Chapter 2

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

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[After one hard night of cultivation, your Lightning Palm experience +2]

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The next day.

Wei Bujuan opened his eyes.

It was twilight outside the walls of the Taoist temple.

There was even dew on his eyelashes.

“I cultivated the entire night without realizing…”

“I truly lost track of time!”

Wei Bujuan was overwhelmed with emotion.

Cultivation felt amazing.

It was hard to stop once he started.

The feeling of being fully immersed in something, and getting definitively stronger little by little, was simply wonderful!

He was starting to fall in love with cultivation.

Boom!

A ball of lightning shot past the top of the pavilion and smashed into his neck.

He yawned.

Then, he looked up and waved good morning to the tribulation clouds.

He got up to stretch his limbs.

Suddenly, Wei Bujuan felt his empty stomach rumble.

True.

He could not engage in grain avoidance before the Foundation Establishment stage.

He was currently able to absorb the spirit qi of heaven and earth to resist hunger.

But he still had to eat at some point.

“Thank goodness…”

“I prepared enough grain avoidance pills in my storage bag!”

Wei Bujuan played with the spatial item hanging on his waist.

Its uses in the game and in real life were completely different.

He studied it for a while.

Only then did he grasp the key to opening and closing it.

It was just the most basic level qiankun bag. The space inside it was only three square feet. But that was sufficient for low-level cultivators.

He had already examined it the day before.

Other than the 20 bottles of 400 grain avoidance pills, there was also an immortal ascension token from the Profound Heavenly Sword Sect, a geomancy map of the Green Cliff Mountain area, a novice flying sword, four bottles of low-grade qi and blood recovery pills, a Qi Refinement stage guiding technique, three low-grade spirit stones, two sets of clothes and a light red silk net.

The other items were all standard for newbies.

Only the grain avoidance pills and red silk net had been transferred from his main account.

The former was an item for daily consumption while afk. The number of pills given could last more than 30 years, enough for the character to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage several times over.

The latter was called [Emotion Capturing Net]. It was an evil equipment used by the disciples of Six Desires Demonic Sect to capture the emotions and desires of mortals. It was also to be used to resist the heavenly tribulations. But not the lightning tribulation – the inner demon tribulation that might appear in the later stages!

Having thought of that.

Wei Bujuan had some regrets.

“Had I known, I wouldn’t have slacked off!”

According to the description in the guide.

Emotion Capturing Net was an inferior substitute for another immortal equipment with the same grade as Lightning Emperor Talisman, [Soul Breaker].

It could resist the inner demon tribulation too.

But its effects were in no way as aggressive or straightforward as Soul Breaker’s.

Unfortunately, after using up the Lightning Emperor Talisman, Wei Bujuan could not hold on anymore. As such, he no longer desired to go to Fengdu Mountain to chat about the old times with the female King of Hell.

Had he known that he would transmigrate…

He would taken off even his underwear in his main account and given it to his alternate account!

“If only I had my main account’s qiankun immortal bag in hand…Sigh!”

Wei Bujuan closed his eyes in agony.

He had to stop thinking about it!

If he continued thinking, the inner demon might detect the scent and come for him!

He ingested a grain avoidance pill.

After a short rest.

A warm current gushed out from his dantian.

He was overcome by a satiety that he had never felt before.

It was done.

He would not need to eat for the next 30 days!

Wei Bujuan settled his heart and mind.

Soon, he was once again immersed in the painstaking cultivation of Lightning Palm!

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[After eight hard hours of cultivation, your Lightning Palm experience +1]

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In the afternoon.

Wei Bujuan suddenly awoke from his meditative state.

He glanced at his cultivation progress.

Not bad.

Although it was a little slow.

Those who endured would eventually succeed.

His EXP bar was also rising very steadily.

With his current speed of cultivation.

He should be able to cultivate the spell to [entry-level] in two to three days.

In other words, 10 experience points.

As his mastery of the spell increased, so would the number of experience points required.

But Wei Bujuan did not care.

He had all the time in the world!

He was not after the thrill of instant success!

But wanted to rely on his own hard work, and become stronger bit by bit!

As he was thinking of that.

Wei Bujuan felt his whole body heat up, as if he had limitless strength. He could not wait to re-enter a meditative state and continue cultivating.

But just then.

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[Eternal Elemental Lightning True Technique: On the first day of the tribulation, heavenly lightning will strike your body and true fire will refine your heart. You will feel that you have become stronger!

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Passive Reward: Your Lightning Palm experience +100

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Active Reward: Please select –

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1. Magic Equipment

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2. Spell

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3. Medicinal Pill

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4. Spirit Stone

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5. Connections

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“Connections can be given as a reward?”

Wei Bujuan was surprised.

But what blew his mind even more was the passive reward!

He looked at it.

The Lightning Palm EXP bar had instantly become [103/800].

That was just crazy.

His proficiency level had skipped [entry-level].

And gone straight to [expert]!

He tried to form a Lightning Palm.

His was unusually skilled at the technique.

The next moment.

A brilliant light as bright as day flashed.

It was immediately followed by a deafening explosion!

And the sound of tearing.

A thumb-sized ball of lightning began to dance in Wei Bujuan’s palm.

After a few exhalations, it disappeared.

Okay.

It was very white.

And very bright.

Also very loud.

But it did not seem to have much power…

After playing around with Lightning Palm for a while.

Wei Bujuan wiped the tear stains off his face.

With a complicated feelings, he began to consider the rewards available.

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He immediately struck magic equipment out!

While undergoing heavenly tribulations, there was virtually no use for magic equipment.

While he was using the storage bag, Wei Bujuan kept an eye on the tribulation clouds.

He was afraid that it would be destroyed!

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Spells were worth considering.

He could start with things like clairvoyance and super hearing.

Those things could relieve boredom.

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He had no need for medicinal pills.

The cultivation of Eternal Elemental Lightning True Technique would progress on its own naturally, so medicinal pills were not needed.

Unless it was a connate pill.

The sort that could alter a character’s innate attributes.

But the possibility of that was extremely low.

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There was no need to even mention the spirit stones.

He was getting struck by lightning everyday.

Even if he had money, he had nowhere to spend it!

As for the last option…

Wei Bujuan could not help but be tempted.

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[You have selected Connections!

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The Connections module has been activated.

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You have obtained Yunji Heavenly Stream’s Drifting Bottle *1]

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[You have opened the drifting bottle. You have obtained the Beautiful Mountain Girl’s Letter.]

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Goodness gracious!

Wasn’t that the drifting bottle from the immortal cultivation world?

Wei Bujuan found it strange.

Why had he not noticed that function in the game before?

He clicked open the letter.

And was instantly rendered speechless.

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[Beautiful Mountain Girl: Is anyone there?]

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[You have read Beautiful Mountain Girl’s Letter. Do you want to reply?]

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Note: The first reply of each day is free.

Thereafter, you will be charged 1 low-grade spirit stone for every 10 replies…]

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Wei Bujuan was stunned.

It turned out that all the spirit stones he had were only enough for 30 replies.

“I’ve been tricked!”

Wei Bujuan parodied the person’s ID and replied without much thought.

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[Anti-work Mountain Man: Yeah!]

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It was free anyway.

He would treat it as a way to pass time.

Unexpectedly, a few minutes later.

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[Connections: You have replied to Beautiful Mountain Girl’s message. Beautiful Mountain Girl’s favorability towards you has increased.

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Current Favorability: 61]

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“I gained her favor just like that?”

Wei Bujuan found that even more bewildering.

He noticed that in the Connections column.

Beautiful Mountain Girl’s profile picture was a question mark.

And below it were the profile pictures of two Taoist priests, one old and one young!

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[Xuan Zhenzi, Foundation Establishment Level 4, current favorability: 59]

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[Taoist child Ah Yuan, yet to cultivate, current favorability: 65]

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And who were those people now?

Wei Bujuan did not spend time thinking further.

After closing the Connections column.

He revved himself up.

And once again immersed himself in the cultivation of the spell!

He wanted to painstakingly cultivate Lightning Palm by himself.

His experience was increasing by just one or two points at a time.

On the contrary, when getting passively struck by lightning.

He was advancing by leaps and bounds at a time.

He had to admit that it did bother him.

But Wei Bujuan just thought that he might have chosen the wrong path of cultivation!

“Maybe Lightning Palm isn’t for me!”

“Maybe I’ll have more talent cultivating other spells!”

Very quickly.

He set a new goal.

Five Dragon Technique!

Let’s go!

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In the blink of an eye, nine days had passed.

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[After nine hard days of cultivation, your Five Dragon Technique experience +9]

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[Eternal Elemental Lightning True Technique: On the 10th day of the tribulation, heavenly lightning will strike your body and true fire will refine your heart. You will feel that you have become stronger!

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Passive Reward 1: Your Lightning Palm experience +1000 (current proficiency level is exquisite: 1103/5000)

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Passive Reward 2: Your Five Dragon Technique experience +450 (current proficiency level is expert: 459/1000)

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Active Reward: Please select – ]

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In the pavilion.

Wei Bujuan patted his cheeks tiredly.

The huge disparity in rewards for active and passive cultivation made him start to question his existence.

The system was broken!

He did not want to work hard anymore!

What should he do now?

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Outside the Taoist temple.

Xuan Zhenzi, who was holding Taoist child Ah Yuan’s hand, looked serious.

“It’s been 10 days!”

“What kind of tribulation is that kid undergoing?”

“Was I wrong? Is he actually a highly-skilled Golden Core, about to advance to Nascent Soul?”

Boom!

Suddenly, a fireball the size of the pavilion’s roof fell from the sky.

That fireball even had a lightning dragon inside, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws!

The old Taoist subconsciously shrank.

He grabbed Ah Yuan and ran.

“We’ll stay at Quiet Cloud Nunnery for another two days!”

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