Multiverse: In Little Garden, Becoming a God Through Once Proven, Forever Proven

"Everything was ready. All that was left was to wait quietly. Hmm, I could also buy a few things to help with my cultivation while I was at it."

Qin Qi was planning to buy some things to help with his cultivation when a sudden ding sounded in his head as he was choosing.

"What has that old system loaded up now?"

Qin Qi was used to it. He couldn't even be bothered to complain anymore. It was his own system, and there was nothing he could do. It was better than having none.

[Ding, buffering complete. Begin the second life simulation?]

"The second simulation, huh."

Qin Qi looked at Black Rabbit lying on the floor. "Leticia, stop drawing circles in the corner. Take Black Rabbit home."

"Yes, Master."

At Qin Qi's words, Leticia immediately returned to normal, then helped the half-asleep Black Rabbit up and prepared to take her home.

"Don't you want to take this chance to do something? Like this or that, even though Black Rabbit and I are partners."

"But I'm your maid now, Master. As long as you don't go too far, I can pretend I didn't see anything."

Leticia figured Qin Qi was a man, and seeing the adorable Black Rabbit passed out drunk, he was bound to have thoughts like that.

"I want to do this and that to you, so hurry up and take Black Rabbit home, then come back early. I'm still waiting to do this and that to you."

Qin Qi was a little speechless. He did like girls and would occasionally rub Black Rabbit's ears, but he wasn't a pervert, all right?

He was a gentleman, unlike the perverted kimono loli White Night Yaksha next door.

"Oh, but we can't do lewd things yet. I'm at work right now, so if you do that to me, it counts as workplace sexual harassment."

"Get lost."

"Yes, Master."

Leticia spread her wings and flew away with Black Rabbit, leaving Qin Qi alone in the shop.

"System, start the simulation."

Qin Qi spoke in his mind.

[Starting simulation. Searching for a simulation world... Search complete. The Outcast world simulation. Generating simulation plans.]

He had originally planned to write only about Little Garden before the book went on sale, but at the current pace, sticking to Little Garden the whole time would drag things out.

So he was inserting The Outcast to increase the protagonist's strength and give everyone a change of pace.

Chapter 42: The Secret of Eightfold Reversal, Meeting Lu Jin at the Lu Family Residence!

[First plan. Identity: ordinary disciple of Mount Longhu. Simulation ending: successfully survive until after Quanxing's attack on the mountain. Simulation reward: Five Thunder Orthodox Method!]

[Second plan. Identity: ordinary supernatural being. Simulation ending: take first place in the Luotian Grand Ceremony. Simulation reward: improved physical attributes.]

[Third plan. Identity: Quanxing fiend. Simulation ending: successfully complete Quanxing's attack on the mountain. Simulation reward: Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles!]

[Each route has a different ending, and everything the host does during the simulation will affect the final reward.]

"The Outcast, the Luotian Grand Ceremony on Mount Longhu."

Memories of the past began to surface in Qin Qi's mind. Drawing on what he remembered of The Outcast, he began to consider which choice to make.

"The first plan is the easiest. The other two are about equally difficult, but the reward for the second plan is the worst."

Qin Qi thought for a long time before finally making his decision. "I choose the second simulation plan."

[Second plan selected. Starting simulation.]

[A rumor has recently sprung up in the world of supernatural beings: a user of one of the Eight Extraordinary Skills has appeared.]

[Mount Longhu is preparing to hold a Luotian Grand Ceremony for a young man named Zhang Chulan, and as a supernatural being, you plan to go join the excitement.]

[You want to see what the heir to the legendary Eight Extraordinary Skills is like, but there are still nearly two months until the Luotian Grand Ceremony officially begins.]

"Ah, I was hoping to bring some things in with me. Looks like that's impossible."

Qin Qi touched his chest. The Super Aja Stone he always carried was gone. He couldn't bring any outside objects into the simulation.

He could only rely on his own strength during the simulation.

"Let me think carefully about what to do next."

Qin Qi was on a street. He searched his pockets and found not a single yuan, so he found a random place to sit down.

Then he began to consider his next move.

"The Outcast world is full of all kinds of techniques, and what I lack right now is the ability to use techniques."

Qin Qi's Life Magnetic Field Rotation system could be called the best choice for an internal cultivation method, but he lacked techniques.

That was to say, ways to develop his magnetic field. After all, in the Sea Tiger series, at the beginning, Sea Tiger and Oga

already had the power of 250,000 horses, yet they still felt unable to regenerate severed limbs.

Later on, almost everyone could do it, and even people with less power could manage it.

That was the development of techniques.

"The first plan would make me a disciple of Mount Longhu right away, but what techniques could an ordinary disciple of Mount Longhu get access to?"

"An ordinary disciple might not even be allowed to cultivate the Golden Light Mantra directly. After all, the Daoist schools love that whole business of tempering one's state of mind."

"And once I have a master and a sect, learning other techniques would become extremely difficult. Even leaving Mount Longhu might be a problem."

"The same goes for Quanxing. Being a wanted criminal everyone cries out against-wouldn't that be making things harder for myself?"

"Although the rewards for those first two look generous, the greatest reward in this simulation lies in the process!"

Qin Qi's thoughts gradually became clear. Although the reward for the second simulation plan was very ordinary,

it offered the most freedom. The techniques in The Outcast world were a treasure trove, and now they were just waiting for him to find a way to get them.

"There are still two months until the Luotian Grand Ceremony, huh."

Qin Qi had learned something from the previous simulation: the simulation itself had no time limit.

In theory, he could keep training here until he died of old age, but... that was only in theory.

First, the Luotian Grand Ceremony would begin in two months and end soon afterward. If he didn't participate, he couldn't reach the ending.

Failing to reach the ending wouldn't kill him or prevent him from returning, but whether he could take all the abilities he had trained back with him was another question.

Second, when the final simulation rewards were settled, there would still be special rewards based on his performance during the simulation.

Those special rewards were extremely generous.

[You gradually sort out your thoughts, then begin taking action with your own strength.]

[You begin making friends far and wide. Starting from nothing, you soon earn a great deal of money. With money paving the way, you learn quite a few introductory techniques.]

[Among them is Eightfold Reversal, also known as Human Magnetism, a technique you sought out deliberately. You want to use it to perfect your Magnetic Field Rotation system.]

"I thought it was a matter of perception limiting the upper limit, but I really was overthinking it. Eightfold Reversal isn't Magnetic Field Rotation after all."

Qin Qi visited many practitioners of Eightfold Reversal, using sparring as a pretext to learn and imitate the technique.

But the results left him deeply disappointed. Eightfold Reversal really was like a jianghu parlor trick. It couldn't be called powerful at all.

"Li Muxuan... You could call that guy a muddleheaded fool and a bastard, but his talent really is extraordinary."

Qin Qi shook his head. Eightfold Reversal wasn't strong, and Wang School Eightfold Reversal was only so-so, but Li Muxuan's talent really was extraordinary.

He had taken the jianghu parlor trick Eightfold Reversal and developed it into a system that was almost like Magnetic Field Rotation.

As the saying went, it was the person who was strong, not the technique. If Li Muxuan had studied something else and joined another sect, he would still have become a first-rate expert.

Such talent couldn't be limited by a technique.

[Although Eightfold Reversal has its limitations, its complete system gives you plenty of reference and inspiration. You use it to refine your Hamon Drive.]

[Your strength improves. In the time that follows, you begin planning for more, and eventually set your sights on Threefold Reversal.]

[By making contact with Lu Linglong, you gain a chance to meet Lu Jin. You tell him bluntly that you know Li Muxuan's whereabouts.]

"Kid, do you know how many people have told me over the years that they knew where Li Muxuan was, hoping to get something out of me?"

Lu Jin looked at Qin Qi, his expression showing no great excitement. After searching for so many years, he had encountered this sort of thing more times than he could count.

"Great-grandpa, Qin Qi isn't that kind of person."

Lu Linglong wasn't surprised by what Qin Qi said. He hadn't hidden it from her from the beginning; after all, suspicion bred imaginary ghosts.

Lu Linglong usually looked a little silly, but if you really took the girl for a fool, then you were the biggest fool of all.

"Phew. Great-grandpa trusts you. Go on, kid. Where is he? What do you want?"

Lu Jin looked at Qin Qi, then at Lu Linglong. He trusted his great-granddaughter's judgment. Since Linglong had vouched for him, the kid had some credibility.

"Linglong, thanks for speaking up for me, but don't get involved in what comes next. Wait for us outside."

"After all, your great-grandpa and I are discussing a deal. It wouldn't be good to mix our friendship into it."

Qin Qi had already achieved his goal. If an ordinary person came up and made such a claim with nothing but empty words, whether anyone believed him was one question.

He probably wouldn't even qualify for a meeting. All Qin Qi needed from approaching Lu Linglong was that chance; he wouldn't need her help afterward.

"Qin Qi..."

"Linglong, this friend of yours is all right. He wasn't simply using you, so listen to him and go outside for now."

Lu Jin nodded at Qin Qi's words. With Lu Linglong caught in the middle, things would be difficult for her no matter the outcome.

Rather than that, it was better to send her out. It was a matter between the two of them, so they could discuss it themselves.

He had seen a comment from a reader called "Xu Xianshi" in the comment section. For some reason it was gone; he could see it on the computer, but not on his phone.

He would briefly recount the comment here. The reader was roughly saying that Little Garden Central automatically analyzed every ability and power that entered Little Garden.

It then classified them, and once classification was complete, they became Gifts. The phrases "can be traded," "can be stripped away," "Gifts that can be treated as items," and "power that can't be trusted," which the reader attributed to him, were all written by the reader himself; they weren't what the author meant.

As for that setting, he genuinely hadn't known about it. He really hadn't found it when researching. As far as he knew, Little Garden Central was there to judge the outcome of games and whether their rules were reasonable.

It seemed to have no presence at other times. If any reader knew which volume this appeared in, please let him know so he could take a proper look.

Besides, if the world of Little Garden really worked that way, then Hamon wouldn't count as a Gift either. It would count as a divine-domain martial art. Its essence wasn't an ability but a technique, a technique humans used to develop themselves and gain power.

That should count as a kind of divine-domain martial art.

Chapter 43: Threefold Reversal Plus Recovering Mana by Breathing Equals an HP Lock Cheat!

"Then, all right."

Lu Linglong nodded, then turned and left. She knew her great-grandpa was doing it for her sake, but she was still a little worried.

"Great-grandpa, stay calm. Remember to stay calm."

Still a little uneasy, Lu Linglong gave him that reminder. Her great-grandpa was usually calm, but whenever anything involved what had happened to the Three-One Sect back then, he immediately lost his composure.

"Go on, go on. I'm this old and you still think you need to tell me what to do? Go wait outside."

Lu Jin impatiently shooed Lu Linglong out. After the door closed, he turned to Qin Qi, his gaze appraising.

"Kid, it's just the two of us now. Tell me what you want."

Lu Jin poured a cup of tea as he spoke.

"I want to learn Threefold Reversal."