"The only cultivation technique I'm practicing right now is the Danyuan Technique. What do you have to trade for it? This is a proper technique of the Mysterious Sect, after all."
After gathering a group of Reincarnators, Xiao Han released Zhenyuan from his left hand and raised his right, pressing his index and middle fingers together. "If you can offer me something that interests me, I can directly imbue him with this technique."
"What? Aren't you practicing a Demonic Path technique?"
The group of Reincarnators stared at Xiao Han's calm, balanced Zhenyuan in disbelief. They had assumed that his ability to unleash such terrifying Demonic Qi meant he had cultivated some kind of demonic technique to the pinnacle of perfection!
Who would've thought he was practicing a proper technique from the Mysterious Sect!
Rolling his eyes, Xiao Han said with some exasperation, "You're all so short-sighted. Who said my Demonic Qi came from cultivating a technique? I got it through... Forget it. With your intelligence, it'd be hard to explain."
The Reincarnators were at a loss. Why was this kid so sharp-tongued?
"Pay attention, everyone. Once this opportunity's gone, it's gone! Cultivation is indeed difficult, but the Danyuan Technique has one big advantage: it doesn't require any special talent. As long as you study and practice hard, you'll see significant results in no time. The way it strengthens your body is visible to the naked eye!"
The Reincarnators looked at one another, then discussed what they might have to offer in exchange.
Cultivation was great, but in the Main God Space, where danger lurked at every turn, it took too long to grow stronger through cultivation! Unless a Reincarnator had deep pockets, they simply wouldn't have the resources to practice it.
Just as the Reincarnators were hesitating, Xiao Han sweetened the deal by offering a random, compatible minor spell. After all, once you cultivated Zhenyuan, you could convert it into Magical Power.
And Magical Power was the key to whether someone could use spells.
After Xiao Han raised his offer, the Dual Gunner finally couldn't hold back.
He stepped forward and pulled a small notebook from his pocket. It seemed to contain some kind of cultivation method. "Brother Xiao Han, this is a method for cultivating an Eye Technique. Would you be willing to trade your Danyuan Technique for it?"
"An Eye Technique? Is this the method that made your eyes turn purple when you looked at me earlier?" Xiao Han asked with interest.
"That's right. You've probably heard of this Eye Technique before. It's called..."
"The Purple Demon Eyes from Douluo Continent, right?"
Xiao Han winked at the Dual Gunner, then casually took the method and looked it over. It did indeed contain the complete cultivation method for the Purple Demon Eyes.
"You figured it out?"
The Dual Gunner looked a little surprised.
"I guessed.
"You said earlier that I might recognize it, so I figured this Eye Technique must be pretty famous. After narrowing down the possibilities, I realized that aside from the Rinnegan, the other famous purple eyes were the Purple Demon Eyes." Xiao Han shrugged and put the complete cultivation method for the Purple Demon Eyes into his Storage Ring.
Just the Purple Demon Eyes' method of training Mental Power made this exchange worthwhile for Xiao Han.
What's more, the person who could make the best use of this technique wasn't Xiao Han, but Qinglin, the little maid who was always by his side, carefully looking after him.
Qinglin had the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, the most extraordinary eyes on the Douqi Continent. In the original story, even as an ordinary girl with no cultivation at all, she'd directly controlled a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake whose strength had reached Dou Ling!
Now that she also had a method for cultivating an Eye Technique that could strengthen her eye power, Qinglin's future achievements might far surpass those of her counterpart in the original story, whose talent had only barely let her break through to one-star Dou Sheng by the end.
After all, this technique had given rise to Huo Yuhao, the "Asura Eyes."
The Purple Demon Eyes were probably highly compatible with anyone born with an unusual Eye Technique.
Although the worldview of Douluo Continent was profoundly absurd—its ten dimensions were equivalent to zero dimensions, everyone was made of hydrogen, and even a dump truck could shatter the void and plow through the Douluo universe—
the techniques Tang San had brought from another world still had their merits.
After imbuing the Dual Gunner with the Danyuan Technique through his brow, Xiao Han thought for a moment and passed him the Divided Spirit Technique as well. With it, the Dual Gunner's reconnaissance abilities would improve by leaps and bounds.
After receiving Xiao Han's instruction, the Dual Gunner happily sat down right where he was and began cultivating the Danyuan Technique.
His teammates also brought out whatever they had that might be worth trading, but none of it really interested Xiao Han.
As for the firearms the Reincarnators had brought out, they weren't much use to Xiao Han. Unless a gun could fire lasers—in other words, unless it was an energy weapon—firearms were worthless in a high-fantasy, high-martial world.
Still, Xiao Han had been a middle schooler back in the CF days. It wasn't as though he disliked guns. After all, firearms were a man's romance!
Back then, he'd spent a whole week picking through junk just to save up enough money to buy a Golden Desert Eagle.
That's right. The Golden Desert Eagle was the backup weapon of the gunner from earlier. It couldn't compare to the Godly Sand Eagle with its unlimited ammo, but the Dual Gunner carried tens of thousands of bullets in his personal space.
Unable to put down the Golden Desert Eagle, Xiao Han also passed the Dual Gunner several practical minor spells from the Compendium of Spells.
He gave the Dual Gunner things like the Healing Spring Technique and the Exorcism Curse. Practicing these spells would definitely make the Dual Gunner much stronger.
With the Exorcism Curse imbuing his Desert Eagle's unlimited bullets, the Dual Gunner would be unstoppable in horror-movie worlds from then on.
The others watched enviously and brought out the things they'd been keeping to themselves.
But those things were either all show and no substance or just plain useless. None of them impressed Xiao Han.
Just as he was about to end the trade, Xiao Han spotted a laptop in the corner!
Holy crap!
Now that was good stuff!
Xiao Han's eyes lit up. He went over, picked up the laptop, and opened it, only to find that it required a password.
The Iron Man hurried over and helped Xiao Han unlock it. Sure enough, it was an extremely advanced futuristic computer.
Its storage capacity was unimaginable, and it even had an Artificial Intelligence, like Jarvis from Iron Man.
Only after the Iron Man explained did Xiao Han learn that the team used it to store all kinds of reference materials, novels, animation, and movies.
After all, sometimes they had no idea what world they'd been transported to. They could look it up on the computer, since it contained every novel, animation, and movie available on the market.
To stave off boredom, the Iron Man had also downloaded thousands of games, covering all kinds of genres, along with a whole bunch of visual novels.
He opened the GTA folder, and a familiar BGM began playing through the laptop speakers. Hearing that nostalgic sound, Xiao Han's nose tingled.
As he played, tears suddenly streamed from the corner of Xiao Han's eye. Then, unable to control himself, he buried his face in the table and broke down sobbing.
"What's wrong, kid? Is there something wrong with my computer?" Seeing Xiao Han crying so hard, the Iron Man thought he'd done something wrong. He was so alarmed that he hurried over to comfort him.
Feeling someone gently pat his back, Xiao Han lifted his head and wiped away his tears, then shook it slightly. "It's nothing. I'm just a little overwhelmed."
After saying that, Xiao Han seemed to think of something. He looked solemnly at the Iron Man before him. "Did you download all the games, old and new anime, movies, and novels on this computer?"
The Iron Man grew nervous under Xiao Han's gaze and stammered, "I—I did... Is something wrong?"
Thump!
Xiao Han, eyes brimming with tears, slapped both hands against the Iron Man's Iron Battle Suit, producing a crisp sound.
"Good! You did good!"
"I thought I'd never be able to experience anything from modern civilization again, but today, my dream's come true!"
"I've been transported to another world for five years! Five years! Do you know what those five years were like? Do you?!
"Cultivation, then more cultivation. After cultivating, I'd fight. After fighting, it was back to cultivating! These people in fantasy worlds don't have a single form of entertainment. They're all complete cultivation maniacs!"
Seeing Xiao Han's heartfelt display of emotion, the Reincarnators gradually let go of their wariness toward him. Some even felt embarrassed about what they'd thought of him earlier.
A ruthless Demonic Path cultivator?
Bullshit!
From the way this Reincarnator was acting, he was just a kid!
The Man in Sunglasses looked exasperated. "You're a high-level Reincarnator. How could you not even have a computer?"
"It's precisely because I'm a high-level Reincarnator that I ended up like this." Xiao Han sighed and improvised on the spot. "The Main God sent me to a fantasy-world instance on a long-term reincarnation mission. I haven't seen modern civilization in a full five years!
"Because technology's forbidden in fantasy worlds, even my Reincarnation Watch was confiscated. I can only get it back and return to the Main God Space after I complete the mission...
"Ugh, forget it. It just makes me want to cry!"
"So you still can't go back?!"
The Reincarnators looked at one another, never expecting Xiao Han to have gone through something like that.
"Then why did the Main God declare our mission a failure after you killed Tree Demon Granny?" Chen Lan asked with a frown.
"How would I know?! I'm just as confused as you! I thought this temporary work assignment was in a modern world, but it turns out it's another ancient-world instance. Damn it all!"
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