The Women Enjoyed the Perks

I got up early today and waited at the Xiao Family Marketplace. Just as in my memories, Xun Er came here to shop and was harassed by Jia Lie Ao. Little Yan Zi, who was searching the marketplace for a first-tier wood-attribute Magic Crystal, happened to run into them and spoke up to help. (√)

Clearly, Chu Xiao was still verifying whether his rebirth was real. He was truly terrifyingly cautious.

In my previous life, Little Yan Zi and Jia Lie Ao engaged in a war of words. I received word and rushed over when the latter could no longer hold back and was about to make a move, driving him away myself.

In this life, I waited in advance and acted the moment it happened, seriously injuring him and then pinning the blame on him. (Recording what happened this morning.)

The Women: "."

When it came to playing games, no one did it better than you.

The Jia Lie Family and the Oba Family had once been small families in Wutan City that depended on the Xiao Family. Yet after the Xiao Family suffered its great upheaval, they chose betrayal and took the chance to seize many of the Xiao Family's properties around Wutan City. They were ungrateful wolves that could never be raised.

Now that I have been reborn, I do not fear them even with only the cultivation of a Dou Master. Besides, I will soon be able to refine medicine to help my aunt recover from her injuries. With her strength as a Dou Ling, suppressing the two families with my cooperation would be no problem at all.

"Refining medicine?"

"Healing a Dou Ling's injuries?"

The Women's expressions changed once again.

Chu Xiao had merely made a casual emotional note, yet it revealed crucial information.

He was actually an alchemist!

"No wonder Brother Chu Xiao was a little rash in his actions today. So he had everything under control."

Within an elegant pavilion in the Xiao Family, Xun Er had just smoothed her skirt and taken a seat when she received a notification that the Diary had been updated.

"But Brother Chu Xiao's Dou Qi attribute is lightning with a trace of wind mixed in."

"How can he refine medicine?"

With those doubts in mind, Xun Er continued reading the Diary.

After teaching Jia Lie Ao a lesson, I took the opportunity to buy everything the vendor was selling.

In my previous life, Little Yan Zi bought a Magic Crystal from this stall for five hundred Gold Coins and casually took a piece of black iron as a free extra.

At the time, I thought he had overpaid, but the next day, he obtained a low-level Profound Rank Dou Technique from that black iron piece and thoroughly proved me wrong.

"A low-level Profound Rank Dou Technique!?"

The expressions of all the women who possessed a copy changed.

On the Dou Qi Continent, Dou Techniques were no less important than Dou Qi cultivation methods. Mastering a profound Dou Technique allowed a cultivator to unleash greater combat power in battle.

Like cultivation methods, Dou Techniques were divided into four ranks: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Ordinary people could at most encounter high-level Yellow Rank techniques on the market. Stronger ones could only be acquired by joining a faction.

However, the Dou Qi Continent was vast. Some cultivation methods and Dou Techniques would inevitably be lost or abandoned for various reasons, only to be obtained by some lucky person in the future—like this black iron piece that Chu Xiao had intercepted from Xiao Yan.

People currently at the bottom like Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were simply astonished that Chu Xiao had so easily obtained a low-level Profound Rank Dou Technique, earning a huge sum of Gold Coins without spending anything.

But Feng Qing Er, Xun Er, Yun Yun, and the others clearly realized how terrifying Chu Xiao's memories of the future were.

He could find countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and inheritances left behind by predecessors throughout the Dou Qi Continent in advance and intercept them.

More than that, he also knew many people's weaknesses, their character, and much more.

It was truly... terrifying.

This Dou Technique was called Suction Palm. It had been left within the black iron piece by an alchemist, and only someone with sufficiently strong Soul Power could obtain its inheritance. When cultivated to Great Accomplishment, it could draw in boulders weighing a thousand jin. When used against an enemy, its violent suction could forcibly tear the blood from the human body.

The strongest Dou Technique openly available to the Xiao Family was only mid-level Profound Rank, and only Uncle and several elders could cultivate it. A Dou Technique of this level was already extremely precious, but it meant nothing to me now. Still, it suited Little Yan Zi, whose cultivation was currently low.

Once he reaches the Dou Zhe realm, I'll give him a stronger Dou Technique. Let's set a small goal: defeat Nalan Yanran in one move three years from now.

Yun Yun: "."

She felt a little sorry for her disciple.

"Esteemed guest, may I ask what you need?"

Two maids from the Mittel Auction House stepped forward, professional smiles on their faces.

"Prepare your finest room for me." With a turn of Yun Yun's wrist, a card appeared at her fingertips.

This was a guest card issued by the Mite'er Family to distinguished guests, allowing them to enjoy many benefits at the Mittel Auction House.

"This way, my lady."

The two maids' breathing hitched, and they immediately changed how they addressed her.

One of them led Yun Yun to her room, while the other went to find Ya Fei, the person in charge of the auction house in Wutan City.

A great figure beyond their ability to handle had arrived today!

The cultivation method for the Dou Technique Suction Palm.

The method of cultivation was—

The circulation path of Dou Qi was—

After moving into the private room, Yun Yun ate the fruit brought by the maid and continued reading the Diary.

To make it feel more real, she even summoned the physical copy, visible only to herself, and turned its pages by hand.

"Why is he writing down the cultivation method for a Dou Technique?"

After reading all the latest content, Yun Yun felt somewhat speechless.

She had wanted to pry out more intelligence and had no interest in a low-level Profound Rank Dou Technique.

Sure enough, recording the cultivation methods and insights of Dou Techniques could also help restore my memories.

And I don't even need to deliberately record it. As long as I divide my attention, the Diary can record it on its own.

From now on, when cultivating cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, secret arts, or relearning alchemy, I can record my insights whenever I want.

This is practically the perfect way to pad out the word count. I won't need to deliberately record my daily life.

The Women: "."

Though they had never heard the phrase "padding out the word count," they somehow understood what it meant.

Chu Xiao was happy because he had found a way to slack off, but they were not happy at all.

Compared to dull and tedious cultivation insights, they would rather enjoy the gossip—no, obtain intelligence.

But in the next moment, their thoughts changed.

After carefully reading the Diary once, they were surprised to find some information appearing in their minds.

As expected, they had already successfully mastered the basics of the low-level Profound Rank Dou Technique, Suction Palm.

"Suction Palm!"

In Cao City of the Pill Domain, Cao Ying was refining medicine and reading the Diary at the same time in her bedroom. Suddenly, she stretched out her hand toward a table to the side.

Her Dou Qi left her body and turned into a fierce gust, wrapping around several medicinal ingredients before returning to her hand.

"It really works! It wasn't an illusion!"

Cao Ying's smile bloomed brilliantly. She happily jumped in place and clapped her hands hard.

She was talented and possessed a high-level cultivation method, so her cultivation speed far surpassed that of her peers. Her realm was decent enough.

However, in order to become an outstanding alchemist, she had studied how to identify medicinal ingredients, memorize pill formulas, master fire-control techniques, strengthen her Soul Power, and more since childhood. This left her with little time to practice Dou Techniques, making her somewhat lacking in methods when fighting others.

But now, with the treasure that was the Diary Copy, she only needed to read Chu Xiao's insights on learning Dou Techniques to easily grasp the basics. Afterward, she could cultivate them herself and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

And if she could grasp the basics after reading it only once, perhaps reading it several more times could even improve her proficiency?

She did not care much for a low-level Profound Rank Dou Technique. But once Chu Xiao began recording Earth Rank and Heavenly Rank Dou Techniques and cultivation methods, or even cultivation methods and arts from the Great Thousand World, it would be an incredible opportunity that defied the heavens.

How was this padding out the word count? This was clearly a time to hand out benefits.

Was this what the copy's rules had meant by exploring the benefits on one's own?

"Chu Xiao, I'm starting to like you a little."