Accumulation over Days... and Months

A system?!

Xu Changsheng jolted at the electronic notification that suddenly sounded in his mind without warning.

Ten years!

He had been trapped in this Lotus Grotto-Heaven for ten whole years.

Apart from Qi Zhaoyue, Xu Changsheng had not heard another person's voice.

He held his breath nervously, taking a full thirty seconds to dare confirm that he had not just been hearing things.

The standard transmigrator package?

A belated golden finger?

Xu Changsheng was ecstatic. Late is good, late is good... better late than never!

But soon...

As he looked at the activation requirements for the "Stay Hidden until Sainthood" system, Xu Changsheng's expression turned strange again.

What do you mean, I have a supreme physique but still don't "go wild," hiding in one place for ten years?

You think I wanted this?

And another thing!

What do you mean, you only activated because I deeply understood the essence of the Dao of Staying Low? So if I'd "gone wild" a little, you wouldn't have activated, huh?

In other words...

For successfully activating this "Stay Hidden until Sainthood" system, I actually have to fucking thank Qi Zhaoyue for imprisoning me for ten whole years?!

The Stay Hidden until Sainthood system showed no reaction whatsoever to Xu Changsheng's inward complaints.

You really are...

Facing the unresponsive "Stay Hidden until Sainthood" system, Xu Changsheng spent a long while trying to find the words in his mind, but in the end, he could only silently curse:

Fuck!

You're not even as good as that artificial idiot Doubao. At least she'd reply...

"All I care about is you, big brother~~"

Speechless, Xu Changsheng stopped trying to converse with this idiotic system and simply issued a silent command.

System, open the beginner's gift pack.

This time, the system responded very quickly.

[Ding!]

[Beginner's gift pack successfully opened. Congratulations, host. You have obtained the special talent: Accumulation over Days and Months.]

The talent Accumulation over Days and Months?

Xu Changsheng nodded inwardly. The name sounds pretty good. At least it's much more reliable than some "Stay Hidden until Sainthood system." I wonder what heaven-defying effects it has?

Could it be something like the Heavenly Dao rewards diligence? As long as I work hard, I'll reap rewards?

With anticipation, Xu Changsheng examined the detailed description of the talent "Accumulation over Days and Months."

Soon, however, Xu Changsheng's expression grew somewhat peculiar.

By the time he finished reading all the talent's effects, Xu Changsheng directly issued the system a "warning" in his mind:

You'd better really mean accumulation over days and months, not accumulation through "screwing"... and exhaustion over months...

The talent Accumulation over Days and Months had two completely different effects.

The first talent effect: when Xu Changsheng engaged in intimate contact with any target, through Accumulation over Days and Months, he could copy one special talent the other party possessed.

However, the talent copied was random. Xu Changsheng could not choose it, but the prize pool could stack.

Talents already copied would not be copied again.

In other words...

As long as Xu Changsheng spent enough time in intimate contact with a target, he could completely copy every special talent they possessed.

Something like copying traits?

Xu Changsheng rubbed his chin as he thought.

Then came the second effect of the Accumulation Over Time Talent: bank deposits...

All right, that was a name Xu Changsheng had come up with himself. Strictly speaking, it should be called "Monthly Accumulation."

The effect was simple.

Xu Changsheng could seal the spiritual power he cultivated inside the talent, gaining a multiplier based on the amount of spiritual power deposited.

For example, if Xu Changsheng deposited 100 spiritual power, a year later, his spiritual power would be 101.

And if he deposited 10,000 spiritual power, a year later, his spiritual power would be 10,200.

In theory...

As long as Xu Changsheng deposited enough spiritual power into the talent, he could double the interest rate on his spiritual power, or even increase it severalfold.

Deposit ten million spiritual power, and it would become fifteen million a year later;

Deposit a hundred million, and it would become two hundred million a year later, and so on.

At that point, one day of Xu Changsheng's cultivation would equal two days, three days, or even a month, a year, or ten years of someone else's...

Exactly how much it improved depended entirely on the interest rate.

There was a drawback, though. If Xu Changsheng left this money... pah, pah, pah, this spiritual power untouched, he could obtain a higher interest rate, like a "fixed-term" bank deposit;

But if Xu Changsheng withdrew this spiritual power to use it midway through, it would become a "demand deposit," and the interest rate would drop.

If Xu Changsheng deposited this spiritual power into the talent again after using it,

he would have to leave that spiritual power untouched for a hundred years before its growth rate could return to the "fixed-term" rate.

The corners of Xu Changsheng's mouth kept twitching as he read.

GG, GG, GG.

I really am a fine son of the great Chinese nation. Even after transmigrating to another world, I still have to figure out deposits and interest rates.

Goddammit...

Who knows whether this "Stay Hidden until Sainthood" system will eventually introduce buying cars, buying houses, investments, stock trading, futures, financial leverage...

But complaints aside, once Xu Changsheng calmed down and thought about it...

He realized that this talent, the Accumulation Over Time Talent, could practically be called tailor-made for his current circumstances.

Not bad, Keep-a-Low-Profile System! You really put a lot of thought into this!

Unable to contain his excitement, Xu Changsheng gave the "Stay Hidden until Sainthood" system a thumbs-up in his mind.

Looks like I completely misjudged you before. You really aren't an artificial idiot. You're actually pretty smart!

After all, the greatest predicament Xu Changsheng faced now was not imprisonment or the loss of his freedom...

It was that every last strand of spiritual power he had cultivated over these ten years would be squeezed out of him by Qi Zhaoyue after "screwing," leaving not a single drop.

But now, things were different.

The most wonderful thing about Accumulation over Days and Months was that although the spiritual power was deposited in the talent's space, the talent itself belonged to Xu Changsheng.

So in essence, this spiritual power still existed inside Xu Changsheng's body. It was simply as though Xu Changsheng had voluntarily sealed it away.

And with spiritual power inside his body, even in a sealed state, Xu Changsheng could still advance his cultivation realm;

He could also use this spiritual power whenever he wanted. The only cost was that the interest rate... er, the cultivation speed granted by the talent would drop.

But for someone who originally could not retain any spiritual power at all, could that even be called a cost?

Ten years!

I finally have something to turn the tables with!

Neither the caged bird nor the imprisoned man has died; in what year shall we meet again in the mortal world!

Qi Zhaoyue!!!

You fucking...

Just you wait!!!

An irrepressible surge of exhilaration and excitement rose in Xu Changsheng's chest, and he could barely resist throwing back his head and letting out a long howl.

But then he remembered that the Lotus Grotto-Heaven was Qi Zhaoyue's little world, and he did not know whether she could hear him speaking from outside.

Even though Xu Changsheng felt there was a ninety-eight percent chance that Qi Zhaoyue outside could not sense anything happening within the grotto-heaven at all...

Xu Changsheng still held himself back.

After all, with his certainty amounting to a mere ninety-eight percent, how was that any different from throwing his life away?

Just then, the "low-profile" system's notification actually sounded again of its own accord.

[Ding! The system has detected that it greatly underestimated the host. Faced with such an astonishing and pleasantly surprising situation,

the host actually spent the entire time merely complaining inwardly and communicating with this system in his mind, without uttering a single word aloud. The host has most likely already reached the realm of a master of the Dao of Staying Low.]

[In light of this, the Way of Keeping a Low Profile Shop is officially open.]

[You may shop at the Way of Keeping a Low Profile Shop by spending Way of Keeping a Low Profile Points.]