Eternal Life: I Rely on Fortune Points for Improvement-Chapter 32: Promoted

Returning to Chaoyang Alley.

There were two places in the alley with white lanterns hanging.

One was Aunt Liu the matchmaker’s home.

The other was Butcher Wang’s house at the head of the alley.

No one knew who Aunt Liu had offended; a few nights ago she was chopped to death in her own yard.

The next morning, when Jiang Feng passed by Butcher Wang’s front door, Wang’s old illness flared up and he collapsed right in front of his house.

Unfortunately, Jiang Feng had been working at Zhenbei Prison these past few days and couldn’t get out, missing out on two banquet feasts.

Back home, Jiang Feng first boiled water and washed up.

After scrubbing himself inside and out, using up several buckets of water, he changed into clean clothes, sniffed his body, and felt like there was still some lingering stench of toad that he just couldn’t get rid of.

He wondered if it was hard to remove,

or maybe he’d gotten used to the odor these few days, but that smell just wouldn’t go away.

He sat on the bed and checked his system panel.

Name: Jiang Feng

Fortune: 4321

Cultivation Technique: Prison Guard Health Care Skill (Great Success)

Skills: Prison Guard Long Fist (Proficient+) Divine Arrow (Mastery+) Monkey Escape (Mastery+)

Realm: Fifth Grade (Blood Refining)

Divine Power: Immortality

The storm of this prison hijacking was packed with danger—whether it was the rebel faction breaking into the prison, the threat they brought to Jiang Feng, or escaping and the Court blaming them, bringing more trouble for Jiang Feng.

Overall, as just a little prison guard,

in this sort of chaos,

he was basically someone waiting to be slaughtered.

Thankfully, Jiang Feng was cunning and managed to dodge through.

The rebels failed at hijacking the prison, the Red Lotus Sect Young Master died on the spot, the Court’s face was saved—not only were none of the guards inside the prison going to be blamed, but rumor had it there’d be official rewards given.

After weathering several dangerous waves, all caught by Jiang Feng, his fortune points climbed to 4321 in just a few days, but he wasn’t particularly excited about it.

In fact, seeing that there was no plus sign after the "Prison Guard Health Care Skill" left him a bit disappointed; he’d realized that to upgrade his realm again would need at least 5000 fortune points, maybe even more.

Looking at Prison Guard Long Fist, Divine Arrow, and Monkey Escape Technique, all now sporting a plus sign,

Jiang Feng thought it over and decided to level up Monkey Escape Technique.

This time with the Red Lotus Sect’s failed jail-break and the Young Master dead on the spot, Jiang Feng was worried that in the coming days, the Red Lotus Church would go wild with revenge, especially targeting the officials among them.

If he could boost his body technique,

he’d have a way to escape if danger struck.

He remembered last time when he’d built up over 2,000 fortune points, Divine Arrow and Monkey Escape didn’t have any plus signs after them.

This time, Jiang Feng threw 2,500 fortune points straight into Monkey Escape Technique.

The panel changed.

Name: Jiang Feng

Fortune: 1821

Cultivation Technique: Prison Guard Health Care Skill (Great Success)

Skills: Prison Guard Long Fist (Proficient+) Divine Arrow (Mastery) Monkey Escape (Great Success)

Realm: Fifth Grade (Blood Refining)

Divine Power: Immortality

"Great Success! The body technique really advanced to Great Success."

Jiang Feng exclaimed.

Originally, seeing that upgrading his body technique needed 2,500 fortune points, he’d felt a little stingy—he didn’t expect that after Monkey Stealing Peach Body Technique reached mastery, next up would be Great Success.

At Great Success level, he wondered how effective the technique would be?

Jiang Feng stood on the floor.

He circulated his energy slightly, and felt like his feet were about to take flight.

If he could jump over ten meters before, now a single leap could take him thirty or forty meters—his movement speed couldn’t even be compared to before.

With that speed, Jiang Feng was confident—even faced with a Fourth Grade opponent, he could at least hold his own; combined with Divine Arrow, even an Upper Third-Grade Martial Artist might not catch him.

Thinking that, Jiang Feng’s mood brightened.

Looking at his remaining 1821 fortune points, he decided to put 1,500 into Prison Guard Long Fist.

Close-combat fighting was his weakness.

If a master tried to ambush him, Jiang Feng’s Proficient Long Fist could only hold out for so long—after a few exchanges, he’d end up flustered.

He’d really felt this during his spar with Li Wei.

Back then, his realm was too low; he’d focused all his cultivation on the Health Care Skill. Now, with his realm at Fifth Grade and body technique at Great Success, Jiang Feng could finally put some effort into Prison Guard Long Fist.

The panel changed again.

Name: Jiang Feng

Fortune: 321

Cultivation Technique: Prison Guard Health Care Skill (Great Success)

Skills: Prison Guard Long Fist (Minor Success) Divine Arrow (Mastery) Monkey Escape (Great Success)

Realm: Fifth Grade (Blood Refining)

Divine Power: Immortality

Prison Guard Long Fist and Health Care Skill were both the most basic cultivation methods.

The early upgrades required basically the same amount of fortune points; 1,500 fortune points took his Long Fist from Proficient to Minor Success.

Jiang Feng clearly felt he’d gained a whole new understanding of Prison Guard Long Fist.

Thinking back to the prison,

if Officer Yuan hadn’t rushed out just in time,

facing Red Lotus Sect Young Master’s Demon Slaying Skill, Jiang Feng was sure that with Minor Success Long Fist, he could’ve at least made the Young Master slash him a few more times before going down.

The next morning.

Jiang Feng went back to Zhenbei Prison.

He ran into Uncle Huo at the gate.

"Xiao Jiang, good to see you’re all right."

Uncle Huo came up and looked Jiang Feng over.

"Uncle Huo, I heard you got ambushed again. Everyone’s been busy these days, couldn’t come see you."

Jiang Feng said with concern.

"I get it, the cells are short-staffed. Now that I can get out of bed and walk, I came back for my shift."

Uncle Huo nodded.

Looking at the stuff piled outside the prison,

he sighed, "Those rebels are really reckless—hijacking a prison in broad daylight. Tell me, was I lucky or what? When the rebels broke in, I’d just been knocked out; spent several days at home in bed.

Wait, no, if I hadn’t been knocked out, I’d have swapped shifts with Chief Chen anyway and wouldn’t have run into those rebels.

Damn, who did I piss off? This time I’m definitely rooting out whoever did it."

Thinking about getting whacked twice in a row, Uncle Huo was fuming.

"Uncle Huo, let’s just head inside!"

Jiang Feng hurried to change the subject.

He’d knocked Uncle Huo out twice himself—originally to save him, but who’d have guessed the rebels wouldn’t dare hijack the prison the first time, and the second time they came by day, so Uncle Huo took two bat beatings for nothing.

"Jiang Feng, Captain Liu is looking for you."

Just inside, a prison guard called out to Jiang Feng.

"Oh."

Jiang Feng found it odd: Captain Liu, full name Liu Shanhai, Eighth-Grade Bone Refining cultivation, recently transferred from the Prison Army to replace Wang He.

The two of them hadn’t had any dealings before.

Jiang Feng had no idea what Liu Shanhai wanted with him.

"Sir, you wanted to see me?"

Jiang Feng entered Liu Shanhai’s office.

"Xiao Jiang, congratulations! You helped stop the rebel hijack—you’ve made a big contribution. Commander Han thinks you’re quite promising, so he ordered me to transfer you to the third level as Prison Chief. Get ready and I’ll take you there to report."

Liu Shanhai dropped his usual icy demeanor and stood up to pat Jiang Feng on the shoulder.

"Whoa, third level Prison Chief?"

Jiang Feng was stunned.

Did he just get promoted?