"I've had my fill. I'm off to consolidate my cultivation. You two enjoy your meal."
Bu Wuchen wiped his mouth, then turned to the maid and the old servant, his expression earnest. "Sooner or later, I'll help you restore your cultivation!"
"Until then, you mustn't ruin the foundations of your health."
"So eat to your hearts' content! I'm still waiting for the day I return to the imperial capital, with you two as my right and left hands, sharing my burdens. Understand?"
"Huh?"
"What do you mean, huh?"
"Don't tell me you're unwilling?"
"No, no, no, but..."
"No buts. It's settled!"
Seeing Bu Wuchen's expression, which brooked no argument, Wan Xiaoyao and A Chun hesitated for a moment, but ultimately left the words in their hearts unspoken.
Only after he entered his room to cultivate in seclusion did the old servant A Chun let out a soft sigh. "Ah..."
"The young master means well, but he doesn't know that when our cultivation was crippled, our meridians and dantians also suffered permanent hidden injuries. How could we possibly have another chance to start over?"
"Still, with such consideration from the young master, this old servant could die a hundred deaths without regret!"
"Yes, exactly."
A sheen of moisture rose in Wan Xiaoyao's eyes as she said, moved, "All I ask is that the young master won't think I'm holding him back in the future. That alone would be a blessing."
"When have I ever dared hope to recover my former cultivation?"
"To think the young master has kept this servant in his thoughts all along. I truly..."
While the little beauty was moved to tears, Bu Wuchen wore a solemn expression inside his room.
Earlier, in the martial training ground's arena, Lin Senyu and Lü Chunyang had unleashed the pressure of their mystic power to bully and intimidate Bu Wuchen;
Had the woman in green gauze not lent a hand afterward, Wan Xiaoyao and the old servant A Chun would surely have fallen into the Lin Lineage's demonic clutches and suffered persecution too!
One encounter after another had left a force bottled up in Bu Wuchen's heart-
In this world where the strong reigned supreme, the weak were destined to be bullied and humiliated!
This feeling of helplessness is just too fucking awful!
I have to get stronger. Stronger!
With that cry in his heart, white light flashed between Bu Wuchen's fingers.
Buzzz!
The next instant, the two tokens the system had awarded him;
Along with the unique-copy cultivation art and mystic technique Bu Wuchen had obtained by "looting" Lin Zhuliang after killing him in retaliation, were all taken out of the Portable Warehouse.
The item description said that pressing this little diamond-shaped token onto a book would trigger its "soul-devouring" effect?
Hmm, let's try it!
The youth acted without delay.
Immediately, a system notification rang in his ears-
"Ding-dong! The Cultivation Art Soul-Devouring Token has detected a unique-copy cultivation art containing a book soul." "Would you like to activate its soul-devouring power and convert the book soul energy of this mortal-grade, middle-quality unique-copy cultivation art, Fierce Tiger Soul-Searing Astral Force, into cultivation experience points for the host?" "Special notice: the Initial-Grade Cultivation Art Soul-Devouring Token can only devour the book souls of unique-copy mortal-grade cultivation arts."
Bu Wuchen's heart leaped with delight. Yes, yes! Let's do it!
A whoosh rang out-
The Mortal Rank Middle Grade unique-copy cultivation art Fierce Tiger Soul-Searing Astral Force and the small diamond-shaped token merged, transforming into a streak of light that surged straight into the mystic sea in Bu Wuchen's dantian!
Buzzz!
As the strange energy poured into his body, Bu Wuchen felt an indescribable sense of pleasure from head to toe.
Moreover, waves of strength, each higher than the last, continually filled him-
"Ding-dong! The book soul of Fierce Tiger Soul-Searing Astral Force has been converted into cultivation experience by the power of the Cultivation Art Soul-Devouring Token." "Ding-dong! Congratulations to the host on successfully advancing to Qi Observation Realm First Layer!" "Ding-dong! Congratulations to the host on successfully advancing to Qi Observation Realm Second Layer!" "Ding-dong! Congratulations to the host on successfully advancing to Qi Observation Realm Third Layer!" "Ding-dong! Congratulations to the host..."
After several consecutive system notifications, Bu Wuchen felt that his once-barren dantian Qi sea had become brimming full!
Once the level-up notifications subsided, Bu Wuchen excitedly summoned his attribute panel-
[Host]: Bu Wuchen. [Mystic Qi cultivation]: Qi Observation Realm Seventh Layer. [Strength evaluation]: Stay a scrub long enough, and you'll get used to it. [Mystic techniques]- Instant Shadow-Piercing Steps, One Finger to the Yellow Springs Road. [Other attributes have not yet been activated and cannot be viewed].
"Holy freaking crap! I-I'm already at Qi Observation Realm Seventh Layer?!"
"Even a plane wouldn't dare go this fast!"
Bu Wuchen was overjoyed!
At dinner, his cultivation had only been at Savage Martial Realm Peak.
With the memories of the former young master of the Bu Lineage, he was not entirely ignorant of this wondrous, unfamiliar world.
Take a cultivator's breakthrough from Savage Martial Realm Peak to Qi Observation Realm Seventh Layer;
Even among the dazzling talents of the imperial capital, those so-called "future hopes of the Great Liang Kingdom," not a single one could accomplish it overnight.
What did it mean to cover a thousand miles in a single night?
This was it!
Still, the system is as tactless as ever...
Bu Wuchen looked at the comment under [Strength evaluation], "Stay a scrub long enough, and you'll get used to it," feeling rather helpless.
In truth, this only meant that the God-Level Choice System's standards were too high.
Leaving the imperial capital aside for now.
In Blood Dragon City alone, any person at Qi Observation Realm Seventh Layer could live quite comfortably, even if they could not be called a "powerhouse."
There really would not be anyone calling them a scrub!
Especially someone who could raise their Mystic Qi cultivation to Qi Observation Realm Seventh Layer before turning sixteen-they would be a promising seedling qualified to enter Blood Dragon City Academy's advanced class.
Given time, they might even enter the elite class.
If that happened, they would become a coveted prize that every faction in Blood Dragon City competed to recruit, without even having to wait for graduation;
Barring any surprises, in just a few years they would make a resounding name for themselves in this cold frontier city!
Just devouring one Mortal Rank Middle Grade cultivation art made my cultivation skyrocket this much.
If someday I could devour a heaven-grade one...
As Bu Wuchen thought about it, he nearly started drooling.
But thinking about it was all he could do.
According to ancient records, cultivation arts and mystic techniques were both divided into five grades, from lowest to highest: mortal, mystic, spirit, earth, and heaven.
Yet even the mighty royal family of the Great Liang Kingdom only cultivated a spirit-grade unique-copy cultivation art...
The Cultivation Art Soul-Devouring Token can only devour unique-copy cultivation arts containing "book souls" and turn them into experience to improve my cultivation.
Whether in the royal city, the imperial capital, or this frontier region, unique-copy cultivation arts and mystic techniques are extremely scarce cultivation resources. Often, you can name a price but find none for sale!
Even if I took out every last gold coin I have, I might not be able to buy another Mortal Rank Middle Grade cultivation art as I wish...
Bu Wuchen pursed his lips.
Then he pressed the other token against the unique-copy mystic technique with the gray-black cover.
Buzzz!
The instant spiritual light flared, a pleasant system notification poured into his sea of consciousness-
"Ding-dong..."