Chapter 31 – Vast-Body Art (II)

Chapter 31

Vast-Body Art (II)

When it came to ‘Flaws & Restrictions’, there was a full field of choices. However, most of them were either completely brutal, or the amount of Creation Points they deducted wasn’t really in line with their effect.

For instance, ‘Unstable Crossing’ would deduct 40 Creation Points from the final amount, but, in turn, it would increase the chances of going berserk during a breakthrough by a staggering 50%.

Others were lined similarly–but I didn’t need any of them. Rather, I was looking for an extremely specific restriction–Dai Xiu’s physique, Vast-Body Dantian.

Under the dropdown of ‘Special Physiques’, there were literal thousands of choices. Simple things like ‘Yang Physique’ and ‘Yin Physique’ were at the top, removing a few points, but it wasn’t long before more… insane ones, for lack of a better word, started appearing.

Restricting the method, for instance, to ‘Immortal Sword Body’ would deduct 10,000 Creation Points! Ten-Freakin’-Thousand! Holy crap!

But all that told me was that people with that physique were likely one-in-a-billion and that I’d never come across one in my life.

There were even more insane ones, though the ‘most expensive ones’ at the bottom of the list were grayed out. The one that deducted the most points, and the one that I had access to, was ‘Primordial Nascent Physique,’ which deducted a whopping 1,000,000 points.

I exhaled in a whistle, wondering whether the physique even existed.

I also noticed something else–trying to actually create arts with these restrictions ‘for practice’ was… impossible. The limitation was my current realm.

Haah, I can only hope that Dai Xiu’s physique wasn’t that special…

It took me a full twenty minutes to actually find it. As far as I could tell, there was no ‘search function’, so I had to meticulously look through every name before finally stumbling upon it. It was like an oasis in the vast desert; at first, you’d fear it was merely a mirage, but as you came close to it and the scent of the water brushed against your nostrils…

Anyway, the point was that it was real, and, more insanely than that, it seemed to be ranked quite highly!

Vast-Body Dantian — restricts the method to only those in possession of the special physique; deducts 3,000 Creation Points from the final total.

However…

As it goes, no luck for the wicked–wait, I’m not wicked! So, why am I so unlucky?!

[–Error]

[Host’s Realm is too low to assimilate ‘Vast-Body Dantian’ as a restriction]

[…]

[Analyzing…]

[…]

[A concession has been discovered]

Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.

[Host can deduct the current excess Creation Points from the forged method. Making any changes will turn this concession null]

[…]

[Additional Restriction: Host will be disallowed from using ‘Vast-Body Dantian’ physique as a restriction for 10 years henceforth]

[…]

[Does the host acquiesce?]

–hmm. This system… was it both kind and brutal rolled into one? Indeed, like an oasis in the desert, but once you entered, you were only given a handful of water and told to scram right after.

Haah. Was there another choice? Of course I’d have to accept… who knows what realm I’d have to reach to be able to naturally use ‘Vast-Body Dantian’ as a restriction, but I do know that I won’t reach it within a decade. So, that ‘punishment’ may as well not exist…

[CURRENT CREATION POINTS: 175/100 (–concession made, 75 points deduction)]

[…]

[REVISED CREATION POINTS: 100/100]

[NAME: (Please name the art; otherwise, the system will auto-generate a name upon Art Creation)]

[Description: a highly restrictive and specialized Body Cultivation Method, layering aspects of Human and Spirit into one and maximizing the special physique associated with it. Those who practice it will undergo heavenly changes, forging their bodies into the furnaces of Heaven and Earth. Due to its Body Qi nature and suppressions, it requires immense cultivation resources to nurture]

[TYPE: Body Cultivation Method (+20 CP)]

[NUMBER OF FORMS: 6 (+25 CP)]

[LOGIC: Elegant Connections (+30 CP)]