Chapter 15: Is Having Many Skills Not a Burden?

With the Phantom Demons in the village cleared away, the villagers could all return home in peace.

Yan Xiao also received his due reward.

400 points of Fear Value.

Added to what he had obtained previously, the total Fear Value was 800 points; the harvest was quite bountiful.

Yan Xiao politely declined the villagers' warm hospitality; the Cat Demon was still absorbing the energy of the Gouxiong Huan Yao, and he needed to stand guard here.

Ma Xiaoyun and Ma Jianyang, the two children, had not left, waiting for Yan Xiao to teach them immortal arts.

"Brother Afu, when will you teach us to cultivate? You are a great hero, you can't go back on your word."

Ma Jianyang waited for a while, and seeing that Yan Xiao was slow to speak about teaching them sword arts, he grew impatient.

"Brother Afu, if it's difficult for you, then forget it..."

Ma Xiaoyun looked at him pitifully, thinking of sad matters, and burst into tears with a wail.

Yan Xiao felt a headache coming on; if he had known, he wouldn't have boasted.

"Don't cry, little girl."

"Is Brother Yan Xiao the kind of person who goes back on his word?" Wiping the little girl's small face, Yan Xiao said gently.

The little girl stopped sobbing and looked at him pitifully, tears swirling in her eyes, ready to slide down at any moment.

That look—if Yan Xiao dared to lie to her, he would probably be struck by lightning.

Yan Xiao gritted his teeth and exchanged for two Gathering Spirit Pills, gifting one to each of them.

"These are immortal pills. After eating them, you will be able to cultivate. You must work hard and contribute to the people in the future."

Yan Xiao said with a serious face.

Although the two children didn't understand what Yan Xiao meant, they still nodded heavily to show their agreement.

"Take the Spirit Pill, and I will teach you the method of cultivation. Remember, this technique is my peerless secret, and it must not be passed on."

Yan Xiao said with a straight face, then taught the Gathering Spirit Technique, which he himself could not learn, to Ma Jianyang and Ma Xiaoyun.

"Brother Afu, after learning your secret, should I call you Master? Do I need to kowtow to you..."

"Calling me Master is fine, but I don't want you to kowtow."

Ma Jianyang scratched his head and said foolishly.

"You little rascal... no need to kowtow; just cultivate well and do more good deeds in the future."

Yan Xiao flicked Ma Jianyang on the forehead; this little brat looked silly, but he had too many tricks up his sleeve.

By comparison, Ma Xiaoyun appeared reticent; after the great upheaval in her family, the little girl had lost her original playfulness and cuteness.

She had a strong desire for strength.

Yan Xiao looked at the two children cultivating and sighed in his heart; who could say for sure what would happen in the future?

Hopefully, the two children could go further.

Yan Xiao looked up at the sky, feeling deeply moved.

Suddenly, he felt his clothes being tugged; he turned his head and saw Wang Dazhu's resentful gaze.

"What?"

Yan Xiao crossed his arms; this guy's look was not kind.

He wouldn't be trying to get intimate, would he?

Yan Xiao felt a chill.

"Master, you are biased."

Wang Dazhu sobbed, like a young wife who had been wronged.

"What the hell?"

Yan Xiao really wanted to punch this flamboyant, cheap thing to death; it was just too disgusting.

"Master, I am your proper founding disciple... boohoo..." Wang Dazhu hugged Yan Xiao's thigh and wept.

"Speak like a human!"

Yan Xiao had black lines on his face; it was fortunate that no one saw, otherwise... it would be too embarrassing...

Wait.

Yan Xiao saw Qing Ying slowly stand up, swaying her slender waist, looking at him with a smile.

Damn it...

That woman saw it.

Yan Xiao immediately changed his expression, drew the Magic Sword with a *clang*, and shouted in a deep voice, "Speak like a human."

Fear Value from Wang Dazhu +3.

Wang Dazhu immediately stopped his tears, fell to his knees with a *thump*, and said earnestly, "Master, I want cultivation techniques and Spirit Pills."

"Dig up your former master's treasure, and I will give you techniques and Spirit Pills.

If you can't dig up the treasure, don't come back either," Yan Xiao said seriously.

"Yes, Master, I will be back very soon."

Wang Dazhu disappeared at top speed; he must have gone to dig up his former master's treasure.

"Owner, I also have some inventory. If you need it, I can take you to get it."

The Heibao transformed into the appearance of a beautiful woman, full of charm, especially the peaks on her chest, which were extremely seductive.

Seduction... this was naked seduction.

Was Yan Xiao the kind of person who could be easily seduced?

He was!

But facing a Phantom Demon, he really didn't dare to have the slightest thought.

After all, Phantom Demons are different from the shapeshifting monsters like snake demons or fox demons in novels.

Strictly speaking, a Phantom Demon is no longer a living creature; although Heibao had mutated, Yan Xiao still could not bring himself to strike.

Had he not seen that massive bear drained dry by the woman before him? Yan Xiao dared not seek out such thrills.

"Ahem... why hasn't Qingxue woken up yet?"

Yan Xiao hurriedly shifted his focus, walked over to Qingxue's side, and asked in a low voice.

Seeing Yan Xiao intentionally avoiding the subject, the beautiful woman's eyes dimmed slightly, but she soon let it go.

"My cultivation improvement can bring benefits to Owner Qingxue. Her cultivation is not high, so the absorption time may be a bit longer; there will be no issues."

The beautiful woman walked to Yan Xiao's side, deliberately displaying her perfect figure to him, full of charm.

"Um, Qing Ying... let's talk properly, don't pace back and forth, it's dazzling."

Yan Xiao hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look around.

"Hehe."

Qing Ying chuckled softly, sat cross-legged beside Qingxue, and took the initiative to help her refine the shared cultivation.

"System, is what she said true? Will it be detrimental to Qingxue?"

Yan Xiao looked at Qingxue with worry; since it concerned the little girl's safety, Yan Xiao dared not be the least bit careless.

"Owner, everyone enslaved by Miss Qingxue will provide Miss Qingxue with a 10% cultivation rebate.

Miss Qingxue only needs to receive and refine it to increase her cultivation; there will be no danger whatsoever," the system explained.

Is it really that heaven-defying?

The gap between him and Qingxue is truly not just a little bit.

Thinking of his own Pseudo Spirit Root, Yan Xiao felt like crying but had no tears.

"System, how should I cultivate so that I don't have to rely on Spirit Pills to increase my cultivation?"

Yan Xiao really could not think of a good method, so he had to seek help from the system.

"Based on the Owner's aptitude, the system provides the best cultivation method:

The system suggests the Owner cultivate all five elements simultaneously and consume Attribute Pills to absorb Attribute Qi, which can temporarily compensate for the lack of Spirit Root."

Cultivate five elements at the same time?

It seems I've seen this in some novel before; it seems very awesome.

But the word 'temporarily' mentioned by the system caught Yan Xiao's high attention.

"What does 'temporarily' mean?" Yan Xiao asked.

"Cultivating five elements simultaneously can accelerate the Owner's growth for now, but later-stage cultivation is extremely difficult, just like the online games the Owner played in his previous life, where dual-attribute characters are more pay-to-win than single-attribute ones."

"Pay-to-win? Then are five attributes stronger than one?" Yan Xiao asked again, as he was more concerned about this question.

"Of course. As the saying goes, having many skills is never a burden; the Owner can cultivate five elements simultaneously and ignore all attribute suppression.

For example, if you encounter a cultivator skilled in water, the Owner can use earth to suppress the opponent; if you encounter a cultivator skilled in wood-type spells, the Owner can use fire-type techniques to suppress them."

This is invincible at the same level; this is still somewhat tempting.

Pay-to-win? That doesn't exist.

With the system here, what kind of things can't be obtained?

"Qing Ying, help me guard."

Thinking of it and doing it, Yan Xiao gave an order to Heibao and swallowed four Attribute Pills in one breath.