Point Addition Panel, Blade Technique Mastery at the Start!

Great Xia Dynasty!

Liusha County Chronicles: During the Tianqi Era, the entire population of Huangshan Village vanished mysteriously overnight, leaving behind only enormous beast claw marks.

The local County Office closed the case within a day, claiming that Huangshan Village had been attacked by fierce beasts from the deep mountains.

Yunze County Chronicles: During the Tianqi Era, Jinlin Township was suddenly struck by torrential rain, and floodwaters surged everywhere.

Some people saw what seemed to be an enormous creature in the sky, perhaps a Flood Dragon emerging, riding the clouds and mist, churning the heavens and overturning the rain.

Only after the floodwaters receded did the local County Office report to the Prefecture, citing a breached river embankment.

Lanshan County Chronicles: During the Tianqi Era, every member of a prominent family in the County Town died suddenly overnight.

Men and women, young and old alike, all radiated an eerie chill. Their skin was ash-gray, and their pupils were filled with savage terror.

The local County Office hastily concluded that the entire family had encountered ruthless Bandits. At the same time, they issued warrants and rewards for the bandits of Black Wind Stronghold outside the city.

Inside a spacious, brightly lit room stood a desk carved from fine sandalwood.

Seated in the chair before it was a burly, tall, upright Young Man.

The Young Man's refined face carried a hint of resolute determination. His long hair was black as ink, and he wore a black Brocade Robe.

The desk before him was already covered in books. He held a yellowed volume in his hand, reading it with a grave expression.

Rustle, rustle, rustle.

The sound of pages turning rang out softly, growing faster and faster. Then, with a light sound, the Young Man set the book down on the desk.

"Alas, I never expected such things to exist in this world."

Transcendents?

Eerie Entities?

Demons and monsters?

The Young Man's name was Lu Xuan, and he had a secret unknown to anyone else: he was not from this world.

Twenty years ago, he had been a 996 corporate slave on Blue Star, enjoying the blessings of society.

During a late-night overtime shift, he suddenly lost consciousness. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a newborn baby in this world.

Having read countless web novels, Lu Xuan did not need to think to know that he had transmigrated.

Like countless transmigrators before him, he had also carried a system with him. In his mind floated a Point Addition Panel.

Host: Lu Xuan

Realm: Blood Refinement Realm (Completion)

Cultivation Technique: Blazing Fire Blade Art 9/9 (Mastery)

Points: 1

The Blazing Fire Blade Art was a Blade Technique Lu Xuan had accidentally found in the Lineage storehouse.

Thus, Lu Xuan had diligently cultivated this Blade Technique since childhood, practicing it all the way to its highest level: Blade Technique Mastery.

With the Point Addition System, as long as he had enough points, Lu Xuan could add them to martial cultivation techniques and rapidly grasp their mysteries.

Lu Xuan had also discovered how to obtain points by accident, after consuming Great Supplement Medicine on one occasion.

As long as he consumed something greatly nourishing—such as medicinal herbs and tonics rich in medicinal potency, or the flesh and blood of fierce wild beasts—he would gain points.

That was right. Martial arts actually existed in this world, and ordinary people could train in them to strengthen their bodies.

Lu Xuan had once read in ancient records that some experts could shatter mountains and rivers, chase stars and pursue the sun, sever rivers and halt their flow.

Whether such immortal methods were real, Lu Xuan did not know.

However, the current Lu Xuan could indeed smash a one-meter-tall boulder to pieces with his bare hand.

As someone at the Blood Refinement Realm, Lu Xuan's skin was like iron and steel, his bones like gold and stone, and his Qi and Blood surged like a rainbow.

According to what Lu Xuan knew, the martial artist realms in this world were—

Skin Refinement, Flesh Refining, Bone Refining, Marrow Refining, and Blood Refinement.

Each realm was further divided into several stages.

Initial Entry, Xiao Cheng, Mastery, and Completion.

Once all five realms above had been fully tempered, the human body would produce a mysterious aura and gain unimaginable power.

This realm was known as the Inner Qi Realm.

Since Lu Xuan's birth, he had never seen anyone in this realm.

It was said that such legendary Inner Qi experts existed only in the Prefecture City.

However, Lu Xuan firmly believed that, with his system, he too would reach that realm one day.

At just twenty years old, he had already reached Blood Refinement Realm Completion.

If this news spread, it would likely have caused a tremendous uproar long ago.

As far as Lu Xuan knew, the strongest martial artist in Azure Cloud County was Chief Constable Chen Shi of the County Office, who was at Bone Refining Realm Completion—a result of tempering himself for most of his life.

Yet Lu Xuan had only spent twenty years tempering himself since birth and had already reached Blood Refinement Realm Completion, merely one step away from the legendary Inner Qi Realm.

It was simply shocking and inconceivable, so Lu Xuan had hidden his true realm early on, claiming to the outside world that he was only at the Skin Refinement Realm.

However, Lu Xuan's expression was now dark and solemn. He had originally thought he could lie low and develop quietly.

With the Point Addition System he carried, sooner or later, he would have laid low until he became invincible beneath the heavens.

He had not expected this world to possess such damned transcendent powers. At a glance, Lu Xuan could tell that the records in those County Chronicles were by no means ordinary incidents.

Because he had already experienced and come into contact with these transcendent, eerie powers himself.

Two days earlier, when Lu Xuan's father, Lu Jiahe, had gone with the pharmacy clerks to purchase medicinal herbs from villages across the region—

After staying overnight in a small village in Ping'an Township, they woke in the morning to discover that several people had suffered a terrible mishap.

Those afflicted had pale, savage faces and kept frantically scratching all over their bodies with their hands.

Even when countless bloody scratches appeared on their bodies, they did not feel the slightest pain.

Lu Jiahe was so frightened that he immediately sent people to restrain them. They tied up the several people from head to toe, abandoned even the herb purchase, and rushed back to the County Town without stopping.

The moment Lu Jiahe returned to the Lu Family, he immediately gave orders to everyone.

Without his permission, no one was allowed to speak of this matter, nor could anyone approach those people.

As the Lu Family's eldest legitimate son, Lu Xuan naturally learned of the matter. He had even gone specifically to see those people who had suddenly seemed possessed.

Even Lu Xuan, who had lived two lives, could not help frowning at their miserable state.

There was not a single intact patch on their upper bodies. They were covered in scratches that had ripped open flesh and blood, while even their fingers had bent and fractured in grotesque ways.

Yet even so, their hands still stirred restlessly, trying to break free from their restraints.

Among those people was even Lu Xuan's cousin, Lu Jiahe's nephew.

No wonder his father had looked so pale and helpless, returning in such frantic haste.

What exactly had they encountered?

Of course, Lu Xuan already had an answer in his heart. Certain taboo things had already come to mind.

Other than those transcendent Eerie Entities, what else could turn a normal person into something so twisted and mad?

Knock, knock, knock.

Just as countless thoughts swirled through Lu Xuan's mind, a knock sounded outside the door, bringing him back to his senses.

"Young Master, Master is in the rear courtyard. He has an urgent matter to discuss with you and asks that you come at once."

"The rear courtyard?"

Lu Xuan immediately guessed what his father, Lu Jiahe, intended.

Because the rear courtyard had long since been sealed off by Lu Jiahe, used to house those people who had gone mad as if possessed.

Aside from Lu Xuan, no one could enter without Lu Jiahe's orders.

Ever since Lu Jiahe returned to the Lu Family, he had spent all his time in the rear courtyard apart from attending to daily necessities.

As it happened, Lu Xuan was also somewhat worried about his father and intended to visit the rear courtyard.

Lu Xuan could sense an aura from those people that made him deeply uneasy.