This young master is simply a genius!

This young master is simply a genius! Inside the room, the lamplight flickered, casting dim yellow shadows that brightened and faded across the walls!

Chen An slowly drew a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the restless urge in his heart to rush back to the black market and start killing that very night. His gaze fell once more upon the spoils before him.

Yuan Crystals!

He had sold the Qi Condensation Pills for a total of 1,100 Yuan Crystals. Buying the damaged cultivation manuals had cost him 130 Yuan Crystals, leaving 970.

Besides that, he had found another 1,623 Yuan Crystals on the two ambush martial artists.

In other words, the Yuan Crystals on him had now surpassed 2,593.

Looking at the pile of Yuan Crystals spread quietly before him, each gleaming with multicolored spiritual light, Chen An's breathing involuntarily quickened.

In the hands of others, Yuan Crystals were merely currency. But to him, they were genuine core resources for breaking through and growing stronger.

2,593 Yuan Crystals meant he could exchange them for a full 2,593 years of arduous cultivation.

At that thought, Chen An could not help clicking his tongue inwardly.

More than two thousand years of cultivation foundation—such a terrifying accumulation that even a pig, if it cultivated day and night for that long, could probably become a demon and transcend into sainthood.

"Calm down! Calm down!!!"

Chen An took several deep breaths in succession, forcibly pressing down the heat and wild delight in his heart as he slowly soothed his turbulent emotions.

He understood the principle. More than two thousand years of cultivation sounded incomparably tempting, but things could not possibly be that simple.

He remembered it clearly. Previously, because he had lacked a matching cultivation art to keep things in balance, he had rashly used the system for arduous cultivation. His cultivation had surged savagely, while his flesh body and meridians simply could not bear it. He had nearly exploded to death on the spot.

Had the system not possessed a cultivation-art deduction function that helped him deduce the locations of the eight extraordinary meridians, he would likely have already exploded to death.

Moreover, he knew very well from his previous experience that the system's deduction of cultivation arts came at an enormous price, consuming a great deal of accumulated cultivation time.

Now, with the system in hand and more than two thousand Yuan Crystals that could be exchanged for over two thousand years of cultivation time, he no longer feared falling behind in cultivation progress.

Therefore, his greatest shortcoming remained his lack of matching cultivation arts.

That was also the fundamental reason he had been willing to spend Yuan Crystals at the black market to purchase those damaged cultivation arts, which were as useless as chicken ribs to ordinary martial artists.

Ordinary martial artists needed a complete cultivation art in order to cultivate. Otherwise, rash cultivation could easily lead to qi deviation.

Those damaged cultivation arts on the old man's stall in the black market were riddled with flaws and offered ordinary martial artists no benefit whatsoever.

But to him, who possessed the system, damaged cultivation arts were by no means trash. They were the most precious foundations.

His plan was to use the system's deduction ability, taking those damaged cultivation arts as a base and gradually repairing their flaws, perfecting their pathways, thoroughly restoring several cultivation arts, and making up for his own weaknesses.

Furthermore, once the system had completely perfected and restored those damaged cultivation arts, he could take the surplus finished cultivation arts to the black market for auction, resell them, and continuously exchange them for large amounts of Yuan Crystals.

That would form a perfectly virtuous cycle!

"Ke! Ke! Ke!!!~~"

"This young master is simply a genius!!!"

Chen An could not help letting out a strange laugh. His brows danced, and a smug look rose on his face.

Others found it harder than ascending to heaven just to obtain one complete cultivation art. Even after spending years chasing opportunities, they might not get one.

Yet he possessed the system. Damaged scrolls could become complete, and worthless junk could become priceless treasures.

He could trade damaged scrolls for complete cultivation arts, cultivation arts for Yuan Crystals, Yuan Crystals for cultivation time, then deduce even more cultivation arts—bringing an entire path of cultivation to life.

Forcibly suppressing the smile at the corner of his lips, Chen An continued looking over the items on the table.

Apart from cultivation arts and Yuan Crystals, he had also found several bottles of pills and the weapons of the two martial artists who had tried to ambush him.

One dagger that appeared to be around the mid-grade of the Mystic rank, as well as a pair of low-grade Mystic-rank iron claws.

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The Great Luo Dynasty's weapon grading system was similar to that of cultivation arts. From low to high, there were likewise four ranks: Yellow, Mystic, Earth, and Heaven. Each rank was further divided into four grades: low, mid, high, and ultimate.

Mystic-rank weapons were weapons used by Qi Condensation Realm and Houtian Realm martial artists. Generally, a low-grade Mystic-rank weapon was worth at least five or six thousand Yuan Crystals, while a mid-grade Mystic-rank weapon usually cost over ten thousand Yuan Crystals.

Swoosh!!~~

Chen An reached out and gripped the dagger, its cold gleam biting. He swung it through the air a few times, then casually slashed fiercely at the corner of the solid wooden table.

The sharp blade tore through the air, letting out a light, piercing hiss!

With a crisp crack, the thick table corner broke off in response. The cut was smooth and even, without the slightest burr, fully displaying the sharpness and hardness of this mid-grade Mystic-rank dagger.

"Not bad!"

Glancing at the smooth cross-section of the table corner, Chen An nodded in satisfaction.

As expected of a mid-grade Mystic-rank weapon. It was indeed sharp enough.

Chen An's eyes flickered, and he decided to keep this dagger for self-defense.

As for the pair of iron claws, he tried them and found them awkward to use. He casually tossed them aside, planning to see whether he could sell them the next time he went to the black market.

He then looked at the remaining pile of porcelain bottles and medicinal powders. They were all the most ordinary low-grade Yellow-rank pills, such as hemostatic powder, poison-repelling pills, and blood-activating pills.

Chen An gave them a glance and immediately lost all interest.

First, their grade was too low and their medicinal effects too weak to be of any help to his current cultivation.

Second, these pills had been taken from two desperate bandit martial artists. Human hearts were treacherous, and the martial world was unpredictable.

No one could guarantee that poison or something else had not secretly been mixed into them. There was no need to risk his life for such insignificant low-grade pills.

With that thought, he gathered all the medicine bottles to one side, intending either to sell them off cheaply someday or simply throw them away. He would absolutely not touch or consume them lightly.

After finishing all that, Chen An picked up the Yuan Crystals on the table and thought, System, recharge!

[Ding! Recharge successful!]

[Current balance: 2583]

He did not recharge all of the Yuan Crystals, leaving ten behind for living expenses.

He had only thought of this when he went to the black market earlier. If he had not kept several Yuan Crystals elsewhere in his home, he would not even have been able to enter the black market.

Looking at the balance on the panel, the corner of Chen An's mouth lifted slightly, and his eyes began to flicker.

After his trip to the black market just now, he had discovered many of his own shortcomings.

First, he lacked cultivation arts. Without a cultivation art suited for cultivating the Houtian Realm, he did not even know where the eight extraordinary meridians were. Had the system not forcibly deduced them for him, he would have been in danger earlier.

Therefore, it would be best for him to deduce cultivation arts first. Only then could he cultivate with twice the result for half the effort.

Second, his practical combat experience was too shallow.

Although he had fused with the memories and used the system to raise his realm to the late Houtian Realm, he had experienced very few true life-and-death battles. If his opponents tonight had been even a little stronger, the one who lost and died would have been him.

Third, his movement technique.

He was a late Houtian Realm expert, yet his movement technique was actually inferior to that of two Qi Condensation Realm martial artists. It was truly embarrassing.

If he had not overpowered them with sheer strength and ended the battle swiftly, he would have been in danger if the two had noticed the flaws in his movement technique.

Having understood what he needed, a determined light flashed through Chen An's eyes. Then he shouted inwardly:

"System!"

"Consume 200 Yuan Crystals and help me deduce the Azure Mystery True Fusion Art!!!"

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