Two Thousandfold Profit!

[Ding!]

[Beginning deduction of Azure Mystery True Fusion Art, consuming two hundred years of cultivation time...]

Boom!!!~~

The moment the command was issued, Chen An suddenly felt his mind tremble. Then, his consciousness once more descended into that void-like space.

Within his mind, the incomplete cultivation method of the Azure Mystery True Fusion Art he had previously purchased appeared. Its fragmented true qi circulation routes flowed, reorganized, and evolved before his eyes like shards of a galaxy.

The system's deduction slowly began. Countless flawed qi circulation nodes, chaotic meridian pathways, and incomplete essentials of the cultivation art were dismantled and tested one by one.

In the first year, the deduction failed. The qi circulation paths conflicted, and true qi flowed in reverse.

In the tenth year, the deduction failed. Qi accumulated in the dantian, unable to form a complete cycle.

In the twentieth year, the deduction failed. The meridians could not bear the strain, and circulation became sluggish and difficult.

Failure! Failure! One failure after another!

Countless erroneous cultivation routes were continually rejected, erased, and begun anew. The dull, obscure deductions repeated without end.

Not until the thirty-seventh year had passed, after thousands upon thousands of trials and errors, did the system finally discover its first complete, smooth, hazard-free foundational route for true qi circulation. The first shackle of the incomplete cultivation art was thoroughly shattered.

The hundredth year!

Within the void space, more severed meridian nodes were successively restored, while the profound principles of the cultivation method were sorted out layer by layer. The originally messy and mixed qi circulation technique gradually formed an orderly cycle.

The core framework of the more-than-half-incomplete Azure Mystery True Fusion Art was built and reinforced bit by bit by the system. All its hidden dangers, risks of true qi reversal, and cultivation blockages were completely removed.

The two-hundredth year!

The entire cultivation art, from its upper, middle, and lower sections to the true qi flow through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the method of storing qi in the dantian, was fully deduced and perfected.

The shattered galaxy fragments finally came together. The dao patterns on the incomplete ancient scroll shone brilliantly. A complete, flawless High-Grade Profound Rank cultivation art, smooth and rounded in operation, with no danger of cultivation deviation or backlash, was finally formed!

Sssh!!~~

In the dim room, Chen An abruptly opened his eyes. Two flashes of golden light seemed to flicker through their depths.

It had been completed!

That High-Grade Profound Rank cultivation art, more than eighty percent incomplete, displayed on a black-market stall and regarded by countless martial artists as tasteless as chicken ribs, had been restored by him!

The incomplete copy of Azure Mystery True Fusion Art he had bought cost only fifty Yuan Crystals.

Yet the completed Azure Mystery True Fusion Art was worth at least one hundred thousand Yuan Crystals on the market.

A difference of a full two thousand times—a two thousandfold profit!

This time, he had truly struck it rich!!!

Taking a deep breath, Chen An forcefully suppressed the upward curve of his lips. Rather than immediately cultivating the perfected Azure Mystery True Fusion Art, he continued issuing commands to the system.

"System!"

"Consume 200 Yuan Crystals and help me deduce the Black Iron Golden Body Art!!!"

"Consume 200 Yuan Crystals and help me deduce the Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art!!!"

[Ding!]

[Beginning deduction of Black Iron Golden Body Art, consuming two hundred years of cultivation time...]

[Beginning deduction of Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art, consuming two hundred years of cultivation time...]

Rumble!!!

The next moment, Chen An's mind was once again bombarded by countless deduction fragments.

Broken scriptures, incomplete body-tempering diagrams, severed methods for circulating blood and qi, and scattered breath-concealing formulas collided, intertwined, and broke apart at high speed within the void of his consciousness, like fragments of meteors filling the sky.

Routes collapsed again and again, cultivation methods conflicted again and again, and hidden dangers surfaced only to be instantly erased time after time.

Over two hundred years of day and night, without sleep or rest, through endless undying and unceasing experiments and evolutions, the two cultivation arts and secret techniques—once severely incomplete, riddled with flaws, and impossible to cultivate—were undergoing a visible rebirth.

Hummm!!~~

At last, a total of four hundred years of deduction came to an end!

The High-Grade Profound Rank body-tempering art, Black Iron Golden Body Art, was completed!

The Low-Grade Profound Rank secret technique, Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art, was completed!!

Two immense, complete streams of cultivation knowledge surged into his mind like tidal waves, instantly merging into his understanding and branding themselves deep within his soul.

The essentials of tempering flesh, skin, tendons, and bones; the methods of true qi circulation; the mysterious insights into concealing one's aura and hiding one's cultivation—all of it became perfectly clear to him.

"Hahaha, good, good, good!!!"

Chen An suddenly opened his eyes. The sharp gleam in them surged as he could no longer suppress the wild joy in his heart and burst into laughter.

Two High-Grade Profound Rank cultivation arts and one Low-Grade Profound Rank secret technique—the three together were worth at least two hundred and fifty thousand Yuan Crystals on the market.

Yet relying on the system's heaven-defying deduction ability, he had spent less than a single night on cultivation from beginning to end, and only used seven hundred and thirty Yuan Crystals.

For the trifling cost of seven hundred and thirty Yuan Crystals, he had obtained top-tier cultivation arts worth tens or even hundreds of thousands. The sheer profit was simply horrifying.

Most importantly, completing these three cultivation arts and secret techniques had indirectly made up for some of his shortcomings.

"Let me cultivate the Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art first and see!"

"System!"

"Consume 100 Yuan Crystals to exchange for 100 years of cultivation time for the Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art!"

Hummm!!~~

A low tremor spread from within his body. An immense power of years' worth of cultivation instantly poured into every limb and bone, flooding into his soul and sea of consciousness.

A hundred years passed in the void space in an instant!

Yet in reality, not even the span of a single breath had passed.

When Chen An came back to his senses, he had already completely fused with the Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art, which he had cultivated to perfection.

When cultivated to the deepest stage of perfection, the Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art could freely seal the blood and qi, true qi, and aura within one's body completely. Unless someone's cultivation was at least two major realms higher, even personally probing him would not reveal the cultivator's true cultivation.

With a thought, Chen An activated the perfected Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art.

The next moment, the aura outside Chen An's body that belonged to a Houtian Realm expert gradually withdrew. The surging blood and qi within him gradually fell still, while his rich, peak late-stage Houtian Realm true qi all hid within his dantian and lay dormant in his meridians.

Even his breathing became so faint it was almost imperceptible. His entire body seemed to turn into an ancient turtle frozen in place, dissolving into the surrounding air.

Feeling the marvelous effect of the Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art at full mastery, Chen An slowly nodded, quite satisfied.

Then, with another thought, he deliberately loosened part of the secret technique's power and no longer completely sealed his cultivation.

The next moment, a strand of gentle, lingering true qi slowly circulated through his meridians and spread outward.

His true qi was weak, and his aura restrained!

Qi Condensation Realm, Second Layer!!!

"This secret technique is pretty good. It's practically essential gear for a crafty schemer!"

Feeling the weak true qi slowly flowing within him, Chen An's lips curled into an amused smile, and he nodded in satisfaction once again.

He had always harbored concerns that his cultivation rising so sharply in such a short time was too abrupt. If his Houtian Realm strength were discovered by veteran experts in the city or hidden masters, it would inevitably draw needless covetous eyes.

After all, everyone in the world loved fortuitous opportunities and coveted strange encounters!

A youth with no background, yet possessing formidable cultivation at such a young age, was a walking slab of fat in the eyes of others.

Treasures, cultivation arts, fortuitous encounters—anyone would be tempted and scheme in secret.

But now that he had the perfected Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art to protect him, all his concerns were resolved as easily as a blade cutting through bamboo.

If he wanted to display Qi Condensation cultivation, he could restrain his aura and hide his Houtian foundation.

If he wanted to reveal his strength, he could instantly lift the restrictions and unleash crushing power.

Even if his strength was truly exposed someday, with the Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art, others would only think him a deeply calculating, concealed genius martial artist.

They would only marvel at his profound foundation and meticulous mind, at how he knew to hide his edge, lie low, and endure step by step at such a young age. They would never connect it to his rapid rise through the system.

"Now I can finally improve without worries!"

"System!"

"Consume 100 Yuan Crystals to exchange for 100 years of cultivation time for the Azure Mystery True Fusion Art!"