Golden Finger

"Right, there is one more thing."

Qi Fei thought for a moment and decided that focusing solely on the stone carvings wasn't safe enough.

He still needed to figure out Linley's exact strength.

"Please, give your orders."

The butler stood to the side and spoke.

"Our Fenlai Kingdom has an Ernst Magic Academy, right?"

Qi Fei put on the expression of an ignorant, playboy heir.

"Yes, your mother graduated from that academy."

Because of Qi Fei's expression, the butler did not harbor any suspicion.

There was even a hint of helplessness on his face.

"Ahem, of course I know that."

Qi Fei pretended to look embarrassed as he spoke.

"I mean, don't you think it's time for me to find a suitable legal wife?"

Because the original owner had been too reckless in the past, Qi Fei couldn't directly tell the butler to investigate the Ernst Magic Academy.

He had to approach it from another angle.

Before Qi Fei's voice had even faded, the butler's eyes lit up.

"Of course."

He said with an excited expression.

A legal wife with excellent ability and a suitable personality would definitely be able to keep this current family head in line.

The Cadmus Family was saved.

"Then I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye out for me."

Qi Fei didn't actually want to find a legal wife.

It was just that Qi Fei remembered Linley's wife, Delia, was in the same year as him.

As long as he could find out Delia's age, he could basically determine Linley's current situation.

"Yes."

The butler didn't pay any attention to Qi Fei's expression at all.

In any case, an elite from the magic academy would surely be able to manage this generation's family head, just like the previous one.

After confirming that Qi Fei had no other matters, the butler bid farewell to Qi Fei and went to arrange the affairs regarding the magic academy.

Watching the butler's retreating figure, Qi Fei sighed slightly in his heart.

He hoped there would be some good news.

Afterward, Qi Fei arrived at a secret chamber deep within the Cadmus Family Castle.

This place stored all the heritage collected by the Cadmus Family over the years, so only the family head could enter.

Qi Fei's goal was the core heritage of the Cadmus Family, a Battle Qi Secret Manual called the Red Dragon Secret Sword.

This was a fire-attribute Battle Qi Secret Manual created by the third-generation ancestor.

The original owner had practiced this very manual.

Back when the original owner's father was still alive, the original owner had studied diligently and could recite this manual backward.

But now, even many of the details of the manual had been forgotten.

If Qi Fei wanted to pick up his cultivation, he would have to memorize the Battle Qi Secret Manual all over again.

It was truly something to sigh about.

"Hmm? Is there something wrong with my memory?"

In the secret chamber, Qi Fei put down the Battle Qi Secret Manual in his hand, looking slightly puzzled.

Although this manual was originally created by the third-generation ancestor, it also included a lot of content from later generations.

It covered various aspects including Battle Qi cultivation, combat techniques, experience, and precautions.

The amount of text was roughly equivalent to half a dictionary.

However, after browsing through it once, Qi Fei had memorized it all.

This kind of memory, even taking into account the fact that the original owner had once memorized it, seemed unreasonable.

"Could it be that the fusion of two souls has led to an increase in mental power?"

Qi Fei immediately thought of this common trope in transmigration novels.

Neither he himself nor the original owner in his memories were geniuses with photographic memories.

Aside from the reason of soul fusion, there was truly no other explanation for such a change.

"If that's really the case, it would certainly make it easier for me to improve my strength."

The cultivation of Dou Qi is closely related to one's physical condition.

The original body had already withered to the level of a Level 2 Warrior, so wanting to quickly restore his cultivation was basically a pipe dream.

However, the cultivation of magic is not restricted by the body.

As long as one's spiritual energy is sufficient, the speed of cultivation is no slower than that of a warrior.

And even if his spiritual energy was only just passing, not enough to quickly raise his cultivation, he could still increase his means of dealing with enemies through magic.

Not to mention, the magic in the Coiling Dragon World was simplified by the Chief God of each element based on the profound mysteries of the laws.

It holds considerable reference value for cultivation after reaching the Saint Realm.

Although Qi Fei didn't even have the confidence to break through to the Saint Realm, a person must have dreams after all.

Who knows, maybe one day he will break through?

Thinking of this, Qi Fei immediately began to rummage through the secret chamber.

Among the many legacies collected by the Cadmus Family, content related to mages was naturally included.

Skipping the elemental affinity test and the spiritual energy test, Qi Fei went straight to browsing the content regarding meditation.

--The former had been tested by the original body, showing medium fire affinity and low earth affinity; the latter required the help of a mage, a condition Qi Fei did not have.

Therefore, he could only start directly by attempting meditation.

"It looks like it's actually quite simple."

After a long while, Qi Fei put down the manual in his hand.

There was quite a lot written on it, but the core was very simple; to put it briefly, it was to empty the brain, gather one's thoughts, perceive, and absorb external elements.

In the web novels of the Wizard Genre, this should belong to the simplest type of meditation technique.

"I hope my guess is correct."

Qi Fei closed his eyes and began his first meditation.

As a newcomer without a guide, his meditation was not going smoothly.

Half an hour passed, and let alone sensing external elements, Qi Fei couldn't even manage to clear his mind of distracting thoughts.

However, as a transmigrator, Qi Fei had a clear understanding of his own level.

Therefore, even though the meditation was fraught with difficulties, he did not get discouraged, but instead continued to empty his body and mind, casting aside distracting thoughts.

I don't know how much time had passed.

Qi Fei felt his spiritual energy seem to stir slightly.

Then, the surrounding environment suddenly changed.

The secret chamber filled with a large number of books suddenly turned into a white, empty room.

The room was vast and boundless; at a glance, one couldn't even see the edges.

"I thought I would have to wait for a while before waiting for others."

A voice that sounded youthful yet carried a sense of vicissitudes came from behind him.

Qi Fei instinctively turned his head to look.

Two youths with somewhat familiar faces stood behind him.

And one of the youths was staring at the other, his eyes, just like Qi Fei's current ones, filled with vigilance and confusion.

"Recall carefully, it should all be in your mind now."

The youth being stared at said to the two of them.

"...All in my mind?"

Qi Fei was somewhat confused.

Then, countless pieces of information flashed through his mind, and he finally figured out the current situation.

"So it's Clone Cultivation."

Qi Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

These two youths were both himself from other worlds; there was no need to be on guard.

"Hello, I am Qi Fei from the Yulan Continent of the Coiling Dragon World."

He greeted the two youths.

"Also Qi Fei, from the Mythical Three Kingdoms, a person from Yangzhai, Yingchuan."

The youth who was being stared at introduced himself.

"Heavenly Jewel Change, Heavenly Bow Empire."

The youth who had been staring at the other also recovered from the information at this moment and stated the world he had transmigrated to.

However, as soon as he said this, it immediately attracted the attention of the other two Qi Fei.

"Good fellow, Heavenly Jewel Change, that's not bad."

Coiling Dragon Qi Fei couldn't help but look the young man up and down.

"I remember we used to read that stuff as, you know, that kind of thing, right?"

Shen San Qi Fei followed up by saying.

His deepest impression of that novel was nothing more than the protagonist's many wives.

Especially those triplets.

That really opened his eyes back in the day.

"That guy started his career writing these things anyway; the protagonist in Heavenly Jewel Change is considered normal."

Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei spread his hands and said.

In other settings, there were even final villains defeated by the protagonist in a single shot.

"By the way, I feel like this kid Zhou Weiqing is also quite miserable."

Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei recalled the news he had inadvertently seen before he transmigrated.

"Why?"

Coiling Dragon Qi Fei was a bit curious.

Because too much time had passed, his memories of that novel had long since faded away.

"In the new work, his triplet wives seem to have been written to death by Tang."

Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei said concisely.

"?!"

Hearing this, Coiling Dragon Qi Fei remembered as well.

Not only were the wives gone, but Zhou Weiqing himself had been written by Tang as a clown who begged for a godhood out of fear of death.

"Looking at it this way, his hatred for this novel is more than just a little bit."

Shen San Qi Fei clicked his tongue twice.

"Forget it, let's not talk about these depressing things; we still have serious business to attend to."

Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei clapped his hands, signaling the two to look over.

The other two Qi Fei instantly understood what this version of themselves was thinking.

The core content of the Clone Cultivation golden finger, the sharing of abilities, was something they hadn't tried yet.

"So, shall we?"

Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei reached out his hands.

"Let's."

Shen San and Coiling Dragon Qi Fei grabbed onto them simultaneously.

In an instant, the three men's memories, cultivation, and talents... began to be shared.

Coiling Dragon Qi Fei first felt a surge of power flowing into his body.

Subsequently, he saw the past of Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei.

Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei had also transmigrated into a borrowed body.

However, unlike himself who could play with maidservants right from the start, Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei's encounter was much more painful.

He had transmigrated into a seven-year-old boy whose entire village had been slaughtered by an Evil Attribute Heavenly Jewel Master.

Although he managed to save his life after transmigrating, the massive blood loss and multiple fractures meant that even if Qi Fei knew some first-aid, it was difficult to save himself.

Fortunately, the marshal of the Heavenly Bow Empire, the father of the original protagonist, Zhou Shuiniu, had been tracking the murderer before the village was slaughtered.

That was how he managed to arrive in time and save Qi Fei's life.

Although Qi Fei escaped with his life, he became mentally unstable due to the brain damage the original body had suffered.

The only thing he could do normally all day was cultivate Heavenly Power.

It wasn't until four years later, when Qi Fei's cultivation was sufficient, that his Heavenly Jewels awakened.

Only then was he able to return to normal and enter the Shared Space.

Before Coiling Dragon Qi Fei could react, he saw another segment of memory.

That was the past of Shen San Qi Fei.

Unlike Coiling Dragon and Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei, Shen San Qi Fei was a womb-transmigrator.

It seemed that because of the mental power system in the God Three World, Shen San Qi Fei's memories began to gradually recover when he was a child.

This earned him the title of a prodigy.

Then, at the age of four, because he said something too shocking, he was tied to a tree by the Spirit Medium and lectured for a whole day and night.

And this was only the beginning of his life as an unlucky soul.

At six, having gained some small reputation by debating with children from other families, the Yellow Turban Rebellion began.

Everyone's eyes were focused on this grand feast, and no one paid any more attention to an ordinary little brat.

At nine, having finally managed to become a registered disciple under a great scholar of the Xun Family, his parents passed away.

Qi Fei had to abandon his studies and return home to observe the mourning period.

At twelve, the mourning period ended, but the most important cake-cutting ceremony of the early Three Kingdoms period: the Eighteen Route Lords Campaign Against Dong had also concluded.

It was only two days ago that Liu Bei, who had participated in the campaign against Dong, came to Yingchuan to recruit talent at the suggestion of the original protagonist, Chen Xi.

This allowed Qi Fei to realize which world he had transmigrated into, thereby completely awakening his memories.

"You guys..."

Coiling Dragon Qi Fei let go of his hand, looking at his other-worldly selves with a complex expression.

He had been able to slaughter his way through everything the moment he transmigrated with his golden finger, while they had already been struggling in their respective worlds for several years.

This inevitably made him feel a wave of guilt.

"It's fine, we've all made it through."

Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei said casually.

"Besides, things will only get better from here on out."

Shen San Qi Fei also said.

"...Yeah."

Coiling Dragon Qi Fei replied with a heavy heart.

"Alright, stop thinking about it, our business isn't finished yet."

Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei reminded him, reaching out his hand toward Coiling Dragon Qi Fei.

"I know."

Coiling Dragon Qi Fei gripped it again.

But this time, apart from the small amount of memory added after the Sharing, there was no gain whatsoever.

"Did it work?"

Shen San Qi Fei asked.

"Only a few memories from after the first Sharing; there wasn't that feeling of power flowing in."

Coiling Dragon Qi Fei shook his head and said.

"It seems it won't work. Let's try exiting for a while, digest the power, and then come back in."

Shen San Qi Fei suggested.

It would also be a good time for everyone to check their own gains.

Thus, after setting a rough time, the three of them left the Pure White Room one after another.

Coiling Dragon World.

Qi Fei opened his eyes.

The surrounding environment was exactly the same as it had been before he entered, as if everything just now had been a dream.

But Qi Fei knew clearly that it hadn't been a dream.

"My cultivation... is already at Level 4 Warrior?"

Qi Fei went to an open area in the secret chamber, moving his fists and feet slightly.

Because of the power from the other Qi Feis, he had successfully recovered most of his original body's cultivation.

He even had a premonition that he should be able to recover to Level 5 within two days.

This made Qi Fei quite satisfied.

The only pity was that the Physical Jewel and Will Jewel shared by Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei had some issues.

Qi Fei could sense their existence, but he couldn't use them for the time being.

He didn't know if it was because they needed to adapt to the new environment or if they couldn't be used at all.

"Forget it, let's adapt to this power as quickly as possible first."

Qi Fei started by doing a set of calisthenics to warm up, then practiced his control according to what was recorded in the Red Dragon Secret Sword.

If he couldn't control his power and ended up exposing his cultivation to everyone's sight, it would be difficult for him to explain it to the outside world.

In no time at all, Qi Fei had gained preliminary control over the Dou Qi within his body.

This was likely due to the superposition of the three's aptitudes, plus the results of the other two Qi Feis' years of cultivation.

Therefore, he did not become complacent but continued to practice.

After some time had passed, Qi Fei felt the fatigue coming from deep within his muscles.

Only then did he slowly stand up and end this session of cultivation.

"Whew—time to rest. I might as well take this moment to see how my spiritual power is doing."

Qi Fei shook his body, stretching his tired muscles.

He then found a spot to sit down, closed his eyes, and attempted to meditate.