Jiang Li looked at the string of messages.
Heaven and Earth Infinite Borrowing Method?
Wasn't that Yan Chixia?
Zixia Gentleman Sword—who couldn't guess who that was? A total hypocrite, the eunuch Yue Buqun!
As for the Wudang Centenarian, that was naturally Zhang Sanfeng.
The others' identities weren't hard to guess from their names, either.
A glint flashed in Jiang Li's eyes. The only thing he lacked right now was a cultivation method. Zhang Sanfeng definitely had the secret techniques of both the Shaolin and Wudang schools. He just didn't know how he could get his hands on them.
[Devourer Lord: Hello, everyone. Just call me Jiang Li.]
[I Am Spider-Man: Huh? Another Easterner? When will we get someone from the West?]
[Wudang Centenarian: Very good, very good. I'm Zhang Sanfeng. This is the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, and we're all from different worlds.
The group currently has three functions: points, red packets, and uploads.
Points can be used to strengthen yourself or exchange for group members' cultivation methods and items. The red packet function lets group members trade with each other.]
Jiang Li raised an eyebrow. "Strengthen? Is it the kind of strengthening I'm thinking of?"
He searched around and soon found the [Strengthen] interface.
This function mainly strengthened one's cultivation.
Of course, the number of points it required was terrifying, too.
Jiang Li tapped it, and his personal information immediately appeared.
[ID: Devourer Lord]
[World: Swallowed Star]
[Strength: 0 stars across the myriad worlds (favored by the world's will, strength increased by 3 stars within the group)]
[Strengthening Points: 200!]
Jiang Li stared at it enviously. If I could strengthen myself just once, I'd become a Martial Artist, right?
Even becoming a Quasi-Martial Artist would be good enough.
[Devourer Lord: I don't have any points. By the way, do any of you have a cultivation method?]
(End of chapter)
Chapter 2: Tai Chi Breathing Body-Tempering Art
[Zixia Gentleman Sword: Newcomer, tell us your level. Right now, True Master Zhang and Hero Yan are one star. I, Little Spider, Miss Huang, and Daoist Lin are all 0 stars.]
[Devourer Lord: I'm three stars. By the way, do any of you have a cultivation method??]
[Zixia Gentleman Sword: ???]
[Wudang Centenarian: ???]
[I Am Spider-Man: ???]
[Peach Blossom Island Little Chef: ???]
[Zixia Gentleman Sword: Three stars? How is that possible! You'd be an immortal who had ascended in broad daylight!]
[Devourer Lord: I'm a transmigrator, and I've been blessed by the world's will. My standing in the group is +3! I also know where all of you come from!]
[Everyone: ...]
What kind of godlike treatment was that?!
Being a transmigrator was just too good!
[Peach Blossom Island Little Chef: By the way, how do you become a transmigrator? @Devourer Lord, how do you know where all of us come from?]
[I Am Spider-Man: He's probably just bragging...]
Jiang Li didn't explain. After all, it wasn't easy to explain.
[Devourer Lord: True Master Zhang, could you send me a cultivation method first? Any grade will do. I'll repay you handsomely in the future!]
[Wudang Centenarian: There's no need to be so formal, young friend Jiang Li. It's only a cultivation method, no trouble at all. Let me look. I uploaded quite a few methods earlier to exchange for points, but the group rules say that uploaded methods can't be traded again.]
[Devourer Lord: Thank you.]
Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief. Everything was difficult at the beginning, but at least he'd gotten off to a good start.
He settled Ling Ling in for the night.
Then he went to rest in the guest room.
Before long, the chat group sent a message.
[Wudang Centenarian: Found one.]
[Wudang Centenarian sent Devourer Lord an exclusive red packet]
Jiang Li couldn't help feeling eager.
"Claim!"
The next instant, a streak of flowing light entered Jiang Li's Sea of Consciousness.
He sensed golden characters, like tadpoles, swimming toward him one after another.
"Tai Chi Meditation Method?"
Jiang Li skimmed it, quickly reading through the entire manual.
An immense wealth of martial knowledge flowed into Jiang Li's memories, as though a treasure trove had been opened and could never be closed again.
[You studied the 'Tai Chi Meditation Method' and had a realization. You settled into meditation and regulated your breathing, using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to wash over your body. Using your own experience as a foundation, you began to derive a new method...]
Jiang Li looked at the words "Tai Chi," and inspiration flashed through his mind.
[You understood the principles of Tai Chi: yin and yang, every cause and effect. The union of yin and yang is the foundation of the Great Dao!]
[You comprehended the 'Tai Chi Breathing Body-Tempering Art,' drawing upon the yin and yang energies of heaven and earth to temper your body...]
"Tai Chi Breathing Body-Tempering Art?"
"I should give it a try!"
With a thought, Jiang Li immediately began circulating the Tai Chi Breathing Body-Tempering Art. A yin-yang Tai Chi diagram faintly appeared around him. The spiritual energy drifting through the world flowed into Jiang Li's body with each breath, washing over him.
Whoosh...
As the sky slowly brightened, Jiang Li finally stopped.
He clenched his fist and felt full of strength.
"I feel incredibly strong now. I wonder what level I've reached?"
"I should go test it!"
Filled with excitement, Jiang Li opened the chat group.
The group was unusually quiet. The others were evidently busy with their own affairs.
Without another word, Jiang Li opened the strengthening function and tapped to strengthen himself.
[Insufficient points. Unable to strengthen!]
Name: Jiang Li.
Realm: Advanced Student (Apprentice Level).
Cultivation Method: Tai Chi Breathing Body-Tempering Art
Points: 0
"Good grief..."
"In just one night, I've reached the advanced student level! My cultivation speed is practically... unprecedented!"
Jiang Li was overcome with excitement.
Besides, the Tai Chi Breathing Body-Tempering Art wasn't an especially profound method. Its foundation was only a basic Tai Chi meditation technique, so its potential wasn't that high.
But what if he used a higher-level cultivation method instead? Wouldn't his progress be even more terrifying?
"Honey, breakfast is ready."
Ling Ling carried over breakfast and looked at Jiang Li curiously.
Why does my husband seem... different today? His whole presence feels different.
"Honey..."
Jiang Li took the breakfast and looked at Ling Ling excitedly. "I remember one of the Martial Artist rules says that once you become a Martial Artist, you get a villa, right? We're about to move!"
Ling Ling froze. "Honey, do you mean the Jiangnan Quasi-Martial Artist Assessment the day after tomorrow? But I..."
"There's no 'but.'"
Jiang Li smiled slightly. "Your husband is already a Martial Artist."
"Ah?"
Ling Ling looked astonished. "Honey, you're a Martial Artist?"
Hadn't he been tested before? He clearly hadn't had the aptitude to become a Martial Artist.
However, Ling Ling didn't bring that up. Instead, she said, "Honey, once you become a Martial Artist, you'll have to go to the wilderness. Won't it be too dangerous?"
"Beasts are growing more numerous. Humanity will have to face the beast tide sooner or later..."
Jiang Li pulled Ling Ling into his arms. "Ling Ling, I don't want to be in danger and be unable to protect you."
Late at night.
Jiang Li went to the guest room again.
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