Chapter 27: Gu Jiangming's Golden Trait [Born with a Proud Bone]!

At this moment, the screen was displaying a magnificent and expansive scene.

What Jiu Jiu saw were tens of thousands of Human Race cultivators soaring across the sky in all sorts of ways; she saw countless Demon Race appearing calmly in the mortal world, interacting normally with those Human Race cultivators; she saw giant beasts that had only existed in ancient myths and had never been seen before.

On the operation interface, the map, which had already looked boundless, was growing at an exponential speed.

This... is this ten thousand years ago?

What on earth could have happened to turn the thriving world of ten thousand years ago into the broken scene of today?

Jiu Jiu looked at her character screen.

She had originally thought that since she had gone back ten thousand years, her meager Demon Power would not even be worth mentioning, but surprisingly, her strength seemed to have been elevated to an extremely profound realm according to some proportional algorithm.

Or was it that as a deity like the Jingwei, her strength remained powerful?

After thinking about it, Jiu Jiu felt the latter explanation was more plausible.

In this situation, it was more likely that her past life was inherently powerful, which was why her cultivation had become so profound.

She clicked on the character interface to view the information.

The version of herself in the screen had mastered at least seven divine abilities, and the power of each one was extremely astonishing.

At this time, Jiu Jiu noticed that the past of ten thousand years ago and the present were not completely disconnected; for example, the term "divine ability" had actually been passed down.

But the problem was that the divine abilities of the present were far too weak, not even resembling the power that a divine ability should have, which was why the term "strange art" had evolved.

Gu Jiangming was most skilled in a type of strange art called Heavenly Gang Five Thunders; placed here, Jiu Jiu did not even need to cast a spell, as a single Thunder Method struck at will could have such an effect.

Right!

Since there is my past life.

Then does Gu Jiangming have a past life?

Jiu Jiu suddenly noticed this key question.

"If Gu Jiangming has a past and present life, does this... does this mean that I can find him again through reality?" Jiu Jiu's eyes lit up.

Right!

To determine if Gu Jiangming has a present life, one must determine if he has a past life; as long as it can be confirmed that he had a past life, then it can certainly be affirmed that he has a present life.

Then everything would be much easier to handle.

As for changing history?

Jiu Jiu actually felt that there was no need to even think about it; this was basically an impossible thing to achieve.

Ten thousand years ago, there were so many deities that had disappeared today, so many ancient Demon Race that truly existed in the ancient river of time, and even so many outstanding Human Race cultivators practicing diligently day and night.

Ten thousand years later, they could only forever become a part of history.

Doesn't this prove the point?

Could it be that they didn't want to live? Didn't want to leave behind a legacy?

Only when they encountered a situation they could not stop despite their best efforts would things turn into this current state.

To change such history, one would need not only sufficient strength but also one-in-a-million luck for such a miracle to occur.

Jiu Jiu did not believe that such a brilliant and talented person could exist within Heaven and Earth, otherwise the current Heaven and Earth would not have become what it is today.

First goal: find the Gu Jiangming of this lifetime.

Jiu Jiu issued a command to the operation interface.

And at this very moment, Gu Jiangming's self-Custody Reincarnation was in progress.

【In the 29th year of the Ancient Calendar, you were born in Jiangyang Fishing Village, the son of an ordinary fisherman; you were kind-hearted and honest from a young age.】

【For some reason, in a world where cultivators were everywhere, there was not a single cultivator within a hundred-mile radius of Jiangyang Fishing Village.】

【Relying on successive years of good harvests, life in Jiangyang Fishing Village, while not exactly wealthy, allowed many people to fill their stomachs.】

【Your father was not an educated man, so you had no name from childhood, only a nickname, Pan Yu, meaning the hope that there would be fish to eat year after year.】

【When you were seven, you saw a very strange girl appear by the sea; thinking that place was dangerous, you pulled her ashore and told her not to get close to the seaside, as it would be fatal if she encountered the high tide.】

【She asked for your name.】

【You said to her carelessly: "My dad hopes there will be fish to eat year after year, so he gave me the name Pan Yu; what about you, what is your name?"】

【She did not answer you, only silently gazing at the seaside.】

【You had farm work to do every day, so you were soon called away by your father; when you went to look for that girl again, you were surprised to find she was gone.】

【But to you, this was just a small episode in your day-to-day life, and you didn't take it to heart.】

【On the third day, at the same spot, you met her again.】

【She was still looking calmly into the distance.】

【So you sat beside her and also looked into the distance.】

【However, this time you didn't rest for long either, and were once again called away by your father to catch fish.】

【You were very curious, but she never said anything.】

【Just like that, it was as if you were testing each other's patience; every day at a fixed time, you would look toward the seaside, seemingly waiting for a moment, a moment for the dust to settle.】

【She spoke.】

【"If... one day, we were all to die, what would you do?"】

【"People are bound to die eventually," you thought for a moment and said, "But if I had to do one thing before I die, I would want to be a hero."】

【"Want to be a hero?" She seemed unable to understand your words, "How can doing one thing be equated with being a hero?"】

【"I don't know either, but to me, going to be a hero... that must be a meaningful thing."】

【"Of course, I don't know if I'm afraid of death right now, but if I've already encountered a situation where I must die, then I'd still want to be a hero in my own way before dying."】

【"At least that split second would belong to me."】

【"Pan Yu, what are you doing here again? Hurry up and come help me, you brat, thinking about playing all day long," a rough voice rang out.】

【"Coming!" you shouted.】

【It seems that in your life, there is nothing left but working for your father.】

【She just looks at you like this.】

【Soon, this is the fifth year you have watched the sea together.】

【"Pan Yu."】

【She calls your name for the first time.】

【"I have a gift for you."】

【"Go and be the hero you want to be."】

【Picking up the sharp end of the seashell in her hand, she cuts a bloody gash, then blood surges out, and holding up her wrist, she says: "Drink it."】

【"You are hurt." What you are concerned about is not this, but the hand full of blood before your eyes.】

【"Drink it," she says in a commanding tone.】

【"You are bleeding, and why should I drink your blood?" You try to find something to stop the bleeding.】

【You see her lower her head; the blood line on her wrist cut by the seashell heals as good as new in the blink of an eye. She says: "Drink my blood, and you can become the hero you want to be."】

【"I don't want to."】

【This time, you leave this place very angrily.】

【You think your friendship has not been respected; you just wanted to be friends with her, not to get anything from someone else's hands.】

【What's more, she still hasn't told you her name even now.】

【From that day on, you never go to the seaside again.】

【In the year you turned eighteen, the nearby Leping County suddenly began to recruit soldiers from all the surrounding villages. You are the eldest in the family, and with two younger brothers, you, having just come of age, are pressed into service.】

【You go to Leping County, and due to your clean background, you quickly become an official soldier in the county town.】

【You gain a hard-won freedom; you no longer have to help your father with farm work every day, and you have some gaps for rest in your spare time.】

【The County Magistrate of Leping County also distributes simple and easy-to-understand cultivation methods to every official soldier.】

【You curiously inquire for news and only then learn that the relationship between the Demon Race and the Human Race has not been very harmonious during this period.】

【The Demon Race tried to negotiate with the cultivators of the Human Race to establish a kingdom belonging to the Demon Race in this world, which aroused the dissatisfaction of many cultivators.】

【The two sides could not reach a complete agreement on this matter, making the atmosphere increasingly tense; doing this is also to be prepared in advance.】

【You begin to study in depth this cultivation method issued by the Leping County Magistrate.】

【Your talent is not very outstanding; on the first day of deep study, you only cultivate it to the Seventh Layer. If you want to cultivate to perfection, you still need at least three more days.】

【And through three days of cultivation, your cultivation level reaches the Foundation Establishment Stage. This is already the strength that only the most elite soldiers in the Imperial Court can possess, enough to deal with some demons whose Demon Power is not strong enough.】

【But for the sake of caution, you still claim to the outside world that you have just cultivated to the Body Refining Stage.】

【However, even being so low-key, you still become one of the few elites in Leping County.】

【The biggest problem you face now is not the progress of cultivation, but suffering from the lack of a more excellent cultivation method to improve yourself. You try to obtain a more profound cultivation method from the hands of the County Magistrate.】

【Regrettably, you fail.】

And at this moment.

Gu Jiangming enters the 【Mie Changsheng】 interface and cancels the 【Custody】.

What is going on?

He had it on 【Custody】 for a day and thought this round would be another reincarnation where he died in a second; how come this time he lasted for such a long time in one breath?

Gu Jiangming takes a look at the talent word he randomly drew this round.

【Born with Arrogant Bones】.

【Effect: Your interpersonal relationships -10, others' stance toward you drops, and you are not that well-liked by everyone.】

【Your 【Charm】 +8 (those who appreciate you will appreciate you more, and those who loathe you will loathe you more).】

【Your 【Morality】 +10 (your arrogance makes you disdain doing things that lower your status).】

【Your willpower +10 (you have a backbone that no one can break; in front of you, there is no such word as compromise).】

It is rare to get a Golden Word of excellent quality.

Setting aside those side effects, this trait of +10 willpower is already unsolvable.

Because from now on, Gu Jiangming controls his character to spend twenty hours out of twenty-four hours cultivating, and he will not resist.

If it were the previous situation, taking sixteen hours out of twenty-four for cultivation would generate resistance and drop his 【Pleasure Value】.

Simply put, his character would feel pain because of cultivation and express an attitude of being very unhappy.

And the method to increase 【Pleasure Value】 is also simple and crude, which is to find a romantic interest for various interactions; no matter which aspect, it can increase 【Pleasure Value】.

This round produced a word like 【Born with Arrogant Bones】.

There is an option to unilaterally increase willpower.

Then Gu Jiangming is an iron man.

He can continue to cultivate bitterly for a long time without feeling tired.

"No, I put it on 【Custody】, and you can still go off and be a social butterfly on your own?" Gu Jiangming is quite surprised to see the earliest information; this is something even he did not expect.

Forget it, this matter is actually somewhat irrelevant now.

Never mind these odds and ends.

He needs to get a powerful cultivation method with late-stage growth potential as soon as possible.

Looking at the 【Basic Cultivation Method】 that has already been cultivated to the full layer, Gu Jiangming is speechless.

This is a waste of resources.

With these cultivation hours wasted in vain, Gu Jiangming feels that if he had performed the operations himself, he could have jumped several realms by now.

(End of chapter)