Chapter 99

One martial art, two icons, double yolks?!!

Feng Mu looked at the updated panel before him and fell into contemplation.

"Clearly, the Blood Flesh Second Solution Version is nothing but a tampered product of the 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】; it substitutes the traditional Meridians with the Flesh Body Structure, achieving a Pseudo Martial Art."

"What the official icon manifests is the true essence of a True Martial Art with Bone Quality as its pillar."

"Logically, when I cultivate the 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】, I should only be able to nurture the corresponding Pseudo Martial Art; it is absolutely impossible for the original True Art to appear."

"Yet the scene before me shows two martial arts coexisting — does this not mean the 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 has not only deceived itself, but even fooled the system?"

The doubts in Feng Mu's heart sprouted like spring buds, spreading ever more.

This situation is like planting a near-perfect pirated game in a phone; its simulation is so high that the backend mistakenly feeds data back to the official developer, making the developer mistakenly believe he has paid, and thus erroneously granting him the official game to install.

Exploited a bug?!!

Feng Mu's eyes flickered with brilliant light; his heart was filled with irrepressible excitement.

He would never report the error to the system; on the contrary, Feng Mu believed that since he exploited the bug through his own ability, it cannot be called a bug, but rather the system's normal judgment mechanism.

Feng Mu silently said in his heart: "This is a mystery I uncovered with my strength and wisdom, then I have the qualification to fully utilize it.

The system cannot say it's wrong, and it's even less allowed to go back on its word and deny it; alright, if you don't speak, I'll take it as your tacit consent."

Feng Mu also didn't know whether the system actually has "logical thinking" or would repair the bug.

But as a scheming villain, even if he's bullying the system for being mute, he still has to strike first, seize the moral high ground in advance, and drape his actions in a cloak of "legality."

"One martial art, two twin skills, means I perform one set of moves and output two skills — in a game isn't that double power, double casting?"

Feng Mu quickly figured out in his Nao Hai how to utilize this mechanism; the only question was whether the required Upgrade Points also doubled?

"Can I upgrade one skill and have the other twin skill sync its data as well?" Feng Mu's brain spun rapidly.

This is equivalent to a character in a pirated game leveling up, the developer believing it true, and then erroneously syncing the character's level and stats to the official game.

Still the same reasonable judgment mechanism as above.

Feng Mu felt this wasn't wild fantasy; after all, if there's one there can be two.

Thought and done; Feng Mu prepared to Add Points to test it, and then heard his phone buzzing nonstop.

It was an unfamiliar number.

In last life's dramas, too many good people died from not answering calls in time, so Feng Mu had a rule: barring accident, calls that can be answered must be answered.

Especially unfamiliar numbers — they must be picked up promptly, because with unfamiliar numbers it's even harder to judge whether the other end is human or ghost.

"Hello~" Feng Mu answered the call.

Feng Yuhuai's voice came from the other end; Feng Mu heard only one character, then swiftly hung up and blocked the number, spitting out the two words "Bad luck."

Continue adding points, hoping not to be affected by Feng Yuhuai's bad luck today.

2 minutes later, the test failed.

Feng Mu used Seven Killing Fist as a sample for the test; the result was very disheartening.

Whether adding points to Seven Killing Fist · Blood Flesh Second Solution Version or to Seven Killing Fist, the other side did not sync feedback at all.

Feng Mu refused to believe it, thinking he had added too few points, so he successively raised Seven Killing Fist · Blood Flesh Second Solution Version to Middle Level, then raised Seven Killing Fist to High Level in one go.

【….. Your talent is boundless; in just under one month, you cultivated Seven Killing Fist (Blood Flesh Second Solution Version) to Xiao Cheng Realm.】

【….. Restricted by Bone Quality shackles, you spent a full three years just to barely touch Seven Killing Fist Xiao Cheng.】

【You are not discouraged, continue diligent practice, yet progress remains slow; ultimately taking a full eighteen years to cultivate Seven Killing Fist to Da Cheng Realm.】

【Seven Killing Fist · Blood Flesh Second Solution Version · Middle Level (1/2500)】

【Seven Killing Fist · High Level (1/5000)】

Even such an important result as skill advancement did not sync on both sides; clearly this loophole cannot be exploited.

"Fine then; at least power isn't too discounted — bottom line, I still profited hugely." Feng Mu sincerely consoled himself, "Must also leave the system some face; can't really treat it like an idiot and shear it to death."

Feng Mu gave up the test, stood Inside Room and performed a set of Seven Killing Fist; whether he operated the Blood Flesh Second Solution Version or the original, the other set would move along with it, cast simultaneously, exerting a stacked double power.

As for whether the double stacking exerts double power, that depends on the level difference of the twin skills; if levels are the same, it's almost double; if levels differ, it's an intermediate value between 1~2 times.

The reason for "almost" is that Feng Mu perceived that at the same level the Blood Flesh Second Solution Version's power is slightly inferior to the original.

Feng Mu could understand this; a pirated version being a bit worse than the official is only natural.

However, right then, a shocking conjecture flashed through Feng Mu's Nao Hai:

"The pirated is called Second Solution Version, not First Stage Version — could this mean there exist Third Solution Version, Fourth Solution Version, even Eighth Solution Version, Ninth Solution Version?"

His train of thought galloped like a wild horse unbridled:

"If the pirated version's power grows stronger as the 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 improves, then ultimately, will the pirated version's power surpass the official?"

He muttered to himself, as if trying to convince himself:

"This isn't impossible either; after all, when 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 reaches the High Level phase, it's no longer simple cultivation, but truly risking one's life. The official cannot compare, and that's not shameful."

Feng Mu couldn't help sucking in a breath of cold air: "Then, when my 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 reaches Three Solutions State, will another Three Solutions Version Seven Killing Fist icon appear?"

His imagination grew ever more exaggerated: "At that time, it won't be two Seven Killing Fists, but three, even more — eight, nine?"

Feng Mu was stunned by his own thoughts; if all this comes true, then this bu….. system judgment mechanism would be a bit too ecstatically delightful.

"【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 truly is a divine art; with the system it is truly a match made in heaven, destined to stay together forever, never parting!"

Feng Mu yearned boundlessly, temporarily pressing this discovery to the bottom of his heart, only waiting for the day of 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】 Three Solutions State to verify it.

Additionally, Feng Mu also discovered that in the cultivation Memory, the cultivation difficulty of Seven Killing Fist · Blood Flesh Second Solution Version and Seven Killing Fist were completely worlds apart.

Cultivating Seven Killing Fist · Blood Flesh Second Solution Version — that's called soaring progress.

Cultivating Seven Killing Fist — that's called an old steed tethered in the stall, with only the ambition to travel a thousand li left.

"Both cultivated to Xiao Cheng, one took 1 month, the other took three years — is this the power of 【Blood Flesh Initial Solution True Art】?"

Feng Mu gained a deeper understanding of his true aptitude and false aptitude; he muttered to himself,

"The gap actually reaches dozens of times; no wonder some people stop at nothing and choose the crooked path. Such temptation is indeed enough to make one unable to control themselves, forgetting life and death."

Feng Mu narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a rapid mental calculation, reached a clear conclusion: "Investing points into the original version undoubtedly yields the highest cost-effectiveness. As for the Flesh Version's pseudo-martial art, if the early game progresses smoothly, I am fully capable of cultivating it on my own."

With the expansion of the skill library, Feng Mu helplessly discovered a new problem: points were no longer enough; they had to be allocated more rationally to ensure every last point exerted maximum effect.

"When it comes down to it, it's still poverty."

Feng Mu let out a sigh, grumbling inwardly:

"Only spending with no income — sitting and eating the mountain empty isn't sustainable. Why hasn't the E Corpse Teaching's Experience Package appeared yet? It's making me anxious to death. Hope Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters can pull through; otherwise this Junior Brother really will starve to death."

(End of Chapter)