Why Not? It's Not Like You Can Get a Divorce, Is It?
[You've combined fifteen C-level Trait into a B-level entry. Trait synthesis in progress...]
[Congratulations on obtaining the Trait: Exclusive Workstation (Grade B) -- Your efficiency is doubled while at your workstation. There is a chance of a small deduction in wages if you leave your workstation.]
Should we replace it?
Lu Ping stared at the entry for that Trait for a long time without saying a word.
System, are you serious?
I am a cultivator, living a life of unrestrained freedom, and you've bound me to a workstation.
Although this Trait is the second Trait, after "Workaholic," to explicitly improve efficiency.
However, not only are the usage scenarios demanding, but there's also the debuff of having wages deducted.
This is extremely unfriendly to a poor True Person like me.
S-level keywords like "I'm the Client" cost money, Grade A keywords like "Early Leave" cost money, and now even B-Rank Trait are trying to steal money?
You might as well go to the warehouse and collect dust.
[You choose not to change.]
[You've decided to give this newly acquired S-rank Trait a try.]
You look around.
This blessed Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land Yin Extreme Generates Yang, is able to isolate itself from extreme Sha Qi thanks entirely to its naturally formed terrain and Formation Technique.
[You walked to the edge and probed into a node where Divine Sense Spiritual Qi was gathering.]
[You want to "reverse engineer" the blueprints for this natural formation.]
[Reverse Engineering initiated.]
[You only feel a bunch of gibberish flowing into your Sea of Consciousness.]
[Oh, you're a complete novice who hasn't even learned the Formation Technique, yet you dare to presume to peer into the Heaven and Earth Grand Array.]
Although Artifact Refiners also inscribe Array Patterns, they are not the same as Array Masters.
[You opened your mouth, the curse word containing the family tree was already on the tip of your tongue.]
[Salty Fish, in effect.]
Your frantic heartbeat instantly calmed, becoming as still as a stagnant pool, and you gently swallowed back the breath you had just taken.
[It's reasonable that analysis is impossible without basic knowledge.]
[You can't just give a lithography machine to a monkey to touch and expect it to reverse engineer the blueprints for a chip.]
[In order to get by, you earnestly try to find excuses for Tongzi.]
What else can we do? We can't just get a divorce, can we?
[While you wouldn't dare to openly criticize the system, you certainly hold the Trait "Reverse Engineering" in utter contempt.]
[S-rank? Ha!]
You clapped your hands, turned around, walked back to the Spiritual Pool, and sat down cross-legged.
[Since the workings of nature cannot be analyzed, let's try something man-made.]
[With a thought, a dark ink-colored cloak appeared before you.]
[The Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak.]
[This Law Treasure has been in a damaged state ever since you obtained it.]
[You spread the cloak flat on your knees, your fingertips tracing the scorch marks on the edges, your Divine Sense probing into the Array Patterns.]
[Reverse Engineering initiated.]
[This time, there are no garbled characters.]
[A vast amount of Sea of Consciousness Divine Sense. ]
[You "saw" how the Nine Nether Illusion Silkworm Threads were interwoven one by one into a veil of hidden silver-gray illusionary patterns.]
[You've figured out the perfect timing for the Thousand-Faced Fox Soul Crystal Fleece to integrate into the array's core.]
[Even the nested trajectory of the core "Illusory Breath Concealment" and "Formless Form-Imitation" dual Formation Technique of this Law Treasure was dissected and revealed in your mind in minute detail.]
Good design is always a matter of mutual understanding.
[The Artisan Spirit is now in effect.]
[Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement, effective.]
[Workaholic, effective.]
[Overtime, effective.]
[I Love Working, effective]
Three days and three nights have passed, and you open your eyes.
[You have not only obtained the complete refining recipe and process for the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak.]
[You also naturally realized how to use the readily available substitute materials to completely repair this damaged, Supreme Law Treasure, and even save a large sum of money on materials.]
Wow, Reverse Engineering is amazing!
[Products from our system are guaranteed to be of high quality!]
[You're even willing to apologize for your previous jokes; you don't think there's anything wrong with your attitude of going from arrogant to obsequious.]
Lu Ping: "..."
Lu Ping felt that Tongzi had been subtly criticizing him lately.
However, he had no evidence.
Having tasted success, you've become bolder.
[You turned your gaze to the fundamental Cultivation Method you were practicing—the "Azure Origin Dao Canon".]
[This Cultivation Method, which was extracted from the Storage Ring of the Household Ancestor Zhao, is said to directly lead to the Spirit Transformation.]
[But you already knew the situation; the contents of the Jade Slip stop abruptly at the Nascent Soul Realm.]
The so-called Spirit Transformation Chapter does not exist.
[What a brilliant move, directly reaching the Spirit Transformation, killing without caring about burial!]
[Furthermore, even the Nascent Soul stage Cultivation Method have some flaws.]
[Otherwise, the Household Ancestor Zhao wouldn't have needed to find another way to cultivate the Supreme Emotion-Slaying Scripture.]
[You grasp the Jade Slip and probe it with your Divine Sense.]
[Reverse Engineering initiated.]
This time, there were no concrete blueprints, nor clear Array Patterns; what flooded into the Sea of Consciousness were the vast and profound principles of heaven and earth, and the obscure trajectories of the meridians' circulation.
Your mind went blank for a moment.
Fortunately, the passive skills of working-class people are stacked up thick enough.
[The Trait "Workaholic," "Overtime," and "I Love Working" are all trending.]
[Two weeks later.]
[You suddenly opened your eyes, felt a sweet taste in your throat, and forcefully swallowed the blood back down.]
[Your face is paler than the Nascent Soul Fruit Tree beside you, and your eyes are filled with alarming bloodshot veins.]
[As expected, Overtime and cutthroat competition are both wrong!]
But the corners of your mouth can't help but turn up in a smile.
[You actually managed to vaguely trace the path of Nascent Soul Spirit Transformation Chapter in the Azure Origin Dao Canon!]
[Furthermore, it also corrects the flaws in the Nascent Soul Cultivation Method.]
[S-level Trait, terrifyingly so.]
However, this is the end for you.
You released the Jade Slip and rubbed your temples.
Reverse Engineering is indeed a powerful skill, but it's extremely computationally intensive.
[You're only at the Golden Core Stage right now. Trying to deduce the Principle of the Spirit Transformation Stage is like trying to run a 26-year-old 3D game with a 2004 graphics card.]
[It's both time-consuming and laborious.]
[If you keep pushing like this, it's uncertain whether the Cultivation Method will even be completed; your CPU will definitely burn out first.]
[Besides, now is not the time to obsess over the Spirit Transformation Chapter.]
Eat your food one bite at a time, and walk your path one step at a time.
[Right now, there's something even more important than deducing the Cultivation Method that awaits you.]
[Nascent Soul Formation!]
[Over the past ten years, relying on a large number of Pills and the Liquefied Spirit Pool in your Grotto-Heaven, you have forcibly pushed your cultivation to the Golden Core Perfection.]
[That Liquefied Spirit Pool, drained day and night by your relentless absorption, has long been insufficient and is now nearly dry.]
[The "Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula has also reached the perfection of the third level.]
[Once you break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, this Body Refining Cultivation Method can be upgraded to the Fourth Layer.]
[Your physical strength is already comparable to that of Nascent Soul Early Stage Body Cultivator.]
[One month later, you sit cross-legged by the Spiritual Spring, feeling the surging Spiritual Power within your body, knowing that you have reached the critical point of Nascent Soul formation.]
[Just one step away from victory.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: Forming a Nascent Soul is too drastic and could attract the attention of even stronger individuals. To be on the safe side, we should quietly return to Black Moon Gorge before attempting another breakthrough.]
[B: Opportunity knocks but once. The Nascent Soul True Lord is here today. All in is the art.]
[C: Submit the "Approval Report on Employee Promotion Across Levels" to Sha-Suppressing Sword Pass, and hang a banner outside the Grotto-Heaven that reads "Warmly Celebrate Comrade Lu Ping's Nomination as a Candidate for the Nascent Soul Realm Examination".]