Chapter 165 – Eternal Range (VII)

Chapter 165

Eternal Range (VII)

Huh.

That was…

Well, the lamest way to put it is: it was unexpected. So, so unexpected that I nearly just dismissed the window because I thought there’d be no extra rewards. But, instead, for this dumbass art that I created purely out of selfishness for a life I lost… I got an extra use of Tortoise Mirror? My best-in-slot (currently) item that already saved my ass once, and I was reluctant to use it again because there could always be a worse situation?

Huh.

Sometimes–well, quite often, really–the system just… surprises me. Like, it chooses to give me something remarkably good after creating something remarkably dull (at least by my standards and thoughts).

Not that I’m complaining, honestly. Imagine if it’d also given me another cultivation breakthrough?

Hah. Greed really is endless, it seems.

Anyway, that’s that. As soon as the art was created, all the knowledge on how to use it flooded my mind–it was actually deeper than I even anticipated. For instance, my idea behind ‘touching things turns them cold’ was to be able to create mini-freezers, basically. Take some water or another drink, stuff it in a nicely insulated box, hold my hand against it, and cool everything within… at least for a little while.

But it went well beyond that. Well, well beyond was overselling it a bit, but instead of it being a ‘create a coolant art’, I could actually use it to augment other arts–for instance, with my Endless Steps, when I teleport back to my shadow, I can actually leave a small patch of ice at my original position, acting as a mini-trap of sorts.

And that’s just one application.

In certain ways, I did get why the system upgraded the tier, but I also really don’t. Because, despite these hidden little things, the art was still very much utility-oriented and contained mostly things that mortals would be interested in.

Anyway, I stuffed it into my robes and hid it; though I thought about sharing it, if I ever do, it won’t be with any of my current disciples. They’re far too talented and monstrous to care for a tiny little utility thing, because they can do basically all of those things innately.

… I will relent and give it to them to see why the system graded it so highly, won’t I? Haah. Woe is me.

Taking a deep breath and lamenting briefly the loss of 100 points, I pulled up the creation window again and started experimenting.

What’s left to create is my new cultivation method.

It would actually be a very temporary one–basically only until I break through into the next realm–but it was no less important than the one I’d use after it.

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Since I’m a big ol’ dummy (as was Lu Qi), I dispensed with all complications and settled on creating a very simple method–circulate two strands of Qi in opposite but symmetrical directions through the meridians. It would be relatively slow but steady and simple, which was exactly what I needed.

I added no special energies or concepts or imbuements, literally keeping it as basic as possible with just one unique aspect: a pretty unique restriction that allowed me to make it so cultivation speed was rather quick, and that is that only those with body states like mine (that is, requiring body-wide purification) could use it.

It only shaved off 80 points, which was kind of nothing as far as restrictions go, but enough to add a higher tier of cultivation speed to it.

Just as I pressed the damn button to create it, I remembered…

I forgot to name it.

Goddammit.

[Congratulations, Host, on creating the ‘Rudimentary Qi Law’ Cultivation Method]

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[Rudimentary Qi law]

[Type: Cultivation Method]