Chapter 2: Attribute Points

Host: Lu Changsheng.

Age: Twenty (Fifty)

Realm: None.

Martial Arts: None.

Skills: None.

Equipment: None.

Status: Weak.

Source Energy Points: Six.

Bound Exotic Beast: Pangolin (White)

"Isn't this the game modifier I bought in my previous life? The kind that even comes with pets?"

Seeing this situation, Lu Changsheng's expression was one of shock.

The Source Energy Points above were clearly the warm current he had just absorbed.

Looking at the several items of data, he fell into deep thought.

The parenthesis after his age showed fifty; could it be that his state meant he could only live to fifty?

However, thinking of his own physical constitution, he felt relieved.

Plus, in this world, it was not bad for an ordinary person to live to fifty.

Then he cast his gaze toward the status column.

There was a green plus sign after "Weak."

"Could it be...?"

With a thought, he immediately clicked on it.

The Source Energy Points instantly became five.

"Hmm..."

Countless warm currents rushed in like ocean waves, directly into his limbs and bones.

His entire body was recovering rapidly, and a tingling sensation even came from the injured spot on the back of his head.

Before long, Lu Changsheng felt that his body had recovered quite a bit of vitality, and his face had become much ruddier.

He clenched his fists tightly, his expression quite joyful.

The effects of these Source Energy Points were too powerful.

This world was extremely terrifying; only with this reliance could he survive well.

Otherwise, relying on his own background, let alone practicing martial arts, even survival would be difficult.

Not to mention that this body had long been addicted to wine and women, lingering in gambling dens and brothels, and had long since been hollowed out.

In Lu Changsheng's memory, because his cheap father was away for a long time and he was neglected in his youth, his predecessor had long since gone astray and hung out with some bad people for a long time.

As for practicing martial arts, that was even more impossible; he couldn't endure the hardship.

Besides, there had been no suitable techniques for him to practice in the past.

Martial arts techniques were extremely precious; except for some powerful families and gangs in the county, ordinary people found it hard to come into contact with them.

This was also one of the means by which they controlled the bottom-level people.

As for the official forces, it was even harder to join.

Without a certain level of martial arts cultivation, it was almost impossible to join them.

At this very moment, Lu Changsheng had only one thought in his heart, and that was to practice martial arts.

Only with powerful strength could he master his own destiny.

Then he cast his gaze toward the last item, the bound exotic beast.

With a thought.

A round, earthy-yellow pangolin appeared in the room, lying on the ground fast asleep.

Its head was very slender, its limbs were covered with sharp claws, and its whole body was covered in hard armor, which shimmered with a faint light under the moonlight, clearly possessing impressive defensive power.

Bound Exotic Beast: Pangolin.

Level: 1 Quality: White.

Skills: Drill Earth (Ordinary).

Armor Reinforcement (Ordinary).

Consuming a certain amount of Source Energy Points can improve level and skills.

Lu Changsheng looked at the pangolin that had suddenly appeared on the ground, his face full of surprise.

He could actually control the actions of this beast, making it as easy as moving his own arm.

This discovery immediately made him extremely excited.

One must know that more than three hundred miles south of Changping County was the Cangyun Shan Range.

As one of the branches of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, this mountain range had countless spiritual medicine resources, but fierce beasts ran rampant inside, and even many martial artists dared not go deep.

The entire mountain range had completely become a forbidden zone for the human race.

Now that he had this earth-escaping exotic beast, as long as he cultivated it well, the spiritual items in Cangyun Shan would all turn into his Source Energy Points, used to improve the exotic beast and his own cultivation, and then he could head toward the depths of the mountain range, forming a closed loop.

He could even explore the Ten Thousand Great Mountains in the future.

This was simply a perfect path to becoming stronger.

Thinking of this, Lu Changsheng clenched his fists, extremely excited.

He began to verify it impatiently.

His mind slowly approached and sank directly into the pangolin's body.

The pangolin on the ground opened its eyes directly, surveying the surrounding environment.

Its eyes even revealed human-like wisdom.

"How magical."

Lu Changsheng raised its claws and waved them rapidly in front of him several times.

He could clearly feel the pangolin's body and limbs, as if it were a clone.

Afterward, he controlled the pangolin to run around the room.

After playing for a long time, he put the exotic beast into the system space.

Next, Lu Changsheng cast his gaze toward the book in the wooden box.

A book lay quietly in the wooden box, with a faint musty smell coming from around it.

"Iron Cloth Shirt."

The three large characters were clearly printed on the book cover.

Lu Changsheng hurriedly picked up the secret manual and flipped through it.

He saw a figure standing with feet apart, arms in a hugging posture, striking various poses.

Each pose had subtle differences, totaling eighteen diagrams.

"Swish, swish..." In half a cup of tea's time, he had flipped to the last page.

A look of realization appeared on his face.

His prediction was not wrong; this was indeed a martial arts technique, but it was missing the most critical part.

It actually contained no method for medicinal baths.

One must know that the most important thing for this kind of hard qigong technique was the combination of medicinal diet and medicinal baths for cultivation.

Otherwise, it was extremely easy to train oneself into a cripple.

In his memories, there were quite a few people in Changping County who had obtained this technique.

This was also the only martial arts secret manual that commoners could easily obtain; no wonder his predecessor's father could obtain this technique—perhaps he had intended to practice it himself, but for some reason, it was left unsettled.

In the past, many people had disregarded the danger to practice it, and the outcome was often not very good.

Only a few people had stepped into Skin Refining and become true martial artists.

In this book, martial artist levels were divided into Skin Refining, Meat Refining, Bone Forging, Blood Transmutation...

As for higher realms, there was no record at all.

Lu Changsheng looked at the last page that had been torn off the book; clearly, the most critical medicinal bath was missing.

He couldn't help but suspect that this was likely done deliberately by some people.

Some powerful families and gangs, in order to cultivate dead soldiers and cannon fodder in batches, just gave commoners a glimmer of fantasy.

However, these were not any obstacles for him.

After having the attribute modifier, it didn't matter even without the coordination of medicinal baths.

And this technique was extremely suitable for him.

After successfully practicing this kind of hard work, the defensive power was quite impressive, which could greatly improve his own survival ability.

With a thought.

The blue panel immediately appeared in the void.

He saw that a line of text had suddenly appeared in the martial arts technique column.

Martial Arts: Iron Cloth Shirt (Uninitiated)

The point-adding option behind the technique was actually gray.

"Could it be that the technique must be initiated before the modifier can be used? Or are the Source Energy Points insufficient?"

Lu Changsheng pondered.

Seeing that the sky was getting late, he didn't think too much and prepared to verify it the next day.

He walked directly toward the bed and soon lay down.

The night passed without incident.

The next day, early morning.

The morning sun rose, and the late autumn sunlight spilled onto the head of the bedroom bed through the door gap.

Lu Changsheng quickly put on his clothes, got up, and walked toward the outside of the house.

He came to a large water vat on the left side of the courtyard.

He saw a handsome-looking man reflected in the water.

His eyes were sharp, and his brow appeared very resolute.

He immediately began to wash up, then went to the kitchen.

After searching for a while, he found a black, round cake on the stove.

Lu Changsheng picked up the palm-sized "food" and took a bite.

"Ugh..."

This hardness was almost comparable to a stone; his teeth were almost broken.

After swallowing a black cake with difficulty with well water, he barely filled his stomach.

Even his throat was scratched a bit; it almost sent him away on the spot.

He had never eaten such iron-like food before, which made him extremely unaccustomed to it.

Thinking that he would have to eat this kind of iron cake every day in the future made him shiver.

He, Lu Changsheng, wanted to eat meat.

He never wanted to eat these ghost things again.

Then Lu Changsheng came to the center of the courtyard again, preparing to test the Iron Cloth Shirt technique.

Initiating this technique was very simple; one just needed to hit the body with a wooden stick every day.

Coupled with medicinal baths for cultivation, one could naturally initiate it slowly.

However, he lacked the critical medicinal bath, so he could only try it first.

He hoped the attribute modifier could help him cross this threshold.

The most critical thing now was that there was no one to cooperate with him.

Thinking of this, Lu Changsheng frowned.

"Do I have to go find the Fang siblings?"

In the first instance, he thought of the two people next door.

Just then, a slight sound of footsteps arose.

A youth was walking over quickly, having already crossed the plow wall.

"Eh... Brother Changsheng, you actually recovered so quickly?"

After Fang Tao walked closer, his face was full of surprise.

He didn't expect that the two had only not seen each other for a day, and Lu Changsheng actually had some blood color on his face.

"Just some minor injuries; after resting for a night, it's much better."

Lu Changsheng smiled slightly without explaining too much.

"You came just in time today; I plan to practice martial arts and need your assistance."

He didn't talk nonsense and immediately placed the Iron Cloth Shirt on the stone table.

As a youth, the other's strength was barely enough.

"Are you crazy? This technique has practiced many people to death."

Fang Tao had also followed Lu Changsheng's father to learn characters for a few days since he was a child, and he recognized the technique on the table at a glance.

This Iron Cloth Shirt was not unfamiliar in the entire Changping County.

Many people had forcibly used acupuncture to stimulate their potential for cultivation, leading to lifelong disability.

So much so that later, few people dared to practice it forcibly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3 =====