The mysterious electronic voice of a machine, devoid of the slightest emotion, echoed through Lu Yun's mind.
Yet—
A towering wave had already risen in Lu Yun's heart!
"It's finally... here!"
His eyes instantly filled with anticipation.
Then—
A long-lost surge of hot blood—
Suddenly flooded his heart.
Could he defy fate and change his destiny?
The moment was now!
"The system..."
Lu Yun could not suppress the excitement in his heart.
He intended to use his consciousness to ask the system about its specific functions.
But just then—
The system's crisp notification sounded abruptly once more.
[ Ding! ] [ The host's martial talent has been detected as too low, and the body is in a damaged state. The system will automatically repair the host... ]
In an instant—
Lu Yun felt his mind become incomparably clear, while an indescribably profound sensation slowly rose within his body.
Deep within his previously somewhat blocked qi sea—
At this moment—
Meridians of varying lengths unexpectedly emerged out of thin air.
In all directions of the Purple Mansion—
They coiled and twisted, gleaming brilliantly.
[ Ding! ] [ Body repair complete! ] [ Martial talent +999999 ] [ Scanning again! ] [ The host's martial talent has reached the maximum level and meets the basic requirements for activating the first stage of the Infinite Critical Hit System. ] [ Energy is being injected... ] [ Ding! ] [ Congratulations, host! From this moment onward, you can trigger a 100x critical hit! ]
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Lu Yun walked to the window.
He felt an icy current of energy swiftly coursing through his dantian.
His qi sea dantian, which had originally been damaged—
Had not only fully recovered—
But its speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth now far surpassed what it had been before.
At the same time—
He could clearly feel it.
His energy had become exceptionally abundant.
Especially—
His mind was turning faster and faster.
In the past—
Many difficult points in martial arts that he had pondered over endlessly without understanding—
Seemed—
To have suddenly revealed their answers.
He hurriedly took a saber manual from beneath the table, deciding to test his cultivation first.
The first page of the saber manual had already yellowed somewhat.
Upon it were four seal-script characters, written in a dragon's flight and phoenix's dance: Thousand Mountains Saber Technique.
The brushwork was elegant and unrestrained.
Who knew how many vicissitudes of time it had endured? Even now, it still flowed with vigorous vitality.
Lu Yun had stumbled across this saber manual in the library. It contained seven levels in total, from low to high.
Although he had cultivated it for two years—
Even now—
He was still only at the third level.
Its difficulty could be called terrifying.
According to this world's classification of cultivation arts, any technique could be divided into four grades: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Huang.
Each grade was further divided into upper, middle, and lower ranks.
For example, the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique was a Middle Huang Grade martial skill. In terms of difficulty, it was far more demanding than the commonly seen Lower Huang Grade martial skills.
For Lu Yun, who was still in the Body Tempering Realm, when he would be able to cultivate the saber technique to the next level was simply beyond imagining.
Of course—
Now that he had the system—
Everything had become completely different.
Lu Yun's heart stirred restlessly. He wanted to see whether his cultivation speed could improve.
If he could cultivate the saber technique to the seventh level—
Then—
Even if he encountered that assassin again next time—
At the very least, he would have a little more capital to protect himself.
With an uneasy heart—
He casually picked up the Fish-Scale Purple-Gold Saber hanging on the wall.
He spun it in a flourish.
Then officially began cultivating.
The instant he made his first move—
He immediately felt the difference.
Before—
No matter how strictly he followed the steps of the saber technique—
His qi sea dantian would not react in the slightest.
Yet at this moment—
Threads of icy spiritual energy between heaven and earth—
Like trickling streams—
Rapidly burrowed into his body.
They quickly merged with the strand of spiritual energy that had just been born.
Before he could react—
A crisp and pleasant system notification suddenly rang in his ears:
[ Ding! The host has been detected using the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique... ] [ Saber technique experience +1. A 100x critical hit has been triggered, experience +100! ] [ Congratulations, host! Thousand Mountains Saber Technique has increased from lv3 12% to lv3 56%! ]
"Eh?"
"The spiritual energy in my body has increased by so much again!"
"How...?"
Lu Yun's eyes abruptly widened, his heart filled with disbelief.
Just now—
He had merely tested the waters.
Yet he had not expected—
That he would so easily—
Raise the proficiency of the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique by such a large amount.
Just as he found it unbelievable—
A nearly transparent light screen suddenly appeared before him.
Host: Lu Yun System first stage activated: 100x critical hit amplification Martial skill: Thousand Mountains Saber Technique (lv3 56%) Strength level: Body Tempering Realm, complete
"So this is the attribute panel that records my information?"
Lu Yun narrowed his eyes slightly.
He stared without blinking at the various values displayed upon it.
When he saw that his strength level was still stuck at the completion of the Body Tempering Realm, the corner of his mouth could not help but twitch hard.
"Why am I still in the Body Tempering Realm? This absolutely won't do!"
"You've got to be kidding!"
"This is the Spirit Revival Era, where martial power is off the charts!"
"The Body Tempering Realm is only the beginning stage of cultivation. One careless misstep, and I'll be instantly beaten until not even dregs remain."
"Before, it was precisely because my cultivation was too low that I had no power to fight back at all when I encountered that assassin."
"So I must become stronger in the shortest possible time!"
He withdrew his gaze.
Lu Yun impatiently pushed open the door.
Since he already possessed the system—
Then—
Tonight—
He had to raise his strength as quickly as possible.
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