Looking at the panel prompt that popped up before him, Jiang Li froze.
There was an "emperor" in its name, so it thought it was an emperor?
Next time, if it had an "immortal" in its name, would it think it was a god?
Was that right?
Jiang Li felt somewhat rattled.
Because every unexpected twist like this meant the system was about to stir up trouble.
He had only just kept a low profile for a dozen-odd days.
Please, no.
Jiang Li refused ten thousand times over in his heart.
However...
The system notification still rang out.
Ding. The cultivation technique "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" wishes to seek out the finest cultivation resources. End automated control?
Jiang Li was startled again.
This body cultivation technique was truly unusual.
One had to know.
Whether it was the cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" or the spell "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 the plan he selected.
Yet this body cultivation technique offered no such options.
It merely told him its next objective.
The process was unknown.
Even he had no idea what the technique wanted to do.
The only reassuring thing was that he could end automated control at any time.
That would prevent the technique from doing something earth-shatteringly outrageous.
"No."
Surprised as he was, Jiang Li still could not bear to end automated control.
After all.
As long as he wanted to cultivate this body cultivation technique, this was something he could never avoid.
He might as well see what the technique wanted to do.
In any case, he could stop it whenever he wished.
With that thought.
Jiang Li watched helplessly as his body stood up and walked outside the Cave Residence.
The Flying Skiff was summoned.
Another panel prompt surfaced.
The cultivation technique "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" was dissatisfied with such crude travel conditions. It secretly resolved to acquire 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 corners of his mouth twitched violently.
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 the Damn Cultivation Method's wishes, he would never be able to travel again.
Brother Emperor, please take it easy.
I don't want to become the center of attention.
While grumbling under his breath.
The Flying Skiff traveled all the way to the Earth Vein Primordial Qi Chamber.
As its name implied, it was a cultivation site containing Earth Vein Qi.
Jiang Li had learned that the Earth Vein Primordial Qi Chamber had been built atop a Dragon Vein. Cultivators who entered could use the formation to communicate with the Dragon Vein and have it bestow Earth Vein Qi upon them.
However, Earth Vein Qi production was not high.
The quota was limited.
That was why ordinary disciples never got a share.
Jiang Li looked over.
People stood on both sides of the Earth Vein Primordial Qi Chamber.
The lowest cultivation among them was Qi Refining Level 7, and quite a few were Foundation Establishment cultivators.
This group all had some backing within the Holy Land. They were either second-generation immortals or had excellent 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, and that affected their interests.
In response.
Jiang Li paid them no attention whatsoever.
Controlled by the cultivation technique, he walked straight past everyone and headed toward the Earth Vein Primordial Qi Chamber.
Seeing this, the others secretly shook their heads.
So unable to keep his composure, yet he was cultivating the Earth Body? Did he not know that the Earth Vein Qi quota was fixed?
If cutting in line worked, their group of Foundation Establishment disciples would have rushed to the front long ago.
However...
Just as that thought arose.
An astonished voice came from within the Earth Vein Primordial Qi Chamber.
"Taking it all?"
The expressions of the waiting disciples changed slightly. Their earlier calmness vanished, and they hurried inside.
A long table stood in the room.
A young-looking female elder made a mark on the list with her brush.
She muttered, "Earth Vein Qi needs to be digested. More isn't always better. But if you have enough contribution points, how much you take has nothing to do with me. This month, a total of forty-six portions of Earth Vein Qi were produced. If you take all of it, that will be four thousand six hundred contribution points."
Upon hearing this.
The other disciples present revealed shocked expressions.
All forty-six portions of Earth Vein Qi?
Was he really that extravagant?
Nearly five thousand contribution points was no small amount.
Even Foundation Establishment cultivators had no idea how many missions they would need to complete to save up that much contribution.
Besides.
If you took everything, what the hell were we supposed to cultivate with?
Wasn't Earth Vein Qi supposed to be distributed collectively, divided evenly according to however many people were on the list?
What was this situation?
Was he really not considering them at all?
Some disciples could no longer hold back and questioned, "Elder, why is he allowed to 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 simply too 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 to those geniuses."
At those words.
The disciples looked at one another.
The Transformation Class was where Heavenly Mystery Holy Land's most exceptional geniuses gathered. Every person inside was a potential Spirit Transformation cultivator. As long as they did not die young, their worst possible future was becoming upper management of the Holy Land.
That young man from earlier was from the Transformation Class?
They had no impression of him.
"Isn't that wrong? Isn't the minimum threshold for the Transformation Class Qi Refining Level 9? He seems to only be at Qi Refining stage 8."
The female elder curled her lip. "Doesn't that prove even more how talented he is? He made the Holy Land break its rules and admit him to the Transformation Class early."
Hearing that, everyone felt it made sense.
But...
Just how monstrous did someone have to be for a colossal force like Heavenly Mystery Holy Land to 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 doing here? The quota is gone. Come back next month."
Meanwhile.
Jiang Li had already passed through the long corridor and entered the cultivation chamber.
The moment he sat down cross-legged.
The system notification rang out.
The cultivation technique "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" monopolized all Earth Vein Qi quotas, displaying the bearing of a dictator. It plundered the world's treasures and filled the national treasury, aligning with the Emperor's Way. The Emperor's Heart has begun to emerge. Temporary cultivation efficiency +30%.
Jiang Li: So you know that's the behavior of a dictator.
He was almost 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 cultivation technique seemed to follow a high-profile path.
It needed the best cultivation resources, required a mobile imperial palace for travel, and loved taking everything for itself.
With a cultivation technique of such temperament and style, staying low-key would be difficult even if he wanted to.
He could almost see the words "grand plan of the Dao of Survival" being torn to shreds by the body cultivation technique and swept into a corner.
As he was thinking.
The cultivation technique "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" had already assumed a cultivation posture.
A faint layer of golden light filled his entire body.
Sacred and majestic.
Like a lofty emperor gazing down upon the lands beneath his feet.
"Come."
Suddenly.
Jiang Li opened his mouth.
The Dragon Vein beneath his feet seemed to answer that call.
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 assisted the caller in reforging the meridians within his body.
Jiang Li was greatly shaken.
It could be done like this?
No wonder the cultivation technique "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 with Earth Vein Qi, a renewable resource, Dragon Qi was the origin of the entire Dragon Vein.
If the Dragon Qi were drained dry, it would mean the Dragon Vein had fallen into desolation.
Holy shit.
System, take it easy.
Don't play me to death.
Amid such tense circumstances.
The cultivation progress of "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" advanced at lightning speed.
In only a few hours.
Jiang Li discovered golden patterns of mountains, rivers, and streams appearing across his skin. With every breath came the faint sound of clashing weapons and charging warhorses, while his heartbeat boomed like war drums being struck.
This was the standard for the technique entering the beginner stage.
But...
What kind of technique had it even entered?
Although the previous spell, "Dragon Slaying Sword," had gone a little off course in its cultivation, it was still at least related to slashing.
But what the hell were these mountain-and-river patterns all over him?
At the beginner stage, Emperor's World-Shocking Art should have covered the body in a layer of earthen-brown radiance when activated, slightly increased strength, and greatly boosted defense.
It was over.
The Damn System had slipped in its own private goods again.
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