Chapter 9

The senior brother was taken aback, and after a long while, he took out a silver page from his chest and handed it to Zhang Fang, then started talking again.

However, as soon as Zhang Fang took the silver page, he completely ignored the senior brother and focused his gaze on the page. A series of information quickly appeared before his eyes.

"Flower Petal Heart Sutra, a low-grade human-level internal cultivation technique, no requirement for aptitude. Player's current insight is 1, the time required to comprehend this martial art is 40 hours. You can spend 1 potential point to directly comprehend and start cultivating the martial art."

Zhang Fang was immediately dumbfounded when he saw this explanation. He understood that this was another drawback of being a waste-type. A mere low-grade internal cultivation technique actually required 7 days to comprehend. It was known that some people had already entered the Gangquan Sect, where they were given a mid-grade human-level technique from the start, and those people said it only took a few hours to comprehend. Clearly, the 1 point of insight for the waste-type was too detrimental.

However, this was not the time to hesitate. Zhang Fang glanced at his health, which had already dropped below 20, and he began to feel a slight dizziness, a clear sign that he was about to die.

"Damn it, I'll risk it." Zhang Fang gritted his teeth, tapped the silver page, and the 1 potential point was gone. Then a golden light flashed from his body, and a system voice sounded in his ears.

"Congratulations, player, you have learned a martial art and unlocked the secondary attribute template and the martial art template."

Zhang Fang's vision immediately showed a white and a gray template. The white template on the left clearly listed various secondary attributes and their functions.

Strength: 1 (Strength affects attack and defense, and determines the type of weapons you can use.)

Agility: 1 (Agility affects movement speed, attack speed, and lightness skills.)

Vitality: 1 (Vitality affects health, stamina, and resistance to negative status effects, and determines the type of armor you can wear.)

Stamina: 100 (Stamina determines the number of times you can practice life skills each day. Stamina can be recovered by sleeping and eating.)

Life Skills: Not obtained yet.

Martial Soul: Not activated yet.

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Zhang Fang was speechless as he looked at the secondary attribute template. He knew his guess was correct; the reason the waste-type was so weak was because these hidden secondary attributes were too low. If his vitality were slightly higher, he wouldn't have been knocked into a "minor internal bleeding" state by a single punch.

However, Zhang Fang felt that the secondary attributes were not simple. The martial soul, in particular, was unknown, and there were several grayed-out functions below it that were not yet activated.

But Zhang Fang didn't have the time to study them in detail. What he was concerned about now was how to avoid dying. Fortunately, after the secondary attribute template was activated, Zhang Fang found that his health increased by 30 points, and his stamina also increased by 30 points, thanks to the 1 point of vitality. This allowed him to hold on a bit longer.

Zhang Fang glanced at the other attributes and found that the 1 point of strength gave him a 3-point attack bonus and a 3-point defense bonus, which was somewhat useful.

Of course, what made Zhang Fang most pleased was that the activation of the secondary attribute template provided him with 15 potential points. From the information channel, Zhang Fang already knew that other initial templates, after activating the secondary attribute template, generally received a total of 20-23 secondary attributes and potential points. The waste-type definitely received the most potential points, but the total attributes were clearly the lowest. Zhang Fang was slightly pained, as the total attributes of the waste-type, when combined with the main attribute template, were already 2 points less than the worst merchant-type template, and 5-6 points less than the strongest genius-type and gifted-type templates.

Zhang Fang had to console himself by deciding to focus on life skills. He was determined not to add any strength or vitality to his secondary attributes. Once he learned a secondary profession, he planned to invest all his points into stamina and life skills. However, he still needed to add some insight, as high-level life skills also depended on insight.

After understanding the secondary attribute template, Zhang Fang looked at the martial art template, which was much simpler. It only displayed: Current martial arts known: Flower Petal Heart Sutra (a gentle internal cultivation technique created by Chen Luoying, the head of Zhenyuan Escort Agency. As cultivation progresses, it can gradually open the "Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian," "Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian," "Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian," and "Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian" of the twelve main meridians.)

Martial Art Category: Internal cultivation technique.

Martial Art Grade: Low-grade human-level.

Martial Art Attribute: Gentle.

Cultivation Level: First level - Initial Understanding (Total of three levels, currently at the first level)

Cultivation Status: Not currently cultivating.

Zhang Fang quickly read the information on the martial art template and immediately tapped to start cultivation. He then noticed that the martial art template had changed.

Flower Petal Heart Sutra - First level - Initial Understanding:

Strength +5

Agility +9

Vitality +6

Internal Energy +50

Internal Energy Recovery Speed: 5/minute

"Turns out this martial art needs to be activated through cultivation. Haha, although it's the lowest-grade human-level internal cultivation technique, just the first level of Initial Understanding gives so many attributes. Not bad, not bad. Hmm?"

Zhang Fang didn't expect that his martial arts needed to be initially cultivated to be activated, and the attribute bonuses from the martial art would only be added to the secondary attribute template and then reflected in the main template after activation.

After the Flower Petal Heart Sutra was activated, Zhang Fang's secondary attributes changed significantly, and his main attributes also improved. Seeing his health at 220/1110, Zhang Fang felt temporarily relieved. However, what made him even more pleased was that with his vitality reaching 7 points, his "minor internal bleeding" negative status changed to "minor subcutaneous bleeding," and the rate of health loss decreased from 2 points per second to 1 point every 5 seconds.

However, before Zhang Fang could be happy for long, a new note appeared on the martial art template, making him feel a headache.

"Player's current bone quality is 0. Time required to cultivate Flower Petal Heart Sutra to the next level - First level - Mastery: 4282 hours. Entering intensive cultivation mode can double the cultivation speed.

Tip: Player can spend 2 potential points to directly advance Flower Petal Heart Sutra to the next level."

A bone quality of 0 was too detrimental. For a mere low-grade internal cultivation technique, it took two months to advance to the next level, which was too much of a pain. But if Zhang Fang were to add bone quality to speed up cultivation, he would never agree to it.

He joined Zhenyuan Escort Agency to quickly activate the secondary attribute template and resolve the negative status effects on his body. Zhenyuan Escort Agency was said to have many tasks and a fast earning rate. Zhang Fang wanted to quickly accumulate a couple of gold coins to learn a life skill. Experienced players knew that life skills could only make money if they were advanced quickly.

Moreover, the potential points of the waste-type template seemed plentiful but were consumed even faster. To pass the Zhenyuan Escort Agency's test, Zhang Fang had already added 3 points to stamina and 8 points to health, and spent 1 point to comprehend the Flower Petal Heart Sutra, totaling 12 points. The main and secondary attribute templates together provided 40 potential points. If he wanted to add bone quality, it would definitely take more than a few points to significantly increase cultivation speed, and he would have to spend a significant portion of his potential points. Zhang Fang naturally couldn't bear to do so.

Just as Zhang Fang was speechless, the senior brother who had taught him the Flower Petal Heart Sutra suddenly grabbed his arm and said, "Junior brother, you are truly a cultivation prodigy. I didn't expect you to master the Flower Petal Heart Sutra in such a short time. Come, let's go see the master."

Without waiting for Zhang Fang to react, he dragged him toward the inner courtyard.

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