"Phew... Finally reached the Dou Zhe realm."
Inside an ordinary residential house in Wutan City, a black-haired, brown-eyed youth with sword-like eyebrows and star-bright eyes slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
Having transmigrated to this Dou Qi Continent for eighteen years, relying purely on hard cultivation, he had finally reached the Dou Zhe realm.
"The next step is to wait for the Jia Nan Academy admissions to start, and go to Canaan to slack off."
As a three-nos person with no family, no background, and no talent, Qin Yu had long since figured out his own position.
Judging from all his conditions, what he could do was climb up little by little in an ordinary, unremarkable corner.
To him, Jia Nan Academy was undoubtedly the best choice.
There were cultivation methods, Battle Techniques, and a safe cultivation environment.
As long as he did not court death, smoothly muddled through until graduation, and then found a way to stay at the school as a teacher, his life would be considered fulfilled.
As for Heavenly Flames, ancient ruins, or the Hall of Souls... those things were just hearsay, and whoever wanted to provoke them could go ahead.
Without sufficient strength, attempting to get one's hands on things that did not belong to one was courting death.
A year ago, the Xiao Household's genius young master Xiao Yan lost all his Dou Qi overnight and was reduced to a cripple, which helped him sort out the timeline.
However, now that Qin Yu had reached Dou Zhe, another problem followed closely behind: the cultivation method.
Qin Yu's parents in this life were ordinary mercenaries who unfortunately met their demise while out on jobs.
Over the years, he had simply done odd jobs around Wutan City, living from hand to mouth just like the Sanhe God of his past life.
The parents of this life left Qin Yu with only one Yellow Tier Middle-Rank cultivation method and two Yellow Tier Middle-Rank Battle Techniques.
Oh right, there was also a disposable item that helped him test his Dou Qi attribute.
Fortunately, after testing, Qin Yu's Dou Qi attribute was the same as his parents'—Earth Attribute, allowing him to practice the Yellow Tier cultivation method and Battle Techniques in his hands.
"Sigh, fine, a Yellow Tier cultivation method it is..."
Anyway, his rank was low right now, so at worst, once he went to Jia Nan Academy, he could switch to cultivating another cultivation method.
[Ding!]
Right at that moment, a crisp voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
[Detected that the host has advanced to the Dou Zhe realm, the Trait Extraction System is activated!]
"Oh? A tardy but punctual system?"
Qin Yu immediately stood up and tried to communicate with the voice in his mind.
After some understanding, Qin Yu also figured out the system's function.
It was very simple: every time one advanced a major realm, they could draw a special trait to add to themselves.
They could also draw early, but for every star of cultivation improved, the chance of drawing a golden trait would increase by a fraction, and this first draw was guaranteed to yield a golden trait.
There would be three traits in each round, for him to choose from at will.
[First round of traits drawn, please make your choice]
[Top-Tier Comprehension (Gold): Eh?! I suddenly have an idea
o(￣▽￣)ｄ]
[Fire Affinity (Blue): Substantially enhances the power of the host's Fire-Attribute Battle Qi, as well as the success rate of absorbing fire-attribute treasures]
[Golden Kidney Warrior (?): Turn into a golden tumbler, and fight a bloody battle with your opponent until the destruction of the world!]
The three options appearing in his mind made the corners of Qin Yu's mouth twitch involuntarily.
The first two were normal enough, but was this last trait serious?
This couldn't be blamed on Qin Yu; the last trait was simply too popular.
"I choose Top-Tier Comprehension."
Looking was looking, but when it actually came to choosing, Qin Yu decisively chose Top-Tier Comprehension.
Play was play, and joking was joking, but one shouldn't joke with the future.
The next second, Qin Yu suddenly felt a warm surge of energy drill into his mind, making his scalp feel a little itchy.
Perhaps he was about to grow some brains.
"Top-Tier Comprehension..."
When that energy receded, Qin Yu opened his eyes again, only to find that he seemed to have no changes.
The surrounding environment in his eyes also had no special changes.
Then this Top-Tier Comprehension... Oh!
Qin Yu's eyes lit up as if he had thought of something.
He spread out the scroll of the Yellow Tier Middle-Rank cultivation method Thick Earth Formula once more, but this time, after reading the contents of the entire cultivation method, many new ideas instantly emerged in Qin Yu's mind.
Modify this part here, delete a bit there...
First like this, then like that, and finally like this, hmm...
"Well, this is fine."
After improving the cultivation method, Qin Yu did not drag his feet and directly began cultivating.
After converting his Dou Qi, Qin Yu sank his mind into his lower dantian, introspecting his own dark brown Battle Qi Vortex.
This modified Thick Earth Formula should at least have the strength of a Mystic Tier cultivation method!
After all, even though Qin Yu had never eaten pork, he had seen pigs run!
Qin Yu still knew what the Dou Qi strength of someone cultivating a Mystic Tier cultivation method was like, and he would know upon comparison.
However, his Top-Tier Comprehension told him that this cultivation method could be modified further!
"It seems I still have to go to Jia Nan Academy."
In a few days, it would be the admissions for Jia Nan Academy.
In a small place like Wutan City, wanting to continue making improvements to the Thick Earth Formula might be somewhat difficult.
Mystic Tier cultivation methods were already considered top-tier goods here; if he wanted to continue improving his own cultivation method, Qin Yu needed to see more and higher-grade things.
"Oh right, there are also these two Battle Techniques."
Qin Yu turned around and cast his gaze toward the two Yellow Tier Battle Techniques.
For the next three days, Qin Yu went nowhere, holing up at home to improve and practice those two Battle Techniques.
Rock-Splitting Palm was originally that kind of sweeping, forceful path relying on brute force to smash things.
However, after his modifications based on the traits of Earth-Attribute Battle Qi, it turned into lingering, bursting force where a single palm strike caused the power to diverge and shoot outward in multiple directions, making the lethality far stronger than an ordinary Rock-Splitting Palm.
As for the other Battle Technique, Rock Fist, although it belonged to the offensive type, its release principle was simple: it was just covering the fist with Earth-Attribute Battle Qi and blasting it out.
Under Qin Yu's modifications, this Battle Technique was stubbornly turned into a Battle Technique boasting both offense and defense, even leaning toward the defensive type.
In three days, Qin Yu's realm had no changes, remaining at one-star Dou Zhe.
Yet he could feel that his understanding of Dou Qi, his perception of combat, compared to three days ago, could no longer be spoken of in the same breath.
Especially regarding the comprehension and use of the two Battle Techniques, after practicing them just once or twice upon getting his hands on them, he could grasp the knack and execute them perfectly and smoothly.
Even after executing them, he could continue to modify them further!
However, the increase in power brought by secondary modifications was not so obvious; it was mostly in the circulation of Dou Qi and the patching of flaws.
This kind of change was unspeakable and unclear, just like there originally being a piece of fabric shielding his eyes, but now, this fabric had been lifted.
On the fourth morning, Qin Yu changed into a clean set of clothes and walked toward the square in the center of Wutan City.
Jia Nan Academy's admissions point for this year was set up there, and by the time he arrived, quite a crowd had already gathered in the square.
Many young people from Wutan City and surrounding towns had come, and looking over, there were at least a hundred or so people, all chattering and discussing something.
Qin Yu found an inconspicuous spot to stand and quietly lined up.
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