[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve-":3,"chapter-you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-68":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","You Stole My S-Rank Talent? Afraid Now That I’ve Become a War God?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},479817,728,"Chapter 68 : Chapter 68","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-68",68,"\u003Cp>Chapter 68: This Crummy Cultivation Art—Can’t We Just Write a New One?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assistant Liu immediately turned back and called Li Mu in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu had originally only come to report for duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not wanted to interrupt their meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he ran into Assistant Liu, he had merely asked where Minister Song and the others were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not expected Assistant Liu to bring him straight to the meeting room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was because Minister Song and Professor Xu had already said so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Li Mu came, no matter what they were doing, they had to be notified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were not in a meeting, then there was no need to notify anyone at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Li Mu entered the meeting room, he saw that it was packed with twenty to thirty major figures from the various departments of the Cultivation Art Research Department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they saw Li Mu, all of them smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Song even rose to greet him with a genial smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha, to be honest, I was just thinking about you a moment ago, brat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was not a lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was not just him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little earlier, someone had mentioned that if the higher-ups wanted improvements to Flowing Cloud Triple Shock, then they might be able to submit a perfect answer in paper-format optimization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, they were already working on its paper-format optimization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once Flowing Cloud Triple Shock was mentioned, it was impossible not to think of Li Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The genius who had elevated Flowing Cloud Triple Shock to the height of Flowing Cloud Sixth Tremor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I suppose our feelings are mutual.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I came this time with a task too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh... I didn’t interrupt your meeting, did I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu smiled, then asked everyone apologetically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha, this meeting has no need to avoid you! Sit down!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Xu smiled warmly and pulled the chair beside him a little closer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>signaling for Li Mu to sit next to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assistant Liu could only marvel inwardly. It really had to be Li Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never seen Professor Xu like anyone this much before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just anyone was qualified to sit beside the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging a few polite refusals, Li Mu sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Song smiled and asked, “You said you came with a task. What task is that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deputy Commanding Officer Wang told me to come report to the Cultivation Art Research Department as a consultant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He told me to ask whether our department still needed people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! Of course we do! We might not need anyone else, but I am very specifically short on you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Song burst out laughing and slapped the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Xu was also overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, they had taken Li Mu out for drinks and done their best to persuade him, but he still had not agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought Wang Longcheng had managed to convince him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was actually willing to take up a post in the Cultivation Art Research Department?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was simply a heavenly blessing dropping from the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the various department heads and senior figures present all lit up with delight and voiced their welcome one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha, forget the matter of taking up the post for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s finish the meeting first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After expressing his delight, Minister Song immediately patted Li Mu on the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu nodded and sat obediently to one side, listening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You came late, so let me fill you in on what the meeting has been about.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Song then explained the matter of the paper-format optimization task to Li Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid that Li Mu might not understand how serious it was, he even went into detail about the military district structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the order had come from the North Mountain Border Military Cultivation Research Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the North Mountain Border, there were three cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together, they were also known as the Three Cities of the Northern Border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place they were currently in, Ironhand City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The larger Linyuan City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the even larger Bloodpool City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Border Military Cultivation Research Bureau was located in Bloodpool City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It oversaw the Cultivation Art departments of all ten military districts across the three cities, as well as the major cultivation art institutions within the cities themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pearl Military District, where Li Mu currently belonged, ranked last among the ten military districts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why the Commander-in-Chief had put immense pressure on them this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hoped to use this opportunity to win a decent commendation from the Northern Border Military Cultivation Research Bureau and raise the profile of the Pearl Military District a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu listened obediently to all of this, observed the expressions of the people around him, and then said, “Minister Song, leaders, I’m a newly arrived consultant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t understand how the Cultivation Art Research Department operates, nor do I know any of the confidential data.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, could you allow me to ask one outsider’s question?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Xu smiled and said, “That’s fine. Say whatever comes to mind! If you don’t understand, then ask!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The implication was clear: this old man was backing him, so he could do whatever he liked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to know, for this 5% optimization the higher-ups are demanding...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How difficult is that for our department?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what puzzled Li Mu the most. He had only ever been a student before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty of paper-format cultivation art optimization lay in a field he had never touched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Extremely difficult!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Song answered very seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Xu patiently explained, “Paper-format cultivation arts are not the same as cultivation insights.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Cultivation Art Stones each person produces are never exactly the same, but they can still allow a Martial Artist to directly receive the insight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But paper-format cultivation arts are standardized.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They have already taken shape after being painstakingly refined by generations of people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And cultivation arts are whole systems. Tug on one strand, and the whole body is affected.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the process of optimizing and improving them, not only do you need a breakthrough, but you also cannot damage the integrity of the original whole.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, the cultivation art will stop flowing properly and major problems will arise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So when making any change to a cultivation art, it is already an achievement if you can avoid making it worse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only on that basis can it then be optimized and improved.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing that, Li Mu finally understood completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that I’m a member of the Cultivation Art Research Department...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After the meeting, could I get one blade-type Cultivation Art Stone and its corresponding paper-format cultivation art?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had Li Mu asked the question than Minister Song pulled out two items and set them directly on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why wait until after the meeting? We have them right now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you don’t have anything urgent, you can comprehend it on the spot and read it on the spot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve got all the time in the world to keep you company anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been waiting for Li Mu to say exactly that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did the entire Cultivation Art Research Department treat Li Mu like a genius?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because after doing a bit of investigation later, they found out that Li Mu had only learned Flowing Cloud Triple Shock the day before military training began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the very next day, he had used Flowing Cloud Fifth Tremor to break an instructor’s leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did that mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant that in the world of geniuses, time simply did not matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What mattered was the extraordinary level of understanding they had toward the cultivation art they comprehended!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Li Mu, that kind of understanding meant that whether he had just finished comprehending it one second ago or had been comprehending it for a month made almost no difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, they did not understand the world of geniuses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right, that’s right. We’re not in a hurry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It just so happens we can protect you while you comprehend it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others all chimed in as well, looking very much as though they would not let Li Mu leave unless he studied it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu had no choice but to pick up the Cultivation Art Stone and the cultivation art book from the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivation art manual was very thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All in all, it probably contained only a few tens of thousands of words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was accompanied by various diagrams showing the flow of True Qi and the body’s Meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu nearly laughed when he saw it. It looked a bit like those martial arts secret manuals in wuxia dramas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivation art was called Falling Leaf Saber Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mortal Grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its whole principle was speed, using a high frequency of attacks to turn offense into defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was one of the most widely used blade techniques among blade-type Martial Artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Falling Leaf Saber Art currently has a highest comprehension rate of only around 25%.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That already puts it near the top among paper-format cultivation arts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Xu explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A comprehension rate of 25%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, if a Martial Artist learned Falling Leaf Saber Art from the book, he would only be able to display 25% of the power of the Falling Leaf Saber Art comprehended from a Cultivation Art Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was the highest comprehension rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one looked at the average, it was only around ten-something percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu first focused intently and finished reading the cultivation art book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he crush the Cultivation Art Stone on the spot and begin comprehending Falling Leaf Saber Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Inferior Heavenly Immortal Art automatically granted him a hundred years of insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant that after Li Mu comprehended Falling Leaf Saber Art, he could strike directly at the essence of the cultivation art!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he were only using words, Li Mu could still express something entirely different through the most condensed and refined language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be put this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Li Mu’s hands now, Falling Leaf Saber Art was completely a High-Grade Cultivation Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Mu were to describe it in writing, a great deal of its essence would naturally still be lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even then, it would only amount to turning a High-Grade Cultivation Art back into a Mortal Grade Cultivation Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than ten minutes later, Li Mu opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up the paper-format Falling Leaf Saber Art once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Song and the others hardly dared speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single person stared at Li Mu, not daring to make a sound that might interrupt his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu opened Falling Leaf Saber Art again and read for quite a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brows furrowed tighter and tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he raised his head and asked Minister Song, “Uh... when optimizing Falling Leaf Saber Art, do we absolutely have to optimize it on the basis of the current version?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Song and the others were a little confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu curled his lip, flipped through two pages of the manual, and said, “What I mean is, can’t we just throw this bit of nonsense away and write a new one from scratch??”\u003C\u002Fp>",1861,"2026-05-30T10:59:06.731Z","2026-06-01T04:31:04.028Z",1,"novelbin.me","032724047b02f9f04400334ad2aa368932b0749077f31f526f1fbb75e54d625e","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-69","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-67",99,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--cover.jpg"]