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Who knew whether it was fortunate or unfortunate.

If either Cheng Tian's Strength or Agility attribute had reached its limit, then with Killing Intent still lingering in his body, he might have triggered Gouki's Master-Apprentice Game quest.

But considering Gouki's record of murdering his master and sworn brother, as well as his special treatment of his martial nephew, Ryu, becoming his disciple—even in the game-like sense of master and apprentice—probably would not have been a good thing.

Of course, meeting those conditions might indeed have triggered the Master-Apprentice Game for Cheng Tian, but it might also have triggered Clash of Ideals, because the Orochi Power within Cheng Tian was denser and more distinctive.

The Gouki in that quest would most likely have treated Cheng Tian as he treated Rugal, engaging him in the most direct possible dispute over martial ideals, which would then lead to them speaking with their fists and proving their convictions through slaughter.

By then, it truly would have become a matter of either Gouki dying or Cheng Tian dying, with no third possibility.

Instead, because Cheng Tian had focused on investing points into Psychic Power and his body was frail, Gouki had not regarded him as a true enemy or an inheritor of Killing Intent. That gave the matter some room to ease off.

Cheng Tian had indeed considered raising his physical attributes as well, but before entering this instance, the most cost-effective natural investment for him had still been to keep increasing his Psychic Power, turning his own bucket into a spoon.

But this world was different. It was the first world Cheng Tian had encountered where he could obtain permanent Attribute Bonuses by sacrificing monster corpses.

Although there were restrictions involving monster species, templates, and main quest completion, the Attribute Bonuses were real enough.