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The matter of upgrading the Flowing Shadow Divine Sword could only be reluctantly postponed because the materials were incomplete, which was also an objective reason, making Qin Fang feel very helpless.

However, Qin Fang didn't care too much about it; a Divine Sword is still a Divine Sword. As long as it doesn't encounter a more powerful Divine Artifact, it's basically very hard to damage it.

With such a Divine Sword in hand, Qin Fang is absolutely invincible.

As for Qin Fang having never practiced any sword techniques... that was completely not a problem. Don't forget Qin Fang's One-Handed Weapon Mastery skill, which has now been upgraded to Advanced Level.

"It seems like this One-Handed Weapon Mastery skill needs to be advanced to the Grandmaster Level first..."

In expert duels, even the slightest mistake can be fatal, and Qin Fang doesn't want to make any blunders while wielding the sword that could be exploited by his opponent.

Grandmaster Level One-Handed Weapon Mastery would instantly turn Qin Fang into a swordsmanship expert. Even if Qin Fang has never practiced any swordplay manuscripts, he still can perform excellent sword techniques...

"Why is the experience so little?"

But when Qin Fang turned around to check the experience points given by killing so many Grandmaster-level experts, his face immediately turned bitter.

He originally thought that by killing a dozen or so Grandmaster-level experts at once, including a Master Level Peak and two Master Level Late Stage, it would provide enough experience, if not directly from Level 6 to Level 7, but it shouldn't be too far off.

But the result was very disappointing for Qin Fang, as the experience points given were really too little... a huge discrepancy from Qin Fang's estimation, amounting to barely slightly more than a tenth.

"Isn't this ridiculous..."

Qin Fang asked the System about it, and the reason he got was extremely frustrating.

When Qin Fang first slayed a Grandmaster-level expert, he got a very good amount of experience because his strength was always at Level 5, and thus he got a level-crossing bonus for killing monsters.

Conversely, when a character is at a high level, the experience gained from killing low-level monsters is pathetically low, and if the level difference is too large, there is almost no experience gained.

But now Qin Fang has stepped into Level 6 Grandmaster Level, and directly into Master Level Peak, which means that except for Tang Huaiming, who is an equal level, everyone else is weaker than Qin Fang.

Thus, Tang Huaiming was the only one who could provide full experience, while everyone else didn't provide full experience.

Furthermore, since these people were all killed by bombs, not personally by Qin Fang, the experience was halved once again, and so... Qin Fang basically met with disaster.

If Qin Fang had carefully observed, he would have found out that even in killing Tang Huaiming, he did not receive full experience. Though Tang Huaiming was finally slain by Qin Fang, he had been injured by the bomb, resulting in some loss of experience, though not a lot.

"Damn, did I lose out here..."

Realizing that despite killing such experts, the experience gained was so pitiful, Qin Fang couldn't help but give a bitter smile.

Before reaching the Grandmaster Level, Qin Fang could afford not to care too much about the amount of experience as long as it was enough to level up. But now, he clearly couldn't afford not to care because those experience points were crucial to the growth of Qin Fang's skill proficiency.

With suddenly so much less experience, Qin Fang's face was bound to show a bitter smile, even though the conversion ratio was dreadfully exploitative, the missing portion of experience would have been enough to upgrade at least two skills from Beginner Level to Advanced Level...

But now it's all gone to waste, how could Qin Fang not be frustrated?

However, now that the situation was like this, there was no use regretting it, there was simply no opportunity for a redo... furthermore, even if it did really happen again, Qin Fang would probably still do the same. In a one-on-one situation, except for Tang Huaiming, no other Tang Sect disciple was Qin Fang's match. But in a group, it's very difficult for Qin Fang to overcome such a tough hurdle purely by force...

Instead of failing like that, it's better to act decisively now. Experience can still be farmed again, putting oneself in danger is really not worth it.

Whether he lost or gained, it's hard to say, and Qin Fang didn't continue to dwell on it, soon stopping his thoughts.

"Seems like this old fox Tang Huaiming dropped something after all..."

While a lot of experience was lost, Qin Fang still remembered looting Tang Huaiming's corpse and wondered if it was because he had already taken the Flowing Shadow Divine Sword, as Tang Huaiming at the Master Level Peak only dropped one item... really too stingy!

However, Qin Fang didn't think too much. A single Flowing Shadow Divine Sword was already enough to make him very happy, along with an extra drop, and he'd consider himself profited.

Thinking along these lines, when Qin Fang took out the item dropped by Tang Huaiming from the Props Box, his face immediately froze.

"This is..."

Qin Fang looked at the thing in his hand with a face full of odd expressions, clearly very surprised, and almost instinctively threw a scouting skill at the thing.

"Damn, this can't be a joke..."

Just as the scouting result came out, Qin Fang couldn't help but lament inwardly.

Tang Huaiming dropped a stone with a very peculiar shape. Its material seems very hard, suggesting it's not an ordinary stone.

With Qin Fang's scouting skill, the origin of the stone became very clear.

"Fine Iron Stone Key, a key forged from refined iron ore, this is the Tang Sect Mountain Gate Key..."

This was the scouting skill feedback to Qin Fang, something that gave Qin Fang the urge to smash it into powder.

"It's actually a key..."

When Qin Fang first saw this thing, he also thought its shape was really strange, but didn't associate it with a key, mainly because there's no need for such a bulky key...

But now that the system's scouting skill has given an answer, Qin Fang had no choice but to believe that this is indeed a key... However, it's not a regular key but the Tang Sect Mountain Gate Key.

The Tang Sect is hidden deep within the mountains, yet it's rarely discovered by people, indicating that the Tang Sect resides in a very secretive location, possibly a mysterious place like the Peach Blossom Spring.

Qin Fang had previously searched the memories of Tang Sect disciples he had intimidated, but there were very few records of the Tang Sect's mountain gate.

These disciples grew up in the Tang Sect, but once inside, they rarely had a chance to leave, unless they achieved a position like Tang Xin among the top ten disciples and applied to the Council of Elders; perhaps they could come out, but no more than three or five days maximally.

That disciple Qin Fang intimidated wouldn't have had any chance of leaving the mountain, stepping out of the Tang Sect's mountain gate, if it weren't for Tang Huaiyuan wanting revenge for his son.

Even once out, they actually know very little because they were taken out after being knocked unconscious, not knowing where the mountain gate is.

This is similar to Tang Xin and others, they equally don't know exactly where the Tang Sect is, only knowing a rough location and direction.

Now Qin Fang understands, the Tang Sect's mountain gate must be in a very secluded location and needs this key to be opened.

Ordinary disciples naturally wouldn't have such a key, it's only those like Tang Huaiyuan at elder-level status within the Tang Clan who have such privileges.

Though Tang Huaiming is not an elder, he is a member of the Tang Clan and is considered a quasi-grandmaster-level expert, akin to a quasi-elder level, so bringing out a key isn't strange.

But now this key has dropped from Tang Huaiming and landed in Qin Fang's hands, naturally leaving Qin Fang amused yet helpless.

If it had dropped some top ten hidden weapons or similar, Qin Fang would have been extremely pleased, but obviously Tang Huaiming certainly didn't carry any, perhaps only Tang Huaiyuan did.

If it had dropped a martial arts manuscript Qin Fang needed, he would have been equally delighted, but unfortunately, Tang Huaiming didn't drop any.

After all the hassle, it just dropped this useless key...

But the problem is, this key in Qin Fang's hands is of no use; he's not so audacious as to barge into the Tang Sect, that would certainly be suicidal.

The Tang Sect has many experts, not few above Grandmaster-level, and even higher there are Level 8 great grandmaster level experts, and there's no certainty that Level 9 experts don't exist.

With Qin Fang barely at master level peak, this kind of strength probably doesn't even rank in the top thirty in the Tang Sect, with countless experts stronger than him.

Even if Qin Fang breaks through once more, reaching grandmaster level tier, there would still be at least a dozen or twenty people stronger than him...

Based on what Qin Fang currently knows, the Tang Sect has twelve recognized elders, not including those predecessors who've long secluded themselves to focus on cultivation, abandoning elder duties, but are martial arts fanatics at skill levels higher than those titled elders.

For Qin Fang to fight his way into such a proficient Tang Sect, it would be basically suicide, with no hope of return...

Qin Fang won't do such a foolish thing, thus this mountain gate key in his hand is naturally useless.

"Throw it away? Nah, better keep it for now..."

Directly tossing the key away seems meaningless, so Qin Fang thought it over and decided to stash the key in the props box; since he's upgraded and there's plenty of space in the props box, the key won't take much room and Qin Fang doesn't bother thinking further about it.

"Damn it, seems like I've lost big this time..."

Reflecting back, Qin Fang felt he hadn't gained much, muttering a bit frustratedly.

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