88: space upgrade

"You're prone to dying young like this."

Hearing Liu Xiyan say this, Mo Fan felt black lines on his head, smiled reluctantly, and said:

"Young people, you know, we always want to trample the world under our feet. If we don't experience setbacks or go through storms, how would we ever turn back?"

Liu Xiyan: "..."

Bidding farewell to Liu Xiyan and greeting Chu Qian, who was sunning her sword in the plaza, Mo Fan left the Sword Pavilion.

He also needed to prepare for tomorrow's long journey.

Just after descending Hidden Sword Mountain.

Mo Fan received a text message.

The extra merit points from the Pill Dao Hall had arrived.

A total of 2000 merit points arrived, equivalent to 40% of the mission reward.

Calculating it, Mo Fan had earned a full 7000 merit points on this mission, which translated to 70 Spirit Stones.

And it only took half a month.

"Where else can I find a job like this?"

Mo Fan sighed with emotion.

At the No. 23 Spirit Herb Garden, besides earning merit points, he had gained knowledge of Alchemy.

After the System read nearly thirty books on Alchemy, Mo Fan already had a clear outline of Alchemy in his mind.

He estimated that as long as he had the Materials, refining some entry-level Medicinal Pill would be no problem.

Returning to the Outer Sect, Mo Fan didn't rush to exchange for Spirit Stones.

Instead, he prepared to stock up on survival necessities for the wild.

So, he bought a bit of everything, chaotic as it was.

For example, iced watermelon, iced plum juice, iced apple cider vinegar, various sodas, frozen dumplings, beef, chicken, common fruits, etc.

Of course, various seasonings were also indispensable.

Regardless of whether they would be useful or not, he would take them first.

After all, the system space had a Heaven-Defying attribute.

That was, putting things inside for a month or two, and when taking them out, their state remained the same as when they were just put in.

Regarding this, Mo Fan had already experimented.

He had placed a bag of bananas and a piece of ice in the system space.

When he took them out a month later, the bananas were still as fresh as when they were first put in.

The ice had only melted a little bit, about five or six drops of water.

The preservation effect was quite good.

Looking at the jam-packed system space, Mo Fan frowned and thought.

"This thing is only 1 cubic meter, isn't it too small?"

"There's no reason for the system space to be this small, right?"

Mo Fan concentrated and pondered.

Soon, he seemed to have thought of something.

He brought up his attribute panel to study it.

[Name: Mo Fan]

[Cultivation: Xiantian First Level (+)]

[...] (Click to expand/collapse)

[Special Ability: Alchemy (Beginner)]

[Storage Space: 1 cubic meter (+)]

[Available attribute points: 3]

His Cultivation, Cultivation Technique, and Martial Skill hadn't changed much.

It was just that compared to half a month ago, there was an extra Special Ability column, which showed that Mo Fan possessed Alchemy and was already at the beginner stage.

"Beginner" meant he had reached the threshold, equivalent to being initiated.

This was also the reason Mo Fan felt he could refine some entry-level Medicinal Pill.

Of course, he had never tried it, so he didn't have much confidence.

After all, it took others several years from learning Alchemy to being able to refine a Medicinal Pill.

Even if he had high Comprehension Ability and good talent, half a month still made him feel a bit unsure.

So Mo Fan was only guessing.

He planned to find an opportunity to experiment.

If he could really refine Medicinal Pill, he would have another way to make money.

Even the lowest-grade Medicinal Pill could earn him a lot of money per bottle.

Of course, that wasn't the point.

The point was the system space.

With an experimental mindset, Mo Fan focused his mind and locked his gaze on the storage space column.

Then, a miraculous scene appeared.

[Storage Space: 1 cubic meter (+)]

Yes, there was an extra plus sign after the storage space!

Seeing this scene, Mo Fan's eyes widened, and he was very surprised.

Actually, he had tried this kind of operation when he saw the sign after the Cultivation column.

But apart from the Cultivation column, he hadn't discovered anything in the other columns.

But now—

There was also a plus sign after the storage space.

After thinking for a moment.

Mo Fan continued to try, concentrating his mind, and locked onto Name, Cultivation, Cultivation Technique, Martial Skill, Special Ability, Available attribute points... respectively.

Regrettably, there was still no reaction.

Up to now, only the Cultivation column and the storage space column had plus signs after them.

"Is it because of a Breakthrough to a major Realm?"

"Or are the storage space column and the Cultivation column special?"

"Next time I have a Breakthrough to a major Realm, will new plus signs be unlocked?"

"What would happen if a plus sign appeared after my name? Could it... change my gender?"

"Should I look up a painless Sunflower Manual?"

Mo Fan's thoughts wandered, and he started to let his imagination run wild.

In the end, he shook his head, stopped overthinking, and concentrated his mind again to lock onto the plus sign after the storage space column.

With a swoosh, a prompt box popped up.

[Storage Space: 1 cubic meter (+) (3 / 10)]

"Does it need 10 attribute points?"

"Doesn't seem like much... right?"

"Just don't know if after adding points, it increases by 1 cubic meter or 10 cubic meters?"

Mo Fan was thoughtful.

Finally, he made a decision.

"Can give it a try, I'm not short of these 10 attribute points right now, and if the space is bigger, it might come in handy in the wild!"

Mo Fan had a premonition that expanding the storage space would be very useful.

For example, when performing a mission outside, if he accidentally encountered a Spring of Life or something, he could quietly put it into the space and run away, and he'd be rich directly!

So he got up and pushed the door out.

Twenty minutes later.

Mo Fan returned home.

He exchanged the 2000 merit points for Spirit Stones and absorbed them.

At this moment, his available attribute points had changed:

[Available attribute points: 23]

Mo Fan didn't hesitate, concentrated his mind, locked onto the storage space column, and tapped on the plus sign after it.

In an instant, the attribute panel flashed and changed immediately.

[Name: Mo Fan]

[...] (Click to expand/collapse)

[Storage Space: 100 cubic meters (+)]

[Available attribute points: 13]

Looking at this result, Mo Fan was dumbfounded and couldn't speak for a long time.

"Really generous, 10 attribute points for 100 cubic meters, looks like my perspective was too small—"

Sighing, Mo Fan concentrated and locked onto the plus sign after the storage space column.

Soon, a prompt box popped up:

[Storage Space: 100 cubic meters (+) (13 / 100)]

"Does it need one hundred available attribute points to add points again? That's a bit expensive—"

Mo Fan shook his head, feeling that he didn't need it for now, so there was no need to continue adding points.

100 cubic meters was very large, and by throwing things in, he could control the space to separate them, keeping items from touching each other.

The few things he threw in were like nothing, empty, only able to see a small pile.

Regarding this, Mo Fan threw some more things in.

For example: folding bed, quilt, chair, change of clothes, pots and pans, etc.

Regardless of whether they were useful or not, with such a large space, not putting more things in would feel creepy.

"Perfect, can happily go on a wild adventure!"

...

The next day.

December 1st.

Good for traveling, bad for staying at home.

Mo Fan got up early, finished washing up, and as usual, Cultivated the Golden Body Art facing the rising sun.

He ate something casually for breakfast.

By eight o'clock, Mo Fan pushed the door and went out.

A new month had arrived. Mo Fan didn't rush to the mission meeting point, but went to the Logistics Department to collect his monthly Cultivation subsidy of 30 Spirit Stones.

Immediately, his available attribute points increased again:

[Available attribute points: 43]

After absorbing the Spirit Stones, Mo Fan walked towards the Outer Sect plaza.

That was the meeting point for the Spirit Medicine collection mission.

(Ps: New week, seeking recommendation votes—)