spirit.
If Spirit helped with proficiency and experience gain, that would be great.
If it didn't help, it wasn't a loss.
It must be one of the thresholds for cultivating some advanced techniques anyway, so improving it couldn't be wrong.
Arriving at Mine Shaft No. 1.
Same as yesterday, Xu Qing followed him all the way.
The two chatted intermittently.
Yang Ling noticed Xu Qing was digging especially hard today too.
He watched for a while before continuing with his own work.
After digging for several hours, Hui Neng and Wang Jing came by midway.
Looking at Mine Shaft No. 1 covered with digging marks everywhere, dozens of miners grunting and laboring away,
Hui Neng couldn't help but nod slightly:
"We appreciate the Mountain and River Sect's assistance this time."
"Of course, of course."
Wang Jing grinned.
After they left, Yang Ling continued focusing on digging.
When night fell, he returned to his hut to practice fist techniques and cultivate.
One could say that out of twenty-four hours a day, aside from eating, drinking, and bathroom breaks, he was grinding experience and grinding proficiency.
A few days later.
Yang Ling slowly ended his cultivation and glanced at his Status Panel, mainly looking at proficiency and Experience Points.
「Vajra Bright King Technique: 60/100」
「Boulder Crushing Fist: 87/1000」
"In another eight days, the Vajra Bright King Technique will reach 'Beginner's Insight'."
"As for level... I should also reach level 10 today."
Yang Ling felt a surge of excitement in his heart.
Everything was steadily improving.
Compared to when he first entered the Divine Realm, his self-preservation ability had increased more than tenfold.
Once he completed the first layer of the Vajra Bright King Technique, he wouldn't have to fear the likes of Wu Que anymore.
"Oh right."
Yang Ling focused his thoughts and opened the Divine Realm Level Ranking:
【Divine Realm Level Ranking】
【001: Bitter Awareness Temple, Hui Wu, Level 10, Profession: Martial Monk】
【002: Star Observation Academy, Luo Kai, Level 10, Profession: Child Scholar】
【003: Valley of the Dead, Qi Kai, Level 10, Profession: Medical Apprentice】
【004: ???】
"Two more have reached level 10 and successfully class changed?
Wait, could it be that this ranking only shows those who have successfully class changed?
If that's the case... it means many players might already be level 10, but because they haven't class changed successfully, they can't appear on the ranking?"
A guess arose in Yang Ling's mind.
At the same time, he memorized two more professions.
Child Scholar, Medical Apprentice.
"Child Scholar probably follows the scholarly path? Medical Apprentice is related to the medical field..."
"They were able to class change because the areas they are in have the conditions for class changing."
"Looking at it this way, I won't be able to class change anytime soon."
"Unless... I also find a chance to join a major sect..."
"Let's level up first. If my level is high enough, I'll naturally encounter class change opportunities."
Yang Ling gripped the Steel Pickaxe at his waist and left the wooden hut.
But as soon as he reached the ore vein entrance, he noticed the atmosphere was different from yesterday.
"You're a bit late today."
Zhang Wei walked up slowly:
"The matter is already over, that master has also left, so I'll be leaving the ore vein today too, going to Green Mountain City to find work."
"Isn't mining to level up pretty good?"
Yang Ling said with a faint smile.
Zhang Wei snorted dismissively: "The Divine Realm is a martial world. To survive here, relying solely on mining isn't enough.
What future is there in being a miner?
I need to find work that gives more Experience Points. Clearly, the big opportunities are in Green Mountain City."
With that, he waved his hand and left with a carefree air.