Getting Stronger Requires Spending Money, Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic

A transmigrator's first rule: spending money was the only way to grow stronger.

Douluo Continent, southwestern Heaven Dou Empire, Fasinuo Province.

Notting City.

Situated at the border between the two great empires of Heaven Dou and Star Luo, Notting City was remote and utterly inconspicuous. Yet in the future, because of a small village outside the city—Holy Soul Village—Notting City would become famous throughout the continent.

At dawn, the sky was only beginning to brighten.

Inside a rather elegant house west of Notting City stood a boy of only five or six years old.

The boy had fair skin and eyes like stars. Though extremely young, he was exceptionally handsome. Dressed in embroidered purple robes, he appeared even more jade-like and noble.

At that moment, the peerlessly handsome little boy was opening a heavy black chest.

"Click, click..."

As the lid opened, golden light instantly filled the room!

Gold Soul Coins! A full ten thousand Gold Soul Coins!

On the Douluo Continent, currency came in gold, silver, and copper, with gold being the most valuable. A single Gold Soul Coin was enough for an ordinary family to live on for several months, while ten thousand Gold Soul Coins were equivalent to a fortune worth hundreds of millions on Earth!

Yet faced with such an enormous sum, the handsome boy was completely unmoved. He merely extended his left hand toward the chest full of Gold Soul Coins and said in a deep voice, "System, begin."

Boom!

Intense light surged from the boy's palm. The ten thousand Gold Soul Coins instantly transformed into a golden torrent and were absorbed into his hand.

"Ding... System activation in progress. Please wait..."

At last, that long-awaited crisp voice rang out in the boy's mind.

His name was Zhou Chen. He was a transmigrator, and his golden finger was the System.

The System's full name was the Multiverse Top-Up System.

As the name implied, using the System required spending money—or, more precisely, topping up Gold Yuan Points.

To obtain Gold Yuan Points, one had to sacrifice gold products, such as Gold Soul Coins. One Gold Yuan Point equaled one Gold Soul Coin.

However, for the past six years, the top-up System had remained dormant and completely useless. To activate the sleeping System, he had to top up ten thousand Gold Yuan Points!

This had posed quite a problem for Zhou Chen.

Six years ago, when he had first transmigrated here, the turbulence of time had regressed him into an infant. He had spent two whole years just drinking milk, let alone making money.

Fortunately, as a transmigrator who had received higher education, Zhou Chen had no shortage of ways to make money. Over the past few years, he had exhausted every means at his disposal and finally saved up these ten thousand Gold Soul Coins!

"Ding... Activated. This System is now at your service. Please collect gold products as soon as possible to obtain Gold Yuan Points."

Before the voice had even faded, a pale golden light screen appeared before Zhou Chen's eyes. It resembled an in-game status panel and displayed the System's data:

Multiverse Top-Up System

Level: 1

Experience: 10,000/100,000 (Multiplier: 10)

This meant the System was currently level 1. To advance to level 2, he needed one hundred thousand Gold Yuan Points, or one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. To reach level 3, he would need one million... and so on. To reach the maximum level 9, he would need one trillion Gold Soul Coins!

One had to know that the annual tax revenue of the two great empires, Heaven Dou and Star Luo, did not even amount to one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.

One trillion Gold Soul Coins—he probably could not gather that much even if he flattened the entire Douluo Plane!

Still, that was a matter for the future.

Zhou Chen then looked below the panel and saw a roulette wheel slowly spinning. Above it were five icons: pills, cultivation techniques, bloodlines, weapons, and divine abilities.

Of those five icons, only the pill icon was lit. The other four were dim and lifeless.

"System, explain," Zhou Chen said, raising a brow.

"Ding... The random lottery function has been activated. As this System is only level 1, only the pill category is available... Each draw requires topping up 10,000 Gold Yuan Points!"

"One draw costs ten thousand?"

Zhou Chen was first dumbfounded, then enraged, and finally... accepted it.

He had no choice. A man had to bow his head under another's roof. He still needed this damned System to reach the pinnacle of life, so he could not afford to offend it now.

Seeing that Zhou Chen was somewhat dissatisfied, the System did not want to anger its host, so it tossed out the sweetener it had prepared long ago:

"Ding... Upon this System's initial activation, a cultivation technique gift package will be issued free of charge. Please accept it."

The next moment, a pillar of light that seemed to connect heaven and earth descended from the sky, blasting a large hole through the roof and landing directly before Zhou Chen.

Within the pillar of light floated a sheet of golden paper!

"What cultivation technique is this?"

Seeing the System give him a benefit, Zhou Chen's expression immediately brightened, and his tone softened as well.

"This is a cultivation technique with an endless history and countless names!"

The System, previously cold and indifferent, suddenly became impassioned. "It was once the Cultivation Foundation Establishment Chapter; it was also called the Dao Scripture Sea of Reincarnation Chapter. Yu the Great used it to move mountains and control floods, honoring it as the Mountains and Rivers Strategy. Fuxi used it to propagate the world, naming it the Central Wu Earth Virtue Technique of the Four Symbols, Five Elements, and Eight Trigrams!"

"Those names may be far too unfamiliar, but it has one name that you will definitely know well, Host!"

"What?"

"Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic!"

"What did you say?"

Zhou Chen froze. Then his face suddenly reddened, and he said shyly in a low voice, "Isn't that the kind of dual-cultivation technique practiced by a man and a woman together? It is said that Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, ascended in broad daylight by relying on this scripture."

System: "??!"

The System had not expected Zhou Chen to be so full of dirty jokes, able to floor it even on such a broken road. For a moment, it was rendered speechless.

After a long silence, the System suddenly sighed. "Sigh, Host, your level is too high. This System cannot keep up with your train of thought. See for yourself."

As it spoke, the floating golden paper fell into Zhou Chen's hands, making both his arms sink instantly.

So heavy!

Such a thin sheet of paper was actually heavier than gold and stone.

Struggling to support the golden paper, Zhou Chen narrowed his eyes and looked. The sheet was engraved with densely packed ancient characters. Every one of them resembled a shining star, dazzling with brilliance.

With a thought, a virtual light screen appeared before him once more:

Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic

Origin: Prehistoric Universe

Creators: Fuxi, Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady

Effect: Can transform one's body and forge the foundation of the Great Dao.

Cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Great Ascension, True Immortal...

Such powerful effects left Zhou Chen unable to look away.

"Host, the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic is very difficult to learn. With your talent, even getting started will likely be difficult. Only this System's empowerment can allow you to initially grasp it and break through to the Qi Refining stage," the System could not help reminding him as it watched Zhou Chen become engrossed.

"Then hurry up and begin!" Hearing this, Zhou Chen put down the golden paper and urged it on.

"Ding... Cultivation technique translation in progress..."

"Energy calibration in progress..."

"Begin!"

The next second, the pillar of light that connected heaven and earth descended once more, enveloping Zhou Chen directly and lifting his entire body into the air.

Then, the ancient characters on the golden paper containing the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic came alive like stars and continuously poured into Zhou Chen's body.

A mysterious and profound energy began merging with the cells in his body, then traveled along his meridians toward the Dantian Qi Sea below his navel.

At this moment, golden light radiated from Zhou Chen, and his entire body became crystal clear.

At the same time, the golden paper carrying the scripture transformed amid a blaze of golden light into a small golden sword engraved with mountains, rivers, plants, the sun, moon, and stars!

Buzz!

The small golden sword trembled and let out a clear sword hum before silently entering Zhou Chen's glabella and vanishing from sight.

One minute later, the pillar of light gradually faded, and Zhou Chen slowly descended from midair.

Opening his eyes, Zhou Chen felt his gaze shine with divine light and his body brim with mysterious energy. He clenched his fair little fist and felt that punching a fat pig to death would be no problem at all!