Body-Refining Art: I've Become Unlike Myself

Jiang Li stared at the panel prompt that had popped up before him and froze.

Just because your name had the word "Emperor" in it, you thought you were an emperor?

Then next time, if your name had the word "Immortal" in it, would you think you were a deity?

Was that right?

Jiang Li felt somewhat bewildered.

Because every unexpected turn like this heralded that the system was about to stir up trouble.

He had only managed to follow the Dao of Survival for a little over ten days.

No way.

Jiang Li's heart refused ten thousand times over.

However...

The system notification still sounded.

Ding. The cultivation method "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" wishes to seek out the finest cultivation resources. Cancel auto-management?

Jiang Li was startled again.

This body-refining cultivation method was exceptionally unusual.

One had to know.

Whether it was the cultivation method "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" or the technique "Dragon Slaying Sword," whenever they stirred up trouble, they would give him three options and let him choose one. The system would then carry out his selected plan.

Yet this body-refining cultivation method offered no such choices.

It simply told him its next objective.

The process remained unknown.

Even he had no idea what the cultivation method wanted to do.

The only reassuring thing was that he could end its auto-management state at any time.

That would prevent the cultivation method from doing something utterly shocking.

"No."

Startled as he was, Jiang Li still could not bring himself to cancel the auto-management.

After all.

As long as he still wanted to cultivate this body-refining art, this was something he could never avoid.

He might as well see what this cultivation method wanted to do.

Besides, he could interrupt it whenever he wished.

With that thought.

Jiang Li watched helplessly as his body rose to its feet and walked out of the Cave Residence.

The Flying Skiff was summoned.

Another panel prompt surfaced.

The cultivation method "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" was dissatisfied with such crude travel conditions. It secretly resolved to own a large warship of its own and build an imperial palace atop it. Only then would it live up to the name of an emperor.

Jiang Li: ...

The corner of his mouth twitched wildly.

He was being looked down on, wasn't he?

Build an imperial palace on a Flying Skiff? What the hell?

Was this a flying spiritual artifact or a mobile fortress?

He dared guarantee that if he truly followed that Damn Cultivation Method's wishes, he would never be able to travel inconspicuously again.

Brother Emperor, please take it easy.

I don't want to become the center of attention.

Amid his muttering.

The Flying Skiff made its way to the Earth Vein Primordial Qi Chamber.

As the name implied, it was a cultivation site containing Earth Vein Qi.

Jiang Li had learned that the Earth Vein Primordial Qi Chamber was built atop a Dragon Vein. Cultivators who entered could use an array formation to connect with the Dragon Vein and have it bestow Earth Vein Qi upon them.

However, Earth Vein Qi did not yield much.

The quota was limited.

That was why ordinary disciples never got a share.

Jiang Li looked ahead.

People stood on both sides of the Earth Vein Primordial Qi Chamber.

The weakest among them were at Qi Refining Level 7, and there were quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators.

These people all had some backing within the Holy Land. They were either second-generation immortals or had capable teachers.

Otherwise, they would never have had the chance to appear here.

Jiang Li's arrival drew everyone's attention.

Their brows all furrowed.

There was no other reason.

There was only so much Earth Vein Qi to go around. The more people there were, the less each of them would receive, directly affecting their interests.

In response.

Jiang Li paid them no heed whatsoever.

Under the cultivation method's control, he walked straight past everyone and headed for the Earth Vein Primordial Qi Chamber.

Seeing this, the others secretly shook their heads.

So unable to keep his composure, yet he cultivated the Earth Body? Did he not know that Earth Vein Qi quotas were distributed at fixed amounts?

If cutting the line worked, their group of Foundation Establishment disciples would have rushed to the front long ago.

However...

The thought had barely arisen.

When a surprised voice came from inside the Earth Vein Primordial Qi Chamber.

"All of it?"

The expressions of the waiting disciples changed slightly. Their earlier composure vanished as they hurried inside.

A long table stood in the room.

A rather young-looking female elder marked something off on the roster with her brush.

She muttered, "Earth Vein Qi needs to be digested. It is not better just because you absorb more of it. But if you have the contribution points, how much you take has nothing to do with me. This month produced forty-six portions of Earth Vein Qi. If you want all of it, that will be four thousand six hundred contribution points."

Upon hearing that.

The other disciples were dumbfounded.

He wanted all forty-six portions of Earth Vein Qi?

Was he really that extravagant?

Nearly five thousand contribution points was no small sum.

Even Foundation Establishment cultivators had no idea how many missions they would need to complete to accumulate that much contribution.

Besides.

If you took everything, what were we supposed to cultivate with?

Wasn't Earth Vein Qi supposed to be distributed collectively, divided evenly according to the number of people on the list?

What was this supposed to mean?

Was he really not considering them at all?

Some disciples could no longer hold back and questioned, "Elder, why can he take all of this month's Earth Vein Qi?"

The others all pricked up their ears.

They wanted to know the reason as well.

They already had connections, yet they still could not obtain Earth Vein Qi. It was truly hard to judge.

The female elder glanced at them and pursed her lips. "If you were disciples of the Transformation Class, you could do the same. This is a privilege the Holy Land grants those geniuses."

At those words.

The disciples looked at one another.

The Transformation Class gathered the most outstanding batch of geniuses in the entire Heavenly Mystery Holy Land. Every single one was a potential Spirit Transformation cultivator. So long as they did not die young, the worst they could become in the future would be upper echelons of the Holy Land.

That young man just now was from the Transformation Class?

They had no impression of him.

"That can't be right. Didn't they say the minimum threshold for the Transformation Class was Qi Refining Level 9? He seems to only be at the Qi Refining stage, doesn't he?"

The female elder curled her lip. "Doesn't that prove his genius even more? He made the Holy Land break its rules and admit him to the Transformation Class ahead of time."

Once they heard that, everyone felt that it made sense.

But...

Just how monstrous did one have to be to make a colossal force like the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land make an exception?

They could not imagine it.

For a time.

The scene fell into dead silence.

Until the female elder impatiently waved her hand. "What are you still standing around here for? There are no quotas left. Come back next month."

Meanwhile.

Jiang Li had already passed through the long corridor and entered the cultivation chamber.

The moment he sat cross-legged.

The system notification sounded.

The cultivation method "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" had claimed every portion of Earth Vein Qi, displaying the bearing of a dictator. It plundered the treasures of the world and filled the national treasury, aligning with the path of an emperor. Emperor's Heart had begun to emerge. Temporary cultivation efficiency +30%.

Jiang Li: So you knew this was dictator behavior.

He was nearly certain that after today, he would once again become famous throughout the Holy Land.

What made Jiang Li even more melancholy was that this newly acquired body-refining cultivation method seemed to follow a flamboyant path.

It needed the very best cultivation resources, demanded a mobile imperial palace for travel, and loved to sweep everything into its arms.

With a cultivation method possessing such a temperament and style, keeping a low profile would be difficult even if he wanted to.

He seemed to see the words "great plan of the Dao of Survival" being torn to shreds by the body-refining cultivation method and swept into a corner.

As he was thinking.

The cultivation method "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" had already assumed a cultivation posture.

A faint golden radiance filled his entire body.

Sacred and imposing.

Like an emperor standing high above, gazing down upon the lands beneath his feet.

"Come."

Suddenly.

Jiang Li opened his mouth.

The Dragon Vein beneath his feet seemed to answer the summons.

It let out rolling dragon roars.

The earthen-brown Earth Vein Qi that should have been drawn forth was replaced by golden Dragon Qi, which obediently entered Jiang Li's mouth and helped the one who had summoned it reshape the meridians within his body.

Jiang Li was deeply shaken.

It could work like this?

No wonder the cultivation method "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" looked down on Earth Vein Qi. It wanted to use the Dragon Qi contained within the Dragon Vein for cultivation.

Compared to the renewable resource that was Earth Vein Qi, Dragon Qi was the origin of the entire Dragon Vein.

If the Dragon Qi were drained dry, it would mean the Dragon Vein had withered.

Holy shit.

System, take it easy.

Don't get me killed.

Amid such tense circumstances.

The cultivation progress of "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" advanced at breakneck speed.

In only a few hours.

Jiang Li discovered golden patterns of mountains, rivers, and lakes appearing across his skin. With every breath, the faint sounds of clashing weapons and galloping warhorses echoed, while his heartbeat boomed like war drums.

This was the standard for entering the cultivation method.

But...

What kind of cultivation method was this supposed to be?

Although the previous technique, "Dragon Slaying Sword," had gone somewhat off course, it was at least still related to slashing.

But what the hell were these mountain-and-river patterns all over him?

At the entry stage, Emperor's World-Shocking Art was supposed to cover the body in an earthen-brown glow when activated, slightly increase strength, and greatly boost defense.

It was over.

The Damn System had slipped in its own private goods again.

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