First Critical Hit Compensation

After changing, he walked to Xiao Yan's door dressed in a new set of black martial attire.

Looking at the tightly shut door, Xiao Kun knew that Xiao Yan was probably cultivating again.

Although cultivation had long since ceased to have any effect—after all, Xiao Yan had been stuck at Three Stages of Dou Qi for over half a year—even if there was only a sliver of hope, Xiao Yan would seize it. Thus, he continued to cultivate desperately, hoping to recover his former talent as soon as possible.

Xiao Kun was happy to see this, because he knew that Yao Lao needed the Dou Qi Xiao Yan cultivated. He often encouraged Xiao Yan as well, telling him that as long as he worked hard, his talent would surely return one day.

With that thought, Xiao Kun knocked on the door and said, "Xiao Yan, are you still cultivating? I need to talk to you." Before long, Xiao Yan's voice came from inside the room. "Alright, Third Brother, wait a moment."

A moment later, the door opened, and a youth wearing a black brocade robe emerged. He had a delicate face, but appeared even more somber than Xiao Kun. In particular, his pitch-black eyes revealed the youth's current unwillingness to yield and refusal to be defeated.

"Third Brother, what brings you here so suddenly?"

Since both Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan were the sort to cultivate diligently, they did not usually spend much time together. Xiao Yan was somewhat curious about Xiao Kun's sudden visit.

Xiao Kun was only fourteen now. Although he possessed the strength of a Dou Master, he had not gone out to make a name for himself, as he felt his current strength was still too low. He planned to go directly to Jia Nan Academy in another year.

As things stood, he had nothing on him aside from one thousand Gold Coins, let alone anything else suitable for triggering a critical hit. So he decided to give Gold Coins instead. After all, Gold Coins were also a kind of opportunity.

Thinking this, he said to Xiao Yan, "Third Brother happens to have some Gold Coins. Take them. If you see something you want to buy, go ahead and buy it."

After saying that, he gave Xiao Yan one thousand Gold Coins. Xiao Yan was stunned by Xiao Kun's generosity, because his own savings were only about one thousand Gold Coins as well. Twenty Gold Coins were enough to feed and clothe an ordinary family for a year. One thousand Gold Coins was no small sum.

Xiao Yan was baffled by Xiao Kun's actions and did not really want to accept the Gold Coins. Seeing Xiao Yan's confused expression, Xiao Kun said forcefully,

"Take it when I give it to you."

With that, he turned and left.

Xiao Yan stared blankly at the Black Card holding the Gold Coins in his hand. Though somewhat puzzled, he was still grateful to Xiao Kun for giving him the money.

Meanwhile, Xiao Kun was already overjoyed elsewhere, because the System's notification had suddenly sounded in his mind after he gave the Gold Coins to Xiao Yan.

"Ding! You gifted Xiao Yan 1,000 Gold Coins."

"You triggered a thousandfold critical hit compensation."

"You obtained 1,000,000 Gold Coins."

"1,000,000 Gold Coins have been placed in System Space in the form of a Gold Card."

A thousandfold return? He had not expected his first critical hit compensation to be a thousandfold return. This felt amazing!

One million Gold Coins was no small amount. The Xiao Family's total annual profit was only one hundred thousand Gold Coins. One million was equivalent to the Xiao Family's total profits for ten years.

And with so much money, he could go to the Mitel Auction House, buy some items at auction, and give them away. Wouldn't that make him rich?

With that in mind, he went to ask when the Mitel Auction House would hold its next auction. Upon learning that another auction would begin in a few days, he was relieved.

Once he had some free time, Xiao Kun thought of how medicinal pills would be indispensable to future cultivation. However, pills were too expensive, and precious ones were not easy to buy. It would be great if he could become an alchemist himself.

Speaking of alchemists, Xiao Kun actually had the talent for it. His Dou Qi possessed a trace of Wood Attribute within its Fire Attribute, which was perfect for pill refinement. His Soul Power was also relatively strong due to being a transmigrator. It could be said that everything was ready except the final piece.

However, that final piece—an Alchemist Inheritance Manual—was extremely rare and not easy to obtain. The alchemist profession was generally passed down from master to disciple. Otherwise, even if one was lucky enough to obtain an inheritance, one would not be able to figure out much alone.

Still, even if it was difficult to comprehend, Xiao Kun wanted to obtain an inheritance first.

To a certain extent, alchemists could be considered an advanced form of physicians. Some of their spiritual herbs overlapped as well. So Xiao Kun thought that perhaps he could try giving a Medical Book to someone and see whether he could trigger an alchemist inheritance through a critical hit.

As soon as he thought of it, he acted. Xiao Kun ran to a medical clinic in the city and spent five hundred Gold Coins to buy the clinic's so-called ancestral medical manual.

Outside the medical clinic, Xiao Kun looked at the medical manual in his hand. It was two fingers thick and bound together with paper staples, so it looked somewhat convincing.

Next, he only needed to give this medical manual away to obtain critical hit compensation.

Before long, Xiao Kun saw a somewhat dull-looking child walking toward him and said to him,

"Little friend, I can tell we are fated. I'll give you this manual!" There were many legends about fortuitous opportunities on this continent. It was not unheard of for a stranger to suddenly give someone a manual.

Thinking of this, the child happily accepted it and skipped home. Of course, being illiterate, he had no idea it was a Medical Book.

The moment the child accepted the Medical Book, the System's notification sounded in Xiao Kun's mind again:

"Ding! You gifted an ordinary person a Medical Book."

"You triggered a hundred-thousandfold critical hit compensation."

"You obtained Sixth-Grade Alchemist Inheritance Manual ×1."

Holy shit! I didn't expect to get a hundred-thousandfold critical hit compensation this time. Looks like my luck is pretty good, Xiao Kun thought with a sigh.

Just as he wished, the System had triggered an alchemist inheritance through the critical hit, and it was even sixth-grade. It would be enough for him to use for a long time. After all, even Pill King Gu He, the strongest alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire, was only sixth-grade.

Just as Xiao Kun was excited about obtaining the Sixth-Grade Alchemist Inheritance Manual through a critical hit, the System asked, "Would you like to directly inherit the skill, or extract the item?"

As Xiao Kun was confused by the System's question, a stream of information entered his mind and made him understand.

It turned out that skill-related books, such as Dou Techniques and alchemist inheritances, could be directly inherited and absorbed by him as rewards, allowing him to gain a preliminary grasp of the skills.

If he chose extraction, a physical scroll would be extracted instead. If he wanted to learn it afterward, he would have to start learning from scratch. Therefore, physical items were generally extracted only when he did not need them himself.

After seeing the System's explanation, he suddenly understood. Naturally, he chose to inherit the skill.

Thinking that he could directly inherit the cultivation insights of a sixth-grade alchemist, Xiao Kun hurried back to his room.

Once he was ready, he said, "System, inherit the skill."

As soon as he spoke, he felt an enormous torrent of information flood into his mind. It took Xiao Kun half a day to sort through the information transmitted into his brain.

He found that there were only inheritances for first- through fourth-grade medicinal pills. Upon investigating carefully, he discovered that the information contained in the fifth- and sixth-grade pill-refining inheritances was too vast for his current self to receive, so they were sealed. They would only be unsealed once he reached the Dou Ling realm.