Chapter 5: System Features Can Be Upgraded!

Not long after, Chu Gang's horrifying screams filled the air, the agony so intense that he passed out on the spot.

Thankfully, Su Lang had prudently shut the doors and windows. In this age of spiritual energy, the quality soundproofing materials had prevented Chu Gang's cries from escaping. Otherwise, it would have surely attracted unwanted attention.

"Damn, that's satisfying!" Su Lang exclaimed, a gratifying smile lighting up his face as he beheld Chu Gang's broken body. He then casually pulled up a chair and sat down.

He hadn't forgotten that after activating the first function, the "Attribute Panel" ability had been gifted to him as well.

"This function is amazing!" Su Lang's lips quirked, his excitement palpable. "With this function, I can have complete knowledge of my strengths and weaknesses, and those of my enemies. System, open the attribute panel!"

[Name]: Su Lang

[Race]: Human

[Talent Level]: Turbid Body

[Realm Level]: Early-stage Body Tempering

[Attack Level]: Early-stage Body Tempering

[Defense Level]: Early-stage Body Tempering

[Movement Level]: Early-stage Body Tempering

[Endurance Level]: Early-stage Body Tempering

[Mastery of Techniques]: Boundless Heart Sutra

[Activated System Features]: One-click Cultivation (Level 1)

"My talent is still at the Turbid Body level, but that doesn't matter. I can still cultivate without talent!"

Su Lang looked at the panel, his gaze lingering on the 'Mastery of Techniques' column.

"The Boundless Heart Sutra?"

Moments later, information about this technique surfaced from his previous life's memories.

As it turned out, this was the highest-ranking primary cultivation method on the Blue Star.

Normally, such high-level methods would be monopolized and locked away; Su Lang should not have had access to this particular technique.

Unless one was a close relative or a personally-disciplined disciple, powerful beings often kept their techniques secret to the grave. First, to prevent enemies from discovering weaknesses, and second, to avoid widespread distribution of their prized possessions.

After all, if a higher-talent individual acquired one's cultivation method, wouldn't they quickly surpass the original owner, even trampling them down from a high position? Then, all status, wealth, and luxuries would be lost!

Therefore, the monopolization of high-level techniques was a severe issue, even affecting the dissemination of lower-level methods.

However, the reality was that not just Su Lang, but anyone in the world knew about the Boundless Heart Sutra—even children!

A millennium ago, a human hero had bravely made this strongest primary cultivation method public, benefitting all of humanity.

Since then, other primary cultivation methods were gradually abandoned, and everyone began to practice the Boundless Heart Sutra.

"It's a pity that there's only this one example of a high-level method being made public," Su Lang lamented, his eyes brightening as he continued to scan the attribute panel. "Level 1? Can one-click cultivation be upgraded!?"

"Host, the one-click cultivation feature can indeed be upgraded."

"Level 2 requires 100 gold coins, doubling the basic cultivation speed."

"Level 3 requires 1000 gold coins, quadrupling the basic speed."

"Level 4 requires 10,000 gold coins, eight times the basic speed."

"Level 5 requires 100,000 gold coins..."

"Holy moly!"

"This means if I keep upgrading, my cultivation speed could reach dozens, hundreds, even thousands of times the basic speed! One year of my cultivation could equal others' decades, centuries, or millennia! My goodness, I've struck gold!"

Su Lang was ecstatic, jumping up from his chair in excitement.

He was itching to upgrade his function to an advanced level right now so that he could breakthrough at lightning speed.

Then, taking down the Broken Axe Hunting Group for revenge would be a piece of cake!

But Su Lang quickly realized that he had no money for an upgrade; he only had 6 gold coins left, 94 short of Level 2.

"Money, money, money! I need money!" Su Lang paced around the room, fretting, "I'm broke, what should I do?"

Suddenly, his eyes landed on Chu Gang.

Even though the man was undoubtedly poor, Su Lang thought, 'a mosquito's leg, though thin, is still meat.'

With that thought, Su Lang dragged Chu Gang to the neighbouring house, stripping both him and the house of anything valuable.

"1 silver coin and 62 copper coins? Damn pauper!" he spat, looking at the paltry amount in his hand before slamming Chu Gang's front door in disgust.