Chapter 355: [Quest Evaluation: SS-]

"The dungeon's final rewards haven't been settled yet, but we've already collected 13 Spirit Nurturing Pills and 1 Foundation Consolidation Pill."

Zhang Shendao muttered to himself, then his face lit up with excitement:

"If we could do this every month, how fast would our strength grow?"

"Teacher Zhang, that's only if Rank One Yang is willing to keep carrying us!"

Li Shou reminded him.

Everyone's bodies stiffened, then they all turned to look at Yang Ling and immediately began showering him with concern:

"Brother Yang, you've been fighting for so long, you must be hungry, right? I brought some flatbread, want some?"

"Brother Yang, let me massage your shoulders!"

"Brother Yang, are your feet sore? I actually learned foot massage outside, let me give you one!"

"With just this little bit of benefit, you want Yang Ling to keep helping you all the time?"

Zhang Wei suddenly snorted coldly.

Everyone silently looked at him.

Zhang Wei gazed at Yang Ling and said solemnly:

"Godfather, next..."

Everyone stared at Zhang Wei in disbelief, gasping sharply.

"Stop right there!"

Seeing these guys getting more and more outrageous, Yang Ling immediately waved his hand:

"Rest assured, all of you. As long as I can bring you along, I definitely will. That goes without saying."

"That's a relief. I actually never learned foot massage."

Li Shou let out a sigh of relief.

At that moment, another game notification appeared before everyone's eyes:

[Congratulations, you have completed the Beginner Skeleton Cavern Dungeon]

[Evaluation in progress...]

"We did it!"

Expectation gleamed in everyone's eyes as they wondered if this hidden side quest would boost their evaluation.

After waiting for roughly a few dozen seconds:

[Quest Evaluation: SS-]

Yang Ling's pupils contracted slightly, his heart pounding wildly several times!

It was just as he had estimated!

"First, because my strength exceeds a B- difficulty dungeon, the quest evaluation would cancel out once with the one-level irresponsibility boost from random matching."

"But the hidden side quest raised my evaluation quite a bit!"

"With the earlier S+ combined with this later evaluation, the game finally gave me an SS- high rating!"

Double S evaluation! This was something Yang Ling wouldn't have dared to dream of before!

Yet this time, he'd actually managed to achieve such a high evaluation score.

He was very eager to see what rewards this dungeon would offer.

The next second, the rewards appeared.

[40 Free Attribute Points, 15 White Bone Demon Spirit Pills, 50 Foundation Consolidation Pills, 100 Spirit Nurturing Pills, Second-Rate Martial Arts Technique...]

[Choose one of the above rewards]

Yang Ling's eyes went wide, his mind momentarily dazed. He quickly composed himself, his gaze locked dead onto the reward options.

"40 free attribute points! How the hell is it giving such a high reward!?"

It took great effort before he could tear his gaze away and look at the White Bone Demon Spirit Pills.

"15 White Bone Demon Spirit Pills... plus the 5 I already have, I can easily push Divine Ape Contemplation Diagram to Skilled..."

"Reaching Skilled in Divine Ape Contemplation Diagram grants 80 points of Spirit, and I'll also acquire the 'Object Control' skill..."

"How do I choose!? How am I supposed to choose!?"

Yang Ling took a deep breath and chose the White Bone Demon Spirit Pills.

A wooden box appeared in his hand. He opened it for a look, finding fifteen White Bone Demon Spirit Pills inside.

Yang Ling felt his heart bleeding. The 40 free attribute points were truly tempting.

But reason told him that choosing the White Bone Demon Spirit Pills would yield greater benefits.

Just the 80 points of Spirit alone was already double the former, not to mention the Object Control skill, which could very likely lead to a true development of his spiritual power!

Spirit would no longer merely increase cultivation speed but could actively participate in combat!

"Also, Spirit plays a crucial role in the death tribulation."

Yang Ling's spirits lifted. "I made the right choice!"

"F+ evaluation!"

Lin Caiyi and the others also saw their own evaluation scores, their faces flushed red with excitement.

"This is a B- difficulty dungeon! Getting an F+ evaluation means the rewards definitely won't be small!"

"The rewards are out! Three options! 2 Foundation Consolidation Pills, 10 Spirit Nurturing Pills, or 5 free attribute points!?"

"Did you all get the same?"

"Same!"

"Holy crap! Free attribute points!? This is the first time I've ever seen free attribute points! Does that mean I can add them wherever I want!?"

"Spirit can finally be raised!?"

In an instant, everyone's faces turned rosy red.

They exchanged excited glances, their breathing growing heavier.

All along, the attribute points they received upon leveling up were allocated based on their "actions" before leveling up.

Those who trained strength gained Strength, those who practiced body techniques gained Agility.

These attribute points seemed under their control, but in reality, they couldn't truly influence them.

But after the initial excitement, they suddenly found themselves torn.

"2 Foundation Consolidation Pills, 10 Spirit Nurturing Pills, these are all great rewards..."

"So hard to choose... why can't we have both..."

"Brother Yang, what do you think we should pick? Is the free attribute point worth more?"

Lin Caiyi hurriedly sought Yang Ling's advice.

Everyone turned to look at Yang Ling, their eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge.

"Well, how should I put it... Spirit actually affects the speed at which you cultivate internal techniques and martial arts techniques."

Yang Ling said thoughtfully: "But Foundation Consolidation Pills are also rare, each one grants 500 points of internal technique experience.

You all already know the effects of Spirit Nurturing Pills, they're very useful. If you want to break through in your martial arts techniques, choosing them is definitely the right call."

"However... personally, I still think free attribute points are more important."

Free attribute points weren't actually that important to him.

Every time he leveled up, he received free attribute points.

But Lin Caiyi and the others were different. Their level-ups either added Strength or Agility.

To actively raise Spirit was extremely difficult.

Either by cultivating an internal technique method that focuses on Spirit.

Or by consuming rare exotic herbs and flowers and pills that increase Spirit.

These were things you couldn't just find whenever you wanted.

On the other hand, Foundation Consolidation Pills and Spirit Nurturing Pills could both be purchased from outside sources.

Comparing the two, free attribute points were clearly more helpful in the later stages.

While the former two could boost strength quite a bit in the early stages.

Yang Ling: "It still depends on what you currently need, but I lean more toward free attribute points."

He paused for a moment. "Every 10 points of Spirit gives you 1 additional point of martial arts technique Proficiency per hour of training.

Your daily internal technique experience cap increases by 5 points."

Everyone suddenly understood. So that's what Spirit did.

"I currently get 5 experience points per day from training internal techniques, then it stops.

If my Spirit increased by 5 points, would I get 7.5 experience points per day?"

"Martial arts technique training doesn't seem to have a cap. If it's a martial arts technique, that means 0.5 extra points per hour.

Counting 15 hours of training per day, that's 7.5 extra Proficiency per day... it would take over two months just to make back the value of one Spirit Nurturing Pill."

"......"

Everyone did the math and grew even more torn.

They could tell that the benefits of raising Spirit grew greater the further along they went.

But the early-stage benefits were far inferior to 2 Foundation Consolidation Pills and 10 Spirit Nurturing Pills...

"Then I'll choose the free attribute points!"

Lin Caiyi made her choice without hesitation.

Zhang Shendao and the others also chose free attribute points one after another.

Only a few, after some hesitation, still chose the Spirit Nurturing Pills.

Yang Ling wouldn't interfere too much with their choices.

"Wait, my flying daggers!"

Yang Ling suddenly let out an exclamation and dashed toward the second cavern.