Second update, got a bit stuck while writing, will make it up tomorrow.

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After the license plate was arranged, Qin Fang immediately left with Tang Feifei and Xiao Muxue.

As for Ning Yumo, Qin Fang did want to invite her to join them for a meal, but unfortunately, she was still on work hours. It was alright for her to step out once, but being a rule-follower, she didn't want to give people a reason to talk behind her back, so she went back to work.

However, good news kept coming. Just as Qin Fang finished purchasing the car and completing the paperwork, on his way back to Fang Feixue, he suddenly received a string of system notifications.

"Congratulations, your disciple Wen Yi has broken through from beginner to intermediate Cooking Skill, meeting the conditions to graduate, officially graduated…"

"Congratulations, you have gained 1,000 Character Experience Points!"

"Congratulations, you have gained 10,000 Skill Experience Points!"

"Congratulations, you have gained 100 Fame Points!"

"Congratulations, you have earned the title 'Junior Master'!"

Qin Fang was almost dumbfounded by this barrage of notifications; it had been a long time since he received such alerts.

He had advanced to Level 3, his skills to intermediate level; the amount of experience needed to level up his character and skills had quadrupled, especially since the skill levels were reset to zero, starting all over again.

Doing the math, his character experience had tripled, which means 1600 * 3 = 4800 points, and he needed that much more to reach Level 4. The ways to obtain experience were too few and the amount gained was not that much.

Qin Fang checked his current character level status; he had just surpassed 35% of Level 3. Converted, that was 2240 points, an increase of six or seven hundred points from the previous level, which is equivalent to 10% of the total upgrade experience. Yet, it took him more than a month to achieve this. According to this rate, it would take at least another six months to reach Level 4, which shows how difficult it was to obtain character experience.

But now that Wen Yi had graduated, Qin Fang was directly given a whole 1,000 experience points, which converted to 15% of experience, pushing the character experience past 50%. For the remaining 50%, even at the previous rate, he would only need another four or five months to complete it.

Of course, if Qin Fang encountered good fortune like this again, his leveling speed would be even faster.

Compared to character leveling experience, Qin Fang cared more about skill experience points. In his eyes, these 10,000 skill experience points were not only far greater in number than the 1,000 character experience points but were also more important in quality.

These skill experience points were the same as before, ready to be applied to any skill he chose.

But it was because of this that Qin Fang hesitated a bit.

Currently, Qin Fang had many skills but most of them were beginner level. Only a few had reached intermediate—Cooking, National Arts, Investigation (Appraisal), Riding, Acupuncture, Shooting.

At present, Qin Fang's Scouting Skill was the most frequently used, almost growing slowly every day. Its proficiency increase was the fastest, currently at 73%, leading the way, and Qin Fang had roughly estimated that it would take less than a month for his Intermediate Detection Skill to be upgraded to Advanced Detective Skill.

Following closely behind was the Cooking Skill, which had also reached 70%. This skill's upgrade was connected to both Fang Feixue and Wen Yi.

Wen Yi, to begin with, was Qin Fang's only disciple and the sole inheritor of the Cooking Skill. The skill experience she obtained was only one-third hers, while the remaining two-thirds went to Qin Fang.

Taking into account that the proficiency needed for an intermediate skill is four times that of a beginner level, 10,000 points were needed to go from beginner to intermediate. Thus, 40,000 points would be needed for intermediate to advanced, and these were a hard 40,000 points, not cumulative like the experience for character levels.

With these calculations, Wen Yi's graduation requiring 10,000 points meant that she had already given Qin Fang 20,000 points, effectively earning him half of the experience needed.

After Qin Fang's Cooking Skill reached intermediate, the true experience earned on his own was very little; at most, it was probably no more than 10%. The rest came from Fang Feixue.

This was something Qin Fang discovered by chance. When he made the discovery, his first thought was similar to the research cooperation teams he had before, which were constantly improving his proficiency in Repair Skill.

It was this discovery that led Qin Fang to find a very inconspicuous option hidden in the corner of his character panel. It clearly indicated Qin Fang's property, with Fang Feixue being the only one at the moment, and it clearly stated—this building provided a certain increase in proficiency for the Cooking Skill.

It was this discovery that ultimately prompted Qin Fang to decide on expanding Fang Feixue.

Previously it was a small restaurant, but now there was a large liquor house added to it, yet the liquor house had not opened for business and was still in a state of disuse. Looking over now, the small restaurant also appeared dormant, due to being closed for the past few days.

Only by such calculation could the Cooking Skill reach 70% Proficiency, with 70% remaining to level up, less than a third, needing just twelve thousand points of Skill Experience.

Additionally, there were National Arts and Riding, two skills where the Proficiency was significantly lower. National Arts Skill had been increasing quite well because Qin Fang practiced Xingyi Fist every day, exceeding 40% in less than two months' time, while Riding was practiced by Qin Fang while driving. Furthermore, by winning the championship in a car race at Longquan Mountain, the System awarded five thousand points, bringing the Proficiency to more than 30%.

Acupuncture was truly challenging though; despite requiring a small amount of experience—roughly 400 points, which was one percent of other skills—its quality demands were high. Qin Fang rarely performed acupuncture, so while the level-up speed was not considered fast, it was not too slow either, nearly hitting 20%.

Lastly, there was Shooting, which similarly required a large consumption of bullets to improve. But in Dragon Country, besides the military, there were hardly any places to freely spend bullets. After Qin Fang's Shooting reached Intermediate level, he barely practiced it, with the Proficiency not even reaching 10%.

Essentially, these were Qin Fang's Intermediate Skills, and he only had ten thousand Skill Experience points on hand, leaving him momentarily stumped.

Undoubtedly, putting these ten thousand points into Beginner Level skills would immediately level them up to Intermediate. Qin Fang had a few Beginner Level skills he very much wanted to improve quickly, such as Repair, Strong Body Technique, One-Handed Weapon Mastery, and so on.

Similarly troubling for Qin Fang was that a few Intermediate Skills were also close to reaching the Advanced level. For example, if he added these ten thousand points to the Scouting Skill, with just a bit more effort, the skill would level up to Advanced within a day or two, giving Qin Fang his first Advanced Skill.

The same held true for Cooking Skill. Adding ten thousand points, which equated to 25%, would leave only 5% left to level up. With some extra effort from Qin Fang, he could certainly level up within half a month.

This would coincide perfectly with the ongoing culinary festival. Qin Fang could completely establish Fang Feixue's reputation with the Advanced Cooking Skill, potentially contending for a place among Ninghai's top ten.

As for the National Arts, Riding, and Acupuncture, Qin Fang didn't have any grand plans yet, mainly because these ten thousand points wouldn't produce a particularly significant effect on these three skills.

Looking at the Beginner Level skills, by elevating the Repair Skill to Intermediate, the benefits to Qin Fang were obvious. He would gain access to the entire suite of lithium battery improvement technology--technology that could take years for researchers like Lin Hai and his team to fully understand.

Moreover, during this process, it was quite possible for Qin Fang to come across other technological hints by chance, which would be an inestimable fortune.

The effects of the Strong Body Technique were similar. Leveling up to Intermediate would allow Qin Fang to increase his Life Point limit by 10. Currently at Level 3 with 25 Life Points, that meant he would rise straight to 35 Life Points.

With such a high Life Point limit, Qin Fang would naturally still be vulnerable to guns. He had already figured out that the minimum damage from a gun was 50 points, and even with 35 Life Points, a shot to a vital area would unquestionably be lethal.

Common blades like daggers and knives targeting vital areas could also deal around 50 points of damage, still fatal, but as long as it wasn't the heart, brain or other critical parts, there's no risk of dying--provided that Qin Fang remained conscious and could heal in time.

For other damage types, as long as it didn't exceed 35 points, it was basically non-lethal; once the Life Points were restored, it wasn't even considered an injury.

The passive skill One-Handed Weapon Mastery was applicable to all objects that could be held in one hand. The dexterity achieved was almost dizzying, unimaginable.

Though this skill seemed to be of little use, only Qin Fang could truly appreciate how significant it was.

After all, most actions a person takes are completed with their hands...

"Forget it, let's just add it to Cooking..."

Qin Fang hesitated for a while, but ultimately decided to add the skill points to Cooking. Without an industrious apprentice like Wen Yi to add experience, his Skill Proficiency would grow exceedingly slow. He could only rely on the supplemental experience from Fang Feixue, but as the levels increased, so did the required Experience Points, making the supplement seem like a drop in the bucket.

"Add some to Repair..."

Qin Fang allocated all the skill points to Cooking Skill, watching the data rise steadily, then glanced at the other skills with slow growth and added some to the Repair Skill as well.

Not much, just 1500 points, was enough to raise the Repair Skill's Proficiency to 40%. Qin Fang smoothly gained the third suite of lithium battery improvement plans.

For the Intermediate Skills, such a small amount of experience was merely less than 4% of the required Proficiency. Qin Fang figured it would only take an extra ten days to level up. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)

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