I Got Stronger

A strange heat flowed through Xu Nan's limbs and bones.

He could clearly see that the mysterious Bloodline Power was gradually transforming his body.

Even the surgical stitches lingering in his private area were dissolved in the process.

"Is it really this powerful?" Xu Nan marveled.

Ron Sorcerer Initial Bloodline Awakening successful!

Congratulations, your sorcerer level has risen to lv1. You have gained one free attribute point.

You have gained the following class feats: Radiant Presence, Negotiation Expert, Spell Extension, Combat Casting.

You have gained the following skills: Identify Spell (8), Concentration (8), Mystic Knowledge (8), Bluff (8), Gather Information (4), Diplomacy (4), Hide (4), Stealth (4).

You have gained the following spells—

Level 0 spells (cantrips): Detect Magic, Ghost Sound, Light Spell, Magic

Level 1 spells: Magic Missile, Charm Person, Sleep Spell, Appraisal Technique

You have gained the ability—Summon Familiar.

The successful awakening of his initial bloodline brought Xu Nan visible benefits.

Under rules similar to those of a D&D world, a character's strength was mainly supported by several aspects: attributes, feats, skills, spells, and equipment.

There was naturally no need to mention equipment. Xu Nan had just awakened his bloodline in a daze and was practically fighting naked. As for attributes, the Six Major Attributes determined a person's overall qualities.

Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Perception, Intelligence, and Charisma—each was important. But for a sorcerer, the most important attributes were still Intelligence and Charisma. Without much thought, Xu Nan put that precious free attribute point into Charisma. This brought his Charisma to 19, only one step away from Extraordinary Charm at 20 points. After all, once any of the Six Major Attributes reached the transcendent realm of 20 points, it would bring a qualitative transformation to a person. As a sorcerer, Xu Nan naturally hoped to obtain the effects of Extraordinary Charm as soon as possible.

Next came feats. Feats could basically be divided into personal feats and class feats. Put simply, feats were things you were good at.

Before his bloodline awakened, Xu Nan had two personal feats: Nimble-Fingered and Versatile. These were the result of his independent life over the past few years and his strong hands-on abilities.

The four class feats each brought him their own benefits.

Radiant Presence: You are always energetic and radiant, making you highly attractive to the opposite sex.

Negotiation Expert: You can easily sway another person's opinions and views.

Spell Extension: You can expand a spell's area of effect.

Combat Casting: You can cast spells in battle.

The first two feats were well suited for non-combat situations. With his extremely high Charisma and these feats, Xu Nan could solve many problems. The latter two feats, meanwhile, were designed for spellcasters. Combat Casting was a feat every spellcaster had to master, while Spell Extension was an unexpected delight. It meant that the range of the Arcane Missiles Xu Nan fired would increase by at least half. Once he learned things like Fireball Spell in the future, they would be far more formidable too!

Third were skills. When a Ron Sorcerer awakened for the first time, skills were automatically mastered. Only the skill points gained after leveling up could be allocated by Xu Nan himself. Xu Nan gave the list of eight mastered skills a quick look and felt rather satisfied. The first four were class skills, while the latter four were cross-class skills. For a first-level character to possess such attributes already made for a very strong template compared to the standard D&D rulebooks.

Hide and Stealth were rogue skills, with effects obvious from their names. Bluff and Diplomacy, combined with the Negotiation Expert feat, made Xu Nan feel like he could go into pyramid schemes. Gather Information was an everyday skill that enhanced one's ability to collect information, while Concentration improved various spell-related effects. Mystic Knowledge and Identify Spell were both commonly used skills for spellcasters.

With all these skills listed together, Xu Nan finally felt somewhat like a qualified spellcaster, even though he had barely tried any of them.

Fourth were spells. As a spellcaster, spells were naturally especially important. Sorcerers did not have as many spells as wizards, nor could they learn through later effort like wizards could. They could only master spells through bloodline awakening. The advantage, however, was that Ron Sorcerers had no spell slot restrictions. They were basically pure mana-bar spellcasters: as long as they had mana, they could cast spells, unless their mana ran dry.

At this point, he suddenly discovered that the Shame Points he had earned from completing tasks could actually be used to purchase spells!

For level 0 cantrips, one Shame Point could buy three!

For level 1 spells, one Shame Point could buy one!

Xu Nan currently had 10 Shame Points to spend. He quickly checked the spell list and purchased several spells without hesitation.

He bought six level 0 cantrips: Resistance, Detect Poison, Acid Splash, Ray of Frost, Mending, and Arcane Mark.

Xu Nan was much more cautious with level 1 spells. Since he did not know whether Shame Points would be easy to obtain in the future, he only bought four: Magic Alarm, Grease, Burning Hands, and Expeditious Retreat.

There was naturally no need to say much about level 0 cantrips. Their uses were limited, but they could still come in handy from time to time.

Level 1 spells were far more powerful. Xu Nan planned to set Magic Alarm near his home. If this world really changed in the direction he had seen, there was never any harm in preparing early. The combination of Grease and Burning Hands was a classic combo in fantasy game worlds, powerful and highly practical. As for Expeditious Retreat, it allowed Xu Nan to run faster, making escape much more convenient!

After purchasing the spells, he only had four Shame Points left, which he saved for future use.

If he had not been in the hospital, he would have even wanted to try summoning a familiar.

But considering the current situation, he felt it was necessary to pull himself together.

The translucent character sheet vanished instantly.

Although Xu Nan had bought so many spells and allocated an attribute point, less than a minute had actually passed in reality.

After the dozen or so people in the corridor got over their initial surprise, they charged over again with fierce momentum. Lü Junyi, seeing that the situation in the operating room was bad, turned and ran.

Unable to catch Lü Junyi, and with no one left at the nurses' station, they could only surround Xu Nan.

"I feel like I've seen you somewhere before."

The leader was a very fierce-looking young woman. Xu Nan noticed that although her face was pretty and her figure was hot, the body hair on her was a little too thick!

"Are you Lü Junyi's friend?" someone beside her demanded.

Xu Nan calmly said, "I came here for surgery. Didn't you just see me confessing to the girl at the nurses' station? How could I possibly be his friend?"

What a joke. Although he was now a level 1 sorcerer, two fists could not beat four hands. With more than a dozen people surrounding him, including several burly men, how could Xu Nan possibly start a fight?

Besides, even if he had the ability to take these people down, he would not use spells lightly. Who knew whether some mysterious organization would notice him and capture him for experimentation like a lab rat?

Before he became strong enough, he still wanted to keep a low profile.

But the moment he said that, someone laughed. "Everyone who comes to this hospital for surgery is Lü Junyi's friend!"

"I used to be his friend too!" the young woman said resentfully. "You really are Lü Junyi's friend. Where is he now? Call him out here, or we'll tear down his hospital right now!"

Xu Nan silently glanced at the security guards by the entrance. Seeing that things were going wrong, they had actually slipped away.

That was rather thought-provoking. Lü Junyi had a powerful background, yet the people who came to cause trouble were not even stopped by the guards, and Lü Junyi himself had run away. There had to be some problem.

Xu Nan could only patiently explain to them that he truly had nothing to do with Lü Junyi, and the two sides began arguing back and forth.

During this time, even Xu Nan's good temper was worn thin by this group's unreasonable pestering.

He roughly understood the situation. It seemed that Lü Junyi had brought this young woman in for breast augmentation surgery. Everything had gone smoothly at first, turning her A-cup breasts into a 36D. The girl had been quite satisfied too.

But before long, only a few days later, her originally fair skin suddenly started growing hair like crazy.

A checkup at a proper hospital revealed that her androgen levels were several times above normal.

This young woman named Wen Xin was naturally unhappy about that. She brought more than a dozen people to block Lü Junyi's door. Her background was also formidable, and her family was actually close friends with Lü Junyi's, which was why the guards did not dare stop her.

At first, Lü Junyi had seriously examined her. Later, he probably could not figure out the cause no matter how hard he thought, and after failing to find a solution, he could only slip away.

"Growing body hair like crazy?"

Xu Nan's heart suddenly stirred. He quietly cast an Appraisal Technique on Wen Xin.

Wen Xin / Female / 24 years old / Barbarian Female Warrior bloodline awakening...

Xu Nan: "..."

This really was not Lü Junyi's fault!

He had not expected that he was not the only one who had encountered such an opportunity. Just wandering around nearby, he had run into a Barbarian Female Warrior who had inherited a profession from another world!

No wonder those short videos could never be fully deleted. Who knew how many professionals with powers from another world were hidden in this city already?

Xu Nan suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

He pushed Wen Xin aside, hugged the bouquet, muttered a few indistinct incantations, cast Expeditious Retreat on himself, and finally escaped from the encirclement of those dozen people.

Of course, he had also noticed that they had not truly tried to stop him. Otherwise, with his half-baked spellcasting ability, he definitely would not have been able to get away.

After leaving the hospital, he subconsciously hugged the flowers and walked toward home. As he passed through an alley, a shadow suddenly fell from above!

Smack!

Xu Nan saw clearly that the shadow had fallen from the Banyan Tree in the alley. It looked like the person had taken quite a bad fall.

The person was dressed in black, like an ancient martial arts hero.

"Are you okay?"

Xu Nan asked instinctively.

"I'm fine." It was a woman's voice.

"I'm used to falling by now. I've been visiting this house for the past two days, and I keep forgetting that their banyan tree is especially slippery."

Huh?

Xu Nan muttered to himself. Had he run into a thief?

"Can you do me a favor?" The other party sounded a little embarrassed.