Chapter 3: Insufficient Electricity

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  "You've seen hundreds of martial arts, now tell me, what kind of extraordinary divine skill do you want? I'll help you think it through!" Wu Changlao said coldly. If Shen Cong really dared to open his mouth and recklessly mention something he didn't understand, Wu Changlao would have to teach him a lesson.

  Upon hearing Wu Changlao's tone, Shen Cong was slightly stunned and then let out a bitter smile. This really was an unexpected disaster; he had chosen his secret manual so carefully, yet someone like this had appeared. However, Shen Cong also knew that it must be because his aura was somewhat unusual, which was why things turned out this way. Although the computer provided some protection, after all, his abilities were too low and couldn't perfectly conceal his aura. If he could raise his abilities and combine them with the computer's functions, something like this definitely wouldn't happen.

  "Disciple wants a more peaceful secret book, no special properties are needed, is there one?" Since he was asked, Shen Cong also didn't want to miss this opportunity. As the Guardian Elder of the Martial Skills Pavilion, Wu Changlao's understanding of secret books must be better than his own. If Wu Changlao could help, it would certainly be even better.

  "More peaceful?" Wu Lao asked with some surprise, this world has a lot of different physiques, but can be roughly divided into several types. Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, ice, light and darkness, all these elements are contained in the human body, only when they appear, one type will be prominent.

  Martial arts skills, even if they are only human-grade martial arts skills, will also exhibit some special properties. Compared to attributeless skills, skills with special attributes will be stronger in terms of attack power, and if they match one's physical qualities, cultivation will also be easier.

  "The old man is in a bad mood today, but it's not worth arguing with a little kid like you. You wait!" The old master disappeared on the spot and reappeared again, this time holding a secret book in his hand.

  "Life Cultivation Scripture!" The dark cover, Shen Cong was about to reach out and take it, but Wu Changlao withdrew his hand. "Don't be so hasty, this secret book is still okay, but there are a few drawbacks I need to mention first, lest you fail in your cultivation later and say that I schemed against you."

  "I don't dare!"

  "Hmph!" Wu Lao snorted, not delving deeper into the matter. "The greatest characteristic of the Nurturing Life Scripture is its evenness and balance. Cultivating it to success will greatly benefit one's physical body. However, the greatest weakness of the Nurturing Life Scripture is also its evenness and balance - its attacking power is weak, and it doesn't add much to martial arts techniques. If you learn this secret manual, then you must prepare yourself for rarely engaging in battles! Also, the progress of the Nurturing Life Scripture is slow, so you must mentally prepare yourself for that as well."

  Wu Zong said solemnly, and Shen Cong listened seriously. The Nourishing Life Classic is straightforward, just like its name: nourishing life. Fighting can be done, but the power is definitely smaller than other secret techniques, and the progress is slow. Compared to others, fighting is absolutely not good enough. In this world where martial arts are supreme, cultivating such a technique will inevitably lose out from the start. Even if this technique is only used for basic cultivation in the future, it can be changed, but the foundation will always be weak, and it will inevitably lead to being bullied for a period of time. The so-called advantages and disadvantages are not worth mentioning.

  "Disciple is willing to give it a try!" Listening to Wu Changlao's kind reminder, Shen Cong smiled softly. Weak attack power or not, Shen Cong naturally cared about it, but he had his own way of making up for it, and now only such a kung fu method was most suitable for himself. His body was already inhuman, and practicing human kung fu was twice the effort with half the result. Only the Nourishing Sutra, which had almost no requirements for qualifications, was most to his taste.

  "Wait for you to come back and cry to change the secret recipe, now get out of here quickly!" Wu Chang Lao flicked his mouth, throwing the secret recipe at Shen Cong. In Wu Chang Lao's heart, he had already demoted Shen Cong to being worthless, just a foolish kid with a dull brain.

  Shen Cong bowed respectfully to Wu Changlao and then exited the Wugui Hall. Now that he had the secret book in hand, all Shen Cong needed to do was start cultivating. Revenge required power, and power came from cultivation, so Shen Cong had an astonishing obsession with cultivation. Being able to delay for a month before going to the Wugui Hall was already Shen Cong's greatest concession.

  Returning to his thatched hut, Shen Cong found himself alone as the others were out. He didn't mind and sat cross-legged on the bed board, carefully taking out the Nourishing Life Classic.

  As a mid-level martial art, this is already the highest martial arts secret book that an outer door disciple can get. However, when opening the Nourishing Life Classic, there are some dusts inside, obviously no one has reviewed this secret book for too long, and the reason is naturally as what Wu Changlao said. As long as it's a normal person, as long as they want to go further on the path of cultivation, they will absolutely not choose this secret book. However, Shen Cong is clearly not a normal person, he is an undead.

  After spending nearly two hours, Shen Cong read through the Nourishing Life Classic once, memorizing all the key points of cultivation. The middle-grade secret book was not too profound, but it wouldn't be too simple either. Fortunately, the secret books in this world were always progressive, and the Nourishing Life Classic was no exception, divided into five layers.

  One layer by one layer of cultivation, if you can reach the perfect state, you can even get a special ability, true energy protection. Even if it's a special ability, Nourishing Life Classics also has a protective function. However, the real body-protecting true energy is only possessed by warriors who have reached the fourth stage, and Shen Cong can be said to have not even half of his cultivation, not even entering the basic first stage.

  Cultivation of the nine stages: refining strength, combining strength, communicating strength, condensing yuan, opening wisdom, moving clouds, moving mountains, returning to yuan, heavenly enlightenment. Shen Cong is now not even close to reaching the stage of refining strength, it can be said that he is far behind. In the past, he was able to become an outer door disciple only because his powerful energy after the anomaly helped him pass through.

  If one can cultivate the Nourishing Life Classic to a perfect state, this special ability is indeed powerful. Of course, it cannot be compared with the protective true energy of the fourth-grade Condensed Element, after all, this is just an imitation. Even if it's an imitation, wanting to really cultivate it out won't be a simple matter at all.

  Cultivating the Nourishing Life Classic is not easy, requiring a lot of time to practice, which can stump many people. Shen has no lack of time, but when it comes to cultivating, he doesn't seem to have enough time either, only because there's a special ability in his mind's computer.

  Eyes closed, the desktop in my mind shook slightly, and a soft glow emanated from the bottom right corner where the time was displayed. For an instant, I felt out of place with my surroundings, but this strange feeling vanished completely.

  "With a time ratio of one to eight, having eight times more time than others, cultivating this Nourishing Life Scripture should be no problem at all, and probably even faster than others." Shen silently thought to himself, then fully immersed himself in cultivation.

  According to the first layer of the Jingluo's meridian route, the true Qi flows through it. The dark and mysterious true blood at the heart position seems to have sensed the true Qi of the Jingluo, and slightly stirred. After realizing that there was no threat to itself, it returned to its calm state.

  The true energy in the dantian is constantly transformed into the unique true energy of the Nourishing Life Classic. One cycle ends, and the already scarce true energy is completely transformed successfully. Shen Cong has not stopped cultivating, still following the route of true energy operation to transport the true energy, while the true energy of the Nourishing Life Classic is also nourishing Shen Cong's body.

  Due to the invasion of dark energy, Shen Cong's body has become much harder than that of ordinary people, but the joints have also become very inflexible. Usually, Shen Cong tries his best to conceal it, and others can't see it. However, if he engages in hand-to-hand combat, at that time, his mind will inevitably be preoccupied with too many things, and he will definitely reveal a little bit. But now, with the nourishment of the Nurturing Life True Qi, this loophole can be filled, and Shen Cong doesn't have to worry about being seen through by others.

  It had been running for an unknown number of weeks, the true energy that had been slowly accumulating suddenly accelerated, and Shen Cong's body suddenly shook. A full feeling filled his mind, and he didn't know when, but the Nurturing Life Scripture had actually broken through to the first layer.

  Shen Cong was somewhat stunned, "It seems that this secret book is quite compatible with me, and I can actually break through successfully in such a short period of time. However, the further back this Nourishing Life Classic goes, the more the difficulty of breaking through increases exponentially. From now on, it can only rely on the hard work of water dripping on stone."

  As expected by Shen Cong, after cultivating the Nourishing Life Scripture to the first level on the first day, it took ten consecutive days to break through to the second level. Shen Cong continued to study diligently and broke through to the third level in nearly thirty days. As for the fourth level, Shen Cong spent fifty days. Under accelerated time, he spent ninety days cultivating to the fourth level, equivalent to an ordinary person spending almost two years. The Nourishing Life Scripture has proven to be difficult to practice through Shen Cong's experience. However, Shen Cong's own mediocre innate talent is also a major reason.

  Wanted to break through to the fifth layer, but failed. However, Shen Cong also had his own gains, relying on the efficiency of the fourth layer of Nourishing Life Scripture, his cultivation reached the peak of the first stage, only a little short of entering the second stage of combined force. Now among many outer disciples, he is no longer at the bottom and can rank in the middle to lower position.

  As the true energy cultivation improves, the dark energy grows vigorously. The Nourishing Life Classic itself is to nourish the body and purify the essence and blood. The dark energy resides in the heart, the more pure the blood is, the stronger its energy becomes, causing Shen Cong's abnormal changes to deepen continuously, and the body's strength and defense increase exponentially.

  This generation of Shen Cong is probably going to be a zombie for the rest of his life, just without sucking blood and not being afraid of sunlight. However, when faced with a direct attack from an extremely powerful force, he will still present a mortal state, which cannot be changed no matter what.

  Time is constantly flowing in the midst of cultivation, if possible, Shen Cong would naturally want to cultivate forever, but many things in the world are not as smooth as you expected.

  "Drip!"

  "Warning: Low battery, please charge in time!"

  A hint emerged in Shen Cong's mind, which was the same as the one that appeared on his computer desktop. At that time, Shen Cong was in the middle of his cultivation practice and almost choked when he saw this message. Even after stopping his practice, his heart continued to beat rapidly because of this prompt message.

  Insufficient electricity? The computer needs to use electricity, which was naturally not a problem in the past. When it ran out of power, just plug in the power source and there would be no problem at all. But now, the problem is that this computer exists only in Shen Cong's mind and does not have any physical presence.

  "Where can I charge you, where is the electricity? Even if there is electricity, can't I just plug it directly into my brain?" Shen Cong was somewhat exasperated, but more terrified. Looking at the small square representing the battery level, it had already reached the red warning line. If it really ran out of power in the end, would this computer really shut down? Then Shen Cong would really have to return to his zombie-like state, a state that everyone would shout and scold him for.

  "Electricity, where can I find electricity for you to recharge?!"