Chapter 1: Hundred-fold Talent Fusion

Training room.

Lu Li put down his phone, a layer of gloom settling over his face.

The content of the text message was simple: the annual Martial Dao test would begin in three days.

In Martial Dao cultivation, if you do not advance, you retreat!

Every year in Qian Cheng, a large number of people break through to become Martial Artists, but naturally, there are also those whose Qi and blood decline or who grow too old, falling out of the ranks of Martial Artists.

And Martial Artists enjoy high status in this world.

Once an ordinary person breaks through to become a Martial Artist, not only can they receive a monthly allowance of ten thousand yuan, but they are also moved into a unified Martial Artist residential district, enjoying a large amount of resources for free that ordinary people cannot access.

The purpose of the test is to eliminate those who have fallen out of the Martial Artist realm but still occupy these resources.

The residential district where Lu Li lives is one of these Martial Artist districts.

However, Lu Li is not a Martial Artist.

The reason he was able to move into this district is that he once volunteered to join the army to fight against Fierce Beasts, and only after retiring was he arranged to live here.

Originally, Lu Li thought that as long as he was given one year, he would definitely be able to break through to become a Martial Artist.

But, a year has passed.

His cultivation has remained stagnant.

If things continue like this, it is impossible for him to pass the Martial Dao test.

Lu Li is not greedy for the resources of this Martial Artist district; he simply feels unwilling to leave in failure like this.

Just as he was feeling incredibly frustrated, a mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

"System loading complete, hundred-million-fold talent activated..."

"System?"

Lu Li's heart surged.

He has been here for over twenty years since he was born and transmigrated. When he first started cultivating, he also fantasized about a system descending, allowing him to leap to become the strongest and reach the pinnacle of life.

But after experiencing so many years of cultivation, he had long since lost those fantasies.

He started cultivating at eight years old, and now more than ten years have passed.

His peers have all broken through to become Martial Artists, or even Martial Masters.

Only he remains, having yet to break through.

With such abysmal talent, even a system wouldn't dare to descend, right?

"Primary stage, hundred-fold talent fusion!"

The system's voice rang out again. Lu Li felt his mind become crystal clear, as if he had been enlightened, his thinking speed increasing by more than a hundred times.

A storm raged in his mind.

Countless pieces of information arranged and combined themselves.

The cultivation technique he had been unable to comprehend for so long was instantly mastered!

On his body, a meridian shimmered with spiritual light, connecting his entire body. Power gathered, fused into one, and suddenly poured into his fingertips, pointing toward a pitch-black round drum hanging on the opposite wall.

"Diamond Finger!"

Lu Li shouted softly.

The pitch-black round drum was struck by the force, triggering a series of black ripples, and as if unable to withstand it, it shattered with a "Bang!"

"I... I actually succeeded!"

Lu Li was shocked beyond measure.

Is this the power of the system?

He calmed his mood, turned around, and quickly left the training room.

At this moment.

Martial Artists had already arrived outside the training room.

According to the district regulations, one training room can accommodate twelve Martial Artists for cultivation. These people were the Martial Artists who shared the training room with Lu Li. They arrived at the door, preparing to enter the training room to cultivate.

Suddenly, they saw someone rush out, parting the crowd and leaving rapidly.

"It's Lu Li. Don't tell me he cultivated all night again?"

"That must be it. He is the most hardworking person in our entire district."

"It's a pity his talent is too poor. I'm afraid he won't even pass this test."

"Yeah, it's such a pity."

They shook their heads one after another and walked into the training room.

The next moment, everyone's gaze was drawn to the pitch-black round drum on the wall.

The pitch-black round drum is called a Spirit Pattern Drum, used for practicing finger techniques. When struck, it triggers spirit patterns that effectively absorb the force, protecting the Martial Artist's fingers from injury. Even a mid-level Martial Artist might not be able to shake it.

But now, it had actually been pierced through!

How is this possible?

Everyone was incredibly horrified.

When they left yesterday, the Spirit Pattern Drum was still intact. How could it have been destroyed after just one night?

They weren't even here last night!

Could it be...

Was it really his doing!

The only person who cultivated here last night was Lu Li!

Just as everyone was plunged into shock, Lu Li had already returned to his room.

On his body, another meridian shimmering with spiritual light appeared.

Diamond Finger!

Fierce and peerless, tyrannical and absolute!

It is the sharpest martial skill in the army. Once unleashed, it can even allow one to fight across realms. Almost everyone who joins the army practices it to enhance their combat power.

But although this martial skill is strong, it has a major drawback.

It is an incomplete technique!

Diamond Finger uses meridians to connect and gather power at the fingertip, thereby fusing power into one point to unleash it, which is why it has such might. However, in the practice method of the Diamond Finger, the connected meridians that are opened have break points.

Forcing it to be unleashed will inevitably damage the meridians themselves!

Once the limit is exceeded, one might even die from meridian rupture.

Even the desperate men in the army only dare to use it at the moment of life and death.

But just now, the moment the system fused the hundred-fold talent, Lu Li's mind continuously calculated and evolved, actually completing the technique, making the connected meridians he had opened perfect and flawless.

"This system is too strong!"

Lu Li's mind was shaken.

Having failed to break through to become a Martial Artist for over ten years, his talent is self-evident. But with such talent, under the blessing of the system's hundred-fold talent, he was able to easily complete the technique and accomplish what his predecessors could not.

How terrifying is this!

And this is only the primary stage of the system!

If one day the system is unlocked to hundred-million-fold talent, wouldn't even a pig have invincible aptitude?

"Hoo!"

Lu Li took a deep breath.

With a flip of his hand, he took out another leather-bound cultivation technique.

Although deducing the Diamond Finger to perfection greatly increased his combat power, it did not allow him to break through to become a Martial Artist. The Martial Dao test in three days prioritizes Martial Dao realm; if he cannot break through to become a Martial Artist, no matter how strong his combat power is, he will have no face to stay.

There are still three days left; with the help of this hundred-fold talent, perhaps he really can break through in one go.

Opening the technique!

Lu Li read it quietly.

This technique is called Spirit Building!

It is the most fundamental technique!

Lu Li has lived in this world for over twenty years and has long understood it. The recovery of spiritual energy in this world began a hundred years ago, and this Spirit Building technique is the first technique to be born.

But, being born first does not mean it is the best!

Over these hundred years, through the efforts of countless heroes, more techniques better suited for human cultivation have been born on top of the Spirit Building technique. The cultivation speed and quality of those techniques far exceed the Spirit Building technique.

The Spirit Building technique has long been gradually abandoned!

Only orphans like Lu Li, who have no power or influence, would choose to practice it.

(End of chapter)