Zhou Yi began practicing the Primordial Pile in Cheap Master's courtyard. With Qu Yong watching, Zhou Yi did not use the modifier to add points, afraid Cheap Master would notice something unusual. He honestly went through the Primordial Pile's movements.
While practicing the Primordial Pile, Zhou Yi felt an extremely fine strand of force flowing through his body. Each time it completed a circuit, the fatigue from his practice lessened somewhat.
At last, noon arrived. Zhou Yi ate lunch at the village chief's house next door, only then learning that the village chief was actually Qu Yong's father.
It seemed his master's family had quite a substantial foundation. He would have to fleece them a little more in the future.
After eating, Zhou Yi continued practicing in the courtyard, while Cheap Master went to the Patrol Team to handle affairs.
Zhou Yi was puzzled. Didn't Cheap Master need to rest? He generally still had to keep watch at night.
Qu Yong told him that upon reaching the Vitality Realm, one only needed two hours of rest each day to remain full of energy.
So that's how it is. Zhou Yi inwardly envied such an ability.
If he had possessed such an ability in his previous life, wouldn't he have soared straight into the sky?
At last, afternoon came. After finishing his martial practice, Zhou Yi returned home and opened the panel.
Name: Zhou Yi Race: Human Strength: 0.9 Speed: 1 Constitution: 1.1 Spirit: 1.2 Cultivation Method: Tongming Record (Not Initiated) Primordial Pile+ (Minor Accomplishment) Martial Arts: Jade Lock Skill+ (Not Initiated) Star Picking Steps+ (Not Initiated) Yin Energy: 36 Exotic Qi: Qi (1)
Seeing that the Primordial Pile on the interface was still at Minor Accomplishment, Zhou Yi knew he had no talent for martial arts. Now, he could only rely on the modifier.
With that thought, Zhou Yi no longer hesitated. He focused his mind on the plus sign behind the Primordial Pile. The realm of the technique within the brackets changed to Major Accomplishment, while his strength, speed, and constitution each increased by 0.5. An even more powerful current of force flowed through his body.
His Yin Energy decreased by four points. Seeing that the plus sign behind the Primordial Pile was still there, Zhou Yi tapped it again.
At once, a tingling numbness spread through his entire body. At the same time, something seemed to be moving out of his body.
Zhou Yi looked at the modifier panel. His strength, speed, and constitution had all reached 2. This increase in attributes was not as great as the rise from Minor Accomplishment to Major Accomplishment in the Primordial Pile. Perhaps the further one advanced, the harder it became to raise one's attributes, Zhou Yi thought.
What smells so bad? Zhou Yi sniffed around and discovered that the source of the smell was actually himself.
After taking off his clothes, Zhou Yi discovered dense black matter emerging across his body. It reminded him of the marrow cleansing and tendon transformation from his previous life.
So this was the "surprise" Master mentioned when the Primordial Pile reached Major Accomplishment. Zhou Yi suddenly recalled the "surprise" his master had mentioned during the day.
He had no time to think further. The stench on his body was nearly enough to suffocate him. Zhou Yi fetched a large bucket of water from the water vat at home and, completely disregarding the cold night air, poured it all over himself. After repeating this several times, he finally washed all the impurities from his body clean.
After washing up, Zhou Yi used the water as a mirror and saw what he looked like now. His face was fair, his features sharply defined, and he carried an air of scholarship. Zhou Yi guessed that this might have been the temperament cultivated by the original owner's upbringing since childhood.
Zhou Yi was not someone who cared much about appearance, but who would mind becoming a little more handsome?
Isn't my realm advancing a little too quickly? After calming down, Zhou Yi pondered this question. He had only cared about the thrill of improving just now, but how was he supposed to explain it to his master tomorrow? He had raised the Primordial Pile to completion in a single day.
Zhou Yi could not think of any explanation. When the time came, he could only tell his master that it was his "talent."
Don't ask. If you asked, it was "talent."
At the same time, he hoped he could find a technique in the Patrol Team's Scripture Repository in the future that could conceal his own realm.
After washing up, Zhou Yi lay on his bed and opened the modifier panel.
Name: Zhou Yi Race: Human Strength: 2 Speed: 2 Constitution: 2 Spirit: 1.2 Cultivation Method: Tongming Record+ (Not Initiated) Primordial Pile (Complete) Martial Arts: Jade Lock Skill+ (Not Initiated) Star Picking Steps+ (Not Initiated) Yin Energy: 22 Exotic Qi: Qi (1)
Yin Energy dropped by ten points? I thought I had plenty of Yin Energy, but it still wasn't enough to spend! Once I get the chance, I'll have to fleece some Yin Energy from the Patrol Team's storeroom.
The plus sign behind the Primordial Pile is gone too. It seems it can't be improved any further. But the plus sign behind the Tongming Record has appeared. Does that mean I've officially entered the force mastery stage?
Lying on the bed, Zhou Yi pondered as he carefully sensed the force flowing through his body.
After coming to this world for so many days, I finally have a little ability to protect myself.
Zhou Yi clenched his fist and felt the strength within his body. It brought him an immense sense of security.
When he had first arrived in this world, Zhou Yi had been deeply terrified. This place was nowhere near as safe as his previous life. At night in his previous life, Zhou Yi could go out to buy things in the early hours without worrying about his own safety.
But this world was different. All kinds of strange horrors existed here. In the original owner's memories, he had always stayed inside his little house at night and never taken a single step outside. After all, even the Patrol Team could not guarantee that no strange horrors would enter the village through the Treasure Aspect.
Although powerful strange horrors were blocked outside by the Treasure Aspect, there were always some that passed through it, slipped past the Patrol Team, and entered the village to hunt. Those strange horrors might not have been very powerful to the Patrol Team, but strength was relative. Even the weakest strange horror was deadly to ordinary people, let alone Zhou Yi, whose physical condition had once been worse than that of an ordinary person.
This was the first night since coming to this world that Zhou Yi slept so peacefully.
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