Huan Huan

However, after getting too excited, he faced a very real problem.

Once he calmed down, Chu Yang realized that this Great Dou Absorption seemed just as slippery as the Medicine Emperor's beginner alchemy techniques.

How should he put it?

Although Chu Yang had won the Medicine Emperor's beginner alchemy techniques through a system mission Lucky Draw, it had not simply poured all of the Medicine Emperor's skills into him at once.

Going forward, Chu Yang would have to start by refining the simplest pills if he wanted to learn the Medicine Emperor's techniques. For more advanced pills later on, he would need to complete missions one by one and exchange card points for them.

But this miserable Great Dou Absorption was even more troublesome.

First of all, it was undeniably a bizarre technique.

Its first bizarre aspect was that it was both a cultivation method and a combat skill.

Furthermore, it was a cultivation method and combat skill that could advance with its user.

The system prompt clearly stated that the Great Dou Absorption Chu Yang had received from the initial Lucky Draw was currently only Yellow Rank, low grade.

That was the lowest of the four major ranks—Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow—and even within the Yellow Rank, it was the lowest of the three grades.

Chu Yang nearly cried out, Could this be any worse?

But what could he do? If he did not cultivate it, the system would automatically reclaim it.

Cultivate it—of course he had to cultivate it! Chu Yang made up his mind again.

After all, although alchemists were respected throughout the Dou Qi Continent and ordinary people would not dare attack one, nothing was absolute. There would always be people in this world who refused to play by the rules.

Chu Yang understood this well. If he encountered someone who did not care about an alchemist's status, he would be like a scholar meeting a soldier—there would be no reasoning with them. The one who suffered would be himself.

Therefore, he had to acquire a protective talisman besides being an alchemist.

And what kind of protective talisman could compare to being a Dou Qi cultivation expert himself? How could that not be better than needing someone to protect him at all times?

Great Dou Absorption was an evolving cultivation method and combat skill. What it presented to Chu Yang now was only a basic method; he had to slowly comprehend its effects himself.

The deeper his comprehension, the stronger its suction force would become.

However, as for the later methods—how to comprehend more, improve it, and even absorb another person's Dou Qi—if Chu Yang could not figure them out himself, he would have to exchange card points for them.

Otherwise, he would make no progress at all and would never comprehend anything.

"Damn! What kind of freakish cultivation method and combat skill is this? Why am I completely lost?"

To be honest, Chu Yang truly had no clue where to begin. He did not even know how to start cultivating Great Dou Absorption.

The excitement and joy of obtaining Great Dou Absorption vanished in an instant, as though it had been thrown beyond the clouds.

"This requires comprehension."

Just as Chu Yang was at a loss, the voice of the system spokesperson, the little loli, suddenly rang out in his heart.

This seemed to be the first time the little loli had taken the initiative to speak to him. Chu Yang was so moved that he was almost excited beyond words.

But beneath that excitement, he still felt helpless.

Chu Yang thought, Little loli, I know I need comprehension, but I simply can't comprehend anything. It isn't that I'm stupid—it's that this cultivation method and combat skill are far too bizarre.

Chu Yang was certain that if the natives of the Dou Qi Continent heard of this strange cultivation method and combat skill, ninety-nine percent of them would never have heard of it before. Not only that, they probably could not even imagine such a thing existed!

Old Yao hiding inside a ring and secretly absorbing Xiao Yan's Dou Qi might perhaps still be understandable.

"Hey! Don't call me little loli from now on. I don't like that name."

Just as Chu Yang was wallowing in self-pity, the system spokesperson's voice startled him again.

Before he could figure out how to respond, the little loli introduced herself, saying, "My name is Huan Huan."

Huan Huan?! That was a nice name. Chu Yang thought so at first, but then he felt that her personality did not quite match the name...

Realizing what he was thinking, Chu Yang quickly stopped himself. He forbade himself from thinking further, because he suddenly remembered that Huan Huan, the system spokesperson, could see straight through his inner thoughts.

Damn! Just what kind of existence was she? Something above the Dou Qi Continent...

Chu Yang did not dare think any further. He felt that the matter was too complicated, like the universe he had once contemplated back on Earth—utterly unfathomable.

"All right! Stop digging into my background. You are not qualified to know about it yet."

Sure enough, Huan Huan's next words confirmed that she immediately knew whatever he thought.

Wasn't this just like having a tightening spell placed on him? How miserable.

Chu Yang could not help feeling a little resentful.

But Huan Huan immediately comforted him. "Just do whatever you normally do. I will not interfere with your private life. Sometimes I'm busy too, and I have no time to help you with anything. Just treat me as an abstract god—perhaps there, perhaps not..."

Huan Huan's words sounded rather philosophical. Chu Yang sighed inwardly. After all, he had been educated before transmigrating, so he understood a little philosophy.

Fine, then. For now, I'll treat you as the Old Man in the Sky!

In truth, everyone had an Old Man in the Sky in their hearts.

Some revered the gods three feet above their heads, while others still did whatever they pleased without concern.

For Chu Yang, however, the gods had truly revealed themselves to him.

"All right, I'll call you Huan Huan from now on." Chu Yang was a straightforward man. "All right, Huan Huan, since you, the 'Old Man in the Sky,' have shown yourself, let me ask you something. Great Dou Absorption may be awesome, but I have absolutely no clue how to get started!"

Chu Yang was speaking the truth. After all, having lived two lives, he could tell that Huan Huan was probably a forthright girl at heart. Before this, he had misunderstood her, imagining her as a cold, unsympathetic bad girl who occasionally liked to toy with people.

Seeing Chu Yang ask so sincerely this time, rather than secretly being dissatisfied with her as before, Huan Huan was not stingy and gave him a few pointers on how to begin.

She understood that the prizes Chu Yang had received from his two Lucky Draws—the Medicine Emperor's beginner alchemy techniques and Great Dou Absorption—might look incomparably impressive on the surface, but in reality, neither was as practical as the things found on the Dou Qi Continent.

The cultivation methods, combat skills, and alchemy manuals of the Dou Qi Continent were all clear and straightforward once obtained. Anyone could understand them just by reading them.

Yet the two treasures granted by the system were difficult to comprehend. Even if one wanted to advance even a little, card points had to be exchanged.

Chu Yang did not know whether he had found treasures or simply brought himself more trouble.

Chu Yang had managed to find the entry point for the Medicine Emperor's beginner alchemy techniques, but any further progress would require him to use card points to seek answers.

And Great Dou Absorption?

He would have to see how Huan Huan guided him out of this confusion.