"Hiss."
This child was terrifying indeed! He had broken through to Transforming Force at eight years old!
Worthy of the Martial Emperor.
Jiang Yuan was deeply shaken. He was already sixteen and had only just broken through to the Late Qi and Blood Stage.
Yet the subsequent simulated life of the First Life had only been simulated up to the age of eight.
Could it be that the simulator's subsequent life simulations could only reach the time corresponding to his current realm?
Previously, the Second Life had remained at the Late Qi and Blood Stage even until death, so naturally he had been unable to discern this pattern.
Now, the First Life naturally could not possibly stop at Blood Qi.
Yet the simulation time had stopped at the Blood Qi Realm.
Though it had not turned out as he had imagined, the rewards were still quite impressive.
Jiang Yuan needed to take a good look at what he should exchange for.
Jiang Yuan opened the detailed descriptions of the exchange options in [Exchange Rewards].
[Exceptional Intelligence]: Your comprehension surpasses that of ordinary people. [Perseverance]: Your disposition is incomparably steadfast. [Unusual Constitution]: Your constitution surpasses that of ordinary people. [Martial Arts Prodigy]: You are a prodigy in martial arts; your martial cultivation advances by leaps and bounds each day. [River Spirit's Blessing]: A blessing from the River Spirit. You can see things ordinary people cannot, and possess a faint ability to foresee danger. [Acquired Savage Physique]: A special physique. Your physical talent is greatly enhanced.
These were all talent-type exchange rewards.
As for the other martial cultivation experience and those three methods, there was naturally no need to mention them. What interested Jiang Yuan the most was still the Heavenly Formed Exotic Bone Feather Ascension Scripture.
[Heavenly Formed Exotic Bone Feather Ascension Scripture (Incomplete) (First Volume)]: A rather mysterious cultivation method for exotic bones.
This was the most unusual method.
He could tell from its name that it was related to exotic bones. Yet when Jiang Hao of the First Life received this method, he had not known at all that he possessed an exotic bone, nor could he cultivate this method that was clearly connected to exotic bones.
Naturally, there was no cultivation experience. There was only the information Jiang Hao knew about the method—the method taught by the River Spirit.
Jiang Yuan gathered his thoughts and looked toward Haiyuan City, which was already visible in the distance.
After entering the city, he headed toward the escort agency.
What made Jiang Yuan somewhat curious was that the escort agency seemed livelier today.
Jiang Yuan did not dwell on it and immediately returned to his room.
He opened the simulator and began exchanging for the items he had already chosen.
The 1,500 Points gained from clearing the First Life, plus the 270 Points gained from killing the aberration, and the 500 Points contributed by the blood-colored aberration gave him a total of 2,270 Points.
He needed to save 200 Points to begin the Third Life.
That left him with 2,070 Points to spend freely.
The first thing Jiang Yuan looked at was not a talent, but rather this method that could cultivate exotic bones.
Without hesitation, Jiang Yuan exchanged for the Heavenly Formed Exotic Bone Feather Ascension Scripture.
His exotic bone was currently his most crucial trump card. Anything that could increase the strength of that trump card had to take priority.
Points -700
A mass of information appeared in Jiang Yuan's mind.
Since it was not an exchange reward of the martial cultivation experience type, Jiang Yuan's body did not change in the slightest.
Only, his head ached somewhat. Jiang Yuan merely gritted his teeth slightly and endured the searing pain.
Lines of golden text appeared in his mind.
This was the content of the Heavenly Formed Exotic Bone Feather Ascension Scripture.
Exotic bones were one of the Human Race's powerful talents. Every human born with an exotic bone was called Heavenly Gifted.
Legend had it that in the primordial ancient era, before the Human Race's martial path had emerged, it was the Heavenly Gifted who possessed Heavenly Formed Exotic Bones who protected the Human Race.
Amid countless dangers, they preserved lands where the Human Race could survive.
After the martial path was created, however, Heavenly Gifted—once appearing once in every ten thousand people on average—became exceedingly scarce. Even among a million people, it was difficult for one to appear.
It was as though the fortune of martial artists had begun to flourish, while the fortune of the Heavenly Gifted had begun to decline.
The martial path became mainstream, while exotic bones gradually became a powerful physique within martial arts and were thoroughly integrated into the martial path.
Exotic bones even required the support of martial power to display their full might, completely becoming an accompaniment to the martial path.
Heavenly Gifted also became known as Heavenly Gifted Martial Artists among martial artists.
Yet the methods by which the Heavenly Gifted of ancient times cultivated exotic bones still circulated among present-day Heavenly Gifted Martial Artists. It was merely that, as time passed, these Heavenly Gifted Martial Artists passed down from ancient times became increasingly scarce.
Methods for cultivating exotic bones also became increasingly scarce.
And the method in Jiang Yuan's hands was precisely an exotic bone cultivation method passed down from ancient times.
A strange light flashed through Jiang Yuan's eyes. This world was far more flourishing and prosperous than he had imagined; it might not merely be a mid-level martial world.
It possessed an incomparably brilliant history.
Jiang Yuan skipped over the preface of the method and continued reading.
Originally, exotic bones were all naturally formed. Then, at some unknown point in time, an Evil Cultivator developed a means of seizing others' exotic bones in order to survive. From that point onward, exotic bones were completely distinguished into two types.
They became Heavenly Formed Exotic Bones and Acquired Exotic Bones.
Heavenly Formed Exotic Bones were the innate abilities of Heavenly Gifted Martial Artists, while Acquired Exotic Bones were obtained when martial artists used Evil Methods to strip Heavenly Gifted Martial Artists or other possessors of Acquired Exotic Bones of the exotic bones on their bodies.
A chill ran down Jiang Yuan's spine. No wonder that white-clothed boy from the First Life had wanted to strip Jiang Hao of his exotic bone.
At the same time, it meant that he himself was also in danger! If news that he possessed an exotic bone spread before he had grown strong enough, perhaps some ancient monster with an Evil Method would come to strip him of his exotic bone.
Jiang Yuan became even more determined to conceal his exotic bone.
The Heavenly Gifted, who had once defended the Human Race, had gradually become people who possessed a treasure without guilt yet invited calamity in the history of the Human Race.
This made Jiang Yuan sigh with emotion.
And this method was one for cultivating Heavenly Formed Exotic Bones.
The cultivation methods for Acquired Exotic Bones and Heavenly Formed Exotic Bones were completely different.
Jiang Yuan's Great Sun Blazing Fire Bone had been exchanged from the simulator. It was a Heavenly Formed Exotic Bone, making this method perfectly suited for cultivating it.
Jiang Yuan immersed his mind in the Heavenly Formed Exotic Bone Feather Ascension Scripture. A strange expression appeared on his face, and the aura around him suddenly began to change.
The exotic bone in his chest, which had long remained dormant, suddenly began to resonate with Jiang Yuan's aura.
Time slowly passed.
"Pfft."
Jiang Yuan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Jiang Yuan opened his eyes, an incredulous expression on his face. How was this possible? Following the Heavenly Formed Exotic Bone Feather Ascension Scripture was completely unworkable.
The Heavenly Formed Exotic Bone Feather Ascension Scripture recorded that improving an exotic bone required breathing in and refining spiritual energy. That was right, just like those immortal cultivators in novels from his previous life who breathed in and refined spiritual energy.
Yet the current martial path did not mention spiritual energy in the slightest. This was also why Jiang Yuan found it strange.
Through the Heavenly Formed Exotic Bone Feather Ascension Scripture, Jiang Yuan had learned for the first time that this world actually possessed something called spiritual energy.
But! Why was the spiritual energy he breathed in and refined through his exotic bone completely different from what the method recorded? No, it was not different—it was simply that this stuff had changed far too much.
Jiang Yuan's expression darkened slightly as he looked around, his eyes filled with exceedingly complicated emotions.
If he absolutely had to describe this so-called spiritual energy.
Spiritual energy was poisonous!
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