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“Darn it!”

When Xu Xiaoshou opened his eyes again, he found that everything had changed.

The only things he could see were a ceiling covered in spider webs, a small wooden table cloaked in dust, a candle stub that had been fully burnt, as well as a black sword that had a powerful spiritual aura.

This room’s décor was drastically different from that of his hospital ward.

Xu Xiaoshou tilted his head and searched his memory. He remembered that he had finally kicked the bucket after optimistically battling with his illness for three years.

The pain had ended. He had waved his hands and bade farewell to the heavens. However, he’d still felt indignant.

Why did other people have such vibrant lives, and yet he had to be confined to the hospital ward after nine years of compulsory education?

School and hospital. Those were painful words for people, yet those two things had taken up his entire life.

As for now…

He looked around at his foreign yet familiar surroundings, then pinched himself all over. However, he didn’t really feel any pain.

“Did God take pity on me? Did I cross over to another world without pain?”

Xu Xiaoshou shifted his gaze to the bronze mirror on the table and saw a new, yet just as handsome face.

He looked like an 18-year-old teenager with a pale complexion. He looked as though he hadn’t been in the sun for a long time. He had a tall nose that separated the few freckles on both sides of his face, and his lips were dry and cracked.

“Not bad. I’ll look better after I get a little tanner and eat a little more. Especially these few freckles…”

Xu Xiaoshou puckered his lips and rubbed the dead skin on his lips away. He searched back through his memories, trying to find out why he was so withered and scrawny.

This person had been an outer yard disciple of the Tiansang Spirit Palace. Unfortunately, he only had average talent. He had entered the spirit palace for three years, yet had only reached Level Three of the ten levels of spiritual cultivation. He had engaged in death seclusion for one month, determined to achieve a breakthrough to deal with the Windcloud Competition.

He’d rather die than not succeed!

In the end, he had died…

Xu Xiaoshou shook his head with pity. This person had known that he wouldn’t be able to break through to Level Four. He had been subjected to mockery and sarcasm these last three years and had gotten the heart to die.

He had only used the death seclusion this time as a reason and an excuse to follow through with his plan.

It was a different world and a different set of troubles. Xu Xiaoshou had been tortured physically, while this person had been ravaged mentally.

Both of their lives were pitiful.

“However, since I’ve been given this chance, I will never be defeated by the rumors and slander,” Xu Xiaoshou thought to himself. He continued to drudge up fragments of memory, and his expression turned dark.

As it turned out, the Windcloud Competition was equivalent to a year-end exam. This person had placed last for two years. He would have to pack up and leave the Tiansang Spirit Palace if he lost again this year.

It was no wonder that he had engaged in death seclusion. It looked like he’d had no other choice…

Xu Xiaoshou was put in a predicament. Why had he been put in such a stressful situation the moment he’d crossed over to this world? A year-end exam? And elimination, no less, if he ranked last?

As a person who had experienced exams before, he was most terrified of them. This was especially so since he lacked both soft and hard power at the moment.

More terrifyingly, there was no dark technology in this world, so he couldn’t cheat…

His thoughts were running wild. He nearly finished retrieving all his memories. Then, his soul shook and he seemed to have fully fused with this body.

The next second, a black wheel appeared in his mind.

“…” Xu Xiaoshou thought.

“So there is dark technology in this world?”

He quickly looked into his mind and closely examined the black wheel.

The black wheel was rather simple in design. It looked like a product from a roadside stall and didn’t look particularly valuable. Xu Xiaoshou severely doubted that this piece of dark technology had been placed here just to appease him.

The base of the wheel was split into two sections, one gold and the other red.

Interestingly, the gold section occupied ninety percent of the wheel’s area, while the red section only occupied a small sector.

“That’s too unfair…” Xu Xiaoshou silently cursed. According to what he’d learned in the past, the diminished red sector usually had the best stuff.

However, the gold section was marked with the words “Active System,” while the words “Passive System” were on the red section.

“Active and Passive?” Xu Xiaoshou’s expression turned puzzled. From a gaming perspective, active techniques were naturally better than passive techniques. After all, how was he going to kill enemies with just passive skills alone?

He might not even be able to kill wild monsters!

Could it be that the black wheel thought that my previous life was too pitiful and thus expanded the area of the “Active System” as a reward?

Xu Xiaoshou became excited. That must be the case!

“It’s a wheel with a conscience. We don’t see this too often!”

He was elated. He wanted to search for something that looked like a start button, but couldn’t find anything.

In his mind, there was nothing else other than this simple wheel.

Was the wheel supposed to be activated manually?

He looked at the shabby black wheel, afraid that he would damage it if he wasn’t careful. However, it seemed like he had no other choice but to activate it by force.

Xu Xiaoshou looked at the needle on the wheel. It was long and slender. It looked like it couldn’t withstand a gust of wind.

He gave it a try. He used his will to gently push the needle. The wheel shook and looked like it was about to move.

… Then nothing.

“That’s it?”

The wheel had only looked like it’d been about to move. In the end, the needle didn’t budge an inch. Xu Xiaoshou felt that the person who had made this wheel hadn’t put too much thought into it.

It was all right that the wheel looked shabby, but it wasn’t even greased. How was he going to use it?

He exerted a little more force with his will. The needle seemed to tilt to the side. However, it still felt like it was resisting him. He needed to use more force!

Xu Xiaoshou used even more force. The long slender needle tilted to the side even more this time. He thought that this probably wasn’t good and lessened the amount of strength he used. In the end, the needle couldn’t bear the heavy load and broke…

It broke?

It broke!

Xu Xiaoshou’s expression turned dark. As it turned out, the wheel didn’t just look shabby. It was truly shabby!

The needle had been pointing toward the edge of the gold section. However, now that it’d broken, it immediately fell toward the red section that was outside the edge of the gold section.

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Red… Passive System?

Xu Xiaoshou’s face turned from black to purple. It wasn’t right to play with people like that. Who had made this wheel? It was an evil device.

He suddenly had a thought. Could it be that the wheel wasn’t activated by pushing the needle but by spinning the wheel?

“Groan… It can’t be, right?”

Xu Xiaoshou’s face turned red. He experimentally prodded the wheel under the needle. Indeed, the wheel started to turn smoothly and didn’t look like it needed to be greased.

“This…” Xu Xiaoshou’s eyes lazily rolled into the back of his head and he staggered backward and fell onto the bed.

The next second, he leapt off the bed, desperately wanting to pick up the broken needle with his will. He wanted to seize the opportunity to place the needle onto the gold section before the black wheel could react.

He didn’t expect the black wheel to come to its senses after his foul play. The wheel immediately disappeared.

A line of words appeared:

“[Passive System] activated, downloading…”

Xu Xiaoshou wanted to cry. However, he could only go with the flow and accept it.

The words disappeared, and a small red interface took its place. Xu Xiaoshou looked over, harboring a sliver of hope.

There was only one section in the interface. In the section was a line of large words.

Fundamental Passive Skill.

The section looked familiarly shabby and simple.

Breathing Technique (Acquired Lv. 1).

Xu Xiaoshou immediately fell back onto the bed. His pale complexion suddenly turned red. His blood was coursing through his veins. He was angry and furious.

Darn it. Breathing Technique? Do I really need you to teach me that?

Even a baby knew how to breathe!

Xu Xiaoshou had harbored some hope for this Passive System. Maybe there would be a godly twist that would shock him.

At that moment, he completely slipped into despair. It really was passive. Breathing…

Breathing, darn it!

He was so angry that he involuntarily took a few more breaths. However, he suddenly sensed the spiritual energy in his body start to stir violently.

“What’s going on?” Xu Xiaoshou was immensely shocked. His cultivation level was only Spiritual Cultivation Level Three. There shouldn’t be such a violent stir in his spiritual energy unless he was about to achieve a breakthrough. Could it be that he was about to achieve a breakthrough?

He quickly sat down cross-legged. He was just about to do something when he saw his spiritual energy become a cocoon and envelop his entire body. A wonderful stream of energy rose and broke through its restraints like a fish slipping back into the ocean.

The formless waves released ripples in the air around him and even cleared off the dust on the table.

“I, I achieved a breakthrough?”

Xu Xiaoshon looked lost. This person had been unable to advance, even after he’d engaged in death seclusion for a month, yet he had now achieved a breakthrough because he was furious and had taken a few more breaths of air?

Something was wrong…

Breathing?

There was a sparkle in Xu Xiaoshou’s eyes. “Breathing Technique?”

Could it be that the Breathing Technique was similar to a martial arts technique, where his every breath allowed him to take in the spiritual energy in the surroundings for his use?

“My… I’ve found a treasure!”

Xu Xiaoshou had thought that he’d messed up and was stuck with a lousy system. He didn’t expect it to be a great system. He seriously pondered the word “Passive” and had an epiphany.

“Passive breathing?”

“Passive training?”

He observed his body as he breathed. Indeed, he realized that a shred of spiritual energy from the surroundings would be taken into his sea of energy with his every breath.

It wasn’t much, but it was enough!

He’d reached a standstill in his cultivation, which meant that his few breaths of spiritual energy had made the difference and given him the success he needed!

Xu Xiaoshou felt a wave of passion. The diminished section of the wheel really always had the good stuff.

He would’ve had to go through the process of training if he’d gotten a powerful technique that he had to actively cultivate.

However, this Breathing Technique allowed him to even skip the process of training. What did that mean?

Xu Xiaoshou flicked his sleeves and pushed back the long hair on his forehead. There was a suave expression on his face.

“I, Xu Xiaoshou, will become invincible, even if I don’t move a muscle!”

Unfortunately, no one was there to witness how suave he was. Xu Xiaoshou felt that it was a bit of a pity.

He once again looked toward the red interface and felt a different emotion.

“Breathing Technique (Acquired Lv. 1).”

His gaze moved toward the words in the brackets. Xu Xiaoshou instinctively muttered, “Acquired… Lv. 1…”

That must mean that it could be leveled up. So what did he need to level up this skill?

He quickly noticed the lower portion of the interface. There was a small line of words there that he’d missed just now, as he’d been too agitated.

“Passive Points: 0.”

Xu Xiaoshou stroked his chin. Passive Points?

That was probably what he needed to level up his skills. However, how could he gain Passive Points?

The summer night was always accompanied by the songs of cicadas and the buzzing of mosquitoes. Xu Xiaoshou slipped into deep thought. The room became completely quiet.

He suddenly felt an itch on his forearm and instinctively slapped toward the area. He saw a bloody mark on his palm when he lifted his hand.

“Darned mosquito!”

Xu Xiaoshou felt that this room needed a deep cleaning. After all, he hadn’t cleaned the place in over a month. But he suddenly froze the next second, not knowing whether to laugh or to cry.

All he saw was a notification bar that had appeared at the bottom of the red interface.

“Got attacked. Passive Points +1.”

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There was dew on the plants and fog covering the morning sun, which was rising in the east.

The Spiritual Cultivators of the Tiansang Spirit Palace had long been awake and were taking in spiritual energy in various places. Some of them were on trees, some in pavilions, some in their friends’ yards…

Leaves rustled. Spirit magpies chirped. Everything was serene and wonderful.

However, two sneaky figures were shifting along on a quiet, meandering path. One of them was tall and burly, while the other was short and stout.

The tall figure was a muscular man. He had a burlap sack in his hands, and his back was hunched as he looked from side to side. It was obvious that he was going to do something bad.

By his side was a shorter teenager who only reached the tall man’s neck. He had a longsword sheathed at his waist, and there was an excited expression on his face.

“Senior Liu, why were we chosen for the mission of corpse collecting? Don’t the elders of the outer yard usually deal with this?” the shorter teenager, Zhou Zuo, asked.

“Naturally, it was orchestrated. Do you think this opportunity fell into your lap by chance?” The muscular man, Liu Zhen, looked around him. When he realized that no one was paying any attention to them, he heaved a sigh of relief. “I heard that Boss Wen gave them a large number of Spirit Crystals.”

“So that’s the case…” Zhou Zuo squinted, then rubbed his hands together and lowered his voice. “Then whose corpse are we collecting?”

“Xu Xiaoshou’s!” Liu Zhen walked as he said, “I heard that he engaged in death seclusion in an attempt to break through Level Three for this Windcloud Competition. If we count the time, today should be his last day. He hasn’t come out for a long time, which means that he must’ve died.”

“Level Three?” Zhou Zuo looked at him in shock. Xu Xiaoshou’s cultivation level wasn’t much higher than his. “What kind of treasures could a Level Three have? We might as well let him die on his own!”

“What do you know!?” Liu Zhen scolded him. “That Xu Xiaoshou was in the spirit palace for nearly three years. If nothing else, his yard alone is worth thousands of Spirit Crystals.”

“Wow, he’s that rich?”

“That’s right! I also heard that he has a ninth-grade spirit spiritual sword.”

Zhou Zuo’s eyes nearly fell out of his sockets when he heard this. “Ninth grade spiritual sword?”

“Lower your volume!” Liu Zhen said, afraid that someone might’ve heard his shocked exclamation. He looked around at the dissatisfied gazes of the people around them, then scolded the top of his partner’s head again. Was this lad not afraid that the people around them would hear him shouting so loudly?

The two of them chatted as they walked along the meandering path before finally coming to a quiet yard. The yard was enveloped in a large array.

Liu Zhen, who had been leading the way, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

“It’s quite far away… Oh my!”

Zhou Zuo, who was walking behind him, slammed into Liu Zhen’s back. He rubbed his forehead in pain and grumbled, “Senior Liu, why did you suddenly stop…”

He couldn’t see what was ahead of them because he was shorter. He walked around him and suddenly understood why Liu Zhen had suddenly stopped in his tracks.

A dozen people were sitting cross-legged in front of the yard.

They weren’t speaking. They were all sitting there silently and cultivating. The scene looked incredibly harmonious.

“Why are there so many people?”

Zhou Zuo was confused. He raised his head and looked at Liu Zhen. “Didn’t you say that Boss Wen obtained this opportunity by spending a great deal of Spirit Crystals?” he asked doubtfully.

He slammed his palm onto the top of Zhou Zuo’s head when he said this. Liu Zhen was so angry he couldn’t speak.

“Can’t you tell? All of these people got smart!”

“Darn it. They could’ve picked somewhere else to train, but instead they chose to come here. The information must’ve been leaked!”

Zhou Zuo rubbed his head, a bitter expression on his face. “You shouldn’t vent your anger on me,” he thought.

The dozen people who were sitting cross-legged in front of the yard noticed that somebody else had come. They couldn’t help but be happy. All of them started chattering.

“Yo, someone else has come. They’re a little late. The sun’s already rising from the east.”

“That must be Liu Zhen. Who’s the person beside him? He must be new. Did he come to witness the action?”

“Hey, Liu Zhen, you’re too negligent. I came before the sun rose, and there were already people here…”

“Tch, I came last night.”

“I came the day before!”

“I came three days ago!”

A commotion broke out in front of the yard. Liu Zhen didn’t know if they were boasting or not. In the end, someone claimed that they’d been here for a month, and everyone instantly turned to look at that person in awe.

Liu Zhen felt dizzy and said furiously, “What are you guys here for?!”

“Hey, Liu Zhen. We can’t say.”

“But if you must know, we’re here for the ninth grade spiritual sword.”

Zhou Zuo nearly burst out laughing. Did everyone know the information? Hehe. And Liu Zhen had told him to keep quiet.

He glanced at Liu Zhen and swallowed the words he’d been about to say. Liu Zhen’s expression was dark, as if he’d just eaten a string of firecrackers and was going to explode the next second.

Liu Zhen felt like his lungs were about to explode. Boss Wen had spent a great deal of Spirit Crystals to obtain this information. Why was it so cheap?

The people in their camp wouldn’t have leaked this information, so had all of these people bribed the elder?

The person just now had said he couldn’t say…

Darn it. Which elder would be so immoral as to sell a piece of information to so many people!?

He couldn’t voice what he’d wanted to say. It felt like there was something stuck in his throat. The two of them stood still in front of the path. Awkwardness seemed to hang in the air like a crying crow.

The people in front of the yard seemed to have experienced this many times. They expertly patted the ground.

“Liu Zhen, come over and have a seat.”

“Don’t stand on ceremony. Just treat this as your own yard.”

“Haha!” Zhou Zuo couldn’t help but erupt into laughter.

Liu Zhen pushed him onto the ground with a slap, then walked over, looking dejected. He stopped halfway in shock when he looked at the yard again.

He saw the formless barrier that enveloped the yard start to ripple. The next moment, the barrier split open and revealed the door of the yard.

The crowd that was sitting cross-legged in front of the yard also noticed this transformation. They all turned to look. Some of them looked at the color of the sky and noticed that something was off.

“What time is it? Didn’t they say that the array would only be dispelled at noon?”

“Who dispelled the array? No one here knows how to dispel arrays. Was it you, Liu Zhen?”

Liu Zhen nearly ran forward to slam the person onto the ground. He was so far away from the yard. How could he have dispelled the array?

Also, who are you to call my name like a friend? We’re not close! I don’t know you.

Liu Zhen was speechless at this group of people, who were acting friendly with him. However, now was not the time to get caught up in this. He focused his attention on the door of the yard in front of him.

Creak!

The door was pushed open. A tall, slender figure carrying a black sword was leaning by the door, his eyes sleepy.

“Why are you so noisy this early in the morning? Are you trying to prevent me from sleeping?”

Xu Xiaoshou was irritated. He’d wanted to train last night but had suddenly had a thought: he breathed when he slept, and breathing meant training…

Thus, he’d lain down to go to bed!

He hadn’t expected another mosquito to appear after he’d just killed one. And then three more had appeared after that!

Tormented by the mosquitoes, he hadn’t been able to sleep. He’d toiled the entire night before finally falling asleep, only to be jolted awake by the noise early in the morning!

Even though there was a soundproof array around the yard, it wasn’t a high-level array.

This group of people had gotten louder and louder, and their voices had drifted into his room like a buzzing mosquito.

Unable to tolerate it any longer, he had grabbed his sword and gotten out of bed.

Xu Xiaoshou had been in the outer yard for three years and understood what this group of people was thinking. Thinking that he’d died, they wanted to seize the opportunity to collect his corpse and profit off of it!

Unfortunately for them, while he had died, another him had risen and taken his place.

He leaned by the door and looked around him, then said in a mocking tone, “People, why are you crowding around my door so early in the morning? I don’t want to buy breakfast!”

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All of the people looked toward the swordsman leaning by the door. They were all shocked.

Xu Xiaoshou?

He’d achieved a breakthrough and come out of his seclusion?

It’s well understood that you can’t get far without natural talent. Xu Xiaoshou had spent the last three years telling everyone that he was born to be stuck at Level Three. How could he have achieved a breakthrough just by engaging in death seclusion?

What kind of luck did he have!?

“Xu Xiaoshou?”

“You didn’t die?”

“What happened? You… You broke through to Level Four?”

Xu Xiaoshou had wanted to speak, but he suddenly saw the notification panel in his mind update.

“Got doubted. Passive Points +12.”

Xu Xiaoshou was elated. He had spent the last night being frustrated over how he had to attract mosquitoes with the fragrant smell of his flesh to increase his Passive Points. Now, it looked like…

It wasn’t just being attacked that gained him Passive Points. Being doubted did it too.

Could it be that any passive words or actions would increase his Passive Points?

With the points he’d just earned, and the one’s he’d gained from being assaulted six times by mosquitoes last night, he now had 18 Passive Points.

But, he had been bitten many times last night, yet each time had only given him +1 Passive Point, so why was it “+12” for being doubted?

Xu Xiaoshou was confused. He looked at people present and counted. There were seventeen people.

Could it be that twelve people within the group doubted that he’d broken through to Level Four?

Zhou Zuo finally got to Liu Zhen’s side and asked softly, “This is Xu Xiaoshou?”

“Got doubted. Passive Points +1.”

Xu Xiaoshou was elated. His hearing was great. Out of all these corpse collectors, there was a person who didn’t even know whose corpse they’d come to collect?

He walked out of the yard with his black sword in hand. The group of people moved back.

Xu Xiaoshou had spent all of his Spirit Crystals to purchase the ninth grade spiritual sword to show how determined he was to undergo death seclusion.

The name of the sword was “Hiding Pain,” meaning that he hid his pain and suffering. He’d been determined to die along with the sword if he was unable to achieve a breakthrough.

Now that he had succeeded in breaking through to Level Four, he had the ninth grade spiritual sword combined with the White Cloud Sword Technique that he had spent three years cultivating… Even though he had only learned one stroke, he might stand a chance against this group of people in front of him.

The person with the highest cultivation level out of the people that had come here was Liu Zhen, who was Spiritual Cultivation Level Five. The high-level bosses woudn’t come out in person to collect his corpse. They had too high of status.

The group of people instinctively retreated when they saw Xu Xiaoshou come out of his seclusion.

One person holding a sword had shocked the entire group.

“To think that you would try to collect my corpse. Mine. Xu Xiaoshou’s. Why did your bosses not come personally?!”

In both cultivation and experience, Xu Xiaoshou, who had been in the outer yard for three years, was considered an elder. He’d been here long enough to be called a senior.

How else would he have the assets to own a small yard and a spiritual sword.

The people who were more powerful than him had reached the Innate Stage and headed into the inner yard. Some of the so-called bosses who had remained in the outer yard had followed behind him some years ago.

Thus, no one dared to talk back when he spoke. Even Liu Zhen, who was one level higher than him, remained silent when he saw the spiritual glow circulating the black sword on Xu Xiaoshou’s shoulder.

“Scram, go back to where you came from!” Xu Xiaoshou waved his arms like he was chasing ducks away.

The group hadn’t expected Xu Xiaoshou to immediately take the initiative the moment he came out to crush their spirits. They resentfully turned to leave, none of them daring to mutter another word.

“Senior Liu, are we going to leave just like that?” Zhou Zuo asked cautiously.

Liu Zhen looked at Xu Xiaoshou. Even though he was indignant, it wasn’t like he could charge forward and kill him before dragging his corpse away, right?

Personal battles were forbidden in the spirit palace, and even if they weren’t, he doubted whether or not he’d be able to defeat Xu Xiaoshou.

“Let’s go,” he sighed, then left with the group.

“Wait!”

Xu Xiaoshou suddenly called out from behind them, as if he’d just remembered something.

Everyone in the group turned around, confused. They saw Xu Xiaoshou pierce his sword into the ground and shout, “You guys come and go as you please. Do you really think that I don’t have a temper?”

Everyone got angry. They had wasted hours of their time waiting here and hadn’t managed to get anything. They had already turned around to leave. What else did Xu Xiaoshou want?

“What can you do about it?” Liu Zhen knitted his brows and asked. Xu Xiaoshou wouldn’t be able to defend himself if this group of people surrounded and attacked him. Had he become insane after his death seclusion and wanted to fight all seventeen of them by himself?

He saw Xu Xiaoshou snicker. “Nothing. Don’t get too agitated. I was just asking a question.”

The group was silent. Xu Xiaoshou said with a jovial expression, “I said that I’ve broken through to Level Four. Do you believe me?”

Everyone froze when they heard his question. He’d stopped everyone to ask such a stupid question? However, in order to leave this place, all of them played along.

“Yes, yes.”

“We do, we do!”

“You’ve reached Level Four. You sure are impressive, Senior Xu. So can we leave now?”

Xu Xiaoshou froze. Why were they reacting this way?

“Don’t do that. Doubt me. Please doubt me as you please!” he screamed internally. He had effortfully come up with an idea to gain Passive Points, yet no one was playing along with him.

He glanced at the group of people who were growing impatient and wanted to leave, then suddenly had a burst of inspiration. He picked up his sword and stood up straight, then said casually, “I won’t hide it from all of you. Actually, I’ve already broken through to Level Five…”

“How could that be?”

“Hehe, Senior Xu, you must be joking…”

Everyone voiced their thoughts. They weren’t blind. It was as clear as day that he had the aura of a Level Four, yet he was trying to say that he was a Level Five?

He was lying through his teeth. He sure was impressive.

“Got doubted. Passive Points +15.”

Xu Xiaoshou was elated. So that was what he had to do?

He saw that there were only 15 points, which meant that there were two people who believed him? Were they dumb?

“Hehe, actually, I’ve already broken through to Level Six…”

???

“Got doubted. Passive Points +17.”

Great. This was a group of people that would be useful for collecting Passive Points.

Xu Xiaoshou spread his hands. “I’ll stop pretending and tell you the truth. Actually, I’m already Level Seven…”

The group felt the veins in their foreheads bulge. Was this Xu Xiaoshou using them for his amusement or was he doing this for another reason?

“Got doubted. Passive Points +13.”

Hey, why did his points go down?

Xu Xiaoshou was only paying attention to the notification panel in his mind and didn’t notice the expressions on their faces. He immediately added, “All right, all right, I’ll stop joking. I’ve already reached Level Eigh…”

“Xu Xiaoshou, you’ve gone too far!”

“You can kill us, but don’t humiliate us!”

“Attack, brothers!”

Xu Xiaoshou was shocked. He came to his senses and saw the seventeen furious faces in front of him. He immediately moved back into the yard and closed the door, then instantly activated the array.

My obedient friends, I only asked a few questions. Why did you have to blow up as if you’d just eaten a string of explosives!?

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Xu Xiaoshou really was rich.

He had a small pond of spirit fishes, a fake mountain, and a few tall spirit trees in his yard.

Xu Xiaoshou had wanted to go back to sleep after he closed the door. However, he noticed that a new section had appeared in the red interface in his mind: Store.

He shifted his gaze down to the text beneath it. Passive Points: 64.

Xu Xiaoshou was elated. He had earned a lot of Passive Points just now. Could it be that he had only unlocked the store when his Passive Points had reached two digits?

He tapped into the store. The store was empty save for a red gift box.

“Passive Gift Box (Purchase: 10 Passive Points).”

Xu Xiaoshou had tried to upgrade his skills with his Passive Points last night but hadn’t been able to figure out how to do it. He realized now that the Passive Points were used to purchase items.

Without thinking too much, he immediately tapped to purchase the gift box. He tore the gift box open and the notification panel refreshed.

“Skill Point +10.”

“Passive Key +3.”

At the same time, the store shook as a red wheel appeared. This wheel was a size smaller than the black wheel from last time. Also, the surface of the wheel was obscured by a layer of gray fog. He couldn’t see its contents.

The corners of Xu Xiaoshou’s mouth involuntarily twitched when he saw the wheel, and his eyes dulled. He immediately recalled the needle that he had broken the last time.

Two other gray items appeared within the store section.

“Skill Point (Purchase: 1000 Passive Points).”

“Passive Key (Purchase: 1000 Passive Points).”

Xu Xiaoshou was startled when he saw these two notifications. It was that expensive?

Had he just purchased 10,000 Passive Points worth of items just with 10 Passive Points just now?

“Wow!” Xu Xiaoshou’s eyes widened. He realized that the gift box was equivalent to a bundle for new players that didn’t measure up to his level. It might as well have been free!

It felt great!

“Passive Key… That must be used to activate this wheel, right?” Xu Xiaoshou deliberated. Had the wheel upgraded itself after being ravaged the last time? It was no longer activated manually?

He didn’t have to think too hard about the Skill Points. Those were definitely used for upgrading his passive skills.

“So do I upgrade the Breathing Technique?” he thought to himself. But Xu Xiaoshou quickly tossed that idea to the side. “Let me try the Passive Key first. I might be able to obtain other passive skills.”

The Windcloud Competition of the outer yard would be held in three days. It was a competition for the bosses who wanted to place in the top 100 of the Windcloud Scoreboard. However, to Xu Xiaoshou, it was an elimination exam.

He might be able to continue training in the Tiansang Spirit Palace if he obtained a decent passive skill from this red wheel. He wouldn’t have a place to stay if he were really ousted out of the Spirit Palace.

Xu Xiaoshou inserted the key into the small hole at the base of the red wheel. The fog above his head became even thicker. He couldn’t see a thing.

“Give me a chance. Give me something that can instantly make me stronger!”

After he turned the key, Xu Xiaoshou placed his hands together and started to pray, “I don’t want techniques. I don’t want techniques. They can’t help me for the time being…”

The gray fog billowed. Xu Xiaoshou didn’t know what was going on within the fog, but the notification panel soon refreshed.

“Better luck next time!” it read.

Xu Xiaoshou’s expression turned black. “What’s going on here?” he thought. “Would I really have better luck next time?”

Couldn’t they have come up with something that an average person could use? Why was the system always so evil? It was just like the needle from the previous wheel!

Xu Xiaoshou finished venting internally. He still had two keys. Xu Xiaoshou inserted another key and then shouted like a maniac, “Go! RNGesus!”

The gray fog billowed. Xu Xiaoshou looked at the notification panel expectantly.

“One extra key!” Xu Xiaoshou was speechless.

“Hey, what’s the meaning of this?” he thought. “I spent one key to get one key and nothing else? Are they just toying with me?”

Xu Xiaoshou rolled his eyes back as far as they’d go. “Do you think you’re Mr. Big Shot or something? One extra key?”

“Well, I’m not amused!”

He had used two keys and had two keys left.

Xu Xiaoshou could no longer stand such torture. He inserted one key and stopped looking at the notification panel. He estimated that sufficient time had passed and saw that the key had vanished. He then pushed his last key fiercely into the hole.

“Nothing good, nothing good…” he muttered, trying to jinx it as he stole glances at the notification bar.

“Obtained an Extended Passive Skill: Strengthen!”

“Better luck next time!”

Jinxing himself had worked!

Xu Xiaoshou slapped himself on the thigh when he looked at the line of text. He’d finally gotten something good.

However, after he read the sentence more closely…

“Strengthen?”

Xu Xiaoshou was so flabbergasted he almost vomited blood.

Why not just say I’m scrawny while you’re at it?

“Oh? Maybe it’s not what I think?”

Xu Xiaoshou suddenly remembered that the Breathing Technique he’d gotten the other time also had an unassuming name, yet had a marvelous effect. Perhaps Strengthen would also have an unexpected effect?

“Let’s hope so!” Xu Xiaoshou collected himself and looked at the red interface. He noticed that the interface had changed again.

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One, Fundamental Passive Skills.

Two, Extended Passive Skills.

Three, Store.

“There’s an extra Extended Passive Skills tab?” He looked again at the notification panel and realized that Strengthen was an Extended Passive Skill. It belonged to a different category than the Breathing Technique.

“The classification is quite detailed…”

He tapped open the tab and saw a small line of text at the bottom: Strengthen (Acquired Lv. 1).

“Could it be a technique that will strengthen my body?” Xu Xiaoshou pinched his arm. His arm hadn’t become more muscular because of the appearance of the passive skill.

Could it be that its level wasn’t high enough?

Xu Xiaoshou was conflicted. He still had ten Passive Points. What should he use them on?

The Breathing Technique was a fundamental technique and naturally worth leveling up. However, it took a long time to accumulate its effects. He had only managed to achieve a breakthrough yesterday because he already had a strong foundation.

On the other hand, Strengthen, if it was as he guessed, was a passive skill that would strengthen his physical body. It was undoubtedly a more suitable choice for leveling up at this moment.

He would have a fighting chance at the Windcloud Competition if his body could be enhanced. At the very least, he wouldn’t be eliminated.

After weighing the options, Xu Xiaoshou ultimately decided to use his Skill Points on Strengthen. What if there was a miracle?

He used his Skill Points in the interface. The notification panel immediately got updated.

“Strengthen (Acquired Lv. 2).”

Xu Xiaoshou constantly monitored his body for changes. He didn’t know if it was an illusion or not, but he felt that he now had more strength, but the transformation wasn’t apparent. He continued tapping on the skill level on the panel.

“Strengthen (Acquired Lv. 3).”

“Strengthen (Acquired Lv. 4).”

“Strengthen (Acquired Lv. 5).”

The transformation was much more obvious this time. Xu Xiaoshou felt his muscles bulge slightly, and he no longer looked scrawny.

“That’s good!” Xu Xiaoshou was elated. He punched the ground, and there was a dull thud from the impact. He’d created a slight indention in the ground.

“That’s great. It’s obvious that my strength has increased. Could the Acquired Stage of the passive skill be equivalent to the ten levels of Spiritual Cultivation of Spiritual Cultivators?” Xu Xiaoshou murmured to himself.

There were ten levels of Spiritual Cultivation when Spiritual Cultivators first started their training. After those ten levels was the Innate Stage.

Thus, the first ten levels of Spiritual Cultivation was called the Acquired Stage. No problem there. The technique was only an Acquired Lv. 5 right now, yet it had such power. He’d be able to break a few rib bones if he punched a person!

If it was as he thought and the levels of the technique were equivalent to the levels of a Spiritual Cultivator, wouldn’t his body reach the Innate stage if he put all of his Skill Points into the technique?

“Oh, wow!” Xu Xiaoshou felt a wave of passion. It was more difficult for the physical body to reach the Innate Stage than to reach the Innate Stage in Spiritual Cultivation!

He had wanted to split the Skill Points evenly between the two techniques. However, he now decided to put all of his Skill Points into Strengthen. He wanted to see what kind of effect it would have.

“Strengthen (Acquired Lv. 6).”

“Strengthen (Acquired Lv. 7).”

“Strengthen (Acquired Lv. 8).”

His body’s power continuously skyrocketed. Xu Xiaoshou felt as if he’d taken drugs. He felt like he had infinite energy.

But after his muscles had reached a size that could be considered muscular for the average person, his muscles no longer bulged and started to tone instead, becoming perfectly defined.

Xu Xiaoshou took off his shirt, revealing a beautiful, toned body underneath.

Boom!

He shattered the ground with a punch!

It was powerful enough to rival a Spiritual Cultivation Level Eight fighter!

Xu Xiaoshou was in awe. “Too powerful. This is too powerful!”

He should be able to rank within the first few hundred of the Windcloud Scoreboard just with that fist alone. It was more than enough for him to avoid elimination!

There was a glimmer in Xu Xiaoshou’s eyes. He wasn’t going to stop here. He still had three Skill Points, go!

“Strengthen (Acquired Lv. 9).”

“Strengthen (Acquired Lv. 10).”

“Strengthen (Innate Lv. 1).”

Xu Xiaoshou’s mind turned blank with bliss after he saw the last line of text, “Innate, to think that it’s really innate!”

Every inch of muscle in his body started to twitch violently. The next moment, his muscles expelled sticky black impurities that smelled immensely foul.

Xu Xiaoshou looked up and let out a long howl, giving himself a fierce slap.

Pow!

He wasn’t dreaming!

He punched the ground. With a thud, a palm-sized crater appeared, and web-like cracks spread out from the crater’s center for a few inches.

That was just half his power!

Xu Xiaoshou was dazed. He had only used half of his power. If he were to punch someone’s head at full power…

Hehe.

Xu Xiaoshou felt that the Windcloud Competition might be very interesting…