Mythological origins

"This world... is going to be in chaos." Holding a blood-red round pill, Shen Yi had not taken his eyes off it for ten minutes.

"First-level standard body-tempering pill, price 20 gold coins, entry-level pill for martial arts practice, can replenish qi and blood, and can assist primary martial artists in practice. Note: It is not recommended for people without qi seeds."

The name and introduction of the pill in his hand were directly displayed on the VR glasses.

"What is qi seed?"

Facing the pill that appeared inexplicably in the real world, although Shen Yi felt a strong desire in his body and wanted to swallow it urgently, he still had a trace of caution in his heart.

"Qi seed, the full name is the innate qi seed, exists in the human body and is the basic qualification for martial arts practice. People without qi seeds cannot practice martial arts and need to let an external qi seed enter the body first."

After hundreds of years of exploration, the empire has already sorted out the basic parts of each path very clearly.

If you want to practice the spiritual pivot system representing the magic route, you need to have the corresponding extraordinary organ (spiritual pivot).

On average, only one percent of humans are born with spiritual pivot.

If you are not one of the lucky 1%, you can also buy Xuanji fruit and obtain the acquired spiritual pivot. Although the qualifications are lower, you can still get started.

Not only magic, but also the martial arts system requires qualifications. This qualification is named the innate qi seed, or qi seed for short.

There are more people with martial arts qualifications than those with spiritual skills.

Among a hundred people, about three have innate qi seeds.

Similarly, similar to Xuanji fruit, artificial innate qi seeds have been invented and put on the market for sale, and the price is basically the same as Xuanji fruit.

The most common version costs 500,000 to 700,000 imperial gold yuan per piece, which is about eight to ten years of income for ordinary people in the empire.

But this is just the beginning. The various materials needed for subsequent cultivation are the real bottomless pit.

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"Then how do I know if I have this ghost qi seed?" Shen Yi asked directly after clicking on the help interface.

"Hello, I'm Xiao Ai, the game's exclusive AI customer service."

"Please wait, Xiao Ai is thinking about your question..."

"..."

"Dear, please refresh your personal attribute interface." After about ten seconds, the help interface popped up a reply like this.

"?"

With doubts, Shen Yi exited the help interface and refreshed his personal attributes.

"..."

Magic qualification: Level 3

Martial arts qualification: Level 4

..."

Two more lines of data.

"Level 4 qualification means that if there are sufficient cultivation resources, there is a certain probability of reaching the fourth level by taking the corresponding route if nothing unexpected happens."

When Shen Yi refreshed the page and returned to the help area again, the intelligent customer service Xiao Ai automatically replied to him.

"Of course, it doesn't mean that you are at most level 4. Don't be discouraged. There is still a very small probability of continuing to move up."

"..."

Shen Yi suddenly felt that this broken AI was a bit smart.

This talent test program was also added by Farrell yesterday, and it is considered part of the Empire Evaluation System.

As for accuracy, it can't be said to be very accurate. After all, there are too many factors that determine how far a person can go besides talent, which is not much different from testing IQ. Its greatest significance is to identify whether the tester has the natural aptitude for cultivation... If not, go and buy a man-made one first. Don't waste money on spiritual materials and elixirs, which can't be digested after eating.

...

Hua Tiangang also exchanged for the Body Tempering Pill.

He didn't think as much as Shen Yi, and didn't even care what Qi Seed was.

"The Body Tempering Pill is also recommended in "Martial Arts", there must be no problem!"

After a period of research, although Hua Tiangang still couldn't practice anything in reality, it didn't affect his impression of the profoundness of the Martial Arts.

The system and logic of this thing are too complete, and it is definitely not something that one or two people can make up.

At least hundreds of people have worked hard, and they have been repeatedly modified and debugged for many years.

Following the instinctive desire of his body, Hua Tiangang swallowed the pearl-sized blood-red pill into his stomach.

The pill melted in his mouth, and within a few breaths, a trace of cool air began to rise from his lower abdomen.

Almost instinctively, Hua Tiangang began to practice Qi and body training in the way recorded in the magic skill "Martial Arts" he got in the game, and practiced the mental method recorded in the martial arts.

Unlike the previous attempt that had no reaction, this time after the body-tempering pill entered his mouth, he could clearly feel that the faint cool air, after circulating in his body for several circles, really made him stronger.

Hua Tiangang felt that the membrane on the back of his hand was like a thick layer of cowhide.

"I really broke through..."

He closed his eyes and felt the changes in his body. Although it was still very weak compared to himself in the game, this was his original body, and the meaning was completely different!

"There is no spiritual energy in reality, so I can't practice martial arts at all, but this body-tempering pill contains a small amount of effective spiritual energy ingredients..."

"Another one!"

Hua Tiangang was very intoxicated by the feeling of becoming stronger, and took another pill without thinking, not even bothering to think about what the main ingredients of this thing were, and whether there would be any sequelae if he took too much.

He only knew that he felt great and became stronger!

"According to the records in "Martial Arts Secrets", it takes about 100 Body Tempering Pills to enter the first level from a mortal body. If we sign in and go online every day, we will be given 5 gold coins..."

"... Damn! They actually changed the rules secretly, and didn't even mention it in the log!"

Hua Tiangang was about to sign in to receive today's gold coin reward, but found that the system secretly changed the daily online reward to 1 gold coin, disrupting his wishful thinking.

The one who could do such a thing was naturally the novice game operator Farrell. She forgot to mention many updates in the log, and the players could only wait for them to slowly explore.

According to her settings, the purchasing power of the gold coins in the game is about 1:100 with the imperial gold yuan, and one gold coin is equivalent to 100 imperial gold yuan.

She is here to exploit, not to do charity.

Giving out five gold coins every day is equivalent to giving these players a monthly salary of 15,000 gold yuan, which is not a low salary in the empire.

For people from a small world, one gold coin a day, let them earn 3,000 a month to survive, why pay them so high.

There are many players willing to enter the market.

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"Standard Spirit Stone... Body Tempering Pill... Qi Refining Pill..." Bai Mo's small account in the Azure Star World was playing with a few small things exchanged from the game system.

He always felt that there was something else on this Azure Star, so he asked Farel to open an external account with unlimited gold coins for him, and returned to this small world again.

Gently stroking the small spirit stone spinning on his fingertips, Bai Mo suddenly recalled the scene when he first discovered the spirit stone more than 500 years ago...