Main Quest rewards would not disappear; as long as you clicked [Main Quest], you could claim them at any time.
But [Hidden Quests] were more like dungeons in a game.
The rewards within had to be claimed or operated upon immediately after "clearing" the dungeon; they would not be available after the deadline!
By the time she brought this little fox back to the valley where Xiao Yi Xian was, the opportunity would have long passed.
So now, Xiao Xue urgently needed a place to "go into seclusion" to claim and use the quest rewards.
And there was no place more suitable for her "seclusion" than the ruins themselves.
At such a critical moment of seclusion, naturally, the safer the better, and this place was sufficiently hidden; for a short time, absolutely no one would come to disturb her.
Xiao Xue looked at the little fox with anticipation, waiting for its answer.
The little fox formed from green smoke went completely dazed; the entire fox froze in mid-air, looking like a still image.
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It was clear that Xiao Xue's question had caused quite a blow to her, as she was anxious to leave the ruins.
However, now that she wanted to leave the ruins, she could only rely on Xiao Xue.
Therefore, the little fox burrowed back into the stone coffin without a word, leaving Xiao Xue with a desolate back view.
Xiao Xue:...Why do I feel a little sorry for this little fox?
Having received no response, Xiao Xue took it as tacit consent.
Hmm, has a conscience, but not much.
She directly found a corner, sat cross-legged, and began to check the [Hidden Quest Rewards].
In the System interface, three special items appeared: [Profound Rank Dou Technique Upgrade Ticket], [Random Special Attribute Point], and [Soul Power Upgrade Ticket].
Among them, behind the [Soul Power Upgrade Ticket] was a remark — [Can only be used at the current Rank].
That is to say, this Upgrade Ticket could only be used to raise Soul Power from "Mortal Realm Middle Stage" to "Mortal Realm Late Stage".
If not for this restriction, Xiao Xue would definitely buy it and save it for later use.
After all, this [Soul Power Upgrade Ticket] only cost 300,000 experience points, while raising the Soul Power Rank in the later stages required over a million experience points.
Even so, the price of 300,000 was already a huge discount for Xiao Xue.
After all, if she used experience points directly to improve Soul Power, it would require 500,000 experience points to go from "Mortal Realm Middle Stage" to "Mortal Realm Late Stage".
Although after using this Upgrade Ticket, Xiao Xue's Soul Power would be at the Mortal Realm Late Stage, comparable to a Fifth-Rank or even Sixth-Rank Alchemist, this actually wasn't that exaggerated.
After all, every Soul Power Realm was divided into four levels: Early Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, and Great Perfection.
Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, and Heavenly Realm each had four levels, plus the Emperor Realm Soul, making a total of thirteen small Realms.
Therefore, even if Xiao Xue's Soul Power broke through to the Mortal Realm Late Stage now, it was only the third small Realm!
And a Seventh-Rank Alchemist was a Mortal Realm Great Perfection Soul, while a Grade 8 Alchemist was a Spirit Realm Soul.
If one wanted to become a Ninth-Grade Alchemist and refine a Ninth Grade Pill, it would require the heaven-reaching power of a Heavenly Realm Soul to accomplish.
That is to say, she might be able to break through to a Sixth-Rank or even Seventh-Rank Alchemist very quickly.
However, wanting to break through to a Grade 8 or even Ninth-Grade Alchemist would be extremely difficult.
Therefore, Xiao Xue purchased the [Soul Power Upgrade Ticket] without hesitation.
As for the other two items, they made her hesitate a bit.
[Profound Rank Dou Technique Upgrade Ticket] could raise a Xuan-rank Low-Grade Dou Technique to Profound Tier Middle Grade, or raise an Intermediate to Advanced, but it could not raise a Black Rank High-Grade to Earth Rank; the selling price was 50,000 experience points.
[Random Special Attribute Point], this thing depended on luck, so the price wasn't particularly expensive, also 50,000 experience points.
However, just now, in order to purchase the [Soul Power Upgrade Ticket], Xiao Xue had already spent 300,000 experience points.
Even with the 100,000 experience points supplement from the ruins quest, she only had a little over 200,000 experience points on hand now.
In her past life, she didn't treat money as money; in this life, she was paying the price.
Xiao Xue gritted her teeth. "Buy it!"
Anyway, when the Hidden Quest was settled, it had given her exactly 100,000 experience points, just enough for her to buy the first two items; she would just consider it a bonus for the [Soul Power Upgrade Ticket].
[Special Attribute Points] were extremely hard to obtain, but had infinite wonderful uses, and the sooner obtained, the better.
If she was a little lucky and drew some Heaven-Defying attribute, then these 50,000 experience points would be a huge profit.
As for the [Profound Rank Dou Technique Upgrade Ticket], it was simply because Xiao Xue's desire to purchase was acting up.
50,000 experience points, she could still afford it.
After purchasing all three [Special Items], Xiao Xue directly clicked [Use].
[Suction Palm: Xuan-rank Low-Grade] — [Suction Palm: Profound Tier Middle Grade]
Soul Power: [Mortal Realm Late Stage]
Xiao Xue's current Soul Power, we could tentatively call it — Soul Strength, Third Stage!
And the Emperor Realm Soul should be — Soul Strength, Thirteenth Stage!
As for the random attribute point, Xiao Xue drew one point of [Physique].
Physique, as the name suggests, was to strengthen physical fitness, be more resistant to beatings, have a tougher life, have better endurance, and faster recovery speed; it could be considered a very good attribute point.
After receiving the System rewards, Xiao Xue began to set about refining the heavenly fox essence blood.
Don't know how much time passed, as the Essence Blood slowly fused, a mysterious ripple rippled out from Xiao Xue's side.
Xiao Xue's [Aptitude] also began to undergo a transformation along with the Fusion of the Essence Blood!
[Aptitude 7] — [Aptitude 8]!
And the transformation of [Aptitude] was definitely not as simple as a change in data!
Xiao Xue fell into a state of profound mystery; she seemed to see something, but remembered nothing.
However, her aura was steadily rising and solidifying.
This was the Realm of "forgetting the form to grasp the intent" that countless Qi Cultivate practitioners hoped for.
— Grasp the intent, forget the form!
[A little gossip]
Are you all satisfied with this wave of strengthening for the Protagonist? After all, after Qingshan Town, it is the Tagor Desert dungeon, and that place, if one doesn't have a certain amount of strength, really can't be gone to.
Of course, The Author will also try his best to grasp this boost, avoiding situations where combat power collapses. If you find any unreasonable parts, please provide feedback in time; thanks here.