Chapter 20
This Is Definitely S-Grade!
The sound would cause one to be mesmerized. Lin Chang`an wanted to remember the melody, but he discovered that he basically couldn’t do so with his brain power.
“My mental energy is stronger compared to ordinary people, but I still cannot remember the melody?”
He felt a little shocked and understood more about how extraordinary the supreme treasure here was.
“No wonder it’s rumored that it’s an S-Grade supreme treasure!”
S-Grade meant that it was supremely unparalleled.
The things the Huaxia Country evaluated as S-Grade were so few that they could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Each of them was considered a national treasure, and no one would use it in ordinary situations.
Lin Chang`an stayed here quietly and felt that his absorption speed had been steadily increasing.
His perception and conversion speed were improving as well.
From this, talent could be decided based on three things.
Number one: one’s perceptivity toward heaven and earth’s energy.
Number two: one’s absorption speed. The faster it was, the higher one’s talent would be.
Number three: one’s conversion speed. If one absorbed fast enough but had no way to convert what they absorbed into qi and blood, spirit qi, and astral force, it would still be useless.
Usually, one would have similar values for all these three areas. There were only very few special circumstances.
Hence, cultivation arts were strengthening methods targeted at these three areas.
The higher the grade of the cultivation art, the stronger the improvement one would have.
At this moment, as the dao melody modified his body, Lin Chang`an felt that his talent in all these three aspects was rapidly rising.
He tried circulating the Compulsory Education Basic Cultivation Art and did a calculation.
As the dao melody continued to be emitted, an entire night passed by in the blink of an eye.
After that, he stared at the system interface and realized that his qi and blood value had grown by 0.4 points, reaching 1,573.4.
“My talent doubled.”
In the past, he could only increase 0.2 to his qi and blood value every night. Now, the number had doubled.
Moreover, the black and greasy liquid seeping out from his skin was evidently the impurities of his body.
He simply stayed here and felt the sensation caused by the echoes of the dao melody modifying his body.
From time to time, the ghostly shadow floated in the air, and a hint of vitality occasionally flashed in her eyes.
Every time it flashed, it only lasted for an instant before it got extinguished. Also, every time the hint of vitality appeared, the ghostly shadow would move forward by a little.
Lin Chang`an, who was immersed in cultivation and improving his talent, didn’t pay attention to all of these.
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed, and Lin Chang`an’s body was covered with black greasy substances. He circulated his cultivation art and attempted to absorb the heaven and earth energy.
An unprecedented feeling then overcame him. His absorption speed also made him feel shocked.
“It’s roughly…five times quicker than before!”
His heart was inundated with immense shock. In just a short few days, he had transformed from trash to someone whose talent surpassed ordinary people!
As long as he had a cultivation art that was of relatively higher grade, he would be able to attempt reaching the limit of blood and qi value in the zero realm through cultivation.
It was because every time he chose the option to increase his qi and blood value from the simulation, the number would almost double.
Currently, his qi and blood value were at 1,574. If he chose the reward, it would surpass the limit of the zero realm.
Lin Chang`an wasn’t clear about what would happen if he exceeded the limit, but due to cautiousness, he planned to slowly cultivate to increase his 1,574 qi and blood value on his own.
If it was in the past, Lin Chang`an would never be able to reach such a high number in his entire life.
But with his current talent, as long as he obtained a relatively high-grade cultivation art, he would be able to improve quickly.
The [12-year Basic Compulsory Education Cultivation Art] was the weakest F-Grade cultivation art. It could only increase one’s cultivation speed by 2x.
With the increment of each grade in cultivation arts and methods, the cultivation speed would double.
So…E-Grade cultivation arts could increase cultivation speed by 4x.
D-Grade cultivation arts…8x.
C-Grade…16x
And as for the highest S-Grade…it corresponded to 128x!
If one had an S-Grade cultivation art, even if one was trash, their cultivation speed would still easily dominate geniuses.
Naturally, the higher the grade of cultivation arts, the harder it was to gain insights from them. One would need an extremely high comprehension before they could do so.
Lin Chang`an didn’t know how good his comprehension was, but it shouldn’t be a problem for him to understand D-Grade cultivation arts.
“If I could obtain a D-Grade cultivation art, I would be able to increase my qi and blood value by 8 points per day and reach the limit in roughly 50 days. If I obtained a C-Grade cultivation art, the amount of time would be more than halved.”
As he thought about it, he gazed into the deeper end of this place, feeling somewhat regretful.
If he could obtain a supreme treasure like that, how marvelous would this opportunity be?
However, he knew it was time for him to leave after he did a rough count of the amount of time that passed.
He silently mumbled as he turned to depart.
But just when he moved, he discovered the red veil floating down, enveloping him.
Lin Chang`an was stunned. He then inclined his head and looked at the woman.
He felt that he could enter the inner area now!
He tried it out by moving close to the source of the dao melody and discovered that the resonance to his beating heart had stopped.
Lin Chang`an felt his breathing growing somewhat hurried. Could he really have the possibility to obtain such a supreme treasure?
He pondered while heading forward. Under the protection of the ghostly shadow, it felt as easy as walking on flat ground!
Since he would no longer feel the illusion of his heart bursting out of his chest, Lin Chang`an steadily walked forward.
He didn’t know how long he had walked. All of a sudden, he saw a stretch of brilliant glowing light before him.
“This must be the central region!”
As he stared ahead, he could see a resplendent crystal shining brightly with a strange glow.
Lin Chang`an stretched his hand out to touch it. After that, he instantly felt as though a huge impact had slammed into him!
A sensation then overcame him, making him feel like he could see the entire world. However, the world in his vision seemed so illusory, as though it was a dream flooded with a strange brilliance.
He pulled away!
“Maybe modifying talent is just one of its effects. This treasure is absolutely S-Grade!”
Lin Chang`an’s heart pounded fiercely, feeling incomparably nervous.
“Many thanks!” He bowed to the ghostly shadow. “I will help you out.”
The eyes of the ghost flickered with a hint of vitality once more before the hint was extinguished.
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At the same time in the outside world.
The dungeon was rumbling and gradually taking form.
When the two guards sensed something, they immediately moved closer to the spatial crack.
“The forming has been completed. Let’s report it to our superior!”
The two of them began scanning the fragmented space of the dungeon, and the probing device soon had information feedback.
This information was then transmitted to the Huaxia Cultivation Web.
[A new dungeon has spawned in Qindao City. It is now open for all cultivators to explore!]
Countless people received the notifications from the web system, and the cultivators in Qindao City were cheering wildly.
“Let’s go and take a look.”
“The first batch of people who enter will surely have great harvests!”
“The Qindao City finally has a new dungeon again!”
“Excellent, if I can find an opportunity inside, I will be able to improve again!”
At this moment, in the Rong Clan Corporation’s Skyscraper.
The second young master of the Rong Clan had just ended his daily habit of indulging in his pleasures. When he saw the notice, he mumbled, “A new dungeon. Interesting, I will go take a look.”
A flying vehicle then sent him to the dungeon’s location.
…
On the other side, Lin Chang`an continued heading to the exit.
It was unknown how long he had walked before he finally arrived at the maze. However, this area was no longer complicated. There was actually a smooth pathway here.
He then continued on the path as the ghost followed him.
When he was preparing to step out of the maze, Lin Chang`an suddenly heard the sound of wind moving in the air.
He raised his head and saw a fair-skinned youth with demonic features staring at him with a bright light in his eyes.
“The second young master of the Rong Clan!”
Lin Chang`an started and felt his heart plunging into the valley!
He had stayed here for an additional day for the sake of obtaining the supreme treasure. Evidently, the dungeon had formed, and the second young master of the Rong Clan could enter!
“You can actually pass through the maze. There must definitely be some secret in you. Hand it over.”
His voice was incomparably strange. It sounded ethereal but had a way of directly drilling into people’s hearts, enticing them.
Lin Chang`an felt his mind trembling as the thought of giving up all resistance appeared.
He then quickly guarded his mind and shook himself awake.
At this moment, there was already no other way!
This wasn’t a simulation, so he naturally couldn’t commit suicide.
Lin Chang`an then turned and instantly barged into the maze again. “Please help me!”
He glanced at the ghostly shadow. This was his only chance!
The second young master of the Rong Clan was a second-realm expert whose spirit qi had transformed into the liquid state. He wasn’t someone the current Lin Chang`an could handle.
Now, he only had the last $10,000 in his balance and could only simulate one last time. However, it was impossible for him to win just by adding more qi and blood value.
“Beauty, stop struggling.” The second young master’s voice was very shrill. As he laughed loudly, he sped over and directly entered the maze together with Lin Chang`an.
He was incomparably confident in himself and didn’t believe a mere maze could trap him.
The more he watched the fleeing figure in front of him, the more satisfied and excited he became.
(Very good!)
(Well-proportioned figure and a handsome face. An excellent specimen.)
(This time, as long as I got to play with this guy, my trip to the dungeon would have been worth it!)
(I shall bring you back to the Rong Clan Corporation, and you will become a favored pet of mine!)
“Beauty~” He laughed menacingly as he sped along. In fact, he even undressed and was preparing to do Lin Chang`an right here right now.
His speed was very quick, but all of a sudden, a huge bang echoed out!